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That the insane should receive girls and other theatrical sub the treatment that is accorded jects of the kind, is not every other invalids, is the contention body's taste, and it is the effect of of Miss Kate Barnard, Commis fashion that is primarily responsioner of Public Charities for the sible for this enormous price.
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Prison reform has been one of Miss Barnard's greatest works.| Prior to her appointment in 1908, she brought about an investiga- tion of the State Penitentiary of Kansas. The result was a com- plate reform in this and other institutions for the care of the criminal. In 1909 two asyluma for the insane were, to quote her, "turned upside down "after she had reported on their condition and the method used by the authorities for the care of the inmates.
Indians Got S2,000,00- "When we started on the In-
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State of Oklahoma, who will give a view to more definite regula. The Rubber Atrocities. a series of lectures in New York
New York, December 20.-A on prison reform, tions being laid down. The meu in question were not punished, message received here from Lima, Miss Barnard is now serving but they are indignant at baving Peru, says that an attempt was her second term as head of an been virtually arrested without made yesterday to lynch the two important department in the contravening the spirit of the re-judicial Commissioners, Senor Government of her State, says the gulations as recently interpreted Valearcel and Dr. Romulo Paredes," Evening Post," and her care of in Parliament by Mr. Churchill, who were appointed by the Poruthe insane is but one of the many Death of a Balaclava Survivor, sian Government to inquire into features of her work." After years
Mr. Matthew Holland, one of the atrocities in the rabber-grow- of investigation she has come to dian land fraud case, the 'graf- the "Six Hundred" who tooking districts. According to a the conclusion that the present tere' shot at my attorney and part in the Balaclava Charge, wireless message received at method of treating insane patients warned me to drop the investiga- died at Natingham on December Lima from Iquitos, the people in is crude, inefficient, unproductive tion and to keep out of that sec- tion of the country," she added 14 in his 80th year. Holland the rubber fields started rioting, of any lasting benefits.
“but we have now 600 cases wait- served not only through thest the instigation of influential "I have not arrived at this con- Crimean War, being present at interests, and assaulted the Comclusion by myself," said Missing on the docket, and they are the Alma, Inkerman, and Sova-missioners. They were severely Barnard, recently. I base it on still coming in at the rate of six stopol, but through the Indian injured in the presence of an the opinions of the most famous a day. We refunded $2,000,000 Mutiny too, without receiving licial, who did not attempt to neurologists in this country and to Indians; Oklahoma's shame,' scratch, Some years ago.he was suppress the disturbances.
in Europe. Insane people are as one writer called the Indian chiefly instrumental in forming" Congress and tariff revision, simply invalids, just as people situation in that State, isno more. the Nottingham Crimean and Washington, January 7,- The saffering from stomach trouble or Other States afflicted with graf- Indian Mutiny Veterans' Associa- special acssion of Congress to be nervous disorders are invalide, tere' who are robbing the Indian tion. The Duke of Portland, called by Presidently-elect Wil- The present system of declaring charges would do well to review hearing of Holland's critical con- son in April apparently will have a man insane after a commission Oklahoma's action in the matter. dition, recently visited him at ao affect on the plans of the has investigated his mental cap- The result of our work was so
present Democratic House to ability, is a rolio of the dark gratifying that Congress aeriously N.
discussed the abolition of the The Health of the Navy, :
carry out a programme of tariff ages". The statistical report of the revision before final adjournment
One of the several bills pre-present Indian Bureau and the health of the Navy or 1911 was in March. To-day the ways and pared under Mies Barnards direcreation of a department to handle nation's issued last month as a Blue-book means committee of the House on for the next Legislature in the affairs of the
charges." [348] The returos for the total began hearing preliminary to her State provides for the erec
The rehabilitation of convicts force show a continuous improve-rovising many of the existing tion of a psychopathic hospital ment in the general health of the schedules which it had decided for the treatment of the insane. is taken up in a prison-reform bill Fleet as compared with the pre-o take up before election, and Persons adjudged insane will be ceding five years. The average will continuo on the programme treated there before being sent to number of men sick daily was outlined at the beginning of the the State Hospital for the Insane 3,170 33, giving a ratio of 27'07 96SIÓN.
They will be sent to the State per 1,000, a decrease of 100 in Another Surgical Wonder. institutions only after their con- comparison with the previous Modern surgery is responsible dition has been reported hopeless five years. The total number of for a wonderful oporation per-Ly the specialists in the institu- days sickness on board and in formed by Dr. Walter Ambrickner tion. hospital was 1,157,172, which re-nt Mount Sinai Hospital, New presente an average lose of service York, on November 15 on a maa The plan of consulting,experts should be released. A regularly for each person of 088 days, with only one arm. The leg. boas on the subject of any proposed re-appointed judge will sit there, a decrease of 36 as compared of a shoop, the surgeons eny, has form is said to be an innovation, and any prisoner will have a right with the average for the the right knitting tissues and and it is one in which Miss Barn to appear before him and ask for preceding five years. The total flexibily, and in formation leads ard takes pride. Before she draft a release when be can show the number invalided was 2,110, itsolf well to replacement in the this addition to the penal laws for required number of merit marks which gives a ratio of 18.01 per human arm. Every particle of Oklahoma, aho carefully made up and support his statements by the 1,000, a decrease of 1.81 in. com-decayed bone in the patient's arm a list of the expert criminologists testimony of the prison authorities. The prisoner must parison with the average ratio for was carefully cut away leaving a and engaged their assistance in and friends. the preceding five years. In reply gap into which the sheep's bone the work. Then, when the draft also prove that he has a trade and to Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke, was dovetailed and then fastened of the proposed bill was ready, can support himself.
"The primary purpose is to who asked for figures showing with sterilised wire naile. The she arranged for these experts the deficiency of men in the Royal flashy protion of the arm, which to address the Legislature in make meritorious conduct the .. basis for a rolease instead of the Navy for the last six years, Mr. was sliced open will be kept so behalf of the measure. Churchill states that the average fur two or three days, until there The Child Labour law of Okla-employment of a sly lawyer or the numbera borne for the respective is no doubt of the bones knitting hama, which Miss Barnard says possession of influential friends as now the case," says Miss Bar- years compare as follows with the properly. Then the slit will be is a model code, was written by a numbers voted :-.
Bewn up and in a couple of wooks member of the National Child nard. Voted. Borne. the patient will have an arm as Labour Committees in New York. 120,000 127,431 good as new. 128,000 127,228
Roads in Japan. 121,000 127,900" The roads in Japan are not, on 128,000 127,968 the whole, in a condition which 131,000 130,817iends any hope that the military- 1911-12 134,300 132,792 power of the country will be reinforced by a Legion of Fron- The new Flying Officers. Ten officers have just graduat-tiersmen with their own motor. ed at the Central Flying School, cars, says the "Japan Chronicle"; Upavon Lieute, A. E. Bur- but it is said that "measures are chardt Ashton, 4th Dragoon to be taken to encourage the use OUR Guards; G. B. Stopford, 6th Bat- of motor-cars among the people." tery Royal Field Artillery; G. S. Whether the measures will in- Shephard, 1st Battalion Royal clude the improvement of the Fusiliers; R. B. Martyn, 2nd roads in and about Kobe, official- Battalion Wiltshire Regiment; dom saith not. A War OfficeTM and V. H. Wadham, 5th (Special Committee, however is reported Reserve) Battalion King's Royal to bo very busy studying the Centene, By H. Graham Richards. Rifle Corps; nleo Second-Lieut. military possibilities of motors, A. Hartree, Royal Garrison Ar-and the military authorities have Rosaleen O'Hara, By Joseph tillery; and Second-Lieuts. R. O. demanded an appropriation of Abercromby, T. O'B. Hubbard, Y100,000 for the purpose of this Left in Charge, By Victor L. White- D. G. Young, and R. R. Smith study. It is a small amount com-
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