ARIZONA. 



ARKAN>.\>. 



! an abundance of gold that only 

 required a clu-ap method of working. In Novem- 

 ber one company began operations. New finds or 

 enlarged operations were reported in tlie Golden 



a group. Grand 1'ri/e. Jersey Lily. La For- 

 tuna. Noonday. Pierce. Vulture, Adler Springs. 



iiance. and Addie mines. 



School Lands. A bill providing for the leasing 

 of all the lands in the Territory reserved for uni- 



y and public-school purposes, the proceeds to 

 be used to promote public education, introduced 

 into the Ilou.-e. liee. -Jii. ls<5. was j a-sed in the 

 Senate on Feb. 14: vetoed by the President a few 

 days afterward : and was again passed in the House 

 on' the 29th. by a vote of ' ;tys. The 



original bill was amended so as to limit leases to 



ears, and the operation of the law to the time 

 that "Arizona remained a Territory. Action on this 

 bill created excitement in the Territory, ma; 

 serting that every one excepting those expecting to 



nefited by the bill was opposed to it, and Dele- 

 gate Murphy, on the other hand, declared that the 



-ts received by the President were from per- 



beiiii: benefited by the occupation of these 

 lands rent and taxes free. 



Outlawry. On Aug. 12 an attack was made on 

 the customhouse of Nogales, on both sides of the 

 international line, by a body of Yaqui and Temochi 

 Indians and a number of Santa Teresa fanatics. 

 They failed in their purpose of plunder, and several 



us were killed and wounded on each side. The 

 Yaquis then started for Tucson, but Lieut. Bullock, 

 commanding Troop E of the 7th United States 

 Cavalry, overtook them in the mountains 20 miles 

 south of the city, on the l?th. and after a three- 

 hours' fight killed 3 of the Indians and captured 

 the remaining 30. Later in the year portions of 

 Arizona and New Mexico were terrorized by a gang 

 of bandits, all cowboys familiar with the country, 

 who robbed post offices, mail stages, and stockmen, 

 and attempted to rob several banks and railroad 

 trains. Post-office Inspector Waterbury was sent 

 to the scene with a posse in November, but he re- 

 ported that it would be impossible to make any ar- 

 rests without re-enforcement-. 



Sunday Schools. The third annual convention 

 of the Territorial Sunday School Association was 

 held at Flagstaff. Aug. 14. Reports showed: Sun- 

 day schools. 70: officers and teachers. 515 : pupils, 



1 : total numbers, 4.395 an increase in three 

 years of 1.347. 



Irrigation. The annual report of the Rio Verde 

 Canal Company, issued Feb. 1. 1896. showed total 

 value of water-right sales. 1.200.000; an advance 

 in price of storage water rights to 17 an acre: and 

 length of main canal completed over 15 miles. The 

 company will control more than 6.500 net horse 

 power from the falls in the canal, which is to be 

 converted into electric power at an early date. 

 The fifth annual session of the National Irrigation 



is held in Phenix. Dee. 15-17. 

 Statehood. The attempts to secure Statehood 

 for the Territory were again retarded by con _ 

 sional action. On Feb. 12 the House Committee on 

 Territories decided by a vote of 6 to 5 against re- 

 porting the bill for the admission of the Territory, 

 and on the 19th the committee Reconsidered this 

 vote. Tli! S >m mittee reported favorably on 



the bill March 26. Then the House committee, by 

 a vote of 5 to 2, ordered a favorable report on April 

 14. These bills remained on the calendar when 

 Congress adjourned. Further local excitement on 

 this measure was developed in February, when the 

 Senate Committee on Territories heard argument 

 on a bill to add to the State of Utah all that part 

 of Arizona lying north of Colorado river and west 

 of the eastern boundary of Utah 3,000 square miles. 



Political. The Populist Territorial Convention 

 was held at Phenix. Aug. '21. and nominated \V. <>. 

 I'Neill for Dei. ratic 



convention, at Williams. Sept. 17, nominated Mar- 

 cus A. Smith: and the Republican convention, at 

 Phenix. Sept. 2','. approved the single gold standard 

 and the St. Louis platform, and nominated A. .1. 

 lioran. The elections. Nov. 3. showed a plurality 

 of 1.975 for Smith, as Democratic nominee for (.V.n- 

 The total vote cast was 14.05(1: Democratic 

 li.nr,.-,: Republican. 4.090: Popul 

 Doran was the Republican nominee and O'Neill ran 

 as representative of the PopuK- 



The increase in the Democratic vote over 1*94 

 was 1.092 : decrease in the Republican v 

 increase in the Populist vote. 889: increase in the 

 total vote over 1*94. i.i23 : over 1^2. 1.727. Among 

 the twelve counties. Maricopa. Vavapai. and ' 

 ham cast the largest Democratic vote in 1896. The 

 largest Populist vote was given in Yavapai. which 

 in 1894 had a Republican plurality of 290. The per- 

 centage of the congressional vote in 1896 was : Dem- 

 ocratic. 43-16; Republican, 29'11 : Populist. 27"7:!. 

 In 1894 it was as follows : Democratic. 35'81 ; Re- 

 publican. 42-40: Populist, 21-78. 



In the Territorial Legislature, the Council or up- 

 per house. 1897, consists of 9 Democrats and 3 Repub- 

 licans; the House, of 23 Democratsand 1 Republican. 



ARKANSAS, a Southern State, admitted to the 

 Union June 15. 1836: area. 53.850 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial census 

 since admission, was 97.574 in 1*40: 209.897 in 

 1850; 435.450 in i860: 4S4.471 in L870; MP-J.525 in 

 1880; and 1.128.179 in 1890. By estimates based 

 on the school census of 1895, it was 1,248.056 in that 

 year. Capital, Little Rock. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : < i< ivernor. James P. Clarke. 

 Democrat: Secretary of State. 11. B. Armistead: 

 Auditor and Insurance Commissioner, C. B. Mills: 

 Treasurer. Ransom Gulley : Attorney-General. E. B. 

 Kinsworthy : Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 Junius Jordan ; Commissioner of State Lands and 

 State Timber Agent. J. F. Ritchie; Commissioner 

 lines. Manufactures, and Agriculture. \V. G. 

 Vincenhejler : Adjutant General. M. L. Davis ; Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, Henry G. Bunn : As- 

 sociate Justices, Simon P. Hughes. C. D. Wood. Bur- 

 rill B. Battle, and James E. Riddick ; Chancellors, 

 T. B. Martin. James F. Robinson, and Leland 

 Leatherman, all Democrats. 



Finances. The total of balances in the State 

 treasury. Oct. 1. 1894. was 1.182.670.20. The bonded 

 indebtedness amounted to 4.823.022.5o. from 

 which should be deducted the amount admitted as 

 a credit on bonds held by the United States, s2(>2.- 

 2!i3.33. leaving the net indebtedness, 4.621. 729.17. 

 On Dec. 3, 1895. the cash on hand amounted to 

 $416,118.13, and the aggregate of all funds in the 

 treasury to 1.218.529,10, of which s206.7M.29 was 

 credited to the general fund. 62.240.92 to the 

 common-school fund, and 70.241.71 to the sink- 

 ing fund. 



In July was filed, in the case of the State against 

 the Western Union Telegraph Company, a mandate 

 of the United States Supreme Court. A perpetual 

 injunction had been granted restraining the Ar- 

 kan>,-;- S -ment Board from taking any 



steps to enforce the collection of taxes assessed 

 against the property of the company by the board, 

 and certified to the county collectors. The Supreme 

 Court dismissed the suit because the amounts in- 

 volved in the separate county cases did not aggre- 

 gate $2.000, and therefore did not come within the 

 jurisdiction of a Federal court. Judge Williams 

 granted another injunction restraining the State 

 board from assessing the telegraph company pend- 



