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PROMINENT ILLINOIS BREEDER DIES. 1 rbana. 111. .Tune u:i. James S. MeCiilloush. fat sixteen years state auditor, died at his burnt here, aftr a Ions illness. At the bedside were Mrs. MeCiilloush and her children. Mis. Charles H. Myer. id lilciieoc. wife of the president of the Security b.i nk of Chicago, and Leal L. Mctulloush of Urbane. When Mr MeCiilloush returned to his old home alter his deleat lor re i led ion by .lames J. Brady, iu 1912 he had completed sixteen rears of service a inliioi. an unprecedented record. Previously he bad been clerk of thainnaisii countv for tnreaty- I .III I .I-. Mr McCul lough was ;, favorite of the civil war veterans of Illinois, to whom his empty sleeve was a eouslanl reminder that he had left an arm on tin- battlelielil of fort Blakety, Ala., ill the last battle of tin- i ivil war. Men "f ail parties have wired condolences and will all ml tin- funeral which will he held here Wednesday altiino.n at two oclock. Mr. McCul-I "ie.li was horn In Mercersbiirg. franklin County. Pa., May I 1*45 and came to Champaign County in 1854. in isi; inn nineteen years old. he enlisted in Cinupani l! Seveaty-slxth Illinois Vol iii.i. er Infantry, and lerved three years. He married Miss Celinda Harvej In 1869. Mr. McCullougti Hgured as one of the foremost breeders of tin- thoroughbred borne in Illinois. He bred and raced mam horses thai raced creditably. In recent years the nniline of his stud have basal raced in the name of James Grilliu, bjg trainer.
