St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-14

suffers more or less from the effects of
! gunshot wounds received when they
were hunted from county to county as
wolves are hunted in the forest
There are many other noted charac-
tiers at the prison serving from one to
| twenty years, and among them are
| some of the cleverest and most daring
crooks in the country. Some of them
are old and decrepit and their locks are
as white as the snow, while others
have not yet attained the age of man.
! hood, and their boyish faces appeal to
those who visit the institution.
THE DAILY ROUTINE
of the Minnesota prison is not unlike
that of other institutions of a similar
character, and the rules are so simple
that it is not necessary for any one to
be reported for breach of discipline
or an infraction of the rules after he
has been there a few days. In the
summer time the first gong rings at
a. M, when all inmates are required to
get up and get ready for breakfast.
AS the cell doors open the men on each
gallery take their night buckets ana
pass out. Leaving the buckets stand
ing at given point, they pass into the
dining rooms and finish their break
fast in time to begin work at o'clock.
They march to the shops in gangs and
each man marches to his bench or desk
and begins work at a given signal.
At noon they return to the cell
house and are locked up in their cells
where they get ready for dinner, which
is served in the two large dining rooms
at 1925. Supper is served in the cells
at p. M, and after supper they are
allowed to read ana smoke until 8
o'clock when taps" is sounded and
every inmate is compelled to retire.
They are not allowed 20 sit up after
that hour, and if found out of bed are
reported Each inmate receives four
| ounces of tobacco per week, and those
who desire to smoke have their pipes
lighted by means of a torch, no matches
being permitted. The prison has a
carefully selected library, and each
prisoner is allowed the use of the
books. There are no sensational or
highly colored books, but the library
consists largely of books of travel and
standard works of fiction. Each in
mate indicates his choice of books and
they are delivered in the cells.
THE FOOD SERVED
is wholesome and well cooked, the bill
of fare being changed daily. For in
formation a sample bill of fare is
given:
Sunday - Breakfast - light biscuit,
brown bread, baked beans, butter,
syrup and coffee. Dinner-Roast pork,
gravy dressing, mashed potatoes, GU
cumber pickles, lettuce, cheese. gra-
ham cakes and coffee.
Observation-Disclosures bacon.
gravy, steamed potatoes, bread and
coffee. Dinner-Corned beef, pork and
beans, cucumber pickles and bread.
Supper-Fig sauce, bread aud tea
hash, syrup, bread and coffee. nin-
ner-Mutton stew, potatoes and onions,
lettuce and bread. SupDer--l.uis:n
sauce, corn bread and tea.
Wednesday Breakfast - Wiener
wurst, gravy, potatoes, bread and COT
fee. Dinner-Roast pork, gravy dress
! ing, potatoes and graham bread. Sup
per-Fig sauce, bread and tea.
-Breakfast-r'iie1 shout
der, gravy, steamed potatoes, bread
and coffee. Dinner-Irish stew, fresh
beef, potatoes, onions and bread. sup
! per-Rice and milk, bread and tea.
Friday-Breakfast-C stew, 20
tatoes, bread and coffee. Dinner-Bo-
logna sausage, pork and beans. bread
| pudding, cheese, beet pickles and bread
Supper-Tapioca and milk, bread ard
tea.
Saturday - Breakfast-Corned heee
hash syrup, bread and coffee. Din
ner-Irish stew, beef. potatoes Onions,
bread and coffee, oat meal and milk,
bread and tea.
This bill of fare is for first and Sec
ond grade men, and the third grade
men, who are compelled to take all their
meals in their cells, are deprived of
all small delicacies
About 260 men are employed in the
nd
shops, 76 in the Irvine factory and the
remainder in various departments.
THE PAROLE SYSTEM.
In the last biennial report of War
den Wolfer, that gentlen4n speaks
as follows Of the parole system and
discipline of the institution:
THE grading and parole system has
been in force in this institution long.
enough to fully demonstrate its bene-
fetal results. Since its inauguration
marked change for the better is gem
orally observed among the inmates.
They are more cheerful, and comply
more readily with the rules and regu-
lauons of the prison. With increased
/ experience it grows more in favor In
the admirable working order of this
| system, we have ample proof that the
| tional prison congress at Baltimore. to
the effect that all prisons should be re-
formatorieS in so far as they may be
made so by applying the best reforma-
tory methods, is unassailabIe There
is no doubt that nearly all men, no
matter how old in crime, can be bene-
flied at least by judicious use of the
| grading system, While the parole opens
up for the deserving a chance to work
! out his own salvation under conditions
that must, by their very nature, quail
! fly him the better to meet anew the
! responsibilities of citizenship.
DISCIPLINE.
'The discipline of the prison as re-
| CARDS the inmates has been good the
past two years, with a tendency, 1
think, to a gradual Improvement.
That is to say, the necessary standard
is kept up with less punishment and
with greater harmony than one or two
! years ago, which gives us grounds for
the hope that we may continue to
| make progress in our efforts to main
tain a rational and humane standard
of prison discipline. 1t is our aim to
fix standard of discipline that will
command, at all times and under all
| cohuIlIoIS, q ready and cheerful ODE
dience to all rules and regulations of
the prison, and at the same time carry
with it the good will and support of
all well-disposed prisoners. We have
few serious breaches of discipline. In
consequence, few severe punishments
are necessary. By looking over our
punishment records you will notice
that severe punishments have greatly
decreased in number; that aggravat-
ing breaches of discipline, such as fight
ing, melting to insurrection, refusing
to work, insolence, willful disobedience
and the like, have greatly diminished
The only method of punishment in
vogue is confinement in the solitary
on a reduced diet; the deprivation OF
| privileges with grade standing. Cor
poral punishment is never inflicted un-
der any circumstances"