The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-01
FRIDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

Inc Minnesota editors. go inclusive of
women folk, visited the Saltwater prison
yesterday. 1t was Warden Reeves Ia st
udy- IL is needless to say more than that
the visitors were well taken care Of
VI the 5,o53 names on the convict roll
there are now 517 present, Including two
females. Of the population 343 are FIRST
grade or gray suit men; 167 second grade
or check suit men, and third grade or
regular stripe suit men, Night school
attendance, 1854. -Four prisoners were re-
celVed last week, two from Ramsey
county. Twenty-eight men sleep in the
prison lot in the city cemetery, mostly
those who refused to make known their
identity, and to former friends they rest
with the unknown The prison is
scrupulously neat and the MANAGEMENT
is creditable to the state. Today ex-
Warden Wolfer resumes control
The winter now drawing to a close.
has dealt kindly with u.s. Coal and
clothing bills have been light There
were some days during which the fur
naces and stoves, like Oliver Twist. con-
tlnually asked for more" but most Of
the winter was, If not as pleasant as
many, at least as warm as March often
its. If the temperature of the coming
spring be as kindly as that Of the de-
parting winter has been the summer
England will take it's census on the
last day of this month, the 31st. 1t is
not long drawn-out political Job as in
this country. For England and Wales
10000 enumerator have been employed,
and to each will be allotted approximate
ly 300 families or 1,500 persons On
April q the result of the census will be
made known to the nation. The total
cost is estimated to be in the neighbor-
hood Of half a million dollars
Gov OdeH, the new chief executive of
New York, said at college anniversary
dinner the other night that New York
state had more lunatics than scholars
He did not say to what class he be-
lenged.
Several state legislatures have passed
bills to make the kidnapping of children
crime punishable with death. If the
death penalty shall not lead to murder
as well as kidnapping it will be occasion
for congfatulation. When England pun
ished robbery by death the burglar shot
his victim in order to get the witness
out of the way. Because Of this par
lament repealed the statute. These leg
islative spasms are seldom productive
Of good.
King Edward speaks of my subjects"
This is a pleasant and amiable fiction
He has no subjects. The people rule
through parliament. Edward is king of
the British people, not of Great Britain
distinction emphasized by the French
nation ,swhen they made Louis Philippe
king Of the French people"-but mot
king of France And the trend is all
away from imperial sovereignty, there
not being one autocratic state in all
Europe. A great change this from past
not very distant, when autocracy was the
rule and popular sovereignty only an iri-
descent dream
Austria is the only country in the
world which never puts woman in pris-
on. Instead of giving the woman GRIM
inal so many months in jail she is sent.
no matter what her crime may be nor
what her record may be, to one or other
of the converts devoted to the purpose
and there she is kept during the time
| for which she is sentenced. The-convent
| is not a mere prison in Disguise tho
! only bar to escape being nun, who acts
as porter just as in other converts
1t was year ago today that Buffers
| army relieved Ladysmith, the Beers re-
| firing from the siege.
| Some wealthy reformers in Switzerland
| are trying to Offset the saloons with
| temperance restaurants and resorts AL
ready over 800 are in operation in the
principal cities. Refreshments are served
and amusements furnished at small
charge.
Gen. E. S. Otis recently made public
his opinion concerning the Philippines. 10
his view-and there are plenty who agree