The age-herald., 1901-05-05

cal phenomenon little understood. and and that the so-called hospitals are little more than places of detention. The State appropriated about 900 for the main tenance of the institute, which is placed under the control of the lunacy commis- sion. During the past two years the ap- propriatious have been reduced. the leg islators sorrowfully voting an appropria-
 Washington, April 2s.-When the his- ton which carried no political patronage.
 After the dismissal Of MT. Wise. the president of the commission, Commission CT Osborn assumed chief control of the commission and jealously regarded the somewhat independent attitude of the in- stitute. A fued soon developed between the commissioner and the director of the institute. The former demanded of the laboratory services the director contended were not It's functions to render The sewerage of the hospitals Its water sup commissioner demanded an analysis Of the ply. an analysis of paints, Investigation Into the causes of hog cholera which af- fected some hogs of one of the hospitals. The director, Dr. Ira Van Giesson main- tained that this work interfered with the scientific work being done In examining Into the causes which lead to insanity, the knowledge of which would tend to the cure of many hundreds of persons who stand on the borderland.
 
 to rid himself of Dr. Van Gleason, who was so endorsed and supported by sci entists that his removal became difficult. He carried the war into the Legislature, introducing a bill into the Senate to es- tablish a hospital under the Jurisdiction of superintendent of hospitals and at taching the institution to it as labora- tory. This bill was defeated by Senator Elsberg In committee, and who further championed the cause of the institute by introducing a cross bill to save the in stitute Commissioner Osborn then went to the Assembly and to the Governor and succeeded in reintroducing the provis- Ions of the bill killed in the committee in the appropriation bill so that if 1t fell there the appropriation of s15.000 would fall with it. This became the death blow to the institute
 The commission has now orderd the re- moval of the institute from its present quarters to Wards Island, and Dr. Van Gleason and his staff threaten to resign. The cause of physical reseach has been thrown back twenty years, and the grand work so applauded throughout the scien- tihc world seems destined to be rudely disturbed if not effectually stopped It is little less than a catastrophe.
 
 The decisions of courts In the Eastern States holding Dakota divorces illegal has created many unpleasant compiica- tons. Althouh the public mind only re- calls certain conspicuous divorce cases, the fact remains that the inconspicuous persons pile up a tremendous majority One or both of the divorced persons have married again, and family complications of a most distressing character have been created. Public opinion is rapidly favor ing a universal marriage and divorce law. Such a law cannot be enacted by Con- gress, it is maintained as it is viola tion of the principles State rights, which Is rigidly and jealously guarded. Even such States as would desire the enact- ment of universal law would oppose 1t on the ground that it would establish dangerous precedent. The only solution of the situation is that the divorced coup les must ever after retain the citizenship of the State which they went to, and be- came citizens of. in order to obtain a le- gal position in It's courts of law.
 The wave of reform and the grace of purification is sweeping over this city. It has been held that our lithographic ar the Paris Salon, and that their pictures, drawn and colored to advertise the merits and beauties of the latest corsets, re- veal too abundant display of feminine charms. and that posters Illustrative of the attractions of terpsichorian favorites are too attractive for the public good. Poster art and the Photographic process has made great headway in recent years and it is now severely regarded by police magistrates. JOHN MARTHOL ,-