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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
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Uritte1t fr The Prison Ml1TOr.

Uritte1L fOr The Prison Mirror.
We have read with deep con-
Germ, your discussion before the
G. L. S. G. of Newberg, in New
York, the course Of which you
endeavored to delude your audi
ence, that the only reformation for
the criminal classes that was justi-
fable in the eyes of God and man,
was painless death.
In behalf of the hundreds of
thousands of my fellow unfortu-
mates who find ourselves in a de-
fenseless position against your
fiendish and barbarous sugges-
tons of putting the criminal to
death, we feel it our duty to ex-
pose you before the eyes of man.
kind, that they may know what a
foul degenerate you are.
Such theories as you expounded
before the G.. L. S. G. of Newberg
might have been expected from
some mad fanatic posing for
notoriety; but when minister of
Christ las you claim to be,) con-
descends to step from the pulpit
of Christianity to the platform of
Judas, still wearing the garb and
guise of Christian in order that
you might the better hide your
cruel nature, it is high time
that you are exposed.
It is just such fanatics as you
that cause men and women to en-
brace crime; it is just your false
teachings that have always been
the barrier to true reformation in
the criminal classes. AS a crimi-
nal myself, and for years student
of the criminal and his environ
ments, [ believe [ am more COM
petent than you, to know if refor-
nation is possible or impossible
with me; also the methods that
ought to be persued in accomplish
ing reformation.
Therefore, do you think that
when you stand in your pulpit
and exhort your Congregation to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
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entire repertory

Pierian Chautauqua Circle met
in prison chapel on Sunday Dec. 8.
President Rose called the meeting
to order at the usual hour. Thirty
three members responded to roll
call. Routine business of the
Circle took up considerable time.
Two class reports we're read: one
''The Chick adee" by a member of
class F; the other Socialism" by
member Of class E.. Both we're
excellent papers and we'll read.
The program Of entertainment
was:
..........................M Member of Glass
Chorus Observation-Disclosures. .Pierian Glee Club
'Angel GABRIEL
Paper-The Briny Deep. Member of Glass
Special Paper observations. .... ..........
Observation-Disclosures Member of Class A
Vocal Solo-Answer. ......... Member of Glass Z
The program for entertainment
was unusually good, more especi-
ally the special paper "Observa-
tons"
Warden Reeve was present and
addressed the Circle. He ex.
pressed himself we'll pleased with
the program Of the day; spoke al
some length upon the excellence
of the Chautauqua system Of
education; and assured the Circle
that he would allow every available
means Of making our efforts E
success.
At the close of the Warden's
remarks the Circle adjourned.
| KENNEDY, Secretary.
Charity is said to cover a multi
tude of sins. Did it ever strike
you that professional courtesy
might cover a multitude of crimes
Princeton Union.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

considerably enhanced if they had
participated.
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The musical selections by
Messrs. Wolff and Barrett, were
the admiration of the instrumental
loving members of this community.
The gentleman who handled the
violin, must have belonged to the
same school that produced such
men as Ole Bull, etc. His imita-
tons on the violin, although moth.
ing original, were evidence OF
painstaking preparation. Con-
sidering that these pieces are very
difficult of execution, he handled
each subject with an ease and
grace that makes it easy to dis
tinguish the master from the
novice.
TX
The visitors who witnessed our
outing in the dollhouse, must have
went away impressed with the fact
that we were nothing but lot of
children. We may have acted so:
but if they were to seriously con-
slider and realize what our life is
between holidays, they perhaps
would overlook our exhuberance
of feeling on these occasions.
~
We have listened to many a
reader Of unquestioned ability, but
never before had we the pleasure
Of being SO intensely amused as
we did in listening to Mr.. Nolan's
witticism. On Swede and Irish
dialect, Mr.. Nolan ranks among
the best readers in the country
In analysing the perfect intona.
ton Of voice, gesture and feature
of MI. Nolan, while reciting "Ole
as an Engineer" one would natur'
ally surmise that he was a thor.
oughbred Swede. Then as he re.
lated the funny experience Of Pat
in rich Irish brogue, our former
enchantment began to fade anc
the Irishman stood before us IN al
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

his prestine glory. Mr.. Nolan was
warmly applauded and if his
audience had their way, they
would have soon exhausted his
entire repertory.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
TO INMATES.

For the Information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE 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 ana cell number
and send to this offit Q with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be SENT All
papers must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive 1t and
placed in your door every Friday night. All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

We will give two plugs Of to-
bacco for any information that
will lead to the discovery Of the
man who told the Deputy Warden
that we quit smoking.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

just at present the storeroom
has an aggregation that could
easily capture the pancake in a
contest. There is a doctor. a
music prof, a Partisan tailor, "a
bishop" a Mormon elder, cripple,
and not the least of these, is
Happy Jack, the cough man.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

The PRISON MIRROR is the spic-
lest of all our exchanges. Judging
from the kind of literature coming
from the Saltwater ''Pen" and
some coming from several Of the
Twin City business Colleges, one
will soon find trouble in choosing
the place to complete his educa-
tion.-Canton Free Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

The Usher has two letters with
out signatures, one addressed to
Mrs. N. Shaw, Detroit, Mich, and
the other to Miss Julia Ollinger,
Minneapolis, MINI. To insure
prompt delivery, you should at
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Jacob in Egypt had a couple
of Bibles on his center table the
other night. Jacob must have
been expecting visit from one of
the chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Another female has been added
to our population. This brings
the total up to six, which speaks
volumes for the feminine residents
Of this state.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

WEST persons to represent us as q Managers ayers
in this and close by counties. Salary $500 year
and expenses. Straight boDa-fide, no more, no
less salary. Position permanent Our refer
ences, any bank in any town. 1t is mainly Office
work conducted at home. Reference. Enclose
self-adressed stamped envelope. THE DOMIN-
ION COMPANY, Dep. 8, Chicago.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

The Union Shoe & Leather Go.
distributed cigars among the boys
on Thanksgiving. Those who
worked in the aforesaid shops were
the recipients.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

The number that attended sick
call last Friday, was not quite as
large as usual. Those Thanks
giving turkeys must have hit the
right spot.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Noah advertised that he would
sail on a certain date, those who
did not believe in advertising were
left out in the wet during'a forty
days rain. Their post Office ad-
dress has never been learned
St. Louis NO. Humorist.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

There is one particular thing
that the sophomores are not
guilty of at this college, and that
is they do not haze the freshmen
arriving here.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
MAIL BOX.

No. 415O:- Stock jobbing is a
speculative business on the Stock
Exchange. It includes all ''time
bargains in which there is no
transference of stock, but simply a
payment Of the difference by the
buyer or seller according as the
price Of the stock at the time
appointed stands above or below
the price named in the bargain.
No. 47OO:-Yes. Private indi-
viduals formerly coined large
amounts of gold in this country.
Reid of Georgia, the Bechtlers of
North Carolina, the Mormons in
Utah, and several large banking
firms in California, did a large
business once in coming gold.
No. 4374:-Ishmael is probably
the first known warrior. He is
mentioned as an archer in Genesis
21-2O.
No. 1929: term almighty
Dollar seems to have been first
used by Washington Irving.
No. 4757:-No! The Washing
ton County Journal is mistaken
when it says that the Union Shoe
& Leather Company furnished the
cigars that were given to the in
mates of this institution on
Thanksgiving Day. They were
evidently led into making this
mistake by the fact that every
Thanksgiving for the past twenty
years the contractors of the prison
have always furnished all of the
inmates cigars. This year it was
different, "every inmate don't look
alike to the present contractors.
The present contractors Of the
Union Shoe & Leather Go. fur
nished cigars, but to the men who
are employed in the shoe factory
ONLY. The other 29O men would
have been without cigars if the
warden had not jumped into the
breach and furnished all of us
with cigars. Your other question
is impairment, it's none of your
business why they did not furnish
the rest 29O) of us with cigars, if
the two dollars and fifty cents they
would have to pay for the other
thousand cigars will help them
any, why don't let us say any
more about it.
No. 4639:-Vellum is the name
originally given to a fine variety
Of parchment made of calf skin.
Vellum is prepared from the skin
of kids, lambs and young calves
Some of the earliest printed books
were done on vellum, and some Of
the early miniature portraits were
painted on specially fine quality
Of vellum prepared from the skin
of calves prematurely born.
No. 4522:-There are 100000
acres of land under cotton in the
United States.
No. 4216:-Every language has
story of "Jack the Giant Killer
No. 4443:-The plot of Tenny-
sons poem "Enoch Arden" is as
follows: The hero is seaman
wrecked on a desert island, who
returns home after an absence of
several years, and finds his wife
married to another. Seeing her
both happy and prosperous,
Enoch resolves not to mar her
domestic peace, so he leaves her
undisturbed, and dies of a broken
heart.
No. 436O:-The first permanent
English settlement in America
was founded in 1907, at James
town, Va.
No. 459O:-The process for
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

The dollhouse keeper came very
near having serious accident one
day last week. AS he opened the
door of the crematory, flames shot
forth that trimmed up his mus
tache quicker than his barber
could have applied the lather.
We are going to conduct a perso-
nal examination into this disaster,
and see if it can produce more
satisfactory results.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Recruits for this institution
have been coming in quite steadily
during the week. For this time
of year the enlistments are above
the average.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

One of the boys told us that he
laughed so heartily on Thanksgiv-
ing Day, that he expects it will
require week or so before he can
hope to assume his former digni-
fed bearing.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

School attendance during the
past week has averaged 1853.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

We are glad that the pastry
cook didn't put any brandy in
those mince pies, as Jacob in
Egvpt'' is a prohibitionist.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

The critic at last Sundays
Chautauqua meeting would make
even a wheel on a box car laugh.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Three prodigal sons arrived here
during the week, but we're little
late to enjoy the Thanksgiving
dinner.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

j. G. Downie, of Winnipeg,
Canada, F r. Dobson, of St. Paul,
were shown the pathological fea-
lures of our institution last Mon
day by Deputy Warden Alexander.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Ham Sing Wing, or the man
not-afraid- of-his-nose, has been
slightly indisposed for several
days past. Ham is one of the
cuisine chefs in the officers
kitchen.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Sinbad wouldn't eat any mince
pie on Thanksgiving. He is a
temperance man and was afraid
there might be brandy in them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

One Of the happiest men in this
institution, is the young native
from Porto Rico. His happiness
has been caused by seeing the
snow fall, something that he never
witnessed before.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Five thousand new pots have
been received at the greenhouse.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

We haven't heard of anyone
complaining Of the govt, so that
Thanksgiving dinner must have
been all right.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Population for the week ending
Dec. 7th, 522.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

There is something growing on
the upper lip Of the assistant
librarian. They are a cross be-
tween shamrocks and potato
leaves.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Although we were informed that
some Of our home talent were 90
ing to take part in the chapel
exercises, later events proved quite
to the contrary. Still, it is our
opinion that the singing feature of
the programme could have been
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

The Board of Managers are in
session today.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 900 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Rev. s. j. Kennedy. and Rev. FIR. COrcOran
chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

While several ladies were being
conducted through our Office last
Saturday, one Of them remarked:
ooh dear, where do they get their
material for the paper?'' If
"Gooley," our pet canary bird
hadn't been perched on our arm,
we certainly would have tainted.
She must imagine that the men in
here are made out of wood.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
THANKSGIVING ECHOES

The consensus opinion of the
inmates, seems to be, that the day
was a glorious one.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

PRISON OFFICIALS.
MANAGERS.
B. F. NELSON, President = Minneapolis
EDWIN DUNN EyOta
F. W. TEMPLE Blue Earth City
A. C. WEISS, Duluth
DAVID BRONSON, Saltwater
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
G. Nice. REEVE, Warden
T. ALEXANDER, Deputy Warden
GEO. BIXBY, Clerk
BIZ MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, MatrOn
s. j. KENNEDY, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
FL WHITTIER, st. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Paul Davis, our local inventor,
has been lately employed in draw
ing up specifications for an i'm
provement on a certain bit of
machinery. He claims for his
invention that it will perform the
work of three men. Although
Paul is already living in a stone
mansion, he expects to realize con-
siderable money from the product
of his brain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

It has been noticed that the
butcher has been somewhat lame
during the past week. It is re-
ported that he was kicked while
patting one Of the big Thanks
giving turkeys on the back.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

once make yourself known to the
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Glass F, Of the Pierian Circle,
has taken up the study Of birds,
entitled, "Birds Through An
Opera Glass" Of the various
families of birds which the book
fully describes, not one is related
to the stool pigeon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

While the Mock Congress was in
session last Sunday in the Pierian
Circle, we noticed that the secre-
tary's hair came very near having
hemorrhage, by suddenly turn
ing a few shades redder.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-11

The Moana did not tow the steamer
Elihu Thompson to San Francisco.
~ Just why is not known; but the sup
position is that the Colonial-liner could
not find the missing freighter from the
Islands.
The Australia passed the Moana at
14j a. M, May 5th just outside of the
Golden Gate. Captain Carey reported
all we'll on board, but said nothing
about the Thompson. He had no vessel
in tow at the time. on the way down
the Australia saw nothing of the
Thompson.
It is expected by the local agents OF
the British-American line that tugs
were sent out promptly upon the ar
rival of the Moana to look for the
Thompson. There would be big sal
wage, making the steamer fine prize
Another theory is that the Moana
would not delay to tow the Thompson
on account of the expense. She would
have to pay SIPS an hour for each hour
the mail is delayed. In a couple of
days, which it would probably take TO
harbor the ship, this would amount to
a good sum.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-11
STOCK EXCHANGE.

Sales Between boards, so Waialua.
assessable, 110; 25 Waialua, paid up,
ITS; so Waialua, paid up, 1929; 26 Wal
alua, paid up, 1929; 500 OOkala, 221R; 20
Pioneer Mill, 42O; "a American Sugar,
paid up, 12O.
Sales: On the board. 10 Maunalei, IL;
so Kihei, 171a 40 Kihei, 17%
Bid: C. Brewer 81 Company S65;
American assessable, 65; American,
paid up, 125: Hawaiian Sugar, 220; J<a-
huku, $50; Kihei, assessable. 17&; Oahu,
291; Ookala, 90; Olowalu. 1876; Pioneer
Mill, 400; Waialua, assessable, 10, paid
up 1771a Waimanalo, 175; Wilder S. S.
Company, 100: Mutual Telephone, Is;
Government 6's, 102; Oahu Railway
bonds, 103h.
Asked: EVA, 395; Hawaiian Agrlcul-
tural Company. 2S2k Hawaiian Sugar,
230; Honokaa. 300: Kihei, assessable, 18;
paid up, 80; Kipahulu, las; Kona, as
sessable, 20; Maunalei assessable, 10h2 /;
Oahu, 300; Ookala, 23A; Paauhau. As;
Pioneer, 425. Waialua, assessable,
112k; Waialua, paid up, 1921; Wailu-
ku, S971R; Waimanalo, 1870; IL. S. N.
c.. 100; Hawaiian Electric. 200; Oahu
Railway stock, $50.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-11
SIrGAR ADVANCE

NEW YORK, May 3.-The American
Sugar Refining Company today ad-
vanced the price of all refined sugars
sold by il one-eighth of a cent per
pound. Standard granulated was plac-
ed at 3-S cents, against IA cents
yesterday and is cents "A month ago.
The move was quickly followed by all
the independent retineries. The cur
rent advance was really begun in Lon
don, where refined sugar prices have
been hardening for some days. 1t was
forced by the decided firmness in raw
sugar, which cut down decidedly the
margin of refiners' profits. Imports
of raw sugar into tire United States
during March increased 100000, 900
pounds over March, 1898, and in the
nine months since last June the in
crease was fully thousand million
hounds.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-11
MURDER CASE NOW ON PEACE CONFERENCE FAILS
GENERAL OTIS WILL NOT RECOG-
NIzE FILIPINO GOVERNMENT.
Emissaries After Some Farley Throw
off Their Pretense and Admit They
Come From Aguinaldo Himself.

MANILA, May 3.-Noon. The sec
ond conference held this morning be-
tween General Otis and the Filipino
peace emissaries terminated without
any definite results.
MANILA, May 2.-6:05 p. m.-Major
Manuel Afguelezs and Lieutenant Jose
Bernal of the staff of General Antonio
Luna, returned here today to renew
and press the request of General Luna
for a cessation of hostilities. They have
found the field of labor a most uncon-
genial one, The two officers were re-
ceiYed in conference with Major Cen
eral Otis.
The PROPOSALS which they had to sub
nit differed but slightly from those
which they brought from the Filipino
commander in the first place. They
desired little time i'm which to sum-
mon Congress, and expressed themsel-
YES as being confident that the. Con-
gress will decree peace, because the
people desire it. They represent that
Aguinaldo is without power to surrend-
er the army, and that the Congress
must decide that question. Incidentally
the Filipino ENJOYS asserted that Agul-
naldo had not yet made fair test of
his strength against the American for
ces, because only one-third of his army
had been assembled together.
The envoys will see General Otis
again tomorrow. They will sleep to-
night i'm Manila. They lunched with
General Macarthur at his headquar-
ters on a car of the armored train at
Calumpit before going to Manila.
MANILA May 8, s p. m.-The Fill
pino envoys have abandoned the pre-
tense under which they came to Gen
eral Otis. that they represented Gen.
eral Antonio Luna. and today they an
nounced that they came as representa-
tives of Aguinaldo himself. The TWO
emissaries used all their wiles to secure
q reply from General Otis to the letLel
from Senior Mabini, Aguinaldo's prime
minister and minister of foreign affairs
n the dictators cabinet. which they
presented to General Otis yesterday,
but General Otis refused to make any
reply on the ground that to do so would
be equivalent to a recognition of the
so-caIed government of the Filipinos
Mr.. Schurman, the president of the
United States Philippine Commission,
expresses the opinion that the inter
views accorded by General Otis to the
Filipino representatives Will have a
| good moral effect as tending to con-
| vince Aguinaldo's representatives that
| the American authorities mean to give
the Filipinos a good government, ant
not one VI sthe Spanish sort. Certainly
it has had a civilizing influence in in
| ducing them to observe the amenitie:
of war and consent to the Americans
| furnishing food for American prison
! ers.
| The exodus of natives from the In
| surgent lines continues.