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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-22
BURMESE GIRLS.
GOssfpinE and Flirting as They FIJI
Their Jars Mt the Well.


Their Jars mt the Well.
In every household the daughter has
her appointed work. In all but the
richest merchants houses the daugh-
ter's duty is to bring the water from
the well evening and morning, says
Blackwood's Magazine. 1t is the gos-
siping place of the village, this well.
and as the sun sets there come running
down all the girls of the village. AS
they fill their jars they lean over the
curb and talk, and it is here that are
told the latest news, the latest flirta-
ton, the latest marriage, the little
scandal of the place. Very few men
come. Water-carrying is not their
duty, and there is proper time and
place for filtration. So the girls have
the well almost to themselves.
Almost every girl viii weave. In
every house there will be a loom, where
the girls weave their dresses and those
of their parents. And very many girls
will have stalls in the bazar. Other
duties are the husking of the rice and
the making of cheroots. Of course, in
the richer households there will he
servants to do all this. but even in them
the daughter will frequently weave,
either for herself or for her parents
Almost every girl will do something,
if 1T be only to pass the time
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You think it was about midnight
when You awokee"
sYes, sir,'
ANY light in the roomt''
mo. sir.r
Curtains down7"
Yes, sir"
Swell, what did ypn see?"
L saw the prisoner at the foot of
thesbed, and called out
Did yon know who it was before
you heard his voicef"
mo, sir"
We'll, what did he say?"
He said, i want that money, or
Ill murder You =
FYou were greatly frighteneda"
Yes, sir"
Even before he spoke?"
'fYes, sir
And yet, frightened as you were,
YOU recognized Somerville's voice?"
'Yes, SIR"
We'll. let us see if there is any
similarity. Prisoner, You will call
out the words used by the man in the
bedroom"
The prisoner complied, and his
words knocked the bottom ont of the
prosecution. Not person in that
court room could swear that he had
ever heard that voice before. The
Widow Rivers seemed stupefied as
she looked at him.
$50 You swear that this is the voice
you heard In your bedroom, do you?'
asked the lawyer.
II can't sayt"
OF the two men who had been pos
tive at the preliminary examination
one backed square down, while the
other WAS full of doubts When the
case was closed, and the jury went
out, eight were doubtless, and the
other four not very positive. and the
result was verdict of mot guilty"
Was he Baily or Somerville? have
told you how they failed to prove he
was anybody but Baily, and yet he
was Somerville Years afterward /
interviewed him in South Carolina
jail two davs before he was to be
hanged for murder, and he acknow
lodged his identity, and laughed
heartily over the details of the case
He was rascal before coming to
Grafton, and selected that quiet town
because there were reasons why he
sboald disappear for time. AS to
where he left the town every Friday
night did not ask, and he did not
explain.
You may say that such a case is
impossible. Very we'll. Go out on
the street as you are, and to the first
friend who meets you and stops to
pass a word, reply:
"Sir! You mistake! Ny name is
not Thomas White, and l never saw
you before"
If he doesn't step back and stare at
you in amazement, and if you cannot
see that he is wondering if he has not
lost his head, then you may call this a
story written to order.
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4 VERY STRANGE CASE.
BY CHAs. b. LEWIS.

| Your name is Thomas Whit, for in
stance, Ihat is, you have always
been called Thomas as your given
| name, and your parents have always
been referred to as White. There is
| not the slightest dOnbt in your mind
that yen are Thomas White You
have lived in the town of Ridgesille
state of OHIO, for thirty years, and
every man, woman, and child knows
you as Thomas White Your mail
has been received under that name,
Won have signed 1t to all papers. and
if should deny that you were Thorn
as White yon would call me lunatic.
Nevertheless, Thomas White, | do
deny your identity. and | challenge
yon to prove it in law Hunt up the
family Bible, gather mp receipts and
other papers, call upon your own
father and mother, and yet what do
you prove? Simply that they believe
you are Thomas White. 1t might do
to establish your identity in bank,
but it would not establish it in law
if there was a life depending.
Every man, woman, and child in
the town of Grafton know William
Henry Somerville. 1t was town of
only 1000 inhabitants, aud he was
the principal or superintendent of the
Union school, and had held the posi-
ton for three years He was a single
man and \ gentleman. They said he
was gentleman because he was edu
Gated, dressed well, had no vices, and
carried himself according to the pop
ular idea of gentleman. The men
respected him, their wives admired
him, and at least dozen marriage
able girls wonld have been happy at
the knowledge that he was in love
with them
There was only one odd thing about
the superintendent. Every Friday
night he took the train and went away
no one knew where, and returned
every Monday morning at 7 o'clock
He should have explained where he
went, whom he went to see, and all
about it, but for some reason he did
not. 1t may be that some of the vii
lage gossips plucked up the nerve to
ask him the question direct, but, if
so, they got no satisfaction. What
made the mystery deeper and gave
the gossips an additional pang was
the fact that on one Friday night he
would take the train going west, and
on the next the train going east
Those who argued that he went to
sweetheart OF mother were thus non
plussed After time it was decided
by certain parties to follow him and
solve the mystery. This may seem a
curious step to you, but you never
lived in a country town." where
everybody is bound to know all about
everybody else, even to how much
soap grease or how many carpet rags
have been saved MO to a certain date.
The superintendent was "shadowed."
but, alas he gave the self constituted
detectives the ship and caused addi
tioni.l gossip
just how long it wonld have been
before committee of ''maDy taxpay-
ers' or indignant citizens" would
have waited upon Mr.. Somerville and
demanded an explanation, | cannot
say. but such move had been sug
gested when a strange thing occurred
This was along toward the last of his
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"A second 'eacher "ss caiieo ana
'''heu il -.
w no You luehtily tne prisoner as
+" ii1iah henry ooihef'iIie
,n 10 a,
,.n Low 10 you i,ieii'iiy nm
,Iy py ilis senelal appearallce
isii :o. = t-eie ~ any Po99ioiii'S 'h7i you
are ~ lhis'akeii :,
NO, SIT
You declare on 2ath that the pris-
oilei - '1oiiier'ii'e' uo you
l uU, =, =.
" ell 1 IKE posi'lVe witness.
New, looh S'raisht a' hie anu aeserloe
'Ha ,e ;s
aGoonu
.uo hoe blook orosn
" aIIn
IT, :o';.
CT i7 liail n.a -. no rIo
one Stoppeu iSh' liieie, Hhe
couiun t.eaoiioe 'ne liaii sue ha.'
seeil 81 o,'eil % u'iiiis pelloo Vi 'hlee :,
years; "a uo'io. na,. Iiep' ~ aliu
OnI,, two rorSono ont of tb;rty coIlod
70 Tho stand ware nosit;ve. Tho do
fonno olo;mod oo9o of m;stoton ;don
t;tv Tho nr;sonar declared his namo
70 10 Jomos Ra,lv and that no waS
horn Of American narants in Sw;tzerN
land JJo had come To tho Tn;tad
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-22

Cupid breaks his bow at the sight
of a face full of pimples. Hollow
cheeks, sunken eyes, and a sallow
complexion will DEFY his best inten-
tions. Beauty is more than skin
deep. The skin is merely the surface
on which IS written in plain characters
the condition of the body. DR. Pier
ce's Golden Medical Discovery is good
for the complexion because it makes
the whole body healthy-because it
cleans and purifes the blood, makes
the digestion strong and clears out
impurities of all kinds By incr. a >
ing the ability to assimilate nutritious
t 'od' and by the infusion of its own
ingredients it enriches the blood and
so mahes solid, healthy flesh. 1t
cures diseases of the lungs, liver, ,stom-
ach, bowels, skin and scalp, simply
because all these diseases spring from
the same cause-a disordered diges-
on and consequent impure blood.
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EM TRAINS AND FAST TIME.

NEh IRAt ND ASE NE.
CHICAGO II N. W. RY.
Leave. South Bound Arrive.
Hanitowoc ti5ga. m. Milwaukee, "7:10 n n
hanttowoc fS as a. Milwaukee tl0:5O II II
MauItowoc ti:nI =. m. Mllwan keJ T3:ao p Ii
Manitowoc fsi7 .. m. milwaukee al 90 p.u
Leave North Bound Arrive.
Mauitowoc+l ~ m Amigo 1890 p. IL
Manit owoc .a:3g p. IN. Ashland .7:l5 a. II,
Manitowoe 9.in y. [ Appleton ll:USR, n
Manitowoc 6;35 "a
TWO RIVERS.
Leave Arrive.
Cas- a. m. $50 n. m.
III IL n. m. i2:33p. m.
4:l5 p. m, $50 y. m,
DAILY 2 Daily except Sunday.
Nos. . and 4 are ''limited" trains making
very fa time aud have through sleeping cars
between Milwaukee Chicago and Bessemef
Ironwooi, Hurley and Ashland. Break fast
going south and supper going northl arc
erycd in dining cars between Chicago and n:
waukec.
Nos : and g have through sleeping cars be.
tween Chicago and Milwaukee and Wausau
and parlor cars between kaukauns and Ash
land.
Nos. and . run between Milwaukee and
Amigo, with parlor cars between Miwauae
and Wausau-
Nos and 8 run between Milwaukee and
khukauua.
All trains make close connections In union
'epot mt Milwaukee to and from Chicago.
for information or tickets inquire of
G.. ii. II HUCHTHAUSEN. Ticket Agent.
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J. II MUIHOLLAND, Nj. ID

j L MUITIUIIAND, VI. y
Practice limited to
Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat.
Office hours:
9to II a. m, l to n m., to S p. IN.
Office IN Books Bldg. n 8.tn Str
Manitowoc. Wis
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third year He was boarding at the
| house of a widow named Rivers She
had three children-Frank, Hattie,
aud John. aged respectively sixteen,
thirtee eel and eleven All attended
| school One morning our superinten
dent was missing. At the same tim
the widow River charged him with
| attempted assault and robbery. Her
statement was to the effect that she
had been awakened about midnight
and found him in her room. She had
that day received $1,000 in cash, and
he demanded the money. When she
cried out he struck her with a club.
, and during the few minutes she was
unconscious he secured the money
and fed
Did any one doubt her story
Was there the slightest reason to sus
pect she could be mistaken? She had
seen him and heard his voice. So
also had Frank and Hattie as he lefl
the house He had taken freight
train which passed the station at l
o'clock a. M. and the station agel
had even spoken with him. AS he was
the only passenger, the conductor and
two brakemen could fully identify
him. Was there ever a palmer case?
1t was three weeks before Mr. So
rnerville was overhauled and brought
back for trial He was caught in a
town over 500 miles away, and was
taken in charge while quietly saun
tering along a street. He was not
even illustrated. He calmly denied
that he was William Henry Solner
vile. He denied that he had ever
been in Grafton. He denied that he
was a school teacher. Indeed, he was
so cool and nervy that the officers,
who knew MIN as well as they knew
their own children, began to doubt if
he was really the man before they
started back with him. I'VE all know
what we know until some one doubts
Then we ''think" or guess or de
clare ito the best of our knowledge" !"
The prison declared the officers
mistaken, but made no objection to
returning with them. There were
500 people at the depot to see him.
Every one recognized him as William
Henry Somerville. Next day he was
arraigned before a Justice of the
Peace under that name. He denied
it and gave his name as James Bailey.
His plea was mot guilty" and he had
the best lawyer in the country. The
doubt which the officers brought back
with them now began to bear fruit,
When Mrs Riyers took the stand she
positively identified lhe prisoner as
Somerville. On cross examination
she began to waver. One of her cEil-
dren swore positively: another
thought So" One of the women
teachers in the school was then put
on the stand to identify the prisoner
This is what followed:
How long have you known the
person referred to as William Henry
Somerville2"
Almost three years"
How often did you see him?"
sat least five days in a week"
Now then, look straight at me and
tell me the color of his eyes
"They are--are blue"
You are posltive?"
yves SIR
You will say she ought to have
been sure, and yet the prisoner had
black eyes! Every other person in
that court room would have sworn his
eyes were black.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-22
NOTICE EXTRAORDINA

Without the blast trumpet pyohna display long blow
busc due notice here friends and the public general that be-
ginning July l7h will launch RETIRING SALE Of sensible
and SERVICEABLE CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS HATS
CAPS SHOES for and will continue slash until
dreamed Of We quit good and rather than pack and pay freight and
and uck will give the public the benefit of all this and
empandd We would rather cash than goods and will
ing pay we'll for this preference This magnificent sale Of magnitude
and much meaning The sew and economical shoppers will be here
Their dollars will further before For further facts
and look around and compare This that will
be long remembered for within miles of this community
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-22
A Dictionary yndex

man from Canada called at a drur
and book store in Richford, Vt. the
other day and inquired if the dealer had
any indexes for Webster's unabridged
dictionary. His wife, he said, gave
him one for Christmas present, but it
was tarnal slow work hunting up words
md he thought if he could get an index
it would help him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-22
TERMS l.50 PER YEAR.
DIR II :. MITCHELL.

Graduate of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons London England. Fourteen years prac-
Il .aI perienrc the treatment OF all diseases
domestic animals subject to.
Difiee + Eootway 4 sons Livery. residence
42S N. lth street.
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Wisconsin Central Time Table.
PASSENGER TRAINS,
Going West.

PASSENGER TRAINS,
Going West.
Leave Manitowoc 500 a. m. 2:33 p. IN
- MenH-ha ..........b41 4+3
- Neeuah ..-.- th - abO y
Arrive Ashland. ............ ..':i3 p m. ';2a a: m
At. Paul ,....-....... Ia $40
Minneapolis. ....-...5W 500
5:Oo H. M train out Of Manitowoc makes con
nection at Neeuah AT go "a m. with tram for
Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and other points south
thus giving M1,nItowoc people n chance To go To
Oshkosh and Fond du Lac the same day-2'a =.
m tram also makes connection ut Neenah AT 3:lO
y, IN. for south,
Gong East.
Leave Minneapolis. ..-.l 20 a. m. Itl5 p m.
st Paul ..--,....sllO I;40
Ashland .--...-- ..... $40 40
Neenah. .z.-.5.:i3 y, m 61ta a. m
Menasha 30 80
Arrive ManltOwOc. I;l5 - WHO
701a m. train ont of Neenah gets connection
from North and South at 7:OU 4, VI. a;l5 =, m.
train gets connection from South at $40 =. m
W II. NASDEGRIFF. Agt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-09
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
COMMISSION TO SELECT A SITE
FOR THE BRANCH.
Will Leave For the South on May
3d-Parowan, Cedar City, Beaver
and Fort Cameron After the
School

The special commission, composed of
superintendent Park, President Tai
mage Of the university and Karl G.
Maeser, created by the last legislature
for the purpose of selecting a site for
the branch state normal school, met at
the formers office yesterday and de-
cided to make the trip south on May g.
The last legislature, it will be remem-
bered, appropriated $4,000 for the es-
Establishment of a branch of the state
university normal school, this institu-
ton 70 be located at some point in
Beaver or IRON county The commits
sion appointed has full power to select
a site. So far the cities which have
made bids for the school are Parowan,
Cedar City, Beaver City and Fort Cam
eron. and between these places a spir-
tied contest is being waged. Commit
tees representing each Of these towns
sent in letters to Superintendent Park
offering free transportation as well as
entertainment for the members of the
commission. All these offers were de-
clined, the members not desiring to
place themselves under OBLIGATIONS.
The law provides that the town re-
ceiving the school shall furnish grounds
for the institution free of charge, and
until the state has clear title to the
same the erection Of buildings shall not
be commenced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-09

The Municipal league met last even
ing and was attended by those who had
been notified of the time and place of
meeting.
Mrs. Pardee presided, and the fea-
ture of the evening was a brief address
by Henry w. Lawrence. That gentle
man, it will be remembered, was, at a
previous meeting, when he was not
present, elected president of the league,
and since then he has expressed himself
as being uncertain about accepting the
office IN the course of his remarks
last evening he said that whether he
accepted or not, he would be an active
member OF the league, and said he
would consider the matter of his cleo
ton as president and announce his de-
cision - q week. Mr.. Lawrence ex-
pathy with the avowed purposes of the
organization.
A communication from the fire and
police hoard inviting the league to
meet with it was read and a commit
tee appointed to confer with the board
In addition, the league requested the
board to place on the books positive in
structions to the officers to enforce the
ordinances. This is all the league deems
necessary and the organization has no
complaints against the patrolmen.
Another meeting will be held next
Thursday night, and it is thought pos
sible h. some who know of the league
only through newspaper reports, but
are interested IN the movement, that
some notice of the time and place may
be given. If that should happen, it is
quiet Likely that there will be several
people present.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-09
SULLIVAN SUSTAINED.
HE ACTED WITHIN THE LINE OF
HIS DUTY.
Investigation of the Methods Used
in Handling immortality Causes
Some Startling Disclosures.

The meeting of the fire and police
board tonight was of unusual interest.
The consideration of the charges by
c. 7. Miller VS.. officer Sullivan was
the special order, but after these Chair
man Rogers attacked the method OF
procedure in the police department and
succeeded in passing a resolution call
ing for radical change in the matter
of dealing with the sporting class. The
resolutions recited that the law is be-
ing continually violated; that the
docket does not show the true state of
facts in regard TO such cases. The pro-
cedure described in the resolution is as
follows:
Once each month, the police officers
make a visit to the bawdy houses with
warrants for the arrest of certain pro-
prietors and inmates. The proprietors
are required to deposit SIS each or go
to Jail, the inmates IS each This is
technically called bail, but it is put up
simply as a monthly fine or license to
be forfeited. The parties arrested are
never brought into court at all, but
their bail is practically fixed, collected
and declared forfeited by a police Of
ficer who has not a scintilla of author
ity for such acts, it being the duty of
the police justice to fix BAIL
In speaking of his resolution, Chair
man Rogers read from the docket
showing the practice and commenting
in a way to show that great discrep-
ancies might exist between the number
of inmates taxed and the real number
Of inmates. He also called attention
to the fact that in February the police
department had been instructed to
keep strictly to the law in such mat
tiers.
City Attorney Henderson said the
chairman was strictly correct as to the
matters of law involved.
Commissioner Peery admitted that
technically the law was being violated,
but that some such method was in
vogue in all the principal cities. He
was opposed to dragging the unfor-
tunate women to public trial. The reso-
luton carried, Peery voting no. The
chief of police. city attorney and police
justice were ordered served with copies
of the resolution.
Examiner Hanson submitted his re-
port on applicants for positions on the
fire department and Chief Binford ap-
pointed A. 3. Garfield and Z. E. Bar
ton to vacancies and G. p. Tyree as
substitute. they being the three high
est averages.
Captain Gilvey, acting chief of police,
that the policy games had
been suppressed.
The matter of the Sullivan charges
was the nrSt business taken I'D, out
was not disposed of till an executive
session, after the regular meeting,
when it was decided that Miller's
charges had not been sustained.
Dan Laughman and Gearge E. Smith
testified for Miller in effect that Sulli-
van had handled him roughly and
forcibly took him from a seat in the
ladies' waiting room of the depot. Mas
ter Kerr and Captain Silvey said Sulli-
It,.
Before adjournment on motion of
Watson, E. T. Morton, the retiring
clerk, was given vote of thanks for
fidelity and good service.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-09
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

STOCKHOLDERS ANNUAL MEET
ing Fairview Mining Company, a cor
poration of Utah.-NOtice is hereby given
that whereas the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Fairview Mining
company a corporation of Utah, was not
held at the time provided in the articles
of incorporation. and over three months
have elapsed since said time and the di-
rectors have not appointed a time for
the holding of said meeting. and six
stockholders of said company have called
said meeting 10 be held at the time and
place hereinafter mentioned; and. where
as the secretary has failed to give notice
of said meeting. Now. in pursuance of
the articles of Incorporation. the under
signed president of said company hereby
gives notice that the annual stock
Holders meeting of said company is
called to be held and will be held at the
Office of said company, to-wit. the Office
of the Ontario Silver Mining company.
second floor of the Masonic block, corner
West Temple and Second South streets.
Salt Lake City. Salt Lake county, Utah.
on Saturday, April 10th, 1897. at o clock
D. m of that day. for the purpose Of
electing officers and directors for the en-
suing year and for the transaction of all
business that may properly come before
the meeting C. w. BENNETT,
President Fairview Mining Company.
Dated March 9Th. 1897.