The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-10

some farmer to get d bargain. Inquire
at The Pilot office. There can also pt
purchased at bargain ladies' second
hand Crescent bicycle.
Remonstrance to Paving.
The common council meeting called
for Monday did not take placefor lack q
q quorum. 1t will be held Thursday
Among the matters to be considered is
remonstrance to the paving OF CONNER
cial street by certain property owners.
As bids have been advertised for and
majority of property ownersir5 in favor
of the improvement it is probable that
no action will be taken on the petition.
| Deaths Of the Week.
Mrs. Ignatz Hermann, for nearly fifty
years a resident of Manitowoc county,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Adam Krug 1911 Washington street,
aged 70. The funeral took place ON Sun
day afternoon. Mrs. Hermann is sur
vived by six grown M children, four
sons and two daughters. She had been
widow for twenty years.
The remains of Mrs. louis Mcnamara
were brought here from Kaukauna for
burial. She was daughter Of Mrs.
Ere lorick Winster, former resident Of
Maritowoc.
Henry Ansorge, well-known farmer
and an old settler of the town OF New
ton, was found dead in bed He was 80
years.
Nominated byICaucus
At d caucus Monday night the follow
ing named persons were placed in nom
nation for officers of the Benevolent
Association of the German Lutheran
church:
For President-Theo. Schmidtman,
John Mahnke.
For Vice President-Chr. Kansier, Ed
ward Brey.
For First SecretaIy-Herman Rietz,
A. Abel
For Second Secretary-Mr. Haase, R.
Grolle.
For Treasurer Gomole, H. Kan
sier
For Legal Supervisor-G. Meyer, Oh.
Ladwig.
The election will take place next
month.
Chief ple-ce's Annual Report.
The second annual report of Chief-of-
Police Pierce has been printed and dis
tributed 1t contains the names Of the
city officials, good picture of the chief
and general information about the po-
lice department. The number OF arrests
for the year is given at 452, mostly for
minor offenses. He recommends that
three more patrolmen be added to the
force inasmuch as three OF the present
members are required to do Office work
The chief calls attention to the value o.
the Gamewell Alarm Electric system
now in use. He suggests u private Of
fee for the head of the department and
calls attention to the good work done by
the patrolmen the past year. The re-
port shows that $459 were collected for
tax on dogs The list of arrests, the To-
cation of the police alarm boxes, the
miscellaneous work done by the de-
partment and other data make TWEEN
ty-five pages The number OF persons
lodged at the station during the year
WAS 33s and the stolen cash recovered
amounted to $3.50. The chief recon-
mends the establishment of workhouse
and poorhouse near the city limits. In
conclusion thanks are returned to the
council, mayor and Others for assistance
given the department at various times,
Hoyts Texas Steer,
There may not be much in name, so
far as individuals are concerned, but M
applied to plays the title is almost half
the battle. Many n good play has been
failure before it has ever been produc-
ed, ~ the result of being given poor
title. Next to writing good play the
most difficult task for the playwright Is
to select u good title. There are few
men who are capable OF writing not only
good plays but of naming them proper
| ". No man in the United States pos
sesses this happy faculty to the same
marked degree as Mr.. Charles II. Hoyt.
In the long list of hiss many successes
every title selected by him has been ut
once striking and suggestive of some
| definite idea As in reading "a newspap'
er. one selects the articles having the
most attractive head liners, so theatre
goer buys ticket for the play whose
| title strikes his fancy. Moreover, the
more Mr.. Hoyt writes the more adept he
seems TO become in giving them appro
pirate names Take for instance his
greatest, "A Texas Steer. The utlt
suggests 40 many humorous and enjoy
able situations that the reader of adver
! tisements in papers or on billboards Is OF
the way TO the theatre before he has IN
yestigated further, The title alone ha'
convinced him that the entertainment