The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-16
TO PREVENT CRUELTY
STATE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION
HOLDS IT'S ANNUAL
Full Reports Received From the Va
riOus Auxiliaries Throughout the
State-EIectiOn of Oficers-D. r.
NOyes Reelected President-Sey-
eral AppOintm Made.
me annual meeting of the State S,

The annual meeting of the State So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty was
held yesterday afternoon, at the rooms
of the Relief society. on Ninth street.
Reports were received from the Off
GERS of the main organization and the
auxiliary associations scattered
throughout the state, which showed the
organization to be in a f1ourishing con-
dition.
The work of the society has to do
with the prevention of cruelty to chill
dren and animals.
II was felt that perhaps the most i'm
| pCrtant work accomplished by the So
| ciety during the fiscal year, just pass
| ed, was the crusade against the ship
| ment of cattle in mixed lots. Carload
after carload Of mixed lots of cattle are
| received at the stock yards tributary
| to st. Paul. In some cases, it is claim
ed, the smaller and younger cattle are
manned by the heavier stock who
| trample on them.
| One road issued a circular to all
agents instructing them to partition off
| their cars in cases where mixed car
| load lots of cattle are received. The
| ether st. Paul and Minneapolis roads
have advised the association that they
| will take steps to remedy the evil.
President Daniel r. Noyes read his
annual report to- the meeting, which
also embodied a report of the work of
! the secretary, and the preventative and
! curative measures resorted to during
! the last year by the main organiZa-
| ton Mr.. Noyes report was in part as
! follows:
More cases of alleged cruelty have been
reported and acted upon than in any pre-
vous year. In all 40 cases have recei Ved
our careful attention during the year, q re-
lating to cruelty to children and 2S to ami
mails. One case was in Britton S. D., where
we could act by influence and net by law.
| been rpDOrteQ which
had prompt and careful attention.
One Of our most interesting cases was the
state fair balloon case, where d deg was
advertised to be taken up with the aeronaut,
but through our action with that of othsrs)
| this prevented. Similar ascensCns had
been arranged for elsewhere, but upon ur-
gent request of our society were given up.
The railroad cases coming before us were
most important, enc case arising from neg
lect of cattle during transportation was
placed in the hands of the United States
district attorney, by him transferred to the
United States department Of agriculture at
| Washington. One where stock was neglect
ed on track was promptly reported to the
railroad in neglect and at once cared for by
| them.
Another complaint involving a series of
cases, involving nearly or quite all the rail-
| roads conveying stock into the South ST
Paul stockyards recently, was taken up by
us with these roads and correction of abuses
and more care, required by section III,
Minnesota statutes regarding mixed cars OF
! stool.
In July circular from the United States
| department of agriculture was issued to all
railroads transporting cattle, calling atten-
ton 20 the statutes, section 1885, K. 5. U.
| S.. regarding humane treatment to stock
! in transit
Inquiries from Little Falls, Owatonna,
Wells, Wykoff, Grand Rapids and Mcintosh
relative to the formation of new societies
/ have been received and full advice sent
! Requess from Wilmar and Wells for APP
! pointment of agents for society at those
| places have been received.
Reports of good work done by the So
! cieties at Minneapolis, ST. Paul. st. Cloud,
Winona, Saltwater and Steele county have
! been received. The death of DR.. c. FL.
Marshall, of S.illwa.er, president of that
! society and of our commissioners,
causes a vacancy hard to fill in humane
work
From several sources the good and eff
! icient general work OF Mrs. Cause, Mrs.
! Meiser and Mr.. R. A. Hoyt has been es-
/ pecially called to cur attention.
| An Audubon society was recently formed
! at st. Paul, OF which Mrs. T. E. ". V. Ap-
pleby is president and Mrs. e. V. N. Alb