Evening journal., 1896-03-11
WORK OF THE PAST YEAR
Societies for Protection of
Children and Animals.
MONTHLY AND ANNUAL MEETINGS

Il
Down His Reports-A Good Showing
Made By Both orRanizatIons-The
omcers Eiected-sugEestious BY the
President.
The board OF managers OF the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Children
held it's monthly and annual meetings
Yesterday afternoon In the rooms No
6O6f Market street. at the former, the
report Of Special Agent Stout showed
Number Of complaints received aud IN
vestigated, 49, number Of children in
volved, 80; left With parents %; left
with fathers. 3; left with mothers, 8;
sent TO st. Michael's Baby Home sent
TO the almshouss, l placed with friends,
1.
At the annual meeting Agent Stout
presented his report which was as
follows: Number OF complaints received
and investigated, 204; CAGES Of assault
and battery on children, s; abandoning
of children. II; beating and abusing
children, 10; cruelty and neglect Of
children, 90; begging on the street, 3 !;
taken from immoral houses. 4; strayed
runaway or incorrlgible. 3S; without
home. 3; poverty aud destitutlon, 1;
where parties could not be found, A not
sustained upon investigation, g.
Disposition made Of cases: Number
sustained upon investigation, 1877:
persons arrested, 81: tried, "a; convicted,
81; discharged 3; discharged with
reprimand, 9; discharged on payment OF
fines, 8 convicted and sent to prison, @ !;
cases where persons could not be found,
l3; cases held up. 8; commitments to
institutions Al; where warning and
advice remedied abuse. SO; total, 207.
Disposition made Of children: Number
Of children involved, 359; white. 900;
colored, es; children left with parents,
146; left with fathers, 81; left with
mothers, 81; given to private families
or relatives, 35; not found. a; sent to
almshouse, 4; TO the Delaware City
Protectorate, 4; Delaware Industrial
School for Girls l Ferris Industrial
School, Il; Home for Friendless
and Destitute Children, 81; st.
Josephs Home for Colorsd o.
phRn Boys, A; st Michaels Day
Nursery, 4; st. Peters Orphan Asylum,
3; Delaware State Insane Hospital, /:
House Of lGood Shepherd. Philadelphia;
2; St. Joseph's Catholic Home, Philadel
phia. 81 Sisters of the Blessed SAcra-
ment, Philadelphia. L; Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Children,
II; House Of Good Shepherd, Baltimore, /
st Vlncent's Catholic Infant Asylum,
Baltimore, 2; total, 1853.
The Presidents Report.
President Lindley Kent handed in
bis spnukl report showing balance In
bank $41S 56. He urged that strong
effort should be made to increase the
membership Mention was made OF
bequests by Mrs Elizabeth T. LRtimer
ana Mrs. Augustus L. ConRnt and sug.
gested that the same be invested In safe
and approved security. He paid high
comp mpllment to the work Of Frank Stout.
Willard Hall Porter. attorney Of the
society, presented his annual report, in
which be described the method Of keeping
/ record Of each case and how the books
are indexed OF the 204 cases investi-
gated, Eve were in Sussex county, Eve
In Kent, twenty. one In rural New Castle
and 173 in Wilmington. Mr. Porter also
Suggested having the annual report
printed and to adopt some means to
increase the membership Of the society.
Omoers Elected for the Year.
The following officers were elected for
the coming year President, Lindlsy
Kent; secretary, David @. Bird;
treasurer, Samuel K. Smith; attorney,
/ Willard Hall Porter; board Of managers,
Bishop Coleman. A. g. Wilson, N R.
Benson. II. 7. Cause. Miss Annie Sempls,
Miss Margaret Hilles Willard Hall
Porter. David o. Reid. Mrs. A.
Id. Warner. L @, Kent, Mrs.
Ben jamin Nlslds. George + Brown, Mrs
Ell Mendinkall Mrs J. Frank Ball,
Is X. Smith, Mrs @ B smythe, Ed
ward Andrews, Mrs George c. Hall,
Mrs. L. Kittinger and Mrs.
Il. L. Curtis; vice-presidents,
IL. P. Almond, Austin Harrington,
Samuel Bancroft. Jr., T. r. BAyard. Jr
Edwsrd Belts, Henry o. Conrad, @. l.
Dupont, Georgia.. Elliott, b. W. Cause,
William s. Hlles, Colonel William A.
LaMotte d. T. Cause. Edward. .Bringhurst.
Jr., w. II Porter. Miss Annie Sempla,
Mrs Sarah Bringhurst. Miss e.
B. Hilles, Mrs. @. w. Howlsnd. Mrs. O.
B. Smythe, Mrs. John p. Wales, Mrs
Lewis c. VandegriIt, F. L Gllpin, f. H.
Hoffecker. Preston Lea; Kent county,
Manlove Hayes, George P. Fisher, w. a.
Cummins. John B Pennington, James
Pennewill E. T. Cooper. d w Cannon.
George V Massey, j. r Clements, R.
Lofand, William Salisbury. X r. Ken
nsy, Rev. r 81, Adsms, T. F. Dunn;
Sussex county, Charles W. hcFee. Q.
w. Oullin. O. @. Stockley. Edward l..
Martin. DR.. George w. Marshall, w. H
Boyce, james Ponder, Simeon Psnnewill,
Peter F. ORusey and DR.. ID L. Mustard.
The thanks Of the society were ex-
tended Chief Dolsn, Mstrons White and
.Wogsn and the local press for support
given.
The monthly meeting Of the Society
1 - q At
mails was also held and Agent Stout re-
ported number, of complaints received
and Investigated. 2Oi number OF warm
ipgs, %; horses killed to end their suffer
ings, 2.
beginning OF n Pool Tournament.
In the Wilmington Bicycle Clubs pool
tournament which began last night,
Morrow defeated Robinson by a score OF