Cape May Daily Herald

VOL. I. NCfr-4-

CAPE MAY, N. J , SATURDAY 1ULY o, 1907.

Subscription—$1.00 For Season

The Only Daily Horning Newspaper Published at Cape May.

LAWN

SPORTS

The Events Were Attended by . Over Two Thousand BIG FOURTH OF JULY The Prar Winners Had Lots ol Fun and the Onlookers Had' More

Not »inc« the ilayf when Ope U»y sa> the Mecca fur the Bummer sojourners of the i>M South, has auch an e: • crllrut all rouiHl pro^raumre of liule peodeuce Itajr aj>orta^,be<u oflered, aa that which wa» ach^duled Thuradar by the combined efforia o! the newlr orga- , Hired cape May Club. Startiog at eleven o'clock, the ol<l fashioned lawn aporta. coDslaUug of tack races, creasy pole climbing, etc amuaed a crowd of over two thonaanu until the atari of the hall game between Cape May aod Uenniarille, which marked tbe opening of the aummei In addition to the regular lawn games a number of novelty events new U Cape May were pot en, tbe moat ex citing and unique of which was a tilt iog tourney, in which the contestant! were placed In bam I a and armed with long poles. Eight enteied for thu COD' test, which bad for its object the *‘n horsing" of tbe opponent and after spirited fight tiur Channels was d clarerl the victor. Kaymood Born I mained in tbe conical tbe second longest and received the rnnner-np Tbe summary of tbe events follow: Sack Bace—won by Ellsworth Major, second, Jake Green, third, Raymond Born. Totato Race—won by Harry Bo; i, second, Raymond Born, third, Isaac Ereas Egg and Spoon Bace—won by Jerry Barker, second, Raymond Born, third Jake Green. Sliding barrel contest—won by Isaac Frrasc, second, Sam Channels, third, Raymond Born. Tilting toorner—won by Sam Channels, second Raymond Born. Climbing the greasy pole—won by Isaac Freaa, second, Raymond Born third. Jerry Green.

BALL GAME ENDS A TIE

PERSONAL

MELANGE

BOY’S SIGHT IS INJURED

Cape May and Dennisville Add Sumcntr Visitors in Plecily

Old Rivalry Flame

EACH MADE ONE RUN

Three Thousand People Saw the Ball Game on Thursday and Both Sides Were Intense

pel led U

iSunday livening Col

Stockton Hotel Orchestra, J. F. Zim

merman Good odor.

March, Processional, Zimmerman Overture, Raymond Thom— Fantasia. Lohengrin. Wagner Three Uauces Henry VIII

a Salute d'Amour

b tbaeone, Durand Grand Selection La fcobetnr Violin Solo, Selected Pocdni

J. F. Zimmerman

Ballet, Egyptian, Lugini Overture, Orpbeoa, * Offenbach

b.“

Nibelungen,

March,®

To Open on Iron Pier The Dormy Stock Company, will open on tbe Iron Pier on Monday «ith the melo-drama, “The Fisherman's Daughter," which will rue Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. "The Village Vagabond,” will be played Tbursdav, Friday and Saturday There will be matinees Wednesdays aod Satordaya. to which the price of admUaipn will be 10 cents. Tbe evening yrices will be 25 cents and 35 cents.

of Railroad

two o'clock yrater

ilng. was shot three times by

Shot at Midnight

Lily Clayton, colored, one, between one And tw wee shot v . >oa. also colored. The as and has got been captursd.

Tbe woo ode will not prove aeriooa. \

Use Tbe Telephone

Ton r.n have ,U>e Cant MAT DA1LT HBBALO served at yeni reaidenes daring Ik aansna iJnly and Augnat). foe *1.00. Call Bell Telephone, *TX or KeyatOM

Telephone. «D.

r'epe Mar ou Independroi Cape May and Dennlevlllv. n an even break, each ai an. Tbe visitors were eoi at the end of the ninth I

ulng to catch a train, laiug pitched treat game, striking out elreen men ai •snlng only one paa-. bat Nicbols' erro tare tbe visitors a run In the third. T

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Agricultural School Nolen. Tbe enrollment coutinajs to io< each day, there are now five via tee represented. Prof. H- O. Sampvon was compelled to shorten hie story at the school owing, to a call from Washington, jerking It necessary for him to report at New London Wia., where be will deliver a series of lecturea at a similar school. Prof. Sampson was ■ i ' speaker and the pupils of {lie school were sorry to have him go. Ilia talk on teaching Agriculture In country schools would have greatly benefilted every teacher io New Jersey. It is to he hoped that hr trill be with the school next year. Fourth of July morning U-e pupils of tbe Summer School visited the new dairy farm and were greatly pleased with what they saw. Mr. Joseph MeKissic explained the plans of tbe school Next week will furnish many opportunities to the cottager* to bear good lectures on interesting subjects •. Henry Wetberby, of MUInlle, gave a most excellent address Friday morning on poultry raising and some of tbe mistakes that are msde.

About the Resort

GOSSIP OF LOBBIES

What is Going on In the Cottage Colony-Many Interesting Chatterings

State Senator James P. McNicbol and family of Philadelphia, arrived at tt Stockton yesterday for a brief seasoi N. Stevenson and family bare arrived at tbe cottage No. K27 Washington street, where they will remain all summer. F-ank W. Miller, o. Neat York, la a ieM «t tbe Lafayette. He la a native of Cape Mav. Ir and Mrs. Stanton ft. Hackett. again occupying tbe cottage corner Uugbea and Franklin streets They prominent in tbe social life here. I take part in the golfing events which they are general favorites. u Gillingham, daughter of Mr. Vlra. A. J Gillingham, of Philadelphia, is a guest ol her sister, Mrs. Louis J. Descou st the cottage of Mr. Mrs Deacon ou Columbia aveuui. ank H Hildreth, of New York, is pasaiug ajfew day* at the Star Villa, where the family of hi* brotoer. Judge James M. E» Hildreth, of Cape May, fa also located r». Johnson, of Woodbury, has i visiting Mio> Uxtie Ware, daugb)f Mr. aod Mrs. Maskel Ware for a days.

Texas Loses She Prmlenllal n* Prudential Insurance Compsoy America, President John F. Dryden, gives baa determined to cease dc iog business In Texas, because of tbe danla exaoUoua made by tbe law ol that upon foreign companies Tbs absurd Imposition of the Texas 1 that which would compel tba P-udeotial

V per oent. of tbe

reserve value of policies Issued By It upon the Uvea of reeMeoU of the Stale of Texas

specified local seeurit'ea, which

It I* required to deposit In certain named depositories located within tbe State, no

being glean to It by the Sure for

their proper euatody. aod a burdensome rate of local taxation being imposed therePresident Dryden says tbe action of

"the company will not In any d< pair the aecnrity of the policies Texas. It la their protec-

tion, eqnelly with that of our other policy holders, that p re east tat aa a refusal to com ply with the provisions of this statute.' ~ ' wltlf Texas policy bo Idem

Pleaty of Sport

The meadows of Cape May county

hereafter be transacted' through the Louie- are affording plenty of sport

vtUc. Ky.. oilier of the Prodsatlal Oom-

A MEMORY AND A MATCH >»ly Daughter Cnltrd to Marriage In Philadelphia ^Announcement was made in tbe Philadelphia papers a few days ago that tbe onlv daughter of Mr. and Mrs Edward S Grant, "Ned Grant,” as the "pater fimtlias,” Is familiarly known, nutted iu marriage to Prof. Hugh Clark, a teacher of music of high repuThe young bride is nearing her :wenty-first year, and has for two lean past been the pupil of Professor Clark, who lost bis wife more than i, and la aixty-eight years of age. Maoy-Oape May residents, both summer and native will remember Mn Grant as Jennie Priooe. Twenty-three summer* age she was ona of the popular young lady goeats who passed eason at Congress Hall. Bev yean ago -he was the star of open company which met with great presenting the comic opens of the ear, on the Cape May Pier. Mbe bad become Mrs Grant, retain mg her stage name, and "Jennie Princx" and ber sweet little daughters high favor both within and without upenlK circle*. The Uttle ohild has grown intocbami' ig young womanhood, and has splendid voice aod is giving evidi of marked mnslcal ability, which ber talented husband will contiour to train to a high state of cnltore. Professor dark U one of tbe faculty of the South Broad St Conservatory rf Mmdc, and ol tbe rnlvenlty of Pennsylrania. T B g.

Master Raymond Vanaman Hurt By Cannon Cracker

TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

May Low Sight ol One EyeWhile Other Member Is Badly Injured

Master Raymond Vauamao. the t year old aon of U. Grant. Vauama No. 1IS3 Washington street, was Injured tbe eye* on Thursday morula the explosion of a cannon cracker, eye is Injured badly and the otlu r ma The cannon had lieeu likhted. but boy supposing It to have gone out. pi It up and H went off Id bla face. Tbe boy was taken to a Philadelphia hospital yesterday,

THE HOTEL ARRIVALS Those Who are Registered at Tbe Old Resort

THE BESS WINS RACE

The Power Boat Take Independence Day Race

Nam a Mentioned oi Those Who Come and Go From Our Hotels

Don't Forget the Date The Great Fashion Plate Circus which will exhibit here on Monday, July 8th. is replete with plesadm, If - startling surprise* for tbe cUcns-aoer*. Every artist rngaictd la ona of martl and standing In the circus world, BO aet was too but. ne salary too high for the Fashion Plate, oulv the beat, the newest aod moat novel acta were chosen; Equestrians, AetlaUsts. Wire,walker*, Equilibrist, Clows*. Gym its, are those whose names is with superiority In their

especially In fishing. A number of large catches have been reported, and tbe fish are running Urge. Old fisher-

men pronounce it one of the

ceeafnl of fishing seasons, and Charles A. t-wam, 305-7 Jackson street has

More thiin <1,000 ■ id in tbe lUuwlan a Porthole* of ateutuahlpa are of polished plate glas* over an Inch thick. Egypt la going to have another census. The population was 0.750,000 In 1807 and U now believed to exceed 13,800.000. Greece Is said to be tbe poorest conntry of Europe. Her total wealth amouats to *1.000.000.000. or about half that of Switzerland. Effort* are being made In Norway to retlmlwr vast devastated forest areas. About 21 per cent of the country’s total area la still covered with Standing on a hill near FUbermen’a beach. Swampacott, built nearly 115 yean ago and atlll used for tbe purpose for which It originally Intended. In three yean the gold circulation of the Bank of Japan ha* Increased *6 - 000,000, U» silver circulation *4.000.000, wblle tbe note circulation baa only * by I&500.000.

lock joint,

veterinary school at Bucharest baa placed tbe loot portion with a leal artificial leg that enables tbe animal to walk about and take exercise. For every 10.000 Inhabitants London has twenty-acven cab* and five buses. Part*, on tbe other hand, baa fortyolght cab* for the earns number of people, hot only two buaea. Naples has fifty-five cab* per 10X" holds the record for buaea.

caaaoLL villa Philadelphia—K P Dolan and wife, H Thompson and wife, 11 C stabler and

Philadelphia—Louis Wolff aud w Cbs'lee Devlin. Norristown—T 8 Neale BCLTIUOKX INS Washington—Fred E Chapin • wife, FreJ J Chapin, Marcia Chapin w York—John N Steele

East Orange, N. J —J A Edwards Pittsburg—Emil Swenson Philadelphia—J E Brady

New Y’ork—Frank H Hildreth WlHDSOg A ah bourne. Pa—Vincent B Brecht Philadelphia—J S Muir and wife, B Kirk bnde and wife

BISPHAM AGAIN WINS This Time WHh Wife Carries Off Prize

PEOPLE OF NOTE HOME PRODUCT, TOO DID SO LAST JULY

Tht Bess. Owned by B. I. Gibbon Wins Over Dr. R. Walter Stgrr’s Cora.

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THE WRITERS.

Mark Twain 1* going to build a bouse of concrete and steel that cannot be burned down. BjAiatjerne Bjorn non. tbe Scandinavian author. Is said to write so badly that every Hue of hla manuscript baa to he copied before It Is aent to tbe

Joseph Conrad, tbe well known thor. la rather abort and stalwart with a short, dark heard, and his appearance Indefinably suggests the aea that was so long bis home. Herman Bernstein, who baa t la ted stories by Gorky and Chekhov and has written tales of Russian life of Us own. la translating the works of Erastov. a new Russian author. Era* tor Is a novelist of war. r»T. Weir Mitchell finds writing bla chief pleasure, anJ be la always working at and thinking about bis hooka UP In the Canadiau wilderness, at Bar Harbor or amid all the demsryia of hla profession In Philadelphia.

LAW POINTS. A statute authorizing administration on an absentee's proi>crty without bis knowledge or consent aud without tloe tg him I* held in Grandy ret Kennedy fVa.1. 4 L. R. A. (N. S.I. 844. to be uucoostltutlonal. A plaintiff who abandon* a gult in which defendant bn been am" * mesne process, before It la en court is held tu Gibson versus (Vt), 4 L. B. A. (K. 8.). 451. aot tu be able to Justify under tbe writ In Uoa by defendant for Mas Imj

California boa 3£00 artesian wells.

depth la 218 feet. Each range 144 galloaa of we

At hi John's P. I- Ctrorvh m. r. A. D. Leant, D. D. rector of

8t. DavM’tCbP'ch Maas yank. Pa. mill ofikiaU on Sunday la M. John's P. K.

Philadelphia—C A Danvill and wife, T. D. VanNostraod and wife, W F Metzger Ferris Price, James P Mi Nichol and family. Washington—W B Starr Glenoldeja, Pa—James H Kront

Philadelphia—Henry K Fox and wife, £ L Miller and wife, ton 8pnngfield. Maae—W G VanName t-Ararrmc Philadelphia-Meham A Mills, Ella Edward^H E ilressman and wife, II Bates, Jr.,Dr L N fteinbach, Henry Nason and wife, J M Bowman, Jr Kanes* Qty—L B Price and wife Norwood, Pa—Alex Noble and wile New York—Frank W Miller, W B

Industrial Items. Paper wood fiber Is now made yam and woven Into cloth, the Saxon Inventor, Emil Carle*, having perfect ed the process. The government of Victoria. Australia. la going to build a factory for wire netting, with a capacity of 800 mUoa of wire a year. This. It la expected. wUl lower the present price of (lift per mile to *128. Most persona employed In tbe V* Ran glass Industry begin to lose their sight when they are between forty and fifty years of age and In a abort Urns become blind. This blindneaa Is ca by the excessive beet and glare from

Things Theatrical

Robert Edeeon has been favorably received by English audience* In Us performances of "StrongfaearL" George W. Fawcett Is to he featured by JV. A. Brady In a new play at the cloaa of bla engagement In “Tbe Man of the Hour." Mia* Ellen Terry's real new name to Mrs. James Caselmann. that being the In private life of ber newly mar-

Science Siftings. About one-quarter of tbe baman brain

Sunlight wUl penetrate very clear water to the depth of 1J00 feet. Our ana Is only a very small starof the sixth magnitude or thrreaboutand of aa Importance la the universe SO allgM as to be ecarcoly within the Place of respectability.

The Cape May Yacht dub, which stood sponsor for the Idaho, the cond boat in the recent ocean race Bermuda, followed its usual Independence dar custom with au open bouse that afternoou, which was marked by nber of races in the inside course, leading from ScLelliogers Lauding to -Sewell's Point. Tbe chief event of the saa the coolest of the Vice Commodore Wilson Gup, open to boat .be semi-speed class. There were three 'Utrirs—the Cora, owned by Di Walter «urr. of Philadelphia, who Is diainnao of the Racing Committee; th Be**, owned by 11. 1. Gibbon, aud Vic .'oinmodore Wilaoo's Mouse. It was a acratch event, and the Be*. showed the otuer two competitors ch-an pair of heels aod made the trip l tbe Point and return lu 28 minutes wbieb is fast time for a boat of be Tbe Cora was second, in 38 minutes Actual time, while tbe Mpuse finished th.rd in 33 minutes. Tbe Bess was built about four years ago at the shops of William T. Steven*, here in Cape Mar who has also built several faces which belong to Riverton Yacht Club, aod which have taken

several cups.

WOMXN’S realm. In Bohemia 24.000 men and women ..are signed s petition to parliament for nnlversal auffrage Irrespective of The petitions of women against worn an suffrage lately presented to the British parliament have been thrown out as Invalid. The signatures were found to be largely bogus Barones* Alexandra Oripeuberg. who ha* Just been elected to the partis ment of Finland, received the largest rote of any candidate nominated by the old Finnish party. A granddaughter of the famous English statesman. John Bright, has refused to pay the income tax on the ground that "a parliament In which no women are reprenented has no right to levy taxes upon women without their con-

The fact that no death from hydrophobia baa been recorded In England since 1002 Is cited as an illustration of the preventive treatment of disease.

man process, by cansing them In liquid form to be absorbed by natural agar agar, then granulating or pulverising and drying A machine for the prolonging of life by keeping the circulation of the body In a normal condition without loss of gy ou the part of the patient has been Invented by H. C. Prentiss of Boston. The Invention will no donbt be of considerable Interest to the medical world. Train and Track.

The Independence Day Mixed Foursome Draws Many Players To the Links

Samuel Bl.pham, a member of the Bala Golf Clob. made a great rr|>uiat!nn on tbe Cape May Glob’s links u * *t*r Fourth of Jnly performer Last season, with Mias Gullelme Davis as ■ partner, be carried off first prize In the Independence Day handicap mixed foursome eeent. aod Thursday, with bb> wife aa a partner, o*

mphed in the mixed foursome, d prlz. w*. won by H. Moor Mr* Wriggioa. of the Pb I lade I-

phis Cricket flub, whose IrJ was the best actual score of the day The score follows:

Mr. and Mr* Samuel Bispbam *r D. Wright. Jr., and Mr*. Psaeival Collins Ixmit Hayes and Mr* Frank R.

Shattuck

te Howell Parr and Mi*. Gulielms Daei. Ferdinand J Grave, and Mr* F D. Store!!

W riggios

Frank R. Shattuck and Mr* F. S. Hire* t Edwin F. Cook sad Miss Annette Dsvis | Freak S. Hire* sod Thoms. W. Eastwick t . Gookmao and Mr. J

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ind wide awake men. •

John tcwilberham Dead John S. Wilbraham. ot 4635 Penn street, Frankfort), died suddenly on Tuesday, in Edinburgh. Scotland, of diabetes. He was boro in Frankford 48 year. ago. aod was many years a member of tbe firm of Wilbraham A Brothers, iron founder*, at Sergeant and^tmher streets. Kensington. Two weeks ago be left this country for an extended trip through tbe Briiish Isles rch of health He was accompanied by bis wife, who cabled tbe newt of bis death. He was active among Masons He Is survived by a window. Hla body will be brought home for burial.

The regular first daas travel rata pain la 4 cants per mile. MUaa books, however, ore charged for at t ate of 2 cents per mile. The Nome-Arctic railroad la tbe moat northerly railroad on this coutlaanL From tbe shore of Bering aea at Nome naaea tbe flowering tundra and creep* aud bump* its way Into the heart of the eternally as

1 Boom Serilc* AvaUabU at AE Pens* xylvaola Railroad Sialism. venienoe of the public, begin •atrons of th. P.nn»ylranu> have the priviledgr of checking hand baggage and other small arTteles in tbe baggage room at all ticket s’at to ns which do not now have special* parcels checking rooms. A charge ot five cents for 84 hour* or fraction thereof will be made for each article checked. except from Saturday noon unit! Monday neon when goods will beheld for firroeuta- After the first 84 hoars, aa additional charge of tea cent, for each additional 94 hour* or fraction thereof, with a minimum charge of It

Wbat Vow Have Been Waiting For Au opportunity to purchase a strictly modern, np to date, well located home on easy terms. Here It Is: Close to the ocean baring twelve rooms. excellent shape. Floe system of electric lighting aud gas throughout the house. Most desirable cottage for renting porposs* always brings -good rents. Only a U amount of cash nrcewarv to bay lu Ba*loD*Kivea Immediately. II particulars apply l<y GlUUWT c. HAubs.

P. K. Ctrorvh of the Advent the P. E Church of tbe Advaal. on Lafayette street, between Deodar sad Jackson streets, tbe parish aad

*w A too PaatOOae.to aosr ape* tm the aaaaaa. A mat late Mr Kdonrd V. Itoto to la pare—si ahaapa afilto* Cal*. '