The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26
ENOUGH Of Her OWN
MINNESOTA WILL NO LONGER
CARE FOR THE FOREIGN
INSANE.
ROCHESTER ASYLUM FULL.
UNDER THE NEW LAW ALIEN IN
MATES WILL BE DE-
PORTED.
TWENTY WILL BE REMOVED.
Secretary Hart and Agent Gates In
spect the Olmstead and Dodge
County POorhouses.
ROCHESTER ASYLUM FULL.
TWENTY WILL BE REMOVED.

Under the new law Minnesota will
deport several more of the alien in
mates of her insane aSylumS.
Secretary H. H. Hart and Agect W.
A. Gates, of the state BOARD of correc-
tions and charities, returned yesterday
from a trip of inspection to the asy-.
lum at Rochester, and found that there
were twenty patients lnere Who have
no claim on the hospitality of Mime
sota Of these most of them came from
neighboring states, but half dozen
of them owe allegiance to foreign
princes or potentates. Those from the
other states will be sent to he COM
monwealths to which they belong as
soon as possible, and the other strang
ers will also leave with the very
near future. The only trouble is that
it is necessary to send them in the Gus
tody of an attendant, as the steamship
companies will not accept them other
wise, and the appropriation for this
purpose is growing beautifully less.
and is altogether inadequate for the
amount of expense.
Among these foreigners two are from
Bohemia, one from Norway, and an
other from Croatia, in Hungary He
4last, and no other person at the asy-
lum can understand his language, Tor
can he understand any one else.
There is another patient from Ram
sey county, sent in April, 1895, who an
| SWerS to the name of John Doe. He
was committed under that name, and
knows no other; neither do any of the
officials know who he is or where he
caI arY,i,-i IN, Do,
Probably the most peculiar case in
the asylum is that of a man named
Edward Tracy. He was travelling from
Spokane Falls, Wash, en- route for his
home in Ireland, and on Great
Northern train got into an alteration
with the conductor The passenger
proved to be a man of ungovernable
temper, or in other words he twas
| ready to fight at the drop OF the hat
| The conductor thought him insane, and
had him arrested on arriving in st.
| Paul; the fellow was examined in the
| probate court and sent to the asylum
in March last. The man had s11O in
cash and certificate of deposit in a
bank in Ireland for $500 more. He is
now anxious to go to his home and pay
| his own way; he doesn't belong TO this
state, yet the state is supporting him.
Another patient, a well to do farmer
IN an adjoining state, came to ST. Paul
to see the sights. His actions led to
the belief that he was insane and he
is now at Rochester. Under the pres
/ ent law these men could not be sent to
the asylum, but within twenty-four
i hours they would be on their way to
| the state they. belonged to. These two
1 last mentioned men have cost the state
L i1O n hQS S,o,,a ~ To-
/ they would have been sent home at a
I tlifiing cost
I. Secretary Hart reports that the Ro-
4 chester asylum is badly OVercrowded
/ having now about 1150 patients, where
/ as 1t has accommodations for only $50
| Many of the patients are obliged TO
sleep on the floor The rev admins
tration building has been completed
and is being occupied by the officers
thus making little more room, but
| still the accommodations are greatly
| oVertaXed.
Dr. Kilbourne the attending physi-
J clan and superintendent of the institu-
] tion, is very careful in the treatment
of the patients by the attendants Fri
day. one of the attendants slapped one
of the inmates, who had been fighting
with fellow unfortunate and DR.. Kill
! bourne had the officious man arrested
| He was arraigned in the municipal
court, pleaded guilty. was fined SIS and
costs and dismissed from the service
The Rochester asylum is the only
state institution without electric lights,
| but the contract has been let for them
at a cost of $4,000 and the work is now
we'll under way.
| The secretary and agent visited the
| Olmsted and Dodge county poorhouses
on their trip. The Dodge county es-
| tablishment is an old farm house, we'll
managed, but inconvenient and not at
all suitable for the purpose for which it
| is being used. Olmsted county has
recently built a new poor house and
| the secretary reports that it is one OF
the few good ones in the state. 1t will
accommodate thirty paupers and is sit
uated on fine farm about three miles
! from Rochester. 1t is a frame Struc-
| ture, which, Mr.. Hart says, is a big
mistake; it should be of brick and fire.
proof.
|