CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. II. NO. 10.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1902.

Subscription—$1.00 per Year.

COUNCIL IN SESSION

TOEELECTKIC LIGHT ORDINANCE PASSES FINAL READING.

Will Increase Bonded Indebtedness to Improve Water and Sewage Systems.

/"UTY t'Ol'XCIL met In reguUi mnwlou V' »« tire City Hall on Tuesday eveijlng and the moot lug was an (utensatlng one from the standpoint of the onlooker.

The Barge Corbin Destroyed by Fire Oil Cape Hay . The barge Corbin, coal laden, bound from Philadelphia for New Bed. ford, atruek on McCray's Shoal, just out* side Cape May, on Mdoday. The shock upset the cabin stove and started a tire, rhlcta resulted in the total doaiructinu of thoveavjl. The crew escaped iu the tug

Sea King.

The accident, so scores of old river ten said, was one of the moat peculiar In

All tire members were present, and Proslt Wilson presided. After the reading

iniiiiitrs of the February meetings, oommunteatiui a wi re taken up. One from £e Philadelphia Inquirer saying that tbe Hy owed th4t paper #155.00 was read mud lire clerk ordered to notify that paper that tire city did not owe the bill. City Solicitor Hildreth notified council of the setting aside of the certiorari asked for by'Dr. Eiulcn Physlck. The bond of the city solictor for #1000 with Jeremiah Mecray and Dr. \V. IL Wales ns sureties

•w as accept'd!.

In accordance »ith a requeyt of cnuiicil

from her dock at Port Richmond on Saturday, carrying 14B7 tons of coal. The tug Sea King took her in tow. McCra.'a Shoal U a dangerous oba:ruction just off Kew Jersey cuss', and the barge, ■winging round on the long hawser from tbe tugboat, struck it broadside on. Tbe shock was heavy enough to Ortiturn the cabin ttove, but all hands were on dock at the litae, and the fire wai discovered null] a shaft of smoke fiame shot up from the opeq hatch. made every effort to quench flamea, hut without Hucceaa, and then cdivd for aid from the lug. Thu (lames were soon hiirsling through the deck, ami as soou as the tug arrived

'•

Solicitor Hildreth gave bis Written opinion that under the present conditions • onucll could borrow no more money ft* the combined debt of the city was #149.-

300, while the limit is #150,000. Tire report of Treasurer Smith for the

month of February was read.' It showed that there wjit on baud at the last report #3.304.31, and that the only receipt for the month waa from taxes at the hand* of Collector Frank S. Sheppard of #1GL9r>. There was paid out during tbe # month: Orders of council, #G10.fi5; school orders, #1026.15; interest on bonds, #1152.GO; and for Board lli-aUl^ '#33.i5. The

Iialairee on baud at present is #1607.22. The Judiciary Committee reported tbe

recent Cape May Electric Company light ordinance, which* was spirited awsy by peculiar circumstances and unbeard of ^parliamentary usage*, with ail opinion of V J. Spicer Learning..‘•ctiaasef of the com-

\roiUee,” repotted advereely ou it.

~>Msi xtalor asked tbe oommiuee how they came to employ a counsel, when the «i'y bad a solicitor whose business It was to look after anch matters. He said tl.at ff the member* of tbe committee wanted to hire lawyers individually to get advise, they were welcome to do so aud io pay them oat of their owu pockets. The eom'miUee'a report was finally accepted, excepting the written opinion of Mr. Learning, which wasonlered handed back to the committee. The vote on the motion was five to four, as follow^; Yeas— Maura, ilslpln, Miller. Sharp, Ware and. Wilson; nays—Messrs. Church, .Hand.

Doak and Townsend.

Mr. Miller then asked if there was a proposition on the table from the Cape May Illuminating Company, and the Recorder found it sotjnick that he almost took.timjire-ath away from some of the Irieiiaa'of'gs^ in the couucil. Tbe propnaition was raid, and then Mr. AJam SueHce. ylm president of the "compsuy’, aud his'attorney', J. fi. Learning, who wore iwi-sent was askal to aiUHrerqueaSjkua. coiieeruing tbe new company. "Isibia an incorporated company?"

ashed Mr. M filer.

- -Y.*.” sahi Mr. SueMt*. “What is the capital of U»e company?"

“JllOO.OOO.”

"Unw much is paid in querkid in

- Sr. Miller.

vote of eight to one, Mr. Tow nsend voting

“no."

Mr. Miller aUo Introduced a resolution raising the salary of the chief of police from M0 to #65 per month, and the officers from #50 to #55 per month which was passed by the same vote, Mr Townsend voting sgalnsf t.

■ “That is [icrsnnal," retorted Mr. Su. Ike,

■1 aW you to my counsel."/, .

w you to my n t-

"Is the Cape Island Gaa Cooipauy int•Teated iu tfur company?." askcl Mr.

Millet-.

Then came the (tacljnations th answer. lr was finally learned tlial ttfi-companj's '' - Jiicur or attorney did not care to answer snitch. They did uqt tell the eooncil that company was orcanizca in tbe Camden •ifiji-e of the owners of the Cape {tTand Can Company, nor tlial one of theAlerks amt «f tbe offine was one of the Incorpora■fun, nor tbst when the scheme was effected that Huperintendcnt Edmunds of tbe ■la* Company and. Rocordi-r Jobu W. 'J'buaipaon were present. The questions of Councilman Ware along tne same lines ware also unanswered. In feet the company baa no prope/ty inC*pe Mag, has no wires, no pole*, and as k evidently ahowo.! In iba 4) Dcatiowbig In a majority of council, Uu v decided not to accept the company's proposidou by a rote of als to thy.*,'as follows: Yews—Mewarm. Halpin, Hand, Miller. Khsrp, Ware and U’'lUon; nays— Messrs Church, Doak and Townsend." As tbe ordinance was ou the table granting.to tbe Cape May Elect tic Cl pany-tbc contract to light Cape May for five yean, a resolution was passed calling attention to the passage of tbe substitute copy on third Beading, It was again taken sip by reading tbe original and pakaed by

„ Xbe five to foar, as follows; }'<

irp, Wi

<Ulpin, HUler, Sharp, I

and Wilson;

STRUCK SHOAL.

ugsid

Tbe pilot boat Philadelphia traoted to the scene, and with the tug

vainly endeavored to save the Corbin; Ciptaiu Sony’s crew of (.'nIJ-Spring Life Siting Station had been attracted of the disaster. After a vain effort to rave the barge the life-savers were taken on bohrd the Sea King Slid brought iu under the laud As the w reeked Cor biu was nowhere In he seen on Tueaday litfg, there Is little doubt bu^hi

link •hiring the night.

nays—Messrs. Church, Dusk, Hand and Townsend. ' Mr. Miller iutroduusd a resolution In-

structing tbe city solicitor to prepare *

jol

Monday i ext to allow.

bill to

e Introducid Into tbe Legislatur

;qual /to fifteen pi-r cent of ila s*i valuation. It was passed by a

On motion of Mr. Townsend, Dr. Emleu Pbysick was given permission to ad-

rcas council"

He began by Raying that if council could see any business in passing tbe electric light ordinance, he could not. Continuing, said he, “I only see a dis. reputable end"—and here Mr. Miller IBoMi'd to adjourn, saying that he did not propone Li sit lu council and be Insulted. Mr. Sharp seconded the motion and It >as carried. So bills weip paid. ’Council adjourned.

^RS. MARY BARROWS EXPIRES. Former Resident 'it Cape May Dies at

flount Holly.

Mra. Mary Harrows, wife of Waller A. Harrows, of Mount Holly, and daughter of tile late Eli Wai.*, of this city, |iasaod Into eternal rest on Monday of this week. Mn>. Harrows was born at Cold Spring iu 1837, where she roaided until her marriage in t863«fterward removing to Cape May and later to Mt. Holly, where' she has shire.-reaUlud. She wax a slater of Dr. Eli B. and Thomas R. Wales, of this city. She wil! be remembered by the older residents with much love and eoMcwyhaying always been regstded as a itrua and M*qyat Christian and of excellent character. Wlic was a kind mother, a loving wife and a good neighbor, al; wl^s ready and willing lb help in times of sicknesa and trouble, and tier many

kindly acts will live long after

The deceased leaves a husband, a son

daughters to mourn her loss. Interment was made ou Thursday noon

at Gild Spring aoiwtery.

West Cape flay Primary MeoGag, At the Democratic primary hold on Wmlnesdiy at the Borough of West Cape May the following fteket, known as CHIxen'ii Ticket, wa* nominated; May, Jacob Biuailwood; Couucil for three years, Chss. Scbclleiiger, Southard Eldrcdgc; for two years, Charles Newell; for one year, Edward Ijurton, Frank Beckel; ■Chosen FreelKHder', Wilfred F. McKean; Justice of the Peace,- David Hughe*; Commia. •inner of Appeal, Samuel Taylor. Sheriff Samn#l E. Ewing, ebalnsao of, last maotlng, wa* present and called tbe

mestiug.

A bill has been Introduced In 0>a fjtglaiatnre for the gas Iniereata of Cape May'Ll prevent f-ninh elaas oil tea from atkiug comraet* for electric lighting for er terms than one year. Cape May ought to aetid aytpfrgatlou to oppose tbe

■ge of the bill.

FACTS IN BRIEF.

Matters of General and Local In-

terest Mentioned.

Tbe croaking of frogs Is now beard. Next sign of spring will be tbe appearance of blue birds. York Brothers are engaged on Jackson street improving tbe cottage of J. P.

Tolan.

The street supervisor will soon be busy aha plug up the itreeta after this protracted wet weather. Mra. Leon Teal, of Cold Spring, has just finished piecing a quilt containing 2033 pieces of which no two are alike. Contractor A. H. Faulkner is engaged iu making extensive Improvements to tbe store of O L. W. Kuerr, 518 Washington

street.

J. Wesley Cooslll, of South Seaville, was committed to the county jail, charged with baying threatened to kill bis wife three days after they were married. Mias Louisa Warrington baa removed

Into ber new atoro, whei uaat and bright. There

everything

new, uaat and bright. There is uothli In the line of toys, stationery, literature |

■veltiea, etc-, that cannot be found here. No. 514 Washington street. York Hroa. (composed of Stiles York

and Charles York), Is a firm of contractors who have a splendid reputation for contracting and huilding. They do all niauucr of jobbing as well, and are prompt lu attending to business. Several of the most substantial residences in ibis city have been erected by them. They ran easily be reached by letter through 'the Cape May post office, or by calling or leaving orders at their residence, 912 Queen street, or 1S51 Washington street.

"Naked Truths asd Veiled Allu-

sions" Is one of Mrs. Minna Thomas Antrim's lor test works which tbe author, who is malefic, didactic, polemic, eccentric. dogmaslie, ecstatic, theoretic, sarcastic and—epigrammatic, has carefully

ipiled iu one famous volume. As any

one may see by a perusal of bar “truths” j and ‘•allqslons” tbe work la one of merit. In oqr issue of February 22 we published

imJer'lfSh-iresd rtf "Pacts In Brief,” a

number of 'Mrs Antrim's sayings for

bleb we are indebted to the work, hay-

WUIUU we arc imicirtcxj 'W fife ivuis, a lug failed at that Htpe to credit tbe aai Drowned nt EgflteffeoMnMt.

It la reported at Atlantic City that Enoch Townsend,' of Liuwood, and a Portuguese sailor wboae first name is John, and who resides at Somers Point, drowned on Tuesday afternoon while crossing Great Egg Harbor Inlet. Their boat capaised midway between Longport and Ocean 'City. Both men were employed ou a wrecking tug.

Japbet and John Townsend, of Somers Point, on Wednesday fonnd tbe body of ilr brother, Oapteiu Enoch Townsend, wbo waa drowned In tbe Great Egg Harbor inlet Tuesday by tbe capsizing of tbcirskiff while going from Ocean City to Somers Point. The body was brought up wilh oyster tongs. The body of Jobfl Qqnyalcs, the Portuguese, wbo was with him and was also drowned, was found In like manner about one hundred feet distant. Townsend had bianaged to get bis heavy gum boota and thick jacket off -after- falling into the water, and from tbe condition of tbe clothing it looks ss If the two men had struggle^together in tbe water. Townsend prWputly was swimming for •hom triieu be sahk to Ule death from exhaust Ion.

Viral M. E. Church. Next Sunday la the closing of the coiw irencc year. Since there is always the possibility that the annual conference

pastor'will avail bimaelf of this opportunity to aay some final things that ought Li be Slid, aqd which he would like all to hear. In tbe eyenlug be wiil address the young people oa some practical lines.

Tbe closing oTti year always U grets In tbe mind of every true pastor. There have been things illy d<

always leaves ro-

! pastor, lone, and

mat be left undone- However, abuiidant reason for rqjoiclog. Be sure to bp preeent on Sunday.

ChaRfc of Time, P. 4 Rogte. Beginning last Sunday, March *d, (he train formerly leaving.Cape May Sunday only at 4.30 P. U.. and Ocean City at 4-4* TM. vis Atlantic City Railroad will leave Cape May at 4-*5 P- H. and Ocean City at 4.40 P. M.

Yon have already learned where the beat, lost seasonable, and np to date dry goods, notions. Ladies and Gent's fereishisgs' 1. shoes,-etc. are to be fonnd, at bedrock prices. Sbonld there be even one that has pot, call at the store of Mrs. Milton Hand, at once, poriier Broadway and 4th Ave. West Cap* May-

Spring Opmtaff We have jual-recelred the latest Impor. ted goods. Now L tW time to got your Spring Clothing ready. Edward VakErsoxl,

#24 Washington St. -

HUSBAND STILL ALIVE

Altar Five Years Ocean City flan Turns Up at Algiers, La. Wbst promises to rival tbe “Enoch Arden” case is tbe topic of tbe day about Ocean City. The announcement waa made Tuesday that instead of being at tbe bottom of Great Egg Harbor Bay, as every one supposed, Walter Hoyt, a yotfhg butcher, formerly of Ocean Cl y, N. J., U well, and at tbe present time a resident of Algiers, La. About five years ago Hoyt left Somers' Point about 5 o'clock one afternoon in small rowboat for his. borne in Ocean City. At tbe time be left a strong east I was blowing and tbe tide waa running low. Not being much of a Bailor, be was" warned of the danger In aUcmpL ir>g to cross In inch a small boat. Unmindful of tbe danger, Hoyt disregarded tbe warning and started for his borne, which he never reached. Tbe next morning Hoyt’s boat, containing his shoes and oars, was found drifting out Great Egg IPirbor Inlet by passing yacht. It waa then supposed tbst be was drowned, until a day or so ago, when a shipwrecked party of flxbcrraen lauded at Algiers, La. .The Oral familiar face they saw after landing that of Hoyt.' He did not explain sadden departure, but It Is supposed tbst bo landed at Longport sumo time during tbe night, walked to A4laulio City and took a train for tbe South. He left a wife and four amall children, wbo mourned him as dead. Mrs. Hoyt has since remarried, and at present is iiv ing In Atlantic City. Husband No. 1 informed the fishermen that be would ro tarn in tbe near future. In which cas< serious complications will doubtless arise. Hoyt’s former acqaaintauoea are awaiting develpments with great interest.

ST1LWELL ELDREDOE AT REST.

Esteemed Resident of West Cape flay Died at His Home on Saturday. After long and patient ’ suffering, ! Jlwell Eidredge, of West Cape May, passed to bis eternal resting place last gsmrday evening, pearly two years ago as operated qpou for cancer of tbe jaw, pod sinpe that time be baa oonlieually grown worte until about the first of September last when be again under-

went an operation.

He bad been employed lu the government service for sixteen years, being In tbe Cape May Point Life Saving Station with Captain Kldrcdge’a crew who held him in tbe highest esteem. He was clever, sociable and agrees hie and a consistent and conscientious Christian, and a n ber of tbe First M. E. Church of this

city. • . ’

Mr. Eidredge waa popular in lodge circles, being a member of tbe Maaon’a, Heptasophs and Red Men. Tbe deceased was 52 years of age, and leaves a widow to mourn bis loss. Services were bold on Tueady afternoon at bla late residence, Rev. C. B. Fisher officiating. A Masonic burial was qbeerynd At the grave, inter, ment being made at Gold Spring oeme-

tery-

Tbe graceful and striking picture bat 3 the Illustration la of pearly white

hi tbe Illustration Is of pearly white felt—the new, soft, silky felt that Is albut not quite beaver. Tbe wide.

PACED WITH WHITE OSTRICH PEATHKBR upturned brim is faced with white 00tricb feathers, which make a delightfully soft frame for the face. Tbe long, black ostrich plumes sweeping over the trim form the entire end sufficient trimming for this lovely chapesta— New York Commercial Advertiser.

e actually ad- • do Injure tbe

PERSONAL INTEREST. CURRENT

Gossip of tbe Resort In Which You May Be Mentioned. 8. C. Ewan, of Bridgeton, visited this | resort 00 Tuesday. Mr. Tbumaa Eaatwlck visited I’hllsdelphis on Tbursdsy. P. F. Martin, of Philadelphia v visitor here during the week. Mr. John II. Wilbrabam and wife guests at tbe Brexton this week. Mr. James E. Taylor returned from Philadelphia ou Thursday evening. Mr. James B. Stiles waa a visitor the County Seat during ths week. II. II. Voorhees, of Wildwood, registered at tbe Brexton on Wednesday. Mr. Edward W. Dale waa transact business ou Thursday of this week

Philadelphia.

Adam Suelke, of Philadelphia, was this resort by appointment on Tuesday

Mr. Irving Eidredge, of Cold Spring,

pe May Con ~

Court House Thursday

visited Cape on business.

Tbe Mixses Mattie and Clara Weeks returned from a visit to tbe Count) Seat

Thursday evening.

Oroccryman Joseph R. Brooks of tbe Central Market waa iu Philadelphia

bualiio** Thursday. Mra. Frank R. 11

;. Hebentbal vlalted Phil-

adelphia oil Wednesday for the purpose

of doing ber Easter shopping.

8. B. Wertheimer, of New York, visited Capp May on Wednesday and registered

the Brexton while here.

Walter McGonlgle, of Camden here on business during tbe early part of the week, registering at the Brexton. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. Rose, of Camden, were the guests of Mra. Rose’s

company had tbe

and nerve to offer the preposterous;

are tbe first of tbe week.

Mr. Win. F. McKean, of Fishing Creek, is a esudidate for Cboaeo Freeholder on Lower Tuwnahlp ticket. He is very pop.

ular and likely to be elected.

Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Coben, of Phils

dclphla were dowq during the week looking after the which is being done on their Qopau ttieet cottage. Sheriff Ewlug, of Court, House was here atteodlug toC business during tbe week. Ha oiao called tbe Democratic primary of West Ope May, being chair-

man of last meeting.

liou. Charles E. Hendrickson, wbo for _ . ,, „ , ,, it a at ... ®*“er that may safely rest in the ban

at Atlantic Oty, returned to his Mount Holly residence ou Msrcb 1. where be is

now comfortably domiciled.

F. B. Sitley, grain and feed merchant of Camden, wbo is also connected with the Cape May Grain and Coal Co. here down ou Wednesday. Mr. Sitley, a few days ago met with a very painful and serious accident, which ueoessitates

him carrying bla arm lu a sling.

S- B. Wilson In a Runaway.

President of Council, Stephen B. Wilson bad a thrilling ride down Decatur

street yesterday, bis horse bariug taken fright on Beach avenue bolted towards

tbo heart of tbe town. Mr. Wilson, although unable to check the animal at once, plucklly stuck to him and guided him safeV through the business section of tbe town paaalug through the crowded streets and at last brought the thorough, ly frightened animal to a standstill on Lafayette street, near the Chemical En-

gine House. No damage waa done. A Question of Voting. / There seems to be some contention over

the question os to bow townships «mi

boroughs should rote, tbe ~

os otherwise. An aft In U*S laws of 1898 page 280 staling that townships and ^rrougha should use tbe ordtaary white pa[>er ballot printed in black-ink only wlth'no marks on tbe back thereof used

tbe official envelope bearing the name of towqabip or borough, date of election and

name of Clerk, who furnishes same, U tbe legal method for such elections. Procrastination. U • Thief Of Time. Charles A. Swain baa just received a lot of oil cloths, linoleums and mailing, and as tbe time is now rapidly approaching for “Spring House Cleaning’' you had better make an early selection. The

itterna ala new, bright

» quail)

la addition to these be has

COWMEN

LOCAL AND GENERAL MATTEI OF INTEREST DISCUSSED

An Impartial Review of Sab|c< Under Thought—The Talk of the Gossips.

^OW that tBe ordinance granting I L v - Cape May Electric Company a f

years lighting contract has pa^ third and final reading *- ——!

tbe thin

that body is again free to take up otl matters of interest to tbe city, wW they are anxious to do. Had councfl 1 been hampered so much In the post, tl and many other business prelimloa* would long ago have been settled. 1 have had no doubt nor fear as to tbe 01 come, however, knowing tbe wiadl ind judgment with which they lookup all public affaire; tbo conservative a! judicious measures they have emptogj in guarding flic city against fraud, d! itlmate ruin is proof tbcyi making an honest and loyal effort] represent the people, and these effort* d

not without success.

M ould the people (the tax-paying ft ternlty) have been willing to grant t city lighting contract to a company wM| was deemed Irresponsible? A coropaj without piant, poles or wires; a comp* which if incorpoatod at all, barely4 ' >d *0 far as is knowu not a dollar > •pital stock paid into tbe treasury, j

ich a company had the

'mitigated g(

aitiou to a wise and thoughtful bodyH city couucil to famish better serrit more aud stronger lights at a cost of i cents less per light each aud every nlgl also to light tbe city hall free of cbar| This same proposition coming up even the straight and-narrow path wouldso# suspicioualy generous one. to say tl least, yet would be a matter for care{

souaideration.

Tbe next question of vital iraguZM to Cape May is the trolley roadA^^® As usual there ora two competTOre, gcuuioe and tbe “off-set,” wbo. wltho competition would undoubtedly <d two bids in order to make sure they vre the lowest aspirants and moot likely

may safely

of council without tbe least misgivtaj oa the part of tbe taxpayers as to tbe A position of this important matter. . | KEEP ON THE SAFE SIDfil j Be Prepared for Any ContlageJ That May Confront Ue. >3 The following was taken froki UieNi York Tribune, and will appliesblyilM to Cape Mayas well ss other 39

more or less population

“The number of cases of Mnxll-prt#S varioloid in many parts of the Unit Stltes is uow so large that no ooasma&i of considerable population and reSbr which baa not provided a building which tbe patients can be proper!^ olated and quarantined is meeting t

o of its duty. Neva#** 1 ”*

It Is a fact that many towns coni thousands of inhabitants, and in. financial condition, have up to this th failed to set apart such a building. “84 guu” quarantines are wildly nfasai but neglect of reasonable pnj

set probable, or even posoUdi

geodes is even more to be condemned. Frenzied alarms over dangers of tufa tlon should be kept in check or word off with prudence, but it is difficult | find apology or excuse for selectmen | boards of bealtb or other officehdd* who refuse to look ahead and to u tbelr authority and lofluenoe wj sens and induce them to make I .without panic or craze, for tbe I ties which they rosy be compelled tol counter. lofectiotiRdiaeasce aft now'

usually prevalent in many countriea fl [uator to eilber pole. There j

patt

aud extra fins quality 1

■o from. Iu addition

a store fort of all that is useful, novel

rviceablu lu the bouse furnishing

mobile novelty/* It Is soft and wide and has a gray net foundation dotted disks of velvet, which are belg* cm ms tM* and bUck on ths other.

Thomas H. Taylor, the popular boot and shoemaker «t No. 418 Washington street, does all repairing neatly thoroughily aud at reasons Lis prifcas. .He has been doing business in Cape May for riven years. Rips in uppers sewed by machine with silk to match. Lost or broken eyelets or hooju replaced

FIND mm

nd 10 ‘ 57.

: equate

taslon for violent affright. ' should be treated with *

reasonable' safeguards sbonM ! demned and fought against.

Obstructed Engine’s I A car loaded with coal wa Saturday In tbe entrance of Jersey engine bouse which I outlet of euginea for several 1 made it necessary to pash the O car over into the pit. On S lug train arrived and cUered up tl age.

Three palm readers, Madam* 1

were arraigned in tbe Police ( fined #15 each, charged with | lug. Tbe autboritiea are 1 a weep the resort of all ft palmist* at Atlantic City.