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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-02

With a ceremony of blessing the
'aters, the priest performing a mass
nd sprinkling the streams with holy
alter while blessing them.-St. Louis
republic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-02
THE HAPPY NEW YEAR.

The chill air is crisp, for the frost
king discloses
His tiny ice spears, which he
hangs on the trees.
No fragrance of summer, no petals of
roses,
To brush as We pass; we see only
dead leaves.
Now, dear merry Christmas has swift
ly departed.
A New Year stands scanning the
ghosts of the past
We gaze DER his shoulders and feel
heavy hearted
To think months and seasons are
fading SO fast.
See, whirled in midair are white
snowf1akes descending!
Each fake seems a spirit dropped
down from above.
As though for the New Year to earth
they come, lending
A promise of purity, blessing and
love.
The tall tru' pet creeper, whose scar
let tagged flowers
Last summer made gay its beautiful
dress.
Stood yesterday dropping and leaf
less for hours.
Now, snowclad, it CLEANS in re
newed loneliness.
How they pile, how they gather, T. =
SHOWS in tho.r Wilderness,
Led onward by silence, who moves
without sound!
- - -
Superstitions Regarding New Years
Weather.
The IL days from December 20 to
aJnuary have long been recognized
as indices of the weather during the
following year. The ancient texts
referred 20 distinctly assert this, a
Sanscrit proverb running thus, "The
u nights are an image of the year.
Another text from the same sources
evidently refers to the same period,
THE Rhibhus (storm demons) sleep
for IL nights and days in the house
of the sun god Savitar.'
In northern Germany it is said that
as the weather is during each of the
10 days, so it will be during the cor
responding months of the year to
come. A like belief exists to this
day in Lancashire and Northampton
shire, England, and a very old writer
U590) records the current notion in
his day that the 10 days served as an
index Of the coming years weather.
1t was said in one English port that
If the wind blew hard on the nth
night (Dec. 800, ships at sea would
be in great peril the coming year.
The inhabitants of the Vosges
mountains restrict this prophesying
period to that of our holidays, from
Christmas to new years, and are
willing only to say that these six
DAYS indicate the character of the
weather for the succeeding six
months.
In one part of cur own country It IS
said that "the first three days of Jan
uary rule the coming three months. -
while in another place the u days
are slid to be the keys of the year"
OF new years day itself we have
the authority of very old weather
prophet-the author Of the "shep-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-02
Hard on the Old MN

N'N 0H InS Olo Man.
There are divers manners of form
ng resolutions for the new year that
re always put into practice. and ALI
rave their devotees, even if the turn
ng over OF brand new leaf only
asts week. There is one system.
# starting the new year, however.
hat has lost at least one devotee fog
Ill time in New Orleans. About 2
7clock last new years morning az.
er the usual ushering in Of the new
ear and as the family was about 10
etire, the head of the house told OF
n old custom that was in vogue
when he was a boy. He explained
hat in his boyhood everybody would
open the Bible at random on the
irst of te year and the first text his
EYE should rest on would be a guide
Tor his conduct during the coming
year. The custom found ready ac-
ceptance, and one young hopeful pro-
iuced bible. and, letting it fall
open. his finger fell on the following
text from Zechariah, chapter /. 2:
The Lord hath been sore displeased
with your fathers" 1t is needless to
say that no other member Of the
family was coaxed to try the old Gus
tom.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
- - y
The Norseman's Calendar,
The ancient Norsemen reckoned by
winters, and the beginning of their
year was probably dated from the
10th of October The festival in
honor of Thor was held in midwin-
ter, about our Christmas time, and in
fact was the origin of the Christian
holiday merrymakirg, We get the
names of at least three, If not four,
of the days of the week from the
Morse gods of the Odin religion
Tuesday is from Tir or Diss-day, on
which the offerings to fate were
made made and the courts of justice
held Wednesday is from Wooden or
Odin, one of the Morse trinity; Thurs
day or Thor's day, from Thor, the
chief of the trinity, and Friday Is.
from Frigg, another of the minor del
ties of the trinity.
" " ~
Egyptian New Year.
The Egyptian year began with the
rising of the star Sirius, and con-
sisted of 365 days. There were II:
months of 80 days each, and at the
close of the year five days were In
tercalated All reckoning was by
this year; the festivals were ceIe-
brated by it, and as a consequence.
like the Roman festivals of later
times, circled around from one sea-
son to another account of the
omission fIom the calendar of the
quarter day Notwithstanding this
omission the Egyptians seemed ID
| have known that the addition Of a
quarter of a day each year was
necessary in order to keep a correct
measurement of lime, which they
called their "Sothiac cycle" This
cycle was period of 1461 vague or
! l,460 true years. and was called
"Sothiac" because its beginning was
! fixed at date when the dog star,
known by the Egyptians as Sothis,
rose with the sun on the 1st Thoths
which was the commencement OF
their year. This rising of Sirius and
the sun on the 1st of Thoth took
place in the years B. C. 1882 and g.
| c. 1922 and also in 1873 A. D.
kr -
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
sMooT LOOKS LIKE WINNER.
Predicted i'm All Quarters That He
viii Retain His Seat.

Washington, Feb. ia final effort
by religious and women's organlza-
tons to ecure the expulsion of Reed
of Utah from the senate is now
being made. A mass meeting and rally
conducted by the National League OF
Women's Organizations was held here
last evening at the Metropolitan Meth
odist Episcopal church.
DR.. William M. Paden, pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church of Salt
Lake, voluntarily came here for the
purpose of making an address at this
meeting and described conditions rs
they really exist in Utah.
Wage Hard Fight.
The fight against the Utah senator
is being waged with increased vigor
as the date approaches for a vote on
the question. Members of the delega-
ton now in the city have established
a lobby at the capitol and are making
personal appeals to senators, in many
instances enlisting the aid Of the leg
islators' wives, in what they term a
fight Ger the preservation of the
American home and motherhood"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
TWENTY DEAD
IN RAIL WRECK
ELECTRIC EXPRESS TRAIN MEETS
WITH DISASTER IN NEW YORK
CITY.
BODIES TERRIBLY MANGLtD
ONE HUNDRED AND FoRTY-FlVE
INJURED-OFFlClALS INVES-
TIGATE.

New York, Feb. 19-Twenty-two dead,
two fatally hurt and a hundred and
forty-tive more or less seriously in
.iured is the result of the wreck of an
electric express train on the New York
Central railroad at Two Hundred and
Fifth street and Webster avenue Sat
urday night. OF the large number OF
injured, fifty are, according to hospital
and police reports, seriously hurt, and
the death list may be increased within
the next twenty-four hours.
Most Of the others are suffering
from decorations or shock and will re-
cover.
Pitched Through Windows.
When the wreck occurred the three
rear coaches, completely filled with
passengers. were thrown on II"
right side just above a sharp curve
Woodlawn road bridge. The shock
was terrific. People we're hurled VIC
lently from their seats, and most OF
those who we're killed we're pitched
through the windows as the cars Slid
on their sides. The third rail held for
a time, but finally broke with a flash
and a roar een and heard for a great
distance. Between the wreck of the
current rail and the main track the
bodies were wedged. They were held
here as the cars passed along. and In
this way We're terribly mangled.
Cause of Wreck a Mystery.
The cause of the wreck is still a mat
ter of speculation. All night Inspector
Fox of the police department., Coroner
S~chwannecke and Assistant District
Attorney Smythe, together with other
members of the district attorneys
office, looked over the situation and
sought to determine the cause of the
derailment of the train. The result OF
their investigation may become known
when the inquest is held to-day by the
The state railroad commission is
preparing to make a searching inquiry
into the wreck.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
Accidental Happenings.

A. r. Dodrill, a miner, whose home
is in Brazil, Ohio, was run over on the
Rock Island track and ground 10
pieces.
Edwin Radnewer, a baker, and his
four children were burned in a fire
which destroyed their home at Allen
town, Pa.
A mans arm projecting from a snow
drift near CUISINE, Mich, resulted in
the discovery of the body Of Asa Johns,
who had frozen to death.
The Coliseum Annex at Chicago
was destroyed by fire which caused
injury to five firemen. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000. !.
Attacked by a vicious bulldog By
longing to her husband, Mrs. Lena
Smith was almost chewed to death at
her home at Philadelphia.
While running at a high speed, two
cars on the Eastern Ohio Traction
line met in a head-on collision ear
Gates Mills, Ohio. A dozen persons
were injured.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
SEVEN DIE IN SEA EXPLOSION.
Boiler on Steamer VIadivla Blows Up
With Fatal Results.

With Fatal Results.
New York, Feb. 1s.-The Hamburg
American line steamer Vladivia, fruit
laden from the West Indies, came into
pert with her forward decks shattered,
her funnel fiat upon the deck and the
story Of a boiler explosion on board
last Wednesday morning which caused
the instant death OF seven members OF
the crew and the serious injury of an
other. The exploding boiler was
known as the auxiliary boiler and sup
piled steam to the various hosting en-
ginss, capstans, steering gear, etc.
Off Hatteras last Wednesday it was
decided to turn steam from the auXll-
larry boiler into the main steam pipes
to help out in making the speed neces-
sary to contract requirements and to
save the perishable cargo.
All through the loading ports in the
West Indies, it is said, the auxiliary
boiler had been working with so to 100
pounds Of steam, whereas just before
the explosion occurred the steam
gauge showed a pressure of only th1r-
ty-ive pounds.
This was being increased by forced
draft when suddenly there came a
puff" as it was described, and even
men lay dead.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
WIFE OF JUROR PASSES AVIAN
CASE ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDA>
MUCH DEPENDS ON AT.
FLlCTED JUROR.

New York, Feb. 16.-Another traei,
chapter in the history of the Thaw
White episode was written YESTERDAY
when grim Death stepped in to hal
the famous trial in its fourth week
The wife of Juror No. II, Mrs. Josept
b. Bolton, passed away yesterday aft
ernoon, soon after her husband had
reached her bedside. He had beer
summoned from the court room where
the trial had been In progress for less
than fifteen minutes. The formal an
nouncement of Mrs. Bottoms death
was mad in court shortly after 2 D
M, the hour set for the afternoon ses
sion, and Justice Fitzgerald immedi
ately ordered an adjournment of the
case until ext Monday morning. The
court also ordered, with the consent
of counsel, that the other eleven jury
men be given their liberty and nc
longer be held together. He admon
ished the jurors to be guided by then
honesty and their oaths and not to
e the newspapers or discuss the
lhaW case with anybody.
Depends on Bereaved Juror.
In announcing the adjournment until
Monday Justice Fitzgerald expressed
the hope hat the trial might then pro
coed. 1t is realized, however, that this
will depend largely upon the condition
in which Juror Bolton may be at that
time. If he feels that he can put aside
all personal considerations and con
tinue to act as a juror the trial will be
resumed. If he feels that his condi'
ton of mind is such, or that his per
sonal affairs are such as to prevent his
giving his whole attention to the case
during the remaining days of the trial
some other solution of the difficulty
must be looked for.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22

The fast Frisco train was wrecke,
near Ranken, Mo, and two trainmer
were seriously injured.
Two railway employees were killed
and several persons injured by a COLI
sion at Malone Junction, N. 8.
w. II. Crist Of Arcola, III, had q
nightmare, and he jumped from bee
and leaped through a window, smash.
ing the glass. He was badly cut by
the glass.
The breaking of an ice gorge in the
Loup river in Nebraska caused the
water to rise over five feet in an hour
A family of four were drowned while
attempting to escape to higher ground
Jumping off the rails on the bridge
over the Delaware and pausing on the
brink of the terrible disaster present
ed, the Black Diamond express on tho
Lehigh Valley railroad barely escaped
a %frightful wreck at Easton, Pa. Nc
n was injured, though every passen.
ger was in grave danger.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
EDITORS WANT MADDEN FIRED
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENER
AL is CONDEMNED AS BEING
UNFAIR.

St. Paul, Feb. 17.-Third Assistant
Postmaster General Madden was the
object of much attention at yesterday s
session of the Minnesota Editorial as
sociation. While the attack OF the
Thursday session was lot renewed 10
such an extent, the editors got down to
business on the matter with esolu
lions c~ondemning Madden as unfair
and requesting that he be removed. A
copy will be forwarded to the Mime
sofa members of congress and also to
President Roosevelt.
The notifications in the postal laws
as to second-class matter proposed by
the postal commission in a bill now be
fore congress were held to be destruct-
i've of the legitimate newspaper press
of the nation and unwarranted and un-
just legislation.
The bill now before the legislature
prohibiting the issuance of free passes
by railroads to any persons other than
employees of the road and their faml-
lies was commended by the editors, as
was the passage of the 2-cent uniform
passenger rate.
The afternoon session was devoted
to the reading of reports, the appoint
ment of committees and the election
of officers. The Legislative committee
consists of John E. King, Robert Z.
Dunn, Frank Day and Former Con
gresham Eddy.
The following officers for the ensu-
ing year were chosen: President, A. j.
Halsted, Brainerd; first vice president,
A. M. Wallace, Fairfax; second vice
president, j. f. Casey, Jordan; third
vice president, Col. A. L.. Ward. Fair
mont; secretary. c. P. Slime, st. Paul;
treasurer, David Ramaley, st. Paul:
executive committee, c. C. Whitney.
f. ]. Meyst and William E. Easton.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
TO MASSACRE
NEGRO SOLDIERS
ATE BROWNSVILLE IN
CURRY.
TRY TO STAMPEDE SOLDIERS
FORMER MEMBER OF REGIM ZEN
TELLS A SENSATIONAL
STORY.

Washington, Feb. 17.-Startling tes-
timony concerning alleged plans to
massacre colored soldiers at Browns
willie. Tex, by men from the town fir
ing over the barracks to stampede the
soldiers and challenge to them to
come out of the barracks, "a given
by negro eX-soldiers yesterday at the
investigation before the senate com
mittee on military affairs. The most
sensational story told was hal of VIII.
liam Mapp, who was a member OF
Company c, Twenty-fifth infantry.
Plan to Massacre Soldiers.
Mapp was asked if he had ever
heard any discussion of the shooting
which caused hin to suspect any per
sons. He replied that at breakfast on
the morning following the shooting he
heard Wilburt Vosichelle, the reserva-
ton boss and a white man, who had
been in charge Of the corral prior to
the arrival of a battalion of the
Twenty-fifth infantry, discussing the
a S According to Maps story, Vo-
sichelle said:
well, it is a good thing it happened
as it did. | was out in town last night
and the crowd came in front of me.
The plan was to catch a lot of you fell
lows in Allison's saloon and massacre
you"
Mapp said that the remark was not
addressed to him and hat he did not
question Vosichelle.
Used Opprobrious Epithet.
Before giving this testimony, Mapp
said that on the night of the shooting
he had been awakened by the firing
and had gone to the window Of his
quarters, and from there he saw sew
eral gun flashes and the shots seemed
to be directed over the barracks. A
man with a deep voice, he said, shout
ed: Come out, you black - (using
an opprobrious epithet and making it
applicable to the troops). Mapp said
this challenge vas repeated several
times during the firing, but the call to
arms was then sounded, and he hur-
ried to get dressed and fall in with his
company.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
JAP CONTROVERSY SETTLED.
Schools Will Be Abolished on
Passage Of immigration Bill.

Washington, Feb. II. - The San
Francisco school controversy, growing
out Of the segregation of the Japanese
school children in that city, has been
settled. The basis of the agreement
reached at the White House confer
ence yesterday is that Mayor Schmitz
and the members of the school board
will, Immediately after the passage OF
the immigration bill, as reported by
the conferees in congress, abolish the
Oriental schools and again admit Jap
anese into the white schools. The
president and Secretary Root gave the
San Franciscans assurance that If the
bill is moi passed an extra session Will
be called Immediately after the adj
journment on March A..
Applies Only to Japs.
The adjustment of the Oriental
schools of course applies only to the
use of them by the Japanese. Their
maintenance for the Chinese will be
continued.
Mayor Schmitz gave out the follow
ing signed statement last night:
I'VE have come to a satisfactory I'M
Outstanding upon the assumption that
congress will pass the amendment to
the immigration bill introduced Feb.
10. Until the amendment is enacted
into law we shall make no statement
as to what the understanding it,"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPITOMf
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
Washington.

AT Senator Nelson's request the plan
to nave the Minnesota delegation give
a dinner in honor of his reelection
has been abandoned. Senator Nelson's
vile and daughter have been Ill a good
part of the winter, n besides he is
now rushed with business.
President Roosevelt sent to the sen
ate a new treaty with Santo Domingo.
providing for the collecting of the rev
ennes of the island and the payment of
its creditors. A portion of the rev
nues are reserved for the payment OF
the debts of Santo Domingo and the
remainder of the receipts will be used
In paying the expenses Of the govern
ment.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
CRUSADE.
Nearly Twenty States Are Consider
ina Bills Fixinu That Rate.

Chicago, Feb. IA 2-cent railroad
fare crusade is sweeping through the
United States. In nearly a score OF
state legislatures, bills fixing the max
imum rate for carrying passengers on
railroads at 2 cents a mile are pending.
and in most of these states the bills
seem certain to be passed. Ohio led
the way a ear ago by passing a 2-cent
fare law.
Already this year the legislatures of
West Virginia and Arkansas have
sent 2-cent fare bills to their respect
i've governors for their signatures. In
Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and PennsyI-
vania the 2-cent bill has already pass
ed one or the other of the two houses
of the legislature, and bills are pend
ing in Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Ne
braska, North Carolina and Oklahoma.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22

Any reader of this paper can get the
South Dakota Farmer for one year for
10 cents if you will cut out this notice
and send it with your 10 cents. The
South Dakota Farmer is the best paper
for general news in the Northwest, 16
pages. Has a whole page devoted to
the markets. Departments devoted to
the Dairy. Live Stock, and Farming.
Has a special letter every week from
Norway and Sweden. Think of a great
paper like this, ISSUED EVERY
WEER, for only 10 cents. This offer
good only till March LIST, 1907. Address,
South Dakota Farmer,
Sioux Falls. S. D..
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
PLOT TO WRECK A wARsHlP.
Secret Inquiry on Cruiser Yorktown
Develops Big Sensation.

Vallejo, Cal, Feb. II. = 1t became
known yesterday that a secret inquiry
is being held at the Mare Island navy
yard in connection with the condition
of the boilers of the cruiser Yorktown.
The Yorktown had been ordered to
Magdalena bay to protect American in
terests in troubled Central America,
but before starting it was found that
her boilers were leaking badly, and
examination showed that eleven rivets
had been removed, apparently delib-
erately. Had the Yorktown been al
lowed to proceed, it is stated the Ben
nington horror would have been dupli-
Gated. The flagship Chicago was dis
patched south in place of the York
town.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
COLD ovERcoMEs DRIVER.
Farmer Falls From Wagon and Is
Found Badly Frozen.

Ida Grove, Iowa, Feb. II. = George
w. Coolridge. a farmer living south
east of here. is in a serious condition
as the result of being frozen during
the recent cold snap. While driving
home from town he became uncon-
scious from cold and fell out of the
wagon. The team continued on home
and a search was started for Cool
ridge. When found his arms and fee.
were badly frozen.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
CRIES SAVE HIS LIFE.
Workman's Clothing is Caught on Bolt
Projecting From Pulley.

Workman's Clothing Is Caught on Bolt
Projecting From Pulley.
Vermillion. S. D., Feb. II. - While
switching a belt from n pulley to an
other, a bolt projecting from one of
the pulleys caught in the clothing OF
Fred Everett, an employee at the
Thompson elevator, in this city. He
was caught in such a way hat it
would have been sure death had not
his cries attracted attention at ice
The stopping of the electric motor and
machinery suddenly caused the victim
to fall to the floor, receiving several
bad bruises. The nervous shock was
so great that young Everett is still un-
able to be at work.