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admini>trator of customs on the north coast and 

 ia/, anil commander of nil tin- inili- 

 ree> of tho department <>f Colon, began a 

 .dnst smugglers, and carried out his plans 

 mi with a rigor and by methods so nrbi- 

 H i" incur the enmity of the mercantile 

 and "i her dashes. Col. Leonardo Nuilla, a 

 former partisan of Leiva. who had nevertheless 

 been deposed I'lMin his place as lieutenant ad- 

 ministrator of customs for tho port of Ceiba, 

 look the lead in a conspiracy to oust the Govern- 

 ment ollicials and inaugurate a revolution. On 

 the night of June 23, with 12 men, he over- 

 powered tho guard and gained possession of the 

 barracks, customhouse, and telegraph office at 

 . A force of 50 insurgents was sent out 

 to -ci/.e the towns between Ceiba and Truxillo. 

 The I'niied States steamer "Jos. Otteri, Jr.," 

 then in the port of Ceiba, was boarded by Nuilla, 

 who took away 'JoO rifles and a quantity of car- 

 tridges consigned to the Government, and left a 

 uard. lie issued a proclamation, in which he 

 \\elt on complaints made by American citizens 

 against Muiloz for illegalities committed in 

 respect of the American steamers " Professor 

 M'>rse" and "Rover," of the Central American 

 Pioneer line. At Nuilla's call volunteers flocked 

 in. more than he had arms for, not Hondurians 

 alone, but Salvadorians and citizens of the other 

 Central American republics. He embarked 500 

 men on the " Jos. Otteri, Jr.," on June 24 for 



Truxillo. If successful in taking that place, he 

 intended to ,-ei/, 1'urrto Cortex, reduce Kuutan, 

 capture the arms that were there, and then 

 march upon tho capital. Truxillo was taken by 

 surprise on the night of June 24, and Mufioz 

 was made a prisoner and shot. On the 26th, 

 Nuilla went to capture Kuatan, but the assault 

 was beaten off, and the revolutionists, having 

 lo>t their boats, returned to Truxillo. Nuilla 

 had possession of the whole north coa-t. and by 

 his favors won the good will of tin men hauls. 

 On June 27 he returned with 500 men to C ( ilia. 

 on the " Jos. Otteri, Jr.", and on the following 

 day he released the vessel, which departed im- 

 mediately for New Orleans. Col. Nuilla laid 

 his plans to march secretly into Comayagua on 

 Aug. 4 and capture the city and the (iovernment 

 buildings. Informed of this, the Government 

 took measures to guard the capital, and mean- 

 while President Leiva chartered the American 

 steamer " Pizatti," converted it into a vessel of 

 war, mounting 2 Krupp guns and 1 Gatling, and 

 sent it with a large body of troops to regain tho 

 places in the north. The vessel shelled Ceiba 

 until the insurgents were dislodged, and the 

 Government troops took possession of the town 

 after a short battle on land. The revolutionists 

 fled into the forest, and their friends in Truxillo 

 deserted that town before the " Pizatti " arrived 

 with troops. On Aug. 26 Nuilla was captured 

 and court-martialed. 



IDAHO, a Northwestern State, admitted to 

 the Union July 3, 1890; area, 84,800 square 

 miles; population, according to the census of 

 1890, 84,385. Capital, Boise City. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : Governor, Norman B. 

 Willoy, Republican; Secretary of State, A. J. 

 Pinkliam ; Auditor, Silas W. Moody ; Treasurer, 

 Frank R. Coffin; Attorney-General, George H. 

 Roberts ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. 

 F. llarroun ; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 K-iae N. Sullivan; Associate Justices, Joseph 

 \V. Huston and John T. Morgan. 



Education. According to the latest school 

 CCIIMIS there were in the State 27,740 children 

 of school age, and under the current apportion- 

 ment the per capita is nearly fifty cents. The 

 school money apportioned in January, 1892, 

 amounted to $1,324.65. In June of the same 

 year the school funds apportioned had increased 

 to $13,674.67, a largo advance on that of the pre- 

 ceding year, which then aggregated but $1,'.M 1 .. > . 

 This increase in the amounts of money appor- 

 tioned was derived from the interest on the sales 

 of State school lands. Tho method adopted by 

 the Si ate Board of Land Commissioners of mak- 

 ing loans of school money is explained by At- 

 torney-General Roberts as follows : 



there is money in tin- State treasury, appli- 

 oatintis for loans are considered in tho order of their 

 filinir with the secretary. It' they are found to be 

 reirular on their t'm-e, the security ottered is ordered 

 appraised. It' the security proves to be such as the 

 statute requires, the title* is examined and approved, 



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mortgage and notes executed, and the State Auditor 

 is required to draw his warrant for the amount loaned 

 in favor of the applicant. The whole amount of 

 money received by the board is $74,779.25. There 

 was in May in the treasury $23,009.25. Of this 

 amount $21.300 has been loaned subject to appraise- 

 ment of the land ottered as security. 



State Lands. The General Government 

 granted to Idaho on July 3, 1890, 622,000 acres. 

 Of these, 167,125-34 acres were selected by the 

 State Board of Land Commissioners for public- 

 purposes. There were on July 18, 1892, accord- 

 ing to a report submitted to the State Board of 

 Land Commissioners, 30,000 acres under inspec- 

 tion for selection. 



Under the general grant of the 16th and 36th 

 sections in every township to the State for pub- 

 lic-school purposes, there are now surveyed and 

 belonging to the State 558,720 acres. The inti- 

 mated amount to be surveyed and to inure to 

 the State under this grant is 2.800,000 acres. 



Pursuant to the provisions of the act of Feb. 

 26, 1891, there have been appraised 1 >y count y o >m- 

 nii-Muiiers university lands amounting to .'i.l'.'i? 

 IK res. and public-school lands amounting to !>.- 

 899-53 acres. There have been sold at public 

 auction: Universitv lands, 1.7!>7 acres, for $17,- 

 970; and public-school lands. 23.071 -58 acres for 

 $570.398.25 a total of 24,868-58 acres for $588,- 



... 



Finances. The semiannual report of the 

 State Treasurer covering the period between 

 July 1, 1891, and Jan. 1, 1*!>0. is as follows: 

 Balance in the treasury on .Ian. 1. 1H92. $73.- 

 714.18; indebtedness of the State, $428,111.52; 



