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Show New Monument for Shlloh. Tho bronzo Qguro that is to complete com-plete tho monument to bo dcdlcatod to tho Illinois soldiers who fell In tho bnttlo of Shlloh has been shipped from Chlcngo to PlttBburg Landing, Tonn. Tho statuo was cast by tho Amorlcan Bronzo Foundry company, from a model mado by R, W. Bock, a Chi-icago Chi-icago sculptor; It wolghs 7,000 pounds. Tho flguro Is thirteen feet high, with a soven-foot squaro baso, nnd represents repre-sents the "Mother of Illinois" In a Bitting Bit-ting posturo. On her head sho wears a diadem filled with Jewels, typifying her sons. In ono hnnd sho holds n sword, while with n finger of tho other hnnd sho marks tho pago In history : ,-- that tells of tho deeds her sons havo accomplished with tho Bword. Tho Stato Legislature appropriated $25,000 for tho purposo of erecting this monument monu-ment thrco years ago, and since that tlmo Mr. Bock, tho sculptor, has been working on clay models of tho figure. Tho statuo will rest on a solid grnnlto pedestnl twenty-threo feot high. |