The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-16

continued. Wisconsin may DeJter Ieao imam
follow in this matter of prison reform. The
substitution OF indeterminate for fixed
sentences has been successfully tried, and
is approval by those who have given the
subject most thought, and have had oppor-
tunity for widest observation,
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
The report of the trustees of the Soldiers
Orphans Home shows that in pursuance of
the provisions of chapter n of the laws Of
1874, there has been paid for bounties to the
mothers or other legal guardians of the
former inmates of the Home, and for ex-
penses connected with the administration
of this trust, and the distribution of the
Ward and Smith fund, the sum of 81 1924,
leaving balance of $33337 in the hands of
the treasurer, September 80, 1878. The
names of twenty children still remain upon
the rolls entitled to bounty during the cur
rent year, and it is estimated that the sum
of 5000, in addition to the amount on hand,
will be required to meet these demands.
inadvertently the whole law relating to
this subject was repealed by the revison of
the statutes, so that there is now no board
off trustees, or other body, or officer,
authorized to carry out the provisions of the
law Of 1874, or to complete the distribution
=
therefore, the reinstatement of so much of
the law IS may be necessary under the cir.
cumstances now existing, and the appropria-
ton of the amount asked for by the trustees
in their report.
Wisconsin has appropriated from her
state treasury 1888, 100, to aid in the educa
ton and support of her soldiers orphans.
No money was ever more cheerfully paid,
or more worthily applied. It is not proposed
to continue payments beyond the present
year, and henceforth this noble charity will
live only in history, and the hearts Of the
| hundreds of fatherless children who have
been the recipients of the bounty of CRATE
ful people.
| The report of the trustees of the Northern
| hospital for the insane shows that 727 pa
TENTS have been,cared for at that institution
at a cost of $l46, 819, inclusive Of 1872, 7O7. so
expended for repairs and improvements
| The average number of patients was 543
| and the number under treatment at the
close OF the year $50. The estimated ex.
penses for the present year amount to Sill.
1884, of which $47, 3S9.40 will be received
from counties.
The Wisconsin State hospital for the in
sane has had total of $50 patients during the
year, the average been $50 and the number
under treatment at the close Of the year
1913. The expenditures have been S1I4, 44S
92 inclusive of S 8,10533 for repairs and
improvements. The estimates for the pres
emit year are $120900, of which $37, 152 Is will
be received from counties
Milwaukee county has availed itself o.
the provisions of chapter 298 of the laws o.
| 1878, and has under contract an asylum de
signed to accommodate 25O patients. Will
this building completed, anticipate tina
the pressure upon the state hospitals viii b,
| so removed that most, if not all, OF the in
sane in the state may be comfortably &C
commodated.
The expenditures at the institution fo
the education of the blind have been SIG,
950.97, including $2,5S265 for compIetin;
building and grounds, and house furnish
ing. The average number of pupils in at
tendance was II, and the total during tn
year 80. The trustees ask an appropriation
of $18,500 to enable them to meet the ey
penses of the present year.
/ At the Wisconsin institute for the educs
ton of the deaf and dumb, 1870 pupils wer
enrolled, and the average number In al
: tendance was 14O. The expenditures wer
500, 522. 45, and the trustees ask an appro
priation of $4,000 for the curren. year.
. In April last, various charges of immora
and corrupt conduct, on the part of trustee
and teachers connected with this institute
were brought to my attention, and it be
came necessary that an investigation int
its management should be made Accord
ingly, at the request of its board of trustee.
who expressed a desire that rigorous e1
animation might be had by disintereste
: and impartial tribunal, the state board {
charities and reform was directed to max
the Investigation, and report the facts {
II the case in. full as provided by law.