VENEZUELA. 



duet is $10,723,067.32. A little more than half of 

 the ore mined is smelted in the State. 



The cyaniding yield of gold is estimated at 60,- 

 750 ounces, and of silver 140,000 ounces. 



Irrigation. The Horseshoe Bend reservoir 

 covers 940 acres, and holds water sufficient to flood 

 10,000 acres to the depth of one foot, with dam. 

 headgates, canals, and a conduit for the flowing 

 out of the water when the reservoir is full. The 

 old river, bed turns from north to east and back 

 again, making a horseshoe bend, which, with the 

 dam at the lower end, forms the reservoir. 



Lafayette Day. By the recommendation of 

 Gov. Wells, Oct. 19, the day of the fall of York- 

 town, was set apart as " Lafayette Day " in Utah. 

 A portion of the day was devoted by the schools of 

 the State to memorial exercises and collecting con- 

 tributions to the monument fund, in accordance 

 with the plan proposed by the commissioner gen- 

 eral to the Paris Exposition, and sanctioned by the 

 Utah Superintendent of Public Instruction. 



Disasters. Park City was devastated by fire in 

 June, and 75 business buildings and 100 homes 

 were in ruins, at a loss of more than $600,000, with 

 a small amount of insurance. The burned district 

 covered about 30 acres, peopled by 500 persons who 

 escaped with nothing but what was on their backs. 



A fierce windstorm swept Ogden Dec. 9, in which 

 a church was blown down, houses were lifted from 

 their foundations, and much other damage was 

 done, but without loss of life. 



The Mormon Church. Lorenzo Snow, eighty- 

 four years of age, was chosen fifth president of the 

 Church on Sept. 15, to succeed Wilford Woodruff, 

 fourth president, who died in San Francisco, Cal., 

 at the age of ninety-two years. George Q. Cannon 

 was elected first counselor, and Joseph F. Smith 

 second. 



Utah in the Spanish War. Gov. Wells, in his 

 annual message, says : " It is a matter of pride 

 to every citizen that the response of Utah to the 

 President's call for volunteers to serve in the army 

 of the United States in the war with Spain was 

 at once spontaneous, enthusiastic, and complete." 

 Utah's quota was one troop of cavalry, special 

 mounted service, and two batteries of artillery ; to 

 which was added one troop of cavalry known as 

 First Utah United States Volunteer Troop Cavalry, 

 with officers commissioned by the Governor. Forty 

 men were recruited for the regiment of United 

 States Volunteer Engineers, commanded by Col. 

 Willard Young, with Elias S. Kim ball as chaplain 

 and Dr. F. A. Meacham surgeon all citizens of 

 Utah. Captains Young and Grant were brevetted 

 majors by the President, for gallantry at the battle 

 of Manila. 



Political. The Republican State Convention 

 assembled in Salt Lake City, Sept. 9, and nomina- 

 ted Hon. Alma Eldrege, of Coalville. for Represent- 

 ative in Congress and Charles S. Zane, of Salt 

 Lake City, for Justice of the Supreme Court. The 

 platform congratulates the country " upon the glo- 



rious results accomplished in the war with Spain, 

 the magnificent bravery of our x.lli-r*. the grand 

 and able management of the war by the Adminis- 

 tration, and the successful and honorable peace. 

 We indorse and applaud the Administration of 

 President MeKinley and the jiolicies ably proposed 

 and accomplished by him. \\ e espedaQr hom.r 

 brave admiral and the gallant fleet and army who 

 have won for us the capital of the Philippine*, and 

 we believe in extending our conum-m* into tha^ 

 part of the world. While we insist in maintaining 

 the Monroe doctrine in all its integrity. ^ 

 it consistent with it and safe for us' to hold and 

 maintain possession for commercial purposes of 

 other lands in any part of the world : and we believe 

 in protecting our nag wherever it has been .success- 

 fully raised. The platform demands "protection, 

 bimetallism, and reciprocity," as Utah has grown 

 rich through these principles ; it favors the " inde- 

 pendent free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 

 1"; it recognizes "the uplifting tendency and : 

 tige that women are giving to the commonwealth 

 through the enlarged opportunities of political 

 equality," and approves the efforts of the Utah 

 women to establish " silk culture in the interests of 

 labor," and commends " the women of the State 

 upon the patriotic loyalty they have shown in 

 cheerfully giving their sons, daughters, husbands, 

 and brothers to fight the battles of our country in 

 the cause of humanity. It says " the sugar industry 

 has been established in this State under the wise 

 principles of the Republican party," and the product 

 in 1898 will reach nearly $1,000,000. 



The State convention of the Democratic party 

 met in Salt Lake City, Sept. 14. and nominated 

 Hon. Brigham H. Roberts, of Salt Lake Citv, as 

 candidate for Representative in Congress, and Hon. 

 R. N. Baskin for Justice of the Supreme Court. 

 The platform reaffirms the Chicago platfonn of 

 1896, making the " free and unlimited coinage of 

 silver at the rate of 16 to 1 the all-important prin- 

 ciple"; it says " the war with Spain was necessary 

 and inevitable if the nation was to have any regard 

 for the protection of its citizens"; that "throueh 

 the skill, willingness, sacrifice, and heroism of the 

 army of the United States the war has been waged 

 to a triumphant and glorious conclusion"; that 

 " those guilty of any neglect of our soldiers must \<c 

 held to a rigid accountability " : that " to the officers 

 and men who volunteered from the State of Utah. 

 and who have, wherever an opportunity has been 

 afforded, as in the battle of Manila, so bravely up- 

 held the honor of our State, we extend all praise, 

 and fully assure them that the universal feeling 

 is that the future has no reward too good for 

 them." 



At the election in November lion. Brigham H. 

 Roberts was elected to Congress, and Hon. K. N. 

 Baskin Justice of the Supreme Court. The 1. 

 lature chosen at the same time stands politically 

 as follows: Republicans, Senate ','. House 15; Demo- 

 crats, Senate 10, House 26; Cannon-Fusion. 4. 



V 



VENEZUELA, a republic in South America. 

 The Congress consists of a Senate of 27 members, 

 3 from each State, and a House of Representatives 

 numbering 63 members, elected by the votes of all 

 adult male citizens for four years, the same term as 

 in the Senate. The President and the Council of 

 Government are likewise elected for four years. 

 President for the term ending March 4, 1898, was 

 Gen. Joaquin Crespo, the victor in the civil war of 



IS'.)-, 1 . The Coum-il of Government consisted in the 

 l.e-iiuiinir of is'isof the following memU>r>: Ma- 

 nuel Guzman Alvares, President; I>r. 1 

 Dr. II. Hivero. Gen. Oistodio Milano. Luis Zagar- 

 /a/u, -lo-e <i. Kiera. Tomas .1. Guillen, Julio Monte- 

 negro, and Gen. Luis Ma Leon. The oomixwition 

 of "the President's I'litunet was as follows: Interior. 

 Dr. Heriberto (Jordan: Foreign Affairs. Dr. Eze- 

 quiel Rojas; War and Marine. Gen. J. R. Ricart; 



