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MICHIGAN. 



as he was entering the Alameda. Gen. Mena turned 



aside the dagger, and the assailant was seir. 



i . umbers of the suite, who got orders from the Prest- 



dent that the man was not to U- hurt. < HI the fol- 

 lowing Uav a mob broke into the jnil by batterinfl 

 om, overpowenxi the warden, and killed 

 Arroyo with kmv, -. F,. r the lym-hing 21 persons 

 were mrreM l.uujuez. the inspect- 



or-giM -lice. Lieut. Cnhrvera, of the d 



live service, and Commandant Maun. Salcher were 

 placed under arn-t f,-r neirlet-t of duty. Tin- lynch- 

 :v and policemen led l.y Ool An 

 tonio Villavicineo. an inxpect>r of pOIUM, and Col. 



\, k , .. . : . bad punned fchssam 

 sination of the prisoner. He said that he thoogfal 

 thereby to do a service to the country. Though 

 closely guarded, Velasquez managed to obtain a pis- 

 tol and shot him- If. and his warden, Col. Campu- 

 xano, was in turn taken into custody and cha 

 with negligence. The killing of Arroyo before he 

 : be interrogated by the judge ami tin- subso- 



juent self-murder of the officer who had him put 

 out of the way indicated that there was a plot in 

 the attempt on Gen. Diaz's life, but left n> clew by 

 which the mvstery could be solved. 



I ml of the Yaqni >Var. The insurrection of 

 t<jui Indians, who have always been govern. .1 

 by their own laws and have refused to pay taxes and 

 kept all intruders out of their domain, resisting all 

 attempts to reduce them to subjection from the 

 f the Spanish conquest, was ended in .June. 

 1897, by a treaty of peace. Having failed to subju- 

 gate them by force of arms. President hia/. adopted 

 a policy of conciliation and concluded an an.-in_-.-- 

 mcnt advantageous alike to the Indians and to the 

 republic. Jetiabale, the chief of the Yaquis, met 

 a Mexican peace commissioner at a conference near 

 the town of (i imy mas, the one escorted by 800 war- 

 riors, the other by a regim. nt of cavalry. ,!i, 

 formerly President I Ha/, put an end to brigandage 

 by hiring the brigands with good pay as armed 

 guardians of the public peace, so now he enrolled 

 ti/ens of Mexico into a militia for 

 the State of Sonora and appointed their chief com- 

 mander of the militia with the rank and salary of a 

 ' 



MKim.AN. a Western State, admitted to the 

 fniou Jan. 2, 1887; area, 58,915 square mil-. 

 The population, according to each decennial census 

 since admission, was 212,267 in 1840; 397,654 in 

 1850: 74!.m in 1860; 1,184,059 in 1870; 1,6:,' 

 in 1880; and 2,098,889 in 1890. By the State cen- 

 sus of 1894 it was 2.241,641. Capital, Lansing. 

 > eminent The following were the - 

 officers during the year: Governor. I In/en S. Pin- 

 gree; Lieutenant Governor, Thomas I',. Dun-tan: 

 Secretary of State, Washington Gardner; 'I 

 nnr, George A. Steel; Auditor. Koscoe D. Di\ . 

 Altor al, Fred. A. Maynard : Superintend- 



ent of Public Instruction, Jason K. Hammond: 

 Land Commissioner, William A. French; p.ank 



. D. B. A ogtr, noeeeded l.y Com- 

 missioner Ju^t; Railroad Commissioner. Sybrant 

 Wesseliiw: Insurance Commissioner. Theroa I'. 

 Giddings, succeeded br Milo I). Campbell: Ubor 

 Commission, -r. < '. II. Morse, succeeded by Joseph 



tant General, 1 M Iri-h: Food 

 Comraiwi o. Grosvenor: nil I..s 



ith: Chief Jnstice of the Supr-me 

 Court, Charles I>. I.., n - : Associate Justices. Clau- 

 dius R. Grant. Robert M. M.mtpn k A. 

 Hooker, and Joseph H. Moore; Clerk, (. ( . II. ,p- 

 kin< all Republicans. 



Kinance*. The n-^-rt -f the Treasurer for the 

 vear ending June 30 was submitt<>d in August 

 The balance on hand at the beginning of the year 

 was $912,422.43, and the total receipts for the year 



were $8,603,129.57. The di.xlmr-.-mentx were $3,- 

 781,668.96. TlM outstanding bonds of the Stateare: 

 Past due part-paid $5,000.< N M i loan bonds. )f 19,000, 

 sl.(MM) uiot liearini; inter- 

 est) $10,992.88. The truxt-fund .lel.t is as follows: 

 Agricultural Colle-e fund. $50.!' rmal 



School fund. - : Primary S-1..M,| fund, 



1,457.69; Primary Sch,,,,i fun.l. 

 (5 pM ^29,069.88; QniTersity fund. < 



(Mitxideof the tax depjirtmrnt the |ar-:-xt -um 

 turned int< th- wax fn.m franchise fees, 



which amount, -1 to $88,715.48, Peddlers' licenses 



HAZKN 8. PINOREB, OOVEBKOR OP MICHIOAK. 



brought in $2,513.06; deer lieen<e<. !?'J" 



for examining banks, $8,?!i.-.'l : fees fn.m notaries 



public, $2.707; fees for inspection of oil, $11,- 



825,50. 



The total tex as compute. 1 for 197 was $2,879,- 

 907.23, and for 1898, $2.012,227.02. 



Some of the larper items that j?o to make up the 



_-ate for 1807 are as follow: fniver-ity. 



: : nr.nnal schools, s?H".. vi-an 



College of Mines. S 



$18.7(K>; Industrial Sch...,l for M..VS, $66,500 : for 

 >rirN. $46.75(1: H., m ,. for Fc.-hle-Mind.-d. $76.788; 

 Soldiers' Home. $88,000: School for tin- Blind. 

 $2H,000: School for the Deaf, $vj higan 



1. $89,665.64; relief for Ontonagon 

 fire suflferers, $25.000: asylums for the insane, for 

 impi-" - -'it pri-on and 



House of Correction, $27.fl Public School. 



$88,707: Fi>h Com mi-ion, $16,500; Dairy and 

 nmisskm, $18,000. 



A decision in regard to tax tit lex. n n-1. n-1 in 

 December, makes illegal a practice that has b 

 vogue for years. It was decided by the Supreme 

 Court that, according to the correct rendering of 

 the statutes, land .IM-C -old by the State for delin- 

 quent taxes can not again be taken by the Si 

 enforce its lien for taxes ..f Hib^equent year* until 

 after the State has disposed of its title acquired at 

 t he former sale. 



I .1 neat ion. The school population is 697,689. 

 The apportionment of the interest fund gives $1.44 



