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luc gnson iti iu - *. THURSDAY. HAY 21, 1«03. PRISON OFFICIALS. BOARD OF CONTROL. 8. W. LEAVETT, Chairmad - - - Litchfield J. A. MARTIN, St. Cloud O. B. GOULD, - -- -- -- - Winona H. W. WRIGHT, - - - .Secretary REBIDENT OFFIOIALB. HENRY WOLFER, ------ warden J. 8. GLENNON, - - - - Deputy Warden M. C. COLLIGAN, - - Asst. Deputy Warden H. W. DAVIS, - Clerk and Accounting Officer F. M. BORDWELL . - - - - - steward B. J. MERRILL, ------- Physician MISS MARY MCKINNEY, - - - - Matron S. J. KENNEDY, - - - Protestant Chaplain CHARLES CORCORAN, - Catholic Chaplain PRIBON AGENT. J. Z. BARNCARD, - St. Paul. TO INHATKS. For the Information of new arrivals and all others desiring to send Thb Mirror to friends we wish to say that the privilege will be granted by complying with the following rules: Write out your own name, register and ceil number and send to this offlc e with name and address •f person to whom paper Is to be sent. Each paper must be kept clean and folded In the same manner as It is when you receive *t and placed In your door every Friday night. All In mates are requested to comply with thls'order whether sending out a copy or not. LOCAL NEWS. NOTICE—The usher has in his possession a letter addressed to Mrs. Anne Young, Devonshire, England, which lacks the right sig nature. The writer must make his identity known to the authorities before the letter will be mailed. Daring a practice drill one day last week the firemen inadvertently turned the hose on Guard Phil brook, driving him into his house. Owing to the breaking of the follower, the big engine has been out of commission for the past week. The head of the piston is also damaged. The accident oc curred last Thursday, and for awhile all the shops were without power. However, the small engine was soon connected with the twine shop, and since then has operated one system of the twine factory and the shoe shops. The big en gine will be running again today. Dr. Merrill’s horse got away from the man that was holding it last Friday morning and went on a tour of inspection of the prison grounds. He tipped over the car riage and ran into the alley be tween the warehouses and the shops, where he bumped up against a wagon tongue and came to a halt. The box of the buggy was smashed badly and the horse was severely cut. After the accident, Sinbad and Gypsy rescued all that was left of the running gear of t he car riage. Occupants of tlie CHveß in the north-west end of the cellhouse were treated to a display of fire works Tuesday morning that would make the most elaborate brocken scene ever staged look like a Quak er picnic. Defective insulation or too high power burned out one of the incandescent lamps and then the current burned up the wire. The brilliant illumination was ac companied by a tine, lusty hiesing and spitting noise and was alto gether a most unique exhibition. The fire department failed to break any records last week. They made one run to shop A in nine and three-fourths minutes, accord ing to Guard Philbrook’s watch. The chautau- Four good papers qua Meeting'. were read at the meeting of the local Chautauqua circle Sunday afternoon. The discussion, on the whole, was also pertinent and interesting, altho one excellent paper failed to elicit any comment, and the musical number was received with enthu siasm. One new member was ad mitted. Two were absent. A paper on the “Society of Ancient Wisdom” was the firet number on the program. It dealt with the Oriental organization devoted to the fostering of the “brotherhood of man” idea. It wae a well written essay and was also well read. “The Old and the New” was the title of the next report, a paper dealing with certain interpreta tions of the United States consti tution. It was discussed to some length. A vocal solo, “In the Heart of the Mighty Deep,” fol lowed. A class report having for its subject Joan of Arc came next. This paper was well written and was read clearly and distinctly. It occasioned a good deal of dis cussion. The last number on the program was a paper on “Civic Reform,” after which came the report of the critic and a few mo ments of general discussion. Movement of Seven prisoners Prison Population, were released and six were received during the week. Of those going out, two were re leased on parole, O. S. C., 5451, and J. 8., 5461. The following were discharged: O. M. 8., 5636; T. D., 5285; M. F. R., 582; F. C., 927, and M. K, 5374 There are 575 inmates, graded as follows: First, 391; second, 171, and third, thirteen. school closes After eight months for the Summer. Q f profitable study, the prison night school closed last Friday evening for the summer. It will reopen on or about September 15. It is admitted by all that the past season was the most prosper ous in the history of the institu tion. School opened September 15, 1902, with 132 pupils. The highest attendance at any one session was 166, the lowest after the first was 145, and the average was 154. The average compulsory attendance was 38, voluntary 116. There were 103 sessions. D|fing the year the medical department temporarily excused 117 and permanently ex cused one, while the Deputy per manently excused sixteen and temporarily excused 37. Seventy three new pupils were enrolled during the year, and 35 were dis charged from the institution. Eighteen men were reported for breaches of institutional rules in the schoolroom and four for indo lence and lack of interest in school work. As in former years, the school has been under the direction of Professor Darius Steward, super intendent of the Stillwater public schools. His assistants were four teen teachers chosen from among the inmatea The course has in cluded classes from the lowest primary grades to advanced book keeping. Discipline has been preserved in the schoolroom by Deputy Warden Glennon, Assistant Depu ty Warden Colligan and Guards Bergeron, Alexander, Walsh, White and Backland, who have at tended every session. In closing the school for the summer Friday evening, the Depu ty thanked the guards and teachers for their loyal support and work. Speaking to the men, Mr. Glennon said: “When school opened last fall, I*placed you men on your honor to maintain good order and work hard. I am glad to be able to say that you have lived up to my ex pectations of you and that not a single serious breach of the rules has occurred during the year. In fact, excellent discipline has pre vailed. For this I wish to thank you. You have worked well and made good progress and if there is anything I can do to help you along, in conformity with the rules of the institution, I want to do it. I mean that. “The books will be taken from your cells to be inventoried, but will be returned to those who wish to continue their studies dur- ing the summer. Make a list of the books you want and give it to your keeper in the shop, and I will see that the books are plaoed in your cell. We have had a pros perous year, and once more I thank you.” When asked for an expression of opinion regarding the term, Mr. Colligan said: “I think the school has made a most creditable show ing. Every one has taken an in terest in the work and good dis cipline has prevailed. lam much pleased with the work.” “This has been the most pros perous year in my experience of the school,” said Professor Steward. “Both pupils and teachers have taken an unflagging interest in the work and as a result marked progress has been 6hown. More absolutely illiterate men attended school this year than for several seasons and they have forged ahead rapidly. The teachers have done well and so have the pupils.” MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. (Continued from page four.) The arbitrary methods and poor service in a large number of cases of private ownership have been overcome and in every case at a greatly reduced cost and in a num ber of cities, such as Detroit, at one-half of the former cost. It is a serious statement to make, that the people cannot manage their own plants. If they cannot be de pended upon to do this, what be comes of our theory of govern ment, a government by the people? If they cannot handle matters in which they are directly interested, how can they vote upon grave questions of tariff and finance? And yet it has been the experience of this country, that the people, when called upon to dictate serious questions, seldom if ever make a mistake. The public,ownership of public utilities seems to be the only method of doing away with the scandals constantly arising over the granting of new franchises or the renewal of old ones —scandals which are a constant menace to the moral welfare of every com munity. It would not be true to contend that there are no draw backs in the operation bf munic ipal ownership. The question is: Is it not an improvement over private ownership? Allowing for the imperfections, none of which are without a possible remedy, and considering the countless trou bles and dishonesty of private ownership, it seems clear that the course for the people to pursue is to gain control of their plants as soon as possible. Under this sys tem every man in a town feels that he is a partner, and will be full of pride and zeal for the suc cessful operation of the plants. BASEBALL. Standing of the Clubs In the National and American Leagues, and American Association, Hay 20. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Won. Lost. Per Ct. New York 17 8 .680 Chicago 19 9 .679 Pittsburg 18 12 .600 Boston 13 11 .542 Cincinnati is li .542 Brooklyn 13 14 .481 Philadelphia 8 19 .296 St. Louis 7 22 .241 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won. Lost. Per Ct. Chicago 15 9 .625 Philadelphia 15 11 .577 Boston —l3 12 .520 Detroit 12 12 .500 Cleveland . ll ll .500 St. Louis 10 ll .476 New York 10 14 .417 Washington 9 15 .875 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Won. Lost. Per Ct. Milwaukee 15 8 '.662 Indianapolis 15 0 .625 St. Paul 12 9 .571 Kansas City 12 ll .522 Louisville 12 12 .500 Columbus 12 14 -462 Toledo .......ll 15 .428 Minneapolis 6 17 .261 HELIOGRAMS. BY A. I. B. AND F. Jtt. When a man begins to realize how little he knows, it is a sign that he is getting wiser. Many a man orders a divorce suit before lie has paid for hi& wedding suit. The young man who seeks a continual round of pleasure is often sought for by his landlady to make him square his board bill. A dollar hidden away in an old stocking is worth two in the till of a faro bank. When women become armed with the ballot in one hand and a rolling pin in the other, the lords of creation will have to take to the tall timber. A term in prison is a rubber ring upon which a wise man will cut his wisdom teeth. A fellow who was recently sent here for shoving the queer is now industriously employed pushing a one-wheeled automobile. The wisdom teeth appear in the human jaw at about the age of twenty and the only use the average young man makes of them is to chew the rag. The coal dealer is never a hen pecked man as he always insists on having his own weigh. It is said that the Earl of Yar mouth dislikes his wife’s pet poodles, but it is evident that he is dead stuck on her boodle. An eastern clergyman says the quiet people are the happiest. If this is true, there must be a bunch of Happy Hooligans in this vicini ty. A bride, on being asked by the minister if she took the groom for better or for worse, replied that he hadn’t better be worse than she took him for. Most of the women who go shopping in the matrimonial mar ket, start in the silk department and end np at the remnant conn ter. Wonder why they whitewashed my cell? It wasn’t any too large. The bubble fame thut is blown with the pipe of falsehood gener ally collapses when picked with the pin of veracity. A temperance advocate in Kan sas who was seen sneaking ont of the back door of a speak-easy ex plained that he entered the place just for a blind, but the temperance people believe he went into the place to get an eye-opener. G. J. Aba Dah can throw bouquets as gracefully as a flower girl. A low standard of morals often follow in the wake of high society. One of the delegates to the mothers’ congress says that the best missile for a woman to throw at her husband is the flower of kindness. She may be right, but the average woman will cling to the opinion that there is much more persuasive power in the rol ling pin and flat iron. Most men who get in trouble are the architects of their own misfortunes. It often happens that a young man egged on by his fond mamma takes to the stage, and it just as often happens that the same young man is egged off by the public. Some woman have no music in their souls and less in their voices. • • S STORYETTES. j * • • • new Florida Sport. Automobiling is the fad at the Fiori> da winter resorts. The wide, level beach, skirted by waving palms and warmed by the soft breezes of the gulf stream, is populous with the modern “horseless carnage” dartiug to and fro_ Every kind of automobile is here, from the single seated steam “runabout” to the electric “tallyho.” This year the residents seem to be specially “auto mad,” for, not content with the ordinary methods of applying power to wheels, they have invented speed appliances applicable to all kinds of machines, even going so far as to at tach sails to three wheels, after the manner of the northern iceboat, or to fasten sails to the handlebars of the common or “garden” bicycle. It would seem as tho all the world were on'wheels on the Florida beach,, says a Kansas City Star correspondent, and when one takes into consideration the admirable adaptability of the beach to automobiling one can somewhat understand the origin of the new fad. .Nowhere in the world can one fnd a more perfect road for the speedy auto mobile. There are no hills or rocks to fear, no gullies to break the springs and throw you out, and no narrow, congested thoroughfares full of teama to disconcert you. Even the most timid of chauffeurs finds courage enough to run his motor at the highest speed from end to end of the natural highway—the paradise for wheelers—the beach. From Day tona to Ormond the beach is 500 feet wide and 30 miles long, and as smooth and hard as a floor. So hard is it that the great tallyho, capable of seating; 50 persons, hardly leaves its wheel mark to indicate the places over which 5,000 pounds of throbbing machinery has passed. It is an ideal race course and the place where world’s records will be made in the future. When the wind is from the north the sailing bicycles and “tropical are always out in force. It is a com mon thing to see a bicycle with a sail going before the wind for a 30-mile spin down the coast without touching a pedal—and the railroad brings the bicycle rider and sail safely home at night. It reminds one of that famous story of Stockton where a man took a nautical friend out driving, both be ing nearly drowned by the breaking of a bridge over a lake, and the next day they went out boating, and in being towed through a canal the horse ran away. They were nearly drowned while driving and had a runaway while Bailing. So-it is possible on this en chanted beach to have a shipwreck on a bicycle, or, if your steering gear breaks and you run into the ocean, to be nearly drowned on a “topical ice boat.” So many automobiles, both racing machines and private pleasure car riages, have come to Florida, to use the beach track this year that at Daytona, a club has been especially formed. Bridges have been erected over the soft sand at the edge of the beach in many places, so that the automobile can get to the hard sand from the road without difficulty. There are few or no ill ef fects discernible. One of the most curious inventions,, seen on the beach track every day when the wind is in the proper quarter, is the “auto ship.” It is the property and. the child of the brain of E. D. Mills. It is neither an automobile nor an electric launch, nor yet a sailboat. It uses no steam, gasoline or electricity. It is propelled by the wind and is capable of great speed. It is practically a “trop ical iceboat.” There is a frame of wood, with two side wheels and a tiller wheel, in the stern, and a mast and single sail is set on the frame between the wheels.. Those who have operated iceboats up north who try this strange creature of the air and land say that the sensation of riding in it, or on it, is similar to that which one experiences on an ice boat. It comes as near to fiying as anything does which is not flying.—Ex. Tirtarms in Russia. As an illustration of how closely everything is watched in Russia, take their system of registering firearms. When a weapon of any kind is pur chased a permit must be secured from the local authorities. The name of the man who makes the purchase, with the number of the weapon, is recorded. If the purchaser ever wants to dispose of the weapon he must notify the au thorities and cause the transfer to be recorded on the books of the firm which, sold it—Ex.