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the chief expense of maintaining the Federal Gov- 

 ernment would fall upon them. Gen. Thomas Re- 

 galado, the most popular of the three candidates 

 for the office of Governor of Salvador, on the eve of 

 ilu- election headed an insurrection with the avowed 

 object of defeating the plans of the federal organ- 

 i/.t-rs. The latter called upon President Zelaya, of 

 Nicaragua, to suppress the revolt. He, however, re- 

 fused to let the Nicaraguan troops he used to up- 



hold the union. The commissioners then appealed 

 to President Bonilla, who dispatched an army to 

 Salvador. It crossed the border of that republic 

 and encountered the forces of Regalado, and was 

 defeated and compelled to retire. The success of 

 the rebellion in Salvador put an end to federation. 

 On Nov. 30 the federal commissioners formally de- 

 clared the union dissolved, the three states resum- 

 ing respectively absolute sovereignty. 





IDAHO, a Northwestern State, admitted to the 

 I'nion July 3, 1890 ; area, 84,800 square miles ; pop- 

 ulation, according to the census of 1890, 84,385. 

 Capital. Hoist' City. 



(iovcriinieut. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Frank Steunen- 

 berg ; Lieutenant Governor, George F. Moore; Sec- 

 retary of State, George J. Lewis ; Treasurer, George 

 H. Storer : Auditor, James H. Anderson ; Attorney- 

 (ieneral. H. K. McFarland; Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction. L. X. B. Anderson; Adjutant Gen- 

 eral. D. W. Figgins; State Engineer, F. J. Mills 

 all Democrat- Populist fusion; Chief Justice of the 

 Sujin-me Court, I. N. Sullivan ; Associate Justices, 

 J. W. Huston and Ralph P. Quarles ; Clerk, Solo- 

 iiidu llashrouck. 



Finances. During 1897 there was received by 

 the Treasurer $320.587.12, from the following 

 sources: Poll tax, $10.766.84 ; revenue, $206,448.56; 

 wagon-road taxes, $14,076.26; university taxes, 

 $1,765.59; licenses, $13,881.59; insurance fees, $3,- 

 865 ; attorneys' fees, $800 ; docket fees, $1,529.85 ; 

 interest and rental school lands, $12,772.01 ; prin- 

 cipalschool-lands, $3,998.57; interest of uni- 

 versity lands, $941.97; interest of school fund in- 

 vested. $6,921.52 ; principal of school fund invested, 

 $7,028.04 ; fees of Secretary of State's office, $2,491.- 

 80 ; feesof Supreme Court, $1,036.20 ; Insane Asylum 

 receipts, $537.07 ; national endowment fund, $23,- 

 000 ; Soldiers' Home endowment fund, $5,678.05 ; 

 5 [>er cent, of sales of Federal land, $2,501.46; 

 sixth dividend Columbia National Bank, $77.18; 

 sale of reports by librarian, $30; escheated estates, 

 $251.16; interest on Capitol building fund in- 

 vested, $4.99; electors' mileage returned, $43.40; 

 Interest on Bunting warrants, $155.01 ; overcharge 

 on bill returned, $5. Warrants to the amount of 

 $214,498.89 were redeemed, and there was $65,429.- 

 85 in the treasury at the close of the year. There 

 was due from the counties for 1895 and 1896 taxes 

 tin- sum of |C3,598.88 on revenue account, $1,161.- 

 13 on university account, and $2.162.78 on wagon- 

 road account. The expenses of the year were given 

 under general headings ; t he statement was as fol- 

 lows: Governor, $3,736.44; Treasurer, $2,48155- 

 Auditor. $3,898.31; Attorney-General, $3,623.46; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, $6^960 52- 

 Secretary of State, $5,962.85 ; Supreme Court, $13,- 

 M'-.-VJ : district r-nnrts 434 Q7f on . Pi 



342.54; district courts, $34,970.20; Penitentiarv, 



!*".ii7: Legislature, $72,180.87; State Engineer, 

 $1,987.80; librarian, $720; sheep Inspector, $50; 

 Hoard of Horticulture, $3,285.90 ; State University, 

 117.621.79; LewistOD Normal School, $5,179.36; 

 Albion Normal School, $8.350.26; mine inspector, 

 $1.713.30; total, $265,102.61. 



The total receipts of the office of Secretary . f 

 State for the year were $2,680.15, from the follow- 

 ing sources: Domestic articles of incorporation. 

 1918.50; foreign articles of incorporation. $4.V>.*i> : 



appointments of agents for corporations, $43.50; 

 certified copies of articles and laws, $130.40 ; copies 

 of journal entries and searching records, $228.70 ; 

 certificates of authentication, $11 ; certificates of 

 filing, $2.75 ; warrants of arrests, $15 ; filing trade- 

 marks, $12; searching records, $2; blue book, $1.- 

 50 ; notarial appointments, $803 ; commissioners of 

 deeds, $15 ; other commissions, $40. There were 

 94 domestic articles of incorporation filed. 36 for- 

 eign articles, and 14 appointments of agents ; 62 

 notaries public were appointed and 3 commis- 

 sioners of deeds. The expenses of the office for the 

 year were $5,962.85. 



Valuation. In 1896 the total assessment of the 

 State, including railroads, telegraph, and tele- 

 phones, was $29,951,920.51 ; in 1897 it was $30,423,- 

 671.95. The valuation was as follows by counties : 

 Ada, $3,452,533.40; Bannock, $1,817,588.90; Bear 

 Lake, $1,069,194.60; Bingham, $1,485,470.25; 

 Elaine, $1,121,598.05; Boise, $388,282; Canyon, 

 $2,161,596.25 ; Cassia, $720,559 ; Custer, $460,194 ; 

 Elmore, $1.155,507.50: Fremont, $1,332,119.75; 

 Idaho, $942,639; Kootenai, $2,361,478.30; Latah, 

 $2,795,985.30; Lemhi, $857,494; Lincoln, $1,072,- 

 366.95 : Nez Perces, $1,707,087.70 ; Oneida, $1,546,- 

 924.95; Owyhee, $933,226; Shoshone, $1,802,803.- 

 85; Washington, $1,209,112.50; total, $30.423,071.- 

 95. The tax apportionments aggregated $253,000. 



Mineral Yield. The value of the mineral pro- 

 duction of the State for 1897 was : Gold. $2,500.- 

 000; silver, $7,100.000: lead, $3.500.000; total, 

 $13,110,000, an increase of $1,358,155 over the pre- 

 ceding year. The receipts of bullion at the United 

 States assay office in Boise during 1897 amounted 

 to $1,497,146.28, an increase of $128.127.73 over 

 1896. The number of deposits was 4,586. There 

 has been a constant increase in receipts for a num- 

 ber of years, those of 1897 being more than twice as 

 great, as in 1893. 



Education. The estimated number of children 

 five to eighteen years of age was 38,810; number of 

 pupils enrolled, 32,560; average daily attendance. 

 24,256 ; average duration of school, in days, 104 : 

 total number of teachers, male and female, 7'-2? : 

 salaries of superintendents and teachers, $218,728 ; 

 total expenditure, $296,357. 



The apportionment of school money for 1897 was 

 as follows by counties: Ada, $1,571.22; Bannock, 

 $1,701.14; Bear Lake, $l,6f)7.(i6: Bingham. $1,6KJ.- 

 16; Blaine, $816.06; Boise, $488.36; Canyon, $1,- 

 294.56: Cassia, $910.60; Custer, $252.44 ;" El more, 

 $324.22: Fremont, $2,401.20; Idaho, $962.80: 

 Kootenai, $1,252.80; Latah. $2,876.22; Lemhi. 

 $477.92; Lincoln, $322.55: NY/ I'erce.s. si.r,s:;.'.is : 

 Oneida. $2.218.50; Owyliee. $368.30; Slmshone, 

 $876.96; Washington, $945.98; total, $25,026.68. 



In the University of Idaho tuition is free to 

 residents, $15 to nonresidents ; living expenses are 

 from $90 to $150. The number of bound volumes 

 in the library is 3,500. pamphlets 9,500; value of 

 scientific apparatus and library. $35.000 : value of 

 grounds and buildings, $125,000; productive 



