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UTAH. 



bers almost came to blows, and the sitting was 

 therefore suspended. The movements of troops 

 gave rise to a suspicion that the leaders of the 

 army intended to intervene and proclaim a dic- 

 tatorship. Ballots were taken on succeeding 

 days, both parties showing equal strength, till 

 on March 12 Dr. Ellauri was again declared 

 elected ; but on the following morning, notwith- 

 standing the retirement of Gomenzoro, he an- 

 nounced that with so narrow a majority he could 

 not accept. Alcides Montero was proposed, and 

 in the votes that followed he was unable to get 

 as many votes as Gen. Perez. The popular ex- 

 citement was such that all business stopped. On 

 March 21 Idiarte Borda was nominated as the 

 representative of the party in power and of con- 

 servative economical principles. He was declared 

 elected on the first ballot, notwithstanding the 

 fact that the count was disputed and in spite of 

 the outcry against dictation and terrorism. 



The new President was inducted into office on 

 March 25, and soon allayed the popular disquiet 

 to a considerable extent by his declarations in 

 favor of an honest financial policy and his inde- 

 pendent attitude toward political cliques. He 

 selected the following Cabinet : Minister of Gov- 

 ernment, Dr. Miguel Herrera y Obes; Minister 

 of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Luis Pineyro del Campo ; 

 Minister of War, Gen. Juan Jose 'Diaz ; Minister 

 of Finance, Dr. Federico R. Vidiella; Minister 

 of Agriculture, Industry, Instruction, and Public 

 Works, Juan Jose Castro. 



UTAH, a Territory of the United States, or- 

 ganized Sept. 9, 1850; area, 84,970 square miles. 

 Population in 1890, 207,905. Capital. Salt Lake 

 City. 



(xovernment. The following were the State 

 officers in 1894: Governor, Caleb W. West, 

 Democrat ; Secretary, Charles C. Richards ; Au- 

 ditor, John T. Caine : Treasurer. T. W. White- 

 head, Jr.; United States District Attorney, 

 John W. Judd; Superintendent of Common 

 Schools, Jacob S. Boreman, succeeded in Septem- 

 ber by M. Lewis ; United States Marshal, Nat 

 M. Bingharn; Adjutant General, George M. 

 Ottinger; Members of the Utah Commission, J. 

 R, Letcher, A. G. Norrell, and George R, 

 Thatcher, Democrats, and E. W. Tatlock and 

 Hoyt Sherman, Republicans (H. C. Lett, chair- 

 man of the Commission, died March 27); Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, S. A. Merritt ; 

 Associate Justices. George W. Bartch, H. W. 

 Smith, and James A. Minor, the last-named of 

 whom retired, and was succeeded in September 

 by W. II. King. 



Population. The Governor estimates the 

 present population of the Territory at 252,834, 

 that of the 3 most populous counties being as 

 follow : Salt Lake. 70.350 ; Utah, 29,925 ; Weber, 

 20,1)25. The total estimated increase in the Ter- 

 ritory during the year is 44,929. 



Finances. The valuation of real and per- 

 sonal property amounts to $99,503.243. a de- 

 crease of nearly $18,000,000 from that of 1893. 



The number of entries at the land office dur- 

 ing the year was 1,255, representing a total of 

 $62,623.75. 



The county court of Salt Lake declared invalid 

 all warrants issued after Nov. 27, on the ground 

 that the county had then reached the limit of its 

 authority to issue warrants. The retiring coun- 



ty board contended that it had not exceeded the 

 limit ; that it is the date of the incurring of the 

 obligation which establishes the validity of war- 

 rants, and not the date of the issuance of the 

 evidence of indebtedness, which a warrant, 

 when registered, plainly is. Again, it was 

 claimed that the school funds are properly a 

 part of the county revenue, inasmuch as at the 

 time the law prohibiting the municipality from 

 exceeding in its expenditures a stated amount 

 based on the percentage of valuation for the two 

 previous years, the school funds were a part of 

 the legitimate revenue, and that the section em- 

 bodying the definition of such revenues has not 

 been repealed. 



Education. There were 74,471 children of 

 school age in the Territory in 1894, an increase 

 of 2,762 over the number in 1893. 



The University of Utah has received an en- 

 dowment by the Literary and Scientific Associa- 

 tion of Salt Lake City of a professorship with 

 a gift of $60,000 ; also' the use of building and 

 class rooms free of rent for two years. The en- 

 rollment reached 400 in October. The Govern- 

 ment has granted to the university about 60,000 

 acres of land from the Fort Douglas military 

 reservation. From the sale of university lands 

 the endowment fund of the university has re- 

 ceived to date $135,010.15, and has to its further 

 credit $50,212.85, the appraised value of unsold 

 lands. The former sum is drawing interest at 

 the rate of 8 per cent. During 1893 and the 

 early part of 1894 the board sold lands to the 

 value of $103,045.10. 



The attendance at the Agricultural College in 

 1893-'94 was 264. The corps of teachers has been 

 increased and now numbers 21, and new build- 

 ings have been occupied this year. The first 

 class was graduated, numbering, in all depart- 

 ments, 15. The commercial course has been ex- 

 tended to four years. Ten bulletins have been 

 issued from the experiment station, treating of 

 irrigation and other subjects of practical interest 

 to farmers. 



State Institutions. The Penitentiary had 

 186 prisoners in July. During the Commonweal 

 Army disturbance the number rose to 237. Im- 

 provements aggregating $90,000 have been made 

 within the past five years. The prison is on a 

 Government reservation of 180 acres, 3 miles 

 from Salt Lake City. 



The annual report of the Reform School shows 

 that the number of inmates enrolled on Dec. 31 

 was 32, of whom 24 were males. The number 

 out on leave of absence or parole during good 

 behavior was 14 males and 6 females. During 

 last year 19 males and 8 females were com- 

 mitted, while the total number committed since 

 the Reform School was opened in 1889 is 122 

 males and 25 females. Since the opening of the 

 institution the appropriations amount to $170,- 

 042.92, including $7,521.46 for 1895. 



Hanks. The total resources of the 4 national 

 banks in Salt Lake City are given at $4,472,975.- 

 50 in the aggregate, and those of the 3 in Ogden 

 at $1,226,146.97. The Salt Lake banks have a 

 total of $2,158,709.45 involved in loans and dis- 

 counts, while the Ogden banks have $565,647. 

 The cash held by the Salt Lake institutions ag- 

 gregates $670,938.85, while those of Ogden have 

 $249,884.18. 



