CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. II. NO. 8.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY,-FEBRUARY 22, 1902.

Subscription—$1.00 per Ytai

DELUGE

OF SNOW TRAINS BLOCKED-BUSINESS IN GENERAL HAMPERED. Fe» CdBaaltles and Slight Damage Done, Yet the Storm Warn Flcrceat Since '99. Not »in<w the bllrurri of '88 and the three dajr'-e etonn of 1899 which, by the way occurred In February, baa tbla city cxpetieiH-ed auoh a delude About 9 30 o'clock Sunday erenlne the feathery flakca began falling, drleen by a heavy nnrthweat wimi and continuing for over eighteen hours. On Monday the snn^r *4 ten Inc bee on the level, and owing to the velocity of the wind which was blowing 36 miles an Irour had drifted In huge banka, which for a time blocked all traffic on the mala thoroughfares aa well as the aide streets and avenues of the city, causing much delay among the grocers, bakers and other family supply ‘•gents. The milkmen come In from the •uherbs entirely cut off for several hours. Milk for Monday mornlng'a breakfi was a luxury, only indulged in by* the more fortunate residents of the city. And not until after the city snow plow was brought Into nae did the business section resemble anything like butlnesti. Men and women now began to appear ou the street, wrapped in Arctic apparel, far the blinding storm in quest of their pi 'Of 1 jxinesa. It swept" over the city with mighty force, carrying before It blinding clouds of anon flurries. Huge drifts were built wlth!:i a few minutes, further retarding the city’s traffic. The sudden fall In the temperature not only added greatly to the discomfort of the floundering populace, but complicated the street traffic situation. It hampered the telegraph and Lelophoite companies* and Interfered with business generally. To the public it was 0 biisxard In every aenao of the

word.

The storm continued with unabating fury until Ute in the afternoon. .Then the pelting flakes gradually oc fall and the mercury started ou a toboggan nde. It fell with amsxlug rapidhy, and at the same time the gale that had been biosing Kccuiuulatvd speed. The mall and train service was greatly impeded, and on Tuesday the Pemisyl vatiia Railroad was completely blocked, being unable to send out any trains over that road until after the arrival of the down train attached behind an engine and snow plow appeared at 4 o'clock in' the afternoon which was due here at II 80 a. m. The line thus opened permitted of the first outgoing train at 5 o'clock Tnes^ day afternoon, when three train! should have left over this road, one at 6.45 and

8 a. m.. and 3.80 p. m.

The Reading trains fared better, how-

ever, outside of being two boars behind their scbedute-tlme'iud the fierce butting into snow drifts she managed to maMc her regular runs, arriving in this city looking more like a snow-covered caravan, which had been overtaken by a western blixzard than it did a comfort able railfoad carriage. The severity of the storm also had a telling effect on plants, vioes and trees; especially on hooey suckles and cedar trees has the — great weight of snow played havoc, canriogtbem to bow their stately heads to the ground and In many cases give ifay

o the added and multiplied numwm frotb-Ilke speck of syiw,

The ooesr and bay. aa far ax the rye can reach is one solid mass of toe and snow and at tbs Delaware Breakwater man;

l icy grasp

when

breaks sod gives way much "damage will be dooe through eolllsluoa, aa schooner* have drug anchors until qntte •a squad lay In close proximity of one another. Water fowls, birds and animals have also fall the severity of the storm. Owing to the creeks and ponds being shat op for so long a time, they have been unable to feed; tbs meadows. In fact everything is buried deep beneath tbb white mantle, forcing wild birds and animats from the woods which aklrt the city limits to feed In the house yards upon the crumbs and scraps from the table. Marsh hens and other birds have become so lame that It is not an uncommon occurrence to pick

PERSONAL INTEREST.

Gossip of the Resort In Which You May Be Mentioned. Mrs. Thomas Stewart purchased an ortu of the Blaalua Piaui

Mr. William ■joying the a .Mrs. Kalbet

enjoying the alelgl

: purcb 10 Co. I

this week

William Komlg and family wi

week,

illy

Wednesday,

Stewart made a visit to

itirely U sr of th

•an

vessels held captive in the icy grasp of Old Neptune. It is feared when the ice

elty la vain quest of a

> Mr. 8. R'lbinsoti, present mayagtr c tbs Capa May Drain A Coal Co., is genial aid oourtSren young man of wU business erperisnaa. and has beau ant twcml with ihsgrain aud sealbuslenm t Philadelphia fur the paat seven year, lie Is one calculated tu mahe hang an

• with

Heisse cottage. leoeotly remodeled on Ooesu street, Is now oocnAssessor Charles T. Campbell has been quite Indisposed this week. We hope to

see him out again

Mr. E. W. Coleman, of Philadelphia, was stopping here early in the week, registering at the Ebbltt. Rev. C D. Parker, former pastor of Uw Baptist Church of this city, and Mrs. Parker, have returned t^i Cape May on a visit. lie alii assist in the revival ser vioes now being cat ried ou In that church. Postmaster Learning is deservln much credit for the prumptucMi wuiefa mails have been distributed after their arrival which have been greatly delayed owing to tbc severe Heather. Mr. George Rutherford has returned from Philadelphia this week having underwent a vety paiulul operation by having a cancer removed from his lip. The operation a a* succcaslul and Mr. Rutherford la rapidly lecorcring. David CruWeli was one of the unfortunates of this city who ou Tuesday learned what traveling was during the progress of a blixzard; leaving Philadelphia at 4 o’clock p. ui. and arriving at Cape May at 4 a. m. was a novel experi-

tce for David.

Miues Linda and Bdllb Rutherford, daughters of Mr. and Mra. Charles Rutherford, and two ol Cape . May Point'* Vivacioua young ladies, entertained at tea ou Saturday evening Minims Untie Hall, May Hall, Lottie Rutherford, Bieie

oiisa, Ethel'lilallner and Mra. Lafayette Illler. After spending s very enjoyable line playing games, etc., the ladies departed to tlie lake where they passed a

most delightful evening's skiitc.

LADIES^L oTmT

Senator J2ee,of Jltlantic City, Seeks JCegislative S'rotection for JCawlessness and Crime.

SENATE BIEE NO. 42, ETC. Qape May Not Desirous of Imitating Sister Resort—The Better Element is Needed Here.

/~VXE uf the boldest attempts tn give \J legislative pmti immortality is the above named measure presented by Senator Lee, of Atlantic county, in our State Senatfton Feb. 3. The bill I* in the interest oj the saloonkeepera and Unigba of Atsntlc City, primarily, but of course, incudes every other iDeur:»>rated muuicipatWy in the State. It deserves to go down in hlsaide bv aide with the race Lack bill the brand of the devil upon ivatul with the same overwhelming tide of it dignat ion in hot pursuit, chasing It back to the bell whence it came. This very innocent 1.Hiking bill seek* to rvvent the pusu-cntion of vioLtnra of the liquor laws of the State, In Ineorporate^citliw. by making indictment* impoe- _ The gist of the bill Is expressed in the following: “It shall not hereafter be lawtni to prosecute by iiidietment ai

censed Rale of

elect ion day, ou (Sunday, or the keeping of disorderly houses, hut any person person* no offending ahsl! I>e pmaecnted and punished under and by rirtne of said (elty) ordlnauuae," That t* to say, tne whole matter 1* tshccn from that high tribunal, the courts, In which every citL is supposed to stand equal lief ore. the'

, __ „ ... „ ^l*w. Bod make* the aalooukeopr * petty

In a Prosperous and Financially Good ! of j- e|

Condition.

if liqnore the kee

The Grand Lodge of Ladles’ I O. M held ils annual session at Atlantic City,

February 2d. Mr*. Hannah Doughty, mate buslueasof wrecking home*, blight-

past president of Cape May Lodge, attended the aeasion and reported on her return that our local lodge stands second tu the Stale financially.' And while it Is growing an9 the membership increaait at every meeting It can juMly feel

of ttola broad

sen km. Only recently

nder. answerable only before a police court, with Ibu tacit understanding, in the majority of cities, at least that on city ordiuanre will ever dlatnrhhlm in hisilgiti-

Ihg youth, ourrupiiug manhood, withering hope and dragging to the gutter the, once brave and strong, by day and bv night, on Sunday and on holiday. The’ indicunenta for such lawleasneM both In Atlantic City and In Cape May last summer fully demonstrated whom the aa-

Past p real dent, Hannah Doughty; president, Marlnda Stilwell; vine preai. dent, Aiion Bailey; enndneire**, Louisa

sick claim of $32.00 was paid out. The | loonkeeper bad to fear, and as fully

revealed the pitiable complicitr of these city goverumenta. But the Atlantic City correspondent In the Philadelphia RrcoVd of the 17th instant, boldly voicea the sentiment of the city fathers at whose dictation, conjointly with the saloonkeepera, t his Iniquitous bill was f ranted. We

quote:

“ fhe recent Rad blow at the wide-open Sunday at the resort, through Justice | Hendrickson's interpretation of the ao called Voorbeea law, struck so .hard that

re**, Eint

dredge; treasurer. Louisa Newkirk; fiuanilal secretary, Kate Conley. At the last

meeting the ft

i following trustee* were elec-

Donley; recording secretary, !

New I

iry. Kate Coni

ngitl

ted: Le« l# T. Stereos, Wm. Porter ailri Horace Ware. At thl* aeasion of Grand Lodge the financial standing of the h«*l branch was ao satisfactory that Mr*. Hannah Doughty was made chaplain for two year*. It was also di-clded to bold the next aeasion«l Cape May In July. First M E. Church. The Rev. Dr. S. Wesley Lake, former Presiding Elder of Trenton district, will preach both morning and evening next Sunday filling at thla Ui ich a Sunday storm prevented his filling at an earlier dale. The pastor i» glad to-be able to afford hi* congregation this treat. Be sure to Wear him. A soul refreshing day

Reduced One Halt, r a hundred email household

tiea, have been

price at tbs store of Charles Swain, 305-7 Jackson street. Tin, agate and wire goods almost given away. 'When you are out for bargain* drop tbla way. We guarantee one dollar to buy two dotlar* worth i.f good* at the regular retail price or refund the other dollar. Wedding At Ocean Grove. The fashionable event of the season aa the wedding Tuesday, at noon. In St. Paul’* Methodist Episcopal Church, of Mr. Harry Gi" Sbcrve, treasurer of township, and Mb* E. Blanche BenueU. of Ocean Grove, leader of the choir in the church where the ceremony waa performed. The Rev. J. H. Aiday, D., offirtated, aaalsted by tb* Rev. X.

•oilman John Halpin among Mm per lleipaata at th* miaLwIater .hall on K) •tree! last wea*. Mr. tlalptu i* a busy man. and at that pantcuiar naas M* am aLo mi formed Us

It was deemed advisable and for the beat interest* of all concerned that something should he done to uneliora conditions. The uver-increasiug thou soda w bo come from far and near I enjoy rest and recreation at the famoi playground had become accustomed a wide latitude of liberty, and when heavy hand upon the

p was tremendous the gay Atlantic

custom of year* there wa* tremendi

“|— 't was not the

; o'.d day* and

at all. ~

protest. It waa not the gay Allant City uf the o'.d days and the people did nut like it at all. The result waa farreachinu and the hotel people acut up a wnil of distress. Borne there «vee who

ate ring to the ariou* devices.

Hb heartaches, b 'orcd to hoodwink the

tblr*

at many en mandate by

Iraty aa of old by To the latter, how-

ever, there came an order from those who can laane orders that that mode of procedure would not do. It was decided, that it would be beat for Atlantic to obey the law to the letter, but * under protest and suek a remedy ai hand* of the Legislature, which pi it In the dilemma. Hence the new t charter. According to the plan* of the new document the City Council will be given abiudute power and control over tlie excise queattoii, to grant or refu*e liqnor lioetiKcs, to dcalgnaiu the territory and .the time in which liquor may be dispensed. That is to say. tin- city may direct the aalooua and hotel* shut off the merry clink of glaaiuw i unlay*, hut it may. per sequence, say at visitors may just aa easily quench their thirst on that day. Herein lies

that visitors may just aa easily quench thiral on that day. Herein Ilea one of the most acriona olwtacle* to the passage of tb« charter There are tboae who say that the charter cannot made to give the city power to abnigi...

that Bunday traffic is cou- , and there ta no hope

Btate laws; that Bi trolled by atatntc, a of that provision ge’

This, fellow-citizen*, is the bill, and this is the expressed sentiment which r*i _ have W<st none of their significance—"Wl are In authority, the people rqjotoe; but when the wicked bsareth rule, the people raonni.” “Woe to kirn that bnildcth town with blood, and stablisbrtb a city by Iniquity ” “Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their worki are in the dark, and they say, ‘Who aeelii ua ? and who knoneth ns?”' f If coast reaona exist solely that the saloonkeeper may fatten ofit his prey, and vice versa, that when the saloonkeeper eeaacs to ponr Into the public till the coveted portion from bis gain in human robbery and aonl destruction the city goes poor, let the city perish.

OBITUARY.

Mr. John Christman, of Chicago. III. died at the residence of hi* brother-in-law, ex-T*x Collector Wtn. F. Smith, of Cold Spring, on Monday morning. The deceased was 5t,year* of age, and wa* the only brother of Mr*. Smith with whom be had resided since bi* return from the West in November last. For a number of years past be had suceesafnlly conducted boaioeas in the above city and wa* popular In accial and boslneaa circle* having made many warm and true friends by whom be will be greatly missed and mourned. Service* were held at the residence on Thursday •< two o'clock, Rev. H. Lavcrty officiating. Interment was made at Cold Spring cemetery. Daniel Schdleoger, Sr. Hon. Daniel Scbelleuger, 8r., died at U8Q o’clock bn Wednesday morning at the reaklei.ee of hi* Bun, John L. Schelleuger, of West Cape May. He wa* born hat Is known as the Cape District, and at an early age became apprentice in Philadelphia to the trade of plaatering, which business be followed nntil about five year* ago, when be wa* first stricken with paralysis from which he never eu tirely recovered. He married and resided at Fishing Creek, this nmuty, fuf over thirty-five years, during which lime he Waa trustee •4 the district aobmii, being elerk greater portion of the time, abo moving •slowoehip euounttwoman. The i&.w**ed •aa a mc».l«-r of the N«w Jerqly LegLIsture la 1879 sad Served tut siW nswaeeu-

of FreeboMeia from Low** tow.«d.ip. U* »*a populM ami ae*W la pqtn.u* and am r Wted hgito Mepehtoed paa^to

was

ring di

and a widower, b

years ago. He was a true and earnest Christian, and was a member of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church for many years. He leaves a family of nine grot children, seven sous and two daughter! Service* were conducted to-day (Saturday) at one o’clock from his late reaklmce In West Cape May by Rev. D. H. LavertrInterment was held at Cold Spring ceme-

Sent to Jail Far Thirty Deya. After betting and losing a dollar in a resiling match bn Wednesday of this week Derickson Turner, colored, started a fight ras arrested and given a hearing before Alderman Quidort and was sent to the county jail for thirty day*.

County Roads Promptly Opened. The Board of Freeholders deserve much credit for their promptness in opening the county roods. Immediately after the i ceased (ailing a gang of men were set to t between this city and Bonnelts, at placea going through banks eight feet high. The road is now open to Court*House. Tried and Found True. Some of the beat and moat carefully selected good* are to be found at the store Mrs. M. A. Clark, who has conducted the dry goods, notions ai;d trimming business at the corn or of Pike avenue and Broadway fur the peat fifteen yean. A complete line of ladies waiata and -wrappers to select from at all timya. Low prices, (air and conr(*.4* treatment la the motto by which we deal. ^ You Kauw TtoKto A Mure full of everything that U aar vkerabte to wear, prwty to look *L and uiua to own, are auid at priam Ion to buy at- Dry K«w>a, imtfcma. vto. Mra. K Tummm baa Gram at 6M W*ai.l..gi,.»

FACTS IN BRIEF. Matters of General and Local Interest Mentioned. If you cannot be clever, be careful. The milliner should be a trim person. Talent baa no sex, nor baa euvy a gender. When tbe sky Is blue nobody else should be. There la no fluctuation in tbe price of wild oata. Tbe flower of the family is often latest to rise. Tbe lion is making a nice bed fur tbe, lamb to lie in. Malice has uncovered more sin than charity has covered. A fool bolts pleasnre, then complains of moral indigestion. There are aa many, if not more, prodigal mothers than son*. Tbe proper age at which a girl should ixrry is the panum-age. A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward. Men marry women with tbe qualities of asbestos, then bewail a loveless life. He should die young who says he ha* neither erred, strayed or been deceived. A man in love seldom talks of the object; a woman rarely of anything else. It’s all right for a man to have many trials, but he should draw tbe line at convictions. Fewer broken Idols would be wept over If women would cease putting men upon pedestal*. When a woman la very, very bad she I* awful, but when a man is correspond ingly good be is weired. The woman who advocates platonic theories has cither had a tiff with Love or a bard blow from Hymen. Eu route for perdition a man Is satisfied with an accommodation train; a woman prefer* tbe limited express. Tbe Borough Council al Wildwood baa ordered tbe issue and sale of 610,000 firnt gold coupon bonds, payable in ten years. Tlie West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company is again running trains to Avail, after a suspension of several month*. A girl flukhea augiilg In her first season’if a man Man* at her too admiringly; abe doe* the *suie in her third If be fail*

o.

To decide which retort ba* tbe better pollers, a bpeliing bee between Holly Beaob and Wildwood will be held next! Monday night. The Cily Council of Sea Isle City, not being satisfied with bid* for tbe erection uf a frame city ball, baa docidcd to build tbe structure of brick.The New Jersey Central Railroad Com pauy has assured the khad and sturgeon fishermen that a train will be run to Bay Side during the fishing season this spring. FRANK HATTHEWS DEAD. Prominent Railroad Conductor Dies at Cooper Hospital, Camden. Frank H. Maithcw*, of this city, aged 87 years, son of Mr. and Mr*. Jonathan Matthew*, died al Cooper Hospital, Camden, at 4 30 o'cUok on Thursday morning. He had beds under medical treatment in Philadelphia for several mouths past, and when on Thursday of last week be left here for the purpose of visiting his physician in that city was, to all appearances. in better health than usual. Thq following day be waa stricken with

CURRENT

COMMENT

LOCAL AND GENERAL MATTER! OF INTEREST DISCUSSED

An Impartial Review of Under Thought—The Talk of the Gossip*. Doe* h/ ask How corn is sellin', or if cot ton's np or down? Is he bothered 7x101 the country, or thj stock* that make the town? Is he w orried 'bout the winter, is be aigUfij ferthe May? No! A feller picks the banjer, an' hi dance* life away! Doe* he shriek from all the toilin’ in ttt white blaze o' the sun. In the hot sand o' the fnirow where tib lark* be (or him run? No! Yon never find him tired; when (b >un ha* left the day A feller picks the bwnjar an' he dances Ufl

>lei

dome:

He know* hi* face is blacker than the chial ncy-back at home, ever more if* smilin', an’ he's happ>

night an' day.

Per a feller pick* the banjer. an' he

feller pick

!e away!

According to the outlook no'

chances for a trolley road ibi* acasob an

few. If -uch a road could be built suf entirely by “hot air,” there is a poa

sibillty, yet hardly probable, ibere migbi

lx* trolley* running to-day with aao4l

plow* attached in front. However, wi

do not care for any extras in tbe msttM the establishment of the plain i ufflee, for the present at ieaat. TM absolute necessity to a city ;liln

Cape May, filled and thrilled with thl spirit of progress, ever ready to aad4 opportunities of advancement and IM

bodly to the flout. There la notbiqj easier to our mind* than to advance which la already famous. We are no building a city, neitbor are wc improvtuj a wa*teles* tract of mud and sand, hu have already established a cily nearly tw ceo'.uii js old, the queen of reaorta, a w atoring place and the gem of tbe poet' dream. Envied ! yea, for beamy, and natural advantages possessed out

bv h-f—'*

by her.

Then why should she stand atlll, wb should *be not have the artificial atlrac as well aa the natural, hecai Devlnlty has bestowed liberally upon u in tbe first creation should wc be i J to day to ride in tbe caravan like coach of our fort-fathers, u*e tallow d| for light and pul! water from onr we with a rope, or should we have electric light* and* modern wateraug)^ in other words shall wc advance with tit age of advancement or shall we be eoB tent with the things of fifty years agi

with only hut-air added.

It would seem high time this out hot-air supply be cat off and therebyftv City Council a chance to act unbamjwretl and unmolested; they are elected far purpose, (by tbe people.) at least supposed to be; if they were not the peopk know the reason—some vote* yrcyttsold. Thursday’s North American ooutaind

the following article:

“In the fait of Dr. Emlen Physiek, the wedkhiest resident of Cape May. Jo* CKatie* R. Hendrickson, of New

ipoplexy, and after passing~Uitoogh the

erb-i* of th* disease pneumonia set in and ( Supreme Court, hat granted a certiorari^ death followed on Thursday of tbla week. I tamable on February 25th. eompeliiiqr C as bom July, 1864, and when a Coandi to show cause why the ordina boyfcecamr much interested in rail-, rtccnU >' P“*«L Kranting a contract to reading, bis father at that time being i C “F Electric Cumpeny to light

““•ployed by the New Jersey Southern re or

ethat

and Tncktpn R. R. Co. It wa* here 1 Frank received his first leasona in the business of which h* soon

ter. Beginniug a

learned telegraph operating. □ Later, at the age of seventeen, be began I ou what has since prorad to be a moat successful railroad career ou tbe Anglesea branch of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad, after which he became conductor of the Atlantic City freight, and for the past eleven year*, until a short time prior to rath, waa gonduotorof the Cape .May division of tbe West Jersey expires, - ~~ lof the (nort i-fficlri t and successful conductor* tbe onutpany had, being second to none at illon. He was treat win thy and highly respected among railroad officlaU • imI universally liked by hla fellow trainmen. ilia o>Higanl»l and •N.urteou* him a wide drew of ad. He waa also popular in lodge elrelea, Wing a member uf the Red Men, Odd FeJloa. and oth- recrei in las tb ms. The iteeewaed |a survived i aife amt one child, living ju Cambn parent*, at whose home (he da.

•d wee temporal|ly rt broken over tide 1

be set at

The Dodo* — **"

lariy.”

Thla *on of proerdnre and other j doings is tbe bane which baa been 1 ai the cl(y from time to time unt every atom of life, enterprise and (| try la extinct. Men elected by the p and a wore to protect and adva city's lute or deliben 1 up and la to go through. In nrrt^l the nuaerupnloua outside 1 and their perpetrators on an eq lug. It needs to he railroaded, t It la earth *« rife, an 1

tbe elty <c grin, ami The Hk entirely on the side of connciT; t eboaeu elty faibot^ and ' back ami support, rather thru rd amt oUtuK-t tUm. Then. M

which lire In the halhq ho*.

h*». eke tiMUskek