660 



PAI: IGI 



S'S^i l.\ AM \. 



S-nate. and tliat all legislation \\.ml-l be -nl>onli- 

 naUnl to thai .Mnl." I it HII- impossible i, 



organize tin* House constitutionally while \ 

 omllsd * Benson HHUM*' . and -the 



members of tin- ||.IIIM> How in uttcndanc. \\lio have 

 1 this resolution will it turn ! their rospeo- 

 . at all t ilium during our term of oilii 

 await .11 of the (Jovern-.r for a session of 



tin- l,egi-lati\e Assembly, hopini; that I In- members 

 ii a legal nil ronmitiitional organix-ation. 

 fulfill the pledges made by their respective politi- 

 cal parties to tin* ie'ple of'nr. . 



Mitchell's term havmi: e\j,in,: 



March . appointed Bear) \\ 



-'s biennial message was written. 



hut ^ iivercd in-fun- tin- Legislature, It 



wan piibh-he i after the adjournment. 



n|;|| MM ( Ml \H III s |N MM I M I I I' 

 s| \ | | s. Beaidec tin- membersof tin- K 

 Church in ntal rlmn-hrs an- repre- 



sented in the t'nited States by immigrants who 



: in late years with con-ideral'; 

 piility from Slav i-. (irecian. and Turkish coin, 

 moat <>f them IM-IOIIU'HIL: t<> tin- (in-ek <>nhodo\ 

 Church. The (ireck I'matt- Church, Gregorian 



niaii. an. I Mannnte chur.he- are also repiv- 



i among tin-in. Thoee attached to the (ji-r.-k 

 LJniate ChuroQ are said usuall] toth.-or- 



lholo\ Church on connni,' '" tin- -<niiit ry. Th- 

 pal allr^ianer of t In- ( i r-.-k rhiin-hr- in tin- 



I uit< li t.. the Biahop of Alatka and the 



Aleutian 1-lainl-. nn-liT tin- Holy Synoil <.f liuiji. 



Another .-pi- 



copal see i- in conteinplat ion. i.i he estal'li-heil in 

 liont 1">.(KMI ineiniei> 



:ir..|.e;in .ie-ri-nt ami Indians in Alaska. 



t he n ti miter of coin m iin iean Is of the I ui-sian Church 



M l.\ A. A. Slamloni in the M Indepeiident " 



proximal uti..n <.r i 



other-. comprising <i ohttrclics.coiiiiiiunicaiitsof the 

 llolv Synod of ' _ the total <M- 



thoaOZ memlM-rshiii up ' -..iiile 



Church, or S\ riae I'niales. and th< ' Q Ar- 



menian Church have en. -h 1 M ." church. - an<l 



almli: KMMMI s (ll |lx i|| (he I'llited State-. Ill the 



Illirelies. 



1 df. ek I'niate. I Maroiiite. and 1 ' D Ar- 



menian Church. I.esides a Syrian Prole-taut and an 

 Armenian I'rote-lant church. A journal i- puli- 

 li-hed in New Vi.rk a- tl ..... nj.'in of the (ireek < >i- 

 Iho.lox Church. 



rvi!\dl'\\. t republic in Sooth America. The 



1 in a Senate of ]:{ mein- 



illd a CluimlMT of 'J'i. elected I .y the direct Vote 



of male citizens over ei^h* -Id. The 1'n -i- 



dent, elected for four year-, i- .luan I'.. Mu r u-.|iii/a, 

 Whote term expire! <>n' N v. J"-. l^'.'^. lr. ln-fram 

 i- the \ i. ,-!'[-. -ideiit. Tin- ministers in ls.; were: 

 Interior. A. M. Martin.-/: Koreiu r n AlTair- and Colo 

 nization..!. S. Docoud ; Finam-e. A.( anete: .lu-tice. 

 Worship, and Public Instruction, K. Ma//-: War. 



\re;i anil Population. The an- a i- e-timated 



at 98,000 square mile-. The |M|iulation i- alxmt 



''. The number of foreigners is estimated at 



17,<NM). Asuncion, the capital, has 45,000 inhabit- 



finances. The revenue in ISJM; 

 pesos, of which 5,060,( from cn-toms. The 



expenditures w. ^l pesos, lea v in g a deficit 



of 1.27fi,714 pesos. I exiM-nditun-s were 



'<>5,784 pesos, of which 1.1H1.S44 wen- 

 for the intcrinr. -It.Toii f.-r foreign affair-. 'JTo.l II 

 for finance. :tT>4.000 for justice, education, ami 

 ship. 4*1.620 for war and marine, and l.'JM . ) ; 

 other eX|H-nsc*. At the end of the year there \\a- a 

 ' of 856.000 pesos. The internal debt i-:,.Hl.- 

 648. and the eitcrnal dei ^ )8 . 



M', i.-.-e.-. : . ,. irta ;n i^.J wen rained at 



2.786,000 j - in gold, and the exports at lv 

 000 peat* in pnjH-r. worth about 15 cent- on the 



dollar. There were 415 Meam-hips and 

 ressels from foreign ports entered at A-urn-ion in 

 6. having an aggregate tonnage of l?r,.:w tons, 

 and 3>*4 steam-hips and J; -ailini: vesseN cl( 

 tonnage 147.640. The chief imports are tcv 



v coming from England, wine- from Spain. 

 and nee. 



< o. .. i. imitations. The length of railroad- in 

 operation in 1*!7 *;.- 155 Mnle-. The te],.-:raph lines 



a total leu. . ,nilf*s. Ti 



internal and 12.*?4 foreijm messages sent ii 

 The number of mail matter carried in 1896 



I he \rm\ ..nd HmYjr. The permanent military 

 icharges also the functions of a po- 



li<-e. con-i-t- of a regiment of infantry, one < 

 airy, and one of field artillery, numbering in 

 omoen and l.:!4."> men. There is al-o a company of 

 fort res- artillery, hi ease of war tl.e Nat ionaM iiiard. 

 in which every man is bound t mobili/ed. 



The artillery i- armed with 12 Krupp guns, 12 mi- 

 trailleoses, and 6 Maxims. In the forts ti 



cannon of different ealilM-ix The navy con-; 

 a steamer of 440 tons and t w river gunboat- mann< d 

 with ]'-> oflicers and !H) sailor-, and a force of marine- 

 numberini: -T .-Ilieer-and bV men. 



Hoiiiiil:ir\ hi-piilc. -lietween the Par., 

 river and Sa'nta Crux, de la Sierra i- a tract of 



try claimed both bj Bolivia and b\ .. In 



the spring of 1897 the Bolivian GoTernmenl accept- 

 ed a proposal ..| an American company to build a 

 railroad there. The Paraguayan mini-terto I',<,Iivia, 

 who had neglected t.. keep lii-'dovcrmnent informed, 

 was dismissed, and troops were hurried to the fron- 

 tier to occupy the di-puted territory. < 



Inly took niea-ure- for the organisation of ti; 



tioiial (Juard in order to be able to follow up the 

 determined attitude a iimcd by the (invernment. 

 Bolivia also pn-pared for war by -t relict henin^ her 

 military forces, hut took no action in the debatable 

 t fact pending t he report <>f a special commission -cut 

 to investigate and report on the boundary line. 



Pi:\NS\ l.\ \M \. .Middle Stale, one of the 



original thirteen, ratified the Con-tit ution I 



-.'15 sijuare mile-. The population. 

 according to each decennial ccn-u-. wm \'-> l. ;> ?: in 

 17!Mi : -:<Hi!] in ISKI; !.(,; 



in 1S20-. l.::s v j:!:', ,H iv:i : 1.7'J .(:;:; in isjo : -J.::il.- 

 ;:. in i^; : :;..vji.;i:,i in 



pitsJ, 

 Barrisfanrg. 



(.o\crnment.- The State i.flicer- for the year 

 . haniel II. Ha-iiiiL r - : Lieutenant 

 nor. Walter I. yon : Secretary of the Common- 

 wealth. Frank I .'-ceeded by havid M;i>'- 

 tin: Secretary of Internal A ffair-. Ja'me- \\". Latta : 

 irer. I'.enjamin .1. Haywood : Auditor. Amos 

 II. Mylin : Attorney-(ienefal. Henry C. M<-( ,,r- 

 mick; Adjutant Oenerat Thoinas .1. Stewart : Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction. Nathan C. 



