CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. I, NO. 30.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, igot.

Subscription—$i.oo per Year.

THE SCHEME ' WON’T WORK WOULDBT IT BE A FIHE THING TO ASSUME THESE DEBTS? ConiolidaiiOD Would b • u ExponiiTt UodaxUkiDr fox-Q»pe May Clu and Abaolutely Barttn of Beoefit. In our Umie of AuguM 31 menUoned the fact of Ibe .ebeme to ronno’.KUte the borough of South Cape May and the drfi uct t»>ruuof Cape May Point with Cape May City. Many p.-»ple hare rery ' kindly thanked thl- IUhald for calling at taatton to the fact that thU uefariuua

xhente la twt dead.

We hope that the eHirene will' bear tbIk IfrWtnind and prepare to ©fleet any plana which might he attmnpud thta year. Generally apeaklng. cooaolHatloo and peotralliing Uir goreniinent reduoea the tax, but; from our point of Hew, In thU caac the effect Would be just the opp>«lle. In the“fir»t place, the debt of the city Af P-Pe W •ISO.OnO, the limit allowed hy law. The water work* U worth to the city all that amount, but to add to Cape May City the defunct borough of, Cape May Point and lu aim,at repudiated debt of 1.000 and a debt of at leaat •100,000 to build up the beach front of tbeac two placea would It# a burden which Cape May could not atand. There la plenty of room within the preaeut city linrtu for JinprovcmeoUi and low of racant land which could be bopght at reaaoualile prierw.

e persona who favor the conaoli-

» that

ieCape May will realise In.

datfbii scheme will no doubt ai

in a abort Mi

the way of laxea more than the iuterpat on the money expended. Thla aiatrtheut cannot he home out when it ia conaklered that in South Oape May there ta practically no land which oould he taxed other than that Which ta now taxed and no praanect »of any improvement* on . whlUi taxes c«mhWj*i l«-vlod. As.maw as tliese plscea are hr.hfght Into the' oorporate limiu of Cape May. t)l«i ibe advanuges which Capw May now ba»— lis excelleni atreeUi. Ro,*! mslcr work a, Are departn»r«t and adequate lifchu— would havij to he extended over the new terrluiry.^nd where it now- nwi* Cape £ay $30,000 a year it would c<wt about •100.000, iad there would be no pusaiblllty of ryajdw* any hot a small benefit for this Outlay fo* many, many yearn to.

OBITUARY. WILLI A* UEiiKY *XK^-XS. _ William Henry Reeves, aged 38 years, died at half-past eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, after a severe Ulncs*. The deceased m-ma s member of ewe^afjjle best known families of Cspe^msy county, and. was bofn'in what is noc West Cape May. and spenUiis boyhood days there. He was a son of Uft late Andrew Reeves. Yhen fourteen yet Philadelphia and « house of Sharpless-i years, or until the breaking out of the Civil War. He enlisted in Company C •Thirtythird Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving with credit in the army. When the second call (or emergency men was made by President Lincoln, be again enlisted, and after creditable service was mustered out and honorably discharged. After the war he came back to Cape May and in 1868 married Miss Elisabeth B. Edmunds, 1 - daughter of the lafk Hon Richard D. Edmunds He followed the pursnit of farmer on the place where he was raised until about 8 years ago; when, as a result of his two army enlist, menu, he became totally disabled ft

rheumatism.

Mr. Reeves was a consistent Christian and for a number of yean had been a member of-the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church. For several yean he waa Assessor of the borough of West Cape May, and was highly respected by-all who knew him. He waa a brother of Samuel W. Reeses, the proniinenl Philadelphia lawyer; Charles Clinton Reevrt, clerk of Lower township; the late Clement 8. Reeve*, of this city, and ol 'Mrs. Walter Hand, Mrs. Henry H. EMredge. of ’West Cape May. cad ■ Mn. Anthony

Crease, of Cold Spring

He leaves a'sridow. ia son, J. Henry • E. Reeves, ad a daughter, Mn. Marcus A. Scull, to aKiarn bis loss. He was a fond parrot, a faithful husband and of a kind

and loving disposition.

The fnncral will lake place oa Saturday afternoon from his late residence ia -Went

Cagy May. Tbeint

Spring ee

REGULAR MEEXHG 0V TUESDAY

EVERII0 WAS LIVELY.

Time /or Discounts for Paying Tue* Extended to September 15th—Small

Improrementa Ordered.

Gity Council met Id regular session o Tuesdav evening with President Townsend presiding. Mernbers present '

Akins, Creswhil, Hand, He

Townsend, Ware and Wilson. Mayor Millet sent In nominations]as members of tbe Board of Health for terms of three rears, Mrosra. A. B. Little and I,. M. Hall, wbtyh nominations were confirmed. The report of Building Inspector T. Stevens was read and filed, show! number of defob>tfe chimneys and o matters which have been attended' to during the month. Chairman Rutherford, of the Board of Kreeholdera, preseoted a paper asking Council lo have Broadway io West Cape May' put In proper shape where the water mala laid.. The matter a as referred to Gintractor Crease to fix It, It being a pan of

''"listuraUy, the boroughs of South Gap May mud Cepe Msy Poml would like t

> Cape Mav City, it almost iu tbe fi

they WO. r lu tbe

May and

come Into Cape Mav Cty. because the, sou Id net almost tu tbe find year a mtun. of five limes what they would pa> Into the city's treasury lu the way of

dating May GRy and tbe borough of West Cape Mav. That would be. uulllug with this city about eight , hundred pensins, tbe beads of the families of which are, generally speaking. iulelllRent, active. bard : working, home-owning cHixena, who. would be a balance wheel to the nootaxpaying element' in Cape May CtlyV

The interment will be made at

iring cemetery, v. . JOBX D LASKKKAC.

After lying URootisehms at hk home, 1900 Ilktenhiauae Square. Philadelphia, aiuce the preceding Wednesday pight, John U. Liiikeusu, prealdeBl^f the German Hospital, dkd Friday afternoon'of

last week.

Mr. Lankettau, noted as.vme of PhHadrlpfala'w Wealth bat wiHl,w<.at philanthropic ciUsa«, Buffered with a alight stroke of para Irak early in the awmeier at Cape May Point, at tbs Gerpiau Home,

which be founded tin-re-Bremen, Genrpany,

Mam. 18, 1817. Mr. Lankeuau'a educa-' tioo was obtaiiad in' Germany, and be

leraevMte. be

lack me « member of the mercantile firm of Wloht A Laukhoan. In 1848 he mar. rlod Mary Josephine Drexel, a daughter of P. M. Drexel, of the banking firm ol. that name. She d.ed in May, 1873. Mr.Laukeuaa is chiefly known to Phil

Iciphtaua by reaaoo of his

adelphiaus by rer the German H<wj

Genuau If<ispital and his esMbllsh. incut ol tbe Mai$ G. Drexel boim'. to tbe

borough of West Cape May would —twoo iu equal footing with us awl brfng u* svstaplc businesa comm unit,.’ Oo lh« oihdt bend, if South Cape May and Cape May Point be j.iibod' there would aot be over thirty additional voters in the city, awl as a cunsequlmee tbe same system of briber* at elycuods which is alleged U. have prevailed here in tbe past few years would go 00 unchecked, and those with

evil intent and the desire lo

a job at tbe Jraods of tbe tax pa; Would win tbeir point uulaes tbe uxj

Ing 1 and

euduwpieut - and msiuteuanoe. of which esublislr^nent he gave a sum aggregating •1,500.00^ Mr. Lankenau devoted fats

time atwl attention to the buildtiix

uf.theae MisUtwUone, and: siuoe rheir fuundati.ey^ua exercised a careful super vision

work. (Ils-Beatb was a sad blow

j.m at toe ni uuld win tfiSk'L

g element kepi oooauuUy oh tbe w atph

1 vigilant aim

ke'BnttaADefwi Sty grand J^im T

leawsilty to be

The Ocean

indicted Jacob Stttes for the Caleb Parker Fithian. an oystenuan,. wbo was shot down

Caps M*J Hotol* to E»ep Opes. I >;<■ M.; hsvr flarifisfl t., bMp d. ■at September la 'view hf this feef t Pi aaeek—ia RJWln»d Company (Wi fiooahore fta^bwad) writ « t.awr HJdaa eapresa trens kan^ Mart street, PlUladrlphsa a . JB p « hamd. -owly, aud ka»m* Cape Mat far miadi phia st kJa p- m. awadaps mail tbr rcgel

1 borp In 1817. Ut

ined I irvlc/i

1 toy. '

in 1836 After s. as a subordinate, be

Ui ibrte benevokut works. Enneral aervicea were held In the Mary J. Drexel How^dn Tuesday of this week,, at 10 o'clock. Tbe bo rial was private. The pall-bearers were composed of members of tbe Buanie' of Trusteee-of toe German Hoeplul and tbe Drexel Hi

JO«* H OOULD.

JoTm H. Gould, who for nearly fifty year* was engaged In the furniture bosiin Piilladelpbla, died there on 8un—e- Death waa dae to heart disease. I'udcr tbeArm upme of Gould ,* Co., Mr. Gould commenced the furniture lueaa In 1833, pud up to the time of hk retirement from active life, years ago, three large houses were llahed by the firm. He waa for many a summer cottager at Cape May. Re waa 78 years of afa, and k survived by five eons and two daughters. The fespial occurred on Wsdasadsy.

' U. S..Marshall Tkoma* J. A loot ton Thursday aevad a sabpmna and an Oft to show cause upon EsekM H. Grabs of-tlie United States Hotel here, tetui able cu M-jndey neat’compelling Was the eoun why be should Botha;

ta pstltlou k

CITY SOLONS IN SESSION

girls frrqnentinglheatrsnd this week during bathing hours are Miss Ethel Wirgmsn and Miss Natalie Moore. Miss Natalie arrived the first of the week jnst f retro the pretty mountain resort. Pocouo. Two merrier girls hpve not romped the strand this Among the visitors during the 'present week.were Mrs. M. A. WcnxeU and daughter, Miss Ruble Wenxell, of Philadelphis, visiting Mr. and Mr*. J. R. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Brooks. They have been occupying their summer cottage st Potman Grove. v Mrc. Wenxell is a native of East

Creek, this county.

Lots of merry-hearted young girls are ally grouped npon the beach and scud up from the roaring surf their shouts, that ride' musically shoreward despite the noisy break ofJbe sea,- and none more heartily enjoy these lovely September recreations

Council directed tbe City Solicitor to prepare a deadTor Peter E. Stewart for property Imuglit at a tax sale. In 1896. Bids were ordered received for repairing tbe beach pavittof,** the footof Windsor avenue, lu order t^at lights might be property locate^_about It. A petition of s number of.Windsor avenue property owners waa preaeoted asking for tbe laying of a newer from Cape Inland creek west about 300 feet. Tbe petition waa ordered advertised according to charter. . The report of Treasurer Isaac H. Smith was read, showing that during the month be received from* the Tax Cok lector, 98740.23; Recorder, for water rent*. •1308; Recorder, for lioeoots, «1«4, City bolicltor, fat hack taxes, ♦1830.90, and 930,573 for discounted notes. Tbe expenditures show orders of Giancil to be phld during, the innuth amounting to • W.o8841; for maturing uoU*. *20.700, 4J>hsl there was u. balsoocob baud foi

fmrd late use of •30*3 83.

M.*«rs. El well A Sou, who have remtly reoairnJ tbe front of the fire 1 Franklin street, were given au order for their bill of 9345. Other repairs were itrdered made lo tbe way. of roofs ami lights at the fire boose and City HgHTbe itfer of Hen re C. Lea of *25 toward tbe gravelling of Windaor svymjc South Lsfayetu street .0 tbe Iwaeh

What happy hoars they spend together! Earle C. Hughes, son of Pitot Memoin Hughes, leaves Monday for State College. Pa., to resume his stodietL- He has been s^tudenlat ;hst InsUtutiou for three yaara,-wod will graduate st the cl use of the present session a* a mechanical

He has been spending tbe mths with bis parents in this

eltyr

B. W. Marshall, s for^aer Windsor avenue Igtr, arrived at Cape May a few days

since, after an extended jonroey through California, aad found great pleasure in don; nine his bathing suit, as of yore, and takiag his plunges into tjie briny surf in the same old way. He is the father of the charming Lillian Marshall Blakeley, still one of the.

attractive lady bathers who freqt

Mrs. M. Eastlake. of Ml Airy, Pa., and her two children, Donald and Mabel,

K ravel it, using at tbe hcacb ei stance stone Instead of gravel. Mi. Wilson yoled that tbe time for which five per cent, discount was allowed bn payment of taxes be extended to Inclod* the 13th of the preaeut month. Tbe/mution was paused by a vote of 5 to S^aafollowa: Yeas—Akins. Hsud, Townsend, Ware, Wilson; nays—CreaswsU, By enanlmons vote tbe city were Cgranted a fifteen-days’ ith full pay. Council paid blits, inludhig all salarwJ^sroounUng to 98300.

Our Public School*.

Tbs Caps Hay City publt* sob open for tbs school year of It Monday, ScpLemher 1*. The new High School build ingtst tbe eorper of Lafayette and Frdnkllo streets will be used. The follow injt corps of teacbers has so far been selected 1 Principal. Frank H, Bain; first saslstaut, SUlwell H. Town.' send; second assistant. Mks Carrie M. Yale; teacbers—Mtsa Alios Bngby. Mks Msmk Bohm, Mks Mary Walter, Courtlandt Vsinagiau, Mks Gertrud. M. fdb bert, Mias £&* M. Shaw, Mks Ella Wheaton, Mks Henrietta Rigky; colored department, vscaoey;

Mks A. M. Borican.

DEMOCRAT CONVENTION. WHI Meat «1 Tayior’a Opera Hoaae, Treatoa, October l«t. Chairman William B. Gouriey, of the

nominate a candidate for Governor, to W held in Taylor's Opera Hbaae. Trenuav'ou October«. ^

PERSONAL INTEREST

Gouip of the Resort in Which Yon May ba Mentioned. Interesting and enthusiastic as a littlr ueen of the.turf is Miss . Minnie Cohen. 11 summer long she has been s faithful visitor 10 Old Father Neptune's realm.

Phlladdphla “North

of Tuesday says;

‘The recent resignation of the vestrymen of the Episcopal Church of. the Advent, It k understood. Is because of a dlfferexistiug between the vestrymen and the rector. Rev. Isaac Newton Pbelpe. If has been known for some time that

been considerable f ricUoti

between them, and It is also apparent

from tbe congregations which

tending that tbe inembersblp of church stands, with but few exceptions, with ibe vestrymen. For tbe last two months tbe congregations have been made ijBOtlmly of summer visitors, very few, which bad any knowledge of the in-

ternal troubles of tbe church.

“Bo}h.eSdee are verr guarded In their statements, but it k understood tost the' rector charges that tbe trouble is caused by the desire of one or more of ibe try men to have tbe church services ducted on the advanced order of what U

ily called the High Church.• On

tbe other baud, the vestrymen, Jt Is stated, assert that the rector does not perform hk duties io a manner suitable to them, and that be has been negligent ly of tbe minor things which have bad a tendency, they state, to prevent persona who have been contributing to "the church from conthming. their,glfu. The vestrymen deny emphatically that there Is any trouble over the question of

ritualism or'anU-ritaaliam.

"Several of tbe wealthy visitors, some

to glittering sands oj of « b om remain here alt the year and

"Old Cape Msy, ,, ^od the children find

It s lively picnic for them to romp In water and sand. Mr, Eastlake k su ln» ■r of Japanese goods, and is now lu Tokkv'J spat.. Jtocouipcnkd. by hlx eldest mu, now thirteen. Mm. Eastlake ba* also. |ussed orach time ia Japan, and speaks the language quite well. SENATOR SEWELL HOME AGAIN New Jersey Statesaian Rests from.

Trie at Seaabore.

.United States Senator William J. lewell arrived In New York on Monday from hk trip Abroad. He was met In New.York by-the members of bis family, and a number of ■political friend*^ The Senator and hk family boarded a special train and prooeeded Immediately to Cape.

May, arriving here 1 lx rot 6 o’clock.

General Sowell k In better health than when be left Carlsbad and full of energ;

and plnck. He walked to bU oar L

sej City and also-preferred to walk to bis

oottage here from the Pennsylvania Tbe treatment at Carlsbad’ k

scribed ss heroic, and In order to obtain tbe full benefit of It be will stay bere two

oaks or more to fully recuperate.

In repiy to an Inquiry as to whether be

would Interest himself In the

apaigo I hit fall, he said be k prepared

take hk utual active Interest, be:

wunld expreea no definite opinions until be bad time to carefully review the aiu-

nergy u Jer<0 hk 1 ata- ■ dc-

d f. sea, and tbe General U anticipating gr benefit and pleasure from the restful days e v^lll spend bare during

Mks Many Green won tbe day's prise In the eighteen hole handicap medal play loumauteut In CUss 4, 00 the Cape May gulf links Monday afternoon. Monday's result gives to^Mrs. Frank R. Shattuok the season's cup, as the points she has cannot be equated In tbe next two contest*. The best scoria tbe day ware: Ossa A. Hdp. Groas. ! Mks Mary Qreea, . »J Mrs. F. K. Shattack. o Mr. Samuel Buptuna. JJ Mn. E- P. Ncvm. 5 Kssrjsar’i

i

THETRUSTEES QUIT

THE TROUBLE AT THE CHURCH OF THE ADVERT BEING AIRED. Beoaou the Rector Hu Hot Done Things to Sait the Congregation, Most of

Them Hava Withdrawn.

FACTS IN BRIEF. Matters of General and Local Intereit

Mentioned.

The Board of Education will to-day accept t from tbe contractors, W. H. Church A Bro., the new High Hcbool Idlng, which has coat about •30.000. slight fire occurred on Tuesdsy night In Dale's cafe. Tbe fire-department waa not called out because persons who w ere lar-by extinguished It without trouble. Ground has been broken and work commenced for the three story oottage of . H. McK. Ilaztebarst, on Washington street; adjoining the cottage of J. M. E.

Hildreth.

Merchant Julius Denlxot U building a handsome oottage at the comer of Broad." way and Grant street. Tbe bouse ia now inclosed and will be <me of tbe pretlte»t villas in that end of the tqwn. J, Clarence Gallagher, who recently purchased a plot of ground of L. E. Mil- j lef, on Washington street below Madison “F avenue, has commenced tbe erection of a neat cottage which will be occupied aa

bis home.

Rev. Isaac Newton Phelps, rector of the P. K. Church of the Advent here, announces that he wilf close _ his labors here'within a few days and go to CaliTomia. Mr. PbelpaJms been here since N

others tbe greater part of the year, have contributed largely, and otifc prominent Philadelphian, who maintains a yearly residence, k known to have given *1000 tonaid the minister's salary. Because of tbe many things which It k alleged the reetor has done this support was withdrawn on the first of Jjtly, and about *500 worth of other subscription* which were pledged were out turned over. “It k also understood that not only the vestrymen, but several of tbe communicants of and contributors toward tbe church, who .have tbe same view as tbe rertryirten, have asked Bishop Scarborough, pf the New 'Jersev diocese, to remove tbe clergy man, but on every point. It Is said, be firmly backed the rector and

sustalaad him.

^—•’Slacs tba aarty part pf July tbe rector

nothing fur

support and the support of the service*

but

ipport

tbe offering*, no donations baying been given to. him which Have come

ugh the ’ vestrymen

through the veetrymen. Tbe offering*,-’ broken soon unless by stress of

R lsaald, hav* amounted to over *100 a ~ month aiuce be has had' charge, and these, together with some donation* be ia alleged to have received by sympathiz-

ers, baa equaled. It la believed, 1

salary would have been had not this sup-

port been withdrawn.

'It is rumored that as soon aa the oon r gregaiion grows small enough the church will be closed and that tbe Bishop of New Jersey will eud tbe work of tbe Cbarcb of the Advent at Cape Mav, hlcb k regretted by a number of Episcopalians wbo reside hern, and who have church In the winter’season other than this one. I * “Mr-. Phelps was formerly a Baptist minister, and aluoe entering the Episcopal church has been suUotied ' at Providence, B. I., as assistant to Rev. Floyd Tumkina, now of Holy Trinity, Philadelphia; ML Vernon, N. Y., mad Elisabeth, 5. J. The vestrymen who resigned were

William F. Hi Reed, .of

David 8. Merwln, Lewis T. : SteVi Dr.'Tbumas Hay, of Cape May.”

A special dispatch to the l^forth

American” from Providence aay*: ^ined e

"Isaac Newton Phelps was a Baptist minister iu New York. In 1895 he carotin Provtdeooe sod embraced the Epkoopal faith. He was converted by tbe Kov Floyd 8. Tomkins, pastor of 'Gram Church at tba time. He studied for th. Episcopal ministry, waa mads dcaooa and aaaktaat to -the Hav. Dr. Tomkins at Gram church, which was a pr

last October.

John T. Tolbert, 1

respected colored

wbo has been driver for E. S. TltU “S dreth for a number of years, died sud- I deuly on Monday. The funeral occurred j Thursday and was largely attended by

hi* relative* and friends. ’

The Cape May Fire Department has ..ected tbe following persons as delegates to attend tbe Bute Fire Aswcialioii { rhicb meets st Atlantic City next week: blerJoeeph il.-Haines, William Far- J row,' Robert 8. Hand, Joseph P. Henry, j Former Conpcilman Barclay L- Hcbol- j ■er, of West Cape May, now of Cape May, will be a candidate for the Republican nomination fur Sheriff at the coming primaries. The other candidate k Freeholder Alfred Crease, of Middle township. j 'lbs Herald Is indebted to Mr..Tboa. R. Brooks for many kind favors ex- j tended during tbe summerseasoti and for , ! contribution* of interesting matter which readers have highly appreciated, j

jourualtet-aad is public generally.

high

Brooks is a trained j

thought of by tbe public generally.

Tbe four ooltages being built for J. | Clifford Wilson, of Philadelphia, at tb« corner of Jefferson street and Stockton ; avenue, are inclosed. They will be completed nnme time’in December or January. Contractor Cummings will erect .j four more for Mr. Wilson after these are j

The last week In Aug

Ust week of the active Won. 1 orre aiC' a always some who remain for several weeks i during September and even into October, I but this year the hotels hare Urge number* . J of guest*, and proprietor* of the Urge bo*^. J telries have announced that they will remain open during September. The cottage colony i» still intact, and is not likely to be ’broken soon ante** by stress of unpleasant. J weather. The tendency to prolong the season has been noticeable for several years, but never *0 markedly as now. ' j

Nowhore - among tbe haunts of tfa

irarocr crowds at a seaside resort does i the change from roidaupimer days to the. ] “mild September” *e«n more msrkrd j than npon the strand, where surf bather*- -

do congregate. / The gay thro a blob op to Sundxjr last marked high wave of the sear^’ 1

'dwindled down to ■

comparison, yet recognised asjji

large for the time.

away to their homes' sod to their btyd-l

and tbe children must resume the

school studies, hence the palling -up r

d*nd tbe folding of teat* by thosa^ ieS'amilics and brAel’ gueaU 1 have been *1)-summer sojourn

day Ust marked ,

j j

tognixr-d aSj^u.njR, • v te. People must 5* ,

log to tbe “tented city” at bathing I

ending the children and bnree

enjoy tbe shade and tbe refreshing ana

xes at other hour* of tbe day.

Will Not Fight Certiorari..

Former Senator Lemuel E. Milter has j

not to fight the certiorari ob- | early last week by Richard' Cam- j Ltd John H. Sloan, of Pbitejldphk,

property owners here, against tke grar 1 " ! ing to btqii by City Connell of FLOW 1

Living the city. It te to U koff that City (.'••and! will out s

In tew suit* over Un As the Senator has decided

he cannot legally receive the oooej the matter cod sad Connell reacted •aortal. ordering the sum' paid, will save ex peas* both to the city

wav. W-iad to awatt tkTLesk tk* Ikiaambsr gvaad >sry. Nine pa