LORDFAIRFAX AT COURT _______ , | Natlve of Maryland, He Comes of Vlrglnla Ancestry. LIVES IN BRITISH CAP1TAL1 Klng Much Intorested In Unlque Hlstory of tho Man Who Is an Amorican by Blrth, a Scotchman by Tltle and t an Englishman by Domlcile. A cablegram from London statcs thnt Lord Falrfax, of NewYork, an Atnerlenn by brith, a ScoU'hinnn by tltle and an Eng? lishman by domlcile, baron, banlccr and bacholor,. was, on Monday last, prcaentcd to Klng Edward, of whoso roalm ho ls a pacr, but of whoin he Is not a subjoct. Tho preacntatlon was mado by Lord klnlialrd, and the Klng was much Inter catod aa tho young man'a compllcated BUitua was explalned Lo hlm. Albert Klrby Falrfax, tho Lord Falrfax, Baron of Carneron, who was preaented to Klng Edward, was born In 1870. Hls father, Dr. John. Falrfax, of Leland, l'rlnco Georges county, Md., who dle'd Bomotlmo ago, was the undlaputcd elev ejith Baron Falrfax, but' ho had auch an utter dladaln for all thlngs pertalnlng to royalty that he ncver mado capllal of( hla poaltlon, nor took any apparent intor-" cst in the royal happenlngs In England. Not ao wlth the prcaent Baron Falrfax. This young man, whoso molher atlll ro Bldea In Prlnce Georges county, employed attorneya shortly after the death of hls father to formally lay clalm to the tltle. Thla haa been practlcally accompllahed, aa tho young man was formally bld to uttend tho porohiitlon. AN ANCIENT TITLE. The tltlo of Baron Falrfax was croated ln 1627, and the tifth Lord Falrfax left hls homo and estatcs ln Scotland In 1722 for Amerlca, because he waa dlsappolnted In lovo and bolleved hlrnselfuiU treated by tho membcrs of hla fatnlly. By nn ar rangoment wlth tho crown ho socurcd a grant of land ln what was then lncluded in Vlrglnla, amountlng to 5.000,000 acres. On thla a palatiul horae for those daya waa bullt and Lord Falrfax became a power as the weaithleBt man in the colo jilea. He waa tho friend of AVashlngton und employed the latter for survey work, a famlllar fact to nlt who have read tho llfo of tho Father of Hla Country. Tho Bcat of tho Falrfax famlly was near to Mount Vornon, and waa n gatherlng placo for tho gentry of the tlme, mnintalnlng a ropu^^j) for not.able hospltallty. Lord HtJrfax dled wlthout chlldren and hls property waa Inherltpd by hls brotber, iWIUiam Falrfax. who marrled Sally Cary, -tho Lowland Beauty," ot whom lt ls told that Bhe Jlttcd AVashlngton. This couplo had no chlldren, and when AVIlliam Falr fnx dled Robert. hla younger brother, camo Into tho tltlo and oBtato. From hlm tho Falrfaxes of tho Unltod Statea nro descended. Durlng the nevolutlonary War tho tltlo waa held by Hev. Bryan Falrfax, who was rector of .Chrlst's Church, Alexnndrla, of whlch AVashlngton ?waa o veatryman. Ho sympathlzed wlth the coloriies, was an Intlmato friend of AVashlngton ;tnd contrlbuted genorouaiy from hla prlvato purso townrd tho causo n Uberty. MO LIK.ING/ FOR ROYALTY. 9*_t hlm, after two generatlons, waa d?s??rf*d John Falrfax. who was en tltled to a place In tho Engllah peerage, but dld not caro to clalm lt. He llvod in AVashlngton, where prevlous to tho outbreak of thc war ho was in hlgh profesaional repute. On tho outbreak of tho war, however, hls aympathlcs went to tho South, wlth the reault that he waa practlcally oatraciaed In the clrcles ln Whlch ho had moved and hla practlce foll away sadly. Decldlng to leave AVash? lngton after theso mlsfortunes, he bought the placo ln Maryland, not far from tho Dlstrlct, where ho spent tho remnlnder of hls llfo in qulet pursults, a country gentloman of a dellghtful personallty, ?wlth no ambltlon to horald himself Eorl of Culpeper, but ajnlncntly proud of bo? ing an Amerlcan cltlzon, Dr, Falrfax left two sons and threo jaaughtera. One daughter, Josephlne, marrled Mr. ffunstall Smlth, of Bultlmoro. AVhen the Coronatlon plans woro pub liahed In Amerlca young Falrfax de cldod to go ovcr to England nnd clnlm hls rlghts to bo presont at tho crown Ing of Klng Edward and woar tho robes nnd coronet of n baron, though wlthout tnklng tho oath of allogianco to the Brlt ish monarch. Tho altuatlon was unlque, but the equlty of tho appllcatlon wna tihdenlablo, and Lord Falrfux's demand Was granted. Slnco that tlmo ho haa rosldod ln Lon? don. INTERCONTINENTAL ROAD Project Endorsed by Representatives of American Countries. (in- Asuoclntud I'n-HS.) "WASHINGTON, March U.-The dlplo roatio representatives of all tho South and Central American countries now tt rWaahlngton, uasemblod at tho Slato Ho partment to.discuss tho Intercontlnontnl rallway projoct. Afctlng Secretary Loomla prealded vvcr tho meetlng, and introduced ox-Sonator Honry G. Davla, a member of tho pennanont lntercontl rontal rallway cbmmlsslon. Mr. Davla pave a most hopeful charnotor to tho un dortuklng, and ho brought word from Andrew Cnrnoglo of hls wllllngnosa to ndvanco tho projoct ln a nnnnclal aonso at tho propor tlme. Tho work was undertakon by Charlos Poppor, tho spoclal commlsslonor, nnd ?ndoraed by all proacnt. Mr, Peppor bo |ng poraonnlly known to moat of tho rop roaentatl/res, thoy pledgod thomsolves to Inimedlately wrlto thoir respoctlvo gov animents rocommondlng that thoy faclll tato ln ovory way Mr. Poppor's invoatl Jra/lons, Day Consumed In Argument. Uty AKBoeluted Preus.'l PENSACOtA, FHA., March U.?No wlt jiessos Woro oxnmined hoforo tho court toiartlal at tho navy yard to-day ln the ll'Jftl ot teiisrgh Worthhian, tho ehtlre day belng eonst.tnod ln tho "**"????*? Judgo Advocato Wfirtow.iwd lioulonant Flnltl, coutiaol for tho ncOused, upon the ndtnlsalblllly ot tho ovldenco of uiplaltl Miinncy. ot the MnsHnchuselts. Tho court has i-ulecl out^H- of the re< cords and evldehco of tho court ot ?" nulry and ns all of tho n'ltncsses of tho exploston wltlV tho exceplloti of tho no ctlBeu nm doad, It ls nssentlnl thnt tho proseculloti havo tho stat'emont ofTCnirtgw Worlhmnh to tho commntidor of the ship. Aftor conBUtnlng tho otitlro day ln ar* gumcnts,' tho court iidjourtiod Without totidoi'lng a declsloti._ WANTS THEM BOTM St. Louls Will Try to Secure Democratlc and Republlcan Convcntlona. (Ily AMnelatptl. PreM.) WASHINOTON, D. C, March H.? Rcprosoiitallvo llarthotdt, of St. Louls, ttild the Prealdent lo-day thnt St, Louls would ondeaivor to socuro bolh tho Re? publlcan and Domocrnlle natlonal con vontlons nuxt yonr. "It wlll he World's Fnlr year In St. Louls." sald he, "tho grootost year In the hlstory of thc clty, and wo wlll bo ttblo to offor such attractlons to tho na? tlonal convontlons ns nevcr beforo lmv'6" be'eri offered by any clty. Prealdent Hooam'olt, or courao, Is tnk Ing no part. and told Dr. B/irtholdl that ho would takc no part In the seluctlon of a place for the holdlng ot tho Rcpub-' lican nntlonnl conventlon. Rcprcaentallvo Bartholdt dlscussed wlth tho Prealdent soino of the delalla of hla vlsft to St, Louls at thc tlme of tho dedlcatlori of the exposltlon on Aprll 30th. STRIKEATSHIPYARDS Men Ordered to Stay Away and to Be l. Orderly, ' fjly Annoclntc-ri Presn.i NEW VORK. March 11.?Thrce hun drod shlpwrlghta, Jolncra, carpenters and caulkors went on atrlko at the Townaend & Downoy ahlpbuildlng yard on Shootera Ialancl to-day. Tho membera of tho unlon omplbyod In other yards aro not nffected by tlio strlke. Thero aro now 670 men, formerly omployed at the Towsend & Downoy yard, on strlke. Prealdent McCallum, of the local union, aaya that the slrikers have boen ordered to keop away from the yards of the eom pany and to refrnln from mnklng do monatratlons. The two hundred men at tho Burleo dry dock and ,ahlpbuildlng yards at Port Rlchtnond, who went on strlke yesterday, are stlll out. Telcgraphic Brevities. ARCADIE, FLA.?Tho Jury'trying thc case agalnst I. E. Coopor, charged wlth the tnurdcr of Marshal Bowman, of Punla Gorda, thls mornlng brought In a vordlct of murder in tho first degreo, without any recommcndatlons to the mercies of the court. Cooper was sen tenced to be hanged. COLUMBIA. S. C.?XV. L. Croft, of Fair fax. Barnwell county, S. C? was shot and instantly kllled from ambush Mon day nlght near hla home. Susplclon points to a negro, Frank Strange, whose wlfo Croft had befrlended by glvlns her a homo nfter hor husband had drlvon her from hls houso. ' "_ CHARLESTON, S. C?Secretary of tfho Nnvy Moody. with a party of ofllclals, lcft here at noon to-day on the dlspatch bont Dolphln for a crulse ln the West Indles. MEMPHIS, TENN.-J. H. Brown, a well-known cltlzcn of Memphls, was shot and kllled near Wynne, Ark.. by a negro. lt ls sald Brown was employed by a prlvale detectlve agency In an effort to apprehend certaln negro whltocappera In Arkansas. MIAMA, FLA.?Rumors received here last nlght of a wreckod steamer off Rag ged Kcy could not be conflrmed to-day. Tho steamer Martlnlquo. whlch arrlvod to-day from Havnna, passed wuhin a half mlle of tho reported wreck,' but dlscov ered no traco of the vesael. , ? Record Carrjo of Coffee. (Br Ansoeintcil Pre?8.1 VERA. CRuZ, March 11.?Large ship menta of Mexican coffeo are golng from thla port to Now York. The steamer Havana, of the Ward Llne, carrled . a record-breaklng cargo of 1,350,000 pounda of coffoe nnd the Esperanza. of the aame llno, wlll leave for Now York wlth nonrly an cqual amount. Dovelopmcnts in the coffee markot have convlnced mcrchants hore that thero Ia no Immediate hope for a rlse ln prlces, but on the contrary, tho tondency will be lower, nnd they are making all hasto to unload their surplus. * - Ice Company Officers (Jly Asraelnteil Prosn.) NEW YORK, March 11.?At a meotlng of the Board of Dlrectors of tho American Ice Company to-day the following officers were elected for the ensulng year: John N. Schonmaker. presldent; B. T\. Hunt, Wesley M. Oler and R. W. Hop klns, vico-presidents; E. D. Hnley, treaa urer; Robert A. Scott, secretary. ??-? Successful Operatlon. (Sncclnl to Th* TlraoH-PUnatch.) ? R\LTIMORE, MD., March ll.-MIss Ele'no Stokes, of Rlohmond. ls recovering at tho Unlon Protestant Innrmnry from a. sovoro though aucceaaful operatlon on hor throat. ? Richmonders in New York. rSneclnl to The Tlnios-PJfPntch.) NEW YORK, March ll.-Flflh Avenue G A. Dnvonport and wlfo, Mlss_E. N. Dnvcnport; Grpgorlan-M. D. Rrooks; Grnnd?J. Lnndatreot. CHECKS WILL SOON COME TO PAY DEBT Government Will by May 1st Take Possession of the Shafer Bullding. It ta thought that wlthln a fow days tho Troasury Dopartmont ht Waahlng ton wlll aend down horo checks to pay on"h llrm or. Indlvldual tho prlce f.-vod In tho proceodlnga ecmdemnlng hhnfor bulldlng Aa soon ns thla shall hityn boen dono. one of tlio roprosontatlvea of tho offlco of tho supervlslng arch lect of tho Treasury wlll como horo. wlll look over tho grouml nnd mnktt such recom mondatlons aa ho may aeo flt for| t"m porary lmprovomonts to Shafer bulldlng. It ls thought, nnd bollovod, that tho government wlll take possosslon of thla property on the 1st of May. Office Supplies, Pesks. Chairh, &c. BOOK-OASES, I3lank Books, Businosa Expanslons Systoms, Oivrrt Iiuloxos, Cabinefc Filos?alwnys nt lowosfc possiblo prlcos I We nro ngonfcs for Outlor'a H|gh Qrtulo Hnmlsoino Desks. BOUTHERN STAMP AND* BTATIONERY COMPANY, Twelye-Slx Maln Street, (OiJfiUOurFurnitur* ZQ per cmt, Aqvw JhtmGtiim, Jhat's M. Cohen's Store Is Inviting. . .. There aro thousatids of cheerful gOods of ovcry ckss with enough of underprices to mako good shopping vory interesting. Cotton Bourettes Tho fac-sim.ilo of ^VoKstccl Scotch fabrics that cost $1.00 to $1.50. Tho prico of theso, in all slmdes and colorings, is 11 I-2o. Underpriced Carpets And all things for floor coverings that oomo over from tho past season, and thero aro hundreds of rolls of carpets as yot for a third olf in ordor to close stock. A Ful! New Stock of Matting Now SAMBO WEAK IN HISMIND Insanlty Among the Negroes has Increasedby Great Strides STRAIN OF LIFE SEVERE ExcessesUnbridled Passions Indulgen cesand the Anxiety of Getting Food and Clothing, Existencefn Unsanltary Hovela Have Fllled Asylum. Edltor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch: Slr,?Replying to your letter of recent date, asklng me to glve my views and the results of my observatlons as to tho Increase of lnsanltay ln Vlrglnla, &c, and how the Increase ln this State compares wlth that In other States, I submlt tho followlng: For obvlous reasons, statlstlcs regardlng Insanlty cannot be absolutely accurate, but tho flgures whlch I shall glve, comlng from as rellable sources as are availablo, may be consldered falrly correct and answer all practlcable pur poses: A careful study of the Informatlon fur nlshed from the publlshed hospltal re ports must lead to the Inevitable con cluslon that, during the past thlrty years, Insanlty in both races h'asTlncreased in this and other States at a morc rapld rato than has.the genoral population. Thore are differences or dlscrepancles between tho figures given in the hospital reports and thoso given in the census reports, whlch cannot be adjusted. Unfortun ately we have no absolultely rellable sys lem of reglstration of tho lnsane.. How ever, the flgures representlng the In? crease of Insanlty wlll not be fallaclous enough to vltlate Uhem to any great ex tent. THE NEGRO INSANE. December 17, 1SC9, General Canby, mill tary Governor of Vlrglnla. ordered that "all the colored lnsane at the Eastorn Lunatlc Asylum. at AVllliamsburg, bo transferred at once to Howard's Grove Hospital, near .Rlchmond, and that all the lnsane of tho samo class conflned ln the county or corporatlon jalls of tho State be ln like mahner sent to that hos? pital." The followlng year Howard's Grove Hospital was Incorporated as a State lnstltutlon. In 18SS the instltutlon was re-establlshed near Petersburg. The offlclal rocords at the hospjital show that February 1, IS70. thero wore ln the hos? pital 123 lnsane negroes. In the follow? lng November tho rocords show that there were 147 in the hospital, and many cases had been rejected during the year on account of lack of sufltclent accom modntlons. November, 1SS0, the number ln the hospital was 326, and no appli catlons were on flle; October. 1893, there were 654, and October, 1900, 1,023 lnsane negroes were offlclally roported to be ln the State. Altogethor thero have been, admltted to tho hospital, up to the closo of the last flscal year, 3,799 .persons, or 4,734 cases, 935 havlng been admltted two or moro tlmes. From 1870 to 1S80. 495 persons, or flrst admlsslon cases, wero rocelved?an average of 49 a year; from 1SS0 to 1S90, 1,101 wero rocolved?an tiverago of 110 a year; from 1890 to 1900, 1,512 were rocelv? ed?an averago of 125 a year. From Oc? tober, 1900, to October, 1902, 500 lnsane ne? groes, who had never bofore hnen ad judged lnsane (new cases) wero sent to this hospital. At this tlme wo havo 1,005 under caro and only throe are reported lo bo outsldo of the lnstltutlon. At tho end of each of sovonteen out of thlrty-two yoars, howovor. tho number of lnsano negroes reportod In Jall nnd olso whero awaltlng admlsslon, vnrlod from 24 (the smallest numbor) ln 3S74. to 115 (tho lorgest number) In 1900. How many becamo lnsane, but for lack of room or othor causos, wero not rocolved ln tho hospital, ls past flndlng out, as no record prlor to 1S!)0 was preserved. The number, howover, if nddcd, would mako consld ornblo dlftercnco In the percontago of in croaso. A GREAT INCREAS10. From 1870 to 1880 tho rato of Increase (conslderlng flrst ndmlsslons only) was about 122 per cont. Really, tho propor mothod of ostlmatlng tho increaso ls ,to tnl?o tho numbnr of new cases occurrlng onch year. Tho consus enumerntlon In 1870 wna so Imporfect thnt I attompt no comparlson wlth tho reportod Incroaso In tho genoral population for that porlocl, From 18S0 to 1890 tho negro population, flfcnrdlng to tho census, Increasod Iess than ono per cont., whllo tho rato of in oroaso ln Insanlty, ln that rnce, was 110 por cent. Tho incroaso ln tho number of new or flrst admlsslon onses, rocelved nt tho hospital during tho porlod between 1890 and 1900, ovor that botwoon 1880 and 1890, was noarly 40 por cent. From 1890 to 1900 tho nogro population Increasod nt the ruto of only 3-9 por cent., whllo tho rato of Inoreaso of Insanlty was 52 per cent. From the best Informatlon I cnn got nnd from data nt this Instltutlon, It seems that In 1870 thero was ono lnsano nogro ln about 3,000 of tho nogro population; ln 1880, oiio In 1937; and ln 1890, ono ln 042; and in 1900, ons- In 645. It wlll bo obsorved that the perlod be twoen 1890 and 1C00 showed Ioss Increase ln Insanlty and moro In genoral popula? tion thau for olther of tho provloim do cades; but, on the othor hand, lt appeara from Uio recorda kopt thnt a much larg cr number of persons woro rofusecl ad? mlsslon during that porlod, on account of lack of room ln tho hospital than during olther of tho provloua dooadea. As far as could bo nscortnlnod, during the flsoal yoar ending Octobor,, 1898, 03 nogroos adjudged lnsane, olther dled, or woro dlachargod aa cnred beforo thoy could be admltted, on account of laek of room, or, belug Idlots or linbocllea, were refused admiaslonj Jn 1897 thoro wero 73 such casosj ln 1898, 40; ln 1809, 90; and in 1900, 85, Slnce March, 1000, when, on nccount of tho over-crowdod condltlon;of all tho hos pltala and the accuniulntlon In the Jalls of the Insane, many of whom woro doubt less acuto and curablo cases, the law was arrlendcd so as to prevent harmless de nienta and dotarda belng pushed off on tho hospltiils to the oxcluslon of cases roally insane nnd in urgent nood of prompt treatmont. At that, tlme (March 1900) there were noarly four hundrod pcr sons, ono hundrcd and soventy-elght of whom wcro nogrooa, secklng ndmiaslon to the hospltals. Slnce tho enactment ot that law not half ao many persons, whoso mlnds had become onreebled and bodles docrepid slmply as results of old age, havo sought or galned resldonce ln thls hospltal, and prevcnted many acuto cases, as formerly, from gottlng Into tho hospltals. I presumo the snme ls true aa to tho hoshpltals for the whlte Insano. Cpnaetiuently we have beon able to re celve moro promptly than formerly tho acuto caBes of bisanlty?hofore their malady bocame chronlc and Incurnblo. Our recovery rate has Increaaed mator inlly, because more promptly a caso ot lnsanlty Is treatcd the better aro tho chances for recovery. BECAME GOOD CIT1ZENS. An Increased number of cases, instead of belng permanent charges upon the State, has been sent forth as producora and tax-payers. The law, furthermoro, has tended tomake the Instltution a hos? pltal ln realltv as well as In nnmc?a place for tho cure of mental dlseasos and not slmply ono for custodlal care, such ns is a home for the aged and infirm or a poor-house. That lnsanlty In tho nogro was rarely known beforo tho Clvll War, there is no iiueatiort. At the closo of the war there were about 25 Insane nogroes In the Eastem Hospltal. Thero were doubtless aeveral kept on tho plantatlons. Tho census for 1S50 reported 201 In the entlre State, or one ln 5.000 of the general negro populatton; In 1S60, there were reported 166. or ono In nearly 7,000. Porhaps many Idlots. imbeciles and eplleptlca were in cluded- ln thoae enumeratlona. At any rate, those flgures are unrollable. Thore aro about thlrty tlmes aa many insane negroes in the State now as there woro in 1S66. From 18S0 to the present tlme the rate of Increase of inaanity In tho negro in thla State' haa been nearly 220 per cent., whlle the negro populatlon haa IncreaBed In that perlod less than two per cent., ac cordlng to tho censua. From rellablo sourcea, lt la clear that the Incroaae of inaanity ln the negro In the other Southern Statea hns been about aa great as lt has been In Virglnla, The Superlntendents and physlcians ofvthe other Southern hospltals where tho inT sa'ne negroes are carod for havo publlshed papers showlng thls concluslvoly. The causos ot thls phenomenal Increase of mental dlseases In the negro race, may bo summed up about as follows: It Is a result as well as an lndlcation.of progressive race degenoration. During slavery the negroes were uaually undor atrlct but klnd dlsclpllno and moral and rogular habits were enforced; they llved ln cloan and hyglonlc surroundlngs, woro well fod and nourlshed wlth wholeaomo food, wero comfortably clothed, led sys tematlc, rogular Ilves, had no mental wor rloa and nnxletlos, and no rcsponsibllltles, to speak of.. In short, thoir h'ablta, sur roundlnga and ^every-day llfe wero all conduclvo to phyalcal health and strongth and contontmont. MASTBRS WERE KIND. Whethor from selflsh and morcenary or from humane conslderations, owners took tho greateat palna ln carlng for their slavea In alckneas, tho famlly or planta tlon doctor belng called to rellovo oven trlvlal allments, nnd at all tlmos their phyalcal woll-bolng waa carefully lookod aftor. Wlth emancipation enmo unchocked su porstltlons, unbrlndled appotltes and pas alons, dlaalpatlon, excesses nnd vlces, bad habits vlolatlon of tho laws of hoalth, ir rogular llvlng. Indolence, povorty,' prlva tlon, &c, and as a consoquonco tho negro Boon began to loso vltallty, to tako on a woakor constltntlon. nnd honco he bo? en mo a ready proy to dlseasoa such as Inaanity and consumptlon. Tho respon alblllty and montnl slraln Incldont to carlng for hlmself havo also boon slgnlfl cant factors ln tho cnusntlon of lnsanlty. Tho negro bolng an omotlonnl oreaturo, tho preasuro of oxclloment nnd the wonr and tear of excessos havo boon too much for hlm. Forniorly the country or tho farm was tho abldlng placo of most of tho negroes. Thoro thoy led an out-door llfe ln a puro, hoalth-glvlng ntmosphoro. Slnce tho war thoy havo. In a largo moas uro, flocked to the oltlos nnd towns nnd takon up quartors genornlly In crowdod. unsanltary and unhoalthy apartmonta. where conatltutlonnl dlseasoa aro rondlly contraoted and trnnamltted. Froquontly thoir.placoa of ahodo aro vorltablo hot beds of dogonoracy. Boforo tho war herodlty was not a factor ln tho cnusntlon of lnsanlty In tho nogro, but now that predlapoalng cnuao haa bocomo one ot conaldornblo conacquonco. Thero la ovory reason to fon/r that ln? sanlty aa woll ns tuboroulosls In tho no? gro wlll contlnuo to inoronso undor oxist Ing condltlnns, nnd probably at a moro rapld rate than herotoforo. To provldo for thla ovor-increnslng nrmy of Irro sponaiblo unfortunatea ls a sorloussproblom whloh confnnta tho Suuthorn States, both from a snclologlcnl and nn economic standpolnt, THE WIHTE INSANE. Aa to tho Incroaae of lnsanlty ln tho whltoa, tho Informatlou n.id tho data avallablo ln the annual roports and elso whoro ahow that thore has beon Incroaso out of proportlon to tho Incroaso ln tho gonoral whlto populatlon. At tlie clnae of tlio flacal yoar, W>, thoro woro 551; 18S0, 779-a galn or 228. Oc tober, 1S90, 1,253-a galn of 471. Octobor J, 1900, 1,918-a galn of 0B3 patlonts lu all tho hospltals of tho Stato for tho whilo Insano. From 1870 to 1880, J.760 casoa woro admlttod to thoso InstltiiUons; from 1880 to 1830, 2,715 woro ndmltted, and from 1890 to 1900, 4,024 wero admlttod. . For tho ten yeara fvom 1880 to 1890, 9J0 moro pa? tlonts were ndmltted to tho hospltals than l'or tho p>'ovlous docado; and fl'om 1890 to 1900, 1.300 moro than for tho perlod be twoen 18S0 oiid 1890. Of courso, many of theso wero putlonta who Jju4 beeu ia <**. or other of the hospital boforo, that ls, t