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CAPE MAY HERALD.

Recognized Leader

VOL. in. NO. 3.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1903.

Subscription—$1.00 per Year.

e purchi

the eecuring of opt May. It i> yet to be

many mm\m More Thao $410,000 Has Already

Been Expended.

TWO NEW HOTELS TO BE BUILT Several Cottages Are Planned—Work To Begin Aa Soon As the Weather la Favorable—Ugm Plant to Coet 460,000. , The Cape May Real Estate Company has now expended upwards of 1410,000 in the purchasing of property and in

options about Cape

o be told who are the

principal backers of this move, aside from ex-Senator William Elinn. of Pittsburg, hut It Is believed by those who think and "put two and two together." that the prominent Pittsburg millionaire. Henry Clay Frick, and A J. Caasat, the president of the Pennsylvania Raildoad Company, are interested largely In the new enterprise. The company which purchased the Cape May Light and Power Com]

holdings for 1130.000 are

a new plant here to cost 150,000. which, when completed, will be the best lighting plant in this section of the coun-

try.

It U still spending much money on getting rights of every kind about and connected withWts properties. The as. 1C^« reported, pi lersey Title Company, of Camden, alone the sum of 310.000 for the Insurance of title to the property It has taken and agreed to take. The searching for defective title has extended back to the first purchasers of the toll 300 years, and Includes the Seven Mile or Learning’s Beach, the Two Mile Beach and East Cape May or Poverty Beach, as the later was called by the ancient residents. The syndicate expects to begin op-

ompany lulldlng

soon they

eratlons about Sewell’s Point as aa favorable weather prevails, and have planned to build several cottages and two hotels of the most modern character. One of the latter Is to be a ten-story structure. It Is asserted.

Tot a foi

i United States Treasury

menL The building of these li

and the plans for It have been drawn by James 71. Wlndrim, of Phlladel

drim,

i former Supervising Architect

TT

ding

ments will depend largely upon the

phis, a former Super - - - - -^,6, -j

ding o end li

time when the new driveway to Sew-

' improve-

ell's la constructed, those in the syn-

tilmen. at will

agree to be bound In any way that ba * guarantee that they will mak<

their' improvements, saying that as they are going to do what they say they will. It matters not how securely

they are bound by agreements. They will organize their trust and

title insurance company in March to Insure lands purchased from them, and they will also have their principal offices here In the new building to be erected by them at the comer of Washington and Decatur, the plans for

which not yet being prepared.

* continuously at work rtles plotting It ouL and

the four square miles of land which they now own or control is being plotted with a view to the making of a pretty section of seashore realty.

Surveyor n theif pi

PILOTS ELECT OFFICERS

After Six Years In Office, President

Virden Wes Defeated.

To the surprise of many Interested in Philadelphia's shipping John Pen-

s presi r the E

was Norman was elected secretary by a majority of 26 over J. B. Merritt. L. C. Wallace was elected treasurer practically without opposition. Alfred Bennett, H. C. Maull. C. a Morris. F. Conwell. Louis Bertrand. Horatio H. Church. Memucan Hughes and a T. Bailey were elected directors. The financial condition of the organisation was reported as good, and, as compared with previous yi

Getting Honors a Plenty. Honors are being thrust upon exOoveraor Foster M. Voorhees. Only a few days ago he was elected president of the Bankers' Insurance Company. which carries with It a nice salary. no doubt, and on Thursday be was elected a trustee of Rutgers College. of which he is an alumnus. And his name continues to be mentioned as a probable appointee to the Supreme Court or to a vice chancellorship. Having accepted the insurance company presidency. It is not likely Mr. Voorhees has any Idea of going upon the

I. C. M. Entertains. Columbia Lodgt, No. 23, Independent Order of Mechanics, held In Its lodge room on Mondsy evening the first of Its montblr entertainments

Udy there initia

FACTS IN BRIEF. Matters of General and Local Interest Mentioned. Merchant Jacob (iarriwm ban dosed his jewelry store Here and will open at Cajie MttyC. H.

living m side U

needed improvements home on Corgie street.

Sheppard Taylor bus purchased piece of property on Town Rank rood, which he will farm in future seasons. lawyer llesekiah C. Blake is making some improvements to his home on Washington street, below tjueeu street. William A. tirissinger lias sold for (>Uli a lot in SouUTCape May, on Eleventh avenue, to William II. Ritter, of

i’liiladelphia.

A |M'tition, numerously signed, will r se-.t to Trenton next week to ask 1 thc|appoibuneut of Prosecutor of the Pleas Eugene C. Cole. Die Council of Administration of the C. A. 1L, lias decided to hold the State encampment at Atlantic City, the first second week in June. Richard Stansbury's remodeled home i Sidney avenue and Washington street, is being completed rapidly. It has a line view of the ocean and coun-

try combined.

Monroe Kimsey’s new home on I-uf-ayette street, near Schcllonger’s Landing, is gradually assuming pro|M>rtions, and will Is* one of the most comfortable homes here when completed. Senator Strong, of Middlesex county, has introduced a bill into the Senate which, if it becomes a law, will make thi salaries of the County Clerk, SurrogaU and Sheriff of Cape May county each $1500 per year. They get fees now. Cover nor. Murphy lias appointed Judge Francis J. Swayxc, of the State Circuit Court, to succeed Supreme Court Justice Collins, who will retire next week. Judge Collins retires because o! the inadequacy of the salary, which is ttkHO a year for a term of six years. Il is said that he is guarnnted a salary ol $20,000 a year to return to the law. Ashore at Townsend's Inlet. A howling northwest gale swept the Jersey coast all Sunday night, and the temperature took a decided drop, from which conditions shipping and seamen

will Miller considerably.

At an early hour Monday morning the three-masted schooner Harold B. Cousens was driven ashore at Townid's Inlet, north of Cape May. Her steering gear became disabled, and In this helpless condition she struck the bar. She is leaking badly and lies In

a dangerous position.

The life guards went to the schoongF In their surf boat and took off her crew, who were cared for at the goviment station. The men suffered greatly from exposure. The Cousens is loaded with lumber from Pensacola to Boston, her home port. She registers 379 tons. Is 360 feet long. 139 feet beam, and 116 feet hold. She was

built at Boston in 18S2. Small Bits of Court News,

mr courts last week Judge Harrison H Voorhees sentenced Franklin M. Jones, of Holly Beach, convicted of robbing the hotel of William R. Pinker. of that place, to four years In the State Prison at Trenton. Henry Brown. Df Camden, who was with James Brown and El wood Bailey, convicted of 1 army from the residence of Harry _!lles. of Court House, was sent to the State Prison for the same period. James Brown and Bailey were sent to the

Intermediary State Refc Rahway for seven years.

Next Wednesday the Common Pleas Court will take up the matter of grant-

ing nateralltatlon papers.

The Philadelphia Press Almanac. By far the best compendium of useful knowledge which has come to the editor's desk of the Cape May Herald is the Philadelphia Press Almanac for

mful of timely statistics.

1903. It U brimlists of officials, of

- goven. State facts and of reviews of events of le year just passed, and is Indlspeusale to the seeker after knowledge.

Something Has Stopped.

Some time ago the Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Company applied to Council for the right to lay underground wire. The ordinance which the company desired was prepared by their counsel and passed through two readings, snd upon the second reading It was amended to a very large degree. The corporation did accept the amendments, which a fair ones, and the matter appears

save been dropped.

e purchase and

improvement of the beach front. Practically no opposition to the measure dsvsloped, lie votes being polled for the measure and 16 against It.

e of tb^ sewers. This election was also carried. The beach can be purchased under Founder Bradley's proposition. i

ONWAS0INGION STREET Work To Begin On Trolley Railroad Next Month.

GRANT STREET TO THE LANDING

It Will Be Finished In Time For the Opening Summer Business—To Go to Schollongor’a Landing, With a Spur to the Golf Grounds. The Ocean Street Passenger Railway Company, which Is owned and controlled by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, and which was constructed last yfear from the Reading depot to the beach front trolley. will extend IU linos. It will put down a road along Washington and South Lafayette streets.

extending from Grant street, opposite the Pennsylvania Railroad sum! station, to Schellenger's Landing

spur Is to be constructed across Msdlson avenue or Schellenger street to Lafmyette street, so as to pass the club house of the Cape May Golf Club, and thus accommodate its members, who sire among the most prominent and most wealthy of our summer guests. le consents from shutting properiwners to build the trolley road i been obtained for several ths, and all that remains to be i is the usual formality and the passage of the ordinance by city council granting the right of way. Council stands ready to do this, it is believed. by s Urge majority. The Intention of the company, so Its officers say. Is to begin the work of construction some time in the early part of next month.

INCREASED POSTAL FACILITIES Examination For Carriers To Be Held On February 7. In connection with the announcement that Cape May is to have free postal delivery after March 1. comes tbs announcement that efforts will be made to have Congress appropriate a sum sufficient to build s government ling at Cape May. This would provide quarters for the Postoffice, the Weather Bureau and the offices of ths United District Court resident here. The United Statee Civil Service Commission announces an examination for applicants for carriers and clerks to be held at the Cape May Postofflce Saturday. February 7 next. From eliglbles are to be selected .the carriers and clerks for the Cape May service. The applicants, who can maks known their desire to take up ths existlon up to the hour of the openof the same, must pass in ths fol-

m. The age limits are 18 to 45. The applicant must have a medical certificate, be five feet four inches In height and weigh than 125 pounds. Any Information will be given by Postmaster Learning or his assistants.

t* on a the

FIRST NATIONAL BANK Officers for the Year Elected on Tues-

day.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Cape May was held at the banking house on Tuesday afternoon, when nearly all the stock was voted. The ■Mowing officers were chosen: President—Dr. Westley R. Wales. Vice President—Samuel F. Eldredge. Cashier—George M. Hendricks. Solicitor—Lewis T. Stevens. These officials, together with the foliwlng gentlemen, compose the new board of directors: Albert L. Haynes, William N. Norcross. Georgs W. Norcross and Joseph

Representative John J. Gardner, ol this dlstricL Is st work on ths arrangements for the memorial ceremonies to be held In the House of Representatives on Sunday afternoon. February 8, In commemoration of the life and public services of the late Senator William J. Sewell. ~ Resolutions are being prepared by Mr. Gardner, which he will present to the House, setting forth the long career of the deceased In the United Statee Senate, and his valuable work In behalf of his constituents sod the

government

Representative Gardner has asked a amber of Representatives to make 1 dresses, and has Urns far received the acceptances, among others, of Central Steele, of Indiana, and John DalselL of Pennsylvania. Addresses will also be made by every member of the New Jersey delegation in the House.

A Mas got rede Party.

The friends ot Mr. and Mrs. Everett

on Monday evening. ,

made visit* to others about the neighborhood snd delighted their visitors by

their presence.

PERSONAL INTEREST Gossip of the Resort In Which You May Be Mentioned. City Solicitor Richard T. Miller winhere on ^jpndsy. George 8. Lenhart, of the New York World, was in town on Tuesday. Former Surrogate William Hildreth, of this county, is very ill at his home in Clermont. Miss IJda Ix-ngert, of Philadelphia, i* n guest of Miss Mary Hughes, daughter of Mr. Memucan Hughes. Mrs. George M. Post, of South 84-a-vllle, has completed a la-autilul silk |uilt, the top of which contains 1KSU

pieces.

The Quarterly Conference of the Mantua M. E. Church has requested Conference to return Pastor Waples for another year. Rev. Dr. Henry K. Carroll, for a long time editor of the New York Inde|iendent, anil a native of Cape May county, preached in the Tuckahot- M. E. Church last Sunday. City Treasurer Isaac IL Smith was the only person residing at Ca|»e May elected a director of the Security Trust Co., at its annual meeting in Camden on Tuesday. , Rev. Aaron W. Hand, brother of Dr. Anna M. Hand, of this city, has been called to the pastorate of Jthe Baptist Church at Wildwood. HI? last charge was at Putnam, Conn. Charles Tomlin, of Dias Creek, has been appointed a member of the Cape May County Board of Examiners fur teachers, lie has been a public school teacher for 27 years. Judge Elliott Rodgers, of Allegheny, Pa., and a'prominent summer visitor ami Cape May golf player, created considerable excitement in Pittsburg on Tuesday by reason of a speech he made that night. lie is a stalwart Republican. He and Mrs. Rodgers have a host of friends here. William 8. Goekeler, of Atlantic City, is now in Cape May representing Major W. C. McDaniel*, in the matter of getting out a booklet to be distributed at the concerts to be given by the Great American Band in the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. At a meeting for the organization of the New Jersey Bankers’ Association at Newark last Saturday, Hon. Edward C. Stokes, of Millville, well known in Cape May, was chosen president; and Carlton Godfrey, of Atlantic City, who was l>orn at Seavilie, was elected a metnlier of the executive committee. George D. McCreary. Jr., a son of former City Treasurer McCreary, of Philadelphia, is critically ill at his father's residence at Thirty-third and Arch street*. He 1)uk been ill with typhoid fever for nearly four weeks, and complications have set in that have aggravated bis illness and made his condition

critical.

Mr. Samuel T. Bailey and his daughter, Miss Irene Bailey, of Camden, wellknown xummer residents of Cape May Point, sails from New York today for Bermda, wheretfaey expect to remain until April. Mr. Bailey’s health is not good, and as the climate of these islands is | very beneficial to him he hopes to return in the spring much benefitted. Invitations have been issued by Mrs. Marj- A. Savage, of Philadelphia, for the marriage of her daughter, Miss Elizabeth, sister to Rev. George R. Savaga, to Mr. Harry Eisenberg Taggart, for the evening of Wednesday, January 28, at eight o’clock, at the Church of the Beloved Deaciple, Colombia avenue qnd Twentieth street, Philadelphia, are well known in-Cape May’s summer aodety, the Savages residing in Windsor avenue, and the Taggarts having a cottage at Columbia aveuue and Decatur streeL A reception will follow at the mother of the bride at 1632 Oxford streeL The new couple will be "at home’’ after March 15, at 1802 North Broad streeL that city.

STATE LEGISLATURE.

Organization Effected In Senate flf and House. • Saving F,ind

Eureka Lodge, No. 7, Ladies L O. M., ha* elected the following officers: Past

The Women’s Lodge.

odge, No. 7,1. the following

Worthy President, Mrs. Arlan Bailey; Worthy President, Mrs. May Mecray; Vice President, Mrs. Justina Hughes; Conductress, Mrs. lizzie Elweli; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Ethel Barton; Chaplain, Mrs. Viola Hawkey; Treasur7 Miss Jennie Wales; Financial Secreiry, Miss Kate Conley.

flodem Woodmen Officers. Cape May Camp, No. 8778, Modi

Woodmen of Amerii

chosen tli*

year: Consul,

p mi vuur-ui,

J. Jerrell tendered them a masquerade Charles F. Quidort; Worthy Adviser,

„,ir<n» «K- nmo. Vr»t V Wn!

evening the

blffe; Clerk, Win. G. BlattBarclny L. ScheUenger; nr, Howard F. Otter; K»-

THE BUILDING ASSOCIATION

The 37th Annual Meetli

vlng F

The thirty-seventh annual meeting

iting of the Cape May Saving Fund.

Btockholdcrs of the Cape Mar

i* held | evening, when the following officera

PERSONNEL OF THE COMSIITTKF.S. were re-elected for the current year:

PresidenL Eldredge Johnson; vice president. James M. E. Hildreth; secre*

Governor to i>Upo*e or m ■Wealth of | mry. Henry S. Rutherford; treasurer, Patronace Uurlaa aeuloa—Most Isaac H. Smith; directors. Andrew B. Important Place to tie K«llrd That ! Rush. Robert S. Hand. Memucan

Banklaa and Inaura

[Special

Trenton, Jan. 15.—Both hounee of the legislature met In the statchougc on Tuesday and organized the one hundred and twenty-seventh session of the

state legislative branches.

* I tary. Henry S. Rutherford; trt t | Isaac H. Smith; directors. Anc

j Bush. Robert

; Hughes. John W. Mecray. Thomas W. j Millet. Theodore Mueller. William 8. Shaw. Walter S. Ware. Maskel Wore? auditors. William G Blattner. Lewis T. Stevens, Samuel F. Eldredge. The report of the auditors showed that the n^voclatlon had paid an Interest of 6*4 per cent on the value of the stock as It was s year ago. snd

There was no hitch in the organlza- j 20 cents profit on each of the 1350 on of the legislature, the slate, hsv- now '« “>e **w>cUtlon. In the

lug been fixed up lu caucus at meetings of the majority members held recently, and the Hiatus went through without a single moment’s difficulty. In both houses the desks of the members were laden down with flowers until the two chambers of leglulatlou reubled flower gardens. In the senate President Hutchinson was almost hid-

house was laden down with bouquet*

of roses and other flowers.

The gathering of the clans on Mon day sight was a small sized affair. There was a slim attendance of tbe membera, snd state politicians about the hotel corridors and the usual activity of the "night before" so marked in years gone by were missing. Senator Dryden was fortunate enough to secure roapi 100 in the Trenton House , which d£r years was the headquarter* of the late United States Senator William J. Sewell on all state occasion*, and the man from Essex entertained lavishly. Senator Kean had expected to be on hand, but be waa detained lu Washington, and hla absence was noticeably conspicuous. There-were iioiItlcians of greater and smaller magn; tude on hand, however, and although the assemblage was small there were lively times In and about the hotel

corridors

Perhaps ths topic most discussed wn* the election of a successor to Banking and Insurance Commissioner Settle of Camden, whose age and enfeeble-! , health render him as an Improbability

'for

It that

Commissioner Bettie rested with Senator Dryden. Ail Indications point, however, to the appointment of United States District Attorney David O. Watkins of Gloucester. The Senate Committee*. Senator Hutchinson's committees are

as follows:

Joint Conunltteea.—Commerce and navigation. Hand. Lee, Minch. Federal relations. Shinn. Wakelee. Hudspeth. Indurtrlal School For Girl*. McKee, Welsh.

It Generous.

State of New Jersey, * 2.000,000 of inhabitants, has a Judiciary comprising a Supreme Court ol nine members of an annual salary of $9000 each, the Chief Justice receiving $10,000, a Chancellor receiving $10,000 -a year and six Vice Chancellors recelvlag $9000 each, and a Court of Errors end Appeal, composed of the Chancellor and Supreme Court Justices, and six lay Judges receiving a per diem

allowance.

One would think that with such a formidable array of Judges the legal department of the State government was pretty well equipped and Its Judges amply compensated in an expenditure of upwards of $150,000 for their services. But Justice Collins is not satis■T£‘^SS7.T J d)-»“‘ «“■ “* w- “ a -

- -

■Contrasted with New Jersey's numerous Judiciary and substantial pay .Pennsylvania may not look exactly like"thlr-

Lee, Minch. FedM Vskeluc. Hudspeth.

For Girl*. McKee. GebhardL P****d blllii. Minch. Sirens GsbhardL Public grounds and building* Grom. Lee. Barber. Printing. Lee. Hulne*

Martln. Reform School For Boy*, Bacbeil*r, Shinn. Strimple. School For Den' Mutm. Wakelm. Bradley. Farrell. Sink.

* Sa Soi

■lid*

lag fund. Bradley. Grom. Mart— _ dler»" home. Haines. Bachellor. Chll

State hospitals. Welsh. Minch. Oebhardi Slat* library. Cross. Hand, Ferrell. Statprison. Strong. McKee, Martin. Trea* liror's accounts. Brown. Halnas. Hudspeth

Ing Committees. — Agriculture Minch, Barber. Appropriation*

Strong, Bradley. Childs. Bank* and Insurance. Walsh. Haines. Brown Boroughs and townships. Hand. Wakelee.

GebhardL Clergy, Bachelltr, Minch. Mai

tin. Corporations. McKee. Bacbeller. GebhardL Elections. Bacbeller, Shinn. McKee. Finance, Brown. Lee, Hudspeth Game and flaberlea. Minch. McKee, 8 trimpie. Judiciary. Wakelee. Strong. Hudspeth. Labor end Industries. Shinn. Bradley. Barber. MlllUa. Haines. Lee, Ferrell. Miscellaneous business. Hand, Shinn. Strimple. Municipal corporations. Cross.

dental expenses. Haines.

Welsh, Bream, e. Welsh. Hand.

The Hoi

Speaker Horner’s committees are at

follows:

Agriculture and - agricultural college. Oalick. Keasier. Shedakar. Gibbs. Ulff. Appropriations. Miller. Jackson. Avis, Williams. Wilierer. Hanks and Insurance, Gnlchtel. Leavitt. Crease. HUlery. Kelly. BUI revision. Jackson. Boyd. NewDalrymplc. Hsrrison. Boroughs and

Gullck,

and Revolutionary pensions, Scovel. Brown (R. W.). 8taller. Cook. Cannon. Commerce and navigation. Brown (R. W.). Buck, Montgomery. HUlery, Cannon. Corporations. Williams, Hillary, Buck. HsIL Trescy. Education. Cress*, Colby. Elvlns. Coyne. McGlennon. Elections. GarraDrants. Scovel. Coyne, Cook. Gannon. Fedaral relations. Brown (W. T.). Howe. Van Blarcom. Coyne, Fielder. Game and flaheries. Brown (R. W.). Elvlns, Buck. ntsl*- expenses.

r. Roberta. Pat-

Van Bis room. Millar. Cook. Schumann. Labor and Industries. Hows, Howland, Brown (W. T.), _ ‘ - Militia. Lord. Howigh. Besson. Mlsceln Blarcom. Montaom* err. Lehlbech. Colclougk. HamUL Municipal corporations. Leavitt, Scovel, — — Print'

buff. Public health. Hall. , Bharwell, Buck, Ayers, Posten. Railroads and canals. Montgomery. Roberta. Dalyrymple. Colclough, Wlldrlck. Revision of laws. Btaltsr. Lord. Avis. Newcorn. BUllwsll. Riparian rights. Howland. Bharwell. Haxria. —

cort, William E. Romig; Watchmen. BharwelL'cream. Brown <W. T.). Dalrym^

^t^TINUED o“ fOVrtbTpaok.)

which shows a loss of business for tha year, due to the fact that there waa

year J

$3800 of the previou

now 530 loans ouL aggregating $106,000.00. divided between eleven series, the 24th to the 34th. The 24th series will expire In August, when the association will have to pay to investor* $29,600. after which there will be greater earnings on the a-nount of capital stock in the association. The value of the stock in each series Is: 24th, $186.72; 25th. $164.33 ; 26Ul $143.02: 27th, $123.14; 28th. $103.93; 29th. $86.09: 30th. $69.38 ; 31st, $53.93; 32nd. $39.77; 33rd. $25.69; 34th, $12JO,

ia may not look exactly line uurcents." as the phrase goes, but tha» eat State, with its 6,300.000 peopls.

mam _

e Court of seven members

f on ild $

ralary of $7500 each—a total of $101.*

great State, v

or three times more than Inhabit New Jersey, manage to get along with a

n membet

nual salary each of only $8000,

ustict

Court of six memlx

i—a total c

the Chief Justice being paid $8500, and

a Supreme Court of six

600. og one-thtro less man s« New Jersey pays Itsjudiciary.-

tlc City Review. r Among the Red Men.

The past seven suns have been ex-] ccedlngly busy and Interesting ones IB: the Improved Order of Red Hen! throughout the entire State, where sv«’i ery Deputy Great Sachem and theUj Staffs have been hard at work performing the ceremony of raising up the newly-elected chiefs, and this, too, foe the last time previous to the naming' of their successors. Then, too. every! tribe has had its books audited and] "cleaned house," turning over nsw.l clean pages upon which to start the] new Great Sun. The reports, too, shoWi that the Great Sun has been a very] prosperous one, both In finances and] membership, and of the few reports, already in there Is a showing of abotrt] 500 gain in membership, and the finances of the order will even surpsml these figures in the way of an Increase* Not only has every tribe been busy.l but the Great Chiefs of New Jersey] also started on their tours of offi-]

tours untl g ot the G

cial visitation and will continue on]

~ the co»J

Great Council in Trenteaj

In February. . I The Great Chiefs will visit Oga’lslla Tribe, of this city, on Tuesday evening next, when it is hoped a full attendance

will be had.

A Splendid Xlmanae.

name it hears, is the Philadelphia Inquirer Almanac. This book of 160 pages Is a handy ready reference, to which one who wants to know anything of a current nature may turn. It is a valuable addition to the lib

any bouseholt

an interest In that which Is transpiring

r table of a

the library who takes

from day to day.

To Increese Pensions. Representative Londenalager, who until the present Congress expires will represent' Cape May county, has Introduced a bill In Congress providing that An applicant for penclon or increase of penMon, upon arriving at the age of' seventy years, shall be held to be wholly Disabled and entitled to t

admfclstratlon of the pension act c Juno 27. 1890.