Cortland Standard Semi-Weekly Edition, Tuesday, April 1, 1902.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Troubles of the Old World.
Not to take a pessimistic view of the future, it must be admitted that the outlook for the “peace of Europe” is not altogether encouraging. In nearly every civilized country of the old world there are ominous signs of discontent and unrest.
In Great Britain, where every energy is being bent to end the task of exterminating the Boer republics, the mutterings of Irish discontent are rising into a sullen and angry roar, while the weakness of the new emir of Afghanistan is an ever growing menace to its Indian frontier.
In Russia, despite the strict censorship, it is plain that the prevailing widespread disorder has more meaning than merely the enthusiastic exploitation of student doctrines. The outbreaks have passed from their earlier confines in the large cities to the lesser towns and even to the villages. Money for the oriental progress of Russian arms and industries has been wrung from the people until the burden has become too great to be tolerated, in spite of the harshest efforts to suppress and silence the revolutionist propaganda.
In France the memory of the commune was cheered in the chamber of deputies the other day. In Italy serious disturbances have been averted only by concessions to socialist demands that can give only temporary relief. Spain, with its child king, standing helpless between the Carlists and the Catalonians, is in unquestionable danger, while in Austria peace will almost surely end with the life of the aged emperor. Germany has fewer things to fear, but even there the growing strength of socialism must be reckoned with as one of the problems of the near future.
If, however, out of these demonstrations of discontent there shall ultimately come better conditions for all mankind, they will have served a good purpose.
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| Cortland Opera House. |
Lecture on Boer War.
An event, of more than ordinary interest will be the appearance of Capt. Villiers at the Cortland Opera House next Thursday evening. He will lecture on the Boer war from its early history to the present time. Captain Villiers gives a most interesting description of this great struggle. Although the management of the Opera House seldom undertake bookings of this nature, the fact that Capt. Villiers is in demand at the Grand Opera House, Syracuse, where he lectures next Sunday evening, and all the leading theatres of the state, induced Managers Wallace & Gilmore to secure him for Cortland.
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| John Truck. |
THE WEEK FIXED
FOR THE EXECUTION OF JOHN TRUCK AT AUBURN.
Court of Appeals Decides on the Week of May 12 and Signs the Warrant Accordingly and Serves the Papers on Warden Mead of the Prison.
District Attorney T. H. Dowd has received a telegram from Clerk W. H. Shankland of the court of appeals at Albany in which he says that the judges who sat upon the case of The People vs. John Truck and who have recently handed down a decision affirming the judgment of conviction of the lower court on Friday signed and executed an order fixing the week beginning May 12, as the week during which the sentence of death shall be executed upon the defendant and the telegram says further that the said order so signed and executed as aforesaid was that day forwarded to J. Warren Mead, warden of the state prison at Auburn, which order is for him the warrant for executing the sentence as originally made by the court.
The original sentence was set for the week beginning April 29, 1900, so that Truck has been spared a little over two years by the efforts of his attorney to get a new trial.
CAR FARE REDUCED.
Experiment of a Month—Continued if Traffic Increases Sufficiently.
The Cortland County Traction company for the month of April will sell continuous tickets between Homer and Cortland in strips of seven tickets for 50 cents. Heretofore the tickets have been honored, six rides for 50 cents. This is an experiment to see if the fare between Cortland and Homer cannot be reduced. The experiment will be made during the month of Aporil and continue if the traffic warrants.
MAHLON DAY MURPHEY
DIED VERY SUDDENLY WHILE EATING HIS SUPPER .
The Last Survivor of His Family—For Forty-five Years a Resident of Cortland—Nearly Whole Family Died Within Five Years—Formerly a Prominent Musician of this City.
Mr. Mahlon Day Murphey died very suddenly at his rooms at Dr. C. P. Ver Nooy’s residence, 50 Port Watson-st., Thursday evening from heart disease, aged 50 years, 2 months and 28 days.
Mr. Murphey had been suffering from heart disease for more than a year past, but was able to be about. Thursday night, as he was eating his supper at his rooms, he fell back in his chair and died almost instantly. His nurse, Miss Porter, was alone with him at the time, and she hastily summoned Mrs. Ver Nooy, who in the absence of Dr. Ver Nooy telephoned Dr. S. J. Sornberger. The doctor came directly but found him dead when he arrived. The day before his death Mr. Murphey had walked up as far as Main-st. and he had also taken a carriage drive that day. Thursday he was in excellent spirits and had planned to attend in the evening the musical services at Grace Episcopal church, where he was a member and of whose choir he was so long the leader.
Mr. Murphey was born at Locke, Cayuga Co. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Day Murphey. About forty-five years ago he with his parents and brother and sisters moved to Cortland where they purchased the residence at 50 Port Watson-st., which had been his home ever since coming to Cortland. Within the past five years his parents, two sisters, Mrs. Ida R. M. Pomeroy, and Mrs. Mabel Murphey Forbes, and his aunt Mrs. H. A. McKiernan, who always made her home with his family, have died. Mr. Murphey was the last remaining member of his family, and his nearest living relative at his death is Mrs. J. R. Hathway of Homer, a second cousin.
Deceased was a member of Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. and A. M. He was a man who enjoyed a large acquaintanceship, and who prized his friends most highly. On Dec. 28 of each year, his birthday, he was wont to gather a large number of his friends about him for a social visit, and these gatherings were always mutually pleasant. He was a fine artist, although of late he has not devoted much time to his favorite occupation, and for years he was prominently identified with all the musical interests of Cortland, being the possessor of a remarkably high and sweet tenor voice.
The funeral was field Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Grace Episcopal church.
Miss Lamont Has a Relapse.
Miss Julia Lamont, the daughter of Col. Daniel S. Lamont, has suffered a serious relapse in her illness, and it was said at the Lamont residence, 2 West 53rd-st., last night, that her condition was very critical. Miss Lamont became seriously ill with brain fever about a month ago, but it was announced more than a week ago that she had almost completely recovered.—New York Sun, March 28.
Mr. O. A. Kinney, Mrs. Lamont’s brother, went to New York Wednesday night in response to a telegram telling of Miss Lamont’s relapse and asking to come immediately.
BREVITIES.
—The Primary union will meet in the chapel of the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
—Miss Martha Roe gave a thimble bee Monday afternoon to a number of her lady friends at her home, 77 Railroad-st.
—Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., will confer the third degree at its regular communication Tuesday evening of this week.
—The young people of McLean and Groton gave Miss Anna Foote a pleasant surprise on Friday evening of last week at her home four miles west of Cortland.
—The supervisors of Chenango county have voted to bond the county for $35,000 to build a new jail to replace the one condemned by the state prison commission.
—The remains of Mrs. A. M. Johnson arrived in Cortland at 7:09 o ’clock last evening from Brasher Falls, N. Y. The funeral will be held from the First Baptist church at 10 o’clock A. M. today.
—A newly wedded couple in Cazenovia are said to have been let down from the third story of the house by a hoisting tackle to escape their friends, who were laying for them with rice and old shoes.
—William Bell, who is managing the Randall farm, sowed eleven acres of oats Friday. That is unusually early for such work. Plowing has been in progress for a week past and that is almost unprecedented in this climate.
TABLES WERE TURNED.
Bridle Pair Recently Surprised Friends—Friday Night They Were Surprised.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mudge returned Friday noon from their wedding trip. Mr. Mudge is the day operator at the Lackawanna railroad office. Friday night with his bride he was lured to the office upon some pretext and very soon they were surprised to see all the employees of the railroad office and of the express office appear. Mr. John Sutton, chief clerk at the freight office in behalf of all of his associates assembled, then presented Mr. and Mrs. Mudge with a beautiful set of china dishes. Mr. Mudge responded expressing the thanks of himself and wife and stating that though they knew they had given their friends quite a surprise in being married and getting safely away before any of them knew of the event, still that surprise was insignificant in comparison with the surprise now turned upon them in presenting them with the dinner and tea set.
Hearty congratulations were then offered and it was a very pleasant occasion for all concerned.
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