The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-25

The report of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company, of which the
Wisconsin Telephone company is one of
the auxiliaries, gives the net earnings for
1908 at S1s, 121, 7O7 So out of which divi-
dends of 8 per cent were paid-Sl2 459.
1856. The company has 30, GOO miles of
toll wire and from / 900 to 1900 toll or
pay stations in Wisconsin.
Andrew johnson left for New York
last week and his friends say he is load
ing up on energy at the Muldoon SAM
tarium. This famous physical culture
institute is conducted by former cham
pion wrestler and trainer of John l..
Sullivan, and is favorte place of Tecu-
peration for senator Elihu Root and
many prominent eastern business and
professional men.
Mr. Theodore Miller, who recently
disposed of his farm in Cato, will remove
with his family to Amigo the fore part
of April. Mr. Miller is native of this
county, having been born in the town of
Newton. He has resided in Cato forty
one years and has been a prominent and
successful farmer and a substantial citi
zen. Manitowoc county Can i'll afford
to lose such men as Theodore Miller.
No more normal schools will be estab
lished in Wisconsin at present says the
Assembly educational committee, of
which Simon Wehrwein of this county
is chairman, in Its report on bill iu-
troduced by Timothy Burke for estab.
lishment of normal school at Green
Bay Three other bills, for schools at
Amigo, Rhinelander and Eau Claire
| will meet the same fate. The committee
says that eight normal schools supplies
the needs of Wisconsin for several years
to come.
DR.. Goddard the Milwaukee Special
ist will be at tn Williams Hotel Mani.
towoc, on Saturday, April 3rd and ev-
cry four weeks thereafter The doctor
comes to us highly recommended, and
this is an excellent opportunity to con
suit reliable specialist without going
to the trouble OF expense of trip to
some large city Consultation is free.
See his I'D elsewhere in this paper. q
Many persons are under the impress
| sion that letter once mailed is no long.
er the property of the sender, but be.
longs to the person to whom it is ad
dressed. This is an error. Under the
postal regulations of the United States
and the rulings of the highest courts in
the land, letter does not belong to the
addressee until it is delivered to him.
The writer has right to reclaim and
regain possession of It, provided he can
prove to the satisfaction of the post.
master a. the Office from which it was
sent, that he was the writer of it,
Even after the letter has arrived at the
| Office which is its destination, and before
| it HIS been delivered to the addressee, il
may be recalled by the writer by tele.
graph through the mailing office
The regulations of the Postoffice De-
partment require, of course that ut
most care shall be taken by the post
master at the Office of mailing to a.cer.
tain that the person who desires to with
draw the letter is really the one who is
entitled to do SO, and the postmaster is
responsible for his error if he delivers
the letter to an imposter or to an I'M
authorized person.
The vital principle in our political sys.
tenn lies at the bottom of this matter.
In this country the State is the servant
or agent Of the citizen, not his master.
1t remains merely his agent through
out the transmission of letter. The
State may prescribe regulations under
which it's servants may carry y message
for the citizen; but it cannot shirk its
responsibility to him