The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-07

The clothes room of the laundry is being
fitted with new shelving. There will be compart-
ment for each mans clothing and it will bear his
cell number. which is also his clothes number.
When the men come in to battle each ones clothes
may now be found without the least confusion.
Every window and window casing in the west
end of the dollhouse was burned out by the paint.
shop fire. and it was decidedly cold in the cell
room for the several days before the new windows
we're put in. The roof. which was badly torn up.
has been repaired and reprinted, and all is good
as before the fire.
We received letter the other day, from a
business man in adjoining state, saying,
"Please send me THE MIRROR-must have tit
has been a great help to me- who was at one time
one of you, but. God helping me, never to be
again." 1t does good to receive such letter
from the boys who are trying to keep in the right
road.
The work of cleaning away the debris of the
paintshop fire has been going on all week, but is
far from finished yet. All the remains of separa-
tors and engines have been removed from the site,
but of little value except scrap iron. The
seven engines almost melted down. How
intense the heat is evident from the fact that
all the brass work and parts of the iron of the
chnery melted away.
The night school was closed last week for the
summer months. as will be seen elsewhere by
the Warden announcement. The scholars have
been given a fair start in the rudiments of 'beok
larnin" and if they make use of their start by con-
tinuing their studies in their cells they may do
nearly as we'll as they could iE the school room.
The closing paragraph of the Warden's notice is
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mate
Hon. ]. w. Willis, Rev. S. G. Smith. Hon.
Geo. A. Bracket and Sec. H. H. Hart the COM
mittee appointed by Governor Merriam, in accord
ance with resolution of the legislature, to in.
vestigate charges of unusual punishments said to
have been practiced in this institution. arrived at
the prison Tuesday morning. The committee was
in session all day and examined many witnesses
They will meet again in st. Paul when more evil
dence will be taken.
The Board of Managers held their regular
monthly meeting Tuesday, all the members ex-
cept Hon. ]. s. O'Brien were present. Nothing
out of the usual routine transacted. except
that resolution was adopted instructing Warden
Garvin to dispose of the binding Irvine manufact-
ured direct to the farmers of Minnesota in lots of
not less than 100 or more than 500 pounds at
time to any one individual. The Irvine is to be
sold at cost. which is fixed for the present at nine
cents per pound.
Warden T. McTague, of the state prison at
Deer Lodge. Mont, visitor to our institution
Tuesday. He has been away visiting for several
weeks. They have about 275 men in their prison.
The Montana prison is probably the only state
prison in the country where the inmates are not
put at hard labor. The inmates do no other work
than such as is required in running the prison,
but they do all kinds of tinkering for themselves.
The warden had beautifully carved with
him which was the handiwork of one of the in.
mates.