

NEW YORK 



M< \i; \,r \. 



Douglas Mathewson; President. Borough <>f 

 hattan, I/ouis G 'resident. Itorough of the 



fur ;M3 nldrrnifii ami :{? 

 mcmU-rsof the As*: 



:t of 



- hiimaiin : al.-' !" ' 



MI rneh of tin- 5dis' 

 \ttorney. Austen (J. i 

 i:,- . i Bdwai 11 Moflweeney: G unto ( i. rk, 



. 



Justice* of tin- Supreme < 'int. ( 'Imrlt - II 

 i George r. \ i ^-f ii., 



Court. Joseph Fwtrvtch atxl S. Stanw<Mil Menken ; 

 < . - ;: Mi atan, \;fr. .1 I-:. Thayer. 



Cyrttf John Strong. William Henry Terry, ami I.. \i 

 FCWa HL'li of ill 'iiery 



mhoop ami Patrick .1. .lust ice of 



Municipal Court, Klvventh District. Borough of 

 I. Worcester : .lustier of Muni- 

 DX, William W. 1', n- 

 flrld :" Municipal Court. Second l>i 



ii .1. Hrady : President, Korough of Man- 

 hattan. Robert .1. Ifoguet; President. Borough of 

 the Hn.nx, Samuel McMillan: also for 36alderiuen 

 and :i? nu-mU-rs of the Assembly. 



JenVrsonian Democrat. Tl. <Tats who 



were unwilling to accent the nominees of Tammany 

 Hall and equally unwilling to accept the conditions 

 of tin- Citizens' I'nion placed in nomination the 

 following city ticket : Ma\.-r. Hi-nry Gi-.,rg- : < 'omp- 

 r, Charles W. Ia\ton: President of the Coun- 



N"'-ill. 



The sudden death of Henry George, Oct. '2(1 led 

 to tli.- substitution of his -on", Henry George. .Jr.. 

 for tho first placf on the ticket. For the most part 

 the nominees of the Citi/m*' Union for the county 

 ticket were supported by this party. The Prohibi- 

 tioni*t. the People's party, the Sxialist-Labor 

 party, the National Democrats, and the United De- 

 mocracy had each a complete or partial ticket in 

 the field. The canvass was lively. The result was 

 a virtory for the candidates of 'Tammany Hall, as 

 shown bv the following vote f. r Mayor: Boroughs 

 of Manhattan and Bronx Van Wyck, 146,666; 

 Tracv, 55,884: Low, 77,210; George, 18,076; Van 

 Wyck's plurality, 66.456. Borough of Brooklyn- 

 Van Wyck. 96486; Tracy, 37.;ii; Low. r,:, 

 George, 6,988; Van Wvck's plurality, 10,.Y,Mi. P,o r . 

 ough of Queens Van Wyck, u-y, 5,639 ; 



r 376; George. 1,096. Borough of EUcnmond 



. 4.H71; Tracy. 'J 



683. The total rote was 526.566, of uhi<h \ an 

 J.33,997; Tracy, 101,863; Low. i:,l.- 

 640; George. 21.698. \ {1 received 82,457 



votes more than Low. The votes on the remaining 

 candidates on the city ami county ti- -imi- 



lar. The elections for DMBlben --f the Municipal 

 Assembly resulted as follows: Council Democrats, 

 ii.-publicans, 8. Boanl of Aldermen Derao- 

 lians. 10; Citizens' I'nion. :{. In 

 N' 'V'-re returned to the As- 



sembly 80 Democrats. 2 Repoblieaoc, and 1 each 

 Independent Republican and National Den, 

 against 23 Democrats and 12 Republicans in 1896. 

 nK On May 6 the bicentennial jubilee of 

 Trinity Church was celebrated with . -lal.orate serv- 

 ices. On May 16 the new service of th- 

 vania Railroad, landing its passengers at West 23d 

 t intoeffect. On Juno 15 the immigrant 

 build. .ilis inland were d<Mroy-d l.y (ire. 



On (> new station of the New York Cen- 



tral and Hud> Railroad..-. -treet, 



was opened. On Oct. 31 the Astoria, the largest 

 hotel in tho city, was opened with a series of chari- 

 table entertainments. On Nov. 1 Mill* 

 1, a model building for poor men, was opened. On 



h.-ir regular ti- 

 the l-'oiirth Axi-nuf line. On N<>\. 11 



the , ! pH-lle\ur 



Liege wa- lai.l. On D.-c.Ill the 

 .;ion ..f thi : Aldermen turnin- 



the II 'i.-nal Bittorical s..- 



'iiu-runi was siu'iied liy the M,. 

 N H \ I! \<,| \. I ; iblio in Central 'Am. 

 The Cnn^n->> i ' hainlier conijK.sed 



memben elected for f<n. thi i'. 1 pio\- 



inoes. i t'lie people -f ca-h |r-\- 



l.y the |.n.\ineial I.e-i-hil ure. 



The President is eleeted for four years I iy direi t 



popular suffrage. The Pn-idmt for the term end* 



. Joaj >;ur . His 



.t in the lie^inninL' II -om posed as 



follows: Minis: lnt.ri..r. .lu-li.,. |'..lii-i- 



Foinentii. iiini Kecli-siji-tii-al A Hair-, (i.n. l-'.i. 

 ( 'alderon : Mini ! M . Manuel 



0, Matu*: Mini-ii-r ..f \\'ar and Marin- 

 minpi Silva: Minister of Kinam-e and Conn 

 hr. Lii'-iaiio dome/.: Minister of Coinmunii ;, 

 and Pulilic Works. ] ) r< Leopold Rainire/. 

 Area and I'upulation. I 



-.jiian- mile>. The civil j.opulali 

 about 380,000, and the number of nnei\ili/ed In- 

 dian 



Armed Forrcs. The military f ~t of 



tin- active army, the reserve, in wliidi all 

 bodied citizens are counted from the age of eighteen 

 up t<. that of forty-five year-, and the National 

 (iiaril. which eml>ra<-es those aliovr thirly-lhe and 

 under forty-five years of age. The Dmnbar of ac- 

 tive iroopxjx \aVialile.hut dors not exceed 3,500- 

 men except in times of war. There is n,. naval 

 force except some armed steamers on tin Lake ,,f 

 Managua. 



Finances. No reports of revenue and expendi- 

 ture have l.een pulilishnl >iuc- is'.rj. when r: 

 ceipfs were $1,764,000 and expenditures s-j/.s J...IMI. 

 There is a foreign del.t of IX's^OOO sterling and an 

 internal debt which amounted in ls!M t.. sf7.(KK),000. 



Commerce. The values of the imports from and 

 exports to the different countries in 1896 are given. 

 in the following table: 



COUNTRIES. 



Genaaaj 



Hritain 



United States 





 Other countries 



Total. 



SMM..N.. 



arum 



xM'.u"! 



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( ommiiiiicalions. The railroads have a length 

 of 96 miles. at id tin- projected lines, if built, will 

 add 5i5 miles. The length of telegraph lit 



miles. 

 Political Affairs.-0n Feb. l. 1897, President 



a issued a decree of amnesty to the revolu- 

 tionists who took part in the insurrection of 



her revolt was started by the en- 

 Hmultaneotislv in the city of <ira- 



and in the town of Jinotcpec, among the 

 mountains of Granada province. The ' 

 tives of Carazo also arose in arms a-.mM the Gov- 

 ernment. Outside of these Coriservat ; 



! lie people of the country came to the support 

 Of the Government, which threw a strong military 

 force into the disturbed district, where the author- 

 ity of t lie Government was restored in a few 

 and the rebels took to flight, pursued by the troops. 

 After thi* rising wa^ quelled the country was still 

 kept in a state of siege, for the causes of di 

 faction remained and malcontents were num 

 Before the end of September the Cabinet wa 



