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February. It includes the output from 22 places 

 on Illinois river. This represents only a portion 

 of the fish taken from that river and used com- 

 mercially. The report includes only such fish as 

 have been handled by members of the association. 

 The fish included in this report have nearly all 

 gone to Eastern markets, and the showing is a 

 substantial increase over the last report. The total 

 weight of the year's catch was 11,205,516 pounds, 

 valued at $362,246.77. 



Insurance. In February the State Insurance 

 Superintendent reported: Companies doing a gen- 

 eral fire, marine, and inland navigation insurance 

 business in this State at this date are as follow: 

 Illinois joint stock fire and marine companies, 6; 

 Illinois mutual fire insurance companies, 11; joint 

 stock fire and marine insurance companies of other 

 States, 126; foreign fire and marine insurance 

 companies, 48; mutual fire insurance companies 

 of other States, 12; total, 203. This shows a net 

 gain of 2 companies, compared with the number 

 at the date of the last report. 



The result of the past year shows a large addi- 

 tion to the volume of business written -and carried 

 by fidelity, surety, and casualty companies in this 

 State. Exclusive of the industrial business trans- 

 acted by the a companies, the new business written 

 during 1899 in this State exceeded that written 

 during 1898 by 9,929 policies and $15,348,281 of 

 insurance. There is shown a net increase of insur- 

 ance in force of $54,664,212 on $95,387,490 of new 

 insurance written during the year. This net in- 

 crease is 57 per cent, of the new business written, 

 against 47 per cent, in 1898 and 28 per cent, in 

 1897. 



In the entire industrial business of the com- 

 panies carrying on this branch of business 536,987 

 more policies and $88,670,430 more insurance were 

 written in 1899 than in 1898. The net increase 

 in insurance in force at the end of the year was 

 $175,600,322. 



The total business of all companies for 1899, 

 ampared with the business of 1898, shows an 

 icrease in total income of $37,998,853.61, an in- 

 rease in total expenditures of $24,345,208.25, an 

 icrease in total admitted assets of $130,328,487.26, 

 increase in total liabilities of $119,981,221.03, 

 ind an increase in total surplus of $10,347,266.23. 

 At the date of the last report 40 life and 10 

 accident-assessment companies were authorized to 

 ransact business in Illinois. One company has 

 since been organized in the State. The last report 

 "lowed 82 fraternal societies in the State. 

 Building and Loan Associations. Official 

 eports show the total assets of 599 associations, 

 1899, as $54,104,602.06. 

 Railroads. From the report of the Railroad 

 ind Warehouse Commission for the year ending 

 Tune 30, 1899, made public in February, 1900, it 

 jpears that the total mileage in Illinois, including 

 ll tracks of steam railroads, is 16,417.87, an in- 

 ease over 1898 of 288.11. The total mileage of 

 levated and interurban lines reported to the com- 

 rission is 97.06 miles. The total capital of the 

 earn railroads at the close of the fiscal year, 

 June 30, 1899, was $3,038,929,990, which shows an 

 icrease over that of 1898 of $319,318,144. The 

 stal railway capital of the elevated and inter- 

 irban lines for the year ending June 30, 1899, 

 reporting to the commission is $75,926,852. 

 The gross earnings from operation of all steam 

 aads entering Illinois for the fiscal year. 1899 is 

 108,580,535, which is an increase over the fiscal 

 rear of 1898 of $67,248,805. The total increase 

 the gross earnings of the steam, elevated, and 

 iterurban lines over the fiscal year 1898 was" 

 37,832,632. 



The operating expenses of the steam roads were 

 $44,393,463 more than for 1898. The number of 

 passengers carried by the roads reporting was 

 37,329,824, and the passenger earrings per mile 

 were $1,963. The number of tons carried by the 

 steam roads reporting was 73,335,755; freight 

 earnings per mile of road, $5,012. 



Mining. The coal mining statistics for 1899, 

 published in May, 1900, show that 36,991 men 

 were employed, the tonnage product being 23,- 

 434,445, and the number of days of actual opera- 

 tion 205.7. The price paid per ton for mining 

 is given as 47.1 cents; value of coal per ton at 

 the mine, 91.86 cents. 



Military. The report of the Adjutant General, 

 made public in January, says that the militia 

 consists of 7 regiments of infantry, 1 battalion 

 of colored infantry, 1 regiment of cavalry, 3 bat- 

 teries of artillery, 1 engineer company, 1 signal 

 corps, and 1 hospital corps. 



Political.- The canvass of the vote at the elec- 

 tion held on Nov. 6 shows McKinley's plurality 

 over Bryan in the State to be 94,924, and his 

 majority over all the candidates 64,073. Yates's 

 plurality over Alschuler for Governor was 61,233, 

 and his majority over all the gubernatorial can- 

 didates 33,570. 



The total vote for electors, reckoned by the 

 highest on each ticket, was: Herbert, Republican, 

 597,985; Schubert, Democrat, 503.061; Bannen, 

 Prohibitionist, 17,626; Randolph, People's, 1,141; 

 Louis, Socialist-Labor, 1,373; Wullner, Socialist- 

 Democratic, 9,587 ; Struble, United Christian, 352 ; 

 Dean, Union Reform for Direct Legislation, 672. 



The total vote on Governor was: Yates, Repub- 

 lican, 580,199; Alschuler, Democrat, 518,966: 

 Barnes, Prohibitionist, 15,643; Van Tine, People's. 

 1,106; Hoffman, Socialist-Labor, 1,319; Perry, 

 Socialist-Democratic, 8,611; Cordingly, United 

 Christian, 334; Spencer, Union Reform, 650; total, 

 1,126,828. 



INDIA, an empire in southern Asia, under the 

 sovereignty of the King of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land, who bears the title of Emperor of India, on 

 the basis of a personal union, and governed under 

 general acts of the British Parliament by a Gov- 

 ernor General in consultation with and under in- 

 structions from the Secretary of State for India, 

 a member of the British Cabinet. The Governor 

 General, popularly called the Viceroy, is advised 

 by a Council of 5 ordinary members, besides the 

 commander in chief of the forces, who are ap- 

 pointed for five years. The Legislative Council, 

 composed of the members of the Governor Gen- 

 eral's Council and 16 additional members appointed 

 by him on the recommendation of certain public 

 bodies, has power to make laws subject to the 

 approval of the Governor General and the Secre- 

 tary of State, for all persons within British India, 

 for all British subjects in the native states, and 

 for native Indian subjects of the King in foreign 

 countries. British India is divided for purposes 

 of administration into the presidencies of Madras 

 and Bombay, each of which has a governor, 

 the lieutenant governorships of Bengal, the North- 

 west Provinces and Oudh, the Punjab, and Bur- 

 mah, and the chief commissionerships of Coorg, 

 Assam, and the Central Provinces. Each governor 

 and lieutenant governor has a legislative council. 

 The nine provinces are subdivided into about 

 250 districts. More than 600 feudatory native 

 states are subject to the control of the Governor 

 General. 



George Nathaniel Curzon, created Baron Curzon 

 of Kedleston, succeeded the Earl of Elgin as Gov- 

 ernor General in 1898. The members of the Coun- 

 cil in the beginning of 1900 were Major-Gen. Sir 



