, 1874-01-19

4 eaynops,is Of tho financial part Of tho Com
msslonels' report. covering tho period from
May 15 to Dec. 81, 1879, il as followa:
Debit, including ba1anco Of May 10, cash from
contractors, and an ostlmatod amount, $780,
G51.4D,
Credit from former management, from book
accounts. aud cash Oh hand. s91,6ol.s2.
Leaving . balance ~ favor Of the present
management of 314,040.33.
Tho earnings for the timo specified hayo beeen
@l37.977.o1 =; md tho expenses S12y, ,93GG8, leay-
ing nuapxcoBH OF earnings uxE,GuBcs OF sid,
gay Ss: The receipts for tho timo specified we're
$19o, 729.04. aud tho expenditures $lA0, 708.i1,
lcaylng balance III cash Oh hand of $50, 0lJ GO.
THE PRINTING QUESTION.
Tho discussion OH printing the report OF tho
Committee was condemned By A1r. l1cQratll,
who condemned tho Warden Of the Pcniten.iaEy,
and tho character OF tho investigation aud re-
ter from DR.. Miller, Of Chicago, urging tllat
Williams came to his death by congostiyo chill
causcd by tho barbar0ua punishment inflicted.
Not Gully Dr.. Miller, but othor competent wit
nosBee would testify. If required, that tho deat1,
was nothing less tilan murder, and he believed
that the conduct Of tho oficers Of tho Penitot,-
tiary. and tho character Of tho investigation waa
stain upon tho good namo Of the State.
A posrpoNEMENT.
On motion Of AIr. Donolue, tho further con-
sideration OF tho report was postponed till Tues-
day AFTERNOON. Then tho House resolution an
thorizing . joint Committee to thoroughly in-
veatigate tho mattcr, with full powers. will be
taken up mud perhaps passed.
stnlost Excellent DIscip1inc.s
pEon1A County, Jar. 10, 1874.
70 Tho Editor af Tho Chicago Tribune:
Sin: 4 good many Of your readers in this
part Of tho State would lilo to know what arc
tho prospects in respect to further investigation
Of the Pen1teutiary water-cure business. The
Coroner's jury said Williams was "thoroughly
bathed;" which oil admit, except Williams, and
evou no, by his silence, seems to give assent.
Now, lot inquiry be equally i" thorough" so that
other Statos may copy tho "moss excollcnt diB:
cipline Of Our Ponitontiary, as well as our new
patent method Of conducting Coronora
iuqueBts. Lot ambitious young meli-
cal students take notieo tint the
humane DR.. Mason, when the sick
mau was brought to him for examination, i'll
dulged in no such nonsense as using 6totho-
scope or feeling tho pulse. but doubled back the
ward again., instead OF romainipg .bont ike a
bar OF lead, pronounced him. we'll. After q
night OH the na},ed stone floor Of "the solitary,
tho convict still declares he IN unwoll. !" What
is his history?" asks the philosophical doctor.
"He ia a notorious Aorao-thicf."
Ihou give him tho cold bath +"
SO they gave hiul four .baptiaInB, and goodness
knows how many more they would have given
hlm, ouy TINT tho fourth plunge finished his
tefm in Joliet, and sent him across tho Styx
without tho md Of Claron'B boat.
Tue Corouors jury infor from all tho circunl-
STANCES that II Williams had keen alivo aud in
good hoalsfl, he wouldn't lave boen doaa. Tho
outrageous conduct Of tue convict in Olutchtng at
the slues OF the bath is only equaled by tho
folly Of other drowning men, who provcrbialiy
"catoh Az tHtrawH." =.
All this may be "most excellent discipline; !"
and the advice, "Dnry tho man and go about