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ITAII. 



pendent mm from the Congress. The Ch.-i 



inU>r. 18JKI, WM> irely 



a-NsuiiMtl de>|>otic | 



llorda wa held responsible l.y the |^.,|,l,. for all 



the eHls thai had befallen tin- ruiiitr\. A youth 



Mini iii \|-ni. After the 



failure both of the mihlarv campaign and of th<> 

 peace negotiations, which he had abruptly IT. -km 

 ' sheer obstinacy and ii: then 



were many who were rendr to kill him. Tin* nil 

 war wan resumed vigorously in the interior l.v the 

 Blanco*, and the Government forces met with se- 

 .n -hnrj 



,,s,.,,d med.cal aid to the 



h, did Hot wish tlir extent of 

 f.T In- had arranged an 

 *tr omYial ivlelirntion "f the anniversary of 

 faUonnl independence on Aug. 25, accompanied 



great military and costh 



performances, fttthottga the Go \rrnnu-nt was nine 



iii.-iiih* in arrears n nt-. IWdii laughed 



Mt the warning* of hi- friends who told him that 



.1.1 IH- dangeroti* to ex p,.se himself in public. 



When he issued from the cathedral after the officiaJ 



''in, nnd. accompanied l.y his ministers ami 



follow :. tin of diplomats and officers. passed 



through if,,, plaza between the files of 4,000 wi- 



. a respectable grocer's d.-rk steppeil out from 



and with a revolver shot 



i through the heart. 



f public order en-lied. The 

 I'rv-ident of the Republic. Juan L. Cu 



Mt oliee assumed tl. McV. He hail be.-n 



known as a decided partisan, and therefore an\i> t y 



was felt regarding the poli.-v In- would pursue 



lowani the reM Ithtncos. Moreover, ii wa- feared 



that he would advaiire the candidacy of Dr. Julio 



H.-rrera y Olies. who had U-.-n Pn-idt-nt from 1890 



to 1894 and had implanted the system of corrupt 



and arbitrary party rule that VM the source of the 



iiatimml mi-fortune-. S.-nT Cue-ta- adopted a 



coupM* that won the approhation of the commercial 



and foreign communities and relieved the popular 



M of mind. He resumed negotiations with 



the rebels. tJOd called an immediate extraordinary 



session of the rhamlHTs. Confirming (ten. Peres 



as Minister of War. he announced the other Cabinet 



appointments ..n Aujr. 211 a-s follows: Minister of 



rinatie*'. I>r. Juan Cam|>esUffu\ : Minister of I* \i\t- 



Kduardo Maceacneu ; Minister of l-'..r- 



eign Ir. Mariano F.-rreira : M 



Puhlie Wi.rks, Jac-obo Varela. The r.-hel- di-played 



activity in extending the /one of 



their oecupation. Although the Government was 



mppoaed to hare 20,000 men in the field. <;. n. 



had recently as-umed eomniand of 



ttions. wan unaJile to prevent the rebel yjoup* 



in all din-ctin-. even in the 



imiiH-dmt.- \ii-inity of hi< lieadfjnart.-r- at Nieo 



Thejajeaia ppemd in the neighborhood of 

 ipilal. T 1 :i.-nted by fre-h 



- diera ami 



men went .v.-rto them, taking <iov<-rnment 

 arm* and ammunition. S-fior Kamin /. the ..Hicial 

 delegate of the (i.-v.-rnm.-nt. ,,j, S-pt. Hi. came to 

 an agreement with tl..- n-U-1 h-ad.-r-.wh., promiM-d 

 hortilitiw if th-ir par Mfirme.l in 



ntrol of ^ix department*, and if the Govern- 

 ment paid them nu n,,j. . | JIKKKKI p. 

 m-tat^d the ft r m,d admini-trat ive ofli- 



cials who had joinel th. r . iti< n, and r. f.-rmed 

 -al laws and pr- -. d n-. introducing the 

 ^^ntation of minorities. The rel-l- 

 to attack th.- capital with an army of 5.000 

 when the Government aecrpte.j -, Mn . M f tor 



its generals had demons r 

 suppress or even check the rnovem. -i/. The Cham- 



ben ratified thi-e t.-rm- of p,-ace. which did not cvm 



MmvndiT their arm-. Kr.uu 



; little more than a name f.-r a ijuarter of a 



. ry. the Mlanco party became a -troiiLT fai-tor 



in polittOS throuirh the terms w hi.-h it dictated to 



the Government without having won any signal 



Imttle. The era vine of ill- for tranquillity, 



the financial strait- of the Government, which 



llorda had left with a deficit ,,f r,.(KK),000 pesos, t he 



.i^'e . f trah' and of revenue H d the 



imminent loss to the country of most of the wool 



iii<l L'rain har\e-t if tin- rebellion continued. 



led the II. ' n( to accept the eoliditioi 



mailded and the Chamber- to ratify the peace coii- 

 u unanimously. The local bank- advanced 

 500.000 pesos to pay'the indemnity and meet other 



An entirely new jKlitical situation ar-e out of 

 the peace and the attitude a limed by acting 



\ar.l lr. Herrera. theCol 



candidate for t he jiiv-idency, \\ ho had the unani- 

 mous -ujiport of I'.onla'- Coni:re and a stmni: 

 following in the am .1- him-df \va- 



pr<K-laimed a candi.iate for President by all po- 

 litical parties except t he former adherent- of llorda. 

 Su-!ained by the molerat<- Colorados who had op- 

 p.-.-d Borda'l mdhodx and by the newly enfran- 

 chi-cl Illam-os. the Pn-ident threatened todis-..l\e 

 the Chambers and to niobili/e the national u'liar-l 

 inca-ethe army should manifest a tnntinoii- di^- 



i>ositioii. Meeting with opposition in the Cabinet. 



lie ap|Kiinted I>r. Salierain Mini-ier (.f l-'or.-iL'ii 

 Affairs upon the n-ienat ion of S-: PS on 



.'. The whole civil -crvice was reformed with 

 a view to economy, and a host of supernumerary 

 ollicial- were di- : l, ! <.!Ii<-ial- 



utcd for malversation. <n 

 attempt was made to abduct and -i 

 ient Cue-las. In November lr. Herrera and 



other leaden of the Opposition were arrested, and 



the ex- President, (Jen. 'lajes. Major Brian, and l>r. 



Ai:uilTe Were exiled by a decree of the President. 



<>n the next day a man attempted to kill President 

 ( 'tie-la- with a knife. A Cabinet cri-i- 

 sioned by the a-siimption of a dictator-hip by the 

 Presideni, who on he<-. 'J-J appointed (o-n. (.! 

 Ca-tro Minister of \Var and l>r. Mendo/a Mini-tcr 

 of Fin. 



ITAII. a Western State, admitted to the Tnion 

 Jan. -I. 1*M; area, SJ The popu- 



lation in 1890 was 207.!M)r> : tin- estimated popula- 

 tion in ls. i.-, in ital. Salt Lake < 



l.oxen -nt. The following were the - 



officers during tin- SoTemoT, lleber M. 



\Vel!> . James T. Hammond : 



ir.-r. James Chipman : Auditor. M 



Kichard-. Jr.: Attorney-General. A. C, l'.i-ho|.; 



Superinlendent of Pul'.lic Instruction. John b'. 



Park all Republican-: Adjutant-(icncral. John 



inion: Coal-Mine In-pector. 'fhoma- Lloyd. 



resigned, and succeeded in October by (Joiner 



Thoma- : Surveyor-(ieneral. (i. \V. Snow. -ucctoded 



in September l!y Jac.b |{. P.lair: State Kiiirineer, 



Willard ^ -h and Game Warden. John 



Sharp: Fruit-Tree In-pector. II. .1. Fatist, Jr.: 



:,t- of the Cniver-ity. E, Little. 



.lames Sharp. T. K. Cutler: 'P.oard of Arbitration 



and Conciliation. John Nicholson. K. A. Wall. W. 



Mis: Chief Ju-tice of the Supreme Court. 



Charles S. \-x-iate Ju-1i \\ 



h and .1. A. Miner RepnWicans; clerk. L. P. 



Palmer. 



rinanees. I . financial -tatetnent cov. rin- 

 the first half of 1M7 show- the following ii 

 Amount of legislative appropriations *' 

 warrants drawn to June :{0. is()7. s : un- 



expended balance of appropriations. $?:.".'. ', "^ .1 v : 



