St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-04

Quarterly Meeting CT State Board
OF Corrections and Charities
Two Fatal A ccidents at Roches-
ter Asylum Diiated Upon-:n-
situations Generally in Good
Running Order.
At the quarterly meeting OF the state
board of corrections and charities, held
yesterday in Secretary Harris office at
the capitol, there were present Gov.
Nelson, MIR. AmundSon, of st. Peter;
Maj. Bracket, Minneapolis; j. II. Rich.
Red Wing; Hon. J. B. Wakefield. Blue
Earth City; DIR. S. q. Smith and Secrc.
tary Hart.
The latter, in his report of the institu-
tons visited during the past three
months. referred to TWO fatal accidents
which occurred at the Rochester hos
pital. One of these, as reported. was
the Jesuit of carelessness on the part OF
nurse. and the other purely an acct
dent. In the first of these cases one
patient. who was so ill as to be confined
to his bed, was abused by another and
died from the effect of the shock, and
the other was case wnere through the
negligence of nurse one patient was
allowed to bathe another, and
by using water that was too
hot the latter was scaded TO
death. To guard against accidents in
the future. many additional precautions
have beee taken, and besides the center
building at Rochester is rebuilding. and
many improvements are adding.
The present number of people in the
state prison at Saltwater is 500, the
largest i'll its history, and while the dis
cipllne is good there is not sufficient
work fer all. a shoe factory has been
started. and this will give employment
10 great many more. The same
trouble, lack of work, exists at the re-
form school.
MI. Hart commendS the separate con-
finement system, and says THAT in the
county jailS where il exists great I'M
prOvement Is noticed.
D'he Brainerd school was referred to
as in a satisfactory condition when it
was Inspected.
Speaking of the system employed at
the Toledo hospital Tor the Insane, MIR.
Hart recommended the cottage plan
uScu tlltIt very highly.
Gov. Wakefield followed with an ac-
count of his visit 10 a large number of
STATE Institutions during the winter. On
the whole, he commended the way in
which the institutions were managed
and patients cared for, particularly
those for children. He spoke OF the
reform school. the school at Owatonna
and the Faribauit Institutions.
Resolutions were passed as follows:
10 advise Carver county commission
erS 10 proceed with the building of the
proposed new jnil: to advise Otter Tail
commissioners against the adoption of
the town system of relief; to designate
the county jails of Otter Tail, st. Louis,
Goodhue, Oimsted and Yellow Medicine
counties as district jails, tor the de-
tention of prisoners from other eoun-
ties, according 10 the law of 1898 pro-
viding for such designation by the
board.
The board voted to attend in a body
the meeting of the National Prison
association, TO be held in st. Paul.
Mr.. Maginnis. of Duluth. and Mr..
Hart were appointed to attend the ma
tional conference IF charities at Nash
vile in May. 1t was also voted to re-
quest Col. Chambers, Stale prison agent.
10 take steps to organize state prison.
ers' aidsassociation. The remainder of
the time was spent in considering rec
concentrations to be given 10 the next
legislature. The discussion was ONLY
preliminary, as it is the intention of the
board to consider all measures with
great care