Evening journal., 1897-02-04
AT FARNHURST TO-DAY.
Legislature and Constitutional
Convention There.
INSPECTION OF THE BUILDINGS

HEARD TRUSTEES AND SUPER
INTENDENT ON THE NEEDS OF
THE INSTITUTION AND THE AID
NECESSARY TO MEET THEM.
BY Telephone to the Evening Journal.
FARNHURST, Feb. 4.-The General
Assembly and Constitutional Conven-
tion are here to-day as the guests of the
board of trustees of the Delaware
State Hospital. AT 10 o'clock the mem
hers and officers of the two houses and
convention left Doyer on a special train
placed at their disposal by Superin-
tendent Holiday, of the Delaware di-
vision.
Several invited guests accompanied
the party.
Among those who came up were:
Speaker of the Senate Hezekiah Har-
rington. Speaker OF the House Emory
b, Riggin, Senators Alrichs, Robert j.
Handy, John Pyle. John w. Fenimore
Samuel r. Meredith, John NJ. c. Moore,
George +. Pierce and William Il. Moore;
clerk cf the Senate Simon p. Doherty
Reading Clerk of the Senate Il. ID. c.
Hegeman Chaplain OF the Senate |. p
Revelie, Enrolling Clerk OF the Senate
the Senate Roland p. Quillen. Page Of
the Senate Willard Parsons. Represen-
tatives Woodward W. Cheairs. Charles
G. Dempsey, Robert Mccullough, David
*. Donaldson, William b. Mccoy. James
7. Taylor, J. Frank Eliason. Benjamin
/ A. HAZEL, William n. Davis. Leander
S. Hopkins. Charles M. Adams, James
| A. Martin, Joseph II. Hopkins, Robert
/ II. Wilson, Matt Ford Short, Asbury
Smith, Thomas Johnson, Elisha G.
! Dukes. Isaac N. Whitney, and John M.
/ G. Thompson, Clerk Of ,ae House
George W. Splcer, Jr.. Reading Clerk
Of the House Charles W. Kern. Chap
lain of the House II. G. G.. Vincent
Enrolling Clerk of the House w. c. L.
Carnagy, Sergcant-at-Arms of the
House William b. HAZEL, Page OF the
House Clarence M. Colt; President John
Biggs of the Constitutional Conven.
ton; Delegates Martin b. Burris, vii.
liam c. Spruance. Elias N. Moore. Ed.
ward G.. Bradford, Andrew l.. Johnson
John p. Donahoe. Robert G. Harman
Charles b. Evans. J. Wilkins COOch
Wilson T. Lavender, William Salisbury
DR.. Ezekial Cooper Louder l.. Sapp
Dr. Nathan Pratt. David III. Murray
Paris T. Carlisle, Jr, John w. Herring
DR.. Joshua A. Ellegood Andrew J
Horsey Robert w. Dasey. Edward ID
Hearne. WOodburn Martin. Charles y
Richards. James b. Gilchrist Dr. vii
liam =. Orr Isaac K Wright. Secretar.
Charles r. Jones, Assistant Secretar.
I Morgan r. Gum, Chaplain Walter Il
/ Avery, d. d., Stenographer Charles G
Guyer, Seregant-at-Arms Daniel Y
, Hutchins and Page Arthur b. Hutchinl
together with state and county official
and the legislative correspondents.
Farnhurst was reached shortly afte
O'Clock. the run up the road bein
fast enc.
AT the asylum the visitors were me
by DR.. John }. Black Thomas
Smith. DR.. 4. H. Gilpin. Zebulon Hop
lins John B. Cooper. William j. Stew
art and DR.. Joseph b. Waples. of tn
board Of trustees; DR.. William II
Hancker, medical superintendent an
pathologist. DR.. John II. Hammond. as
sistant physician; Mrs. Agnes S. Tar
button, matron: Dr. Henry j. Stubs
consulting surgeon and gyneacologis
and DR.. r. r. Tybout oculist and auI
ist After hearty greetings the visi
!. tors soon scattered through the institu
b tion looking with interest at the ~
! patients and being regarded with llvel
I interest by the inmates.
I After going all over the well-appoint
b ed buildings and grounds, including th
4 new annex and expressing pleasure q
e the manner in which everything wa
p kept the party was invited to the larg
r dining-roOm. where a sumptuous dir
e ner was served
p Afterwards the members heard n
Il trustees and superintendent on n
needs Of the institution and the sta
aid necessary TO meet them. The al
preparation asked for was 800. 100. iten
u, lied as follows: 275 patients at 1852.
per year for two years. $685. ,699; IA ne
/, attendants. $4,000; fuel for new bull
= ing 81 200; light for new building, 500
The whole talk made by Preside
- Black, superintendent Hancker and u
g others was along this line. But few
~ the members committed themselves
~ vote for the full amount, but there c;
e be no doubt that the visit had go'
4 effect. as many of the visitors had ]
N' idea that the state possessed such
! fine institution