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ing iron. On this discovery they located 160 

 acres. A small strip of the ground had been 

 settled on as a suburb of Anaconda, and the set- 

 tlers protested against the entry for patent, 

 which had been allowed. The Helena Land 

 Office decided in favor of the settlers, on the 

 ground that the placer claimants had not shown 

 that valuable deposits existed on each 10 acres. 

 The entry was canceled except as to the 10 

 acres immediately surrounding the quarry. This 

 decision was overruled by the commissioner of 

 the General Land Office. 



Political. The platform adopted by the Re- 

 publican Convention at Boise City, Aug. 10, 

 1894, reaffirms the doctrine of protection, de- 

 clares for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, and 

 advocates the submission of an equal-suffrage 

 amendment. The Democratic Convention, at 

 Boise City, Aug. 17, adopted a platform that de- 

 clares in favor of a revenue tariff, and demands 

 the free coinage of silver at the rates of 16 to 1 ; 

 denounces the conservative Senators, and praises 

 the attitude of Representative Wilson. The 

 Populist Convention, on Aug. 2. adopted resolu- 

 tions the first of which was as follows : " We 

 indorse the national platform of the People's 

 party, adopted at Omaha, July 4, 1892." 



In the November election William J. McCon- 

 nell, Republican, was re-elected Governor by a 

 vote of 10,208, against 7,833 for the Democratic 

 candidate and 7,112 for the Populist; McCon- 

 nell's plurality, 2,375. For Representative in 

 Congress, Edgar Wilson, Republican, was re- 

 elected, receiving 10,303 votes to 5,834 for J. M. 

 Ballantine, Democrat, and 7,547 for James Gunn, 

 Populist ; Wilson's plurality, 2,756. The Legis- 

 lature is Republican on joint ballot, insuring 

 the election of a Republican United States Sen- 

 ator. The new State officers are : Governor, 

 William J. McConnell ; Lieutenant-Governor, 

 F. J. Mills ; Secretary of State, I. W. Garret t ; 

 Treasurer, C. Bunting ; Auditor, Frank C. Ram- 

 sey ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, C. A. 

 Faresman; Adjutant-General, A. Case; Attor- 

 ney-General, George M. Parsons ; Chief Justice 

 of the Supreme Court, John T. Morgan; Associ- 

 ate Justices, J. W. Huston, I. N. Sullivan all 

 Republicans. 



ILLINOIS, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Dee. 3, 1818; area, 56,650 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial 

 census, was 55,162 in 1820; 157,445 in 1830: 

 476,183 in 1840; 851,470 in 1850; 1,711,951 in 

 1860; 2,539,891 in 1870; 3,077,871 in 1880; and 

 3,826,351 in 1890. Capital, Springfield. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, John P. 

 Altgeld, Democrat ; Lieutenant-Governor, Jo- 

 seph B. Gill; Secretary of State, William H. 

 Hinrichsen ; Auditor, David Gore ; Treasurer, 

 Rufus N. Ramsay, who died on Nov. 11 and 

 was succeeded by Elijah P. Ramsay, his son, by 

 appointment of the Governor ; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, Maurice T. Moloney; Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, Henry Raab ; Railroad and 

 Warehouse Commissioners, Isaac M. Phillips, 

 J. R. Wheeler, and Jonathan C. Willis ; Super- 

 intendent of Insurance, Bradford K. Durfee; 

 Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, David J. Ba- 

 ker to June 5, and Jacob W. Wilkin thereafter ; 

 Associate Justices, David J. Baker after June 5, 



Alfred M. Craig, Benjamin D. Magruder, Joseph 

 M. Bailey, Jesse J. Phillips, and Simeon P. 

 Shope, whose term expired June 14, and who 

 was succeeded by Joseph N. Carter, elected by 

 the people. 



Finances. For the biennial period ending 

 Oct. 1, 1894, the treasury statement is as fol- 

 lows : Balance on Oct. 1, 1892 General reve- 

 nue fund, $3,524,803.88; State school fund, 

 $278,346.49; unknown and minor heirs fund, 

 $12,407.38 ; local bond fund, $533,993.63 ; total 

 balance in all funds, $4,349,551.38. Receipts for 

 the period General revenue fund, $4, 749,447. :j:5 

 State school fund, $2,007,184.86; local bond 

 fund, $2,681,355.93 ; total receipts, $9,437,988.12. 

 Disbursements General revenue fund, $6,981,- 

 077.77; State school fund, $2,140,737.31: un- 

 known and minor heirs fund, $1,073.14; local 

 bond fund, $2,741,189.21 ; total disbursements, 

 $11,864,077.43. Balance on Oct. 1, 1894 Gen- 

 eral revenue fund, $1.293,173.44; State school 

 fund, $144,794.04; unknown and minor heirs 

 fund, $11,334.24; local bond fund, $474,160.35; 

 total balance. $1,923,462.07. The bonded State 

 debt on Oct. 1, 1894, was only $18,500. on which 

 interest has long since ceased. 



Valuations. The total assessed valuation of 

 property in the State for 1894, as returned by 

 the local assessors, was $737,758,616, being a de- 

 crease, of $23,079,239 from the figures for 1893. 

 The total valuation of Cook County (Chicago) 

 was $207,928,853, a decrease of $3,644,284 from 

 1893. This total of 737,758,616 returned by the 

 assessors was increased by the State Board of 

 Equalization to $740,380,027. In addition, the 

 board assessed railroad property at $79,276,824, 

 and capital stock of corporations at $4,994,777, 

 making the total equalized value of property in 

 the State subject to State taxes, $824,651,628. 



Education. The following statistics from 

 the report of the State Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction cover the school years ending June 

 30, 1893, and June 30, 1894: 



The total receipts of the school districts for 

 the year ending June 30, 1893, including the 

 balance from the previous year, were $18,931.- 

 256.38. The total cost of the schools for the 

 year amounted to $14,442.288.09. Amount paid 

 teachers, $8,420,330.57; for new schoolhouscs, 

 $1,838,584.52; for schoolhouse sites and grounds, 

 $225,416.47; repairs and improvements, $910.- 

 626.26 ; school furniture, $225.945.12 ; apparatus, 

 $89.188.97 ; books for poor children, $7,927.57 ; 

 fuel and incidentals, $1,416,549.94. 



Charities. For the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1894. the sum of $1,213,287.82 was expended 

 by the State for the support of its charitable 

 institutions. The income derived therefrom 

 was $104,443.97, leaving $1,108,843.85 as the 

 net cost to the State. The average number of 



