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Some of the county officials were afterward duly 

 removed from office by judicial process because 

 of said collusion and malfeasance in office. The 

 United States army and its officers acted strictly 

 within their instructions and the law. President 

 McKinley and the War Department exercised every 



McDonough, 28,412; McHenry, 29,759; McLean, 

 67,843; Macon, 44,003; Macoupin, 42,256; Madi- 

 son, 64,694; Marion, 30,446; Marshall, 16,370; 

 Mason, 17,491; Massac, 13,110; Menard, 14,336; 

 Mercer, 20,945; Monroe, 13,847; Montgomery, 

 30,836; Morgan, 35,006; Moultrie, 15,224; Ogle, 



precaution, and the military acted solely within 29,129; Peoria, 88,608 ; Perry, 19,830; Piatt,17,706; 





the Constitution and did not encroach in the dis- 

 tinct sphere of the civil authorities." 



Political. The vote of the State at the election 

 in November was as follows: For presidential 

 electors Democratic, 29,414; Republican, 27,198. 

 For Supreme Judge C. O. Stockslager (Demo- 

 crat), 28,164; E. C. Steele (Republican), 26,501. 

 For Governor Frank W. Hunt (Democrat), 28,- 

 628; D. W. Standrod (Republican), 26,468. The 

 remainder of the Democratic ticket was elected. 

 The State officers to succeed in January, 1901, 

 are: Governor, Frank W. Hunt; Lieutenant Gov- 

 ernor, T. F. Terrel; Secretary of State, C. J. Bas- 

 sett; Auditor, E. W. Jones; Treasurer, J. J. 

 Plumer; Attorney-General, Frank Martin; Super- 

 intendent of Instruction, Permeal French; Mine 

 Inspector, M. H. Jacobs. 



ILLINOIS, a Western State, admitted to the 

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

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus, 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; 3,826.351 in 1890: 

 and 4,821,550 in 1900. Capital, Springfield. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, John R. Tan- 

 ner; Lieutenant Governor, William A. Northcott; 

 Secretary of State, James A. Rose; Auditor, 

 James S. McCullough; Treasurer, Floyd K. 

 Whitternore; Attorney-General, Edward C. Akin; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Alfred Bay- 

 liss; Adjutant General, J. N. Reece; Superintend- 

 ent of Insurance, James R. B. Van Cleave; Print- 

 er Expert, John H. Barton; Chief Justice, James 

 H. Cartwright all Republicans; President of 

 Board of Agriculture, W. H. Fulkerson; -Board 

 of Arbitration, H. R. Calef, D. J. Keefe, and 

 W. S. Forman; President of Board of Health, 

 C. B. Johnson; Justices of Supreme Court, C. C. 

 Boggs, J. J. Phillips, J. W. Wilkin, J. N. Carter, 

 A. M. Craig, and B. D. Magruder. The following 

 additional State officers were created by act of 

 April 24, 1899: Food Commissioner, A. H. Jones; 

 Game Commissioner, Henry W. Loveday; Super- 

 vising Architect, R. Bruce Watson; Board of In- 

 spectors of Commission Merchants, W. H. Whit- 

 comb, J. W. Stanton, A. M. Crawford, Joseph 

 Newman, and A. M. Smith. 



Population. The population of Illinois in 1900, 

 according to the bulletins of the Federal census, 

 was 4,821,550, against 3,826,351 in 1890, an in- 

 crease of 26 per cent. The population by counties 

 was: Adams. 67,058; Alexander, 19,384; Bond, 

 10,078; Boone, 15,791; Brown, 11,557; Bureau, 

 41,112; Calhoun, 8,917; Carroll, 18,963: Cass, 

 17,222: Champaign, 47,622; Christian, 32,790; 

 Clark, 24,033; Clay, 19,553; Clinton, 19,824: Coles, 

 34,146; Cook, 1,838.735; Crawford, 19,240: Cum- 

 berland, 16,124; DeKalb, 31,756; Dewitt, 18,972; 

 Douglas, 19,097; Dupage, 28,196; Edgar, 28,273; 

 Effingham, 20,465; Fayette, 28,065; Ford, 18,359; 

 Franklin, 19,675; Fulton, 46,201; Gallatin, 15,836; 

 Greene, 23,402; Grundy, 24,136; Hamilton, 20,197; 

 Hancock, 32,215; Hardin, 7,448; Henderson, 10,836; 

 Henry, 40,049; Iroquois, 38,014; Jackson, 33,871; 

 Jasper, 20,160; Jefferson, 28,133; Jersey, 14,612: 

 Jo Daviess, 24,533; Johnson, 15,667; Kane, 78,792; 

 Kankakee, 37,154; Kendall, 11,467; Knox, 43,612; 

 Lake, 34,504; LaSalle, 87,776; Lawrence, 16,523; 

 Lee, 29,894; Livingston, 42,035; Logan, 28,680; 



Pike, 31,595; Pope, 13,585; Pulaski, 14,554; Put- 

 nam, 4,746; Randolph, 28,001; Richland, 16,391; 

 Rock Island, 55,249; St. Clair, 86,685; Saline, 

 21,685; Sangamon, 71,593; Schuyler, 16,129; Scott, 

 10,455; Shelby, 32,126; Stark, 10,186; Stephenson, 

 34,933; Tazewell, 33,221; Union, 22,610; Vermil- 

 ion, 65,635; Wabash, 12,583; Warren, 23,163; 

 Washington, 19,526; Wayne, 27,626; White, 25,386; 

 Whiteside, 34,710; Will, 74,764; Williamson, 27,- 

 796; Winnebago, 47,845; Woodford, 21,822. 



Valuations. The total assessment of the coun- 

 ties for 1900, as given by the Auditor, was $779,- 

 513,978, against $895,869,690 for 1899. The de- 

 crease is accounted for by alleged evasions of prop- 

 erty owners, a new law intended to secure accurate 

 returns having proved ineffectual. Detailed pub- 

 lished statements from the reports of the State 

 Board of Equalization, which adjourned on Dec. 3, 

 show the following figures for 1900: Lands, $265,- 

 588,643; lots, $304,031,170; personal property, 

 $157,426,634; capital stock, $4,808,630; railroads, 

 $77,928,418. 



Banks. In May the State Auditor had re- 

 ceived statements of the condition of all the State 

 banks. One hundred and fifty-seven showed total 

 resources and liabilities of $207,576,168.25. This 

 included the following items: Resources loans 

 and discounts, $119,171,187.20; United States 

 bonds, including premiums, $641,865.34; other 

 bonds and securities, $25,902,864; other real es- 

 tate, $1,040,595.77; gold coin, $5,383,292.15; gold 

 Treasury certificates, $7,403,125; silver coin, $307,- 

 700.85; silver Treasury certificates, $1,267,649; 

 national bank currency, $4,415,925; legal tender 

 and Treasury notes, $2,521,151. Liabilities cap- 

 ital stock, $18,432,000; surplus fund, $7,141,201.43. 



In August the Auditor published the following 

 figures in his report as to the condition of 139 

 State banks for the year ending June 30. 1900: 

 Capital, July 1, 1899, $16,887,000; surplus, $6,929,- 

 558; undivided profits, $4,794,014; total invest- 

 ments consisting of loans, bonds, stocks, and real- 

 ty, $146,698,062; total investments consisting of 

 part of reserve due from banks, $37,690,909; gross 

 earnings for the twelve months, $8,774,891 ; net 

 earnings for the twelve months, $2,876,134. Of 

 the 139 banks, 117 report dividends paid during 

 the twelve months, amounting to $1,385,470. The 

 percentage of dividend per capital, surplus, and 

 undivided profits was 5.3, and the percentage of 

 dividend per capital was 9 per cent. 



Agriculture. In June the State Department 

 of Agriculture issued a report, which included an 

 interesting account of Illinois's agricultural fairs 

 held in 1899. The totals represent results at 70 

 distinct fair holdings, including the State fair. 

 The total entries of cattle exhibited were 3,555; 

 horses and equestrianism, 7,917; sheep, 2,533; 

 hogs, 4,227; poultry, 11,869; farm products, 25,430; 

 horticulture and floriculture, 7,880; fine arts, 

 8,399; textile fabrics, 20,477; dairy products, 7,457. 

 The entries reached a total of 111,169. The 

 amount of premiums offered was $241,704.10, and 

 the amount of premiums actually paid was $168,- 

 617.38. 



Arbitration. In March the miners and oper- 

 ators of Illinois came to an agreement on the scale 

 of wages to govern the mines of Illinois for the 

 year beginning April 1, 1900. The advance of 

 9 cents for pick mining, as provided for in the 



