ILLINOIS. 



INDIA. 



435 



branches, 548 miles of double track and 1,832 

 miles of sidings, or a total of 11,825 miles of 

 road in the State. Fifty-three of these roads 

 report a capital stock of $714,133,228, an in- 

 jrease of $31,000,000 over the amount in the 

 previous year. The funded debts of all the 

 reporting roads is $T53, 184,555, and their 

 floating debts aggregate $50,365,000. The cost 

 of their construction and equipment is reported 

 at $1,457,317,783. 



The gross income of these roads for the year, 

 from all sources, was $198,950,174, being a loss 

 of $173,159, as compared with the previous 

 year. The gross earnings on Illinois business 

 alone was $55,677,351, a decrease of over $1,- 

 200,000. The gross receipts for the year from 

 Illinois business, after deducting operating ex- 

 penses and taxes, are $20,115,898. Forty-nine 

 reporting roads show an aggregate gross profit 

 of a little over $27,000,000, and four an aggre- 

 gate gross loss of a little over $20,000. The 

 aggregate operating expenses and taxes are 

 $127,625,993, being $8,922,930 less than the 

 previous year. 



Eleven corporations paid dividends during 

 the year ending July 30, amounting to $19,- 

 480,000, while the previous year ten corpora- 

 tions paid dividends amounting to $20,100,000. 



The total number of passengers carried was 

 55,525,599, and the average receipts per pas- 

 senger 2.37 cents. 



There are 144,589 persons in the employ of the 

 reporting roads, receiving pay to the amount of 

 $76,862,000. Of these 53,160 are employed on 

 Illinois lines, and receive an aggregate of $3,- 

 037,926 in salaries. 



The roads reporting carried 7,738,498 tons 

 of grain during the year, 2,543,139 tons of live- 

 stock, and 9,604,218 tons of coal a total ton- 

 nage carried of 19,884,855. The average re- 

 ceipts per ton per mile for freights were 1-16 

 cent, and the average cost was *63 cent. There 

 were 368 persons killed by railroad accidents 

 in the State, of which number 12 were passen- 

 gers and 112 employes. The number of acci- 

 dents to employes while coupling cars was 332. 

 The amount of taxes paid by railroads in the 

 State was $2,334,935, an increase of $220,119 

 over 1885, and $273,417 over 1884. 



Anti-Saloon Republican Convention. The first 

 National Convention of the Anti-saloon Re- 

 publicans held its session in Chicago on Sep- 

 tember 16. Senator Henry W. Blair, of New 

 Hampshire, was made temporary chairman, and 

 ex-Senator William Windom, of Minnesota, per- 

 manent chairman. The committee on creden- 

 tials reported that 187 accredited delegates 

 were present, as follow : Illinois, 40 ; Iowa, 

 20; Kansas, 30; Indiana, 18; Maine, 1; Ver- 

 mont, 9 ; New York, 6 ; Rhode Island, 7 ; 

 Michigan, 3 ; Wisconsin 12 ; Massachusetts, 

 12 ; Nevada, 1 ; Minnesota, 15 ; Texas, 2 ; Da- 

 kota, 1 ; Pennsylvania, 1 ; Ohio, 1 ; New Jer- 

 sey, 7; New Hampshire, 2. 



A National Committee was appointed, and 

 the following platform adopted : 



The anti- saloon Eepublicans, by their representa- 

 tives in the national conference assembled, do declare 

 as follows : 



1. That the liquor-traffic as it exists to-day in the 

 United States is the enemy of society, a fruitful cause 

 of corruption in politics, the ally of anarchy, a school 

 of crime, arfll with its avowed purpose of seeking to 

 corruptly control elections and legislation is a menace 

 to the public welfare, and deserves the condemnation 

 of all good men. 



2. That we declare war against the saloon, and hold 

 it to be the supreme duty ot the Government to adopt 

 such measures as shall restrict it and control its influ- 

 ences at the earliest possible moment, and suppress it 

 altogether. 



3. We believe the national Government should ab- 

 solutely prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxi- 

 cating liquors in the District of Columbia and in all 

 the Territories of the United States. 



4. We believe the best practical method of dealing 

 with the liquor-traffic in the several States is to let 

 the people decide whether it shall be prohibited by 

 submission of the constitutional amendments, and un- 

 til such amendments are adopted by the passage of 

 local-option laws. 



5. That inasmuch as the saloon business creates a 

 special burden of taxation upon the people to support 

 courts, jails, and almshouses, therefore, a large an- 

 nual tax should be levied upon the saloons, so long as 

 they continue to exist, and that ;they should be made 

 responsible for all public and private injury resulting 

 from the traffic. 



6. That the Eepublican party, wherever and when- 

 ever in power, will faithfully enforce whatsoever ordi- 

 nance, statutes, or constitutional amendments, may be 

 enacted for restricting or the suppression of the liquor- 

 traffic. 



7. That we approve the action of Congress and 

 those States that have done so, in providing for 

 teaching the physiological effects of intoxicants in 

 our public schools, and that we earnestly recom- 

 mend to every State Legislature the enactment of 

 such laws as shall provide for thorough teaching of 

 such effects to our children. 



8. We demand that the Eepublican party, to which 

 we belong, and whose welfare we cherish, shall take 

 a firm and decided stand as the friend of home and 

 the enemy of the saloon, and in favor of this policy and 

 these measures we pledge ourselves to do our utmost 

 to cause the party to take such stand, and we call 

 upon all temperance men and all friends of humanity, 

 oi whatever party or name, to join with us in securing 

 these objects, and in support of the Eepublican party 

 so far as it shall adopt them. 



INDIA, an empire in Southern Asia, under 

 the government of Great Britain. The Sec- 

 retary of State for India, who is a member of 

 the English Cabinet, is chief director of Indian 

 affairs. The Governor-General of India, com- 

 monly styled the Viceroy, appointed by the 

 Crown, is vested with executive authority in 

 India, and acts under the orders of the Secre- 

 tary. Lord Randolph Churchill succeeded the 

 Earl of Kimberley as Secretary of State for 

 India in June, 1885. .The Governor-General 

 is the Earl of Dufferin, who was appointed 

 Oct. 28, 1884. The Secretary is aided in the 

 governmentof the Indian Empire by a Council 

 of fifteen members, the major part of whom 

 must have served or resided in India. No 

 member of this Council can sit in Parliament. 

 The government of India is exercised by the 

 Council of the Governor-General, consisting of 

 seven members, all of whom are appointed by 

 the Crown. 



