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tin- denunciators have been (i.-n. 



.al. who was expelled from the army |..r 

 sedition, ami Calarino (iar/.a. a journalist who 

 has coinlueteil several revolutionary periodi- 

 cals hostile to the Din/ < Jovernnieiit in the bor- 

 der town- of Texa-. and has lately re-idcd on 

 hi- catlle ranch near 1'alito Blanco, Texas. The 

 latter colleeted a iiaiid of revolutionists, and in 

 September, |v.i|. h" i ued a manifesto proclaim- 

 ini: the overthrow of Diaz. At the head of from 

 ."iitto KKt men he cm ed the Kio (irande, and 

 hail sp-veral eiironniers with .Mexican troops. 

 When pursued, he and his lieutenants who in- 

 vaded Mexico with other guerilla bands took 

 refuse on the American side of the river. Gen. 

 Sandival, in the mountain districts of northern 

 . recruited men for the revolutionary en- 

 terprise and laid plans for a general uprising. 

 In the States of Nueva Leon. Tamaulipas, Coa- 

 huila, and Chihuahua there was a widespread 

 sympathy with the revolutionary movement, and 

 tile Mexicans of Texas were generally in league 

 with (iar/.a. For that reason wan-ants issued by 

 the I'nited States authorities for the arrest of 

 per-'>n- accused of abetting the movement could 

 not lie executed, ('apt. Bourke and Capt. Hardie 

 ndeavoivd to intercept Garza's bands when they 

 appeared on the American side, with detach- 

 ments of the United States cavalry force sta- 

 tioned at Fort Ringgold. Companies of Texas 

 rangers also took the field. Re-enforcements 

 of regular troops were hurried up to strengthen 

 the frontier guard. The guerillas, who were su- 

 perior in numbers, made every effort to avoid 

 combats with the American forces, and would 

 not fire unless driven into a corner. The wild 

 nature of the country was favorable for their 

 concealment, and when hard pressed they could 

 disperse and disguise themselves as cattle herd- 

 er-. Nevertheless, several of the bands were 

 overtaken and some of the members were wound" 

 ed and taken prisoners. Nothing would induce 

 these men to reveal the plans of the conspiracy 

 and the persons engaged in it. 



After they were dispersed by the Mexican 

 tr..,,p> in their first raids, the revolutionists did 

 not venture across the border in force for many 

 weeks. On Nov. 1(5 they attacked Guerrero in 

 Considerable numbers. At the same time Garza 

 issued a proclamation in which he spoke in the 

 name of the opp.essed priests and Churchmen 

 and plundered masses of Mexico, and called on 

 patriots everywhere to join him, saying that his 

 force was strong enough to cope with the Mexi- 

 can army. His followers had increased already 

 to nearly 1,000 men, and others were joining 

 fast. An invoice of arms brought from New 

 York, consisting of 1.000 rifles, was captured in 

 the Rio Grande by the American custom-house 

 officers. Gen. Sandival was said to be organ i/- 

 ing another insurrectionary army in which ,'.(( it) 

 men were enrolled. Gen. Lorenzo Garcia en- 

 countered a large body of Garza's men, and tin- 

 revolutionists were driven to take refuge in the 

 desert parts of Texas. The Mexican Govern- 

 ment, alarmed at the rapid spread of the insur- 

 rection, hastened troops from central Mexico 

 until they had 8,000 or 10,000 near the frontier, 

 and were able to patrol the whole length of the 

 Rio Grande with squads of 50 men and gam-on 

 the States of Nueva Leon and Coahuila. Dis- 



in northern Mexico, caused by a failure of 

 the crop-, created a condition tftTOtmblfl i 

 liilion. A guerilla war was still curried 01 

 the border by detached bands of (iar/a'- men, 

 who craped into Texas when attacked und pur- 

 sued in force by Col. Ceron's frontier guard. Tin- 

 Mexican operations were directed b 

 nardo Kcyi- at Monterey. The American troop- 

 co-operating to prevent a violation of the frontier, 

 though consisting only of two conipanic- of in- 

 fantry and tv\o of cavalry, were able by their 

 activity to compel the bands to scatter wlc 

 lh"V were a enibled on American soil. The 

 per-on- en-aged in the movement who were res- 

 idents of Texas were compelled to return to their 

 ranches, where they were located by spies and 

 scouts, and roundups were carried out by the 

 United States troops, which resulted in the 'capt- 

 ure of some of the leaders. 



MICHIGAN, a Western State, admitted to 

 the Union .Ian. 26, 1837; area, 58,915 square 

 miles. The population, according to each de- 

 cennial census since admission, was 21'-i.2(7 in 

 1840; 397,054 in 1&50; 749,113 in I860; l.lK4,or,<f 

 in INTO; l.<;:!<;.!):!7 in 1H0; and 2,093,889 in 

 1890. Capital. Lansing. 



(lorcriiiiicnt. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Edwin B. 

 Winans, Democrat ; Lieutenant-Governor, John 

 Strong; Secretary of State, Daniel E. Socer, 

 who resigned in December and was succeeded by 

 R. R. Slacker; State Treasurer. Frederick 

 Braastad; Auditor-General, George W. Stone; 

 Commissioner of State Land Office, George T. 

 Shaffer; Attorney-General, Adolphus A. Kllis: 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction. I-V 

 Fitch; Commissioner of Insurance, William E. 

 Magiil ; Commissioner of Railroads, Charles R. 

 Whitman ; Commissioner of Labor, Henry A. 

 Robinson; Commissioner of Mineral Statistics. 

 Charles I). Lawton : Chief. Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, John W. Champlin ; Associate Justices, 

 Allen B. Morse, John W. McGrath, Charles D. 

 Long. Claudius B. Grant. On Dec. 31 Chief- 

 Justice Champlin's term expired, and Justice 

 Morse became Chief Justice. R. M. Mont- 

 gomery took his seat as Associate Justice on the 

 samp day. 



Finances. The following is a summary of 

 the operations of the State treasury for 'the 

 year ending June 30, 1891 : Balance" on hand 

 June 30, 1890, $1.151,259.78; receipts, $3,181.- 

 ::os.si; disbursements, $3,107.924.37; balance 

 on hand June 30, 1891, $1,224,644.32. The 

 summary for the general fund is as follows: 

 Balance on hand June 30, 1890, $903,420.60; 

 receipts, $3,090,438.1(5: disbursements. sft'J.117.- 

 !i!i|.^: balance on hand June :!<>, IS'.U. $972,- 

 444.04. Included in the general fund receipts 

 is the sum of $1.2! ">. 184.09, received of county 

 treasurers from the State tax levy. There 

 is also included an item of $31,000 paid to 

 the State by the General Government for 

 the support of the agricultural college. From 

 specific taxes on railroad, telegraph, and mining 

 companies and the like was realized $1.071.74!'.- 

 4*. nearly all of which was devoted to educa- 

 tional purposes. The following table shows the 

 costof maintaining the State institutions for the 

 year ending June :!0. 1S!M, and the |M>rtion 

 thereof derived from the State treasury: 



