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CHAEITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



the Friendless has been established in Elwood, 

 a Door of Hope in Terre Haute, and hospitals 

 for the sick and injured in Goshen and Evans- 

 ville. Near Middletown is a new institution for 

 the aged poor, under the management of the 

 German Baptists: and at Greensburg there is 

 being erected an orphans' home by the Independ- 

 ent Order of Old Fellows. A hospital . for the 

 treatment of mental and nervous diseases has 

 been organized in Indianapolis, and during the 

 past year has begun active operations. Two 

 counties in the State Allen and Yanderburgh 

 have taken advantage of the law authorizing the 

 organization of boards of children's guardians in 

 counties having a population of 50,000. 



There were in county poor asylums, Aug. 31, 

 1898, 3,102; in the Soldiers' Home, Jan. 31, 1899, 

 553. 



The number of dependent children in the Sol- 

 diers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, Jan. 31, 1899, 

 was 029; county orphans' homes, Oct. 31, 1898, 

 1,596: in county poor asylums, Aug. 31, 1898, 153. 



In the Institute for the Blind, Jan. 31, 1899, 

 there were 132 pupils; county poor asylums, Aug. 

 31, 1898, 151. 



The Institution for the Deaf on Jan. 31, 1899, 

 contained 326 pupils; county poor asylums, Aug. 

 31, 1898, 49. 



The School for Feeble-minded Youth on Jan. 

 31, 1899, contained 595 pupils. 



The total enrolled population of the four in- 

 sane hospitals, Jan. 31, 1899, was 3,459; county 

 poor asylums, Aug. 31, 1898, 422. 



The following details have been made available 

 concerning nine charitable institutions supported 

 by the State. The figures given are for the fiscal 

 year ending Oct. 31, 1898. The expenses shown 

 are the net total expenses. The number of in- 

 mates given represents the total enrolled on Oct. 

 31, 1898: Central Hospital for the Insane: in- 

 mates, 1,680; expenses, $261,806.35; Northern 

 Hospital for the Insane: inmates, 636; expenses, 

 $94,327.41; Eastern Hospital for the Insane: in- 

 mates, 545; expenses, $93,067.37; Southern Hos- 

 * pital for the Insane : inmates, 534 ; expenses, $98,- 

 667.07; Soldiers' Home: expenses, $70,933.70; 

 Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home: expenses, 

 $93,637.99; Institution for the Deaf: expenses, 

 $63,468.09; Institute for the Blind: expenses, 

 $30,494.01; School for Feeble-minded: expenses, 

 $80,000. 



Indian Territory. The Indian Territory is 

 unorganized so far as general legislation is con- 

 cerned. The five civilized tribes have each a 

 legislative body, but the acts of these pertain 

 only to the tribal limits. There are orphan 

 schools in each tribe. The work of these has 

 been quite effective in many cases. In the Choc- 

 taw nation a school is conducted for orphan girls 

 at Garvin, Indian Territory, one for boys at 

 Academy, Indian Territory, and the nation ar- 

 ranged by special contract with the Atoka Bap- 

 tist Academy to care for 50 orphan children. 



Work to about the same extent is done for or- 

 phans in the other nations. There are many poor 

 white people renting land of the Indians and 

 working in mines or cutting timber. There are 

 thus many chances of orphanage, with but poor 

 opportunity of relief. A very hopeful work has 

 been started at Pryor Creek for the purpose of 

 caring for the white orphans. This movement 

 is dependent wholly upon contributions for sup- 

 port. 



There are no poorhouses in the Territory. In 

 some of the tribes special provision is made for 

 the indigents. An effort was made two years 

 ago to establish a school for the blind at Fort 



Gibson. Particulars as to its success are not 

 forthcoming. A feAv hospitals have been estab- 

 lished. The railroads operating in the Territory 

 have hospitals in the adjoining States, and send 

 the injured and sick there for treatment. A few 

 deaf-mutes have received instruction in the States 

 by special arrangement. It is not known that 

 any insane asylum exists in the Territory. 



Iowa. The* sum expended by the State in be- 

 half of charitable institutions for the year end- 

 ing January, 1899, was $693,984.45. This amount 

 was divided up as follows: Blind, $34,041.34 for 

 two institutions; deaf and dumb, $43,321.43 for 

 one institution; insane, $493,594.17, with 3,430 

 patients in three institutions; soldiers' orphans, 

 $47.599.47; Soldiers' Home, $75,428.04. 



The Legislature of Iowa meets biennially, and 

 was in session in 1898. The reports of the vari- 

 ojis institutions are made to cover the same pe- 

 riod, as a rule. This being the case, Mr. Burnett's- 

 report for 1898, which was as follows, so far as 

 charitable institutions are concerned, applies 

 equally well this year. 



The number of adults in the poorhouses of the 

 State is comparatively few, as several excellent 

 institutions for the care of aged and infirm are 

 in operation. 



The State maintains an orphanage for destitute 

 children at Davenport. The average during 1897 

 was 490, the number of girls being 200 and boys- 

 290. Three fifths of them were soldiers' children. 

 Less than 50 children are supported in the alms- 

 houses and at public expense in the various coun- 

 ties of the State. 



The State maintains a central school for the 

 blind at Vinton, with a smaller one at Knox- 

 ville. According to the last biennial report of 

 the superintendent at Vinton, there are 246 in- 

 mates. 



The State maintains an institution near Coun- 

 cil Bluffs for the education of deaf-mutes. 



The magnificent institution for feeble-minded 

 at Glenwood, lately injured by fire, was reported 

 in 1898 as being rebuilt, with about 730 pupils, 

 with many applicants unable to be admitted for 

 lack of room. The estimated value of equipment 

 is $350,000. 



Three asylums for the insane are now in opera- 

 tion, and the fourth, at Cherokee, will soon be 

 completed. A great number of insane patients, 

 deemed incurable, are kept by the counties in 

 local asylums. At Clarinda, according to the 

 latest report, there were 747 patients. At Mount 

 Pleasant the ninth biennial report gives an aver- 

 age of 885. Independence Hospital has a capacity 

 for 1,000 patients, and is full. An industrial 

 building, erected in 1897, contains shops for male 

 patients to work in, chiefly during the winter 

 season. In these shops repairs are made to cloth- 

 ing and shoes, and a number of useful articles, 

 such as slippers, brooms, harness, baskets, rag 

 carpets, cocoa-fiber matting, door mats, and pic- 

 tures, are produced. There is also a printing" 

 office, from which a monthly paper is issued. The 

 hospital also maintains a large farm, a training 

 school for nurses, and a well-appointed patholog- 

 ical laboratory. 



Kansas. The State charitable institutions of 

 Kansas include the State Insane Asylum, To- 

 peka; Insane Asylum, Osawatomie; Institutions- 

 for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Olathe; 

 Institution for the Education of the Blind, Kan- 

 sas City ; Asylum for Idiotics and Imbecile Youth, 

 Winfield; and Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Atchison. 

 A new ward building, for which $65,000 was ap- 

 propriated by the Legislature of 1897, is now a 

 part of the institution. The same Legislature 



