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900 men being killed. Several of 

 the landing Liberals living in the capita 

 imprisoned. Cucula and !.< |"-:nt- on the 

 frontier were taken by the mvitding rebels, and 

 arms wr* introduced frwly through Venesuela. 

 The rabak i i iiiiil themselves of the Girardot 



Railroad, and captured 8 of 5 rim gunboato 

 thai UM Governor of Bolivar bad equipped on 

 ib* Magdatena rim. Tbev prepared to send 

 an expedition agin*t Honda eo M to < 

 oommunkmUon* with Bogota; whence Govern- 

 ment rt-eoforosments were dispatched in haste 

 to iJtftmi that place. The capture <>f Baran- 

 ouilla made the rebels masters of navigat i 

 the Marlalrna, but on 1 v u : f ael Reyes 



arrived in Cartagma with 1.000 men and 5 river 

 boats. Some foreign resident* in Barranquilla, 

 fearing trouble in the city, hoisted the flags of 

 their respective countries. The local authorities 

 * m lowered, and issued a decree 

 _ to floe and imprison any private 

 _ displaying a foreign flag. In the battle 

 of Papeyo, near Ibeque, the revolutionists sus- 

 Utaeda disheartening defeat, 800 of them b, -in- 

 captured. Troops were sent out from Carta- 

 gena to clear that part of the country of insur- 

 gents. The Government continually increased 

 its forces, arming the inhabitants of Cauca. An- 

 tioquia. Bolivar, and Magdalena. The rebel 

 forces in T<li ma surrendered on Feb. 8 at 

 Chumbamuv. After the route of Taclii: 

 Feb. 5 at Mundo Nuevo, Cundinamarca was 

 cleared of invaders. In the province of Velez 

 ami other central districts the rebellion was 

 not yet suppressed, but Government troops 

 oloMQ them in and pursued the principal body 

 toward Sogamoso. A detachment of invaders 

 Habahia, and 2*50 prisoners and 



a Urge supply of modern rifles were captured. 

 On Feb. 14 the rebels made a brave resistance at 

 Cucuta, and on the following day, after they 

 had been driven out of the town, they returned 

 and attacked the Government forces, and finally 

 expelled them after a desperate battle that 

 lasted from dawn till afternoon, more than 800 

 illiil on both sides, among them the rebel 

 (ten. ('tiarto. A small expedition from 

 Port Union landed at Bocas del Toro on M 

 8. A fierce attack was made upon th< t 

 where the soldiers were surprised in their sleep. 

 The rebels lost their leader, and were repulsed 

 after three hours of fighting. In the evening 

 marines were landed from the United States 

 vesatl - Atlanta** to protect American property. 

 The -Bafeigh** had before this been ordered to 

 Colon and the "Alert" to Panama, to be ready 

 to land troops, as was done in 1885, in case the 

 revolutionists should attempt to close the Pana- 

 ma Kailmad. Gov. Arango declared the depart- 

 ment of Panama in a state of siege, and caused 

 a great number of persons to be confined as 

 political prisoners. A fierce battle took place at 

 Banana, where 500 men were engaged, and 90 

 fell on both sides. The rebels haT previously 

 rapt ured Puerto. A few days later Gen. Martens 

 gained a victory over a large body of rebels at 

 ('apitanejo, near Malaga. Battles were f 

 inCauca at Cali and fiuga, On March 15 the 

 Government forces under Gen. Reyes defeated a 

 large body of revolutionists, and captured the 

 town of Enciso. The rebel loss was reported to 



be 1,300 men and that of the Government TOO. 

 Many of the loyalist soldiers perished during 

 .,1 nian-h. After this decisive engage- 

 ment the rebels were too much discouraged to 

 take the field again in force, though the tinny ..f 

 <; ii. Keyes, originally 30,000 strong, had Been 

 reduced by deaths and desertion to 8,000. 

 Guerrilla raids continued in the mountainous 

 districts, and martial law was still maintained 

 through the country. Concealed ami'- wen- un- 

 earthed ami confiscated, and the frontier was so 

 closely guarded that attempts to invade the 

 country were finally given up. 



To obtain means to prosecute the war the 

 Government raised forced loans, and increased 

 the import duties 15 percent., ami put a heavier 

 export duty on coffee. The collection of a spe- 

 cial duty of 10 per cent, on goods destined for 

 the Isthmus of Panama was decided I 

 courts to be illegal. An extra tax of $10 a 

 head on all cattle slaughtered was decreed, and 

 the stamp duties and internal-revenue duties 

 were doubled. 



Italian Indemnity Claims. After a long 

 correspond. -nee in relation to claims for dam- 

 ages amounting to over $600,000 su>taineil by 

 Italian citizens during the revolution : 



lombian Government proposed that the 

 matter should be referred to the President of 

 the United States for arbitration. The proposi- 

 tion was accepted by the Italian Government, 

 and in February, 1895, President Cleveland sig- 

 nified hi- willingness to act as arbitrator. 



HH.OItAIH).:. Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Aug. 1, 1876; area, 103,925 square miles. 

 The population in 1880 was 194,327; in 1890 it 

 was 412,198. Capital, Denver. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Albert W. 

 Mclntire, Republican; Lieutenant Governor, 

 .Tared L. Brush ; Secretary of State, Albert B. 

 McGaffey; Trea-uivr. Harry K. .Mulnix: Au- 

 ditor, C. C. Parks ; Superintendent of Education, 

 Anjanette J. Peavey ; Attorney-General, B. L. 

 Carr; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 Charles D. Hayt ; Associate Justices, Luther M. 

 Goddard, and John Campbell. 



I'inanees. Ttie Treasurer 1 - report shows the 

 balance on hand Nov. 30^1892. to ha\. 

 $850,051.47; the cash receipts during the two 

 years, $2,502,208.01 ; and the amount from in- 

 vestment warrants redeemed and interest, $854,- 

 688,41. The cash disbursements were $2,706,- 

 367.04; the warrants bought for iim-tment 

 amounted to $932,526.28; and the cash in the 

 treasury Nov. 30, 1894 was $567,99J>.r,7. The 

 floating State debt amounted to $2,488,289.37, 

 and then**-!* due the State $1,180,081.59, leav- 

 ing the net floating debt $1,308,207.78. The 

 capital bonds amounted to $600,000. 



Education. The ninth biennial report of the 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction for the 

 two years ending June .'50, 1894, gives the school 

 population of 1893 as 1 16,119 and the attendance 

 46,187; and the school population of 1894 as 

 118,384, and the attendance 58,330. The whole 

 amount of money paid for schools in 1894 was 

 .728.57, of which $1,216,324.20 was 

 teachers' wages. 



The report of the State University at Boulder 

 shows an enrollment of 159 university students 



