Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11

labor and improvements for whicn 40
specific appropriation was made was sSS'"7'
During the biennium there were tnree
deaths, one from tuberculosis, one from
heart failure and one suicide,
The financial statement shows there was
a balance on hand December !. 1905 Of
SIS, 797.S7; the 1907 appropriation amounted
to 500, go, making total resources OF Si26.-
O27.S7.
There is a balance in the maintenance
fund OF S4.2S1.s7. The daily maintenance
per capita for the biennium was .4ols.
Warden Beemer recommtnds the appoint
ment of a parole officer to look after
paroled convicts, find suitable employment
for them and that a life prisoner be paroi-
able at the expiration Of ten years. He
also recommends that q tract Of land be
purchased for the establishment OF a Sec
ond penitentiary, as published several days
ago.
Causes for Insanity.
Worry, just plain, everyday common
worry cost thirteen people their minds
during the last two years in that portion
Of the state in which the state hospital
at Hastings gets its patients. Dan Cupid
went wrong in eight cases and as n re-
suit three men and five women are there
because of a disappointment in love. Do
nestle troubles sent sixteen people TO the
hospital while overwork sent six.
All of this is set out in the biennial
report of DR.. W.. B. Kern, superintendent
of the hospital
Here are some of the other causes:
Alcoholism, %; alcoholism in ancestors.
s.; commissions in childhood, /; consump-
ton in ancestors Il corporal apHse' !
raSaiVa use Of tobacco l. eve strain. Il.
fit of anger, 3; financial trouble, /; fright
over being struck by lightning, II; grief,
hysteria, /, la grippe, 2; morphine habit,
2; neighborhood quarrel. /; nervous pros
t TS4E9 8: aP rsli wSr5y' e !; Gys1ssEdy q scn 2 Z !
staEt .s!iosry and tiv sapos III saHstTofs. 4
Of those admitted during the biennium
but one has had a collegiate education
I02 have had common school educations.
graded as follows: Good. Sc; fair. $50;
poor. 90; illiterate. II; unknown, 20.
In the hospital at the close OF the bien-
MUM. November 30. there were LOS In
sane patients. Two years ago the popula-
ton o fthe institution was 9I2. Of which
664 were men and S0S were women. During
the biennium 43S patients were admitted,
of whom 255 were men and l7s women. In
addition to this number 27 patients were
returned from parole, 10 patients were
discharged as recovered, four improved.
and two unimproved, three escaped, 1S
died and ~ are now on parole.
During the biennium the daily average
o fthe number of patients was 1,o2s, kept at
a per capita cost of 3 6l7 cents a day. or
an annual per capita cost OF tl6s.S
At the beginning OF the biennium there
was on hand from the 1906 appropriation
SGS AA2 AZ which ADDED IN the 1907 aDurO-
p~riation, made a total available sum Of
$40, 422.45. OF this amount S402 5000 was ex-
pended, s1s7.6 reverted to the treasury.
leaving a balance on hand OF tS9.6456.d 81.
License Fee for Corporations.
In his legislative recommendation Secre-
tary OF State Junkin advises the enactment
OF a law which requires corporations that
do business in the state to pay an annual
license fee. In some states this is required
and the fee ranges from s. 10 $50.
Mr.. Junkin's object Is to wipe off Of his
books the names Of those corporations
which have filed their articles. but which
are not now doing business In Nebraska.
At this time there are about 1900 articles
Of corporation on file in the office OF the
secretary of state, and Of this number pos
sibly 5000 are not doing business. In order
TO answer inquiries regarding corporations.
Mr.. Junkin says II is necessary to look
from this yearly license fee banks, lnsur-
ance companies and such other companies
which are now required TO make reports
to the state.
"When I assumed control OF this depart,
ment two years ago there were registered
l,QS7 automobiles. Since that time the num-