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VOL. III. NO. I.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1903.

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CItY COUNCIL ORGANIZES

THE NEW HEMBEKS TAKE THEIR SEATS—JOHN HALPIN. PRES. A New City Solicitor Is ChosEN other Oflicers Re-elected—Vote of Thanks to Retiring Pres.

The new City Council, which is composed of James J. Doak, Horatio H. Church, John Halpin, Joseph Hand, Lemuel E. Miller, Louie C. Sayre, T.

Maskel Snarp Jr., James K. Taylor and F, Sidney Townsend, met at Council

Miller

Maskel Snarp, Jr., James E. Taylor and F. Sidney Townsend, met at Counsil Chamber at noon on New Year's Day, with Messrs. Sharp and Sayre absent, and organized for the fiscal year by the election of the following officers: President of Council, John Halpin; City Clerk',"Register of Bonds and Superintendent of Waterworks, Recorder John W. Thompson; Street Supervisor, Edward Sayre; City Solicitor, Richard T. Miller

T. Miller.

A resolution was introduced by Mr. Miller and passed thanking the retiring president, Stephen B. Wilson, for his fair and impartial rulings during the

year 1902.

The New Solicitor

Richard T. Miller, who was elected, solicitor on Thursday, served this city

in the same capacity in 1869, 1870, and

in the same

1869, 1870, and

capacity

for many terms during the decade from 1880 to 1890. He was born at Cape May

City on December 16, 1845, being a son of Hon. Waters B. Miller, who was

867, and a counsellor in 1870, He appointed District Court- Judge of Camden city on March 3, 1877, and

16, 1845, being a son

of Hon. Waters

mayor of Cape May and two terms State Senator. He studied law with the late Thomas P. Carpenter, who was one of the judges of the New Jersey Supreme Court He became an attorney at law in 1867, and a counsellor in 1870.

was appointed

Camden city on March

served eleven years as such, and was Prosecutor of the Pleas of Cape May county from 1389 to 1892, when he was appointed Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Camden county. After serving one year, he was elevated by Governor Werts to Judge of the New Jersey Circuit Court, and served a full term of seven years. At the last, election he ran for Congress against Congressman

H. C.

Ducks In South Jersey. Good Shooting Now on the Creeks

and Marshlands

There is excellent wild fowl shooting on the great marshes of South Jersey For a month past thousands of ducks,

have been coming into the inlets, bays

and meadow ponds. In the early NoVember days the black ducks came

into the inlets in the early

The black ducks came from the north by thousands. They were followed by the shell ducks, blue-

bills, broadbills, south southerlys, and

he early No ducks calm

vember from

bills, broadbills, south southerlys, and half a dozen other varieties.

one miles to Richardson's sound the duck hunters can now enjoy splendid wild fowl shooting. All the waterways and thousands of acres of marshland

are free to those who

wild fowls from an hour before-sunrise

until an hour after sunset.

It is in the early morning hour and the hour following sunset that the best shooting is done. The ducks are then flying into the creeks and |>ouds from the bays and the oikh sea in search ol rood and a drink of the brackish watci lached to a I>ond they are using that no amount of shooting will cause them to remainder will return wheu feeding tim> comes and bring with them many duck»

new to th^t particular locality.

The recent stormy days brought man) flocks of big. gray geese from Canadi into the great sounds of Cape May Couu

s,,

Kew System for ItnunlnB Trains. Ou the hnrt of March of this year tb. new iuterrhauge station'of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Thirty-second am: Market streets. Philadelphia, will Is opened to the jKlbUe, and with this movi the entire system, niauagiug the out going and iueomiug of trains, at Broad street terminal, will Is- changed. Sinn the early i>art of last year there ha> and tracking the vast sites to suit tin requirements of the company. The 1*1uomeual incream- in tradJe. the growim demand for more trains and the urgem need Of flying expressc-s. led to the work, which will be a lasting momiumut to th. The monster task of laying out <!» : •big railroad yards on the other aide oi i the river so as to make that section tin pivotal point of Western and Southern

sc? ssjzhlx

vania Railroad, was assigned the work of mnniuK the plans, and after this im l*rtnut part of the takk was aceom TOdTPiLiiSJrifcKve ans. the Drake & Stratton Co., and tin Pennsylvania Steel Company to execut. the ideas set forth by Engineer Brown. As an inkling of what has already been accomplished, it nwd only be stnt ed that three tuuui-ls have'been dug/two

CflURIS m IN SESSION

THE SUELKE-HOWELL CASE DECIDED MONDAY. ^ 1 j Telephone Damage Suit Continue^ Yesterday—Other Important Business nonday. The continuation of the December term of the county Courts were in session on Monday and yesterday, after which they were adjourned until Monday next. The only case tried Monday was the Supreme Court case of Adam Buelke, executor of Elizabeth Suelke. deceased, against hia sister, Mrs. Kate Howell, of this city. It developed that the question at issue was whether about 8500 In bank here was the property of the mother or Mrs. HoWell. After a hard fight on legal technicalities, between the attorneys, Judge C. V. D. Joline, of Camden, for the executor, and Lewis T. Stevens, of this dty, for Mrs. Howell, the jury decided that the money was Mres Howell’s. All of yesterday was taken up with the trial of the damage suit of John Campbell, of Woodbury, against the Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Company. The side of the company was heard, but the result was not known when the Herald went to

In Monday Court will take union pleas 1 trials of crimi

liters, ai iminal

up 1 Tuead

van Ot Mrs. Stanton's Retorts. Once a fashionable woman of Newport expressed to Elizabeth Cady Stanton a fear that It was not entirely mod-

est for n woman to speak In public. The dignified president of the snffrag-

her with mild surprise.

dignified president

Ists looked at her will “Why." she said, “there art not so ly people at our convention as there e at the ball last night, and surely It Is more modest to make a sensible speech In quiet costume than to exhibit one's bare arms find shoulders at a public,dahce Ic the embrace of a

strange gentleman.”

erected, a haudsomt lilt, two new elevated

led ami buu•k* have been

bridges have been station uas been bi

lines have been cunatn dieds of miles of new tl Ssjrd.'r.iu.v'.t

{•editing travel and saving time. Several thousand men are now employed-4o finishing the task, and if dear weathei prevails, the entire Job should be ended

in another two mouths.

t Preserve la Cape

'oamtr.

o*v well-known . liave forined an

organization known .as the "Stevenson Bros. Fish and Game Protective Awo-

qut il and duek sho

Wheat aaa the Bor. Willie—Pa, what does “good ss

wheat” mean?

Pa—Don’t bother me. WHlle—Pa. would you say I was as

“good as wheat r

Pa—I might after you were properly thrashed, and that’s what will ha]

light

ibed. and that 1

to. you If you *don't stop asking qt

tiona—Philadelphia Press.

Mar County.

(aulzation known .as '

i'lin^ r j'

Anderson Kora, a very wenlthy^Philn-d'-Iphia property hoWr, is pr.-sident of

the asaot-iation.

Tow:

lend is now principal owner, being well-known to ajKins

Forecaster T. F. indjial owner, the

Old A 1 .' *. 1 Its pruen.,. her of yean he was the editor of the Star when it wgs the most InGaential paper in the connty. He is acknowledged by the unprejudiced to be the best editorial writer of our county, and be bean this distinction with modesty. Be hss of Iste been editing the Herald. It is hoped by readers that his contributions will continae to brighten the

columns of this paper.

pond being well-known to iqHirtMiueu as a resort for wild dnekr, surrounded as it is by woods, shielded from _nyi) alarming signs of civilization and making it an attractive feeding ground. The woodland abounds with rabbits,

pheasants and quail.

The headquarters of the association will be at Holly Tree Inn, on the sea■ide road at the edge of the meadow lands and thoroughfare at Clermont, kept by Sherman Todd, a popular resort for gunner* and pleasure-Meekers A kennel of about twenty dogs, -finder the care of Superintendent Todd, will be uaiutaimg], some of these animals being very valuable.

Tku-Oa^u May Well.

At the last meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Lewis Woolnian. of the Geological Survey of New ’ sey. spoke ou the geological struc of portions of South Jersey as rrvei ‘—•“*— wells, snd particularly

1 King Dead.

well known summer residenl May tot over thirty years, and

owner dt a handsome home on Beach avenueiand Jackson street, died yesterday morning at his Philadelphia home, 1623/Poplar street. He is survived by a widow, three sons and one daughter. Cape May has lost one of its best

friends.:

Mias Mary Ionise Bennett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett, was married on Christmas Eve to Mr. Geo. B. Weeks, of Chicago,. by Rev. George Williams, at the parsonage of the First

rally sunk at Cape May. ... to the seaside probably know

tbp abundance of fresh water with which •'they are provided is obtained ,j -Tram artesian wells: yet why the water in the wells Is fresh might prove a dif-

ficult question to them. New Jen

The Philadelpbis and Reading Railroad win now supply each employee with a watch of a standard make and keep them in repair. The men pay the watches out of their Mlsriea.

welfn

visitor* t

that tl

. .ailing on the ontcrup|>lng edge* of the poromsand and gravel beds saturate them with fresh rain water. The impervious clay bid which underlies the satuLund gravel prevents the water from 'sinking to any great depth*. The nrtesiau well driller simply sinks bis shaft through the supervening layers tint IP he vomer ‘ the clay, when an abundance of w Is sssured. The depth, dip and. cl lion of these various water horizon* of the utmost Importance to the wel of Booth Jersey and it b to the ai of-the stratagrapby .of these that Wooltnan ha* devoted much time and

Anthony Heine, Jr.. Dead.

Anthony Heine. Jr., son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Bwain. of thl»‘eity. died fit Philadelphia rarly Sunday morning. His wife wa* Mi** Emma Swain, who dleti wine year* ago, a ►Inter of ind Charles A. Bwain. The funeral 00f rurred in Philadelphia op Werlnesday, for and Mr*. NlcfaeU. hiwdp ind Cfc.rV.

A. Bwain ware in attend*ncr.

ipen iocs-

The passage of the sectarian odueo tion bill by the British bouse of com mons by a vote of two to one Is regarded as n distinct triumph for Premier Balfour, bat Jt is likely to stir up u good deal of trouble among the uou conformists wheu It comm to enfore tng the law. _ Invitations arc being sent^ out uow for the meeting of the National Association of Postmasters, to be held in Boston Aug. 4. 6, 0 and 7 of next year. The recipients will hardly be able to plead previous engagements as an exuse for nonacceptance. There Is a very general public agreement with the views of Secretary Bbnw that the currency is not sufficiently elastic. Particularly In the .holiday buying season it doesn’t stretch far enough to suit hardly any one.

FISHING CREEK. Milton Matthews, of Hnlmesburg, 1* visiting hi* mother this week. Clande Eldredge, wife and aon, spent Wednesday last with Frank Gallaber and wife, of West Cape Msv. Frank James and friend, of Philadelphia, spent part of the holidays with hla

parents.

Wm. Lovett and wife, of Bridgeton, lent part of last week with Wm. Moberaon and wife. Fiord Hoffman and sister spent Xmai with their aunt, Mrs. Charles Matthews. ’Mrs. Clouting snd children, of Ooean itp, spent the first of t! Mrs. Llbbie Mount. Edgar Woolaon is spending the week with friends {n Phils. Lemuel Scbellenger and wife spent New Year's with Harry BUtes add wife, at HoUy Beach. Frank Mattbews.and wife visited her parent* at ClennoU*, the first of the week. Miss Etta Douglas, of Burleigh, la •pending the week wlUT Mias Maude

Yearicka.

Mr. John Bate and wife entertained Maurice Bate, of Washington, D.l Geo. Cummings and wife and Mira E Craig, of West Gape May, <

PILOTS FOR T

-■ A. Clampltt Want rerd Vlrdrn a* Prealdcnt.

A lively fight is on among the pilot* it this port belonging to the Pilot*' Av-

al thia port bt-loni aoclatlon for the

.. fo UhTSm ind BlrS'n.!.. KMVK £8

cemful one.

■nie Cape May pUoU recently held a caucus and agreed to support ClamplU. A majority of the Lewes idiots are for Clnmpitt and it is contended be cannot

he Uwtcn.

TTiu {Kill* are now open and every pila 'ihxz-J-JSz, snss 1 pitt. It ia stated that John B. Merritt ill tie succeeded a* secretary by W. I’. Norman. L. C. Wallace will be reected treasurer, bnt there will be some langes In the Board of Directors. The polls will remain open until Jan-

»ry 8.

A Doom for Cape May.

ipe May, which, in spite of numerous natural advantages, has for some yennt languished u a seaside resort, is now, according to current report, to be tnl is to make Cape Slay the Newport of New Jersey. Without accepting the reports as told at tht-ir face value, it seems certain that an intelligent effort is to be made to give Cape May at least the position it once enjoyed as a highscheme are realized Cape May wiflkke ucases of *aud and scrub pine. Cap.May was the summer capital of fashionable society. What Long Branch May ‘was*To VhnadXbio’^BMtimore and other Southern cities. In the years immediately following the war Cap. May reached its zenith, and at that time it was probably the best known and most popular seaside resort in the There Is no reason why this supremacy should not be regained. There is no finer bathing beach in the world. Communication is easy and means ol si^S^d.'ses uJ’su-.tK

srsssu' u ys.'

leaders to set the example. This pro jeet should mean a good deal to New Jersey, and is to be heartily welcomed.

Our Congmurnmn.

Representative John J. .Gardner is set U{) for a racounteur, for he is too serious a man and too busy for that

istically liearty manner, are very mnch relished by his numerous friends. He ‘ 1 more time after the adjournment the House, daily, and at Ms own or ue other bouio. where be has business goes to sec a friend, he is a<

to relate some pleasant .

of his own or other people,

dn hotel lobby Mr. G.

nssrs

said that do except ”e fo '

_ el lobby

once he had nothing . to count over his anecdotes. He found that 1 ,( ‘ knew more than one thousand, but he thinka that most men in public life hove likewise a large number at hia command. He stated tbit at a gathering where the present Governor “Bill'' Btonc. of Pennsylvania, was present he (Gardner) related the following: "In Tty-fifth Congress of which Btonc 1 member and beginning to think the Governorship.-1 went one Sun6ay to the CapitoL Entering the clerk’s office, I found the prwent Governor busily engaged with a rule and a big aheet of paper. He was figuring industriously. ‘John,’ said he. looking up at me. as Iapproached him. ‘do you know the sbortert way from tbe House to the Senate?' 'Whet is .it?* said I. T believe it i*~hj way of Harrisburg and the Governor’s chair. ^ie replied.

Corwin fimrd. \

J. H. Fow. as counsel for Hoopes-A Townsend, last Friday began a salt far damages on behalf of tbnt firm ainat Gabriel E. Corwin, formerly of

IN THE SANCTUARIES

WHAT IS TO HAPPEN AT OUR CHURCHES. Thf Season ol Holiday SUM Prevails —A Good Cheer and Desire for Best Wishes.

••Santa Claus at HU Bent.” - Yea, surely he was at the First Baptist Church on Xmas Eve. The above Cantata was greatly enjoyed by the crowded house and was without a doubt the best Xma* Cantata ever given in this place. It went through without a bitch and the performers all deserve great credit for the manner in which they rendered their parta. The platform decoration* deserve special mention and reflect great credit on the work of Mr. Harry Bennett and Mr. Julius Denizot. They were just perfect. The children were perfectly trained, and great praise is due Mrs. Focer, Mrs. R. T. Ware and Mr*. Blake, and they have jnst cause to be proud of tfie successful) outcome of their hard work.

Miss Mkibel Focer presided at the organ and pwed right through in splendid style, ud deserves much credit. The kharactors were: Santa Claus, Kichar# T. Ware; Uncle Sam, John HewitflMohnnie Bull, William Hickey, Fritz, CliffM^e; Ned, Herald Williams; Hiawatha, SmnWIughes; James, Ralph Speace; Spirit of CllHKmas, Lizzie Extroin; Fairy, Effie Uosem®lyTucx-u, Fannie Thompson; Good \viJv«iflo*lyc Ware; Peace, Carrie Focer; Mfij^Mil-

drek Edmunds; Anna,

e, Laura Lovett;

First Baptist Church Pastor Williams' subject on Sunday vvening will be “The Beginning and the End,” an appropriate sermon for the

r Year- Bapt

New Year-

itism at dose of sermon.

lorning subject, “Pure GoltL’I. Begin ic year well and God’s blessing attend

ou all.

The ladies of the First Baptist Church cleared nerly $80 by their New Year's

il.; Luther T. Gairctson, S. W.; Joseph Dimelass, Jr., J. W.; J. Clement Foster, D.j'E. C. Wheaton, J. D. The Cape May Real Estate Company a negotiating for the purchase of 250,of gravel for grading purposes ind 50,000 yards of sand for cement purposes, in connection with the curbing of the drives to surround th^Nog artRidal

lake. TheE

Jhurch toUowin

Presbyterian Church. PJonn the Grtat” wiUbp the theme nnt Sabbath morning^md in the evening the pastor, Rev. Edwin F. Gallagher, will speak of "Harping on One String." Special services connected 'with the world's week of prayer will begin on Tuesday evening at 7.30 and continue on til notice. The pastor and family express public thanks for tokens of appreciation r

ceived.

apprecial

The Presbyterian Endeavorers held their old year nodal last Monday evening and after enjoying as many novelty games as the dosing year had months; they gave thdr pastor and his wife a pleasant surprise. /The president, Mr. Theo. Reeves, on behalf of the Sodety, not only insisted on his pastor “taking the cake" (a fancy Xmas cake,) 1 added a handsome silk down quilt his wife. -

$50,000.

It is set out In the statement of claim that the defendants while employed by Hoopea & Townsend during the Iasi three year* entered into t conspiracy to cheat and defraud the firm of merchandise consisting of bolts, nuts, bar toon snd tools, and they succeeded in defranding the firm to the extent of over $40,000. It Is also set out thst the defendant*. being familiar with the prices at Which the firm sold its merchandise to the trade, were enabled to sell the stolen property to. the firm's own customers; at a lower figure.'thus greatly adding to the wrong and injury done Hoopea A Townsehd by discrediting the firm with many ot/ita best customers and the trade in general, and white property to the extent of about $10,000 In value had been recovered from various source*, the firm has bora subjected to a loss and injnry- atnbnnthut to at: least $50.000, to recover -which sum the suit la

brought.

Presidaat Judge Martin, upon the application of Attorney Fow, Issued n capias for the arrest of the defendants,

fixing the hall at $10,000.

Wrjt Jer*ey Road 1 * Kew Oflrls!*. The monthly "meeting of the directors of the Wert Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company was held Saturday. The Board appointed J. B. Hutchinson, assistant to Vice President Pugh. W. W.

Flntafi. Church.

Next Sunday morning the Lord’B upper and baptism kill be administered, and a New Year's address by the pastor. In the evening sjiecial revival services will be resumed. Good singing and books for every one. All invited.

Keep Up You Interest. the new year by haring things

done kind

Swain’s, 305-7 Jackson street, for all need. His stoves, ranges and oil

ters are the best

yon n heatei

Atterbnry general manager, and A. W Gibb* general, superintendent of motive power. Tha*e appointments took effect

January L

te right, and if you want the right d of household goods, go to Charles

A New Bible.

Merchant Charles A. Swain gave Christmas present to the First Baptist Church a handsome $25 Bible. It will be used for the first-time to-morrow. Pastor Williams selected the Book.

Stricken With Paralysis.

street, was stricken with paralysis on {**?* New Year's morning. He iscoufined to the mi

his bed.

fancy shops, bard mix, fl

the new mix ) flavor, usual

tger, and A. W. price 25c pound, our price 15c pound to

Introduce it, at Hogan's.

Fruit* and Nuts at the cheapest possible prices. We give Campbell'a.

Lost 1 Lou$l Lost! A diamond ring. Finder will receive ^ liberal reward by return to "6.," Her-

FACTS IN BRIEF. Metiers of General and Local ln- ^ terest Mentioned. 0 York Brothers are figuring on a new

erected.

K. G. E., of Green Creek, will install olticera this evening. A turkey »upper was given at Me- •»>•'■ Hall on New Year’* night by the die* of the Baptist Church. Bainlull T. Hazard, of Philadelphia lias sold to Samuel T. Bailey, of Camden, a lot at Cajte May Point for $350. Fifteen mile* of road were built in Cape May county in 1902, of which the •State paid one-third of the cost Red Men's Hall, at Cape May Court ouse, has been plastered, and it is expected that it will be completed early this month. ( Sherifl Ewing will sell at the office of James M. E. Hildreth here on Tuesday, some land near Steamboat Landing, Cape May Point. The Presbyterian Sunday-school gave their annual entertainment and treat for the little ones on New 1 ear's evening at their church. ) Frederick C. Kuebler, of Philadelphia, das sold for $350.00 to Assessor Charles H. F'oster, of Cape May Point, a nice lot of land at the latter place. The First National Bank of Cape May 1 showing an increase in business, in -pile of the ditU Winter. The bank al•ows Ihree per cent, on savings accounts. Wimsm J. Tyler, of Court House, is loing an excellent business in bis coal yard adjoining the Heading station. He s the obliging agent of the U. R. Company also. Arbutus 1-odge, F\ & A. M., of Cape May Court lioutte, has installed the ollowing officers: Philip Shields, W.

forth I/eogne of the Methodist Rio Grande has elected the officers to serve for the next s: President, Mrs. Alida Saul;

•irst vice president, Rev. Wm. M. lister; second vice president, W. A. Harris; third'rice president and treasurer, Mrs. Emma Crease; fourth vice president, Mrs. Louisa Harris; secretary, Mrs. An-

nie Neal.

Masonic Olflccgs. ipe Island Lodge, No. 30, F. & A. M., installed the following officers: Worshipful Master, Everett J. Jerrell;’ Senior Warden, Thomas S. Stevens; Junior Warden, Irvin H. Eldredge; Senior Deacon, U. Walker Hand; Junior Deacon. Benj. B. Hughes. f

To Chance Innnwarnllo* Date. The report of Representative Parker. jt New Jersey, made to the Judiciary Committee, goes fully into t‘ “ '

jf fixing the dale* for '

President and Vice recommended that the ti -diould begin OU the

j hist or.

r inauguration of

President. He a of Congress

lid begin ou the second Tuesday in December, and that the President be ••worn in' on tfie firtt day of 'January. Mr. Parker stated that weather conohleration should hare no weight aa against the administrative needs of the govern!Ut. It wa*. he raid, most desirable

tion. He holds that, as George Was_ ‘Ogtou wan sworn In on April 30, and the Constitution gives a four yearn' term of office, the Presidential term ends, not ou March 4, hut April 30. HImIsuk Man Found Froaea to Death. The body of Horace Hlichee, a carpenter, who has been tnUsing since Christina* day, when he left Corson’a Inlet, after «pending the day, to return to his home at Devon City, was found Sunday afternoon br a pedestrian at (he foot of an embankment ou the West Jersey Railroad, between the Middle Thoroughfare and Corsou'* Inlet

bridges.

It ia believed that Hughe* fell down the bank and wa* froaen to death. Hi* Ih^tauf hllnd * werc b ™l»ed by Coroner Clouting removed the body

Station

to Corson's Inlet Life Saving Staticthat night, and made an investigation. Hughe* leaves a wife and five chil-

dren. He wa* 3b year* old.

Horn.

The enterprising people of Holly Beach are looking forward with much interest to the Boecial election to be held on Tuesday, and it la believed that a large vote will be’ {Killed. The question to be ' * thia election i* the issuance of

the building at a borough

Mr. Isaac P. Johnson, of Franklin settled at th

' * for the building at a and the court ruction of jetties for

beach from from

the beach f.„—

the eucjSachineut of the *e«. It ia beliercd that both proportion* will receive

the indorsement of the voter*. Purchased Stranded Jordan.

The three-maated achooner W. T. Jordan. which went aahore at Holly Beach during last week> rtorm, ha* been sold

■e’sjvjfx

cai*o of 700 ton* of noft coal

as '■fe'

As a

consM-oiici.er I