

IDAHO. 



existing strained relations without anv humiliation 

 of the Government 



rdial JIIK! grateful T 



In \ lew of lli,- ri-lal:.-!j- .-f sift ere friend- 

 UpMtWWSJ the licpubli. <>f llayli and tin- noble 

 and i; "ien rvimlilir. my (J.. \crninci, 



resolved to fulfill your (oval r- 

 the assurance that the Preddenl will to-day decree 

 I In- pardon of H.-rr Lueders. While taking 

 of UH prisoner's promise to leave the isltu 

 once, I must not leave you unaware thai n.\ 



th right* voder all the etreao> 



taiice,to proceed to the ineasnt. <>f azpoUoo and 



l.ucdi-r* for tin- futti! 



the sod of tin- country which ...mi.-, d." 



.- - Ion was liU-rat'.-d ,.u Oct. ;;. mid dep. 



i -rk and th.-u-f f<>r Ilcrlin. !! had I--- n 



.ifi.-r the time \vii.-n 



v rin demanded his instant releas* . 



'ion- fr indemnification :.nd rcparat ion Were 



conducted in ll.-rlm. The HaMian Government 



liH-tant to j.ay I In- -uin demanded, which was 



$50.000. The population became mo \\IH-M 



ii>.- <M-nnan war vessels armed. anl tin- i;..\.rn- 

 ired to take 1: Mom to pn-\ent 



ik. In .lacmel an attempt was made to 

 eixe the d..\ rnm.-nt offices by rioters, of wlxnn ? 

 killed and 15 WOUlded by tin- in...)-. \ 

 minor had reached that port that tin- (n-nnai, 

 was bombarding tin- cajtital. 



of t ho populace nil the f> i. ni of .lacim-l 



refuge on vessels anchored in tin- harl-r. In 

 -. when- tin-re wa* much di-contmt. the 

 i..n was |.arii-nlarly critical. 

 ,lly an ultimatum was sent to Pn-^Mcir 



(iVnnan naval commander. After cnMMilt- 



is Cabinet the I're>ident deeifod to OQU) ptj, 



and U-fore the time expired the Minister of War 



paid over on board tip- <i-iinan HaiHiip the sum 



IIOM.ANR 



IIOMM i: \s. republic in Central Ameri.-M. 

 The Con^re>> i.> a >in.i:le cliainl.er. coiitaini: 

 members, who are di-.-ii-.l by dire.-i nni\ei>al male 

 MI tirade for foiir years. .lent i> el 



for UM Mune term b/ the rote of the nation. i>r. 

 BonUla, who became chief of thee\e-u- 

 rolul i'-n in 1 s :' 



i! by the Constituent A>sembl\. \\;,x 

 ufterwanl fli-cteil in the regular \\a\ f..r the' ti-rm 

 en. In . 1SJIS. Tl 



Manuel lioiiilla. The nimi-t.-rs at the 

 vere as follow : Mini-in- of I 



'Imi-i.-r of .lu-li.r ami Tublie 

 Insiriictioii. lr. C. lioiiilla; Mil, i'ul.lic 



. 1 ';. I < . I .all..- ; Minister of il 



.ni-ler of l-'in.r \\. Ii. 



. : Mini-ti 1C I'-nilla. 



Area and I'opiilat ion. i I b-nduras 



is estimated at J^.'J.'iO sijuare mik-.. The popula- 

 tion i- about I H-IJIIL: aim. -t ,-i,tii. 

 Indians, with a few while settler- >.-atti : 

 them. .alpa. the capital, ha- about 1 

 inhabitants. 



I iiuiiiee*. The receipts in 1895 

 peSOS. T: debt on .lur- 



'.'it;. 1 1 I.T'.HI sterling, ioolnding the cajiital sum of 



'. and I' 11. 1 1 Hi. _'".( of uii|.aid inl.T.-t a.- 

 cruii 



i mcrcc. The imports in l s !<; ain-iini.d to 



il^. The exports wen- a- follow : l'i. 

 metals. l.irIMHKI pe-os ; , <KX) pesos: <-n\- 



tlc. -KHMKM) pr,,- : bananas. 400.000 pesos: tol 



oaiiiit-. 1 s: other 



products. 1 MIUI jK'sos. 



Communicalion-. I me <.f railroad 



from J'm-rto Cortv. to La I'imienta. ~>! mile> 

 po-t .Ilice in 1N!(5 forwarde.l ilTd.l.VJ i 



bc-ide- I'j.J.'ll p-^jxten-il let!. rapllS 



hud 'J.(WO miles of wire in .July. : 



IDAHO, a Northwestern State, admitted to the 

 Union July :{. 1M90; area, *4.*<H) >|iiare miles: pop- 

 ulation, according to the census of 1890, M 

 Capital. I: 



wment The following were the State offi- 

 cers during the year: Govern.. r. Frank Steum-n- 

 berg; Lieutenant Govern Sec-' 



n-tary of State, George J. I 



::tir..Iame- II. Anderson: Alt- 

 General. II. K. McFarland: Sup-rintcndent ,f Public 

 !--.- . I. V I 1 .. \i, : rson : ln-p.'ej,,r of Mm. -. 



HaxtingK all Dmtoeratio-Popoliil fu-i-m. 



Supreme Court Chief .lu-tiee. I. N. Sullivan. IJ.-- 

 i.ublican: AModato Jnttieea, J. \V. Hu-t<.n. Kej.ub- 

 lican and Kalph I*, (^uar -,tti. l'opuli-t : 



Clerk of the Court. Silomon Hasbn.uck, liepub- 

 .. . 



Finance.- In hi^ message to the I^-i-lature. 

 which convened in January. 1*'.7. the (;,,vern.. r 

 callwl attention to t!,,- f, u -t that the bonded int 



oubled -in<-.- the 



attainment ..f Statehood (1800). while the assessed 

 valuation of pr ,- rty was decreaiin:. -We are 

 confronted by the difTiculty of 

 doing an increa* -.- on a decreasing C/ipi- 



Ul. w The rei \udito r for ]y:{ and 



1894 shows that the Umded debt of tt 

 Jan. 1, 185. aggregate* 1 $37H.fKK>. M,,r,. whief 

 there has been ; ,um Umds. f.->.000: Cai.i- 



t.-l-biiilding bonds. $80.0(N) ; total. $KT).(KK) : leaving 

 balance of debt, $293,000. The preceding session 



(.f the Legislature provided for th- Lssuall 

 Asylum-improveinent bonds, $'J.*i.O(Hi : normal- 

 school bonds. $75.000; total, $100.000; makinir a 



total bonded indebtednc-s of s. 



follows: Kcfiinding bond-, drawing '> per cent, 



$108,000; wagon -road bon.i 



$50,000; \\. ; l.n.l-. l*!i:'.. : percent.. > 



000; asylum-improvement bond-. '. 



000; normal-school bond-. : p. r cent., *',' 



total. *:!J>:{.000 ; outstanding wan., 



$24:M:^>'J: 1- 'd indebtedness, bonded 



ami warrant. $.. 



Ace.. unts atrain-t the State for which im appro- 

 priation has been made or claims where the r. _MI- 

 lar appropriation ha- been exhau-ted are examii. -d 

 and certilied a- correct by the board of > 

 and are so certified to the next M- ion of th. 

 islature. and such certifn-d account const it 

 delicjency warrant. T! iiit> collect isely 



amounted in .January to ^ll.'. 1 : 1 



The -.-miannual report of the Auditor, covering 

 the period from .Jan. 1 to. July :!1. 1 S '.K. sle 

 (i'-neral-fund warm 1 l^'. 1 ". Mid 1 ^'.'''.. oiit- 



standin-.Jan. 1. 1^*7. jj:^4/JTO : rede,-med .Jan. 1 t.. 

 Julyltl. 1H1>7. s '..lance ont-taiidiny 



I0d \^.> Collections reported by 



the Trea-urer for the f..-riod amounted to *2?'J..VK. 

 the principal items I : p -11 



taxes, $H,(M. V < : insurance licenses and filing' 

 $3.6" roportion of State and county lic< 



$8,193; wagon-road tax, $10,061 ; principal account 



