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CAPE MAY HERALD.

Recognized Leader

VOL. in. NO. 14.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, APRIL 4, IQ03.

Subscription—$1.00 per Year.

EASI GAPE MAY PLANS RIPARIAN COnMISSlON GRANTS! RIGHTS TO FILL IN CREEKS. Last Delect In Title Secured lor Absolute Control of the Tract Bought. The Cape May Real Katate ( om| of which the principal stockholders are William Flin", of Pittnhury and other Pittsburi;, New York, a d Philadelphia capitalists, has secured from the New

ley »

nslit t" fill in .11 U.. Mind otj„, u ,

Mr.

and water way* in Pape Island front Sewells Pol t toScheHenger'sbrd-

imr. west to their boundary Madison Avenue. This last grunt

1'letes their absolute control of all that portion of Cape May which will be

needed to carry out their proposed pr cements here, which, when e

pleted, will require an expeoditureof at least seven or eight million dollars. North of a line drawn fr-to Sewells

Point to Schellengere Lauding

pane will make a lake which will h ive an area of four hundred acres and which will be dredged to a depth of thirty feet, communicating with the Atlantic Ocean by Cold Spring Inlet for sea g-i'g yachts. They will practically make on the south side of the lake eight hundred acres of new land, and dlvldid* it into seven thousand live hundred building lots. The steam dredge which ts being built in Wisconsin for this work is to be completed on June 1. When the work is begun the operations will continue day and night. In order to he

prepared for tips continuous work

Mrs. Harry H. Johnson, of Cleveland,

Mr. Jo

NEW ELECTRIC PLANT

WILL BE COMPLETED U

SIX WEEKS.

Will Supply 200 Are Lights and

12,000 Incandescent Lamps. New Lines to be Erected-

The immense jmwer plant of the Cape May Light and Power Company, owned by the Cape May Real Estate Ccimpany, is nearing completion. This plant is located between Elmira street and Bank street, and is adjacent to both the lines

j of the T

syndicate has purchased the Cape May ; n|

Ugh. PUhl -hfch p»vM« | ai „ D p„ k „, ^.uv 1 I™?' “*.>“> “'"rfl htm, -ho hu

plrtod Ih. buildiog of .□ ...UMT ,„ Uonrf WUmlw , m.,

* “'If [ goi.g to York, 1'.., ftoa. which pU« he

Jh.l U.C workmen cn^wh. go -hoot! k , Sn „„„ nJ „ ,, bu .,

.hew work expriiUonM, The j of Ml . il „. c „, f

pany has expended over half a million 1

dollars so far in

PERSONAL INTEREST Gossip of the Resort In Which You May Be Mentlonede Peter Shields, of Cape May Real Estate Company, was a visitor on Tues-

day. '

Capt. Robert Kewell has resigned his position in the army rather than go to

the Philippines.

Di. and Mrs. Charles H. Reed are among Cape May guests. They will

again lie summer residents.

Miss Uriaghurst, of Philadelphia, will rcupy the coming season the Essen •ttage at No. Hi Ocean street. ^ street

r. .loho.oo'r.Ilh.o!' " f tt "' h—h-K Ponn.ylv.nUlM.

Kldrhtgo Johnwn of thi. city. Th. hoUdlng In which Iho pUnt Sr. nnJSlrw C. Corry p... | ■* h-lng pUood I. of ooncreto with . .1^ ■gwiu lo—J Iho Wlilhun. ootugc on , ° 0 '- " U “’“‘T ,m wid ' nnd on.

hundred and fifty feet long and twenty feet in height. Four immense two hundred horse-power water tube boilers, each of which will carry ISO pounds of steam pressure. There are three 225 horse-power engines. Three .one hundred and twenty K. W. Warren alternating generators and a modernly constructed switchboard will make up the principal machinery in the plant. This will supply power for two hundred arc lights and twelve thousand incandescent lights. The cost of these improvements amuunt to about seventy-five thousand dollars, and when the plant is ready for operation, which will be in

about six weeks, the com]

to fun

night. The company’s lines throughout the town are all to be rebuilt, and this power plant will supply not only the light for Cane May as it is to-day, but i it may grow for {he next few years. The work is being superintended by Charles Fitzgerald, of Pittsburg, while the construction of the building has been under the direction of William H. Church. Most of the material for the building has been supplied by William 1^. Shaw, of this city. Tonapah Gold Mine.

Perry street for another summer sea-

son.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Augustus Johnson, of Bayonne, N. J., are guest Mayor 2 d Mrs. Millet, Mrs. Johnson’s

parents.

Charles Fitzgerald, superintendent of •he electric phut, moved his family here this week, they are now occupying the

collage of Pilot H. E. Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Carter Taylor expect to go this week to Cape May for a few days; they will occupy a Stockton Row cottage,, and entertain a house

party.

Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Justi, of Philadelphia, will this season occupy the cottage of the Essen estate, at the north corner of Ocean street and Columbia

avenue.

Mrs. M. A. Lejambre, and Miss Lejambre, who have been i assing the winter in Philadelphia, are now in their Washington street home to remain until

lext autumn.

gigantic scheme.

. , wed on April 21 in Philadelphia, Mr.

getting re..ly f.w lie 1U ««k, jl.verfoid

engagement hue been announced I’ urcllB * n l! e Hannah Ihwve. Tiwl, d.ught^ k"'., T m... been quoted much hlgl

WOODBINE AGRICULTURE SCHOOL, Annual Graduating Exercises Held

With Interesting Proceedings. The Annual Commencement exercises

of the Baron de Hirseh Agricultural School at Woodbine, this county, were, held from last Saturday until Tuesday evening. The exercises TnMday were presided over by Hon. Mr. B. Isaacs, of New York, president of the fund. The following was the program of the day:

Music, Agricultural School Band; en-

trance of the class; invocation, Rev. 8. Roubin; salutatory, Mr. Arthur Goldhafi; address, Dr. Edgar Dubs Schimer;

male, Agricultural School Band; ad-

dress, Prof. H. L. Sabsovich; preseutathm of prizes, by the Trustees of the Baron de Hirseh Fund and by Mr. J. G. lipman of the Alumni Association, address to the Graduating CUss and swarding of diplomas, Dr. B. D. Bogen; valedictory, Mr. Arthur Calmonovice; benediction, Itev. B. L. Levinthal; and

music, Agricultural School Band.

Quite a number of shares of Tonapah big Company are held in this te of the holders of which were

Gold Minh

“let in on the ground floor,” otheAsuc-

recently, sayThe stock has

quoted much higher than /this

Birthday Party At Rio Granoc. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neal on Saturday evening last was the scene of much joy and merriment, it was a birthday party given in honor of their daughter Miss Mae, who had just entered her sixteenth birthday. The entire house was thrown open to accommodate the guests, and the hostess did all in her power to please them. Social games, music and the fantastic waltz were the order of the evening. After enjoying themselves exceedingly the guests were ushered into the dining room where a festive board of all the deli cities of the season were served in abundance, in the centre of the table was a large cake decked with evergreens around whiqh burned sixteen candles, signifying the number of years old. Miss Mae was the recipient of many tokens of esteem from her friends. Those present were:—The Misses Laura Taylor, Rita Neal, Gertrude Crease, Catharine Jones, May G. Neal, Nevada Turner, Mae E. Neal, Effie Thompson. rs: Belford Strong, Warren Neal, Charles Taylor, Merrill Neal, Robert Neal.

College. The enj

Quoted Wrong Paper. of Mias

The Five Mile Beach Sun last we<-k of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Teal, and Mr. i . . . . . r,. . _ , ii rur, v . v . . dunug 1W2, but a large holder 11/New

“"our esteemed contemporary, the eouslnrfMrs. William’R. ‘shepp^ j hfnriiScSXdSrTtTe? The8oath « ^ , - . . .. . 'road tom pan v are now about to con-

pnw« hi. tbnk. ,o hi. coojr.g.hoik , , J

ini- who so kindly made up and tendered to

purse in appreciation of his

W iil * ,

Cape Mat Hckald, reproduced article in which it was stated that Senator Hand was “in the background” in the recent municipal contest here, and which aimed to convey th pressiou that the seuatonal question of next fall was one of the issues. We have not seen Senator Hand for fully three mouths, nor communicated with him in any way within that time, and if he has taken anr part in the contest we would been likely to have known something about it. If the friends of Assemblyman Crease made the senatorial question an issue, it was a one-sided affair, and it would seem that they kept it to themselves until after tHe ejection. If there is no more tru:h in the statement that Senator Hand interferred in one or two township elections than there is in the report that he interferred here*then the whole story is predicted u;>on a bahi fabrication. The Herald is edited by a gentleman who respects his'profession, and we therefore expect to see him give this the same prominence given to the afticle referred to

above.”

The Sun was in error \if it thinks the Herald calls the municipal battle on Five Mile Beach a county fight. We simply took au article from the Journal and credited the same. The Herald does cot believe that Assemblyman Crease took any part in the borough in the townships.

services here.

who was form*

through Europe and North Africa. In letter written at Alexandria, Egypt, Mr. Brolasky tells with enthusiasm ol the strange sights and interesting antiquities he has seen in the land of the Pyramids. After leaving Alexandria, he will visit .Naples.

Jersey’* Sea Food Fights. From The Newark Advertiser. The food fiabes, the oyster and eke, the clam, and the men that like them catch them, are making a consideral stir in Jersey just now. There’s a battle royal on in the Legislature ovei terminating pound net. Another la imminent between the special oyster com. mission, loyal oyster commissions and * nne of the big oystermen about legislation. The State of New Jersey the State; of Delaware are scheduled today to sign a treaty of i>eaoe after years of war over fishing rights in Dela-

ware Bay.

But just as peace dawns in that quarter a war. loud is reported hovering over the waters of the placid Potomac. The atory is that Jersey vi-saeU have been engaged in the piratical enterprise of adhiring large cargoes of seed oyster* from the waters of that Southern river, aid bringing them lo Jersey, contrary to the laws of Viiginia and Maryland. Is Jersey always to be kept in a stew over the oyster or In a fight about

struct a branch to the mines, a

of sixty miles. This will help the stock

sky, o:

summer rest

n. Pa., identin

1 pah elter

wonderfully, and save the Tonaj eople the expense of building smel

rorks at the mine. It is believed that by next year the stock will be quoted

at three times present figures.

William V. McKean Dead.

Kean died last

" illlam V. McKean died last Sunday morning of Bright’s disease, at his

Philadelphia home, aged 85.

Mr. McKean was a na ive of Philadelphia and was long known to Cape Msy residents as the editor of the Pniladelphia Ledger. He has been a regular summer resident of Cape May for more than half a century. In his early career he was a chief clerk of the House of

at Washington, and ecretary to President It was Mr. McKean keys of the Harrison

cottage at Cape May Point to Mrs. Harrison, at the White House in 1899. after it had been built by a number of admirers of President Harrison.

Representatives at Washington, was later private secretary to Pret

James Buchanan, who presented the

cotts

The Battleship New Jersey. Prom the Newark Advertiser. The battleship New Jersey, one of the largest and finest to be turned ont for the American Navy, will be ready for launching early next fall at Quincy Point, Boston Harbor. The launching of this ship will be a state event and should be celebrated with eclat. New Jersey should be, and doubtless will be, fully represented at Quincy Point on the day of launching by officials and representative citizens, and the fair lady who shall break a bottle of wine across her bows should represent the best trsditiofts of onr state.

arty.

C. H .. Thursday afternoon between three hix o’clock gave a party in honor of the fourth anniversary of the birth of t'

dips

and many pr ! little one.

pleasantlv in.

were received by the little one. Those oresent were: Flossye Ware, Helen Porter, Octavine Ware, Helena Davis, Mary Douglass, Lulu Hughes, Lens Romig. Henrietta Goff. Emily Brooks, Orion Reeves. Charles Phillips, C. Parker Jarrell, Eddie Phillips. Doric Edmunds. Albert Lehr, Warren Arnold, Willie Ware, John Mecrey, Jr., Wallace

Sayre, Lonnie Smith.

Wedding Bells.

Presbyterian Church quietly

-Aturday evening Miaa Laura Stites, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel K.Slites, and J. Woodruff Ekiwdge, collector and treasurer * L “ ” l

of West Cape May, wei holy bond* of inatriruo couple left on the Mow

prswa for a brief weddb g taunt. ’ Mr. Kldredge tiinga bora in the Prfiabytarisn Church choir, and Mira gtitra soprano. Mr. Kid red ge is a son of the laW

' 1T. Odrodge.

the Borough united in the

The hap]

A Double Launching. On Tuesday there was a double launching of launches at ScheUengers’ Landing. The handsome craft “Bess” owned by Benjamin I. Gibbon, of Philadelphia, and built by William T. Stevens, and ’Lorena,” owned by Pilot Charles P. Eldredge, of West Cape May, and built by James Thornton, were down the ways into the water. The fi'ts were witnessed by several lovers of the sport of Cape May and Philadelphia. They are both splendid rei mendatious for their bnilders.

Pastor Gasklll Received. Rev. Samuel F. Gaakill, the new pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, this city, preached his first sermon on Bunday morning to s large and appreciative congregation, family will be accorded s splendid reception when they arrive. On Sunday evening Rev. Edmund Hewitt, the presiding elder, preached.

FACTS IN BRIEF. Mattera of General and Local In-

terest Mentioned.

Woodbine will build a city hall to cost

$15,000; •

The Town cottage on Beach avenue 1h

being improved.

The first rockfish of the season are being caught in the lisy shore pounds. The properties of the late Thomas Robb are being put in excellent condition f<>r summer use. Councilman Jamei J. Doak is a candidate for postmaster. He already has a numerously signed petition. The large servants quarters in the

First Baptist Church 'Engineering For Eternity” will be Pastor Williams’ subject for Sunday night. The morning subject: “He Loved to the End and No End to His Ixive.” Reception of new members at close of morning service.

Presbyterian Church. Next Sabbath morning the Rev. Edwin F. Gallagher will preach about “Elders,” and in the evening be will consider the question of “Bad or Good Friday”—Which T AU are requested to make this a week of self denial.

St. flary's R. C. Church. Hours of divine service at 8L Mary’s Catholic Church, Washington street, Sundays, will be at 7 and 9 o’clock a. m. Rosary and benediction of the most blessed Sacrament at 7M o'clock. During the week Masses every morniug at 7 o'clock.

WUI Continue Trading Stamps. 3ol. Needles, No. 608 Washington street, will continue to give the green trading stamp* to all his customers. Don’t forget that be has s complete Hue of shoes, bats and cap*, and men’s furnishing goods.

An Entertainment. A phonograph entertainment will be held In the Cold Spring Chapel on Monday evening. April fi, at 7.45 o'clock. Admission 10 cents for adults, and 6 cents lor children. Proceeds for benefit of the cbspel. Supplied Uniforms. Sol. Needles of No. 608 Washington street, supplied the uniforms for oar mail carriers who went on doty on Wednesday. They are of the regulation gray, pretty and complete.

Cold Spring ball April 10th. Anattrmctln program will be rendered by members of the Alumni, and sJdressra will be mad* by County Superintendent A. W. Hm ‘ and Board of Bdoeation. All iMereal ■ ‘ r.sv£Si

Mall Carriers on Duty. The mail carriers assumed their duties on Wednesday morning. The service will be in excellent shape shortly, as the routine becomes familiar to the carriers and clerks. Matting* I—Just received 112 rolls, grades, from $5 ep to $18 per roll. Grass Carpet at 88c per yard—good carpet, too. Matting rags si $1.80 each—something new, neat and durable. Call and examine these goods before porchesln« elsewhere. Priess^tbe varr Unrest, at C. A. Swain'*, Broke His Arm. Master Orion Reeves, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Reeve#, on Thursday afternoon fell from a gate poet breaking hie right arm.

oftWiMrsttSss! arrise April LOome leak tkraa over.

IPOSMIEB LEANING OEAD

HEPASSEDTOTHEGREATMAJORITY BEYOND LAST SUNDAY.

The Funeral Occurred on Tuesday— Was Largely Attended—He WUI

Be Greatly Missed.

In the solemn hours of last Sunday, March 29, the spirit of Dr. Walter S. Jamming took it* flight to its home ucroHs thenver of death. After every effort had been made by his attending physician Dr. James Mecray, and his family, for more than a weeit, death

rear of the Hotel Columbia, is being de- e. ded his valuable life peacefully at molished by Councilman Joseph Hand, .bout ten minuU-s past ten that morn-

Dr. Eli B. Wales has sold to Harry ] a g_

Burroughs his interest in the gas house About five weeks ago the doctor was field, now a part of the golf links, for stricken with the grip and for a time

seemed to improve, and was able to

The cottage of Benjamin B. Hughes, | leave the house. Later a reUpse came on Hughes street, is enclosed. It will; whlch developed into pneumonia and be ready for occupany in the summer j Bright’s disease. The ravages of the lie ** on ‘ j combined maladies so weakened him ? Tne * J . ,,y “ was only by the greatest of exHa..d s bill fixing ihe boundary hue be- ertion on the part of his attendant* that tween Holly Beach and Lower Town- ^ life pro i onKe< i, with the hope that a B “P’ I turn for the better might come and reEd. Lore, of Port Elizabeth, has pur- .tore him to health, and to his family, diuod i! UoDDcilman Uukol 8hu,. th. ^ frie ^ ,, .. . .. ,,“ 6 . , f. her 1901, he had been postmaster of

>p. *.>■•.hi, period h..

M.r K«t £«.« .or k .ri h«d fo, the bettenoeot o( the Ihe .^»e, hep.bile .luch i, »o„ hint lot rite adoption of the free own«l b, the C.pe M.j ^ Wch op .„.

C*!* , non 0.1, 00 tt/oe.l.v of thl. .S,

^trh. u ^; “, d r^

r‘ I si, com Hoo«;

C.'h»U, orBriitoj^oreTThtrie

„ , A OU f 0 ” ' lion at the onee well known Mjtyville

f 8 "' ^ ' m-lenty, thl. eoohty, ,»d it. . high-

jeyOrutd Lodg^la.ri.ppolBted Judge Ke . York b p „^ g „dl.t™. depot, for Ute fth „„

'J ?/gntdu.ed from the P.„n,yl,.ol, Den-

H., mud AUg-tie ooimUe. *t.d p«U of ^ Pbu , dd bu h, lg; ^ ,„ d f ^ 1 College, PtnU- ! 1“ the ,2, of hi.

M , denti.tr, he open*

^ ■diutthetthp^ldu™ .IJ- We c May Com Bo«w, a.„ h.,. limbed their Ubo^T ..d ’ here he ptwcu-d .ml l«w. when be wmm supreme Com Jo.tice Cbm,. d , r „ d ^ ^

Hendnckaon to eonfonn ^et, n»ort .1 bfa

Before coming to Cape May City he

served as a member of the school board at Conrt House and was prominent in Republican politics. In 1888 he served in New Jersey Assembly for this county and three years thereafter served in the State Senate. In March 1895be was elected a member of city council without opposition and served three years, all of which time he was President of the body. In March 1899 he was elected

city treasurer and served one year. Dr. Learning was a member of Cannon

Lodge, F. & A. M., of Sooth Seaville; of

the April term of Conrt. The commissioners adjusted $25,000 of unpaid taxes, of which amount $15,000 has been collected. Thar services cost the city

$5,000.

April Court Jurfirs. The following list of petit jurors have been drawn by Sheriff Ewing for the April Term of Co art:Dennis Township,—David G. Dawson, Levi Grace, William Devaul, Joseph R. Chester, Simon Brailorusky, Robert Andrews, Leo Danenhirsh, Charles B. Corson, Maurice Cain, Seeley EkrnesL Middle Township,—Ervin Wright. Charles Hand, Clinton Buck, Philip Godfrey, Enoch R. Hand, Isaac S. Ludlam, E. Riley Mixner, William S. Kimble, William Armstrong, Jr., Ephraim Erricaon, Nathaniel Norton. Upper Township,—Nathaniel A Cham pion, Joseph S. Eldredge, Harry Ingersoll, Walter Barley, Harry Stille,

Somers Collins.

Ocean C5ty,— Harry W. Torbert, John B. Christian, George Stanton. Wildwood,—John H. Smith, Morris

W. Gtickman.

Cape May City,—Richard Stansbnry,

Frank Sheppard, Clarence J. tiallahei

m, Sa

Buffings, Harry B. Marcy.

James Thornton, Samuel Trusty, Lewi

Sea Isle City,—George F. Tomlin. West Cape May,—William E. Tranks, Walter Trusty, Frank A. Beckett,

Willard B. Godfrey.

Lower Township,—James T. Hoffman, Alexander Ewing, Samuel Day, William Laflerty, Charles Bohm, Milton Crease. Holly Beach,—William C. Hewitt,

Samuel Roberta.

NoUce. The Board of Education of the Borough of West Cape Msy, Cape May Counij, N. J., will receive applications for teacher* to fill the Senior, Intermediate. Primary and Annex school on April 24,1908. Addrera all communication* to nnderalgued. Tuos. H. Hcohes, Oerk.

conducting a Sunday School Mission, on Lafayette street near Queen street,

3 p. m. Mr. Merwin anonld be aged iu this good work. He has several tar attendant* and hope* to bare

■ pnt m Igf* free at Uogaa’a

Hereford Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Court House; Cape May Conclave, L O. O. H. of this city, and Cape May Lodge, A. O. U. W., of this city. He has always been a prominent member in the Baptist Church and at the time of his death was a deacon of the church in this dty. He was also a faithful teacher of a Bible-class in the Sunday-school and active in church

work.

The Doctor has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Mary Holmes. She died in 1878, leaving one daughter, Miss Nellie, who survives her father. Iu 1889 Dr. Learning married Miss Rebecca H. Bennett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson Bennett, of this city, and they have two children, Rebecca and Henrietta, who with their mother survive their father. The funeral which was largely attended from resldeuta of all parts of the county, was held from his lateresideoce on Tuesday afternoon. The fnnsral was conducted by Rev. Charles D. Parker, a former pastor of the deceased, assisted by Rev. Geo. Williams, pastor of the church, who read “I am the Resurrection,” and made a prayer. Pastor Parker spoke feelingly of the deceased. The remains were taken on the afternoon train over the Reading Road Jo Court House, where interment was made iu the Baptist Cemetery. Tire pall bearer* were: Mayor Thomas W. Millet, County Superintendent Aaron W. Hand, John W. Mecray, County Oerk Johns Way, Pilot Harry G. Bennett and Waiter 8. Ware. At the grave Rev. C. D. Parker read the commitment. Rev. J. W. Cain, of Court House, offered a prayi G.K.J

Eater Egg*. Brake**. Rabbit*, all

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