Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-30
HUMANE SOCIETY REPORTS.
AN INTERESTING RESUME OF WHAT
HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
Election of oH,ccrs Postponed i'ccausc n
Quorum OF Members Was Not Pres
cnt-A Small Balance In
the Treasury.

owing to the lack OF a quorum of the
qualified members Of the Humane Society.
the election of officers for the ensuing year.
which was set Cor last night. was not held.
However. the annual reports OF Humane
officer J. NJ. Sherlock Treasurer H. c.
Kumpf and Attorney James Scammon,
chairman OF the executive committee. were
read. But six Of the qualified members OF
the society responded TO their names when
Police Matron Taggart. who has filled the
position OF secretary of the society during
the year, read the roll Notwithstanding
lack OF a quorum there were about n
hundred persons present, all of them drawn
thither by their Interest in the society
| There being no quorum. President r. H.
| Weeks announced that no election could he
| held, but that the reports of officers would
| be read. in the regular order of business.
| He then read this very graceful tribute to
The memory of the late Thomas b. Bul-
ene:
Among those who since our last annual
| meeting have Joined the choir Invisible Is
| one whose departure is a great loss to this
| society. of which he was last president the
| first president and one of the incorporators.
| Many persons and numerous interests In
our city daily miss Thomas Il. Bullene, but
| possibly nowhere, except In his own family,
| IS the loss of his cheerful greeting, ready
| sympathy and strong supporting arm more
licenly felt than In the cause OF mercy and
| good will to all creatures--a cause to which
| he gave freely of his time and money-a
| cause in which his cons!derate nature
| found It's true expression.
| While his voice is no longer heard, he
| still lives
In minds mnde better by his presence.
| In pulses stirred to generosity,
| and his going out from our midst should
| be n signal for those who remain TO put
| forth their best endeayor that the cause in
| which he bore so strong a hand may not
| suffer"
| Humane officer Sheroclts annual report
was next. 1t showed that he had attended
| to total Of 2i9l cases under the direction
| of the society during the year. lie has been
assisted Very largely by Police Mafon
ragsIrt. so that the report is. in sense
Joint one Some OF the Items in 1t are: In
corrlcible girls looked after, 10G; incor-
rigible boys Co; insane persons, 6l; persons
taken to the county poor farm, II; state
lunatlc asylum. l2; girls taken to the
House of the Good Shepherd, 10: to the
Door of Hope. I; children taken to the
Childrens home, %: placed in private fam
lilies, 19; adopted, lG; boys sent to the re-
form school, 4; transportation applied for
by 295 persons: persons granted transport
alton 1872 cases of desttution investigated
2ll homes found for children. 46; persons
afforded work, "a; lost children restored to
their parents, %: girls rescued from i'm
moral places, III parents reprimanded for
neglect of their children. 80; runaway girls
sent home, 10. teamst.rs reprimanded for
overlooking and overdriving animals, $50.
The report received and adopted. |
President Weeks then said that he would
read a digest of the work of the society
since its organization in 1883. 1t was as
follows:
Arrests for cruelty to children cruelty TO
animals, cruelty to and desertion of fam
!lies, etc, go cases.
Children relieved from destitution. re-
parents, found homes parents and guar |
dians reprimanded for neglecting duties |
thereto, placed in hospitals, incorriSibes |
admonshed, sent to reform schools, etc, |
600 cases.
Cruelty to anlmals-Animals humanely |
killed. admonitions regarding mixed ship |
ments, overlcadlnC, insufficient food, inn |
proper shoeing and harness. improper shell |
ter, cruel tieing of calves, lambs, turkeys, |
etc, brutal treatment, and many varieties |
of cruelty too numerous to mentlon, ll,SN |
cases,
Assisted adults in distress by admission |
to Home for the aged, admission to hos |
pitfalls. admission to county farm, admission |
to insane asylum, admission to Women's |
refuge securing transportation, etc. $500 |
cases
Correspondence regarding humane work.
7,72O cases.
Total 32.940 cases
Treasurer II. c. Kumpf's report was read
by him. 1t showed that for the first time
in several years the society has a balance
on hand, though n small one. During the |
year the receipts from the county court
and individuals have amounted to $l,179.S5
while the total disbursements have been
81. 1870 leaving balance of $685.. r. W.
Goldsby, member of the executive COM
mttee. read the report of that committee
submitted by It's chairman, James Scam
mon, who was unavoidahly absent. In his
report Mr. Scammon said that the society
has operated on much the same lines for
mcrly during the past year. For the COM
mittee he recommended Humane officer
Sherlock for his satisfactory and efficient |
work He said that the work of the soci-
ETY. demanded two Humane officers, but
that owing to the hard times it had been
deemed unadvisable to employ more than
one Police Matron Taggart was praised
for her efficient work Mr.. Scammon laid
special stress in his report upon the saving
to the taxpayers the society affords
while the society is n charitable one"
the report states, "it is also an economic
one. Since It's organization 1t has cared for
an average of 100 children a year, who, If
they had been public charges. at the rate
1f 50 week, which is low estimate would |
have cost the city at least $1,000 Ii has |
saved at least $1,000 in the cases of insane
patients"
Both Treasurer Kumpfs and Chairman
Scammon's reports were adopted.
Vuring the meeting one or two of those |
present wished the society to proceed to |
he election of officers, but President
Weeks ruled that the movers were MOI
md but six of the regular members were c
present, he could not under the constitu- {
Ion declare In favor of any election /