St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-12
To PREVENT CRUELTY
The Reorganized City and
State Societies Hold An
nual Meetings.
A Years Results Are Reported
and New officials Are
Chosen.
Two Bloody ARRAYS Await
the Condition of Their
Victims.
A Lively Time Awaiting the
Farmers Alliance Annual
Meeting.

The annual meeting for the election
of officers of the State Society for
Prevention of Cruelty was held
yesterday afternoon at 141 East
Ninth street. President Moves re-
ported that the work of the society
had been steadily prosecuted during the
past year. "Early in the year were
passed new laws changing the name of
the Minnesota Society for Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals to Minnesota So
ciety for Prevention of Cruelty, thus
enlarging the facilities. A correspond
ence had been kept up with kindred So
|. cieties as heretofore. Efforts had been,-
and were now being made for the estah-
lishment of local associations in Fari-
bault and Winona, but the lack of
means had prevented the accomplish
ments of very much in that direction.
The society had taken action in seven
cases where there were no local socie-
ties. Among these were the New Cam
aan case, neglect of live stock, and sew
eral similar cases, and more recently
the terribly cruel case at the North ST.
Paul dog kennels. The society has been
successful III securing the use of
the chemical dehorner'' for dehorning
cattle in place of the cruel methods
sometimes used. If some friend would
donate the society $1,000, or 5000, or
$4,000. the latter amounts being no
more than is needful, we could make
Minnesota the model state OF the North
west in the protection of suffering chill
dren and animals"
Treasurer j. l. Jellett reported
1888 in the treasury at the opening of
the present year. A committee of three
was appointed to nominate officers for
the ensuing year, the result being the
reelection of the old list, viz: ID. r.
Noyes, president: G. A. Abbott, first
vice president; William Cheney, Min
neapOlis, second vice president; +. G.
Gridley, Duluth, third vice president;
A. G. Gutherson, Owatonna. fourth
vice president; j. L. Jellett. St.
Paul. secretary and treasurer; Il. l..
Williams. St. Paul. attorney: B. W..
Kirby, st. Paul, veterinary surgeon.
Board of Directors-Frank Crowell,
Hackett. Leedom Sharp, q. Willrich.
The business of the State society hav-
ing been completed, the annual meeting
of the st. Paul society was called TO
order. The report of the treasurer
showed a balance on hand of S119.77.
Secretary Hutchins submitted his re-
| port, in which, after stating the objects
| of the society, he gave the years results
as follows:
WORK OF THE YEAR.
We arrested and fined one gentleman for
| leaving a horse standing out in the cold and
storm uncovered. We had another arrested
| and fined for beating his horse. Another we
| had fined for overwork and abusing an old
| horse. and the fourth fined for neglecting 10
| give proper care TO diseased horse. which
| we had to order humanely killed. We have
| had i've horses cared for and humanely
| killed; eleven diseased cared for by owners
| twenty cases OF overloaded teams attended to
| by the owners and drivers; ten abandoned
| horses cared fer by owners, after they were
| found; twenty cases of teams being left un-
| covered promptly attended TO without max
| ing any prosecutions: eight cases of general
| cruelty to dogs and cattle have been cheerful
| ly attended to by owners when spoken to and
| properly advised and instructed. We feel
| thankful to report, ana the eighty-fiVe cases
| attended to, could they speak, would reiler-
| ate the words. I'VE feel thankful, too, for the
| work of the Humane society,""
The thirty cases reported IN behalf Of our
| neglected and abused children have been
disposed Of as follows; But three prosecu-
| tons have been made The first was the ar
rest of the father of child VINO. because of
a malformation, kept the child (nine years
| ODD sleeping in a straw shed with two COWS.
| We had two objects in view in arresting the
father. First, to have the child cared for as
| human being, and secondly. to have per-
formed on it an operation which would be of
untold happiness to the little suf-
ferer all through his future. We
Objects We We had in wi view have been been
| accomplished, and the poor creature found
running as wild animal Is now a bright
| happy boy being most tendeFly cared for in
| one of our best institutions in the city.
| cannot speak Of this case without thanking,
| in behalf of the society," first, Capt. hanft of
the Margaret street police station, and his
| officers especially Sergeant Weed, who trav-
| eled with me and located the place where we
found this little sufferer; also to c. II. Faunt-
leroy. our attorney, for untiring energies in
| attending to the case: to Hon. W. Il. Burr, of
! the municipal court, for the decision given
| for the marvellous skill displayed by Drs
Ohage and Ancker in performing the emf
nently successful operation; for the constant
| the untiring patience and great kind
| ness and charity shown this lit
tie patient by attendants in st. Joseph's hos
| pltal. Trusting that the society. apprecia-
ting, as know it does, the generous and
| humane act Of Dr. 0hage, in giving his ser
| vices in this very important operation, will
| cause to be put on record resolutions fittingly
| setting forth our gratitude to him. and DIR.
| Ancker, who has aIwavs stood by us so nobly
in our work. We were compelled TO pros
| ecute the father of an imbecile son, who we
| found confined in barn, one extremely hot
| June day, in a terrible condition, which l
cannot here describe. The father was fined
| 500. and sentence suspended upon condi-
| ton the child would be properly cared for,
| and the case is being watched. The third
| case was that of two small girls,
one Of thirteen years, and the other a
little past three, going about our streets, the
| eldest playing an ACCORDION, and the little
tot going into saloons and other places col
lecting the pennies. We fined the mother,
| who lives in Minneapolis, but had sentence
| suspended under pro mise that they would
| not return to this city. These three prosecu-
tons disposed of, we will report the twenty
| seven remaining cases, which were disposed
| of as follows: Street beggars arrested and
sent to school, ten cases, numbering sixty
| children dependent and neglected, who
| either had no home or had drunken parents;
sent to state public school at Owatonna.
| eleven; sent to reform school, two; eight
| runaways locked up and returned home.
| One little boy. whose stepmolher had him
| confined in a garnet, and whose in
| human father is reported at times to
have suspended the child by tying q
| rope to his thumbs, and fastening the
| rope to the beams in the cellar. These pa
| ents were interviewed, and the treatment
became more humane, and the little fellow
removed from the city with his parents. One
child was rescued from house of question
able character, and sent to good home.