Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 27, 1887, Page 2

5 A v i i i § . state of CHARITY AND CORRECTION. Becond Day's Session of the Great Confer- ence in Progress Here, REPORTS FROM MANY STATES. How the Good Work Progresses— Addrosses at Morning and Even« ing Sessions Yesterday—The Trip to Lincoln To-day. The Second Day. The first morning session of the four- (eenth annual conference of charities and corrections was called toorder yesterday in the exposition building by President H. H. Giles, at 9 o’clock. The sescion was opened with prayer by the Rev. CharlesW. Savidge,of the Seward street M. E. cnurch of this city. At the opening of the session few were present, but at the conclusion of Mr. Savidge's &‘lyor the hall was rapidly filled with o delegates and visitors. “The audience was composed of maay of Omaha's prom- inent and charitable citizens and num- bers from the different counties of the state. There was also a number of vis- itors from western lowa and Kansas. ‘Phe hall is tastefully decorated with bunting and evergreen, and everything rmlblu has been done for the comfort of he delegates and visitors, The noise made by the workmen in the other part o the building, however, was such a source of annoyance that Dr, Wright felt constrained to call the at- tention of the conference to that fact a few moments after the body had been called to order. He requested that means be tiken to stop it. ‘The first business transacted was the election of L. C. Stewart of Illinois, as one of the secretaries of the conference in place of Mr. McCullot, who 1s in Eu- rope. x commitiee was nurolnmd by the chair to draft a4 meworial address on the denth of the Rev. Mr. Barwick of Eng. land. It was composed of Messrs. Litch- worth of New York, General Brinker- hoff of Ohio and Wines of Illinois. THe following committee on business was appointed by the president: Messrs. Elmare, Savidee, Johnson and Wells. The following committee on perma- ment organization was appointed. Meossrs, Litchworth, Garrett, Sanborn, Wines and Gl_llhrlu. After the appointment of the commit- toes, the reports of states were made,and consumed the entire time of the session. ‘The revorts were very interesting to all concerned in the work, and were ro- celyed with frequent applause. jports from states were presented ftom New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, Now Jersey, Ohlo, Massachusetts, Ore: &on, Nebraska, Minnesota, lllinois Penn- sylvama, Indiana and Kansas. Theso reports are all carefully prepared. They are of considerable length, presenting some interesting statistics and many val- uable "flz estions. The report for the ebraska was presented by Prof. J. A. Gillespie' principal of the Neb- raska asylum for deaf mutes. 1t 18 as follows: Nebraska, The deat, blind, and feeble-minded youth of the state are now vamm for in three sepurate state schools, all organized and fur- nished for the special instruction of these classes. The youngest of these, the “Asylum Home for the Feeble-Minded,” has a suitable building, costing 845,444, located on a forty acre tract of land in the suburbs of Beatrico, donated by the citizeus of that place. It is to be subported by a state tax of one-eighth of amill. The “present buildings will ac- commodate seventy pupils; but “there are now in the state over feeble-minded per- sons, of whom more than half are under .lfihtflen ears of aze. The next legislature will be asked for additional room. - A separ- ato department for adult custodlal cases is needed. ‘The ‘‘Institute for the Rlind,” now in Its thirteenth year, has an attendance of twenty- seven puplls, six of them new admissions. A new main building, boiler house and laun- dr{’ 10 cost $42,000, have been begun, which will enlarge the present capacity to about eighty. At tho “Instituto for the Deat_and Duib' the attendance last term was 102, of whom ten were newly admitted. The new cottage dormitory for the smaller boys, provided for by the legislature of 1854-5, is completed and oocupled. The sum of $10,000 has been a) Eroprllwd for & new wing to contain itchen and dhllng room, A distinguishing leature of the methods of instruction pursued s that of aural development and the use, in mstruction, of partial or latent hearinz. The Insane are cared for in the ‘'State Hospital for the Lnsane” at Lincoln, where, with Insufficlent room, 581 patients have been treated. of whom 206 were newly admitted, and 197 discharged. Non-restraint is advo- cated, and practiced only with such moditi- cations as imperfect arrangements make in- evitable. Dr. L. P. Matthewson, late super- intendent, has been superseded by Dr. W. M, Illt»?. A new hospital has been built at orfolk on a 820-acre tract of land given by the citizens of Norfolk. Its occupancy has been delayed by want of funds for running expenses, but applications for admissios r‘dl exceed the capacity of the bulldi E’: he last legislature nppmprlludkfg additional wal ] laundry, bcrn“::x'd ice rouse. Dr. E. e_ ey 18 superintendent. Still a third jospital—for incurable cases—has been pro- ded for by an unmwl- on of '1%000 for a liding to Pe local at Hastings, for which 8 have been drawn. The crowded state the hospital at Lincoln has necessitated removal of most of the Incurable cases to the almshouses or jails of their own countles. AT THE HOME FOR THE FRIKNDLESS at Lincoln 76 adults and 198 children—a total of 74--have been cared for during the past year. There were 180 admissions and 159 dis- charges. A new bouer-nouu-ndhnldrs 08t Ing 6,000, have been added to the buildin ‘Lhe last leglslature appropriated $32,500 for intenance, but this is largely supplemented private benevolence throuih the efforts of =a iw:lva Iadies, who constitute the board managers. A soldlers’ home was established by the last islature, with an appropriation of $30.000 of & buildIng 1o be_located at Grand Tsland, on condition that 640 acres of land be do- nated for a site. Captain John Hammond has been appointed superintendent. #n appropriation of $16,000 was made for # bullding for an “Industrial home for unfor- tunate women and girls,” to be located upon n site mnhinln{ not less than ten acres of land, not yet selected, THE STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL at Kearnoy has had 176 ruflls in its care, of ‘whom 78 were new admissions and 14 were dismissed, Carpentry Is taught in addition to Intellectual trafing. Good conduct after one years instruction secures dismissal. Four new buildings to cost £36,500 are in process of eroction. The substitution ot ‘*industri- al” tor “reform,” in the name of this school is a gratifying indication of the healthy wth of a correct public sentiment respect- ing the proper work of such a school. IN THE STATE PENITENTIARY there have been 334 prisoners, including four females, the past vear. There were 108 ad- missions and 106 discharges, About $40, wiil be expended upon a new shop building, and about $4,000 for a water reservoir, new ten year lease of the convict labor of the state has recently been made, LEGISLATION, An effort was made at_the last session of 1he legislature to secure the passage of a bill o establish a state board of charities and corrections, but the bill never passed beyond the committee room. Such a board, in order 10 be effective, would require the services ot a salaried secretary, who would baa new state ofticer, and at present the state constitu- tion does not permit the creation of any new oftice. Further efforts will be made at the Eopu time tosecure such modification of 6 constitution as will make it praeticable 10 organize a state board with proper author- ity. ‘{n the absence of a stata board the “Wom- en’s Associato Charities” 1s doing effective ork, ‘Through its efforts the “Industrial finm" for women and ,lm was organlzed, and it 1s now working for a home for de- rmunt children. Someelforts toward this nd were made at the last legislature, and \‘nm be “mpuud with increased backing at 0 Dex THE WOMEN'S ASSOCTATE CHARITIES Nlhlllglnl'll a home for the aged and a ital for )h:fl:u wvoulu'l HRISTIAN ASS0CIATION & bullding and will enter it about September 1. ‘The relief department has thus far been prominent in the work, but they hope s00n to oven a bondlng house for young working girls. Two lots have been donated as asite for a home forold ladies and children. Funds for this building to the extent of $10,000 have been promised. THE TENTH STREKL MIS: N is doing & good work, having as adjuncts an industrial school and & Helping lland so- clety. 4 ST, JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL at Omaba is under the government of the Catholic church and sustained by donations. It has cared for over six hundred patients during the year. New York, anu? of property h:}cdml&r lehlglut'nbla .l.’l';d correctional pur r 1, 1856, was $52,- 138,108, 45, as lolm by the_state, $10,681,- 807.03; by counties, 82,654, ,34%,500; by incorporated be clations, 834,453,447.67. Their indebtedness at the samo time was 83,161%04.81, thus mak- ing their net valuation 976,107.64. Total receipts of these institations for ‘the fiscal r ending Seotember 84& 836, were §13,362,- 1, a8 agalnst $12,458,311.04, the receipts for the preceding fiscal year, or an in- crease of $009,348, 'he expenditures for the year footed nf ,027,990.01, as against 11,! 0,96, an increase of $450,250.15 over the expenditures of the preceding year. ‘The number of persons in the custody and care of these varlous institutions October 1, 1886, was 63,335, as against 60,304 October 1, 1885, being an increase of 2,041, classiiied as follows: Insane, 13,53; idiotic gnd_feeble- minded, 1,174; erfleplle. 417; blind, 679; deat mutes, 1,356; orphan and dependent chiidren, 20,0497 juvenile dr\"nrlllenLl and oftenders, 4,436; adolt prisoners in reformatories, 7113 disabled soldiers and sailors, 938: hospital patients, 8,384; adult, azed aad infirm per- sons in incorporated homes and asylums, 6,251, poor house and alms house inmates other than insane, idiotic and feeble-minded, blind, deat and dumb and epilectic, ‘The dispensaries extended aid to 349,619 out- door patients: 49,144 persons were temporarily relieved at home by city and county ofliclals from the Kubllc fund at an expenditure of $627,267.1! ‘The returns regarding the Insane for the past decade show a steady increase of this class each year in excess of the increase of yopuln(lun. The last legislature provided for the establishment of an additional state asylum at Ogdensburg, and appropriated £100,000 for lands and bulldings. Additional detached buildings are being put up at ludson River state hospital for 500 chronic patients, An appropriation of $173,000 was made to extend the Buffalo state _asylum. Appropriations were also made for other institutions, 4, Michigan, Laws were enacted providing for arrost and caro of children who are on the road to crime, though not yet criminals; for taking of children from custody of persons untit to haye charge of children and placing them in proper homes; for surrounding with safe- guards children brought from other states and placed In _homes in Michigan, and the placing them made subject to the same con-. ditions which exist In placing ghildren from our own state public school at Coldwater. ‘Three of our insane asylums have received appropriations for building cottages, to hold fifty patients each, for chronic cases, to cost about $300 per capita. The asylum tor in- sane criminals is overcrowaed. The reports to the board of corrections and charities from the four insane asylums for the quarter anaing March 31, 1887, show 2,104 Inmates against 1,755 for tho sawie perlod of 1888, The reports of ||fmne in_our poor- houses are made annually (July 1), and are now being reéenived, so that 4 comparison be- :_ween 1580 and 1857 cannot be made at this ime. Our county agents report for the year end- ing September 30, 1856, arrests of {uvanlle of- fenders 665. Of these, 329 were discharged or returned to parents; in 65 cases sentence was suspended_during good behavior; 87 were fined and 216 sont to” reform schools. These agents report 230 homes found for children from our state publle and reform schools, and they have visited during the year 525 of the children placed in howmes from our state institutions. Massachusetts. Several laws for the benefit of the insane were passed by the last legislature. 1n regard to prisons, three laws of general interest have been enacted. The first pro- vides for tne (‘,mploe'lm'll! by the comimis- sloners of prisons of two agents, whose busi- ness it shall be to obtain emi‘loy"wm for prisoners discharged from the Massachusetts reformatory, and to investigate the histories of prisoners committed to the state prison, Massachusetts reformatory and women’s prison. ‘The second provides for the punish- ment of habitual criminals, imposing a Pen- alty of twenty-five years in the state prison upon any person who, having previously served two sentences of three years each, or more, in avy state, shall be convicted of a felony. The third abolishes the contract labor system in the prisons. In regard to the charities, two acts of im- portance have been passed, the first of which makes a more effective provision for the re- moval of children from city almshouses, where thul have been accumulating to the number of 150 or more in all, because the act ot 1851 was not carried out with uniformity, and for the placing of them in families. Under this new law more than half of these children have already been removed, and the rest will have been before cold weather. ‘The second provides more stringent rezu- lations to prevent the sending to the state almshouse, of persons who are too sick to be 80 removed with safety. ‘The appropriations’ made during 1887 for the Massachusetts prisons have been unusu- ally large, and their expenses are much greater than ever before. In the charisable establishments this is not the case to any great extent, although the constant increase n the number of the insane causes the whole cost of the lunatic hospitals and asylums to augment considerably from year to year. ‘There has apparently been no increase of auperism In Massachusetts this year, al- hough both population and immigration have increased. California. ‘The total amount Imhl by the state for charities during the tiscal yoar ending June 80, 1887, was $41M4,415.38, ‘The state owns none of the property used for the care of orphans or lgad persons, but contributes to their support; for whole or- phans, $100 per year; for halt orphans, $75, and for abandon children, $75, For aged persons, $150 per year. ‘'here are nineteen orphan asylums and twenty-five institutions for aged persons. Large nsvrogrmlons were made for the asyluns for the insane at Stockton and Napa. ‘The sum of $125,000 was appropriated for the purchase of site and erection of & hospital for the chronic inssne. The deaf, dumb and blind u‘;um received an Aappro- priation of $OLTIS. *For the support of tho adult blind, 852,727.27 was expended. Our state prisens make large demands on the state treasury. ‘That of San Quentin drew 8151,157.87; that of Folsom, $104,695.53, and this, aside from transportation of pris- oners. 1t is to be noted just here that the amount pald out for the support of these two nitentiaries, exceeds by nt $00,000 the tal amounts appropriated for the state board of education, the state university, the state normal schools at San Jose and Los Angeles. Whatasad and suggestive com- mentary ! ‘There are over forty free kindergartens in the state for the education of neglected ehil- dren. Over thirty of these kindergartens are in San Francisco. Mrs. Leland Stanford supports eight free kindergartens. She has L'.;Lv‘un $50,000 for kindergarten work. Mrs, George Hearst supports a free kigdergarten. 8o also does the daughter ot Cnarles Crocker, and also the produce exchange. Already this work is showing excellent results. New Jeraey. We have a council of charities and correc- tion appointed by the legislature; but, be- emuse it had an appropriation of only 81,000, 1t has attempted but little. The state boa of health has continued its work as to sani- tary conditions, and is able to make many other reforms h&gduwln the attention of in- dividuals and ofMicers to defects, Our state asylums are in many respeets models. The state prison and the two penitentiaries and the two reform schools and the Newark City home, or reform school, are well managed. As to the management of the inmates u%inllu there are still great defects, The State Chari- ties Aid association is dong & good work, whieh is entirely voluntary, 1t has auxiliary branches in three or four counties, and s so far recognized as having authority that, on lrpl\cl!mn toa judge of the supreme court, visitors are appointed, with full power to in- vestizate, Colorado, Mr. W. O. Sampson, superintendent of the industrial school for boys at Goldeu, reports U8 boys in charge (90 beln{l necessary limit on account of keeping within the appropria- tion; adinitted durln, the year, 63} sent to howes, 55; expense of school for the year, 18,00L,53; per capits, $201,07, or 59 cents a dav. Nr, D, C. Dudley, superintendent of IM‘ mute and blind asylum at Colorado Sprin; reports 60 punils; ’v‘nuw XI——N boys md‘lt! girls: blind, 19—bo ‘The peniteutiary irls, 9, u?nllovm Total number of convicts confined July 1, 1%, (males, 316; temales, 5), 821, Recelved dur- ing year ending June 30, 1887, 154; dis- charged (rem-lu.l + males, 140), 150; died Smulp. 1; female 1), 2. Total number con- tined July 1, 1857, (males, 520; females, 3), 523, The .mfy Iqlnl-unu of the last general sembly bearing on the management was an act prohibiting the leasing or contracting of convict labor, Al work performed by them must be for the state. The Insane asylum at Pueble reports 233 atients treated the past two years, 191 hav- ng been admitted and 150 discharged. Re- covered, 117, or 6135 per cent of admissions, Forty-tive thousand dollars was sppropriated by the last assembly for additional buildings, Iwnlch will add greatly to the comfort ot the nma ‘The support ziven Colorado’s vrivate chari- ties wlil compare favorably with older stat o The state of Ohlo during the past year has maintained its tour state asylums for the in- eane with but few changes. There were on June 50 last 1,570 insane persons reported from the county Infirmaries of the state. In addition to these, there were 300 epileptics also in the infirmaries, 'U'he statobenevolent institutions for the education of tha deaf and dumb, blind, feeble-minded youths, and sol- diers' and sailors’ orphans have during the past year accomplished fair results in their respective departments of education and training. These four institutions accommo- date a dail nvnrnEe of 1,970 pupils, The state prison has worked satisfactorily. The Iabor of the prisoners lét during the year has been on the piece-price plan and fair finan- cial results attained. The discipline of the prigon has been humane, The prisoners are I fed and clothed. In addition to the it organized institutions of the state ‘0 18 now in process of erection an_ inter- mediate penitentiary at Mansfield, 0. The state is also enzaged in the erection of a howe for Ohio soldiers, located at Sandusky. Oregon. tev. Dr. R. M. Hill—Since our last confer- ence at St. Paul, a number of important changes have been made in the laws and pol- icy of the state in relation to charities and corrections. 1In the first place, we have had an entire change in the administration. Our state institutions are controlled by a board of trustees composed of the zovernor, secretary ot state, and state treasurer; and, as none of our former state officials wera re-elected at the general election held one year ago, there has been an entire change in the board of trustees. This has resulted also in a complete change throughout the asylum for insane and the state prison. We have new superin- tendents, wardens, mnurses, guards;and, in fact, the new administration has made a clean sweep, which has been a matter of sin- cere regret, especially in regard to the M{lum for the insane. t was hoped that It, at least, would have been taken out of politics; but, alasithe time has not yet been reached ‘when our public officials are chosen for their merits rather than for their political influ- ence. Iiuois, The lecislature appropriated $2,440,853,53 for the use of the state board of charities for two years from July 1, 1887, and $100,000 for an industrial home “tor the blind at Chicago. ‘The constitutional amendment prohibiting contract labor in the penitentiary was adopted. The so-called “'age of consent” in girls was raised ftom twelve to fourteen {unrs. and the procuring of virtuous girls for mmoral purposes was made a felony. A law ‘was passed against boycotting and black-list- ing, and another against seditious and in- flammatory speech and _publication. No less than 1526 men and women were ad- judged insane in the year between April, 1885, and April, 1886, The growth of insan- ity 13 becoming an alarming question. Pri- vate charities are growing in infiuence, but the reports are incomplete. ‘Wisconsin, 1n esate prison, 444; house of correction, 2555 industrial school forboys, 837; industrial school for girls, 192; school “for the blind, 75; deat mutes, 1975 school for dependent chil- dren, 85; insane In various asylums, 2,668, The state is to pay to the **\Wisconsin Vet- erans’ Home,” incorporated in the name of the G. A. R., 33 por week lowards the subsis- tence of each inmate. A steady improvement has been made in the poor houses and jails. ‘The varions private charities are all doing a great deal of good. Kansas. ‘The charitable institutions of Kansas are managed by a board of five trustees. The present means of obtalning statistics of pau- perism_ throngh the board of agriculture is inadequate. The state psnmnllury contains about 900 prisoners. . The prisoners mine coal and manufacture wagons under con- tract. A nealthy public interest in the cause of crime and the best means of prevention is being developed in the state, Maryland. The la¥est part of the charitable work n Maryland is done in the city of Baltimore. ‘The estimate for the next year for the poor of the city i3 $234,000. The city has no sys- tom of out-door relief and resorts to a peculiar method of farming out its poor. The con- tract system in penitentiaries and jail has been abolished, and prisoners are now idie because nothing else has been substituted. Minnesota, During the past year, a state reformator; for young men was established at St. Cloud, and o state soldiers’ home founded atthe talls of Minnehaha. A tax of one-tenth of a mill was levied for the reliet of ex-soldiers and their families. A third hospital for the insane was founded at Ferzus Falls, The contract labor lflswm has been abolished and jece work substituted with the provision hat & percentage of the prisoner’s earnin;s shall be his own. Pen nia No changes were made o the laws of the state during the late session affecting the board of public charities. A joint committee to investigate and report, in 1589, upon all possible reforms in state institutions, was appointed. The appropriation for charities remains unincreased. g Indiana, ‘This state has 1,543 Insane, 348 deaf mutes, 124 blind, 516 in reformn_school, 183 in female reformatory, 1,670 in prison, Total eost of maintenance, 893, " The contract system is followed in the prisons. ‘The three new insane hospitals cost $1,273,086. All the state institutions are in good condition, Every zurnddl Yo the number of orphan homes uilt by counties, The Delegates. The following delegates had arrived up to last evening: Colorado—Very Rev. Dean Hart; Mrs. J, 8. Sperry, Ladies' Benevolent union, Pueblo; Mr. andMrs. W. C. Sampson, Golden, Dakota—0. W. Archibald, M. D., super- intendent North Dakota hospital for the in- sane, Jamestown; F. K. Craven, M. D., and wife, Yankton; Rev. P, E. Holp, Bloux Falls; Rev. J. M. MeBride. Aberdeen: Mrs, ¥ ]T. Kimball, Fargo; Miss Florence Kim- all. 1llinois—). T, Croswell, Pontiac: J. D. Scouler, superintendent state reform school, Pontiac; H. C. De Matti . D., superin- attie, LiL. tendent of the lllinols soldiers’ orphans’ home, Normal; Helen M. Woods, Lev. L Prince, M. D., Chicago; E. H. Finch, trustee, of the Southern Illinois hospital for the in- sane, Anna; W. H. Borcourt, trustee for the mes Bottom, trustee for Miss l.ucx]A. Bagby, re- cording secrotary, Quincy; Miss Anna J. Rowland, corresponding secretary, Quiney; Fred H. Wines, secretary state board of public charities, Springtield; Alex Johnson, sacretary of the charity urganization society, Chicago. Indlana—Howard Briggs, Greencastle; L. A. Barrett, control of reform school for boys, Danville. Kansas—Rev. D, C. Milner, Atchison; Hon. O, E. Faulkner, secretary board of sm"m Kansas state charitable institutions, alina. Maryland—Amos G, Warner, general agent Baltimore C. O, 8., Baltimore. Michigan—J. J. Wheeler, £ast Saginaw; Daily Mower, chief of police of East Sagnaw ; . C. Storrs, Lansing; W. A. Woodard, prison ins) r, Owosso; es A, DPost, secretary of the Detroit association of char- ities; Mrs, I. A. Post, Deiroit, ssachusetts—Miss Sarah Parker, Bos- ton; Prof. Edward Hitchoock, M. D., mem- ber of the state board of lunacy, Amherst college, Amherst, Massachusetts lrving Fisher, M. D., State Almshouse, Tewksbury, Massachusetts; H. 8. Shurtleff, superintend- ent of out-door poor, state board of lunacy and eharity, Boston: F. B. Sanborn, inspec- g’:r oll “I:fi" Coneore llluluhnurl.::' rs. Isabella WS, officlal reporter o e neeotesre 0. 4, Wortho wuh | nnesota—Mrs. C. 1. Worthen, Charles 2 Wmnrmnl." St;ml’llllt M. M o Danas, o bou‘ correo- tions and. charities; Hon. F. A, hy manager state reform scnool, Minneapolis; tendent reform school, oo prosident poard rs of state hool,St. Paul; Sudde! fim-?’. Murray_and U n, St. Paul; G, Vigian, Alexandria: H. R. , Preston: Rev, . /4. VanAnder, Min- neapolis; uoomfi Hi Wazzard, St Paul; Rev. H. H. Ha retary of state correctiong, and charities Miss Jessle A. Schelay(, superintendent of home for young girls, St :Paul; G. G, Cowle, clerk state board of cgeroetions and charities, St. Paul; 1saac P. wfi.’m treasurer board of control, 8t. Paul; Dhgnnur Aricker, sur- fnon in charge city “county hospital, St. Paul; G, A, Merrill, yyperintendent state school dependent chldron, New York—Hon. Wiljam P. Letchworth, resident New York state board of charities, Portageville; Dr. Ohdtles S. toyt, secretary state board of charitles, Albany; Dr. Horaco C. Taylor, Brooton; Levi 8. l'ullon. superin- tendent state industrial _school, Rochester ; John V. Skinner, New York; Nathaniel S. Rosenan, Buffalo; John B. Pine, New York; Dr. Charles 8. Kellogg, secretary charlty or- ganization soclety, New York. Ohio—Dr, A. G. Byers, secretary board of state charity, Columbus; Albert 8. White, superintendent Franklin county cnildren’s home, Columbus; Charlotte Ackles, superin- tendent associated charities, Columbus: R. Brinkerhoff, board of state charities, Mans. field; Lucretia Gorgas, matron childrens® home, Defiance. sl?rezon—liuv. Rovert W. HIll, D. D, alem, Pennsylvania—\W. J. Sawyer, Allegheny: Cadwalader Biddle, James™ C. Biddle, jr. Philadelphia; Philip Garrett, president board of public charitles, Logan: M. K. Paist, Philadelphia; Harrlet W. Paist, Philadel hia. Wisconsin—Hon, A. E. Elmer, Fort How- ard; Prof. A. O. Wright, Madison: Harriet C. Hunt, superintendent W isconsin indus- trial school, Milwaukee: Mrs, L. W. Hoyt, Madison; John H. Vivian, Mineral £'oint; Mrs. O. J. Hules, Milwaukee; Mrs. E. B, Fairbanks, Milwaukee; Ella Giles, Madison: E. 0. Holden, superintendent ot the poor, Baraboo; T, I, Scanlon, superintendent of poor, Lyndon; Nicholas Smith, Janes- ville; ~Thomas Baker, Prairie du Sac; R. B. 8. Showalter, superintendent of Grant county asylum, Lancaster. Washington, D. C.—Hon. Joseph R. French, Last Night, The conference was called to order by President Giles at 8 o'olock, There was a large attendance, mainly of ladies. Mr. Brinkerhoff, of Ohio, moved that a committee of one from each state be ap- pointed to determine the time and place of holding the next meeting of the con- ferenco. The motion prevailed. The president then appointed the fol- lowing committee on credentials: Colo- rado, Mrs, Sperry; Dakota, Dr. O. W. Archibald; District of Columbia, John R. French; Illinois, Fred W. Wines; Indiana, L. A. Barrett; Iowa, S. W, Price; Kansas, C. E. Faulkner; Maryland, Amos F. War- ner; Mussachusetts, F, B. Sanborn, Mich- igan, L. C. Storrs; Minnesota, H. H. Hart; Nebraska, Mrs. O. C. Dinsmoor; New York, Dr. C. 8. Hovt; Ohio, Dr. A G. Byers; Oregon, Dr. Robert W. Hill; Pennsylvania, Hon. Philip C. Garrett; Wisconsin, A, O. ngght. F. B. Sanborn, of 1 s}s!nchusottu, then read a voluminous but'fnteresting report on state boards of charities. Mr. Elmore of Wisconsin. Mr. Elmore was called to the platform and said: ) Mr. President, Ladles'and Gentlemen: I come upon the platfot’because my lungs are weak and 1 want you'to hear all I have ot to say. The state’'of Wisconsin has got a school for dependent children with ninety inmates. Kor twenty-one years, 1 was man- ager of the industrial sehool for boys at Wau- kesha. I have great doubts in ny mind whether we ever did any go#l at Waukesha. We kept them thers ~until the; ‘were twenty-one and _then turned them loose. ‘When they were twenty- one they were furnislied places whenever they wanted them, bul the inasses of the peo- ple dide’t want to have tnem in their midst, and until they started the Michigan school and we learned something about the system they practiced, [ very much doubt that we did any good fo them. My 1ef is that the boys and girls that are sent out from New York have brought the poison with them and they have imocu- lated the whole country with it. The tramp element has been mmeli recruited by these children from New York, . GENERAL BRINKERHOFF, of Ohio, spoke of the fact that the sub- jeot under discussion was one of the most important before the conference, for the reason of its being on the borders of the new states, upon which will soon devolve as a duty the organization of boards of state charities, and that they should start aright. The poard of state charitiesin Ohio have su on of corrections as well as chari including benevolent, insane, blind, deaf and dumb and the poor, The board are unanimous in the opmion that 1t is the best form of organization already existing and the best form for the board of charities in the new states. The speaker did not believe in giving executiye powers to state boards, but thought it desirable to have power at all times to inspect the institutions, to fix uniform methods of keeping accounts and requiring reports; powers to make special examinations and call for persons and papers. General Brinkorllnfi'sn%gested that the board should consist of six members, three from each politica! party, and the governor of the state ex-officio chairman of the board, with power to remove and change members of such board. Che speaker closed by saying that he did not believe in erection of institutions for the so-called incurable insane, over whose portals should be written those fatal words: ‘‘Whoever enters here leaves hope behind.” MR. HART, OE MINNESOTA, dwelt eloquently and at length upon the good accomplished by state boards of charities in the United States during the last twenty years, particularly in revo- lutionizing the treatment of the sane and the method of dealing with children. MR, WINES, OF ILLINOIS. 1 have noticed in my studles of the laws relating to crime and pauperism, insanity, and other evils In the different states, and in studying the organization and the rules of the state boards of charity in the different states, that these ards —may be divided on certain lines and In different groups. Kor instance, in the first plat some of these boards have absolute execu- tive administrative power. In the state of Kansas they have a board of trustees for all the state institutions. ‘The speaker here described atsome length the operations of the 'éharitable, penal and reformatory 1nstitutions in other states|. Now, the state of Nubraska, to comoe back to the practical question, believe will have a state board of charities, but i),'uu have one difficulty in the way of establishing such 8 board that does not exist in any of the east- ern states, but does in these nmew western states and territories. ‘You have a constitu- tlonal provision whiehj I think, has fastened ou the very worst ystem of orzanization and government in tha United States, that is the provision which makes your state of- ficers, who are elected for) volitical reasons, and who are closely ideéntitied with party ?Dllllc!—ll makes them the administra- ive officers of your istate Institutions. If there is a worse systam, I don’t know where it can be found. - I speak plainly, be- se I want to tell yoh the truth, I don’t y it because I have any eriticism to make n your administrative ofiicers or your con- stitution. hink, however, whenever you have s constitutional convention in this state, you should see that that provision of the constitution is not re-enacted because some of the other states west of Nebraska admiring her’s have coppled it. DR. BYERS, OF OHIO, 4 excited considerable merriment by his remarks, which wero as follows: 1 will not shock the modesty of my Ohlo friends by undertaking to how many blessed food things we have cheerfully or- ganized In our own state. I wish to correct one or two statements simply, Mr, Wines, In his judgment of the present organization ot the board of state charitles in Ohio, seems to thlnleft'hnc the governor stands simply as & “‘wabbler’—1 judge so from the remarks he ter)—a wabbling kind of man 6@ democrats on one side of him and three republicans on the other, My ex- verlence has been this: That {rom the or- &anization of the board of state chirities under existiog law there never has been @ single question referred B ry to the governor As H*n between the mi. nority and the majos hey have alwa been unanimous, so under the adminis- t| tration we are just about as solid as they are in Illinois. 1 could not help but think my brother Wines was disposed to make a re- ublican speech, and I do not think that that 8 quite fair here because we are a non-par- tisan organization. I would expect a repub- lican board to do just what Brother Wines says they id, but whether democrats would do it or not—— Mr. Wines—That is another question (Laughter). Dr. Byers—I can easily understand how under our organization In_ Ohlo as well as under the other form in Illinois, the same administrative acts come and the same re- sults may be reached. This must be borne in mind, that the board of state charities of Ohio have authority over local boards of trustees, and yet, in spite of all that can be done by the board of state charities this con- servative authority 1s overridden at times, and we have had political changes in the management of these Institutions. The speaker humorously referred to the all-wise new member of the legislature from the rural district, who never lost an oppor- tunity to make an onslaught on the state in- stitutions and closed by relating the particu- lars of a visit to the state asylum for the insane at Evans, Ohio, where he witnessed but one breach of decorum among the inmates, ~which woul indicate _that t was ‘an_ insance asylum. When the speaker, atter being requested so to do, had briefly said grace, he was somewhat sur- prised to hear an inmate near b{ say to him, ‘My wife hit me with a skillet once, for doing that.”” |Loud laughter]. Adjourned till Sunday. The confer- ence visits Lincoln in a body to-day. Notes. Dean Hart, of Denver, was at the con- ference yesterday morning and deliv- ered a brief address on the nobility of the work in which the conference is en- gaged. A committee from_Lincoln cnnsls!inlg of John L. Doty, O. B. Howell and C. T\ Boggs will escort the members of the convention of charities to that city. They have secured the Second regimental band to nccompany the excursionists. A special train will leave on the B. & M. road this morning for lincoln at 8 eo'clock. It will return, arriving in Omaha at 6:30 p. m. Fare half rate. It is intended to accommodate the mem- bers of tho conference, but anyone can take advantage of the opportunity of a cheap ride. Services will be held in the exposition building on Sunday. In the morning the annual conference sermon will be deliv- the Rev. Dr. Dana, of St. Paul; 0 1n the afternoon a gencral meeting will be held, at which several addresses will be delivered on the work of the conference. Mrs. C. A. Holmes, president of the Women'’s Christian Temperance Union. for the state of Nebraska, and Mrs. J. D. Russell, member of the state board of charities, both of Tecumsch, are in at- tendance upon the conference, and will be the guests of Mrs. E. F. Seaver dur- ing their stay 1n the city. AMUSEMENTS. On next Sunday evening Baurcis & Puls’ German Comedy company will ap- pear in Metz’s garden in a pair of bright and amusing pieces, in which the lead- ing members of the organization will ap- pear. Gustav Hartzheim, the guest comedian from Davenport, who made so fine a hit 1n his work on Sunday last, will also appear for the last time this sea- son. Mr, Jean Baureis, who was pre- vented from np{mlring last Sunday night by illness, will assume a character in each of the plays, which are named “Die Ordre ist Schnarchen,” and “Die Schwabin.” Both of these pieces are produced in Omaha for the first time, and will be found very interesting. They will be followed by the customary ball. e Personal Paragraphs. J. E. Markel, of the Millard hotel, ar- rived home yesterday. Robert W. Patrick left last evening for Overton for a week’s hunt. P. 8. Eustis, %:mernl pusnnsiar agent of the B. & M., has returned from the east. ¢ Prof. Max Hempel, of the German school, and wite have returned from St. Louis. Hon. John M. Thurston went to Nor- folk, Neb., yesterday to address the G. A. K. reunion there. United States Senator Dolph, of Ore- gon, passed through the city yesterday on his way to Washington. A. Wetzell, Genoa; Jobn A. Haspham, Lincoln; Allen Price, Seward, R. M. Gregg, Genoa, and Joseph Bliss, Schuy- ler, are at the Arcade. Prof. A. Walther, the pianist and com- poser, will leave Omaha this morning at 10 o'clock for an éxtended trip west. He will return on September 10, The Rev. Robert Collyer, the *‘Black- smith Preacher,”” was in the city yest day on his way from Portland, Ore., to his home in Brooklyn, N. Y. C. L. Pullman, of Chicago, represent- m%!ha company which is now engaged in bmlding the cars of the motor line, was in this city yesterday conferring with Dr. Mercer on the business. Adam Chadwick, St. Paul; W. A, E. Cummings, Syracuse; C, H. Morrell, Os- ceola; Charles E. Baker, Beatrice; Dr. A, H. Dornis, C. F. Boggs, O. B. Howell, John L. Doty, Lincoln; M. 8. Thrift, W. 8. Cole, Beatrice, and Hugh D. Bower, Springtield, are at the Millard, Dt Leon F. H“““V Buffalo; William Lawrence, Laramie, Wyo.; H. L. Strong, Kearney; S. W. Patton, New York; N. C. Abbott, Lincoln; W. O. Frazer, New Yorl . D. McDonald, Fremont. and William Crawford, Evanstown, Wyo., are at the Paxton. J. 8. Lillis, John Lillis and D. V. Kent, of Kansas City, arrived from a three weeks’ trip in the “Rockies” yesterday. They are the guestsof T. F. Brennan and were pasdengers on the Denver train wrecked Wodznes«la night. The Messrs. Lillis are sons of Colonel Lillis, who is building the cable lines in tais city, Mr. (‘f”"' isa prominent banker of Kansas Jity. Brevities. Yesterday's internal revenue collec- tions amounted to $7,111.58. The Omaha retail druggists will mect the Richardson Drug company's em- ployes on the diamond at Association park at 3:30 p. m.to-day. An interesting game is expected., Rt. Rev. Bishop John M. Brown, D.D., LL. D., of Washington, D. C.,will preach on Sabbath morning and evening at the A.M_E. church, corner of kighteenth and Webster streets. All are invited to attend. The board of fire and police commis- sioners yesterday received an invitation from W. J. Whitehouse, secretary of the reception committee of the eteran Firemen's association of this city, to par- ticipate in the welcome of the Veteran Firemen of New York on September 8 and 9. The comuussioners huave ac- cepted the invitation, Police Uniforms. Commissioners Hartman and Gilbert were in consultation last night with Chief Seavey regarding the regulating uniform of the police. Severalbids were opened and discussed by the commissioners, but the contract will not be awarded until the commissioners see if they cannot make arrangements for the oflicers to se- cure the uniforms on the installment plan, instead of paying the entire amount down. The snits, “including the over- coat, will cost in the neighborhood of $70. Given Up For Lost. BosToN, August 26.—The owners of the fishing - schooner, Lydia T. Crowell. of Beverly, have given her up for lost, with tha orew of fiftéen men. WASHINGTON NEWS, Towa Pensions. WasmiNaToN, August 20.—[Special Tele~ gram to the Bre.]-=The followiug Iowans were granted pensions to-day: George E. Griffith, Des Moines; John Lyons, St. Oharles; Edward R. Eldrege, Columbus Junction; George A. Leach, Cherokee; John C, Swasson, Des Moines; Andrew Heltor, Lansing; Melvin Gillespie, New York, In- crease: Dalentile Viers Swan: .lol)‘m “(:. oons- Simpson, Olin; Lorenzo D, Mill boro; Alex D, Cummings, Dunkerton; James Allensworth, Sterling; Elias J. Everett, Clayton: Willlam Logan, Decatur’ Martin E. Andrews, Agency Cily; Abram shba, Russell; Samuel F, Young, Osceola: ames tiarrls, Keokuk; David Hammond, Adair, — Oontested Election Cas: WAsHINGTON, August 20.—General Clarke, clerk of the house of representatives, has re- colved and had printed the testimony in elght contested election cases that are to be considered by the next congress. The testi- mony makes nearly 10,000 pages. O'Inr& of North Carolina, and Swinburn, of New York, who, it s said, will make a contest, have not yet filed notice nor submitted the testimonyt o the cler| —— Prof. Baird's Successor, ‘WAsHINGTON, August 20.—The president to-day appointed Alexander McCue, of New York, present solicitor of the treasury, to be commissioner of fish and fisheries, to succeed the late Prof. Baird. — Held For Polsoning Her Husband. DENVER, August 20,—Mrs. John A, Wit- ter, who has been on trlal in a justice court the past two weeks, charged with poisoning her husband, was to-night held in $10,000 to awalt the action of the grand jury, ' ® b et} Spanish Outrages On Missionaries. Bosrox, August 26.—Rev. F. Doane, Mis- sionary of the American board at Ponape, in the Caroline islands, who was arrested somo three or four weeks ago and imprisoned by the Spanish authorities on the pretext that he had incited the natives to disloyalty to their governor, has been released. It is thought that all is not well yet with Mr. Doane. His associates fear this is a gloomy prospect for thelr mission. Spain will ignore our rights, they say, and send away scholars and in this way break up our missions, The governor examined the deed of the land conveyed to Mr. Doane by the chiefs and afterward pro- duced three out of four of the signers or wit- nesses to the deed, who swore they had not signed it or that the land had not been given to Doane. At Ponape the governor had hegun grading a road around the island, forcing the natives to work like slaves. Com- menting on this, Mr. Smith, secretary of the forelgn board, said that the American gov- ernment may find it necessary to send ong of our warships to the Caroline islands tu‘“m- tect the interests of our citizens, The United States could not afford to have this outrage perpetrated on American missionaries. e, CONFESSED TO THE PRESS, The Defaulting Treasurer of Galves- ton Wants to Give Himself Up. BAN FraNcisco, August 23.—W. J. Burk, the defaulting treasurer of Galveston county, Texas, who disapbeared last November, leaving a shortage of $40,000 In his accounts, appeared in the office of the Associated press, In this city, this afternoon, and said he de- sired to return to Galveston and plead gullty. ‘When Burk left Galveston, he carried away with him 816,000 worth of bonds of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail- way, which’ were held by Galveston county for the permanent school fund. Burk had returned $13,000 worth of these bonds and exhibited a receipt showing he had shipped the bonds by express trom this ity to Boston four days ago. After leaving Galveston last November Burk came to this city and remained in hid- ing two weeks, when he sailed for Australia, He ran out of funds and finally decided to return, shi nln.g‘ as a coal heaver on the steams| Mariposa, which arrived here July 9. On arriving in this city Burk wrote to Galveston parties stating his inten- tion to return, but the letter was regarded as a joke, He says he will wait here until next Monday for a ticket or a deputy sheriff from Galveston, and if neither arrives he will de- liver himself up to the sheriff of this county. Burk exhibited several tolegrams from Gal- veston friends urging him notto return. ‘They are addressed to nim under the fictl- tious name he assumed. ———— ‘Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Occasional showers, warmer ‘winds, generally southerly. For lowa: Fair weather in eastern por- tion, local showers in eastern portion, slightly warmer. winds shifting to southerly.| For Dakota: Local rains, warwmer, south- erly winds, becoming variable. That Tired F eeling ‘The warm weather has a debilitating effect, especially upon those who are within doors most of the time. The peculiar, yet common, complaint known as “that tired feeling,” s the result. 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