LIST OF DELEGATES. The following is a list of the Delegates to the Conference, as reported subsequently by the Business Committee: OHIO. From the Ohio State Board of Charities-Charles Foster, Governor of Ohio; M. D. Carrington, Toledo; Wm. Howard Neff, Cincinnati; Joseph Perkins, Cleveland; R. Brinkerhoff, Mansfield; Rev. A. G. Byers, Secretary. Dr. J. G. Nolan, Toledo, Superintendent of the Northwestern Hospital for the Insane. H. Thane Miller, Cincinnati. Charles Thomas, President of the House of Refuge, Cincinnati. Dr. C. A. Miller, Superintendent of the Longview Asylum. Dr. J. F. Buck, Superintendent of Fairmont Children's Home, Mt. Union. William Barber, President of Board of Trustees of the Friendless Children's Home, Canton. Rev. A. B. Maxwell, Trustee of Fairmont Children's Home, Leetonia. William Sampson, Superintendent, and Mrs. L. C. Sampson, Matron, of the Children's Aid Society, Cleveland. Mrs. M. Anna Byers, Teacher of Deaf and Dumb Institution, Columbus. Mrs. H. E. Ide, Columbus, and Mrs. G. H. Baker, Cleveland, Visitors to the Girls' Industrial Home. W. D. Patterson, Superintendent of the Workhouse, House of Refuge and Correction, Cleveland, Ohio. From the Ohio Reform School for Boys - Charles Douglas, Superintendent; John D. Martin, President of the Trustees; Geo. W. Gardner, Trustee. J. C. McMillan, Xenia, Ohio, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Greene County Infirmary. Mrs. Samuel Cromer, Matron of the Stark County Infirmary. Mrs. J. F. Glines, Superintendent of the Summit County Infirmary. General James Barnett and Hon. J. W. Fitch, Trustees, and Dr. Strong, Superintendent, of the Cleveland Asylum for the Insane. T. P. Handy, Director of the Industrial School, Cleveland. General M. D. Leggett, State Delegate, Cleveland. J. H. Rhodes and Hon. Harvey Rice, Directors of the House of Refuge, Cleveland. Amasa Stone, Miss S. E. Fitch, Mrs. T. S. Seelye, Mrs. R. P. Spalding, Wm. Rattle, Geo. Mygatt, Hon. J. D. Cleveland, Hon. Thomas Curran, Hon. J. C. Covert, Hon. R. C. Parsons, John Coon, T. D. Crocker, Rev. Samuel Wolcott, D. D., Rt. Rev. G. T. Bedell and Rev. J. W. Brown, Cleveland. Rev. D. R. Miller, Chaplain of the Penitentiary, Columbus. Rev. N. B. Smith, D. D., Superintendent of the Industrial Home, Dela ware. Rev. Frank Russell, Mansfield. Miss A. H. Brinkerhoff and Miss M. Brinkerhoff, Mansfield. Dr. J. W. Scott, Consulting Physician of the Charity Hospital, Cleveland. R. R. Herrick, Mayor of Cleveland. C. B. Lockwood, John Tod, M. A. Hanna, W. W. Armstrong, Editor of the Plain Dealer; Edwin Cowles, Editor of the Leader; D. P. Eells, State Delegate; Jacob Rohrheimer, S. Mann, E. C. Pope, George Kieffer, T. H. Graham, George W. Gardner, W. J. McKinney, Capt. L. A. Pierce, J. H. Devereux and Dr. Chas. C. Arms, Cleveland. Mrs. C. Hughes, Matron of the Retreat, Cleveland. Nelson Ozier, Shiloah. MASSACHUSETTS. State Delegates. Mrs. Clara T. Leonard, member of the Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity, Springfield. F. B. Sanborn, Inspector of Charities for the Board of Health, Lunacy and Charities, Concord. Gardner Tufts, Superintendent of the State Primary School at Monson. Mrs. Henrietta L. T. Wolcott, of Boston, representing the Association for the Advancement of Women, and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Warren F. Spalding, of Boston, Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Prisons. NEW YORK. Miss Sarah M. Carpenter, member of the State Board of Charities, Poughkeepsie. Dr. Charles S. Hoyt, Secretary of the State Board of Charities, Albany. Dr. H. B. Wilbur, Superintendent of the New York State Asylum for Idiots, Syracuse. Hon. Darius A. Ogden, Trustee of the Willard Asylum for the Insane, Penn Yan, New York. Dr. David Rogers, Superintendent of the Queen's County Lunatic Asylum, and representing the New York State Convention of Superintendents of the Poor, Mineola, N. Y. Moore Dupuy, Children's Aid Society, New York City. PENNSYLVANIA. Dr. Diller Luther, Secretary of Board of Public Charities, Reading. Hon. Lewis Peterson, Jr., member of Board of Public Charities, Allegheny. Rev. J. L. Milligan, Chaplain of Western Penitentiary, Allegheny. R. D. McGonnigle, Clerk of Board of Directors of Poor, Allegheny. Rev. E. R. Donahoe, Corresponding Secretary of Society for Improvement of Poor and Allegheny County Prison Society, Pittsburg. Dr. C. E. Cadwallader, representing Charity Organization Society, Philadelphia. Albert B. Williams, Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity, 617 Franklin Street, Philadelphia. A. J. Ourt, M. D., Philadelphia. ILLINOIS. From the State Board of Public Charities: Hon. Geo. S. Robinson, Sycamore, President. Hon. Wm. A. Grimshaw, Pittsfield. J. C. Corbus, M. D., Mendota. Rev. Fred H. Wines, Springfield, Secretary. O. Huse, Evanston, President, and Solon Kendall, Geneseo, Trustee, of the State Reform School. Philip G. Gillett, LL.D., Superintendent of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Richard S. Dewey, M. D., Superintendent of the Eastern Hospital for the Insane. Mrs. S. A. Richards, Chicago, official delegate. Mrs. H. H. Candee, Cairo, from the Illinois Social Science Association. MICHIGAN. Henry W. Lord, Secretary of the State Board of Charities, Detroit; Levi L. Barber; C. C. Yeamans, M. D.; H. W. Lord, Jr., Detroit; Miss Emma A. Hall, Flint; W. G. Dewing, Kalamazoo; Mrs. A. de L'. Arcambal, Kalamazoo. WISCONSIN. From the State Board of Charities and Reform: H. H. Giles, Madison; Mrs. E. B. Fairbanks, Milwaukee; A. O. Wright, Secretary, Madison. Mrs. John Hiles, Milwaukee, Local Board of Charities; Mrs. M. E. Rockwell, Milwaukee, Superintendent of the Girls' Industrial School; General James Bintliff, Darlington, from the State Board of Health; Miss Clara F. Tyrrell, Fox Lake. CONNECTICUT. George E. Howe, Superintendent of the State Reform School, West Meriden; Charles H. Bond, Superintendent of Industrial School for Girls, Middletown. INDIANA. State Delegates: Charles F. Coffin and Rhoda M. Coffin, Richmond. From the Charity Organization Society of Indianapolis: Rev. Oscar C. McCulloch. Dr. Joseph G. Rogers, Superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane; Mrs. J. B. Roberts, delegate from the Social Science Association of Indiana, Indianapolis. IOWA. Miss M. A. Cleaves, M. D., official delegate, Davenport; Miss Clara M. Holmes, Davenport; Miss Alice French, Davenport; Mrs. Jennie A. Crawford, Davenport. RHODE ISLAND. James M. Pendleton, member of the State Board of Charities, Westerly. MARYLAND. Richard Gundry, M. D., Superintendent of the Maryland Hospital for Insane, Catonsville. KENTUCKY. Judge R. H. Stanton, Maysville. Judge Wm. M. Beckner, Winchester. Gen. H. B. Lyon, Eddyville. P. Caldwell, Superintendent of the House of Refuge, Louisville. PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, CANADA. J. W. Langmuir, Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities, Toronto. NEBRASKA. State Delegates: Rt. Rev. Robert H. Clarkson, D. D., the Bishop of Nebraska, Omaha; Hon. J. E. North, Columbus. COLORADO. Rev. Henry C. Westwood, D. D., and Rev. Prof. T. N. Haskell, Denver. TEXAS. Dr. W. E. Saunders, Superintendent of the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, Austin. COMMITTEE ON LUNACY REFORM. Miss A. A. Chevaillier, Boston, Secretary of the Committee on Organization of a National Association for the Protection of the Insane and the Prevention of Insanity. George M. Beard, M. D., New York. E. C. Seguin, M. D., consulting physician to the Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane, New York. WESTERN SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. Rev. B. Frankland, Chicago; Rev. W. D. A. Matthews, Onarga, Ill.; Rev. L. Cooley, Loren Prentiss, and T. D. Crocker, Cleveland. B BOARDS OF CHARITIES THEIR OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. The Business Committee also reported as follows on the official boards existing in the United States: There are at present in the United States nine State boards or commissions charged with the general oversight of charitable work in the States where they exist. These boards, named in the order of seniority, are, 1. The Massachusetts Board of State Charities, established in 1863; consolidated with the State Board of Health in 1879. 2. The New York State Board of Charities, established in 1867. 3. The Ohio Board of State Charities, established in 1867; re-organized in 1876, and in 1880. 4. The Rhode Island Board of State Charities and Corrections, established in 1869. 5. The Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners of Public Charities, established in 1869. 6. The Illinois Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities, established in 1869. 7. The Wisconsin State Board of Charities and Reform, established in 1871. 8. The Michigan State Board of Corrections and Charities, established in 1871. 9. The Kansas State Board of Charities, established in 1875. A special organization has existed as a State board in New York since 1847, the Commissioners of Emigration. There is also a State Prison Commission in Massachusetts, and in Connecticut. The present officers and members of the State boards are as follows: MASSACHUSETTS. (Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity. Term of Office, Five Years.) Moses Kimball, Boston, Chairman; Charles F. Donnelly, Boston; Edward Hitchcock, M. D., Amherst; Robert T. Davis, M. D., Fall River; John C. Hoadley, Lawrence; Ezra Parmenter, M. D., Cambridge; Mrs. Clara Temple Leonard, Springfield; David L. Webster, Boston; Dr. C. F. Folsom, Boston, Secretary. [Dr. H. B. Wheelwright, Newburyport, Superintendent of Outdoor Poor; S. C. Wrightington, Fall River, Superintendent of In-door Poor; F. B. Sanborn, Concord, Inspector of Charities; H. P. Walcott, M. D., Cambridge, Health Officer. These four officers are not members of the Board.] NEW YORK. (Term of Office, Eight Years.) William P. Letchworth, Buffalo, President; John C. Devereux, Utica, Vice-President; Mrs. C. R. Lowell, No. 120 East Thirtieth Street, New York; |