CAPE MAY HERALD

VOL. 1. NO. 30.

CAPK MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1901.

OBITUARY.

THE SCHEME WON’T WORK WOULDN’T IT BE A FINE THING TO

ASSUME THESE DEBTS?

OoDiolidttion Would b • in ExpentiTB Undertaking for Cape May Ci:j and ■*

Abaolute’y Barren of Berefit.

In pur tiume of Auguct 8l we mentioned the fact of the scheme to consolidate the iH.naigh <»l South Capo May and the defunct bor.* fit of Cape May Po'nt with C ,|«- M-y City. Ms- y p-ople have very Lindiy ihinked tl>e Heuald for calling all.ution to the fact that thU nefarious

achetne la mil dead.' < We hope that the cltlaons will bear

thi- in mind and i repare to offw-t any ,

;lit lw attawpiod thjal

General ly/peakln*. aonaolldation j whcn

mraliaiiig the j{ovonitnent i

the laa, hut, from our point of Vie». ■■■ irnrainauam.-

thb. Caaellie rfl'.-et w.-uld be juat the op-1 Mr. Reeves was a consistent Christian

lila 11K hich

William Henry Reeves, aged 5S

died at half-past eight o’clock on Wedncfcday evening, after a severe illness. The deceased was a member of one of the beat knifwn families of Cape May county, and was born in what is now West Cape May,

and spsnt his boyhood'days there. He was a son of the late Andrew Reeves.

When fourteen years of age he went to Philadelphia and entered the wholesale bouse of Sharpless Brsa, staying there five years, or until the breaking out of the Ctvil War. He enlisted in Company C, Thirtythird Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, aerving witli credit in the army. When the accond call for emergency men was made by President Lincoln, he again enlisted, and after

creditable service ws honorably discharged, came back^o Cape May a

Miss Elisabeth B. Edmonds, danghti late Hon. Richard D. Edmunds, lowed the pursuit of farmer on the place

purs

he was raised ontil about 8 years ago, result of his two army enlist.

|Mi»iie. In the fino I tliccity of C*pe M

aud ceiiiraliaiiig the govoniment rrduei-s j ulcnUi he became totally disabled from

the iax, but, front our point of view. In j rhenmatism.-

■t

irai place, the debt of i and for a number of years had been a mem- . May is •150.(810, the ber of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Cnnreh. Uw The water worita jiEbr aeveral years he was Assessor of the to add to c.p. May Ciijrtbe d - , " , ' ot ( brother of Samuel W. Reeves, the prom iborongh of Cape May I’oml * ,ul | nen t Philadelphia lawj^r; Charles Clinton, almost repudiated debt of $541,000 and a j ReevWj df-rk of Lower township: the late debt of at least $100,000 U> build up the , cicmewt B. Reej-gs. of this city, and of Mrs.

wonld be I

bench fnait of tl

_ liuiden which C.pc M-y could aland. There is plenty of room within the present city limit* for improvements and lots of vauant land which could be

bought «t reaaonsbln price*.

be Walter Hand. Mia. Henry H. HI dredge.

May. and Mrs. Anthony

oougos.. , parent, a faithful hnsl Tbrwe persons who favor the consol.- >n( i toW Bg disposition.

of Wc;»t Cape

Cresse. of Cold Spring.

He leaves a widow, a son, J. Henry E. Reeves, and a daughter, Mrs. Marcus A. Scull Ao mourn his .loss. He was a fond tut, a faithful husband and of a kind

datk.ii scheme will no doubt argue that j Thr fllncnil wil i uke pUce on Saturday in a short time C-pe May will realize in afternoon from his late residence in West the way of taxes more than the interest Cape M-y. The interment will be made at

on the #"'0*1 expended This statement ’ Cold ! cannot be home «*nt'wBtti it i» ednsid-

d Spring remetery.

JOBS D I.ANKKNAC.

cred tii—t in South Cape May there U

pracilcally no land whlcti could b.-taawd 'Afn-r lyiiy; tiino.isciou* at his home.

...her than that Which nt ih.w taxrd^vd .IBW KlUeulu.u>

any linprovement*

ta *‘*Hi

«hew. (pl»era are hronglti into lint oor limits of Cap." May. then the

. pmanect of» »

hu-h tag.-s nstlil Ik- b vi«l.

..—- — Square. I'liiladelphla, laii.ee the preeding VVed.sMiay night, join. D Linkman, prcsldctil of the Ger--man ii-tspilal, dud Friday altcruooti of

laat week. *

|Ntmie

adrintagva which Cape May now has— nr. t.

i s exrHhvi' streets, u<k«1 wa.er works, I a<l- Iphla’a w. -Hl.ljwr at.d

noted as one of Phljy

H iuIw^w ii Cape^lt Cape May Hcrtot, ««ibeGerMHUi Uou-vfcwillyxclutired Hte frooi of the Are hon.

Hr., departm^d »" d -deqnate II - llintpic uHteemsI'sulT-re.1 wllh" a altgl.l would ha vr to he extended oyer the new - stn.ke of pare I this early Iti the Mtuiunji

. terriuiry. a.gi Where H now rew aT’ape . r

Jtl .y $r»'J.000 a year It would c*t abrmt j wnten n.-ton-mea un-re.

$1(10.000. and there would lie no P »"•-1 H- was Utrn in Bremen, Germany,

liilny of renpiu" bii$ hut a amall tv-nedl! M-reb'18. 1817. Mr. Lankeuau’a edlica

for this outlay ior many, many yi-ara to 11i»ir wa» obtaiiKd in G.-nn-ny, xihI he C) , lll4 ,_ can.e to tbia c ■uutry iu IBJil Afteracv-

Nalurwlly, the iKtrouglu of South ('aite e.-al years of service aa » suhorrliiiatr. be

May and Cape M-y Point would like to! (teesme a PtemOeruf the nierrantlle firm come Into Cape May C-ty. IsxTattae they of Wtcbi & Lauket.au. Iu J848 lie mar.

ei almost hi the fi-td

would ne« almost In Ihe fi at year turn of five times wliat Utey would tmy Into Hie cMy* tremsuty In the way of

taxes and other dues.

We are In favor of consolidating Cape May City ami 'be borough of West Cape Mar. ' That W.iold be unitli.y with this city almui eight hundred peOM.its,

beads rrf the faiuiliet. «f w hich an-, generally speaking, intelligent, active, hardworking. . home-owning, cl lire ns, who

would be a balance w^ieel lu

UX|>ayh>g element ill' Cats: May City, w bo too often decide »Hir ciecitons. -The

boro

leciionn.

.rouglfT.r'Weat Cape May would cm on an eunal footing With ua and bring us a staple bus it teas cowmpui^. On the other hand. If S-uth Cape May JhdC-pa May Point be j.tiiied there wonld m* be over thirty additional voter* in the <dty, and a* a comiequetice the same system of briltery at elecU.ma whlcl^U alleged lo have prevailed here In the past few yeatw would go ott uticlteckval, and those w itb evil Intent and the deal re to couaammate a job at the hands of the taxpayer* would win their poiul unless the U lltg cleineot kepi OMlatantly on the and were vigilant almost bcyafuil their power*. - . ' ! ■ lasanlty to be Stiles* Detent

1 Jaco

Caleb Parker Fithian, an oystennan. who was shot down on Tockerton Bay laat June. I. W. Carmfeheal, representing Stile*, asked that the Com* hear' testimony as to tiles' sanity before trying the indictment, and the evidence of the experts was given yesterday before Supreme Court Justice

Van Sicket

Cape Kay Hotel* to Keep Open, On account of the continued demand for' accommodations all the landing hotel* of

ecidcd to ke

In vieW of litis fact the

ny (West

Jersey and Seashore Railroad) will

riel Mary Juscpbiuc Drexel, a daughter of F. XL -Drexel, of the Uattking firm oi that name. She d cd in Mat, 187$. Mr. Lankeoau la chi. fly kliqwn lu Phil adelphlan* by reason ol Ills donation* to the Gcnnan Ji-Kpital and his establishment ul the Mary G. Di. xcl Itumr. to tbe endowment and -maintenance of which ewisblishinent he gave a sum aggregating •1,500,000. Mr. Lankeiiau devoted his own time and atteii|lon''to Utc building of these inatlUithmw and since ■ bctlToutidatiMi h-B exerciaefl a cart-rul su|tervimuu of ilwlr work. ilia.de-tb was Jbsd blow Li ih-se lieiu-vole.it works. Punerel an vice* were held In the Mary J. Drexel Home ojt Tuesday of this week, at 10 o'clock- The burial was private. The pall boarer»*«ere compiled of mem ber* of tbe Boards of Ttuatee* of lue German Uuapital ahd.the Diexel Home.

J0BX.U ouuiAi. ■

John II. Gopld, who for nearly fifty years was engaged in tbe furniture lm*b in P.illadtdpbla, died there on Sunday. Death was duo to heart disease? Under the firm name of Gould & Co, Mr. -Gould commenced *Tb$ furniture _ In 1855. and up to the time of his retirement from active life, years ago, three large house* were established by the firm, lie was for year* a so miner cottager at C-pe May. He was 78 years of age, and la survived by five sons and two daughter*. ' Tbe funeral occurred on Wednesday.

Cape Hay have decided to keep open dur-

ing September In vieW of this

Pennsylvania Railroad

.Market *

street, Philadelphia, at l. jop. m. Sstaidava acl only, and leavi«g Cape May for Philadel-

phis at 8.55 P- Bi. Sunday* sntil tbe regular October change of time. The contini of this summer schedule into the early autumn is an evidence of the increased pi^mjarity-jf Cape May as a seaside resort. ■September is undoubtedly the most dcligtit"f ul aeason at thi* point; the. bathing cou-

rt., the weather is usually ideal, ~ - d gulf course V*

CITY SOLONS IN SESSION BEGULAB MEETING ON TUESDAY EVENING WAS LIVELY. Time for Diwonnts for Paying Taxe* Extended to September 16'.h—Small Improvement! Ordered.

City Council rdet In regular session on Tuesday evening with ^’resident Townsend presiding. Member* ' present Messrs. Akins, Creswell, Hand, Henry,

Townsend, Ware *nd Wilson. Mayor mustered out amT Millet aent In nominations aa member* of After the war he tbe Hoard of Health for terms oT three

rears, Messrs. A. B, Little and If. M. Hall, whlflh nomiiiMiuna were conOrmcd. Tbe report of nuUding Inspector W. T. Stevens was read and filed, showing a number of defec Ive chimney* and other matlera which have lieen Attended to during th* month. Chairman Untbcrford, of the Board of Freeholder*, preseuled a paper asking Council lo have Broadway in West Cape Slay put In proper shape where tlie -water main waa laid. The matter was referred to Contractor Crease to fix it. It being a part of

his contract.

Council directed the L’Hy Solicitor to prepare a deed for Peter E. Stewart for property bought at a tax sale lu 1899. Uhls were ordered received for repairing the beach pavilion at the foot of Windsor avenue, iu order that lighta might be properly located about It- A petition of a uunilwr of Windsor avenue property owners was presented asking for tbe laying of a sewer from"Vhpe Island creek west about 260 feet Tbe petition was ordered adve/tiaed according charter The report of Treasurer Isaac II. Smith waa read, rhowing that during tinuiiMiib he received from the Tax,Col* lector, •*74(1.25; Recorder, for water ihnl*. $126(1; Recorder, for llceiicea, $164, City c-ilioilor, for back laxiw, $1&2UJW. and $26,573 for diacuuuled n..u-s. The expenditure* sbowimlersof Giunoil to U, paid during the tuoulh amounting to 410.388 42; for uiaiurhig notes. $26,700. -ml that lIK re waa a' li-laiiceou band tui nunietliale use of •^H3 83. M sms. hi well A don, who have re-

Krailkliu street, were given an order

| for their bill of $345. Oilier repair* were ordered made iu the way of roof* and |llghla al'the fire house and C;ty Hall. The offer of Henry C. Lea of $25 toward the gravelling of Windsor avenue froiu South Lafayette street lu tbe beach waa accepted and a committee ordered-to grave! it. using al the beach end for a

distance atone instead of gravel, Sit. Wilson voled. that the time for

which five per cent, discount was allowed on payment of taxes be extended to iu-* elude the 15lh of the present mouth, fhe motion was passed by a vote of 5 to 2,'as follows: Yeas—Akins. Hand, Town mud, Ware, Wilson; uaya—Creaswell.

llenrv.

By unanimous vote the city employes were granted- a fifteen-days’ vacation t with full pay. Giunell .paid bill*, - In-i-ludiug all salat lea, amoantlng lo $3200.

Ou» Public Schytls.

Tli* Cape Mwy City public schriols will ■pen for the school year of 1901-2 on JiLniday, September 16. Tbe new Higjk Scbisd building at the corner of Lafayette and Frautdiu streets will be used. The following "dorps of leathers has so far been selected: Principal-. Frank H. Hal..; Aral assistant. SUlwell 1L Town-! send; seomrti'assistant^ Mbs Carrie M. Yale; teachers—&»» Alice Bugby. Mire Mamie Bohm, Mi^Mary Walter, Courtlaudl Vanimau, Mi»» Gertrude M. loh Siert, Mly Edna M. Chaw, Miss Ella Wheaton, Mias Henrietta Rigley; oolored dv|iariineut, vacancy; ssslaunt

Mia* A. M, Borican.^

DEMOCRAT CONVENTION. Will Meet at Taylor** Opera Hoa*c,

Trenton, October !»t.

Chairman William B.- Gortrley, Democratic State comikittee, ha*

call for fhe Democratic Sla’. convention to nominate a candidate ^oc. Governor." to be!

heldlaTayjiA'aOpexa “ —

OctobeMy'

After Graham.

U. 8. Marshall Thomas j. AhjpU on Thursday seved a anbpauia and an order to show <auae upon EzekM H. Graham,

<if tbe United States ITWel here, Return- j One delcgafe for each aoo vote* cast at the able on Monday next compelling ..him to : last election for Governor, and-one for each i how t» the cofirt why be shoo id not be ! fraction of the. same over'ton, will be tbe

declared a bankrupt. Ths prUth.n

Wl-.br—nlol U e-dib- bbMWI^ r"-WI>f*¥q"l-

claim* to the aiiiunt of about *vm.. They alleged that Graham committed an f bankruptcy on August 9th. when he Cgifcascd judgment to a Philadel-

phian for 11266.

umber 1099 and it will require 550

S2f&SSE TC

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PRESIDED! SHOT AT BUPFALO

Physicians Have Hopes of His

Recovery.

HOSPITAL

spoci Phil

of Tuesday aays:

“The recent

BUFFAtO, N./V.. Sept. 6. President McKinley was shot [here about 4.30 this afternoon, The murderer"s name is said to be Fred. Neiman, 25 years old, id—claims to hail from Detroit. He was in the act of shaking hands with the President when he :Committed the premeditated and cdwardly act, at the same time exclaiming, “I am an Anarchist ‘and have done my duty.’* The murderer is said to be an

Austrian,

The scene of the shooting was

near the.Temple of hfusic.

A later telegram says that the 'President was shot -twice in the stomach, and is lying in the emergency hospital on the Expokitiop

Grounds.

The news of the shooting spread about the dty and Exposition Grounds, and caused the greatest excitement. , The murderer was immediately taken into custody. The nervous condition of Mrs. McKinle,- is serious because of the shoclj it has given her particularly nervous temperament. The President has been removed from* the' Emergency Hospital to the home ofMr. J. G. Milburn, with whom he is' staying while at

Buffalo.

Dr. Roswell Park, Dr. Mann and Dr. Parmenter, three of the ablest physicians in New YorkState, gave out the statement that tfcp chances of recovery were good, and that both the linings of -the abdomen were passed through and the bullets imbedded in the stom-

ach.*

Ex-Postmaster General Wanamaker when-seen by the Herald reporter at Caj* May- Point but the following statement: ‘‘I am apeecjilesB with sorrow that another Amfericau President Ireen assassinated and McKinley must

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Subscription—$1,00 per Yeai

FACTS IN BRIEF.

Lincoln and Garfield in a martyr’s

grave. I . “His vision of the glory of; Hatters of General and Local Interest America in the near future by the Mentioned, completion of the public measures 1 Tbc lio ' rd ° r Educ * tl ’’" wm

of his administration outlined ir his last public address at the Pan American deepens the sorrow that will be universal tlmt he is not to lit’* to finish the great works in hand. I cannot think of any other event that could plunge the nation in such grief or touch the libertyloving world so profoundly with regret as this sudden, uncalled-for

sacrifice of our President. ’ ’ General Sewell, who is ill at his

cottage, was visibly affected when he heard the news, which he was

loath to believe.

THE TRUSTEES QUIT

THE TROUBLE AT THE 0HUBCH OF THE ADVENT BEING AIRED. Because the Rector Hat Not Done Things to Snit the Congregation, Molt of

Them Have Withdrawn.

:ial dispatch from Capo May In iladclpiiis • “North American”

resignation of the vratrymi

of tbe Episcopal Church of. tbe Advent, it Is understood, i» because of a difference rxii-liiig between (he vcalryoim and ihe rector. Rev. Isaac Ntmtou Phelps. It baa been known for some time that there ha* been " considerable fricrion Itetweeu (Item, srd it la also apparent from the coagregatiojiB which are at'eiuiing that tbe Amembeiahlp of tbe ireh aland*, with but few exception*, wllh the vestrymen. For the last' two months the oongregatinna have been made up entirely qf summer visitors, very few- • •f'whleh had any knowledge of the lu.ernal troubles of the church. 'Both aide* are very guarded in their statements, but it is understood tuat tbe :lor charge* that tbe trouble is caused the desireoLoue or more of the vea■roen to (lave the church service* conducted 011 tbe 'advanced order of what is commonly called the High Church. other baud, the vestrymen, It is staled, assert that the rector does not perform his duties In a manner suitable to them, and that he has been negligent In many of the minor things which have bad a tendency, they state, lo prevent

persons who have

Merchant Julias Denizot is building a handsome cottage at tbe corner of Broadway and Grant street. The house Is now Ipcltwed and will be one of tbe p reft lest

villas inihat end of the town.

J. Clarence Gallagher, who recently 4 ptifchMod'a plot of ground of L. E. Mil- 1 ler, on Washington street below Xitdison avenue, baa commenced tbe erection of a - neat oottage which wili be occupied as

hi* home.

JL-v. lasac Newton Phelps, rector of the P. E. Church "of tbe Advent here, announce* that be will close bis laboni j here within a few days and go to Call- * funds. Mr. Pbelps has been here since j last October. John T. Tolbert, a respected colored man, who has been driver for E. 6. Hildreth for a. number of years, died suddenly on Monday. The funeral occurred

Tbe Cape May' Fire Department has - elected the following persons as delegates to attend tbe Bute Fire Association - which meets at Atlantic City next week: Chief Joseph H. Haines, William Farrow, Robert 8. Hand, Joseph 1*. Henry. Former Councilman Barclay L. Sehel- " longer, of West Cape May, now of Ctpe ’• May, will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for Sheriff at tbe coining primaries. Tlie other candidate is Free- ! bolder Alfred Crease, of Middle township. lit* Herald is indebted to Mr. Thus. R. Brooks for many kind I'avora extended during the summer season and for contributions of interesting matter which out reader* have highly appreciated. Mr. Brooks Is a trained journalist and is - well thought of by tbe public generally. . The four cottages being built for J,. Clifford Wilson, of Philadelphia, at the comer of Jefferson street and Stockton j avenue, are inclosed. They will be cm- J pleted some time iu December or. Jamu ary* Contractor Cummings will erect

been contributing

tbcchprch from continuing their gl Tbe vestrymen deny emphatic*!!}

: ifu

Jly that

! there is any trouble over tbe question of |

ritualism or anti-ritualism.

“Several of tbe wealthy visitor*, some of whom remain here all the year and others the greater part of the year, have contributed largely, and / one prominent Philadelphian, who malulatm a yearly residence, la known to have given $1000 toward tbe miuiater’a. salary. Because of tbe many things-wbicb it is aHeged tbe rector baa done tbia support was withdrawn on the firak of July, and about $500 worth of other subscriptions wbb'-h were pledged were not turned over. “It l; also understood that uul only tlie vestrymen, bnt several of tbe communicants of mud contrlbnlor* towarft | church, who Lave llie samc view aa tbe verity roe a, have askr^l Biitjtop Scarborough, of the Xew Jersey diocese, to remove the clergyman, hut on evory point, it ta said. b« firmly backed tbe rector and sustained him.' ^ !, Sinee the early part of July tbe re has been receiving nothing for bis own support and the support of the but-lhe offerings, no donations having beSIT given tp 'him which have through tbe vestrymen. The offerings, It lnakl, have amounted to over $100 a mouth since be ha* bad charge?' and tlgn, together with some d-matlAiis be la alleged to have received by sympathizer*. baa equaled, It la believed, what his salary would have berm had not this sup-

port been withdrawn# 1

“It is rumored that as soon as Ihe congrogation grows amall euuugh the church will be clueed and tha^ the Bishop New Jeiscy wilt end tlie work of the C'harcb of tbe Advent at Cape Mav. wbiah U regretted hy a number of EpU copallan* who reside here, and/rbo have no borne church In the winter

accept from the contractors, W. H. Church & Bro.. the tg-w High School building, which has cost about $36,000. A slight fire occurred on Tuesday night In Dale's cafe. Tbe fire department was not called out because persnua who were near-by extinguished it without trouble. Ground has been broken and work commenced for the three story cottage of H. McK. Hakleburst, on XVashlngtea

four morp for Ur. Wilson after these are completed. * —. . -r 1 The last week ir August is usually the last ifeck of the active season. There are always some who remain for sever*! weeks j during_September and even into October, j but this year the hotels have large number* I of guests, and proprietors of the large ho*telrics have announced that they will remain open during September. The cottage / colony is still intact, and is not likely to be ! broken soon unless by stress of unpleasant I weather. The tendency to prolong the sea- ^ son has been noticeable for, several yekrs, j but never so markedly as now. Nowhere among the-haunte of th® I summer crowds at a seaside resnrt duel ! the change from midsummer day* to the * “mild September” seeg*-more marked than upon tbe strand, where autf bathers j moat do oongiegate. The gay throng* | which up Sunday last marked the j high wave of the season’* prog tvs*, have'! dwindled down, to a mere handful In 1 chuparison, yet recojjteixcd aa generously j large for tbe time. People must get i •way to ibelr homes and to their bu*l-m-ss, and th* children muat resume their j School ■rutile*, hence the pulling up stakes and tbe foidiug of tent* by tboeh cottage families *nd hotel guests whoS have been all-summer sojourner*, repair- , lug to the “tented city” »l bathing time J or aeudlng the children and nunres to' 1 enjoy the abado and the refreshing aca brtwzea at otbcr.Jtnurs of the day. - : Will Not Flgbt Certiorari. Former tienator Lemuel E. Miller baa ! decided not to fight the certiorari ob-J taiued early last week by Richard C*™-*, plon and Jobu H. Sloan, of Philadelphia, property owner* here, against the grantIng'to him by City Council of $2,000 fur advertising tbe city. It la to be hoped that City C-Ktucir will not apend any money In law suits over tb£ matter, cither. As the Senator ha* decided tifa he catiDot legally receitre the money, let tbe matter end and Council rescind tli motion ordering the sum paid. That Will aave expense both to tbe city and

tbe taxpayers.

Nine Perawaa Held.

Prosecutor Eugene ('. C*la waa hereue Thursday and had-atI persons who, It it

alleged, were harboring slot

their hotel* aed saloon* during the sum roer. bound ovyr to await the action o tbe September grand jury. Niue

wen. pal under $300 bail.

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