The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 119, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 6, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 21
EIGHT PAQE8
tGUTHRIE OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 6. WZ
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NUMBER 110
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gation .of Condition:
for Insane
B Klehardson of Washington D
C who on Monday of this week visit- sence of hospital odor about the ward
od the insane asylum at Normal under In fact I saw no evidence of unclean-
the direction of Secretary of Interior liness in any respect. There was a
Hitchcock and at the request of Gov- good deal of painting and calsomlnlng
ernor Ferguson submitted the follow- going on just at this tlmo which hte
ing report to the governor today: management stated was their usual
Guthrie Okla May 6 1903. 'custom osch spring. The interior
Hon T T3. Ferguson Governor ucia- vails uf the bulldlnss wero elttor stud
horaa Territory. ' 'partitions or in most Instances
Dcr Sir: Pursuant to tho suggos- simply plunk partitions of very plain
tlon of tho Hon. Secretary of the In- ( character. Some of tho stairways
torior and on your request I yoster-were quite steep and all of them or
day visited the Oklahoma Sanitarium course wooden and' not ory csfc !u
at Norman Oklahoma and spent the character
afternoon and evening at tho lnstltu-. Hospital 'overcrowded.
t'on The hospital Is at present quite
I met the rosldont physician. Dr. overcrowaetl -X" number or tho
Griffin immediately upon arrlva and ' dormitories had moro beds In them
asked to bo shown the patlonts at than they should 'have. Tho officers
once Wo proceeded Immediate!? to ' recognizo this and there was In pro-
vlalt each patient-in the institution. ' cess of construction at that time a
and I talked with quite a number of-frame bulhllfiglb a'ccBnTmodato about
them I visited all of the apartments sixty patients which they stated would
examine! cvory room oxamlnod the be completed within two or threo
bolng. and later visited the kitchen. ' weeks. When this Is done It will re-
dtmrc; room and place whero supplies nee tho p'tuation very materially
an kopt nnd also examined Into thej i Vg h lRtmdry and sewing
character of tho moat und groceries room. an.. .ound perhaps a dosen pati-
furnished I also took note of the entR at work. I think employment of
-l. ih'ng used by the patients the ven-fthe patients might be carried to a
niation and plumbing the number of .regter extent with advantage. It is
he! the water supply nnd the
toct.on from Are. I Inquired into the
proportion of attendants to patients g0Oii porportion of the patients em-
part'cularly with roforence to the pi0yed. It Is a great aid to treat-
night service Aftor carefully review- ment and tends to Improve hte patl-
lng all tho clrrumstanoes I beg to re-. ent8 ln every way. f course the em-
!K.rt as follows: Jployment should he adapted to the
Food Supply Sufficient j coudlUon of the patient.
I found tree or four patfenfT who More Attendants Needed
had a good many complaints to make' I noted the proportion of attendants
about tho character of tho food and
tt.a insufficient quantity and about tho
character of tho building. I asked
quite a number of others as to tho
same matters and the very large pre-
ponderance of testimony was that the
fod supply was sufficient and of very
good quality I stayed to tho evoning
meal saw all of the patients who were
able to come to tho general dining
Toom at tholr meal and it seemed to
bo. I should Judge sufficient and
about what Is usually furnished for
supper In the ordinary Institution. It
consisted of a very good quality of
brtad and butter which I was told
was buttorlno but seemed to be a
good grade; coffeo syrup and prunes.
Therp was also furnished to most of
them a cereal or something Ilka blanc
mange I also remained and saw the
aptients after they were In bed. going
through a number of the wards and
looking Into the rooms after the pati-
ents had retired
Medical Care Good.
1 believe that the management is
duing as well as they can do with the
c.nproent they have furnished them
Th.- medical care is as good I think
a (otild be found In any institution of
Ik character The tattents all
8pc.k very kindly of Dr Griffin even
thrvsP who had complaints to make
oitu-rwUe.
I found very few sick patients not
more than half a dozen and the gen-
eral physical condition of the patients
was very good. The entire equipment
of the hospital Is quite cheap. The
"bedding Is not quite what 1 would sug-
gest it should be. The best mattress-
es furnished are cf excelsior and there
was usually one sheet on each bed.
Tho pillows wore of cotton felt and
Is a number of Instances had become
lumpy and. I should judge rather un
comfortable. The bedding was all
at Washington Reports ir
Results of Official Invest!
clean ant there was a remarkable ab-
pro-.recognized as a commendable char-
acteristic of any Institution to flnd a
to patients and in some instance) f
think thoro should be a modorato In-
crease. Particularly Is this true ot
tho night force ln charge of the un-
tidy and disturbed classes. I would
suggest that at least ono additional
attendant be employed In the male de-
partment for the special purpose of
looking after tho untidy patients and
making tho necessary changes during
tho night
I would also suggest that there be
a little more liberal supply of bed-
ding that some of the pillows partic-
ularly bo ronewed and that a rather
better grade of mattresses should be
furnished especially to the better class
of patlonts. While tho plumbing was
very defective there was no eepeclal
odor in the lavatories or closets I
think It would be reasonable to ask a
rather better arrangement In the way
of water closet facilities for the untidy
culftsseH in some of the detached build-
ings. This class will not take care ot
themselves and thef acuities for proper
care of them should be rather better
than Is now provided there.
Water Supply Insufficient.
I was also somewhat Impressed with
the rather Insufficient supply of water
and the danger that vvould result ln
case of fire. The addition of a dozen
or so chemical' Are extinguishers ln
the wards would it ssms to me bo
quite an advantage as most fires that
occur in such institutions ean be ex-
tinguished without much difficulty
with proper faollltles whan they are
first discovered.
Take It all ln all I found that the
Immediate management of the insti-
tution was evidently interested In pro-
viding proper care so far as their
facilities afford It and wero humane
and thoughtful in looking after the
patients. The medical treatment Is
fully up to that la many other lnstl-
Interior
De
at Asylum
tut Ions of this character that have
seen. The patients I was Informed
were out of doors at least twice every
day during good weather and they
had the appearance of a considerable
amount of out door exercise. I think
a little more liberal supply of furnnl-
ture in the Mttor male wards would
bo serviceable and could be furnished
without much axponBe to the manage-
ment If some of the banohes wero
replaced by chairs I think that tho
effect would be decidedly for tho bet-
tor and the patients mado more com-
fortable Epileptics Should Be Otherwise Pro
vlded For.
The sewerage seemed to bo eatlsfac-
tory at the time of my visit. I noticed
no odor from tho cess pool to which It
flowed and was Informed that thoro
had boan no complaint from this
sourco for somo litle tlmo.
Somo criticism might bo made as
to the classification but with the num-
ber of patients that the management
has now to provide for I do not see
how any improvement can be made In
this respect With the additional
building which will have two wards
In it there can he considerable bene
fit derived from a re-arrangement of
the classes.
It Is unfortunate that the institution e
must receive epileptics Idiots and im-
beciles of all ages. I found a few
children in one or two of the waifli
which of course It is not advisable to
keep among the adult insane. You
will beat know whether any other ar-
rangements can be made under pres-
ent conditions in the territory that
would be any better. Those children
I may say wero apparently well taken
care of and comfortable.
Mild Forms of Restraint.
As to tho amount of restraint used
I do not think it exceeded that ordi-
narily used ln Institutions of this char-
acter with a like number ot patlonts.
I think there wero hut throe patients
ln rostralnt whon I was thoro and the
Iform used was the mildest possible.
being simply a leather belt about the
walat and wristlet fastened to this
which would allow of considerable
movement of the hands. I found one
patient at night in a covered crib. The
patient was talkative and restless and
it was thought neoeMary to keep him
In the crib In oylar to keep him in
!ed. I found one other patient with
handcuffs on at night and it was
stated that this was necessary because
the patient had broken out through a ordered erteln work done over The
window a few months ago and on'caa8e of the strife Is the tile flooring
tubing home had proven to bo quite whlch u i clalmil WM Improp.
dangerous to his relatives. This Is a wly lad. This the contractor denies
minimum amount of restraint I should !aad aya ue work waa ftrit claji
say for the number of persons now I The t ntu9e(i to accept the
uuder care at the Institution ' bunnUg whJe n iMt condition and
Manaaemcnt Commended hecnn" of this the dedication excrcls-
Both the business manager and the es planned for April 2Z wcr- ind.-tl
I resident physician Impressed me as
being intelligent and capable mn inm-iM had boen hamiiK l'n until
with considerable experience in the u1h when Robert v Uam-my at
work and interested in looking aftriog for the board .-miioi r.ntra.
the welfare of the patient and with
the few suggestions I have mads I do
not know that any further improve-
ments can bo made in the situation
considering the temporary character
o ftbe present arrangements. Were
the institution a permanent one I
would advise a rather thorough over-
hauling and re-bulldlng ot the hospital.
It ought to be- made more substantial
in character but naturally with the
temporary arrangements such as now
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Search For Miss
ing Saloonist
WHO DISAPPEARED
WITH A STRANGER
Claimed to be a Member of
.Jbsse James Band of
N Outlaws .
Illy Askoolatod Press.)
Dever Conlo. May 6 The police
are investigating a case cf mysteri-
ous disappearance that rumor has It
Involves a man who while In Deuvcr
called himfcelf Mark Smith but who
In reality is believed to be no othr
than Jim Cummins whoso name was
associated with tho Joeso James bund
of outlaws. M. S. Cunningham came
to Donvor Bovoral weeks ago and pur-
chased a saloon. A few days later
Smith appeared on tho scene and made
Cunningham's place his headquarters.
Tho two men wore much together and
when Cunningham disappeared about
a week ago Investigation brought to
light tho fact that ho had told his bti-
tendor that Smith wns roatly Cum-
mlns. Cunningham hod a consider-
able sum of money whon last soon and
the pollco four that he has met with
foul play. They are trying to locate
tnitn Cunningham ramo
Booueville M . and scwral
irom
ittttorg
letters
'from there await him
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(By Absoctatod Press
Baltimore Md May C The bal-
lots In 324 electlo nprecincts give Mo-
Lane (Democrat) for mayor a plurnll-
y of 520 over Wachter (Republican).
The ballots ln the remaining four pre-
cincts are still uncounted owing to
disputes among the judges. They re
now in possession of he board of elec-
tion supurvisora who anuounoe that
tho boxes will not bo oponod until to-
morrow. It is not thought probahlo
that the count of theso ballots wilt
materially ohfvngo the rosutl
Strife Between Contractor
And Library Board
A fight is on b'etweon Contractor
Vandenburg and tho Carnegie library
board. War has been waned the
past few weeks and today the board
employed another contractor to com-
plete the work and prepare the build-
ing tor the dedication exercises now
being planned by the board. The
building has been completed accord-
ing to Contractor Vandenburg claims
but the board Is not satisfied and had
nit i 'i postponed Mcmu liil. htf fon
tor Ed Murphy to complete the work
and prepare It for final acceptance
Mr Murphy hopes to have the work
finished ln about two weeks and the
board will refuse to pay Mr Vanden-
burg for the work -thai was done on
the tiling.
The Jet well has reached a depth of
200 feet and there 1b a strong odor of
gas; almost as strong as that raised
by the sewer scandal at Guthrie not
long since. Wichita Eagle
ELECTIONS
Business Men Will
for Troops
HITCHCOCK
Arrangements nro being made to
give Searetary of lutorior Hitchcock
who will rislt Oklahoma won. a royal
welcome to Oklahoma. Late yester-
day afternoon Governor Ferguson
... t .v ..... ..
charge of hte arrangements on re -
oentlon and entertalnmeut consisting
AlAtn1 A nti !((a.i ..hn lll I..a
fit William Crimea as chairman of the
committee with United States Attor-
ney Horace Speed. Judge J J. Boles.
Chas. IS. Bllllngsley June R Cottlng-
ham Leslie G. Nlblack and frank H
Greer.
Tho committee on general arrange-
ments appointed by Governor Fergu-
son last evening met this morning In
tho office of Secretary Grimes. L. O.
Nlblauk F. H. Groor ami J. R. Cot-
tlngham woro absont due to tholr
bolng out of tho city. Secretary
Grimes waa mado chairman of tho
committee nnd C. B. Bllllngaloy secre-
tary. It was planned at the meotlng
to give Secretary Hitchcock am par-
ty a public recoptlon In tho territorial
office building tho day the party visits
Guthrlo io vhlch ovory citizen of Ok-
lahoma Is invited. A comraltloo com
posed of Horace Spood and Govbrno'r
Ferguson was appointed to nscortam
the number In the party and the exact
dale ot arrtvl In tho territory and at
riiitlirlA A nimmltfaA wVm will Itnvck
i i ' .i ..' . . .
j(l charge the decorating of the terrl-
torlal offices and who will ask thei
citizens of Guthrie to
business houses at the
secretary's visit Is composed of the
following: Chairman J M. McConnell
C. H Woods J. J Houston Robert
M. Carr and J. B. Thoburn
Committee on securing conveyances
for the party while here.
II. K. Asp J. T Boles and C. Ill
Bllllngsley.
Committee on arrangements of ho
tel accommodations:
J. J. Boles W. M. McCoy and C. M
Barnes
It waa also decided at the msatlnz
that the governor with suou commit-
too as ho mny select will meet Secre-
tary Hltchcook ana party at the bord-
ers of the torrltory and escort him to
the capital oJLiV-w
The committee on Invitation nnd re-
ception Its as follows.
Beavar county Tom Braidwood.
Woodward Kd Wiggins.
Woods Coffolt.
Grant J. If. Decker
Kay Jere Johnson.
Nobfe A. H. Boles
Pawnee B S. McGuire
Osage Nation. O A Mitcher
Ponca and Otoo Reservations J
Jensen.
Payne A. C. Scott
Logan Frank I)al-
Kingfisher J V Admire
Garfield G D Onier
Canadian Tom Rotl
Blalm- V R K-ll
Oklahoma H Dougta
Cl" -'and 1 R Hod
Lincoln John Ltnlo
Pon aw i oinn C.ihh i.'adt-
Day (' F Stevens
IVM R C Browning
Rog-r Mills P C Hugh.
dii'ii J H Trotu-i
Kiowa Omi r lkn-ln
Cd'lo J T Randloti
Comanche H it MKi.irl t
Washita. Frank Cook.
Custer. O T Webster
A hotel man of Holdenvllle is here
today talking with looal capitalists re-
garding ereetlng a hotel ln South Ms-
Alerter. He says he has the capital
tiooesaary to ereot and operate a ?10-
000 hotel and would like to h&vo tho
city eithor glvo a si to or see that it
can be secured at a reasonable figure
South McAIeater Capital
Call on Governor
if Necessary
(By Associated Prws )
Omaha Neb.. May f--ehM nf Po-
lice Donahue tersonaih tool charge
of .jjJfUop" nnd wa n tb-
streets all forenoon directing the
movements of hi men Several of
the delivery oorapanle- began opera-
tions tWamQffliwf with .art o Uieli
wagons; Wmmt driven either by
their owns" or foremen Koch wagon
was acooflfnMiaietl by from one to four
poiicemwt whi prevented an inieno-
t0 Mven Thl eorKeetln a
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wIlPB thli WK n . .
nt hB -. Ia . . .
r I)ol)rp ... d(.wn.s
.- ..... . ... K - iintirii t Mffs 'IUH'(
several
friends
llunfrwl Mtwt and their
also gkiered at the frclgnt houses
but offered no violence to tho men
who were handling goods A confer-
onco was hold at 10 o'clock between
the tenmstera and frolght handlora
loadora. as a- tmaVk of which the lat-
ter wore ordered to quit work at noon.
Whllo tho employers say the.y will re-
sort to a call oh. tho govornot for
troops if necessary tho nuthoritioa
think. they wjlljtja ab.h.toneet any
omorgency which" arlsos without tho
aid of militia.
Rock Island Weakened)
Horton Kas. May C Tho Rock
Hsland company dlacharsau tho allege
ed spotter. Goorgo Boll laat night and
eighty striking machinists roturnad to
work this morning All of the six
hundred shopmen had threatened tn
out unless Bell was discharged
m
. .n '
j'yiSoldier jClalms Shooting
Was Accidental
Special to Dally Leauer.
Oklahoma Olty Okta. May C
Shortly after midnight thin morning
Sergeant Jess C. Moffat of the Uni-
ted States army a found in hin
room In the Gotaord building with ati
UBy lookln butot wouna l"t a"ve
lu leu urnM wmar 88 Iwna uy
Officer Oroucher of the iwllro. who had
been telephoned for by two uomen
wlloe room "BXt " Moffat N and
j wto hMrd th Lot ani1 tho man'
groans but were afraid to oppn the
door.
Goucher found the door unlocked
and Moffat lying on the floor in front
of the drtfeweV' ttx the dresser waa
an empty 4l-oaIlbre Remington der
ringer. Moffat was conscious and be-
lieved himself to be dying. !! said
lift went to gt tbt 'revolver out. of the
drawer when it accidentally wmt off
His coat was badly powder burned.
and the flesh about tho wound was also
burned sbowiag that tiie kuh win
very close to the body when rir-'t
Dr. Campbell the first pliHiuu to
arrive found that the hull.-' had
come out in the left armpit aiil that
'no vital parts of th bo! h-vi h-ten
'injured Dr D)y !a"r foun I ih
bullet In Monat' clothing Uh (x-ro't
Hhape showed that It had touch. -I n
bones Dr Dew) stated tha' h-
wound while painful was not u ail
I ticrious.
' In Moffat' room were nuim-i ins
h-er bottlen and the remains
luncheonfor four which he had
with some of hi fellow xMi.
long before thw airldviu Th
ii n livus. at W.-IU'oi) (' la
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Baby Show Nsat Saturday
Tfcs ladle of the Cajubrhij?i. club
announce that 'be baby sho will oc-
cur at tho (iurbrti' Convention hall on
Saturday afternoon of this week and
that all Uw bahU-M of ojl aces in the
city an- wanted Tnls will be an
even' of r. at .m west to all fimbria
.peonJs. . i
The Baby QretulOld Folk: coucstt.
scheduled 'for Saturday night has
been indefinitely postiwned
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