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VOLUME XLVII—NO. 13 TAKE NEW WAY OF CHECKING CITY LABOR CLAIMS Council Committee Recommends That Workmen’s Time Be Part of The Record RICHARDS’ PETITION ON BTM ST. BRIDGE Asks The City to Pay for Gear ingl Putin to Prevent Jar From Cars or Have It Removed At the regular meeting of the City Council last Monday evening the most important matters were the petition of H. C. Richards requesting that the council either pay for the Eighth Street bridge gearing or allow it to be removed, and the report of the special Committee on a plan for checking up claims for labor, before presented to the council. The meeting opened with three alder men, Beigel, Schuette and Plumb, ab- j sent. The first business to come up was the | petition of Vincent Ingrish for tlie re funding of $10.50 taxes illegally assessed. ' This was referred to the committee on assessment and finance. Petition on Bridge Hearing The petition of H. C. Richards of J.he j Richards Iron Works was then read.] It was as follows: To the Hon., tlie Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Manitowoc. The undersigned petitioner respect fully shows unto your Hon. Body: That between the 7th day of August and the 11th day of .September 11102, he furnished materials and performed work, labor and services in placing in operation a device or apparatus under plans and specifications furnished by your City Engineer, upon *th Street Bridge in the City of Manitowoc, and for the purpose of holding the draw of said bridge in position and keeping tie* same more rigid and in place while the street cars of the Manitowoc and North ern Traction Company were pas sing over the same. That your petitioner caused said ap paratus to be manufactured, adjusted and placed in operation and petitioner is informed an I believes that said de vice performs the work for which it was intended and is an absolute pro tection against the wrenching and straining of said bridge. That the cost of saiil apparatus, in cluding materials and the cost of labor in placing same in connection and in operation is sjMlOtl 13. That your petitioner understood that Thomas Higgins or the Street Car Cos. was to pay for this apparatus in order to protect said bridge and insure the safety of its passengers on its street car service. But Mi. Higgins now claims there was a misunderstanding in regard to the same and now refuses to pay said sum of ft(()({. 12. Wherefore your petitioner prays that if your honorable body is of the opinion that said apparatus is of value to said bridge in order to protect the same, that the city either accept the apppara tus and pay for the same, Or that it grant your petitioner leave to remove the same. And your petitioner will ever pray, etc. (signed) H. C. Kichauhs. This petition was referred to the Com mittee on claims. Claims amounting to $1(12.(12 were re ferred to the committee on claims. On motion of Alderman Stol/.e it was decided to advertise for bids for fur nishing flowers and plants for the city's parks and cemetery. A motion of A1 derman Lorenzen that Ihe fire commit tee be directed to install a lire alarm box at the north west corner of Tenth and Huron Streets was referred to that com mittee. The committee on public im provements recommended that an ad ditional “ per cent of the contract price be paid Walter Bahr for work on sewers along Eighteenth. Franklin and Wash ington streets. The recommendation was adopted. Question of Labor Claims The rejsirt of the special committee, created some time ago, on the sugges tion of Mayor Keni|>er, to submit a more systematic method than the one now in use in paying labor claims and claims for supplies, was then read. The committee found that no record was kept in the city offices by which any labor clainif could he traced. It found that the laborers have not been arcus turned to sign vouchers when receiving pav but that their time has been made out by the street commissioner on the bills presented for payment, and that the vouchers were signed by him. The committee submitted two sample time sheets one of which if recommended should bo selected by the council to he filled out in duplicate by the street THE MANITOWOC PILOT. commissioner and made a part of the city record. The report was placed on file. The report of Sexton Emil Schroeder of Evergreen showed that during the last three months 1!) males and 10 females had been interred. Alderman iStolze moved that the hoard of public works be directed to consider the con struction of sewers for the ensuing year and to report on the matter on or before the first Monday in March, and also that the board publish a notice requesting those contemplating coi - struction of sewers to make application before the Vioard makes its report. This motion was adopted. The claim of Henry C. Koch for *21.35 for gravel was disallowed. Claims aggregating $1)03.50 were or dend paid. The meeting then ad journed. PARK ASSOCIATION COMPLtTI: Owners of Old Klingliolz Property Elect Directors and Officers At a meeting of stockholders last Thursday evening at the County Court House, the organization of the Ravine Park Association was perfected. By laws were adopted and a Board of nine directors was created. The following were elected to the Board: for one year, John Keith, Max Hahr and Joe Staehle; two years, John Chlonpek. Edward Schatfiand'and Edwin Schuette; three years, Win, Hiss, F. C. Bnerstalte and Max Siaehle. The Board of Directors hold a meet ing immediately after that of the stock, holders and elected the following officers: Pies., Max Staehle: Vice Pres., John Chlonpek; Secy., Ed. Schafflaud; Treas,, F. C. Bnerstalte. All details of the management of the Park which was formerly the Kling liolz, property, will lie arranged by the officers and the Board of Directors. It is probable that some of the members of the Association will build summer cottages in the park. , FORMER RESIDENT HERE KILLED Jacob Dußois, once a C. *svr N. W. Flagman at Fifteenth Street, Loses Life on Freight Car at Reedsburg W uni luis been received by friends in thin city that Jacob Dußois, formerly employed here by the Chicago .V' North Western Railway Company as flagman at the Fifteenth Street crossing, has been lulled at Reedsburg. Dußois was riding on a freight car of a train that was being switched in the yards at Reedsburg and was thrown to the ground by a sudden jolt ol the train. A leg and an arm were taken off and an eye was gouged out. DuHois, who was a native of Barra boo was 37 years of age and a cripple, being unable to use his right hand. He was visiting in Reedsburg at the time of his death and was simply as isting at the switching. He was unmarried. He had lived in this city about three years BAENSCH SUPPORTER DROPPER linil A. Hartman, of This City, Dis missed From State Fmploy at Madison for Political Reasons Emil A. Hartman of this city, fora number of years in the employ of the state as bill clerk at Madison, lias been discharged. He has been in the office of secretary of state for five years and is the last of the old force to lie re moved. It is said that his dismissal is due to the fact that he is a supporter of Judge Maenseh. The position which he held [iays a -salary of sl-400 a yeai. RIDES IN WITH SJOOO CASH Henry (irics Treasurer of Town of Mecme Deposits Tax Money Here Henry (tries, treasurer of the town of Meeme, rode in to this city lasi Satur day, with s.ioi)o cash in his jeans. He carried no weapon of any kind and though several knew of his departure and of the amount lie carried he was unmolested. The money he came to deposit was the balance of the taxes of the town after the school tax had been deducted. The exact amount deposited with County Treasurer Hacker was s2l! 1(1. ML ('lias. A. Ilrandt. has been appointed local agent for the World’s Fair Uuarah tee Association. The payment of a dollar a month for a certain number of months takes one to the World's Fair and pays all expenses. The total paid is said to lie less than what one could go it alone for. The amount from here for instance is about SM). Mr. It. DeLano lias returned from a visit to Milwaukee. ADVANTAGES OF THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Proposed Change To City Sys tem Discussed by John Schmidtman Our city schools consist of two divi sions: 1. The htghschools. 2. The grades leading up to them. Both will he affected by the proposed change to a city system and both will be benefited by it. It should bo clearly understood from the start that highschool instruction is one thing and grade supervision quite another. The thorough and systematic instruction of the 8,000 grade children of Manitowoc is of more importance than the instruction of its 800 highschool students. It is more desirable for the community, no less than for the child, that the latter be firmly grounded in arithmetic, writing and spelling, than that it he taught algebra, latin and me dieval history; for a child weak in the fundamental branches will find itself handicapped in almost any line of work it may undertake in after life. Not only are the people of Manitowoc today supporting three highschools al most completely duplicating each nth er’s work, but the 2 (100 children in (he grades roughly speaking all the chil dren in the city lietween the ages of 5 and 14 years are left with only such supervision as the principals can give them during the time they can spare from highschool work. Enough tirade Children To Warrant City Superintendent There are enough grade children in Manitowoc and enough teachers in structing them to warrant a city super inteudent, devoting his entire time to thin work, Tire efforts of the liest high school faculty in the world may be largely nullified hy children coming up to them from the grades unprepared to lake up trie highschool work. It stands to reason that under the proposed plan in vogue in nearly every city of the state the grades can he watched more closely, more regularly, and more intel ligently than they can possibly he now, and if they are, they must inevit ably improve. Any system that gives them only tlie divided time of a high school principal, no matter how good a man he may be, must fall short of the best results obtainable. Disadvantages Of Division Into Districts The present division of the city schools into four independent districts precludes the transfer of- children from crowded buildings to other buildings. A striking example of this is the cae of the chil dren living on Columbus street, only a few blocks from the roomy First ward school, who art> compelled to trudge a great distance to the over-crowded Fourth district school, simply because they are unfortunate enough to live at the east end of that district. Neither the courses of '-study nor the text books are uniform throughout the four districts, and a child moving from one part of the city to another finds it self a “misfit" in the new ward, part of its work possibly being in one room and part in another. As Manitowoc more and more becomes a factory town, this element in its population will increase, and the need of a system permitting the ready transfer of a child from one school to any other without interrnp tion of studies will lie more and more keenly felt. Parochial School (Iraduates The same difficulty is encountered by graduates of parochial schools desiring to complete their education in the pub lic schools. The parochial schools are powerless to remedy the difficulty, for, should they pattern their course after any one of the four districts, they will be out of harmony with the remaining throe. Our parochial schools are anx ions to work in harmony with the pub lic schools,and as soon as the district sys tem is adopted and a uniform course of study established, they will ipiickly correlate the rs to it, Thecity will then have a system uniform throughout and a child may lie transform! from one public ward school, to another, or 'o a parochial school by the mere transfer of a record card, such as has ts-en devised by p rof. Keller. The Proposed System Under the system proposed there will he but out principal and one city hiiist intendent. The former will have charge of the highschool and the latter of the six ward schools. In each of the latter the teacher of the highest grade, the eighth, will Uj held responsi tile for general good order in the building. MANITOWOC, WIS-. JANUARY 21, 1904 Such, in brief, is to be the orgauiza zation of the grades. The present three highschools will Ih* discontinued. In their stead will be or ganized a single highschool the Cen tral Highschool of the city. Instead of three principals, three forces of assist ants, three buildings, and three sets of equipment, there will l>e but one princi pal, one building, one force of assist ants, and one set of equipment. Taking the place of three, the central highschool will be very much larger than any one of them. All the money, books, and up paratus now at the diajiosal of the three will be at the disposal of the one. That organization which produces the best results from the energy and money expended by the commuuuity is the system which should prevail; and that the central highschool will do so seens positive and clear. Such is the system proposed. In the place of four districts, in charge of as many school boards, there will tie but one district, taking in the entire city and governed by a city board of educa tion. The system will be absolutely uni form throughout and tlie duties of no per son on the teaching force will conflict with or duplicste the work of any other. The establishment of a city system of schools will do more than anything else that has taken place in the city since its foundation to make it one town in spir it as well as in name, to bring its people into close relation, and to inspire them to strive for their common welfare as they should strive. That in itself is enough to make any one take off his coat and light for the Central Highschool. John C. Scum hitman. FOR POLISH BISHOP Movement May Result in Appointment of Father Kruszka to (ireeu Bay Diocese According to the Catholic Citizen a great deal of discussion has been aroused in Catholic Eclcsiasttcal circles over a movement on foot among I’olisti congregations to have at least, one Polish Bishop appointed ; u this arch diocese. About ten names have been sent to Rome already. The diocese of Green Bay, left vacant by the promo tion of Bishop Messmor to the arch bishopric of Milwaukee, is the one most prominently in view at present. Rev. \V. Kruszka is mentioned as a likely candidate should a Pole be decided upon. MISSING MAN THOUGHT DEAD Chief of Police Pierce Finds 8100d 1 Stains Where Thompson Was Last Seen Chief of Police Pierce believes Unit Oscar Thompson who was reported in our last issue as missing has met his death either by suicide, accident or foul play. lie examined the vicinity of the i shipyards where Thompson was la-t, seen, and discovered blood stains upon the ice. The missing man was suffer ing from consumption. It was thought that this may have led to suicide. SUIT OF ARCHITECTS AGAINST COUNTY THROWN OUT OF COURT Judge Sccmon, at Milwaukee, Decides Against Kinney & Delweiler In Court Mouse Matter Th Hint for £r>oo brought hy tin* architects Messrs. Kinney and Dctweiler against the (futility, for jiliiiih anil s|s-cilications for anew ('omit > <'mi l bouse, was rather summarily thrown nut of court when it caine up hefore Judge Sermon at Milwaukee. Tuesday. The architects claimed that they had been authorized by a committee, ap|>ointed hy the <'onnty Hoard of Supervisors. to miil>mil plans ami H{M>citicHtionH, and that, when they had submitted such plans and specilira tioiiH, the Hoard refused to accept the same A number of county officials were subiioenaed in the case Those who went down Tuesday were: County Clerk Hdw Hthallland. I’residenl Eehrman of the Hoard, Supervisors Chas. Muth, Robert I’ek ('lias Krause, Wm Hoehringer and Ed Mohr. Resides these there were snppoenaed as experts architects Raeiifier and Tegeii and City Engineer I’itz. No witnesses fnr the County were called, however. Mr. Kinney <>f the lire; of Kinney iV Delweiler was placed on the stand and was severely questioned legarding the plans and specifications. It was brought out tb it the so called "plans ami specifications" were little more than sketches, and th ti very many cs sential items had been absolutely unaccounted for. Mr Kinney was also caught denying bis own former deposition as to what he had told the Hoard the cost of building would Is*. At this, Judge Seemon bad the jury called in, dismissed 11 ♦ m for I lie day and I ben dismiss* and t lie care There were practically two questions up b Tore the court for decision one, as to whether the committee, appointed by the Hoard of Supervisors to procure plans and s[s cifications, had or bad not excel dei| its authority and the other, as to whether Messrs. Kinney and Delweiler had or had not fulfilled their con tract regarding the specifications. As to Hie second question the testimony of Hie architects themselves was quite sufficient. As to tin* lit-st question, the court found that the committee had exceeded its authority Judge .Seemott re jteatedly called the attention of those present to the fact that only the Hoard alone was authorized to procure plans and sjiecitications or to make contracts with architects for the same. It is not thought, by ('-minty officials, that Messrs Kinney and Iktw 'hr will carry the case any further. FIREMEN ON THE ANN ARBOR LINE OUT ON STRIKE Business Aifent Of The Onjani/.a lion Orders The Men On Boat No 2 To Quit TROUBLE OYER NEW SCAI E OF WAGES A strike which may tie up the Ann Arbor Line of steamboats lias been start ed among the firemen, watertenders and oilers. Business agent C. (’. 1! nm gartner of tlie Brotherhood of Marine Firemen Oilers and Watertenders came to town Monday and ordered out all the members of the organization on the Ann Arbor boat No. which is in the harbor. The trouble is over the scale of wages which went into effect Dec. (!, 110:1 at the close of navigation. The agree meiit between the Brotherhood and the Company was that the boats should hold to $17.50 for each man per month during the winter months. The sum mer scale is the same as that of the win ter months but the fall scale is SOS The men here claim that they did not know about tlie scale and thej are rather disatislied at being called out. The officials of the organization were under the impression that the full scale was being paid but when they learned to the contrary C. Baumgartner was immediately sent down to investigate On arriving and consulting with tin* men on lxiiit No 2, Baumgartner iin mediately telegraphed tin- situation to headquarters in Buffalo This morning he received a telegram directing Inin to allow No. 2 lo no out and station that the matter would lie taken up at Bnlfa lo and Toledo. No 2 will probably lie held up at Frankfort and instructions j will lie issued to the business annuls | from there. The men here have not been kept fully informed as to what has been done by the Brotherhood. The Association used to lie simply a benevolent ornani /.ation and was called the Marine Fire men’s, (lilers'and Watertenders' Benevo lent Association of the (ire,at Bakes. I Recently however it was thonnbt best to chatine tile name and enlarne the scope of tile body. In September the ohl charter was annnled and the new name, Brotlmrh lof Marine Firemen, (tilers and Waterlendeisof the (ireat Lakes, was chosen. In all about seven men have gone out on the heat No. 2. The coil passers, while not members of the Brotherhood went out in sympathy TO MOLD JOINT SI SSIONS Two BranilicsnfNatioii.il lr.ilcni.il Orji.t nizallon of tills City I nilc At the Joint installation banquet and dance uf the National Fraternal League of this city last Saturday evening at Ci/.ek's Hall, a sort of consolidation! was formed by which the two branches will hold frequent .joint sessions in the future. Win Havey, deputy stale or ganizer, addressed the meeting. MANITOWOC COUNTY CLUB IN CHICAGO TO HOLD BALL Organization Started About Two Yca rs A got rives Second Annual Kventat Imperial Hall Announcements are out of the Second Annual Hall to be given by the Mani towoc County Club in Chicago at the Imperial Flail, corner of Halsted street, Fullerton and Lincoln Avenues, Satur day evening, February Oth. The club has been formed for about two years and the one requisite to ad mission is that (be candidate shall hail from Manitowoc Comity. The an iionnccment states that at the ball the annual election of officers will take place. and, what is quite as much to the point, that "Manitowoc. Two Rivers and Mishicott beer will be on draught." The arrangement coin mil tee is com posed of A J Knnepfer, (’has. Stahl. <) IV Wolf and (ieo. Johannsen. The floor committee is as follows: 11. J Knnepfer. E Nollan, Oscar Jorsch. Ernst Schmidt, Herman (Irabu and F. Milski. Tin reception committee is as follows; ('has. Stahl. Win. Knnz, Albert I’antz. Peter (iilleek. Ang. Worth P Stadl*r, Mrs. F. ((olden bogeti. Mrs Ang. Winegar. Miss Anna Meyer, Mrs. F Staehle, Mrs. (ieo llandelund Mrs. Win. Wedeiieamp. MU I TO ORGANIZE Ctiniios of (.’oimtv Assemble in St. I loni face Hall and Dis * ttss ( Uiestion ol b'cde ration A meeting to discuss tbe question of the organization of the Catholic So cities in this Comity into a branch of the American Federation of Catholic Societies was held last Sunday in Si, Honilace’s Parochial School ball ()tto ScifTiz. of Milwaukee, National Organ! /••r of llic Federation was present, as previously announced, and addressed the meeting in (ierman. Judge Moe-kes, of Appleton, President of tbe Federation in Wisconsin, was also present and spoke in English. Hoth speakers outlined the objects of the Federation, the good that it could ac complish and the tie* and for it. J. P. Nolan presided at the meeting. He was authorized by Judge Moeskes to appoint deputy national organizers who should work up the organization in the ei nnty No other official step was taken omruAkv Pdward I rit/e I'M ward Frit/.e. ancd died Monday fat llie Inline id Mr. inn) Mrs. Christ <'arsteiis. in the town of Newton. The mieriil takes place this afternoon at mie hi luck, Mr Fril/.e was a native of Mrenieii, (let many, coming to this country with the ('lindens about M years ago. Altogether he has lived with the ('arsteiis fill years, lie leaves no relali ves. Theodore Meyer The funeral of Theodore Meyer, lined 7ti, who died last week, was held Friday niorninn :tt St. Uoniface's church Mr, Meier leaves four children Mrs Sn son Pfeifer. Anna and Joseph, of this city and Kdward. of (trillion Mr Meyer was horn in linden, (termany. coiiiinn (o America in |s:!d and sett ling in St Na/iiin/ in istil He has lived in this i 1 1 \ for about ,‘J years. I rank Schnorr Frank Schnorr. lined so, died last Saturday at the home of his son Alex on South Tenth Street. He was one of the oldest residents of this city and for the greater j i;ir t ~ f his life was a con tract inn mason. He retired several years line His last illness was of nlmut two weeks duration. Four children, Alc\ John. Frank. Jr, and Mis Heniy IJorcherdt. all of this city,survive. Mr. S hnorr also leaves two brothers, Philip, of ('incinnati, and Fred, of Me Henry, 111 The funeral took place Monday niorninn at It o'clock from St. lioniface ( lunch A meeting of the directors of the National liiiik of Manitowoc was held at the bank on the corner of York and Kinhth streets last Tuesday niorninn l.eander Choate of < tshkosh, President of the bank was present at the meeting Miss Faye liiindrelh entertains some lads friends at luncheon next Saturday noon, in honor of her two guests, Miss Sue Fryback of ('ircleville, ()., and Miss Mary Hansel of ( i.ik Park, 11). The engagement of Miss Norah • tlson of this city to < tscar Krickson, of I>eeds. N. I) has Iss'ii announced. Mr. Frick son. who was a former reside it of this city is at present cashier of the First Nation tl Hank at Heeds. WHOLE NO. 2355 APPEAL TO THE REPUBLICANS OF WISCONSIN | Baensch Campaign Committee, in Open Letter, Urges The Ne cessity of Party Peace COMPLIMENT PAID TO S. A. COOK Factionalism a Crime Strong Plea For Unity In Stale In \icw Of The Coming National Elections The followin'; open letter, signed by the Haenseh Campaign <' nnmitlee, bon boon given out Turin: It i a-i • m.n • \ss i>k Wisconsin: The undersigned, with all members of tlii> republican part} - iu Wisconsin. have drifted from differences on non-essent ialH into warring party camp*. For Party Peace We believe the time 1 an come when the ficrlit within the party should cease. We believe that Ibis will be found to be the judgment of tbe party, and that it only remains to choose a way in which it may be given expression and its com mand issued. At the request of Judge Kind liaenseh we have undertaken to organize the republic n s of the state for party peace. Actuated by this motive, Judge Haenseh has acquiesced in the ur gent request that he- become a candidate for the nominalimi for governor. We will actively and vigorously promote his candidacy believing if to be- in tbe best interests of the parts , but lie considers Ins candidacy asonly a means to an end party pe.uV holding the interests of the party paramount to the personal iimhilieii of any man, and should the convention find that some other name would more surely secure harmony, that man will have his I arty support. A Compliment To Cook Mon S A look actuated as we lie lieve, by tin-same high purpose has also announced himself as a candidate. While using all honorable means to se cure the nomiiciti >n of Judge Haenseh, we can but c mgratnlate the party iqcon the assurance that the nomination of any true republican win* may be a can didate in tins spirit, will command the support of a united parly The candidacy, however, of any man whose nomination would mean a con tinuation ol the present factional divi sh hi of the pari v should be discouraged, and the advice of those whose political or material interests would be endang ered by the return of peace, should he received with great caution. National I lection Not Ccrta n Hecanse of local cinditi eis in various states and the dispisition of the demo cratic parly to unite its factions with all interests opposed to the administration of Theodore Roosevelt it can ls> truly stated that the result of the coining presidential election is not one of cer tainty, and it would be a political crime should a united democracy in its efforts to defeat his re election be confronted with a dividml. factional republican party in Wisconsin, The vote of Wis cousin once determined the result of a presidential election. Let ns have anew ali rnment that will stamn out factionalism There are no irreconcilable di ITVivnees (nr greatest concern today should be tbe unification of th*> partr To a united party can safely Ite entrusted tin* settlement of all issues. Ask Cooperation In tbc> efforts we propose making for Roosevelt, Haenseh. and party peace, we ask tin' cooperation of all who are in sympathy with ns without regard to factional affiliations We invite an ex pression of your views as well as sag gestion from you as to organiz vtion in your different localities *ur plan in volves a thorough organization of the republicans of the state, to aci omplish which requires both time and money. Any contributions yon may be pleased to make should lie sent to Hon. O W. lohnson. Treasurer, Racine All other communications should be addressed to I* L Spooner •-’!> Vroman Hlock Madi son, Wis IV L Spooner i Madison) <). W Johnson i Racine) Sewell A Peterson i Rice Lake) J H Treat * Monroe) < eo. I! riemenyson i Lancaster) M. H. Rosenberry iWansan) Stepani I'. Meyer (West Hend) Juo. L. Sturtevaut (Waupaca) ('has R Hrmly (Manitowoc) 11 11 Morgan (Madison) Madison, Wis., Jan. T3, PJO-1. Mrs. Wm (Ti le will entertain lady fri aids at her home on No. ih Fourth s reef this Thursday afternoon at tei in honor of the approaching uiarrie,e of Miss Faye Laudreth.