Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-12
REPORT OF THE WAUSAU
HUMANE SOCIETY.

TO President and Board of Directors
of Wisconsin, Humane Society:
Wausau branch.
The semi-annual report of the work
done by agent from January lst, 1910,
to July 1st, 1910, is hereby submitted
as follows:
Average number of calls, daily.
Average number investigated, 2
daily.
Articles of clothing furnished, 1896.
Children brought to agents home, 25.
Children now in Society'S care, 5.
Children supported by the society, 3.
Children abandoned, 5.
Neglected children, Is.
Applications to find homes for
babies, 10.
Applications for babies from state
school at Sparta, IL.
Requests to visit incorrigible girls, s.
Towns of Hackley and Spencer re-
quested society's interference in cases
of cruelty to horses and cows, calls.
Application for admission of orphans
| and otherwise unfortunate children
to orphans homes and state institu-
tionS, 16.
Calls by citizens to visit certain
| homes where great cruelty to small
children was reported. Each case
was investigated A police officer
| frequently accompanies the agent.
s such calls.
Investigation was made and several
| such cases were brought before courts.
| Action was taken in s. Convictions
| in cases, 2.
Calls to Park Ave, neglect of small
children, two families, II children.
Calls to Mosinee, cruelty to chill
dren, f.
Calls to Mosinee, cruelty to horses, g..
Calls to residence on Fulton street
on complaint of competent citizens, s..
Visits made there, 3.
Case is being investigated as to the
| moral and humane surrounding of
two small girls.
Calls TO neighboring village to take
| charge of incorrigible girls. 3 in num-
Der, ages IA, Is and II, respectively,
| calls. One of these girls was commit
ted to Home of Good Shepherd in
| Milwaukee, and two are out on proba-
tion at this time.
Horses and dogs ordered killed, 4.
The month of June, 1910, was the
| busiest month since the organization
| of the society in 1898. A greater
| number of cases came before the
| society and more complex situations
| confronted us. The most complicated
| and cruel of these cases is to be found
| on farm seven miles north of Mer-
| rill. AS Lincoln county has no branch
| of the state Humane society the Wau-
| Sssu branch was called upon by the
| slate superintendent, Zachariah Clay
| ton, and authorized to make thorough
| investigation as to the truth of the
| reports concerning the cruelty and
condition of slavery in which seven
| little colored boys now are living at
| that place. / visited the farm and
| made an investigation and eXamina-
| ton of the institution, the work of
| the boys, their food, sleeping place,
| discipline, clothing and educational
outlook, and a complete report has
been sent to the state factory inSpec-
| tor, state superintendent of Wis.
Humane society, and to Gov. David
son. The owner of this farm volun-
| teered the information that he was
about to start for Chattanooga, Tenn,
| to bring ten other colored lads to
assist in clearing his farm of stones.
There is no white help on the place,
male or female, and two of the older
| boys, scarcely sixteen years of age,
practically do all of the homework
A full report will be given the public
| as soon as the state officials have
made personal investigation.
Since closing this report on July
| lst, a severe case of child whipping
was investigated, on Seymour St.
A child of thirteen was so
| brutally whipped by his father
| that his body was bruised and
| discolored. The boy has recently
been permitted to return home on
parole from Waukesha Industrial
school because of good conduct. 1t Is
hoped that good home may be
! found for the lad
Another boy, little colored lad
has come TO US, and is being well
cared for. He is only three years old
| and is the Cynosure of all eyes when
out on play grounds A fine home is
open TO him through the WARSAW
Society'S efforts. 1t is with a wealthy
colored family of st. Paul, Mimi,
where We hope TO place him very
soon.
Thanking the gentlemen of the
police and sheriff's force for their
courteous and timely help in doing
this work and all the other citizens
who have assisted in any way in pre-
venting unnecessary pain and suffering,
and sTho by their work have called at
tention, especially TO the fact that
the weak and helpless should ever
have our sympathy and aid, We re-
turn our sincereSt thanks.
MARY NJ. DICKENS,