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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-10
MERCURY TUMBLES
TO RECORD MARX
tcontinued from page on-,.

In the local theaters was considerably
lighter than usual. A piercing NORTH
west wind added TO the discomfort Of
pedestrians who braved the elements
? While the Official low mark was IL.
private thermometers In more exposed
locations showed that IL was much
colder than that in some sections of
tie city. At the water works tenn
rerature OF Is below was reported 1T
o'clock Saturday morning
The cold Is a great hardship to the
railroads. Practically all trains com.
sng Into Detroit are from one to sew
eral hours late. They are also de
layed In leaving the local yards owing
70 the difficulty experienced ia making
them up. The ID. u. a. lso had its
troubles and cold cars were in order
OF every line in the city. Sherman
and Baker cars were held up for a
half hour by broken trolley wire at
1rumbull.ave. and Abbott-st., where
about 1000 feet was down. Pending re-
pairs the company sent the cars down
Trumbull and thence down Michigan.
On the Pontiac division. about coco
feet OF wire was down between Birm-
fnS,nam anu Pontiac. early Saturday
morning, tieing up the service for
some time. On the Detroit. Jackson K
Chicago division there were two
breaks, one near Grass Lake and the
: other near Wayne. All the breaks
were due 10 the extreme cold, which.
renders the wires brittle.
The ferry company's boats are keep
Ing close to their schedules In spite
OF the ice in the river. but the car
ferries are experiencing considerable
Ciffculty.
Supt. Dolan, OF the poor commits
sion, said, Saturday morning. that the
colo spell was not making any par
ticGlar difference in the work OF his
Office.
There may be a little heavier de-
mand for coal just now said MIR.
Dolan, but we have large supply
or hand There lis no suffering, so
lar as we know"
Albert Stage, No. 1868 Van Dyke
ave-, narrowly escaped injury when
hot water coil In his kitchen range
blew up early Saturday morning.
wrecking the stove, and blowing two
. windows ont OF the kitchen.
The water pipes had frozen and in
an attempt to thaw them out, hot
fire was built in the stove, under the
water coil. The sudden expansion of
steam in the frozen pipes. caused the
explosion.
The fire department at Traverse
City was greatly handicapped by the
bitter cold in ffghtrng flames that
broke out in the South Side Co. s plant
In that city, The mercury registered
20 below. The operating branch of
the factory, containing finished lum-
Der was totally destroyed. The loss
will exceed $4,000.
Matthew Nay, 40. a resident OF Som
bra, Ont, was found i'm. a helpless con.
dition on the ice In Ihe middle OF the
river at Marine City. lie had been
overcome by the cold weather. lie
was taken to a hospital in Marine
City.
An unofficial record says the mer.
curry registered % to 81 degrees be-
low at Sandwich and AZ at Roscom-
mon.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.--Thc Their.
riometer officially registered zero 20.
day, a drop of 2S degrees in IL hours
The cold wave is expected to continue
another "a hours.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-10

DuNKIRK, N "a fiye:year cold
weather record was broken here tods v
when IA degrees below zero was reg.
istered.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-10

NEW YORK, Feb 10.--The Their.
riometer officially registered zero 20.
day, drop of 2S degrees in IL hours
The cold wave is expected to continue
another "a hours.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-10

An unofficial record says the mer.
curry registered % to 81 degrees be-
low at Sandwich and AZ at Roscom-
mon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-10
DIVISION NO.
DINISiON NJ. q.
William Mhalen. 1857 Porter

st 1888, Ia
Warren-ave. Baptist Church. .3.y2S,5t
West Grand blvd Church. So 81
Highland Park Presbyterian
CEurCn S,Vf'sV1
Western Lodge No. $40. I. o.
- IRA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05

kept near the center of the table.
a cloth has been spread over the ia
bic, the audience car plainly see that
there is no possibility of the doll dis
appearing through a trap door In the
table. When the ends of the cord
have been brought around to the top,
the cabinet can be rested upon the
edge of the table without arousing the
suspicious of the audience, fer they
have seen the cord passed around all
sides; this is the time for the assist
ant to act quickly. He must reach
out from his position under the table
Gig. u, withdraw the locking pin e
Gig. a, turn the pivoted end of the
cabinet, pull out the doll, and then
close and lock the pivoted end. I'm the
professional trick, the occupant of the
cabinet escapes similarly through
trap-door in the stage floor, after the
cabinet has been tied up and stood up
on the floor The cabinet should now
be placed inside Of a small bag, a
wand passed around it and a few
magic words spoken then it should be
taken from the bag, united, and the
empty interior exposed to the view
of the audience. After making the doll
disappear, you can bring it back into
the cabinet by having the assistant re-
place it in the same way that he re-
moved it, while the magician Is tying
the cord around it; and by preparing
two cabinets, it Is a simple trick to
make the doll pass from one cabinet
to the other, and back again.
Copyright, 1872 by A. Nicely Hall)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
THE DISAPPEARING DOLL TRICK
FOR THE BOY MAGICIAN.

Every boy is greatly interested in
conjuring. but today thero is such a
variety of things to keep him busy
that he hasn't the time to give up to
this subject that he would have had
few years go VIXEN there were few
sr pastimes Cor boys In the same way
that newer pastimes are occupying
the attention Of boys. later novelties
in entertainment are crowding out
stage magic. But magical stunts are
about the simplest acts to prepare for
a. boys show, and they are always
greatly appreciated by an audience, so
they should occupy prominent place
upon the program.
1t is not my intention at present to
go into the subject of conjuring be-
yond the point Of describing how to
make and operate the apparatus for a
very unique unit "The Disappearing
Doll" This trick is a modification of
one Of the so-called cabinet" tricks,
which is extremely simple to carry out
and always mystifying to an audi
ence
In the professional act, the magician
places a woman inside of a cabinet
that stands upon a table, after hav-
ing exposed all sides of the cabinet to
view of the audience, then he closes
the front, binds the cabinet length
wise with heavy rope, sets it down up
on the floor, and places it inside of a
sack which he ties. Then after the
use of his wand and the utterance of
some words of magic, the operations
| are reversed, the cabinet is removed
from the sack, the ropes are cut, the
front is opened, and behold! the lady
! occupant has vanished
You will understand Shis trick when
explain our disappearing doll stunt.
which is carried cut in the same way
but on small scale. Fig shows the
| completed cabinet. This should be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
HELPS TO SATISFY THIRST
A Little Acid in Cool Water Has
Most Beneficial Effect on the
Whole System.

Thirst is the cry of the entire sys-
tenn for water. 1t is referred to the
throat, very naturally, and for the
same reason that hunger is referred
to the stomach This is especially
noticeable If the mouth has been kept
open, as in fear or excitement, or in
walking or working In this very i'm
proper way, simply because the rapid
breathing has dried the throat by
evaporation. The same effect is seen
when the throat has been irT1tated by
drinking ice-weter, or holding ice in
the mouth, either of which increases
the sensation Of thirst.
What is most needed is a good drink
of cool water If the water be slightly
calculated the dryness of the throat is
relieved, probably because the acid
starts the flow of the saliva. Lemon
juice, or little citric or tartaric acid,
or a few drops of cider vinegar added
to the glass OF water is sufficient.
Sweetening does not interfere with
this effect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
80 CONTINUATION
SCHOOLS IN STATE
Maximum Number to Receive
State Aid Established.
FOR INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
Thirty Cities Have Raised 100000
by Loci Taxadon-Others Ready
to Meet Requirements 1t Legislature
Provides for More Schools.

Madison.-Thirty schools in Wis
consin have arranged for continue
tion schools in which industrial edu-
cation will be the leading feature.
This is the maximum number for
which state aid was provided by the
legislature of 1871; other cities stand
ready to establish such schools as
soon as future legislative enactments
shall entitle them to state aid. There
has been raised by local taxation in
the thirty cities 100000, while the
total state aid is limited to $4,000,
and this speaks loudly of the faith
of people in the value of providing
for the educational needs of those
whom the regular schools do not
reach
AS tersely stated by Warren E.
Hicks, assistant superintendent of
industrial education, Continuation
activity is to get instruction in indus
try, not to get persons out of indus
try" In addition to the industrial
work, all continuation schools must
give instruction in English, citizen
. ship, business practice, physiology
and hygiene and safety devices. Reg
ulations have been made to prevent
any interference on the part of in
dustrial schools with the regular
schools and vice versa. A child must
have completed at least the fifth
grade before he is permitted to at
tend q continuation school Glasses
made up of part continuation schools
pupils and part regular school pupils
are forbidden.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETS
Sixteenth Annual Gathering Is Held
at Madison-Finances Show Big
Gain Over Preceding Year.

Madison. - The sixtieth annual
meeting of the State Historical SECT
ETY. OF Wisconsin was held here at the
State Historical Library building.
The annual report of the superin-
tendent, DR.. Reuben G. Thwaites,
showed that the several private funds
of the society now aggregate $685.
9O6.59, a gain in twelve months of
S2,793.7S. The library accessions of
the year were 10,981 titles (books
and pamphlets together), which is
about the average for the past dec
ade; the library now contains 1884,
1877 titles. The activities of the uu-
scum are increasing, and its field is
being broadened and strengthened.
Curators were elected for three
years as follows: Henry c.. Camp
bell of Milwaukee, William K. Cof-
fin of Eau Claire, Col. Hiram Hayes
of Superior, William w. Wight of
Milwaukee, and T. E. Birmingham,
DIR. Richard T. Ely, the Rev. p. B.
Knox, Maj Frank w. Oakley, Judge
Arthur L. Sanborn, and Judge r.
Ray Stevens of Madison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee. Oct. %. 1a1.


Butter Creamery, extras, 29c;
prints, soc; firsts, 27@28c; seconds,
24@25e; renovated, 24@25c; dairy.
fancy, 26c.
Cheese - American, full cream,
new made, twins, 17@17Ac; Young
Americas. Tx @1Thc; daisies, II
OF &c; longhorns, 7@174c; linn
burger, Tic; brick, 171ac.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality, 23@25c; recandled, extras,
29 q soc; seconds, 18@19c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, lie; roos-
ters, Sc; springers, 13c.
Potatoes-Early Ohio, Minnesota,
Wisconsin or Michigan, 3704Oc
Wheat-No. 1, northern, 80 a 93c;
No, 2. northern, 90c; No. 8, northern,
$50; No. /, velvet, 90c.
Corn-No. 8, yellow, Sc 1sc.
Oats-No. 3, white. SAC; standard,
sSAc.
Barley-No. 8, s4@74c.
Rye-No. 2, 6S069hc.
Butchers steers, 5000
$50; heifers, 4.O007.O0; COWS, $40
@6.S5; feeders, 4,O0@65O; calves,
$50 q 9.75.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $40
q S.25; fair to best, light, 1900
7.95; pigs, 6.0O@G25.
Sheep-Lambs, 4.75@6.75; ewes,
360m4.00.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
Effective Finer Prints.

Finger prints of newborn babes, h
has been demonstrated, will serve to
identify them through life. The Sur
vey approves the Offer by the Men and
Religion Movement in tnis city, acting
on CAPT. Joseph A. Faurot's sugges-
ton, to persuade all men Of the
churches, and, in fact, all residents, to
place the impressions of their fingers
in che records Of the police depart
ment. 1t is important for the inno-
cent, as well s.s for the guilty, that a
method be employed to ascertain
whether they have ever been under
arrest. There is nothing inherently
disgraceful in fnger-print record,
any more than in personal signature.
New York Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
PESHTIG0 SAW MILL BURNED
Principal Industry of the City Is
Totally OestroYed-Loss Is
Estimated at $4,000.

Marinette.-The sawmill of the
Peshtigo Lumber company, at Pesh-
tigo, burned to the ground, with a
loss estimated at $4,000. The
sawmill was the principal industry
of the city.
Officials of the company are un-
able to say whether they will rebuild.
They still own considerable timber in
the vicinity. An oyerheated journal
box in the dynamo room is said to
have caused the fire. The main fire
protection of the city was the pump
ing station at the mill, but the fire
minutes. The planning mill and lum-
Der yards were saved.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
MAKES MURDER CONF ESSl0N
Short Note ard Revolver Cartridge
Found Together in Bottle in
Chippewa River.

Eau Claire.---An old bottle, short
penciied note and 32 ealiber re-
yolver cartridge constitute the basis
OF the second Eau Claire bottle mys-
terry in month The bottle was
FOUND in the Chippewa river. The
note says:
Because l murdered sheriff Of
Owen my body you will never find ="
Under the wor1 sheriff was z word
which looked like Korn or Knox.
On the other side of the paper was
written:
ITO Whom 1t May Concern-I
committed suicide at the Chippewa
Dam on Aug. So
The signature was blurred and
barely legible. 1t looks like Tony
Jackson or Tony Jacobson, and after
the name was written: Stevens
Point"
On Aug. / Constable Griffin, owen,
Wis, was shot anG fatally wounded
by trio whom he sought to arrest.
The three escaped Later two, sup
posed to be of the trio, were seen at
Eau Claire.
About month ago another bottle
was found in the river. A note bore
the name of Elmer K. Strong, Stew
ems Point, who said he had escaped
from the Waukesha Industrial school.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05

made out of box about inches
deep, Z inches wide, and II inches
long. Remove one end of the box, be-
ing careful not to split it in doing so,
and pivot 1t between the sides as
shown at A (Figs. 8 and ~. driving
brad through each side into the CEN
ter of each end edge. This piece must
be carefully placed so it will swing up
into its former position in the end of
the box without showing any indica-
ton of being pivoted. A nail-head
should be driven in each side of pivot
nail A, as az j Figs. and A., to give
the appearance Of solidly fastened
end Il may be necessary to plane off
a trifle of the back edge of the end
piece to make it turn easily. To proA
vide for locking the end so it will not
turn, make a small hole through the
back of the box &C. Fig. a and in the
back edge of the end piece Cd, and
push a small brad into these holes
for a locking pin (E). Hinge on the
cover of the box with strips of leath-
er, and the constructive part of the
work will be finished.
The doll used in the trick must have
a small enough head and body to slip
through the rear opening IN the end
of the cabinet Line the inside Of the
cabinet with cloth of a bright color,
gathering it around the edge and stuff
fng in a little cotton or cloth under
meath to give it soft padded appear
ance.
The boy magician needs an assist
ant for this trick, VINO must be con-
oealed either underneath a table by
means of a drapery fastened around
the legs. or in the box of a table made
out OF a packing-case similar to that
shown in Fig l. The cabinet must
first be turned around so the audience
may inspect all sides. then the doll
must be placed within, the cover
closed. and the cabinet tied with
heavy cord Upon the tying of this
cord much Of the success of the trick
depends, for with a cord passed around
the box both lengthwise and cross
wise, it viii appear to the audience
impossible for any portion OF the box
10 open However. you viii see By
zig. 4 that ehe pivoted end opens very
easily when the cord tied lengthwise
of the cabinet comes just to one side
CT tie center OF that end
While passing the twinc around the
sides ana ends, the cabinet should be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
BIGAMIST LOSES TWO WIVES
Sparta Woman in Seeking Missing
Spouse in Madison Finds He
Has Another Helpmate.

Madison.-Judge Ray stevens of
the circuit court has granted divorce
to two wives of F. H. Hancock, a
commercial traveller, and if he has
any more in Wisconsin they can get
similar relief by applying to the same
court
The duplicity of Hancock was re-
vealed when Mrs. Agnes Hancock of
Sparta came here to find her miss
ing husband and found instead an
other wife of Hancock The two
women compared photographs of
their husbands and discovered that
they We're married to the same man.
Hancock married the Madison
woman several years ago. A few
weeks ago he went through a mar
riage ceremony with the Sparta
woman and deserted her four days
later. When last heard from Han
cock was in Milwaukee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
Stock Show for Madison.

Milwaukee.-The Wisconsin Live
Stock Breeders association made ar
rangements at a meeting here for an
exhibition of Wisconsin cattle to be
held in Madison in February, in con
junction with the farmers school of
the Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
The exhibition will include all breeds
of cattle and the finest specimens.
Addresses will be made by members
of the National Breeders association
on proper care of live stock, on in
creasing butter and fat production,
as we'll as increasing revenue from
sale of cattle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
CAR SERVICE IS RESUMED
Superior Labor Trot bles No Longer
Interfere WITH Running Sched-
uies. According to Of1ic ais.

Superior.-The resuming of reg
ular car service apparently signal
ICES the defeat of the striking street
car men, who walked out here and
in Duluth several weeks ago, al
though the strikers will not admit
their defeat and claim that they are
as strong as ever. More than fifty
in this city and nearly double that
number in Duluth are still out.
While the service here is practically
as good as before, serious difficult
ties are still experienced across the
bay Men to fill the places of the
strikers were recruited from the
Twin cities and other outside points
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Fond du Lac.-The mystery of a
third of a century has been cleared
up by advices confirming the dis
patch published recently to the effect
that Robert Mentzel, who disappear
ed 35 years ago, was alive and we'll.
He is now 70 years old, is living at
Dayton, o. Mentzel was a corporal
in Co. D, 17Sth regiment, New York
infantry, and was honorably dis
charged in 1854 after which he came
to Fond du Lac where he resided I'M
til 1877, the time of his disappear
ance. Recently he made application
for a service pension. The pension
examiner discovered that Mentzel's
wife had been receiving pension as
a soldiers widow for many years.
Now Mentzel will get his pension,
but that of the widow will be cut
off
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. H. Bitter, aged
"a, formerly of the Bitter Piano
company, plead guilty of abducting
Frieda Norman, aged IS, daughter
of a Milwaukee mail carrier, and
was sentenced to fifteen years in the
state penitentiary. Bitter deserted
his wife and children here over a
year ago and eloped with Miss Nor
man, the pair going to Europe A
few months ago they returned to
this country and were arrested at
Asbury Park, ~ j. Miss Norman is
the mother of a baby now five
months old.
Madison.--The Madison Woman s
club is again on the war path The
club recently threw bomb into po-
lice circles by the announcement that
houses OF III fame were being con-
Quoted here and that many young
girls were being ruined through a
traffic that was conducted unmolest-
ed. Now the club has inaugurated
a crusade and makes the general
charge that many dealers in Madi-
son are selling cigarettes, tobacco and
cigarette papers to minors in open
violation of state law on this sub
ject. The club GAINS to have enough
evidence to convict many business
men
misunderstanding brothers cir
Gus will return to this city to spend
the winter, which possibly will be
the last that the circus will be in
Wisconsin. This decision was reach
ed at meeting of the brothers held
in Chicago. Charles E. Ringing has
returned to this city and is making
all arrangements for the coming Of
the show.
Beloit.-James Henderson. a pris-
oner in the city Jail, had his jaw
broken by the fist of Patrolmafi Nc
Cauley. Henderson was sent to a
hospital and McCauley will pay the
bill.
Madison.--Mrs. Mary Hunt, Mil.
waukee, widow of Florence Hunt,
who was electrocuted by live wire
while working for the city, was
awarded $4,000 under the workmen's
compensation act by the state indus
trial board. The city of Milwaukee
must pay her in weekly installments
of s1442 until the amount is paid.
Cumberland-EI Elmer E. Williams
proprietor of the store at Mound
Polk county, had narrow escape
from cremation. While asleep in his
store the building caught fire an6
was totally destroyed Williams was
badly burned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
TAX COMMISSION
FIXES VALUATION
Decrease of S99, 782,436 from
Valuation of Last Year.
TOTAL VALUE $2,841 ,63O,4l6
Real Estate Naluat Shows Increase
of StO6, O76, 1856. While Personal
Property Shrinks-Vaiue of Col
IateraIs About $3.50, 100000

Madison.--The Wisconsin state
tax commission announces that it has
determined the assessment or yalua-
ton of all taxable property i'll the
state, except railroad and other prop
erty which pay taxes directly into the
state treasury, to be s2,S41, 630,416,
a decrease of s99,782,436 from that
of last year. Chairman N F. Haugen
OF the commission estimates that the
value of moneys, stocks, bonds and
credits are about $3.50, 100000, or
more than one and one-half times the
amount of the decrease in the total
assessment for this year.
The value of real estate for this
year is fixed at $2,30S,301,611, an
increase OF $106, 076,385 over that of
last year. The value of personal prop
erty is fixed at $3.50, 22S,S05, a de-
crease of 5,958,S11.
The state assessment for 1912 by
counties is as follows:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
Useful Memorial Given State.

A mountain as a memorial to Cen
eral Hartman, governor of New
Hampshire from 1867 to 1865, has been
given to the state by his son-in-law,
Joseph Lesson, to be known as the
Walter Hartman reservation, includes
Stewart Mink hill, 1900 feet high, and
an extensive tract of land around It.
The summit OF the hill has fifty mile
view of the White mountain scenery,
and the slopes are covered with pic
turesque timber growths and mead
ows The state Will utilize the reser-
walton for the study and teaching OF
forestry. 1t viii be open TO the pub
lie as a park. Magazine Of American
History.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-05
CHURCH CONF ERENCE ELECT
Unitarians and Universalsts in Joint
Meeting in Madison Select Ia
Crosse for Next Gathering.

Madison. Selecting La Crosse as
meeting place for 1913, the joint con-
ference of Unitarian and Universal
list churches of Wisconsin adjourned
after electing the following officers:
President, w A. Walker, Racine
vice president, DR.. H. B Latin, La
Crosse; secretary, Rev. w, H. Gould
Wausau; treasurer, G. N. Fratt, Ra-
cine; members of official board, ]
sau; e. l.. Spicer, La Crosse; mem
bers of fellowship committee, Rev
n. E. Mclaughlin and Miss Alice
Treat, Monroe, Rev. F. c. Varney
Mukwonago.