The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-01-26

Last Saturday evening ut the Turner
| hall the North Side high school basket
ball team lost to the ShebOygan highs
the score being ~ to b. The game was
| followed by an enjoyable social hop, the
music for the occasion being furnished
| by the North Side high school orchestra
Atty Albert H. Schmidt has an
uounced himself as candidate for the
office Of municipal judge ut the coming
spring election. Mr. Schmidt is mem
Der of the law firm of Sedgwick Sedg.
wick q Schmidt He is graduate of
the First ward high school and of the
state university.
August Grimm, principal of the Fox
Lake schools, who recently announced
I his candidacy Cor the republican nomi-
nation for county superintendent of
schools, has decided to withdraw his
name and will not be candidate for
the place He will remain at Fox Lake,
! having been reelected to the position he
now holds. There are now two candi-
dates for the superintendencv, w. f.
Larson, the present incumbent and NJ
| II. kalaher, who will seek the nomina-
ton on the democratic ticket
At he meeting of the State Plumbers
association recently held at Milwaukee
$. V. Hapley of Milwaukee was re-elect
| ed president of the association =. II.
Murphy of the same city is the secretary
of the organization No action was
taken by the convention on the question
OF restricting plumbers to the cities
where they reside The next annual
meeting of the association will be held
in the metropolis of the state Local
plumbers are members of the organiZa-
ton.
At a meeting held last Friday evening
the city council considered the advsabi
lity of adopting the general charter
laws
The Third ward will be given an add.
itional voting precinct. This change is
made necessary by the fact that over 600
votes We're polled in that ward ut the
last election. There is movement on
foot looking toward the re-districting Of
the city, giving it fourteen wards
f. j. Mooney of Chiffon, former
trustee Of the kersten holdings in the
German Exchange bank failure has in
stituted an action against Robert Hell
man of Hayton on charge of SANDER
Later 1t is reported that the suit
has been settled for 800
Last week ut the annual meeting of
the directors of the National bank and
the German American bank, both under
the same management, Leander Choate
Of Oshkosh was reelected presld ent
Emil Tietgen, vice-president; F. II.
Ientner cashier; and q. Nyhagen, as
sisiant cashier The directors authori-
zed the erection Of n new brick structure
to be occupied by the National bank and
the Wisconsin Telephone company.
The Savings bank re elected old officers
ut the annual meeting held last week
John Schuette has been president Of the
institution ever since it was established
Louis Schuette is vice president Edwin
Schuette, cashier; and Ed. Larson. as.
~istant cashier,
WANTED YOUNG MAN from Man
iiowoc county to prepare for desirable
position in Govt. Mail Service. Salary
$500. Rapid promotion to $500. Splen-
did opportunity. Address G. W., Box
one, Cedar Rapids, la. 81
Outagamie county contemplates es
tabli4hiug a municipal court and recent
ly directed inquiries to the judges of all
municipal courts in tn state. The
following reply was given by Judge A
f.. Schenian of the Mant owoc county
municipal court Our municipal court
has been running since 1898 and 90 not
believe there is person in the county
that would want to 20 back to the old
Justice OF he peace system unless there
he some Justices or constables directly
interested. our present system has simp
ly put the Justices aud constables out of
business We do all the criminal and
most all of the civil business that the
justices used to do.
Later The county board has voted
against the proposition. Those favoring
the establishment Of such court in that
county will probably pleseut a petition
to the Legislature.
George Ferris, \ young man sent TO
the Green Bay reformatOry in 1901 from
this city for hold.up and robbery, died
last week at Green Bay. Ferris came
from Ohio -four years ago and was con