



imates $125. The cities ..f Milwa rosse. 



tii. Kau Claire. Fond 



du Lac, Marine tie. and Oshkosfa ma. r. ...:.. -1 these 

 The total nuinler of childmi taught in 

 M boob was l-l in 1NW6. 



r the Blind i% at Jaiie-viUe. 

 number in -'ut Hm. 



tio..l for It..)- is . 

 \Vnukc*ha rage iiumU-r >f inmate* in n - 



-.1 foMiirls is at Milwaukee. 

 school wa four charity, and i- 



'. ,H-r|H'tuating ' 



of manag. i- larp- enough for the 



accommodation of 160 inmates. 



-j-art a. It was 

 opened Nor. 13. 1886. Its primary ..|.;e. t is to fur- 



temporary home for dependent and ne-: 



The average numU r of inmates is about 



- nre iii the State about 8,000 feeble-minded 



juxl ntil the iiiN'iiing of the 



ie-Minded at Chippewa Falls. 



iad made no provision for their < are and 



instr ; buildii. 



i|tiatf f-r the . " inmates. Karl v in l s '.' s 



additional buildings \\ill 1 [or the r 



tion of a* many more. Tp tt. .Ian. l t 1898, 2M in- 

 mates bad been 



The Legislature of 1SJ7 provided for the foiind- 

 - tC Keformatory. and the Board of 



this institution at Un-ci. 

 Buildings are now in rour>e of erection with 

 pacity sufficient for 600 inmates. The institution 

 is designed for the custody and training of male 

 whose ages at commitment are from sj\- 

 



The thirty-sixth annual im-etingof the National 

 KdiicntionaJ Association was held in Milwaukee, 

 July 6-0. 18U7. The meeting was notable in the 

 largeness of the attendance, and in the great value 

 f the uapers. let-lures, and dis< -unions. 



LesTlftlativc Session. Some of the important 

 acts of the Legislature of is;7 were: 



The election of John <'. Sooner to succeed Wil- 

 liam F. YiUua> Tnitetl States Senator. 



The of the statutes of the State, and 



im^' for the printing and publication of t he 

 same by ><-pt. 1. 1898. 



Providing for an increase in the income of nor- 



:...-' 



he (Jovern-.r to designate a day to 

 be known a> - Arb-.r and Mini hay. 



mote physical education.' 

 encourage the production of beet sugar. 



_' and quipping the - 

 Historical Library build; 

 To regulate casual t \ o t ,- 



.crew the efficiency of the Free L 



< 



v news,*,, 



cult. 



To rerir the I Mink ing laws. 



To prohibit tie ^arcttcs to minors. 



A loint resolution in fa\<>rof the Torrev bank- 

 nipt bill. 



A joint resfil-. vi-rn..r to 



issue a proclamation for the celebration of the flf- 

 tieth anniversary of 



.-morial ? the passage of an act 



to Strengthen the n;; lit. 



- iicentcnnial. The State Historical fi 

 of Wisconsin 

 01 



.ibrary 



^iviiiL' thi-m -i!_ : ,ud direct i. n> r. la' 



rauOO for county semicentennial ob- 

 U- held Satii: 

 stall- I'M-OII. The Stale l'ri>o'n i^ al \\aiipun. 



The whole number of pri from the 



.11^ of the prison up ' '. l^'.Mi, the date 



of the latest printed n-p The num- 



U-r in coiiUnemeiii Sept. || :s-J. of whom 



10 Were \\onieii. The Uard in their lat -I r. -\ ri 



iiiitary condition <-f the \>n^> 

 years has been deplorable." 



The >amtar\ conditions ha. "eatly im- 



\u Sleotrio-lighl plant has be,-n piit in. 



<>p,|| air dlict- from each cell have been iipelieil 



into a large galvani/ed iron chamber over t In 

 exhausting into a receiring room in the attic and 

 thence into the .pcii air. 



About :{(M eonviels are employed ill sliorinaivin^ 

 under the contract M -tern, at ."in < -cut - a da\ . I'ui- 

 ini; the t . i by the report i'h< 



.. .1 sin:';.7ls.::7 fmm tli; Tin- con- 



tra. -t . \p :. iy7. The knittii 



not so s,,,. rr s,sful. The net income to ih> 

 the last year cove r,-d by tlie report. ; 

 convict labor, \\:i- only - v I 7j -cnt> a'day 



for the labor of each convict. Thi- s| M ,p js run on 

 the piece-price contract M stein. The tailor <*}\,,\> 

 plant netted $:{.!."!. l.'i for S.IHJ da\ >' lab.,r. 01 

 :he lalior of each convict empi 

 " 



In IML") the net daily cost /nrrn/n/" 



In I^.H; it had beenrednoed to i:;-i 



cents. 



The In-iinc. Tin- Stati- maintain^ two insiitu- 

 tions for the care of the insane the Mate Hospital 



i- Madison. ;ind the Northern 



pital at Winnebau'". near (Khkosh. The whole 

 number of patients in the State Hospital. S.-j 

 iv:. :hi-rn Ib-pital the num- 



ber was .VJO. The \Vis,- ( ,nsin s\stem .f carii,- for 

 the Insane is unique, but very simple. The funda- 

 mental principle of the system is that the State 

 hositals shall have for their sol 



f \Viscon>in i- actively engaged in pushin_ 

 >rganization of local historical s- , and in 



sole function the 

 of the curable. Soloiig a> there is ; , n y hope that 

 hospital treatment will benefit the patient, either 

 physically or mentally, he is retained in the institu- 

 tion. When it is plain that there is n,, hope of 

 his recovery, he is transferred to one of n> 

 county asylums. < in Sept. :;n. 1896, there wen 

 inmates j M these inM it iitions. aii<l the State had paid 

 for the care of these inmate^ for t he t \v<> year- eml- 



, the date named sS.Jl'.t. '.i* 1 .' 



IJjiiluajs. From the report of the 1,'ailroad 

 Commissioner it appears that on .Inm- :!M. ls!;. t| M - 

 total mileage of railways in the State u 

 The capital sio.-k wa-* *1" \n : the fiinded 



debt was $153,44.5.697.80; the unfunded debt 

 $3,300,006/J"J. Dividends were declared amount- 

 ing to $2,666.1 SUM) for the two years <-ov. r- d 

 by the report. The annual li< 'Aliii-hare 



in lieu of all State, county, and local taxes, are 

 as follows: 1. Four per cent, of the _ 

 ings of all rail' '--d on pile 



and pontoon, or pontoon brid^ _-ro<s rarn- 



"|iial or exceed *:'..<M)0 a mile per annum of 

 .ted railroad. "2. Five dollars a mi! 

 n ted railroad of all railroad*- P 

 exceed $1,500 a mile per annum, and are less than 

 "i a mile per annum of operated r-ad : and in 

 addition -, . of their t:ro-- earnings m 



excess of $1.5CK) a mile per annum. ::. Fi\e dol- 

 lars a mile of ..; ,d bv all compani'-- ^ h"-e 



gross earnintrs ar e less than 11,600 mile per an- 

 num. 4. Two |MT cent. .f the gross earnii 

 all railroads operated IIJM.II pile "r pontnon. or pon- 

 toon bridge*, which nm** .-arninu"* shall b< returneil 

 such part- thereof as are within the 8 



intitule by far the L 

 gle item in the annual revenues of i he S 1 



