The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-23
ASYLUM STORES
ARE SEARCHED
LEGISLATORS A5 BURGLARS GET
SAMPLES OF SUPPLIES AT
LINCOLN.
FIND COWS TUBERCULAR
MIX For Dcpcnuan.s is Obtained
From Herd infected With Dis
ease--Eags Are Also Not
Quite Fresh.

Lincoln. H.. Feb, %. Representa-
,,tives John j. Mclaughlin and Edward
Hope turned burglars late this even
ing. descended upon tile Illinois Asy
Ium for Feeble Minded Children al
this place and made wholesale saiz
IRE OF food. clothing and other sup
plies in the storage house Of the In
stitution
4 As an amateur piece Of burglary the
seizure was success. Srperintend
mt Hardt and the other officials of the
asylum were completely surprised by
lihe move, but they uttered no word Of
protest when they discovered what
| the members OF the Legislative in
yestigating committee were doing.
! Mclaughlin and Hope declare that
through the move they made in seiz-
ing the asylum supplies 1t viii be
possible to discover definitely whe'
| tber the inmates are being fed on
wormy oatmeal and rotten foodstuffs
and whether the clothing furnished Is
IN to specifications.
The two representatives, who were
appointed as scouting" committee
by Chairman Hill, spent the entire
lay in going through the institution.
| They discovered, 1t Is said, that
| Superintendent Hardt has been fol
owing his own will in awarding con
tracts on bids for supplies and that
the contracts in many instances have
not been awarded to the lowest bid
GERS. Bids for canned fruits. clothing
aud coal, 1t was discovered, were
awarded to apparently favored bid.
| lers. AS evidence OF this Messrs.
Hope and Mclaughlin took copies of
a number OF bids and contracts ON
| lfoodstuffs
/ When Representative Mclaughlin
land Hope descended upon tine storage
house of the asylum they made II an
especial point 10 secure several lcaves
of bread. According to witnesses who
have testified this bread 1t not fit to
eat.
why do you award bids to con.
tractors who ask higher prices than
other bidders?" Representative Hope
inquired of Superintendent Hardt.
well decide great deal upon
the quality of the goods offered and IL
| think that contractor is Offering
better food stuffs or better shoes and
clothing than man VINO bids lower
than he does | give the contract to
the higher bidder" was Superintenda
INT Hardt's reply.
1t was also discovered that prob
ably half of the herd OF cows which
supplies milk to the asylum are
afflicted with tuberculosis. Superim
tendent Hardt says that state vet
erinarian is to visit the asylum within
he next few days and examine the
herd and order the tubercular cows
destroyed
"Mcst of the COWS at the different
state institutions are afflicted with
tuberculosis, according TO reports
that have received" DR.. Hardt in
formed the legislators.
How many cows have your" asked
Representative Mclaughlin.
There are ninety-seveu In the herd
at the present time and ! am afraid
that the veterinarian will order
number of them killed" said Dr
Hardt. at one OF the state institu.
tious last week | am Informed that 60
per cent Of the herd was found to be
tubercular"
What can he done 10 alleviate this
terrible condition. the superintend
ent was asked
The only thing tn be done is to
destroy the COWS don't know
where We viii get the money to re-
place those which will have 10 he
Killed. either" said the superintend-
ont.
The money will have TO come out
If the ordinary fund aud that fund
faces a deficit now The legislature
may have 10 be asked to make a
special appropriation for the Purchase
Of COWS"
How many consumptive patients
are there in the asylum at the present
timer Or. Hsrdt was asked.
About 81 per cent Of the inmates
are afflicted with consumption, was
the reply.
They should not ne fed on milk
which comes from tubercular cows.
should they" inquired Representa-
tive Hope.
They should not was the ready
reply
The ccnsumptive shouh have
good fresh milk
~How about eggs vas asked.
The asylum has number uf
chickens but We buy most ~ our
eegs. sometimes they are not quite
fIesh." admitted pT. Hardt
BASKETBALL.