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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-16

and snowy white caps-crumbly fountains and q
castle with secret passage All the elements Of the
fascinating past and the strangely progressive
present within stones throw of each other. The
realization Of all that Nuremberg has been and
has undergone comes to one most wildly as one
stands looking down into the Schoss we'll $50
feet deep, where prisoners used to to fetch
water Underground their passage led from the
dungeons to this unlit circular pool for state pris
oners were never permitted to the light and
the hollow splash of the water which the attend
ant drops into the we'll seems to re-echo, after
interminable haf-minute, the hopeless pilgrim
age Of those countless victims Of medieval fanat
icism. Such is the potency of the ended While
the vitality Of the occurring emphasizes ITSELF not
far off, in one Of the dozens of toy factories
whose very machinery whirs modernity, men,
women and chidren-that is, children over six
teen-are massed into this building, all intent on
the one idea the creation Of better and newer and
wonderful toys for everyone's children in
everyones country.
It is seldom the industrial planet can boast of
a broader ambition than this of the craftsmen Of
Nuremberg. To bring the greatest possible amount
of pleasure, legitimate and often educative pleas
ure, to growing active minds is surely an aim
worthy of the finest art in the world. 1t
seems though the thought back of the toys
should surround them with deeper meaning
gifts this Christmastide, since the added gift-the
biggest gift-lies in the patient interested inven-
ton and accomplishment of which they the
exponent
AS for the inventors strictly speaking, their
reward seems infnitesinal according to stand
ards. The boss controls ideas well mate
rails Of output, and it is chiefly to his profit that
new inventions in toyland rebound The
woman who first thinks Of or improves upon some
playthng gets a very small per cent. of the in
come from 1t. To world standards Of
commerce it strange that the originator
should receive such scant recognition and that
without grumbng.
Very, very few Nuremberg toymakers have
ever grown rich over their righteousness. It is
true that ideas as well as toys in Germany sell
for double what they sold for eight years ago,
even! On the other hand the price of living has
gone up appreciably, and what would have seemed
a large purchase price then is only moderate now.
The staff Of artists employed by the Nurem-
berg factory boss is in itself not incOnsiderable
expense and many quiet charity is undertaken
by these men who at home would be absorbed
in getting rich. In the shop of Fritz Muller are
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-16
FORMER U. S. OFFICIAL SLAIN.
Found Murdered in Chicago Home
Robbery Motive.

Chicago, Ill. - Nathan B. Hyde,
former United States commissioner for
the southern district of Wisconsin and
at one time a member of the New York
bar, was found dead in his home here.
His head wa. cut open by blow from
a croWbar, which was found near the
body. The house was ransacked and
the police say robbery was the motive
for the murder.
Mr.. Hyde was 76 years old and had
lived in Chicago since 1908. His wife
died before he came to Chicago and
since then he lived alone Neighbors
say he was wealthy He had a nephew
in this city, DR.. David l.. Hyde
Il think my uncle possessed consid-
cradle property said DR.. Hyde, but
| do not know in what shape it was,
and the police have found no evidence
of any wealth in his home He has
been almost a recluse since the death
of his wife and | knew little of his
affairs"
Mr.. Hyde was graduate of the
Albany Law school and practiced at
Sheboygan, Wis.
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CENSUS BULLETIN GIVES GAIN
OF 264,818 IN TEN
YEAR PERIOD.
IS THIRTEENTH in LIST
Increase Since First Enumeration x
Years Ago Is 2,3o2,915-Great-
est Increase Between
1910 and 1850.

Washington, D. C.-The population
of Wisconsin is 2,333, $50.
The gain in population in the Badg-
err state during the last ten years is
1877 per cent, according to the figures
of the thirteenth census given out to-
day. The population in 1900 was
2,069,042. The gain in number is
264 1918.
When the first census was taken in
1910, Wisconsin's population was only
30,945. Ten years later it had jumped
to 305,301, gain of 274,446, or 1863
per cent. In the next decade the pop
ulation was swelled by 470,490 to a
total of 775,8S1, Or 154.1 per cent
The population in 1870 was 1854
$40, or a gain of 35.9 per cent. In
1880 this number was increased by
278,7S9 to the total of 15,497, gain
of 24.7 per cent.
The year 1890 saw the census fig
ures mount to 1,686,880, a gain of 28.2
per cent, the population having in
creased by 371,383 in the decade.
In the seventy years since the first
census of the state was taken the pop
ulatiOn of Wisconsin has increased by
2,302,915.
Wisconsin now is thirteenth in pop
ulatiOn among the states.
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GENEROUS SENATOR is DEAD.

MenomOnic, Dec. Ex-senator James
H. Stout, state senator for sixteen
years, and a generous giver to local
institutions, died after a lingering i'll
ness from Bright's disease. He was
62 years old
Senator Stout was born in Dubuque,
Ia, Sept. 25, 1S48. At 10 he took
charge of a sawmill in st. Louis, COM
ing to Menomonie in 1899 as a mem
Der of Knapp, Stout &, Co. Accumu-
lating great wealth he gave the city
it's high school and MANUAL training
school, which was destroyed by fire in
1897 at a loss Of $160,000 The build
ings were rebuilt by Senator Stout
who, in 1901, gave $4,000 for a city
gymnasium. In 1908 he established
the Stout institute, which today has
an enrolment of 400 pupils from over
half the states of the Union.
Senator Stout was president of the
Menomonic National Bank, the Wis
consin Milling Co, the Thornton, Ar
kansas Lumber Co, and the Arkansas
& Alexandria railroad. A wife and
two sons survive him.
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Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.
Wisconsin Census Figures.


Washington, D. C.-Population sta
tistics of the counties of Wisconsin
containing the principal cities, an
nounced today, are as follows:
Dane, 77,435; Douglas, 47,422; La
Crosse, 1896; Milwaukee, 433,1s7;
Racine, 57424; Winnebago, 62,116;
Adams, 1904; Ashland, 1885, Bar
ron, 29,114; Bayfield,, 15,9S7; Brown,
54,O9S; Buffalo, 1906; Burnett, 1926;
Calumet, 1901; Chippewa, 32,1O3;
Clark, 3O,O74; Columbia, 31,129; Craw-
ford, 1928; Dodge, 47,436; Door,
1871; Dunn, 1920; Eau Claire,
32,721; Florence, 1881; Fond du Lac,
51,61O; Forest, 6,7S2; Grant, 39,007;
Green, 21,641; Greenlake, 15,491;
Iowa, 22,497; Iron, S,306; Jackson,
17,O75; Jefferson, 34,3O6; Juneau,
1869; Kenosha, 32,929; Kewaukee,
1874; La Fayette, BOOTS; Langlade,
1902; Lincoln, 19,064; Manitowoc,
44,97S; Marathon, 55,054; Marinette,
1882; Marquette, 1874; Monroe,
Outagamie, 49,102; Ozaukee, 1923;
Pepin, 1877; Pierce, 22,079; Polk,
21,367; Portage, 30,945; Price, 1875;
Richland, 18,S09; Rock, 55,538; Rusk,
11,16O; St. Croix, 25,910; Sank, 32,S69;
Sawyer, 6,227; Shawano, 1854; She
boygan, 54,SSS; Taylor, 1854; Trem-
pealeau, 22,028; Vernon, 2S,116; Villas,
6,O19; Walworth, 29,614; Washburn,
1896; Washington, 23,7S4; Waukesha
81 100. Waunaca 32.7S2: Waushara
1886; Wood, 30.5S3
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various small kitchen gardens carved and painted
by poor man and his sister after their regular
working hours, and bought by Mr.. Muller at high
rates his pet philanthropy. In this shop, now
100 years old, all Of the most novel OF
the toy-village paythings. The store crowded
with more children over thirty than under thir
teen, and absorbed for hours over the clever and
quaint attractions.
The dolls house of Nuremberg leaves nothing
to be desired. Not only the usual rooms Of
ventional menage are found in 1t, but cOnserva-
tories with miniature orchids, fountains and
tering cans; school rooms with tiny desks, a
schoomaser very stern, with goggles and ruler,
and children in aprons and carrying states, the
latter sixteenth Of an inch big fields of flowers
for the back yard and swing for the smallest
doll.
In all German art of which toy making is by
means insignificant department. rerfocion
of detail has always been the salient feature IGv
cry phase Of home life Is reproduced in micro
scopic form in German toyland, down to the
pairs of hand-knitted stockings and sweaters.
the hobnailed shoes and blue b!ouses which make
up the wardrobe of the volks boy and girl.
The tourist is a second Christmas for
Nuremberg people, and they sell as many play
things III the period the other An inter
estng point brought to light by this fact is the
early differentiation of the American and Euro
pean individuality, which shows itself in choice OF
games and pastimes. They say in the shops that
the mechanical and complicated, that be finds in
tense interest in mastering the technicalities
of playing, while the European child likes a sim
pier but brilliantly colored toy cherishng often
curious sentiment for traditional objects such
typify old world conservatism.
They are blessed with imagination, these viz
lage people, and they not ashamed of show
ing their simplicity Of spirit. Their souls are
bound up In the heritage of centuries. The trag-
edies of their city's history wind about the toys
they make, breathing into the wood a characteris-
tic vtaty-the vitality that comes CT centuries
of striving, of centuries Of patient achievement.
AS you sit in a swirl Of red ribbon and foamy
paper, doing up" your Christmas presents,
member that many of them have come from this
quaint little Village OF Always Christmas. 1t
may add to your holiday happiness to know that
no pleasure which the toys may bring c2n be
greater than the pleasure of those who made them
and that no good will OF yours Guido the quiet
sincerity of purpose with which the simple people
OF Nuremberg have given their part toward this
season of the universal gift.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-16

Madison.-Prof. B. H. Meyer, one of
the Wisconsin railroad commissioners,
has been appointed a member of the
interstate commerce commission.
La Crosse.-Navigatio of all class
es Of boats has stopped as far south
as Keokuk, Ia, the river in many
places being completely covered with
ice.
Madison.-Goy. Davidson appointed
James l.. Shanks, Eau Claire, a mem
Der Of the state barber board, to sue
coed G. F. McDonough, of Superior
His period Of service will expire July
/, 1912.
Madison.-Gov. Davidson appointed
DR.. James K. Kellogg, of Portage, as
a member of the advisory board of
the state tuberculosis sanitarium at
Wales. DR.. kellogg succeeds his faith
er, DR.. Alonzo G. Kellogg.
Richland Center-Joshua |. Johns,
who has been practicing law in Chat
tanooga, Tenn, since his graduation
from Yale in 1908, will return here
soon to become the law partner of
Attorney General-elect Levi H. Ban
croft.
Milwaukee.-Over 100 freight car
riers are wintering in Milwaukee riv
ers. The ships are valued at over
S7,000,0O0 The greater number of
the winter feet are coal carriers, the
largest being the A. w. Hawgood. 1t
is SIS feet long
Madison.-Thus far 462 young men
and two young women have entered
the fourteen weeks short course in
agriculture at the University of Wis
consin. Eleven states are represent
ed and there is a marked increase in
the number Of students from outside
the state. Indications are that the
total enrolment will reach ATS.
Wausau A macadamized road
through the state from Ashland to
Milwaukee is the project which Julius
Thielman, Merrill, R. C. Thielman,
Tomahawk, and others residing in the
Wisconsin river valley have started.
Both of the men named were in Ash
land this week and held a meeting
with the Business Mems association
to interest them in the movement.
Milwaukee. = Eight hundred gar
ment workers, who struck several
days ago in sympathy with the strike
of the Chicago strikers, will go back
to work, the strike having been de-
clared Off. The employers have
agreed to give the garment workers
the fifty-four hours per week demand
ed, time and half for overtime and
double pay for holidays. The en-
ployees will also be permitted to carry
their grievances direct to members of
the firm instead Of to the foreman.
Milwaukee, - Judge James Madi-
son Pereles, aged 5S years, died
after lingering illness. He was we'll
known throughout the state in educa-
tional circles and was a prominent
member of the Masonic fraternity.
He served as probate judge of Milwau-
kee county for number of years.
Rice Lake.-At the home of Will
lam Willie. northwest of this city,
eighty guests sat down at a banquet
in honor Of the siXty-first wedding an
niversary Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Weis-
nef ST., Mr. and Mrs. Willie have six
children, forty-two grandchildren and
twenty-eight at-grandchildren
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-16
OSHKOSH BANK IN NEW HOME.
Old National Will Be Housed in One
of Finest Buildings in Northwest.

Oshkosh.-Oshkosh is soon to have
one of the finest bank building in Wis.
consin, in the new structure now in
process of operation by the Old Ma.
tional Bank of Oshkosh.
The exterior work is now practical
ly finished and it is expected that the
interior will be finished in time for
the formal opening early in the spring
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<N7Z2ITC AHZS ON
-9C2LkJ~A HIPS

this business Of toy
making. They grow
up in the midst of it,
all their hereditary
ideas are colored by it,
the history Of the city
speaks of it.
Inside Of half a doZ-
en- blocks you have
trains, up-to-date no.
tells, electricity, motor
cars, Partisan frocks,
primitive carts drawn
by hugs mastiffs, funny
tucked-away inns near
the market place full
of peasant women in
wide black silk APRONS
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-16
BOND ISSUE MEETS DEFEAT.
Superior Rejects Proposition to Build
Bridge Over River.

Superior-In a special election a
proposition to bond the city for one
hundred thousand dollars to build
steel bridge over the river between
the First and Tenth wards was de-
feated by a margin of 700 votes. The
Tenth ward is the suburb in which
the Great Northern ore docks at AL
louez and Omaha yards are located
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sEIDEL FIRES POLICE CHIEF.
Milwaukee Mayors Request for Res
iqnation isn't Forthcoming.

WIIWdUNCE WdyUI ; request TOT hES-
ignation Isn't Forthcoming.
Milwaukee.-Mayor Emil Seidel has
asked for the resignation of Chief of
Police John T. Jansen on the alleged
ground that the chief will not work in
harmony with the city administration.
1t is said Chief Jansen refuses to re-
sign and that the outcome will be a
fight before the board of fire and po-
lice commissioners.
The board consists of four mem
bers, only one being a Social-Demo-
crat, who is working in harmony with
another member, thus creating prac-
teal deadlock.
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turn into the quiet winding streets, the irregular
billy passages dovetaed by houses older than any
thing in the Oldest parts of the United States.
House rises above house full of history
tic as the proudest mansion Of our city streets,
and yet marked by a simplicity and singlehearted-
ness seldom present in things modern. 1t Is here
that the toys made which you buy in your home
across the sea. Here in the quietness of the
modern, the playthings invented and perfected
for your restless, buoyant children. You read
Made in Germany" with a skept:cal tilt of the
eyebrow, but the fact remains that by far the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-31
HICKORY SUPPLY
 IS EXHAUSTING

Washington, October 3o-Warning that the original supply of hickory. the best American fuel wood and the most diffi- cult to replace in case of shortage of American hard woods, is approaching ex- haustion Is given in a bulletin of the department of agriculture, compiled by Forest Assistant Anton T. Boisson and J. A. Newlin, engineer in timber tests. t shows that Virginia hickory, the chief source of supply, Is disappearing rapidly and that there are no foreign sources which can be drawn upon when the home supplies are exhausted Prices, it Is pointed out, are bound to advance be- cause of the high technical value of hickory coupled with the fast diminish ing supply.
 The bulletin says hickory has number of important special uses for which no satisfactory substitute is known, that fully 70 per cent of the merchantable hickory cut each year Is wasted; that the total amount of hickory consumed annually probably is not less than 45O,OoO,- 600 feet that the vehicle industry takes about 65 per cent of the total cut: that there are now about 100, 000,000 acres on which hickory is growing naturally and that hickory users should cooperate to prevent shortage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-31
MERIDIAN FIRE
 $75,OOO DAMAGE

Meridian Miss, October 30.--(Spe- cial. 1.-The oil department. an immense structure of the Meridian Fertilizer factory, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The fire originated in tho hull room at about 1 o'clock and as the company's plant Is some distance south of the main part of the city 1t ! was not connected with the city water works, having its own water supply and fire-fighting apparatus.
 When the alarm was turned in the fire department responded promptly, but the big brick building was burning rapidly and although fire engine was put to work and everything possible done the great structure could not be- saved. The oil mill was a total loss, unless a portion of the machinery Is found to be useful and something saved from the salvage of the cotton seed and hulls. Thirty thousand gallons of oil were lost and an immense quality of seed and hulls. The fertilizer plant and chemical department were not de- stroyed.
 It is impossible at this time to figure the loss but it is estimated at approx imately $75,000. The plant is owned by stock company of which c. Eastland is president and E. McMorris secre- tary. It Is one of the strongest con- cerns of tlie kind in the south. The loss is covered by insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-31
.PURGATORY THEME
 OF THE DISCOURSE
FATHER o'GALLAGHER BREACHES STIRRING sERMON-ToDAY IS A CATHOLIC FAST DAY - GREAT FEAST DAY TOMORROW

At high mass at St. Pauls church yesterday the Rev. Father Coen was the celebrant and the Rev. Father OGal- agher read the notices for the week and preached the sermon. The theme of the discourse was purgatory. No vember being the month especially set apart by the church for prayers and other pious acts in behalf of poor souls and Wednesday being the feats of All Souls, the sermon was appropriate to the season. Father O'Galla gher made an earnest appeal to the congregation to remember the souls in purgatory- relatives and those who have no dear ones to pray for them.
 Those present who had heard Father O'Gallagher often spoke of yesterdays sermon as one of exceptional force. It was at once tender, edifying and pierc- ing. Before his sermon the preacher. in few eloquent words. welcomed to St. Paul's the Irish envoy, Joseph Dev- lin, M. P, who occupied a seat near the pulpit.
 Today being the vigil of the great feast of All Saints is a day of fast ing.
 Tomorrow, All saiuts' Day, is one in which Catholics are bound to attend mass under the pain of mortal sin. Masses will be as follows: At 6, 2, 8 and o'clock. The last will be a missa solemnis.
 On Wednesday there will be three masses of requiein-6:30, and o'clock, the last to be a solemn requiem.
 During November there will be evening devotions daily immediately af- ter ringing of the Augelus bell; except on Thursdays and Sundays, when ser vices will begin at 7:30 o'clock. The devotions for the intention of poor souls will consist of the rosary, the De Profundis and Cardinal Newman's prayer for the repose of souls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-31
THREE AVIATORS RACE 36 MILES
 IN RECORD TIME
CONTINUED FROM PAGE D

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ID
 
 not sing true, but finally they were ad- justed and he shot up in the air, around the starting pylon and was off over the grandstand. steering by the compass for Bedloe's Island. on which stands the statue of Liberty. Fifty miles an hour was making against the cold, biting wind which was blowing about 10 miles an hour, and it was only a few moments after he had passed beyond the park en- closure until he was lost in the distance. Mile after mile over village and city he sped, high up in the air, crossing over Brooklyn at an altitude 2000 feet. To those who had seen Grahame-White and the Frenchman 1t did not appear that Moissant's machine was as steady as theirs. Now and then It seemed to dip or swing from one side to the other. If Mossant was having trouble he did with never a let up In speed. Reaching the East river Mossant swept across to the New York shore and passed almost above the Battery.
 Then descending a pretty half circle he dashed out across the bay and around the statue. Above the massive bronze figure of Liberty he seemed to stop mo- mentariiy, then shot ahead for the return trip to the aerodrome. Like the two rivals who had preceded him, Moissant also had the wind at his back and he sped across Brooklyn at a mile minute clip
 Once he deviated from the outward course and followed the elevated railroad structure but finding himself going wrong he turned again toward the tracks of the oLng Island railroad and followed them back to Belmont Park. Moissant did not fly at the high attitudes of Grahame- White and de Lesseps. Prob ably 200O feet was his average but often he was below that. Certainly he was not much above 15oO feet when he reached the aerodrome. He was numb with cold when he alighted but was happy as a schoolboy when his time for the 36 miles showed that he had accomplished the feat at better time in the aggregate than a mile a minute.
 Concerning his flight Moissant sait tonight: T started with the wind asainst me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-31
News of Bay Miuefte

Bay Minette, October 3o.-(SpecaI.)- Word has been received from those in charge of the Baldwin county fair ex- hibit that they would send the display of local products home immediately after the close of the fair at Montgomery and that they would have 1t here in time to place 1t in the local fair exhibit building by the opening date of the fair which will be Tuesday of next week. The building has been rearranged to the plan of the exhibit building of Mont gomery and the exhibit can be placed in the local building as it was displayed at Montgomery.
 The work of constructing the new building for the machinery to be installed at the Daphne Normal school has been completed and the force of men is busy installing the engine. The engine is suf- .ficiently large to operate a water works system for the building, which will also be installed.
 w. Gasque Hall assumes the position oe general manager of the Baldwin Times Publishing company Tuesday morning, succeeding John Mcdonald, who has had charge of the business of the company for some time. MT. Hall was formerly circuit clerk
 The First District Sunday school con- vention of the Methodist church. known as the Stockton circuit, was held today at Clare, which place is in the center of the circuit. A number of local work CTS attended and a number from Stock ton were on the programme. Those who took prominent parts are R. H. Chamb- less, Guy McGowan. Miss Virginia Fer guson, Mrs Rufus Bryars, the Rev. R. l.. Lefevre, Charles Weekly. Jr., Miss Genie McGowan, Mrs J. C. Mcleod and E. l.. COlley