WHEELMEN ASK FOR IMPROVED HIGHWAYS, POLICE REPORT, AND JOINT INSTALLATION OF GROVER POST AND LADIES' GROVER RELIEF CORPS

 

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, January 3, 1900.

WHEELMEN ASK FOR IMPROVED HIGHWAYS.

   PITTSBURG, Jan. 3.—The most important step which the League of American Wheelmen has yet taken in its work for good roads is about to be inaugurated. President Keenan of the League of American Wheelmen has arranged for the early presentation in congress of a bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the construction of improved highways throughout the United States. Representatives Graham of the Twenty-third congress district will father the measure, which every League of American Wheelmen official and member throughout the United States will be asked to give his energetic support. President Keenan feels assured of the hearty co-operation of the farmers all over the country in securing the passage of a measure so manifestly in their interest.

 

PUBLIC DEBT.

Monthly Statement Issued By the Treasury Department.

   WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The monthly statement of the public debt issued yesterday shows that at the close of business Dec. 30, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,134,300,007, a decrease for the month of $5,791,824. This decrease is largely accounted for by the purchase of bonds during the month. The debt is recapitulated as follows:

   Interest bearing debt, $1,026,772,320; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,208,500; debt bearing no interest, $389,914,649; total, $1,417,894,460. This amount, however, does not include $686,979,403 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding which are offset by an equal amount of cash on hand.

   The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold, $398,032,027; silver, $497,200,739; paper, $64,588,670.

 

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

Dark Side of 1899.

   According to the Chicago Tribune there were 107 persons lynched in the United States during 1899. The Utica Herald has made out another list which figures up 115, as against 124 in 1898 The following lynchings, reported in dispatches to various papers are not included in The Tribune's list: May 8, "Bill" Dibble, a negro, taken away from a work house at Lebanon, Tenn., on suspicion of murder; O. H. Minatte, an Italian killed by his countrymen in Bridgeport, Conn., for assaulting a five-year-old girl; June 20, Louis Guidry, negro murderer, shot in jail at Franklin, La., by a white man; July 8, Abner Calhoun, an innocent negro, killed by a posse at Newnan, Ga., because he ran when commanded to halt; Aug. 10, Tom Keith, lynched at Greenville, S. C, because he was found drunk in a white girl's bedroom; Aug. 19, Spuad Bolin, negro, taken from jail by a mob at Fulton, Ky., where he had been brought from Tennessee on charge of murder and robbery committed in June, for which another negro was lynched then; Oct. 30, Tom Hayden, negro, for murdering a white man during a game of craps, Fayette, Mo.; in October, a white man named Miller shot in jail for elopement by four white men of Eden Valley, Minn., who were indicted on Dec. 16. In addition to the above killings there were several negroes put to death by "posses" in the South for resisting arrest.

   Of the lynchings last year The Herald says 109 occurred in the South and six in the North. Of the victims ninety were negroes and twenty-five whites, the latter including six Italians. Of the Italians five were lynched at Tallulah, La., because of a fight between one of them and a white doctor. The latter recovered from his wound. The case is now under diplomatic consideration, as some of the victims were Italian subjects.

   The lynchings last year in the various states and territories were as follows: Alabama six, Arkansas eleven, Connecticut one, Florida six, Georgia twenty-nine, Kansas three, Kentucky four, Louisiana fourteen, Minnesota one, Mississippi fourteen, Missouri four, North Carolina three, Pennsylvania one, South Carolina two, Tennessee five, Texas eight, Virginia one, West Virginia one, Oklahoma one. The alleged crimes for which the victims were lynched were: Murder forty-seven, complicity in murder eleven, rape twelve, alleged rape seven, bad reputation five, arson six, race prejudice five, robbing five, aiding criminals to escape three, mistaken identity three, unknown offenses four, and suspected arson, eloping, inflammatory language, rape and murder, arson and murder, highway robbery, and no offense alleged, one each. It will thus be seen that the lynchings for the ''one crime''—assault on women—bore a small percentage to the total.

   During the year the law authorities have been able to do a little in the way of punishing lynchers. In South Carolina the murderers of Postmaster Baker were brought to trial in the United States court, but the jury disagreed. In Texas a member of a white mob which lynched three white men for a murder in which they were not implicated, was sentenced to prison for life. In Georgia a lyncher was indicted, but that appears to have been the last of the case. In Virginia six white men were sentenced to from five to six years imprisonment for lynching a white escaped lunatic who attempted to assault a young woman. In Indiana a man was arrested recently for the lynching of Marion Taylor a year ago. In Alabama twelve white populists were sentenced to long imprisonments for lynching the only Democrat in Washington county in 1892.

 

Lt. Martin Edgcomb.

JOINT INSTALLATION

Of Grover Post and Grover Relief Corps at G. A. R. Hall.

   Grand Army hall was well filled last evening, Jan. 2, to witness and take part in the joint installation of Grover corps, No. 96, W. R. C, and Grover post, No, 98, G. A. R.

   The officers of the corps were impressively installed by Past President Sarah L. Hill, and the beautiful ritualistic service was much admired by all. In fact it was so well performed that the veterans almost wished that they were young again that they might put themselves in the condition of drill and discipline that they possessed in the sixties. As it was they frankly admitted that they were completely outflanked.

   The following are the officers for the ensuing year:

   President—Lovina A. Burroughs.

   Senior Vice-President—Harriet L. Davis.

   Junior Vice-President—Aurelia M. Gilbert.

   Secretary—Ella M. Perry.

   Treasurer—Linnie A. Robbins.

   Chaplain—Eliza M. Frederick.

   Conductor—Leanna C. Seamans.

   Guard—Emma D. Pitts.

   Assistant Conductor—Nettie A. Phillips.

   Assistant Guard—Nancy J. Canfield.

   Flag Bearer No. 1—F. Eudell Edgcomb.

   Flag Bearer, No. 2—Ella E. Kellogg.

   Flag Bearer, No. 8—Julia G. Sager.

   Flag Bearer, No. 4—Mary S. Alexander.

   Past Commander J. F. Wheeler, a hero of Cedar Creek, acted as installing officer for the post. Those who will guide the affairs of this organization for the year 1900 are as follows:

   Commander—H. B. Greenman.

   Senior Vice-Commander—H. R. Burroughs.

   Junior Vice-Commander—O. P. Miner.

   Adjutant—H. T. Bushnell.

   Quartermaster—M. E. Corwin.

   Surgeon—Dwight N. Geer.

   Chaplain—H. M. Kellogg.

   Officer of the Day—G. W. Edgcomb.

   Officer of the Guard—H. M. Robinson.

   Quartermaster Sergeant—Norman Thompson.

   Sergeant Major—Martin Edgcomb.

   Mrs. F. Eudell Edgcomb, chairman of the program committee, then took the chair and announced the following program:

   Old War Song—Take Your Gun and Go, John, Mrs. J. F. Twiss and G. W. Edgcomb.

   Reading—The Soldier Tramp, H. M. Kellogg.

   Vocal Solo—Rose Leaves Falling One by One, F. Grenville Bowker.

   Selection—Old Glory, Mrs. Cornelia A. White.

   Address—B. T. Wright.

   Vocal Solo—Bendemeer's Stream, Miss Ruth McNett.

   The piano accompanists were Miss Pearl Owen and Miss Caroline R. Kellogg. Every number was received with well deserved applause, Miss McNett and Mr. Bowker kindly responding to encores.

   Ice cream and cake were then served and a general social time followed, which included war songs sung by the entire company as "We used to sing it fifty strong."

   Thus ended one of the most interesting evenings ever spent on a similar occasion.

 

POLICE DEPARTMENT—1899 REPORT.

 

 

A GOLDEN WEDDING

Celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. Van Marter.

   Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Van Marter of 93 Pendleton-st., celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage at their home last night in a unique but most pleasing manner. Mrs. Van Marter has not been very well for a little time and it did not seem wise for them to have even a family gathering on this occasion. But to their utter surprise in the privacy and quiet of their pleasant livingroom, on either side of the table, where by the evening lamp seated in their comfortable rocking chairs Mr. Van Marter with his paper and Mrs. Van Marter with her work have been accustomed for years to spend their evenings, there they last night received the greetings and remembrances of over a hundred of their friends and relatives. The idea was a most novel one and for its conception and execution the credit is due to their next neighbor and warm friend, Mrs. M. K. Harris.

   During the afternoon Rev. Amos Watkins called to express his good wishes, Mrs. Van Master being a member of the Episcopal church. Just at dusk Dr. O. A. Houghton, pastor of the First M. E. church, of which Mr. Van Master is a member, called for a like purpose and left with them a little box to be opened in the evening. When they opened it they found upwards of a hundred handsomely illuminated cards fastened together with a lavender ribbon. At first glance it looked like an immense calendar. But closer examination disclosed the fact that each card contained a message or a sentiment or a good wish from some friend near or remote in distance, to whom the cards had been sent for the purpose. They had all been returned to Mrs. Harris, who had fastened them together with the ribbons. It took them a long time to go through these cards, and memories of former days were brought very vividly down to the present time as they saw the familiar handwriting and the well-known names, some of whom had not been heard from in years. A member of the family had supplied the list to Mrs. Harris for the purpose and to all she had written and enclosed a card explaining her plan and asking for a message.

   Then they examined further into the contents of the box and found another package of cards similarly fastened together and all these were attached to a handsome seal purse bearing an inscription in gold letters. The cards bore the name of many of Mr. Van Marter's associates in the wood shop at the Cortland Wagon Co., where that gentleman is employed, and the purse contained a very considerable sum of money all in gold which came from the men whose names were on the cards. The box also contained more gold coin and other tokens of friendship and love. Mr. and Mrs. Van Marter were quite completely overcome by this unexpected token of remembrance from so many, and the latter declared that she didn't sleep a wink all that night as a result.

   There were also letters in the box from friends in New York, Watkins, Sterling, Kans., Killawog, Auburn, Lake Ridge, Groton, Virgil, Ludlowville, Aurora and Buffalo.

   Mr. Van Marter is 72 years old and Mrs. Van Marter 67. They were married in Virgil, Cortland county, Mrs. Van Marter's maiden name being Sarah Elizabeth Overton, and went at once to housekeeping in Aurora, Cayuga county. That was their home for twenty-five years; afterward they lived in Lake Ridge five years, Ludlowville eight years and Cortland twelve years. They have four children: Mrs. Davis of Lake Ridge, Fred and Smith Van Marter of Cortland and Miss Mary Van Marter of Cortland.

   Mr. and Mrs. Van Marter wish to express their thanks to all their friends and neighbors who so kindly remembered them on this the occasion of their golden wedding.

 

Private Kindergarten.

   The second term of Mrs. Squires' kindergarten will open Monday, Jan. 8. Parents having little ones of kindergarten age not yet entered will do well to improve this opportunity. Children carried to and from school where parents desire. Terms, $1 per week which covers all expense of material, conveyance and tuition. Where more than one child is sent from the same family a reduction in price is made. Parents and others interested are welcomed as visitors at any time.

 

Sneak Thieves in Truxton.

   Thieves entered the barn of Chester Bush who resides on West hill, Truxton, during Saturday night, Dec. 23, and carried off six fine bronze turkeys, one string of sleigh bells and about twenty-five bushels of oats. Mr. Bush informed a STANDARD man that he was pretty well satisfied in his mind as to who the bold night prowlers are.

 

A NEW INDUSTRY.

M. B. Filzinger to Make Ice Cream and Butter for a Year.

   Mr. M. B. Filzinger, who has for some time conducted an ice cream and confectionery store at 14 North Main-st., has made arrangements to enlarge his business and materially increase his trade. For some time Mr. Filzinger has contemplated purchasing milk and manufacturing the cream which he used in his business. At the time of the State Dairymen's convention in Cortland he purchased from the DeLaval Separator Co. one of their power separators which will be run by the electric motor which he put in last fall. He has now completed arrangements with Mr. D. H. Bingham to take the milk from his entire dairy for a year. Mr. Bingham keeps one of the finest herds of dairy cows in the vicinity of Cortland, and takes particular pride in the quality as well as in the quantity of the milk produced. The milk is to be delivered at Mr. Filzinger's establishment each morning and what is not used for ice cream and sold as sweet milk and cream will be made up into butter. Mr. Filzinger will have all the latest appliances for caring for the milk and making it up. He will keep constantly on hand, fresh milk, skim milk, buttermilk, sweet cream, ice cream and butter.

 

ANOTHER MAPLE SUGAR RECORD.

Mr. Shellinger Tapped 200 Trees in December, 1871.

   Mr. Lewis S. Schellinger, who conducts a meat market m the village of Truxton, informs a STANDARD man that the reading of the maple sugar record for the present month of December in a recent issue of The STANDARD set him to thinking of what had transpired since the late war of the rebellion, Mr. Schellenger said that during the time between the 15th and 23d of December, 1871, he tapped 200 trees in his sugar orchard on lot 65, town of Cuyler, and made over fifty pounds of the finest quality of maple sugar which he sold for 28 cents per pound to Wm. A. Van Aukin, at that time a prominent merchant of Truxton. This probably eclipses any record of the kind In the history of the county. Mr. Schellinger further said it required about one-third more sap to produce the fifty pound batch of winter sugar than it would in the spring time.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The Normal school reopened today after the Holiday recess.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Daehler, The month of January, etc., page 6.

   —Miss Louise Wallace entertained a company of young ladies at a 6 o'clock tea yesterday.

   —Attention is called to the annual message of Gov. Roosevelt to the legislature which appears on the third page today.

   —A change in hotel property in Homer that may prove quite important in another line is noted in our Homer letter to-day,

   —Rehearsal of the "Chimes of Normandy" at the Conservatory of Music this evening at 8 o'clock. Every member is requested to be present.

   —Mr. E. H. Hyatt entertained a few friends at his studio last evening. The company danced to the music of Mr. Hyatt's new self-playing piano.

   —Copies of the California papers received from Mark Brownell give the local details of the great earthquake shock in that state on Christmas morning.

   —While in Buffalo last week ex-Sheriff McKinney, of this city, saw a man bet $500 that the century ended with 1899. The man lost and paid his bet.—Ithaca Journal.

   —Cortland friends of Mrs. Charles W. Aiken of Cambridgeport, Mass., formerly Miss Emma M. Squires of this village, will read with interest an item in our column of vital statistics on page 8.

   —The statute of Dr. Edward Austin Sheldon, formerly principal of the Oswego Normal school, will be unveiled at the capitol at Albany on Thursday afternoon Jan. 11. Commissioner Harris of Washington and others will deliver short addresses.

   —Clarence Miller, who was arrested in Auburn Dec. 29 by Constable James E. Edwards, charged with burglary, came before Justice Kelly this morning and waived examination, and was committed to the charge of the sheriff to await the action of the grand jury.

FILIPINO INSURGENTS ROUTED, AND DR. MARY WALKER'S LETTER TO THE STANDARD

 

Hilaria Aguinaldo.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, January 2, 1900.

FILIPINO INSURGENTS ROUTED.

Hot Skirmish Along the Santa Rosa Road. 

GENERAL SOUTHERN ADVANCE.

Americans Occupy Babuyao With the Loss of Two Killed and Four Wounded. Filipinos Lose Heavily—Aguinaldo's Wife and Sisters Surrender.

   MANILA, Jan. 2.—The first movement of a general Southern advance occurred yesterday morning, when two battalions of the Thirty-ninth infantry landed and occupied Babuyao on the south side of Laguna de bay. Two Americans were killed and four were wounded. Twenty-four of the enemy's dead were found in one house. One hundred and fifty prisoners and four six-pounder rapid-fire guns were captured.

   The gunboat Laguna de Bay bombarded the town before the disembarkation of the troops from the cascoes, which was made under the enemy's shrapnel fire. The enemy evacuated the place before the charging Americans, retreating to Santa Rosa, to which town they were pursued.

   Heavy fighting occurred along the road to Santa Rosa, which was occupied by the insurgents retreating south towards Silang. The Americans burned the country between and around Cabuyao (not Babuyao).

   The gunboat returned to Calamba for reinforcements and thence came to Manila to fetch ammunition. She recently captured two of the enemy's steam launches, one under the fire of artillery at Calamba, and also four cascoes loaded with rice.

     Other regiments are mobilizing at San Pedro Macati and Pasig, preparatory to continuing the southern advance.

   Sunday's capture of bombs involved the seizure of documents inculpating a thousand Filipinos who intended to rise against the Americans. Papers were also found showing a distribution of the city into districts and a careful assignment of leaders and followers. The precautions taken by the Americans on Saturday, it is now evidenced, alone prevented an uprising.

   The provost marshal has requested two more regiments to be detailed for the protection of Manila. Three thousand troops are now actually in the city.

 

FILIPINOS SURRENDER.

Aguinaldo's Wife, Sisters and a Number of Insurgents Among Them.

   MANILA, Jan. 2.—Aguinaldo's wife, sisters and 18 Filipinos have surrendered to Major March's battalion of the Thirty-third infantry at Bentoc, province of that name.

   Three Filipino officers also surrendered to Major March, and the Filipinos gave up two Spanish and two American prisoners.

 

Andrew Carnegie.

Carnegie's Gift to Cooper Union.

   NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Andrew Carnegie has donated to Cooper Union $300,000 for the establishment of a day school, similar in scope to the present night school. The school which will complete the last department of the original plans of Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union, will be technically known as the Mechanics Arts High School of Cooper Union.

 

Governor Roosevelt's Reception.

   ALBANY, Jan. 2.—Governor Roosevelt's public reception held in the executive chamber between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday was a gratifying success. Citizens in all stations of life called to pay their respects to the chief executive and wish him a happy new year.

 

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

Municipal Ownership in Kansas.

   The city officials of Topeka have recommended that the next legislature of the state of Kansas pass a law embodying these propositions:

   First.—Authorizing cities of the first, second and third classes to condemn and purchase water, gas and electric light plants.

   Second.—Authorizing cities to levy a tax upon all telegraph, telephone and electric light poles.

   Third.—Authorizing cities to assess all franchises owned by any person or corporation, the assessment to be based upon the same valuation as corporeal property.

   Fourth.—To prohibit cities from granting franchises to any corporation not organized under the laws of the state of Kansas.

   However varied may be the differences of public opinion upon the question of the public ownership and operation of public utilities, there can be no doubt that the movement in this direction is growing in force among people who desire the best possible conditions. The case of Topeka is by no means an isolated one. In some form or another the same movement is making itself manifest in nearly all the cities of the country.

 

Dr. Mary E. Walker.

THE ROBERTS QUESTION.

Some Evidences That Polygamy Is Not Essential to Mormonism.

     Dr. Mary Walker has sent in the following communication for publication in regard to the Roberts question:

   To the Editor of the Standard:

      SIR—You state in Friday's STANDARD that "Roberts can not fall back on his religious belief, as he is a violator of the constitution of Utah." We go back to the constitution of the United States, where there is a clause stating that any law made by a state is null to void if in conflict with the constitution of the United States, and any law curtailing religious liberty in Utah is therefore null and void.

   Whoever states that polygamy is not a part of the Mormon church does not know that a branch of the Mormons believe that woman's eternal salvation is partly dependent on marriage; for this I have heard from some of the prominent Mormons while I visited Utah, and the other churches all over the country have sent in petitions against seating a man who sanctioned polygamy on religious grounds.

   There is no fun or burlesque in the advocacy of a revision of the Bible, and I believe it will be so revised in the near future.    MARY E. WALKER, M. D.

   We have no wish to enter into any controversy with Dr. Walker over the Roberts case or to interfere in the slightest respect with her belief in this matter or in the matter of the Mormon religion or of plural marriages, but to permit misstatements to appear in the columns of The STANDARD in a matter of this kind without calling attention to them would seem to be a sanction of the error on our part.

   In reference to what Dr. Walker says above about the constitution we would simply state that the act to enable the people of Utah to form a constitution and state government and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states was approved by the president on July 16, 1894. It commanded the constitutional convention to provide, by ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of the new state, "that perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured and that no inhabitant of said state shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship; Provided, that polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited."

   This command was strictly obeyed by the convention. The third article of the constitution of the state of Utah sets forth an ordinance which is declared to be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of Utah, and it contains these words:

   "Perfect toleration of religious sentiment is guaranteed. No inhabitant of this state shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship; but polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited."

   The constitution was adopted by a popular vote of 31,305 against 7,687 on Nov. 5, 1895, and the proclamation of the president announcing the result and admitting Utah into the Union was issued on Jan. 4, 1896.

   The constitution of Utah contained another provision concerning polygamy in addition to that already quoted from the irrevocable ordinance. In Section 2 of Article xxxiv we find the following:

   "All laws of the territory of Utah now in force, not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitations, or are altered or repealed by the legislature. The act of the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of Utah, entitled 'An Act to Punish Polygamy and Other Kindred Offences,' approved Feb. 4, A. D. 1892, in so far as the same defines and imposes penalties for polygamy, is hereby declared to be in force in the  state of Utah."

   This territorial statute of 1892 prohibited not only polygamy, but also cohabitation with more than one woman. Whether that part of the act forbidding unlawful cohabitation is continued in force by the state constitution seems very doubtful; but that polygamous or plural marriages have been forbidden by law in Utah since the enactment of this statute and are now prohibited by the constitution of Utah is perfectly plain. All that the new state undertook to do in respect to polygamy was to prohibit it forever. The people have [adopted] a constitution containing a prohibition.

   So much for polygamy and plural marriages. Now as to the religious phase of the question [sic]. Among the proofs introduced by the committee of five who came to Washington from Utah to oppose the seating of Roberts was the following which was the first in a series of six public acts mentioned by which it was alleged that the compact between Utah and the other states had been violated. As to the matter of the violation of the compact it is simply a charge, the committee alleging that their acts did violate the compact, Mr. Roberts denying that they did. That is not of moment here, but no question is raised against the fact that such a manifesto as is mentioned in the charge was actually issued. The committee say [sic]:

   The compact was evidenced by many public acts [and laws]:

   1. By the manifesto of the Mormon church in 1890, which was by their leading men interpreted under oath to prohibit the continuance of polygamous relations as well as the contracting of new marriages.

   This manifesto referred to issued by the Mormon church in 1890 is plainly a repudiation of the fact that polygamy is now considered a part of the Mormon religion, so that Roberts cannot claim that his religion is interfered with if he is forbidden to sit in congress or perform any other act of citizenship because of his polygamous relations, if it to proved that he is a polygamist.

   If Dr. Walker is indeed serious in her thought that the Bible is soon to be revised to expunge all references to polygamy and concubinage no one would venture or wish to interfere with her belief, but we are not anticipating that it will be done this year or soon and are not at all worried about it.

 

POST MORTEM EXAMINATION

Performed Upon the Remains of George Allport.

   A post mortem examination [in Cortland] was performed upon the body of George Allport on Saturday afternoon by Dr. Reese, assisted by Dr. Higgins. The bowls were found considerably ulcerated as was anticipated. Several little pieces of glass were found in the intestines which the deceased had probably swallowed with his food at some time, perhaps being chips off a fruit can that had gotten into the fruit by accident or oversight. One little piece was also found in the abdominal cavity which had evidently worked through the walls of the intestines. There were some traces of perforations found.

   Mr. Allport had been rather out of health for several weeks, his difficulty apparently being seated in his stomach. Dr. Reese remembers that when Mr. Allport first came to him on Nov. 20 he told him that he had accidentally swallowed some glass a short time before and inquired if he thought that it had anything to do with his bad feelings. Dr. Reese inquired how long before it was that he had swallowed the glass and Mr. Allport replied about two weeks. The doctor told him that if he had got no specially bad effects from the glass in the two weeks he thought he would have no trouble from that.

   Mr. Allport apparently made light of the matter and the subject was not referred to again. Mr. Allport's back teeth were defective and there was always a likelihood of his swallowing his food without chewing it efficiently.

 

Funeral of John McCarthy.

   The funeral of the late John McCarthy, who died Saturday afternoon at 34 Railway-ave., was held this morning at 9:30 from St. Mary's church, Rev. J. J. McLoghlin officiating. The bearers were Messrs. William Riley, John Conway, Sr., John Callahan and John Fitzgerald.

   Deceased was born in Ireland seventy-seven years ago, and came to this country and to Cortland in 1854, where he has since lived. In 1859 Mr. McCarthy married Miss Mary Sullivan of Cortland who survives him. He is also survived by five children, Jerre, Dennis, Teddy and David McCarthy, all of Cortland, and Mrs. George H. Gleason of Watertown, N. Y.

   Mr. McCarthy has always been strong and vigorous in health, and with the exception of a slight stomach difficulty fifteen years ago, he had never known any sickness till nearly the time of his death which resulted from heart failure.

 

KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.

CLARK JOHNSON DRAGGED TO DEATH IN CINCINNATUS, N. Y.

Was Drawing Lumber from Willet when the Wheel Broke, Descending a Hill—Found Dead by the Roadside—Body Badly Lacerated.

   From our correspondents at both Cincinnatus and Willet we get the facts concerning a very sad accident that occurred very near the line between the two towns on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 30.

   Clark Johnson of Willet was employed by Frank L. Crittenden of Willet to draw lumber from the Crittenden sawmill about a mile north of Willet village to Cincinnatus. On Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock he started from the mill with a load to go to Cincinnatus.

   Just before 3 o'clock the horses attached to the forward wheel of the lumber wagon, with one wheel smashed except for the hub which was attached to the axle, came running into Cincinnatus village. People at once recognized the fact that an accident had occurred and started south toward Willet. Near the foot of the David White hill Mr. Johnson was found lying beside the road dead and with his head horribly lacerated and bruised. The scalp was torn up all around, and one eye was driven into the head. There was a large pool of blood where the body lay, and a trail of blood was discernible for 35 rods back up the hill to the place where the rest of the wagon lay bottom side up and turned around.

   No one saw the accident, but it is supposed from the marks on the ground that the forward wheel broke down while descending the hill; that the horses started forward, and that the wagon…broke and catching in the ground… bottom side up and…it end for end. Mr. Johnson is [known] to have frequently been accustomed to drive with the reins around his [waist]. It is probable that he was thrown and dragged down the hill to the place where he was found.

   The deceased was unmarried and was 40 years of age. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. John Hopkins, with whom he lived in Willet; also by his stepfather, Mr. John Hopkins, and by two half-brothers, Messrs. John Hopkins, Jr., and Frank Hopkins of Willet.

   The funeral was held at the house this afternoon at 1 o'clock and at the Freewill Baptist church at Willet. Burial at Willet.

 

VERY SAD DEATH.

Mrs. John Miller Found Smothered Upon Her Pillow.

   Amid the joyful events attendant upon the ushering in of the new year came an incident in one family which carries sadness to the hearts not only of the afflicted relatives, but to many friends besides.

   Mrs. John Miller, wife of the junior partner of the firm of Bingham & Miller, had not been in good health since August. She has been suffering from nervous prostration and insomnia was one of the attendant phases. Various things were resorted to induce sleep, but in the main to no purpose. A number of times, however, chloroform had been tried in a mild way with success.

   On Monday morning Mrs. Miller was feeling very restless, having gotten little sleep for three nights past. She told the maid in attendance that she had better go to church and that she herself would try to rest in her absence. The young woman departed and was gone for more than an hour, Mrs. Miller remaining alone in the house. On the maid's return she saw Mrs. Miller lying on her bed and supposed her to be sleeping, but as she noticed shortly after that she had not stirred she became a little uneasy and spoke to her. She received no answer. Then she took hold of her and found her in a state of unconsciousness. She was lying on her face with her mouth and nostrils buried in the pillow. A tightly corked chloroform bottle was lying on the bed near her hand.

   The young woman hastened over to W. D. Riley's next door and called for help. Mr. Miller was summoned from the store as quickly as possible, and he in turn called Dr. Higgins from his office nearby. Probably it was twenty minutes in all from the time of the first alarm till Dr. Higgins got there, but at that time she had ceased to breathe.

   The theory was that she had taken a little chloroform and had corked the bottle and lay down to sleep and that in her unconscious state she had rolled over on her face and had smothered.

   Coroner Moore was summoned, but decided that no inquest was necessary. The grief of the stricken husband was something terrible. It was the fifth anniversary of their wedding and the five years had been very happy ones to both. Mrs. Miller is survived by her father and mother and by her brother as well as by her husband.

   The funeral will be held to-morrow morning at 10:30 A. M., at the house, 38 Church-st., and will be private. The burial will be at Tully.

 

CARLEY FAMILY REUNION.

Descendants Gathered. Where the Grandfather Used to Officiate.

   Yesterday Sheriff and Mrs. A. E. Brainard entertained about thirty members of the Carley family. Mrs. Carley is a granddaughter of Alanson Carley who in 1840 was the sheriff of Cortland county and lived in the courthouse where yesterday his descendants gathered.

   At 3 P. M. E. W. Hyatt took a picture of the company as it assembled on the front porch of the courthouse. Singing, music, cards and dancing were enjoyed through the afternoon. The company ranged in ages from 7 months to 76 years, and all with the exception of the youngest danced the Virginia reel in the center corridor of the courthouse.

   Those present were: C. C. Adams and wife, A. C. Adams, wife and two daughters, Mrs. Esther A. Hunt, C. M. Chapman, wife and two daughters, J. W. Hunt and wife and Robert Jameson, wife and babe, all of whom are from Marathon, the former home of the grandfather, Alanson Carley; J. C. Carley, wife and daughter of Omaha, Neb., Ed C. Carley, wife and son of Syracuse, A. B. Carley of New York City, C. C Carley, wife and two sons of Homer, Hon. A. A. Carley and wife and Miss Katharine Ray Colvin of Cortland.

 

Married on New Year's Day.

   Sperry L. Snow, the popular young barber with P. J. Peckham, has ideas of his own not only in regard to the proper time for making good resolves, but also in regard to the proper time for carrying out the same and so last night he began the new year by taking to himself a wife, Miss Cora A. Raleigh of Cortland. The marriage ceremony was performed in the parlors of the Dexter House with which Snow was formerly connected, Rev. W. J. Howell officiating. Proprietor C. H. Warren served a delicious supper to a few invited guests. Mr. Snow came to Cortland in April last, and has made many friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Snow will remain in Cortland.

 

G. W. WEBSTER & SON.

New Proprietors of the Port Watson Steam Mills.

   Messrs. G. W. Webster & Son of Marathon, who recently purchased the steam mills on Port Watson-st. [from Wickwire Bros.], took possession of the same Jan. 1. They have stocked the mill with a full line of flour, feed and grain of all kinds. They will handle dairy, salt and clover and grass seed. This firm has had twenty years' experience in the feed trade. They will continue their large milling business in Marathon in connection with the Port Watson-st. mill and assure the public that their prices will be in keeping with the times. They will buy local grain and do custom grinding in the most improved manner and solicit a fair share of the public patronage.

 

BREVITIES.

    —Local news on eighth page to-day.

   —The new year seems wintry and blustery enough so far.

   —The additional snow that fell last night makes pretty good sleighing.

   —A regular communication of Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., this evening at 7:30 o'clock.

   —Undertaker J. H. O'Leary's office and residence have been connected with the telephone exchange.

   —The Ladies' Literary club meets tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. Julia F. Twigs, 16 Church-st.

   —The next to last rehearsal of the Jolly Tar minstrels will be held to-night at 8:30 sharp In C. A. A. hall. All are requested to be present.

   —The monthly recital of Miss Carrie D. Halbert's music pupils will occur to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock at her studio in the Wickwire building.

   —The Ladies' Aid society will meet in the parlors of the First Baptist church for work to-morrow at 10 o'clock, and continue through the day.

   —Miss Grace Mead entertained a large number of her lady friends Saturday afternoon who called by invitation in honor of her guest, Miss Lucy M. Greenfield, of Moravia. Light refreshments were served.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Bingham & Miller, Store closed evenings, page 8; Palmer & Co., Shirtwaists, page 7; C. A. A., Jolly Tar Minstrels, page 5; G. W. Webster & Son, New Year, new firm, etc., page 4.

   —North Tonawanda, where Prof. Clinton S. Marsh, formerly of Cortland is superintendent of schools, is to have a new high school to cost $85,000. Superintendent Marsh has fifty-one teachers under him.

   —The regular quarterly meeting of the Men's Bible class of the Presbyterian Sunday-school will be held Wednesday evening, Jan. 8, at 8 o'clock at the residence of O.C. Smith, 18 West Court-st. A full attendance is desired, as officers will be elected for the ensuing term.

   —By a decision a teacher is a state officer, and as such, if he fails to enforce the law, is liable to arrest for misdemeanor. Superintendent Skinner has caused the public money to be withheld in full or in part in eleven school districts in the state for failure to enforce the compulsory education law.

   —The STANDARD is indebted to C. W. Wiles of Delaware, O., formerly of Cortland, for a copy of the board of trade edition of the Delaware Gazette. Its fine half-tone cuts showing views of the city represent the place to be unusually fine in its appearance for one of its size. Mr. Wiles is one of the directors of the board of trade and is superintendent of the waterworks. A cut of the gentleman and a sketch is given in the paper.

 

Editor's note: We are short help and we have not made a decision on a new project. We will continue to copy local newspapers of the 1900 A. D. period as time permits—CC editor.