CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. II. NO. 23.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1902.

Subscription—$1-00 per Year.

MEMORIAL ECHOES PATRIOTIC EXERCISES THAT Were inpuEssivE and sad. All Nature was Inviting, and the Beau* tlful Grove, Decorated In Bunting, was Crowded. /JV3VEMOHIAL DAY of 1002, sc I oqntlv celebrated, has much In ^ memory thst might with profit lie commented upon from a local point of view. As the local papers went to pres* last week before the celebration exercise* took place, we feel that wo should speak of them, even though brietiy. It i* doubtful if Cape Msy City ever experienced more satisfactorily arranged services, ever had a idore delightful day, or were her I>oople ever more deeply impressed with the sad memories recalled and with the ‘active spirit of patriotism that seemed to dominate all minds and imbue every heart. The orators were: IteT. Curwen II. Fisher, of the Methodist Church, Kcv. Father Kelly, of the Catholic Cburcbr Rev. George Williams, of the Baptist 'Wrareh, Col. James M. ScoveV, formerly of Camden, prominent at the bar. p veteran of the Civil War, and closely assoflatcd. in an official way, with President Lincoln.' Post CommaujlcrT. H. Taylor, and Comrade Tboa. 8. Stevens also made short talks and Comrade John W. Reeve* read Lincoln’s.Gettysburg Address. It must bo said of the speaker* that •words oTtrucr patriotic eloquence could not have rang out upon the ears of the multitudes assembled in this country on that day tbao-wcrc heard in the beautiful grove in our beloved seawashed city. The burden of Mr. Fisher's well-rounded sentences was of that love of country so grandly exemplified by the soldiery of the Revolution, supplemented 'even rapre grandly by the heroic valor and sacrifices of the men of'Cl. Father Kelly spoke glowingly of our republican Instituliimi, the noble heroes who fought to maiptain them and paid a beautiful trititlteto the Starry Banner of the Free. It was a splendid address from beginning to end. Mr. Seovel related many personal expeicnccs that drew the closest attention, in wbiqh were many reftrenoe* to the noble Lincoln, whom he knew so well and loved so deeply. Mr. Williams was also deeply iuterestiuir. somewhat humorous, st times, yet fervidly patriotic in aU his utterances, closing with noble words fur the part American women have taken in all the struggle* in behalf of the liberties of their country and the upholding of the flag of freedom. And we must out forget the Cape May Cornet Band, which on this occasion gave ample evidence of the value of .the inst ruction nf-bandmaster William Porter. They have improved wonderfully, and our city .should be proud of the possession v of so efficient a musical organization. Comrade Samuel R. Stiles conducted the exercises in his usual masterly manner, and for him every one, veterans and audience, bad naught hut words of

praise.

Off lor Arizona. Mayor Thomas E. Ludlam, of Sea Isle City, who has a real estate office in the Bourse Building', Philadelphia, and is extensively interested in mining, was in town Wednesday evenlag, circulating among friends, previous to starting on Thursday evening for Arizona, accom- , fiauied by an i•Xpert mining engineer, wi% the pur]>oae of examining into a gold ' mining proposition, which, if satisfactory, will doubtless result Hi the purchase of the claim by Mr. Ludlam and a few other gentlemen. Mr. Ludlam has the impression 'that it contains as valuable ore as the Tunapab mine, in which a ba.f dozen Cape Msy families are interested. This mine, about eighteen months ago cost but 9->0,000, while it has already proved to be worth a million, iU stock ■teadilv advancing; selling now at more Hun ten times Us original cost.

Is an axiom that may be applied to combinations of human ^activity as wull

Individuals.

See candy made In our window, free sample. W. S. Hogan. And now the Boor War in South Africa is over. England has lost 20,000 soldiers outright, 70,000 disabled by wounds and disease,- and has spent over a billion dollars In maintaining the war, in which she has lost the respect of every fiuedomloviug country on earth. Joseph K. Hand & Son, jewelers, next > post office, maintain the family's reputation that has been established seventy years at Cape May. For fine workmanship and reasonable prices they have long been noted. The New Confection—Salter Peanut Brittle, only at Hogan's. Senator Robert E. Hand was a loser by ihe bumiug of the Mount Pleasant Saw Mill a few days ago, some of bis timber about to he prepared for use In the construction of the bridges between Holly Beach and the main land being destroyed Blood oranges 12c doxen. Largo bananas 12c and 15c dozen. Kot/lhe over ripe kind but large, sound yellow banaui W. S. Hogan. The laying of the comer stone of the Wilwood public school building on Friday of last week was an incidcutof much interest-and importance. Mayor Latimer H. Baker, one of the promoters of the resort, laid the storm while tboebildrcusang “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.” Addresses were made by cx'Scuator P. P. Baker, of Vineland, County School Superintendent Hand, and others. PROF. ANGELO HE1LPR1N. A Cape flay Patron’s Heroic Ascent of Dangerous Mt. Pelce. Professor AngeloJlellprin, who in the Interests of science has so bravely made bis way to the very crater of Mt. Pelee, is^uile well known to Cape-May, this lug his favorite resort to which be re-; ira at every opjiortuniiy, for physical rest as well as mental recuperation. Laai summer his name Xppcared upon the Carroll Villa register. It was some ten or

No Conference.

It was expected that ou Friday even- - lug of last work a conference would be held at. the B rex ton Imtween officials of the newiy-organizod Law and Order Socl*ty.uf this city, on the one pan, and oAicials-of the two railroads and c

named party.- it is said, did not put in ao appearance. The others felt anxious to know just I what line of action the Society ageula mean to pursue as it might affect their interests. Well-known Banker Dead. George Wakefield, who for some years was secretary and treasurer of the Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Company, died-last week of a complication of dlscalea, at the age of Cl year*. He had previously been tndeurified with Philsdel phis banking Interests.

FACTS IN BRIEF.

Matters of General and Local In-

terest, Mentioned.

Actions speak louder than words. This

|>llfc!

|4 ■LOCAL AND GENERAL MATTERS “ OF INTEREST DISCUSSED

1 Atlantic Coast, the i being published in a also scut to Alaska

here for a much needed season of qiliet after the fatlguts and vicissitudes of participation in one of Lieut. Peary’s Arctic expeditious. He was then known to the Navy as Lieutenant Heilpric. Under Government direction be made a study of

the Molluscs of the result of bis labors

book form. He was also tout to Alaska to study tin- flora and fauna of that peninsula. The -moat. daugerous feat, one iiriug a alout bean and a muscular oe was bis asoeut of M i. Pelee, so recently destructive of almost eutire population of Sl Pierre. Prof. Uciipriu found the terrible crater extending some 800 feet Id lengtlu-and 150 feet iu width. Upon completing bis report to the Gov-

roing this last U

Prof,

by bis friends to join them for a

of recreative comfort at this resort, where

be <yill possibly pass much of tbe sumyj,

Presbyterian Church.

Rev, D. H. Laverty, D. D., pastor of Cold Spring Presbyterian . Church, filled the ptflpttklf First Presbyterian Church

eromeut concerning tbia last terril canlc eruption, Prof, Hcilprin Is

First irge,

last Sunday, his text being:

Ullly must put on Immortality,” F ('•of. 15:58. Tbe congregation was lai

c aer« ' *PP»

grand sermon to which they nad listened,

'erty

log, delivering another most excellent ~ iv. J. L. Lai

heard to express their apj

Dr. Laverty preached again In tbe evenig, delivering another most excellent sermon. Rev. J. L. Landis filled Dr. Laverty'a pulpit iu Old Brick Church. His morning subject was: ‘•Henceforth-1 pall you not aeivanla, hut mends.” Tbe •uimoids spoken of as being both in ti-

ling and profitable.

Next Sunday, the regular pastor. Rev. Edwin F. Gallagher, who has been absent for tbe past ibree weeks, will return to bis pulpit. The pastor has been very *ed from the various branches and Sunday-school work,'and will be gladly welcomed by all.

RUDOLPH ARRIVALS. Recent arrivals at The Rudolph are lows: Philadelphia—R. C- Hill. Edna V. Hill, Cbas. E. Townsend,* Charles F. Bron. son. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. .David. W. White. Buffalo—Miss Florence Noyes Brown. New York—Gus W. Hogan. Woodslowa—E. F. Stewart. Rio Grande—Mis* Edna Providence—W. A. Arnold. Prin Mis*.Ella Kigicy. Mr. and Mrs. Hemncan Hughes, Misses Mary and Laura Hughes. New Store. 0. C. Gils has opened his new store, 41# Washington Street, well stocked with paint*, oils, window glass, window ■ aud wail papera. Mr. Glle has a new painting contract#, notably: more Inn, Win. King'* hath | hUriue Villa interior, Juliua Baii*y’» « Uge, etc. HU work iaalwayafirat-olai

CURRENT

COMMENT

An Impartial Review of Subjects Under Thought—The Talk

of the Gosalps.

*3^HE topics of the times, so far a*

© Cape May U concerned, are about of the usual order for this stage of

the Cape May resort season. That la to say, a spring season is scarcely allowed to pass without tbe starting up of a fresh boom upon which chronic enthusiasts

ready to play as they would $lay

upou the hsrpoi a thousand strings. True, Cape May so-called booms may not have yet acquired quite a thousand string#, but erety year produces at least one, that is taken up and “baiyed upon” to tbe Queen's taste, and usually to tbe disgust of more thoughtful, even tempered mind*. Wc have bad signs of "A Now Cape May,” “A Cool Cape Msy," “A Greater Capo May,” "'A Big Capo May Season,” etc., etc., lettered In the skies, sounded TJrom tbe housetops and heralded in advance throughout newspaperdom, as regularly as come tbe rounds of tbe seasons. We belong to tbe smaller class who do not see visions nor dream dreams. We prefer to boast of what has come to pass, what island speak bop*-, fully^if the future. Eveu tbriugh 'plans may have failed, we should not cease' planning,' honestly, from pure tnot^s and with wise judgment. As the IIiuai.d

iggeated the other day. wo need U> be»me In* mercurial, more practical. That we may be guided somewhat id

our efforts to boom things, and tempered down to rational idea* as to what may W

: pec led to result from such efforts, w4

should not lose sight of our past expert enoes, speaking at a community sceki* higher ground of activity and greater progress In all that goes U> make a pomlar, prosperous, successful, iip-to-dlte seaside revort. Nor must wo forget tjat,

while wc have superior local advantage*,

viewed from the s^udpoint of Nat*re’s

endowment, wc still have the diaaijvi

tage of distance, and that wo lie a( the very “jumping-off-plac^” of the KedJcrseyooas:. Comparisons arc odloui and

hurtful, and it is wrung to bo constantly

drawing comparisons between our! own

resort and any other. Be boucstj and

tell the world we are “getting along very

nicely, thank you,” that our growtlj and general Improvement has been steady, sure, and eminently advantageous ko all who tave cast their Hues in these — ant plates, whether as mouey-soel inoney-speudera, and that, taken alto-

gether, Cape May has a splendid i pulatlon for everything that is Invli ng to summer pleasure-seekers and seeker ai u r

health. Cape May tk ao prosperoc that

very few In business beat their ere Itors,,

and they from choice, not comp Islon,'

hud even such usually have a short thrift

and come to the end of their rope

later.

It is now hollered that tbe divli on of sentiment regarding the prineipah lip of the West Cape May public school

«11 eud

in harmonizing the two discord#!, fac-

tions in the retention Of tbe presen p^noipal, Mr. William Ayres. Mr. A rca la a man of excellent reputation, pen mally and professionally, and it hi said tl > only element of dlssatisfact aaisoslou fr m the fact that some tardy, indifferent po ils do not make that progress their paret a and

friends desire. To be well-bebave< ful and studious, is the key to

to tbi

Instruction of tbe teschc .

school, giving perfect heed I snoe and insti notion of the U

Liquor Licenses Granted The following Is tbo—Itftof 1

liquor

licenses granted by Council

month* term beginning .Line 1 erick Arnold's Sons, Ocean View Horace M. Cake, Stockton Hotel, R. Hal] n. Congress Hall; Fleming J. Carr, Calc May House; John Tracy & Co., Hotej Lafay-

ette; John J. Ratty, Tbe William B. Todd; Otbelii Breeze; John Just, Central Dillon, Tb£Capital; K. W. D

ditorium; Patrick Collins; Wm

Golden Eagle; Seward O. I eluded In the list was one I iodise, that of Morri* Hurst.

Flrat M. E. Church.

Children's Day will be celebrated

Sunday, It la a day of young and old. In tbe m

tor, Rev. C. B. Fisher, will preach i|ipeelal aermon to the children. In (he Ing the'Children's pay program a rendered by the Suoday-scbbol.

PERSONAL INTEREST. AWFUL

Gossip of the Resort" In Which You May Be Mentioned. The J . II. Beuezut cottage, Columbia avenue, was leased ou Wednesday to a Mr. Fillings, of Wilmington. Councilman T. M. Bharp was early in. tbe week called to tbe bedside of his mother Port Elizabeth, who at this writing la reported to he very critically

Mr. Lochelm and family, of Philadelphia, are the fortunate occupants of the handsome Essen cottage, Ocean -street and Columbia avenue. Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia, has joined the Cape May cottage colony, and wjll occupy Mrs. Kennedy's cottage on Wash-

ington street.

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Corry resumed their summer life at the Cape on Thin today, taking the Williams cottage on Perry street, which they have occupied so many

Alex. Crow, Jr., ex-Sheriff of Pbiladel-

mayoralty. clings to Cape May, bringing hts family to their Congress street cot-

Uge on Tuesday,

Mrs. Landell, who for some year* has selected a West side cottage for her summer home here, has this year taken what has long boon known as the James C. Hand cottage, now owned by 3!r. N. Z. Graves, ou Congress street, and upon return from Colorado, will join her dau ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Midton, who arrived here ou Thursday. 'Chaster G. Ogden, who forsereral summers has agent Walker at tbe TYeat^Jsxal^ Express Office. b«* been placed in charge of the company’s business *t tbia point thla yesr, tbe summer ^ office, corner Washington and Jackson Lou streets, opening for business on Mon-

day of this week.

Mr. John R. Benlor, of tbe Thomas W. Price Company, (paper,) Philadelphia, one of the foremost residents of the northern section of the city, was among the printersI^:re this week, and cordially greeted by numerous admiring friends. Mrs. Leonard, an intelligent writer of Sunday-school literature for Presbyterian journals, baa made a very delightful visit to Mra. Gallagher during the absence of her husband. Rev. Edwin P. Gallagher. Mrs. Leonard's home is at Msuch Chuuk,

Pa.

Samuel Eldredge Ewing, eldest son of ^Sheriffs. E. Ewing, graduated iu- medicine from Jefferson Medical College and received his diploma ou Thursday of last week. Sheriff Ewing and hts two younger sous were present to witness the pleasing John Hewitt, ton of Mrs. O. L. W. uerr, is making his customary postschool vacational fortnight's visit to relatives iu Philadelphia and Germantown, which be finds so recreative after tbe close attention to the studies of the school

year.

Mrs. Frederick Starling and little son Frederick, Jr., are enjoying a visit with Mrs. Starling's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Elfreth, at their Jackson street cottage. Baby Frederick is one of tbe brightest tso-yexr boys we know. He is “pick-ing-up” in health here, very rapidly. Mr. Starling passes ss much of the time here as he cau spare from bis business in tbe

city.

Rev. John Brown, a student in Prinoeton Theological Seminary, has been appointed to fill the pulpit of the Presbyterian Cbutqh at Tuckaboe. Mr. Brown

is quite • and is sal

DEATH

COUNCIL MEETING

While Walking on Tracks at

Winslow Junction.

City Rmployes Ordered Paid.

Gon Taken on Proposed Bond Il_

STRUCK BY ENG INF., LEG CUT OFF, T,,e ^'Kular monthly meeting of I TORPEDO EXPLODED. | *“ 'j" 1 ' 1 ”” T “~‘-r ■

AI1 ‘he ini-mlieni were present ( j Messrs. Church and Sharp. After fi

Brake man fleet* with Terrible Death j reading of the minutes council took s ootnmunlcaiiou*. vLewis T. Bteve

authorized toiamd weekly letters d ive of Cape May as a summer resort, number of newspapers in the South \\ eat for a pi-riod of six week*, ijtfi arii-d officers and atrett employes wi

paid up to the first day of June,

decided to wait until laat night to

the summer police force. The «

resolution calling for the prepat. an ordinance to bond tbe city for an 1 ditional $100,000 was not presented oi

Ing to the failure of a majority of being willing to vote for It.

W

ILLIAM DIX, whose home is in Downiugtown, Pa., met a horrible death at Winslow Junction

Wednesday afternoon. Dix jea* employed as a freight brakeraau ou tbe Jcrrcy Central Railroad. After riding a freight car In on a side track be thoughtlessly walked on the south “Y,” upon which track the eugine of his train was coming. Tbe en-

gineer could not sec him on account of

curve iu the track. The cow-catcher struck Dix, knocking him down and push. Ing his body slowly along the track until his firot caugbl in a frog, holding him fast while tbe pony trucks of the engine passed over biro, cutting bis right leg ofl

at the hip joint. 1

APtbat instant a railroad torpedo, which JDix carried in his pocket, exploded and tore a great hole iu his hack. The explosion was the first intimation the engine

crew had of tbe disaster.

As the unfortunate man lay dying he “ "" gasped out_: “I don’t blame any of you, j ’ b °y*- w ** 1 nobody’s fault but mine

d ‘ 1U >- Good.bye!"

Coroner Litchfield, of Camden, gave a

eloquence and power as a pulpit orator. He Is liked very much, and gives promise of becoming a very useful and successful

gospel minister.

Clarence R. Brooks, formerly of this city, officially connected w ith the cashtor’s department of tbe United Gas Improvement Company, had a yachting experience on tbo Hudson last week while his Decoration Day vacation, which bad a grand mixture of both the pleasant ami unpleasant features. ' He has rather a bard time of it trying to recall U>e

.pleasant side of it.

Across tbe Bay In tbe Harriet. Merchant Henry 8. Rutherford, whose place of business Is In the Herald Build, ing, started Thursday morning in the sailing ysent Harriett, Capt. Janie* Daw . son, out over ibetJold Spilt.,- bar, westward along tbe Cape May coast, around the Point and'across tbe Delaware Bay to a port seven miles above Lewes, after a cargo of truck baskets, berry boxes and similar articles of wooden ware manufao. lured on the other side, of. which Mr.

i Rutherford disposes of large quautities

during the Spring and summer. This Is the second trip made this season In the after these wares. A couple of

scuptod in making ibo however, tbe lime being i-six hours. Tbe Harriet

. Is reputed to be tbe finest sea boA of ber

class to Caps May water..

certificate of accidental death,

CAPE MAY’S RESPECTABILITY.

Cape May Is Venerable, Honored and

Respected Beyond Compare.

The man who will look sadly wise as be declarer in public places that Capt May .is dead and can only be resurrected by the adoption of some pet scheme of bis own, is a good man to turn a deaf ear to. This thought is not of a personal, but general application. Cape May la too 1

ucutly respectable of itself, too high in the favor of truly i

and stan dr

patrons, to be allowed to lose

tlgc as a seaside summer resort, with si: ideal more satisfving than has yet been found or developed either on the Atlantic

or Pacific coasts.

And the eminently respectable patronage we speak of is surely coming here Ibis year in increased numbers. Both the West and tbe South are being beard from, and more inquiries for accommodations, more engagements of rooms are coming from these sections than the writer has ever known. Then, too, our superiority, iu one waj or another. Is demonstrated by the return of families who for a season have tried gay Atlantic, or the mountain resorts. A single elsewhere Je usually sufficient to convince them that there is no place so nic^as Capo May. We could give names—lot* of them, of thoee who have learned this lesson. Such are selecting rooms here now, or taking cottages. Some families who always wont elsewhere, learned last year that Cape May was very much

to their liking.

truly respectabi. '"’fhood. “It was bis daughter, Ji

Stiles, w ho became tbe wife of tbe 1 Alexander Wbllldin, whose property In ests at the Point were developed by starting of the settlement of Sea Gro now Cape May Point, in 1875. A volu of “Schcicbbc on tbe Strand,” of con

adorns the shelves of the library in.

sisters’ cottage, a literary pnxluclloat carries the mind back to the time wb tbeindiaus set up their wigwamsijj

the very spot where these desci the old-time owner still dwell.

Electric Plant Sold Again.

. Cape May’s electric plant seems to have again changed ownership, so far at least, as names are concerned. J. F. Siebert, who purchased the plant a few months sinoe, has, it is staled, sold the same to a

i yoting man, a native of Ireland, syndicate of three gentlemen, whose ild to be gifted with remarkable places of residence are v^dely separated,

as follows: J. H. Brainaid, of New York, E. K. Bull, of Racine, Wis.,' and E. E. Madcrville, of South Carolina. Increased capital is being applied to the enlargement of tbe^lant for power uses as well as for lighting. An additional- dynamo having a fifteen-foot power wheel, is being Disced. Employes of tbe Reading Railway Company, Cape May division, arc assisting in tbe work of Improvement

of the plant.

'A Creamy Incident. Tbe Incident occurred in the Herald office on Thursday, and tbe cream came from tbe generous baud of neighbor EsThc delicioua cream and cakes made the incident a happy one for the force. Essen is great, and his cream Is greater, while Ihe grateful lunch was the greatest have had Not in this season. Essen’s cream haa a name that la superlative. It reel treatment, but we extend our uarnutt thanks.

r ote for It.

The soloctiou of Joseph H. Hanes i chief, and James J. Doak as ***jfm chief of the fire department, was oa

firmed.

“SCHEICHBE” REMINISCENT.] Link Between Past Owners and Prei ent Residents of Cape flay Point. •‘Scheichbc on the Strand’’ eomei mind as we refer to tbe fact that Ml Cooper, and ber sister. Mias Emma 4 kins, have returned to their cottage hon at Cape May Point after two years spot in foreign lauds, chiefly at Paris, the ga French Capital. Mrs. Cooper andM Atkins are botn skilled artists, the — portrait painter, the other a landscap painter. During their stay abroad ~ * ladies executed many choice pai from important subjects, adding much' their gallery at home, where also may ; seen rare bricabrae, antique bit# of fori lure and treasured family relics, tbeM^ interesting and valuable from i that their potsessOTS are descends the pioneer settler John Slices, who In hi day owned not only what is now C May Point, but large tracta of land in'tl adjoining territory along tbe I w reaching out to tbe Col4 Spring^

A Dog Crusade.

Crusades of any sort, while they n bo iuaucuraU-d to serve some good J> usually carry with them less obuoxious features. It not ual qUently happens that a crusade i * plishes little or no good, while much chief results. Impulsive persona, t in houheadedneas, seldom bring to selves much credit for pratoewoi <ort. “There is a way that seemeth unto a marybut the end thereoP' always to h\ liking. So, even in the< agreeable complications that mayj from an indiscriminate slaughter of ( the end thereof may be found to been reached in a boomerang sort of i To be plain, we do Dot think farmer over the bridge, who haa slaughtered some half dozen dogs li crusade against all such animal* S happen to stray upon his premise*, to i ing a very creditable thing, even tT “ he may have his backing from the _ ownft, as be claims, to shoot every that be catches ou the place. v ' It is wanton cruelty, to say tbe and we do not think the law will this promiscuous slaughter, but think the S. P. C. A. will hav. to say In the matter. Tbe local health, too, might find something connection, if dead, putrij casscs arc allowed to lie in the sun tbe fields for buzzards to feed off ij too close proximity to vegetable ci dairy products for public health. Church of the Advent. Rev. Benjamin R. Phelps, of B town, Pa., will officiate in thojj Episcopal Church o£ tht^Ai The services will be as foil Holy Communion, 7.80 a prayer with aermon, 10.80 a. m. ing prayer and address, 8 p. u

school at 8 p. ra.

The Ebbitt ^ Newly Renovated. The best equipped, and most com- ! fortable house at Cape May for the Spring Season. *H«s Steam heat with up-to-date appointments and perfect | service. Under new management. Long distance 'phone. SS&SZrcSlt&i /• mcconne

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