Arizona republican., 1910-10-30

| garded as an experiment, but it's success is now already assured. Not only is each man master of some trade when he has finished his sen | tence, but to him serving a long term an additional incentive is fur nished by the hope that by doing well and faithfully what is assigned to him to do, he may be sent to the Iwahig Penal Colony, situated on an island about three hundred miles away, where the government main | tains a large colony. There the | prisoners are either allotted farms 1 from the 2S,O00 acres of agricultural land on the island, engage in stock raising, or, congregating in small vil- lages, follow the various trades or professions, each being allowed to have his family with him. They elect their own town officers, judges, mayors, recorders, etc. from among their number and actually run the island. At this time, there are one thousand prisoners on this island and but five white persons, the lat ter comprising the superintendent and his family. The prisoners are permitted to retain one-half the | at the expiration of their respec- tive terms they have the option of taking up land and applying their earnings or profits in payments of the same This is regarded as the most important of all the features now in practice here and its sue cess marks an interesting departure from the old beaten paths of pen alogy So complete is the reforma
 tion of the prisoner and so grati- | flying is the result to .him that, on the expiration of the term of ser vice, as Mir Stewart said in reply to one of my inquiries, you can't drive him away
 Among the curious relics of Span ish rule we were shown an instru
 ment employed in inflicting the death penalty, which consisted of a stool on which the condemned was seated with a rude iron yoke about the neck that was frightened by means of a large hand screw, a few turns of which broke the neck. This was declared to be more merciful than modern methods, and the oblig- ing director invited the party to fur l d practical demonstration of it's eff | ciency. A well-knoWn banker or Phoenix was suggested as being eli- gible under the Osler advanced age theory, but, on the statement being made that he was the father of a ten months old boy, the ladies of the party vehemently protested and the life of the popular old gentle man was spared.
 Tn the Bilibid Prison are no cells, the prisoners sleeping and living, when not at work, in screened dor mitories, extending from within a few feet of a large dome-shaped cen- tral building outward like spokes from the hub of a wheel and each accommodating about 200 individuals. At this central position l stood be- side Director Stewart and saw ev- cry one of the 5000 prisoners march ! in from the shops and other build ings of the institution and form bat | talions between the dormitorieS where the ceremony of retreat takes place each evening. To the | inspiring strains of a prisoners band of seventy pieces, the men went through many interesting maneuv- CTS, marching and counter marching in perfect order and with the pre- cision of the best trained soldiers. At the conclusion of retreat every man stood at attention, with head uncovered, while the band played the Star Spangled Banner and old Glory was hauled down from the flag pole Within four minutes there after, every man had been handed his pail of rations and in the most orderly manner had marched to his dormitory
 Several large public social func- tions were given our party. the one most general in character being a reception at the Hotel Metropole to which we were conducted one even i ing on gaily Illuminated launches that conveyed us from the Mongolia up the Pasig River a short distance to the hotel. Here we were well comed by the president and other of ficers of the Manila Merchants As sociation, one of the supreme court anl many other gentlemen prominent in the official and commercial life of the city A splendid banquet on the roof garden followed. presided over by Honorable N. w. Gilbert, l vice governor general of the Phil 1 ippines, who was toast-master. Then addresses of welcome, responded to by members of our party, and a brand ball.
 Those of us who were so fortu- nate as to have friends among the great hearted islanders were objects of no little private attention. An elaborate banquet and dance was given in honor of Mrs. Stoddard and myself at the Army and Navy Club | by Col. Brainard, of Arctic fame. and now Chief Commissary of the Army in the Philippines. We are also personally indebted for highly prized favors to Vice-Governor and Mrs. Gilbert, Colonel and Mrs. Heis- tand, MT. Martin Egan, the talented | journalist, and the no less popular Mrs. Egan, and to Messrs. w. H. Bishop, Frank l.. Strong, Judge Jen- kins and other delightful friends.
 "A long to be remembered feature of our <stay in Manila was the music of the great Constabulary band. an or ganization of eighty-four pieces, which on several occasions gave us real | xr1 I-. l.