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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

hand; for potatoes his knife and for meat
his fork and all are allowed all they
want to eat. For water the cup is held
up and for coffee the cup and saucer.
Drilled in Open Air.
About half an hour is allowed for
breakfast. then, if the weather is fne,
they are all marched out and drilled in
the open air for about half an hour. Att
er the drill is over work in the shoe
shop the tailoring department, the stone
cutting shop, or wherever the particu-
lar work of each boy lies. continues until
11.45 when the yare all marched in once
more, this time for dinner. An hour is
allowed before work is resumed. ana
then at labor for the day is over, eX-
cept for the farm boys who have, Of
course, the ordinary work of attending
to the stock, etc, as is necessary on all
farms Supper is eaten in the cells. AMI
usually consists of coffee. bread. cheese,
syrup, etc. After this. every other night.
the boys march up to the school room.
which is held in the dining room. ana
the Intervening nights they study tIeiI
lessons for the next evening. This is
for boys who can read and write. but
for those who are more backward six
afternoons a week are devoted to school
work. SO that all the boys leaving there
can read and write, if they never did
before, and they have learned a good
trade. These backward boys, some OF
whom can read and write in their own
language, but are foreigners who cannot
speak English, work in the Industrial de-
partments in the morning. and come to
their school work in the afternoon There
are at present in this primary school
department. some twenty boys and young
men.
AS for the trades, boy first coming
in is put at one and another until that
is found which best suits him, and Tic
list is both long and varied for snch1all
institution and comprises the following:
Blacksmithing, electrical engineering,
tinsmithing, plumbing, steamfitting,
stonecutting, engineering, farming, talor-
ing, shOemaking, carpentering paintirg
and glazing. $500
For those who desire to learn farming
there is fine farm of $40 acres, where
all the potatoes, hay and corn for the
| use of the institution is grown, and a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02


the case On al the state farms, and the
lack of snch5A DaFson has caused ire
quent unfavorable comment as to the
management Yf these farms But here
| the boys Wild learn farming learn the
proper rotation of crops and the various
devices and improvements according to
the latest scientific methods in use in
modern agricultural
Cooking ana baking are done here by
the inmates, and the boys are taught the
latter as trads.neA large rotary eeven
IS used, and some t125 loaves. a day IS
baked, each loaf weighing two and 4
half points APP Elie laundry work is also
done here, and the boys may take this
UP as trade also, if they so desire,
as the rooms are fitted in the modern
way. and with machinery of the style
used In the present laundres. In the
printing office there is a hand press for
job work, and the bills of fare efor the
week are sprinted here and all the bill
heads. and also those disconcerting little
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02
Buying and Pay
ing for a Broom
Involves Endless
Amount Labor.

sees fit to obey, the bill attached to this
audited resolution, in the course of time,
reaches the board of aldermen and the
assembly who attest to its correctness
as individual bodies and order it paid
After receiving the signature of the may
or and being published in the official
paper, the city clerk again tries his hand
and after entering it on what is known
as the audited claim book, proceeds to
make out a check. This check with hun
dreds of others, goes to the mayor for
his signature. Comptroller McCardy then
compares it with the original bill in his
possession and it is then returned to the
city clerk for delivery.
Its Last Journey.
This check for % cents is now on its
last journey and the clerk, after send
ing postal card to the payee, notifying
him that his money is ready patiently
waits for his appearance. The presenta-
ton of the postal card and the signing
Of a stub releases the check, and armed
with it the wicket at the city treasurers
office is approached A clerk, supplied
with rubber stamp, affixes the name
Of the bank at which sit is payable, and
the affair is closed. The bank pays the
% cents on presentation of the check,
The curtain is finally rung down on
minute description of the transaction in
the citys books and the fling of the
several filled blanks in the vault of the
comptroller.
This is simply an outline Of the precau-
tons that are taken when supplies are
to be purchased and the bills paid, but
it does not include the countless hold
ups and the very frequent failures of the
council to approve or the comptroller to
indorse. Here the courts are appealed ~
and the matter drags along for months
before the waiting creditor is paid or
his claim legally turned down
Every department and official in the
city has his quota of red tape, as set
forth for his guidance by the charter.
and in financial matters it is observed
to the letter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02
! IISIT TO ST. CLOUD
y PREPARATORY

dressed according to these grades, and
so the department of each individual, as
estimated by those over him, can be
judged from his attire When they first
come in they are dressed in a suit Of
blue clothing, and called second grade
boys, but when they have been perfect
in conduct for five months after admis-
sion, and have shown no INSTRUMENTATION
or Sinking, they are raised to the first
rank, and are called first-grade boys, and
are dressed thereafter in gray. The I'M
ruly, insubordinate boy, or those who
try TO run away from the institution
are lowered a grade, and form the third
grade boys. These are dressed iIl7red, a
beautiful shade in itself, but not ad-
mired much by these particular boys.
Both coat and trousers are of a brilliant,
bright color, and this marks the boy to
the attendants and to his companions
as dangerous, and serves to make him a
conspicuous object should he try to es-
cape
The first grade boy has many privileges
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

The authorities at the st. Cloud re-
formatory assert that ,95 per cent of the
boys sent there are reformed and when
it is recalled that these boys have al
ready begun a career of crime, or. they
would not be there. and that they are
between the ages of sixteen and thirty,
this seems to be a pleasant showing.
Surely if IS per cent of those already
started upon a career. apparently so GER
tain to end in the penitentiary, are saved
from such an end, and are stopped from
further continuance upon the downward
path which SO often proves too slippery
for ascent, there is good reason to be
proud of the record. and probably most
people will agree with the authorities in
this matter.
So the youthful criminal who is COM
mitted to the reformatory may thank
his lucky stars. for though of course he is
under restraint he has an opportunity to
learn one Of several good trades and of
carrying on his schooling, if it has been
neglected, TO degree OF practical service
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02
TOO PRECIOUS ALTOGETHER.

He was a toddler who had been great
~ interested in building operations near
his home. Shortly before Christmas he
had told his mother of his ambition to
drive cart when he became a man His
sole demand on Santa Claus, he said in
his baby way, would be a toy horse and
cart.
Sure enough, at o'clock on Christmas
morning he found two horses-a bay and
a black-champing their oats in stalls
beside the fireplace Each was nearly
two feet high, and beside the stalls stood
a perfect miniature Of the carts which
little John had seen hauling dirt from
the excavation block away.
Then, as If wonders would never cease
propped UP against the wall, stood a
wonderful doll. He was dressed in over
alls, wore boots and a cap and looked as
II he had just been aroused to hitch up
his horses to begin work.
Little Johns father was listening and
heard the boy eXclaim that the horses
We're Just like Jim and Jack Then the
fodder turned to his man-doll and said
in imitation of the foreman down the
street:
Here, me man. watch dem dad blast
ed horses. Come, quick or I'll knock
your. gol DANCED head off, blank We. I
want to go and see papa"
The father concluded that little John
was succeeding too well in becoming like
his chums who hauled dirt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

on level with that occupied by man
Women III other professions are all
looked upon with q degree of patron:z-
ing disdain, she says. but no one
makes allowances for the actress. She
stands on her own merits and ability.
and if she succeeds she is as thorough
fy accredited as is her rival of the other
sex. Charlotte Cushman Ristori. Duse-
who thinks the less of them because they
wear skirts rather than the sock ard
buskin? | strongly advise talented girls
to enter the theatrical profession!'
And now hear what that fine actress.
Nine. Janaqschek, says on the same
question. When a talented young girl
once went to her for advice on this very
point she looked her over and then
sighed. What can you do, my dear?
Are you able to cook, to sew, to sweep?
II so. do it. Anything is preferable 10
the slavery of the stage. One woman in
a thousand can attain to more, and she
will have ten years of success, perhaps
less, and then-well, the rest is siIencei'
Chicago Chronicle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

silence, put Oh Sundays the blessed priv
ilege of talking is granted and on Fourth
of July, Christmas and New Year. and
such other high holidays the same priv
llege is given, and the second and first
grade boys on these days, if the weather
permits, are turned into the smaller of
the two yards surrounding the buildings,
and encouraged to play baseball, or foot
ball, or any other game they please.
This idea of grading is carried out in
all the life of the reformatory, and the
system is rather one of increased
privilege for good conduct than one of
punishment for had behavior. In the
dining room, the seating capacity OF
which is more than double the present
number of inmates, the tables are ar
ranged so that the first grade sit in the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

And the stonecutting yards, surrounded
by high fences and eight small sentry
houses, lend an even more grim and for
bidding aspect to an institution which
III reality holds many pleasant and prof
liable memories for the majority of those
who. after spending a portion of their
lives here, have left to go out into the
world better and wiser men than when
tney nrst entered it, under the shadow
of their first crime
There are at present TIA boys, or rather
young men, here, committed for various
ohenseS, and the inmates are divided
into three grades, not according to the
seriousness of the crime which thew
have committed before they entered. but
according to their behavior after they
arrived at the institution. The boys are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

given him that are denied the second and
third grade inmate, for example his work
is paid for at the rate of 1919 cents a
day, while a second grade boy is allowed
only cents, and the third grade boys
nothing. First grade boys are allowed
the privilege of writing letters every Sun
day, the second grade boy may write only
every other Sunday, while the third grade
boy may not write at all without special
permission.
When Conversation Is Allowed.
Talking and writing, by the by. are re-
garded as privileges, and few things
strike visitors SO much when they first
enter as the deadly stiffness that prevails
everywhere. Everything is done in strict
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

that will prove useful in the future He
is removed from all his old temptations
and from his former associates, and Civ
en- once more a new start in life. He
is set on his feet in a way that it was
not his fortune to be before, probably.
All this and more is proved, so the St.
Cloud officials declare, by the fact that
so large a percentage of the boys (there
are no girls here are never heard OF
again in a criminal way.
UnprepOssessing Buildings.
The buildings of the st. Cloud reform
atory are too grim and stern looking TO
be really attractive, in a way similar,
for example. to the buildings at Red
Wing at the state training school.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02
Ninety Five Per Cent
of the Inmates Are
Really Reformed :: =:

front and the second grade in the rear
Whle the third grade boys must eat In
their cells.
The day at the reformatorv is very full
and is regularly laid out from the rising
hour until bed time At $3.50 the gong
sounds and all must rise. then as the
keepers express it, 1.-The boys are switched
out to breakfast" that is to say, the
cells are unlocked so that the inmates
may march out in order to breakfast
Even here in the dining room no con-
versation is permitted. and if any boy
wishes more rations than he has peen
served with. he must ask for it in signs.
If more bread is desired he holds up his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

number of stock animals. cows. beef
creatures, horses, etc, is kept, so that
nearly all served on the table is the prod +.
uct OF the farm attached to the institu-
ton. excepting groceries in the strictest
sense of the term. All the meat, TIE
vegetables, the milk and the butter used
are produced here, and the beef and pork
is raised on the farm. Here at the re-
fcrmatOry the head of the agricultural
department is a graduate of the state
agricultural college, a thoroughly COM
petent and scientific farmer This is not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02
WOMAN AND THE STAGE.

cessful actress, is not of those of her pro-
fessiOn who warn young women to shun
the boards. She is of the opinion that
no calling offers greater opportunities
for the ambitious to acquire both fame
and fortune. She thinks it is only in the
theater that a woman works out her own
career and can possibly mount to a plane
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

books describing the appearance of those
boys who have run away from the re-
formatOry, or who have broken their
parole These books are sent out to all
the chiefs of police. and frequently up
set the best laid plans of the most as
tute boys, who think themselves well out
Of danger when they get outside the
walls safely, but who, owing to these lit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02
Practical Drama .

"You say you want a tragedy in which
the star dies before the last actv'
"Thats what I want answered Mr.
Stormington Barnes. Its more likely
to make money for me-"
Il have not observed that such plays
are especially popular"
Perhaps not. But they give the star
a chance to get around to the box Office
and watch the treasurer count up
Washington Evening Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02

Clara-Young Galloway seems awfuIly
tickled with bis new mustache
Maude-So he Isl but-er-there are
others.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-05
Loud 5petonations.

KingstoWn, st. Vincent, Sept. 3. "A
remarkable volcanic phenomenon oc
Cured here between and 10 o'clock
last night. There was a startling Sc.
8Ties Of detonations from La Soufriere,
louder than any since the terrible
eruption of May IL. Each explosion
shook the buildings of this town. The
noises were terrific and gave the i'm.
preston in every town and village OF
this island that the scene Of disturb
8ance was only about two miles away.
During the period of detonations, two
luminous circles, like rainbows, ap.
speared in the cloudless sky to the
northwest. They were presumably a
reflection of the flames in the crater
of La Soufriere. N
Telegraphic reports received here
from Granada, Trinidad and Barba.
does, say that loud .detonations were
heard at these respective places be-
tweens9 and 10 last night. These ex-
plosion were similar to those heard
when Mont Pelee. on Martinique, and
ia Soufriere were previously in erup-
@ttion. The people OF Granada were
greatly alarmed at the detonations.
They were the loudest which have
been heard there. This phenomenon
was not attened by serious results on
vt. Vincent. .,.55. 3
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-05
POLICEMAN SHOT BY RoHBER.
Masked Men Make Attempt 10 Hold

Masked Men Make Attempt to Hold
Up Watchman at, Kansas City.
Kansas City, Sept. 3.---;An attempt
was made by three masked men to rob
the Metropolitan Street Railway COM
pany's car barn at Tenth and Usage
streets. Armourdale. Watchman
Minsker was ordered to hold up his
hands, but before the robbers secured
any booty Policeman ]. w. Morris en-
tered through the back door. Morris
dealt one of the robbers heavy blow
on the head with his club and was
shot through the heart and instantly
killed by the, second robber. Watch.
man Minsker was also shot and slight.
ly injured. Both robbers made their
escape. @ All. 9 a
Ike Johnson, a negro well known by
the police, is being held for inyestiga'
ton. Last night a mob of 1000 per
sons surrounded the Jail in Kansas
City, Kan, and tried to get at John
son and three other suspects. The
men had been spirited away early in
the evening, but the crowd: would not
believe the officers statement. to this
effect, and requested permission to
send committee through the Jail.
This was allowed and the men eagerly
inspected the different cells. Later
they repeated this performance ut the
county jail. z:si
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-05
No Change in Strike situation.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. Sept. 8. Presis
dent Mitchell OF the United Mine
Workers returned from Philadelphia
last night. He said so far as he was
aware, there was no change in this
strike situation. The miners were as
determined as ever and did not pro
pose to work until the operators grant:
ed their demands or agreed to arbitra.
ton. The Bliss and Pettibone collierfes
OF the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western company resumed operations
yesterday. The breakers were run.
ming all day, but It is not known just
how many men are at work in the
mines and what the output Of coal is
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-05
) Az Paris Hears III

Parts, Sept. s Ihe Havas agency
hal rreeeNed an undated dispatch from
Fort de France, island Of Martinique,
announcing that about 1000 persons
were killed and that several hundred
were Injured as the result Of q violent
eruption of Mont Pelee on Saturday,
Aug. 80 which destroyed Morne
Rouge and Ajoupa Boui1lon. two vii
lagos near Mont Pelee. The dispatch
conf irns the report that the village Of
G Le Carbet was damaged by "a tidal
wave, which was also felt at Fort de
france, where the people were panic
stricken. The French cruisers suehet
and Tage are emba king people in the
northern part of Martini que.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-05
sTRlkETs ASK ron TROOPS.
Petition Governor White to Leave

>
Them at Thurmond.
Charleston, w. Va, Sept 3.Govg
ernor White is in receipt of the fol,
lowing: Troops are now located al
Thurmond to preserve order. They
were sent there at the instance Of our
sheriff and while upon investigation ii.
appears that the call for troops was
unnecessary and utter folly, yet we, al
miners, are glad to have them. They
are principally union men and in
sympathy with our cause and look
upon the men working with the same
contempt that we do. Heretofore the
guards around the mines have beer
committing all sorts OF. outrages on
our people. Since the troops have
come this has stopped and we will
suffer while they are here. We, there
fore, ask that you don't withdraw
them until the strike ends
The resolution bears the names Of
the officers and the seal of the miners,
organization. It is supplemented by
the following: .At meeting Of local
union 442, United Mine Workers Of
America, 300 miners petition you tc
send troops to Winona. on Keeners
creek, to preserve order until the
strike Is ended. = :;
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-05
FOUR KILLED IN COLLISION.

FrightfuI Accident on Rock Island
Road Near Kansas City. 81
Kansas City, Sept. 3.An eastbound
Rock Island cattle train and an en-,
gine and caboose collided head-on neal
Birmingham, Mo- ten miles east oi
Kansas City, killing four trainmer
and injuring three others.
The deads James Speyer, engi
neer; Thomas Griffith, engineer; Clar
ence Mahardt, fireman; G. w. Balltn,
ger, fireman, all Of Trenton, Mo.
The trains were running at full
speed when they met. Both engines
were demolished and the entire train
Of thirty cars was overturned. Near.
ly 800 head of live stock were killed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-05
News Comes by steamer.

Pitrie, Island of Guadaioupe,
french West Indies, Sept. The
French line steamer Canada arrived
here yesterday mo orning from: Martin
ique. Her officers confirm the reports
brought to Castries, st. Lucias by the
British steamer Corona, Of the erup.
tion of Mont Pelee. The vessels off,
GERS also declare that i 900 persons
were killed at Martinique and many
severely wound The sea entered
Fort dc France for a distance Of forty
feet. The French cruisers suchet and
Tags are bringing the ii i,4bitants of
the northern part OF the island to
Fort de France. The scenes of distress
sand panic are being repeated.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-05
Nurse Makes Fatal Mistake

Chicago, Sept. Miss Emily
Etheredge, nurse In the Presbyl
terian hospital and the daughter OF
the late DR.. James r. Etheredge, one
of Chicago's leading physicians, con.
2fessed to Coroner Traeger that she
had made q fatal mistake in admins.
stering strychnine to patient in the
hospital. The victim of this error
was Mrs. Laura Moore Of Rensselaer,,
Ind, whose sudden death d week ago
had been mystery until Miss Ether.
edge made a clean breast of the affair.