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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

correspondent sends the Western Christian Advocate
interesting notes concerning important meeting he
attended Mchiganhe joint session of the
Board of Corrections and Charities the Pardon Board
Boards of Control of the penal and charitable nst
tons. He says:
"The parole law of Michigan to be great success,
last year being parod and all except three lived
up their privileges Governor Bliss said he made pa
roles good long the paroed avoided absolutely the
and drink Hhe saloon, he Immediately
back prison. Two three of the Speakers laid
saloon the element of dgeneracy exconvcs the
paroe the lack of interest the part of the people
social way One told of several instances of who have
the prison stigma and stand equality in
ca life fourteen years twelve hundred have gone of
Marquette prison mnge with the people There
thousand in all the institutions of the Cor
pora punishment is abolished at Jackson prison Officers in
prisons who bad language to prisoners Immediately
discharged Their motives to send educated and
with fixed industrial moral habits Often the danger when
they get The people must be awakened help them then
and they will they know well the modern methods
by the authorities About eighty per may
bettered and about twenty cent ncorbe the for
being there by of About three hun
dred Jackson Christians apparently sincere but wheh
they would all withstand the temptations when
is the question. Ohio Penitentiary News.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

A SYNDICATE of capitalists has made the novel
proposal to build city and to erect therein capitol
state university penitentia1y and numerous other
state institutions, provided the city in question be
chosen capital of the state. The question will be
decided at the next election in Wyoming. OF course
it is money making scheme. The syndicate owns
thousands of of land which it bought for compar-
ativey small and which it hopes to dispose of
town ots but the other hand the proposed town is
centrally located while the other advantages of the plan
obvious If the scheme fails it will not be because
the offer is not liberal enough, but because such a
plan does not appeal to the business judgment of the
voters, who while they sometimes appear to be in
different to it, yet have constitutional objection to
graft scheme of this sort offers unlimited op
portunities for grating. II
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

DIR. EMIL G.. H1RsoH recently made the state
ment that 80 per cent of the convcts in America
turn to criminal ways after being released from penal
institutions somewhat startling assertion, to say
the least. He attributes this continued moral delin-
quency the part of those who fall into the clutches
of the law to the system of prison management say
ing that the whole penal system of the United States
is wrong from beginning to end
Dr. Hirsch deduced his facts from figures, he
says but have yet to any reliable statistics 10
corroborate him. Certainly it is not true that in the
North and West 80 per cent of prisoners prey on
society It is extremely doubtful if so per cent OF
those released from prison in the sections named
turn to criminal lives. In Minnesota about 70 per
cent become useful citizens.
But even if DR. Hirsch's assertion were true, if
80 per cent of all discharged prisoners become
frmed criminals, it is hard to see why the prison
should be held entirely responsible. There are many
factors in the making Of habitual criminal, and
not the least of them is the attitude of society to-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

ward the Ok convict Very often he is not permitted
to live honestly if he wants to do so. The police
harry him; most persons refuse to employ him; few
care to associate with him, and sheer
loneliness drives him to seek associates among crmi
nails. If he becomes of them again the prison is
not responsible. It cannot make new of him in
every respect the best it possibly do is to stimu
late his better qualities It is easy to assert that crime
is due to particular and to make what at
first appears to be strong in support of your
asserton bat it is also easy orefute such arguments
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

Or COURSE there is difference between high
finance Of the Schwab variety and swinding. There
must be. To compare the two seems sacrile-
gious. But all the there is striking similarity
between the methods employed by the confidence
man and the high fnancier The former palms off
plated brick pure gold; the latter sells worthless
stock valuable security. The former talks his
victims into purchasing the latter let's the newspa
per do the talking. Doesn't it all to the same
thing in the end? And isn't the moral of it.: Don't
be crooked on a small scale? Ask policeman.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

weekly Minnesota State
edited and
them objects be home to encourage
prisoners acqant
pathological
Information aid seng that prejudice which has been
sinister fallen The paper entirely
financial If at time there
surplus would expended the
interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29
ODDS AND ENDS.

II
The grasshopper, hop-skip-and-
a-jump lightning electrician has
put up an X-ray arc light on the
pole between the laundry and cell
house.
When she is not busy catching
rats or performing other labors
the black cat that works in the
stewards department makes her.
self useful by acting as a paper
weight for the bookkeeper.
The editor of the st. Louis
Mi,1oy observes that the higher
the salaries or incomes of ministers
or priests the poorer the brand of
religion they dispense. It is
impossible, he says, to preach
Christ with a bullying pocketbook
or to believe the Sermon on the
Mount and keep an eye on the
stock market.
In a lengthy article in the cur
rent North Ameyzcan Re5vezO Mr..
Frank B. Tracy draws many word
pictures of Canada's present disad-
vantageous situation and the dis
satisfaction existing among Cana
dams. He declares they will even
tually seek independence Or an
nexation to the United States.
Canada will come to the United
States after a brief period of indie
pendence, says Mr.. Tracy.
The ex-insurgent chief, the ia
nous guerrilla leader, General
Tino, is now said to be clerking in
one of the government Offices in
Manila. Gen. Tino is not yet "a
years of age, but he has had more
actual hard experience in the field
and more brilliant career than
most officers of any age or in any
country. He was colonel at Is,
a general at 10 and at 20 with an
army of raw recruits defeated re-
peatedly a Spanish army greatly
outnumbering his own forces and
conquered Northern Luzon from
the Spaniards. For more than a
year he held his own against the
United States army under Gen.
S. B. M. Young who was military
governor of Northern Luzon and
who is now chief of the general
staff of the U. s. army.
| To listen to the innumerable
coarse, back alley, slang phrases
that aflict the English language,
as discussed in these columns a
year or so ago, is so disgusting as
to justify one in adopting the use
of the Chinese or other language.
But how such writer as Edward
w. Townsend can take it upon
himself and endure the task of
writing lengthy weekly articles of
such stuff as the ''Chimmie Fad
den" stories, and why self-re-
speeding publication will pay for
and print them, inflicting them
upon the reading public, is beyond
comprehension. Do these pub
locations really think the general
public has sunk to such depth as
to relish such stuff, or do they
cater only to that class of readers
who are supposed to belong to the
slums of the Bowery and the back
yards of Canal Street?
3 s.
i The benevolent work of the Sal
! walton Army has reached such a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29
N o TIC E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of THE MIRROR who are
regular lists will please consider such as
sample copies IT, after reading conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy of patronage send name to this
Office trial subscription rates published above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

The Amateur Press Club Of Chicago is full of
trouble because the manuscripts of it's members are
rejected by newspaper editors At doleful meeting
held recently the following resolution was adopted:
"That the average modern editor is creature of very
poor taste and judgment and his mental attainments
have almost reached the disappearing point
There is still hope for the Amateur Press Club
of Chicago if it but knew it. It can write for The
MIRROR and have it's articles published in full, and
the only provision attached to this offer is that it
shall get into this romantic retreat on the bank of
the St. Croix. The members can come individually
or collectively
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

twenty thousand dollars toward
the enterprise; and if my memory
serves me rightly there is a large
colony somewhere in Kansas, tho
[ may be mistaken in regard to.
this last one.
Many newspapers waste a por-
ton of their important front page
space in prefacing every item with
such stuff as, Exclusive Dispatch
by specially constructed Wire for
this particular event, the Shortest
Cable and Land Wire in the World
and it terminates in the Lightning
Printing Press of the only living,
reliable Yellow journal on Earth.
the Squashville Pumpkin Vine
Headlight" But there are many
good, substantial newspapers
whose publishers omit these dozens,
of lengthy nonsensicalities, real
izing that the reading public can.
find something better to do than
waste time celebrating over the
manner and method of producing
the bits of news items. They re-
alize that it is waste of time,.
energy and money to attempt to
compel the readers to assimilate,
and digest all this stuff before pro-
ceeding to read the news. They
realize that an item should not be.
detracted from by prefacing it with
ridiculous falsehoods. The MIR
ROB has never resorted to such
practices, neither has it bored it's
readers by filling it's pages with
election guesses, or the number Of
heads of wheat in farmer Smiths
cornfeld.
But would it not be good prop
osition for The MIRROR to offer q
prize to some smart man who can
offer the best solution of the prob
lem of why people with few troubles
and small troubles make so much
more fuss over them than do in
dividuals who have mountains of
troubles? Would it not be inter-
esting to the readers to have an
explanation through the columns
of our paper as the why's and
wherefores of persons with small
troubles seeking to infiet these
troubles upon others, and those
whose troubles are greatest just
chew their gum and say nothing?
Right here in this institution some
of the short term men want more.
expect more and make more fuss
and noise about their troubles
than do the long term men. There
are men here who never utter q
whimper or complaint. but on the
contrary they are at least doing a
little either by written utterances
or otherwise to remind others Of
the brighter side of life men who
are serving terms ranging from,
say, FIVE to ninety-nine years, some
of whom are experiencing or have
experienced, troubles in the out
side world, financial and other
wise, Of sufficient number and
magnitude to drive the average
man to seven insane asylums, to
jump off eleven high bridges and
into nineteen volcanoes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

The logical consequences of the Tillman fasco
in South Carolina already becoming apparent.
lump of bile and impotency ycleped Knots, may or
of Hammond, Indiana, has threatened to extermi-
nate the editor of paper published in that city be-
cause his official acts have been attacked in print
He has written letter to his intended victim in
which the following appears: "Mr. Hllman of South
Carolina, who had been bounded by disreputable
and lbelous Sheet found way to stop it, and jury
of his peers has lately found that he justified in
80 doing I have concluded that there is way to
stop you and propose I'd do it, whether I justi-
fed or not
This epitomizes the mental attitude that may
be adopted in the future by official grafters and in
competents whose acts will not bear the light of
publicity.
It is quite safe to assume that the criticism of
Mayor Knots was not libelous, notwithstanding his
intimation to the contrary. No one but sucker
wants to shoot an editor for publishing libel. It
is too easy to get complete and substantial vndca-
ton in the courts. The ibeed party either in
stitute civil proceedings and secure damages or he
can bring the offender to trial for committing fell
ony. He may even do both if he chooses In a
case like the one under discussion where the injured
person is of good standing in the community, it
would be the simplest thing in the world to have HE
character indicated.
However, the question in this case is: Would
Mayor Knots have threatened to kill the editor if
the Tillman case had not established precedent
which in way legalizes such crimes? We think
mot.
It is refreshing to know that the Hammond
newspaper man didn't scare little bit. He pub
lished the threatening letter with few comments
that must have sweetened the dreams of the writer
lof it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

lHE ACl8Qt8 COHSHLzkTOH 0uC0TS somewhat Io0-
BILE protest against the Rev. w. p Thirkield's de-
nunciation of the convict camps and prisons in the
South, extracts from which were published in last
weeks MIRROR. The Constitution asserts that Geor
ga abolished the lease system in 1897 since which
time the Georgia plan of utilizing convict labor "has
been identical with that of the Ohio penitentiary
usually referred to as model with the single excep
ton that the convicts here in Georgia are worked
out of doors instead of within the penitentiary
fines" The Constitution thinks the camps do moi
merit the condemnation sometimes awarded them
and intimates that in way they superior to reg
ularly constructed prison buildings
OF course conditions have improved in heSoutf
since the reconstruction period and the prisons have
doubtless come in for their share of the improve
ments. No one questions that But the fact re
mains that human life is held even cheaper in the
convict camps than in South Carolina, and the less
said in their defense the better Any agitation tina
tends to bring to the public realization of the dan
ger of such system will prove beneficial
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29
BY.
81. j. B.

endeavors to own their own homes.
The British government has
granted to the Army 5000 acres
in Zululand. In Australia 10000
acres in one body were decided
to them, besides several smaller
tracts of few thousand each.
In addition to all this the British
government contributes $4,000
annually toward the support Of
the schools located upon these
lands.
In the United States the colonies
of the Salvation Army are Fort
Amity, Colorado, 1000 acres; Fort
Romie, California, $40 acres, di-
vided into tracts of ten acres, upon
each of which cottage has been
built. Near Cleveland, Ohio, is q
colony of about 800 acres and the
philanthropist who decided this
land to the Army gave them also
twenty thousand dollars toward
the enterprise; and if my memory
serves me rightly there is large
colony somewhere in Kansas, tho
I may be mistaken in regard to-
this last one.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29

The benevolent work of the Sal
walton Army has reached such a
stage of economic Importance as
to receive consideration at the
hands of the United States and
British governments. The new
Department of Commerce and La
Dor has issued a bulletin of statis-
tics of the farm colonies that have
been established by the Army.
These colonies were first organized
in this country and Europe in 1898
for thepurpose of enabling stranded
but worthy families to keep to-
gether and ultimately by their own
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
MODERN DRUG COMPANY FILES
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

A certificate Of the incorporation OF
the Modern Drug Company was Med yes
terday in the office of the Recorder of
Deeds The purpose of the company is
to own real estate, not exceeding one
acre in the District and not more than
100 acres in the United States The
capital stock is $4,000. The principal
business viii be dealing in drugs, toilet
articles. and mineral waters. The in
corporators are Frank J. Dieudonne
Hiram Buckingham, and William E
Todd, all of Washington, D. c.
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
The DEATH RECORD.

The following deaths for twenty-fouT
hours we're reported at the Health De-
partment up to noon today:
Mary Hutchinson, 50 years.
Julia Martin. IS years.
Edmond Redd, IS years
Henry Taylor, so years.
Susie Thompson. 30 years.
Cathrine L Cant, so years
Frederick R KIotz, ~ years.
Bette Carroll. AZ years.
Thomas Carter, ~ years.
Georgiana Hudson. 42 years
John T Filgate. 33 years
Minnie Y Ward. % years.
Lillian Sanford, q years.
Minnie Jackson, % years.
Ruby P Harris. Il years
Raymond Lancaster, 8 years
Harry Hamilton. years
Frances Lomax, 3 years.
Vivian Kidwell. 2 years.
Mabel Redmond, 1 year.
Erwin 8 Bowen, I month
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
TWO PETITIONS IN
p6NKpuDTTV FIJI n

Frank G. Nolte, who conducts a paper
hanging and decorating business at 82+
Ninth Street northwest, today fled a pc
tition in voluntary bankruptcy in the
Supreme Court of the District.
He listed his liabilities at $5,535.S7. and
his assets at $40l4.45. In the assets is
listed real estate valued at SI,700 and
stock in trade at $1,000.
a petition in voluntary bankruptcy
vas also fled by Valentine Wahler, mer-
chant at 4-6-S-l0. Eleventh Street
southeast His liabilities are stated to be
$9.31132. and his assets s., 1890 The
latter included a stock in trade valued
- $G.2ZJ
The Washington times., 1903-04-01

Edward a Cook. %. and Mary
Young, %.
Anthony Ballard. Sc. and Carrie
Smith, q.
Robert Cole. SO, and Margaret Wise, s.
James ". GemmeH. %. and Irene
Hays, 10, both of Richmond, Va
Robert E. Hess, "a. and Esther -
Price, %.
Fred Daniels, %. and Rose Walker. 3
William NJ Hampton, 30. and Endors
NJ Gates, %.
Guy c Marks. q. and Lucy b Holmes,
20.
William Burke. 81, and Ada Wilson. %.
James ToIson, q. and Mary Wash
ington, p.
Charles o. Knott, %. and Ada F Ship
lett, q.
Berthold l. Rich. 80. and Rebecca
Rappaport. %.
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
wELL-DRESSED WOMAN
CONVICTED OF vAGRANCY

Mrs Janette Payne. well-dressed
woman about thirty-flve years old, with
traces OF good looks still discernibie,
was charged with vagTancy in the Dis
trict branch Of the Police court this
morning
4 policeman said he received infOTma-
tion that the woman was begging on the
street and arrested her Government
witness averTed that Mrs. Payne said 10
him that she had lost her pocketbook
and did not have carfare.
Judge Kimball thought he recognized
her as an old offender. Despite her tears
and plea for ieniency the judge sen
teBced her for thirty days.
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
MATINEES TOMORROW.

ACADEMY "AIphouse and CASTOR, Pm
CHASE's-AIarie DreszIer and Polite Vaudeville,
2-l5 p m
COLUABIA-''The BuFgomaster.'' 2:l5 p m
EMPIRE -Bijou Stock BuTlssquers, 2:I5 p n
LYCEUA-Al Reeves Company and Burlesque
2.15 p. n.
BENNING-Races . o. m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington VS.
Philadelphia p m
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
WILLS OF TWO WOMEN
FILED FOR PROBATE

The will OF Mrs Nancy Farmer, dated
November u 1894. filed for probate
leaves her estate in stipulated portions
10 her daughters. Elizabeth Farmer,
Mamie Dew. and her son. ". s. Farm
er. The estate IS in Wilson coun-
II, y. c
Mrs Mary a CasseI. by her viii dated
May 8, 1897, after providing for the pay
ment Of cash requests to her children
and grandchildren, directs that the re-
mainder OF her estate shall revert 10
her daughter. Clara Y. cassell The be
quests made range in value from $50 TO
500
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
NORTHEAST CITIZENS
WANT BRANCH LIBRARY
Public Meeting to Be Held Tonight at
LsngdOn.

a public meeting will be held in Lang
don Hall Langdon, D. G., this evening
at 7:3O under the auspices of the North
east Citizens Association The meet
ing is to be in the interest of the eTec-
tton of branch library for that section
of the District
Addresses viii be delivered by 'om-
missioners Macfarlaud, West and Biddle,
the Rev Dr. w E Parsons, president q
the National Lutheran Home Associa-
tion: Hon. James T Dubois. Of the
board of trustees of the public library,
and others. A musical program has been
prepared
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
FUNERAL OF N. sCHLEGBL.

The funeral of Nicholas SchlegeI. who
died at his home, 512 o Street north
west. last Sunday, was held yesterday
afternoon. The Rev. Albert HomTig-
haus. pastor of Zion Lutheran Church.
offcfated. Interment was made ut Glen
wood Cemetery. The pallbearers We're
Henry Davis. r. HeaIy, c. Reckweg, ".
Yates. G. Lacey, and E. Bates.
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
ORDERED TO DUTY AT
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION

Lieut.. George Il. Shields. jr.. Twelfth
Infantry. and Lieut. Charles B. Clark,
sixth Infantry. have been detailed by
the Secretary OF War for temporary
duty in connection with the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition at ST Louis and
ordered to report 10 Lieut. Col Edwin
a. Goodwin. Ninth Cavalry. in command
of the exposition guard.
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
UIoe Uin1es.
AMUsEMENTs OF THE DAY.

ACADEMY ''Alphonse and CASTOR, p m
CHASE'S- Marie Dreszlcr and Polite Vaudeville
2-l5 and S:l5 P N.
CpLUNBIA-''The Burgomaster er."". Sis p III.
EMPIRE -Bijou Stock BurIesquers 2:i5 and
S-lj p. M
LAFAYETTE louis Mann IN ''All on Account
OF Eliza" 2:15 and SIS p III
LYCEUM-AI Reeves Company and Burlesque.
2:l5 and S:I5 p III
EATIOSAI-''The Silver Slipper" 2.l6 and s:l6
p m
BENNING-R Races. p IN
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
CHARGED WITF STEALING MAIL.

A dispatch received at the Postoffico
Department yesterday stated that IN
spectors Mcmillan and Snow, of the in
spector's division, had arrested John C
Rollins. tube operator for the Pneu-
matte Tube Company. on the, charge Of
stealing mail
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
E. ANNINs FUNERAL.

The funeral of william E Amin.
former newspaper correspondent Of
Washington. viii take place Friday af-
ternoon from the First Presbyterian
Church. at Princeton. y. J. The body IS
now on its way from Denver. where Nj
Amin died while hoIdiTg Government
position.
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
CITY BREVITIES.

The District Commissioners have ac-
ceDted the resignation OF William J
Sammond as watchman in the Fire Dc
partment, ard on recommendation Of
Chief Engineer Dutton, William .
Cantor has been appointed to the Va
canCy
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
EXCURSIONS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.

Norfolk and Washington steamer for Norfolk
and Fort Monroe. $50 p. m
The Washington times., 1903-04-01

Charles Middleton, negro, charged
with false pretense. was sent TO jail
Yesterday for 364 days in default Of q
fne OF 800 His grandmother was the
complaining witness She stated that
she gaze Father Schmidt, Of ST. Joseph's
Catholic Church, a sum OF money to
keen for her, and without any authori-
TT from her her grandson went to the
priest and obtained the money.
The Washington times., 1903-04-01

Draw Interest on Your Money
by depositing same with banking department
Of Union Trust and Storage Co, Isls Street
Interest paid on deposits subject TO check
The Washington times., 1903-04-01

DhouA Fast 1E4 Y quart bottles Of the
t. DaoS Co.'S famous Golden Hop Beer
TUi DCSi' fer 81. Delivered in unlettered
The Washington times., 1903-04-01

y 6. Peachy viii be informed by the
District commissioners that his request
for the paving OF the cutters on Rich
mond Street south Of WoOdiey Street.
Fairview Heights, cannot now be done
on account of the cost involved.
The Washington times., 1903-04-01

Exceptional Facilities and Their Result
Guide is prepared 10 til any soral order at
once. 1924 2. Phone Main 800.
The Washington times., 1903-04-01
Easter Novelties

If your Easter gift-giving tends
toward the inexpensive novelties,
these few items viii interest you:
At 19c-Quaint Picture Novelties.
At 25c - Easter Crosses: en-
bossed
At Easter Pigeons on egg
sha ped card.