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VOL. III. NO. 29.

MAY HERALD

Recognized Leader

CAPE MAY. CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1903.—EIGHT PAGES.

OF A PERSONAL NAIURE OU58H> OF CHARMINU OLD CAFE

MAY.

THE WEEK'S HAPPENINGS much About Our Popular Cottage Colony—Other Happening* With Your Friend*. Mr. a<xl Mr*. J S. (imliani ate aojoui if* at tlir IxnuUful YUI< Nov*. .Mr ami Mr*, t'yru* Frier urr sUying at t ougrra* Hall for two week*. Mr. and Mr*. Lout* Kutberfonl liir AMiue for a two week*' visit. Mr«, Williaui t>or>lin and Mr*. Robert Foote air at the t'olonUI for a fortnight. John U. Crowder has taken apwrtnwnts at the Chalfonte for a brief stay. Vir*. Harry Huimnel is anioig tlioae who an* enjoying the aeasoii at the Chalfonte. Urut. J. K. Bailey. I’. S. S., and Mr*. Bailey are at the Stockton for a few day* of rest. Walter It. AMI, Uis* AMI and Miss «*i. AMI of Baltimore a e guests at the Baltimore Inn. Miss Caroline <iailium Welsh is a guest at the eotlaRe of Mr. and Mrs. William Welsh Alexander K. Harvey and son It. Winer Harvey an* staying at theSUwktun for the season. Among the Saturday eonlluRent iA visitota we noticed T. V. Hamilton ul the Wildwood “Sail.” Mr. and Mrs. W. Spencer Harvey of Fort Washington are pausing an eujovable week at the Colonial. Samuel T. Bodiue is among promineu! Stockton guests. He was formerly secretary of the Ca|>e Island Can Co. Kx-Scnalor and Mis. Herbert W. Johnson of Camden are -mong the prominent guests «t Congress Hall. Robert M. Murpbey a promiueut hotel proprietor of Washington and of Allnuiy X’. Y., is recai>eratinR at the Stockton. Miss Josephine M. (jest a-d >'ra.C. A. Doughty of (ienna towu, I'a., arc spending a few- day* at this famous old resort. Henry H. Belknap came dowrn Saturday to enjoy the cool breezes of the ocean. He is stopping at the Chalfonte. Rev. Chaijes S. Steven*, pastor-elect of the First Presbyterian Church and Mrs. Steven* are guests at the lAifayette for July. Former United States Senator and Mr*. John M. Thurston of Nebraska are among the prominent gneata at the .Stockton. Joseph Hers, Mrs. Paul L. Tiers and Miss Belxcca Tier* of Germantown are enjoying the season a* guests at Congress Hall. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Uodshalk were among visitors here Snnday. Mr*. Uodshalk u a sister nf Capt- Frank Downs of HollyUeach. Mr. and Mr*. W. II. Wetherill, Webster King Wetherill and Frances M Wetli-t-rill of Germantown are at the Lafayette for a brief sojourn. Kev. Joseph T. Smith of Harrisburg, Moderator of- the Geteral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, is a Star Villa guest for a tew days. Judgeaial Mrs. Elliot liodgers of Put*Burg who have spent many seasons at Cape May arc again with us and are at the Stockton for the summer. Col. Chamber* McKibbin, Mrs. McKiblnn'and Mi** Marion McKibbin of Pittsburg came to the Stockton Sunday morning for a fortnight’s sojourn. W. E. Romig, who has been acting as agent at the Beading depot for the pa*t two year* hs> resigned, and Charlea De Turk, of WUliamstown, ha* assumed

charge.

Mr*. I<ena Green Hnneker arrived at her cottage, Ocean and Hughe* streets, 1 Saturday. On Sunday she and her sitter, Mias Mary Green, entertained a honse party. Mr. and Mr*. William Horace Hepburn, who are occupying their cottage on Columbia avenue, left yesterday morning for a trip to the Adirondack Mountain* and the lakes. Knxlon M. Knlgely of Maryland, bro. ther of Comptroller of the Currency W. B. Rid gel y of lllinoi* was among Sunday’* prominent goesta at the Ijriayette. Hi* wife is passing the »uimner there. Mrs. Loni* J. Deacon gave a moonlight bathing party Saturday. Those composing the party were Mr. aid Mr*. Heacan, W. Horace Hepburn, Jr ..Mr*Kmythe, Mias Gillingham and Mr. aid Mrs. Henry B. Williamson. A prominent New Orleans man who has a prettr launch here is Henry II. Pezraon, Jr., who take* oat many partie* though the week* that come and go. He h»* been president of the New Orleans Traction Company* He and Mr*. Pearson are prominent in the social life liere. Mr. Pearson is a mi lea* than forty and within ten year accumulated more than F6JXXJJJU0.

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I liEIIIC OF 1UF MTS 6011 mm olio fiw moot The annual meeting of the women'! association of the Cape May Golf Club wa* held last Friday and the following oflioers were elected. President, Mrs. Frank II. Shut luck; secretary, Mr*. Isiui* 11. Ayer*; treasurer, Mr*. James C. Coiry. > The itssuctalion'* executive committee wa« chuaen as follows; Mr*. J. M. E. Hildreth, Mr*. A. B. Huey, Mr*. L, H Ayers, Mr*. George D. McCreary, Mr*. Walter Starr, Mr*. Churle* N. Davis, Mr*. Samuel Bispham, Mis* CYow, Mr*. R. Sorri* Williams, Mi*« Dougherty, Mr*. Edwin F. Cook, Mi*s Dorothy Mari*. Mr* L. Ogden, Mr«. Frank Sbattuck, Mr*. T. W. Eaatwick. The execuUve committee in turn named the following sub-committeen:— Entertainment: Mr*. George D. Met'reary. chairman; Mr*. R.Norria Williams, Mr*. Samuel BUphatn, Mrs. C. H. Da via, Mr*. L. J. Deacon. Homie: Mr*. Louis H. Ayers, chairman; Mr*. Edwin F. Cook, Mrs. J. M. E. Hildreth, Mr*. T. W. Kastwick. Tournament: Mis* Dougherty, chairman; Mrs. Alexander Crow, Jr., Mr*. A. U. Huey, Mr*. Waiter Starr, Mis* Dorothv Maris.

Snlt Against Tonopah.

Many Cape Mar people own stock in the Tonopah Mining Com pa nr and are interested in the suit now pending against it. Speaking for M. J. O'Meara of Utah who. with T. J. Lynch, of the -uune State, has brought syitin the United State* Circnit Court in Pennsylvania against the Tonopah Mining Company an accounting, a broker said the other day that the report* tbst the suit wa* an amicable one were nntrue. Charles R. Miller, vice-president of tlie company, says that the suit ia an amicable one, brought against the company to determine the exact statu* of it* rights and deeds to the property. That is. that the *uit i* to determine whether the Tonopah Mining Company ormed two years ago owed O'Meara and Lynch money under the old con-

tract of it* predecessor.

The Tonopah Mining Company, chartered under the law* of Delaware, has issued 11 ,UJO,U0U shores of common lock and 3U),OUO shares of preferred, cacti of a par ridue of $1. It has never paid any dividend*. The slock tin* sold high as tslti a share, hut is now ij noted at between Hi and (7. ' The greater part of the stock, it is said, is held in Philadelphia. The oRiare Arthur Brock, president; C. K. Miller, vice-president; C. A. Higtiew,

secretary and treasurer. Escaping The Heat.

While the people in the cities have be^n suflering from the intense heat which has prevailed during the past week the visitors to Cope May have been particularly free from uncomf'-rtabie- . A cool south wind has blown most of the time, and no matter which way the wind blows here there is always a breeze oif the wa ter, unless it comes directly from the north. The Atlantic Ocgan is on the east and south, while the waters of the 1 ii-laware Bay are on the west, snd ber.inM-of these conditions visitor* have come in greater number*. Indeed it may be said that the active social season began with the week. The visitors are from every section.

PACTS IN BRIEF. Matters of Gcaeral and Local Inter eat Mentioned. Subscribe for the Hsazi.n. Get your job printing done at the 11 KB A LI) office. Poultry, Game and Squabs killed dnaaed ui'order at Campbells, 808 Decatur street. The Herald will be pleased to tyive you send any events of Interest that take place throughout the county. The Cape May Freeholder* have decided to rebuild theOcean City turnpike with £tate aid. It will cost 910,000. Mrs. John M. Roger*, of Wilmington, ha* purchased a piece of ground 100 feet in width on Stockton avenue and running along Queen street to Kearny avenue, of Dr. C. H. 8. i^Ueton. Creditor*of Woodbine Manufacturing Co. have tiled a petition in the United tales District Court to have this cor poration declam) bankrupt. The last day. for answering will be Saturday next The company claims to owe about 912,000 and has assets amounting to 94,000. Dr. Frederick J. Haerer has purchased from Mr. George Schellenger a Urge lot Scheltenger’s Landing running through from Iztfayette street to Washington street. It is said the Doctor will build a summer home on the newly purchased property. Hetsalao interested in yachting here and own* a steam launch and boat house property.

FUhlnx Good. A day’s round of pleasure hare can have idticb diversity, and no matter whether the visitor U a lover of the land or a lover of the water he can be easily Haiiwlied. For those who lore fishing there is plenty of sport. Large catches of weak fish and Cape May goodie* have lieen made during the week, snd fishing excursions of all sorts are succeaafol, and it is no unusual occurrence for a party of two or four to go to the fishing banks and catch from two hundred to three hundred sea baas for a day’s out-

ing.

Bathing Good. The bathing is now at 1U best and the crowds who enter the water or watch the antics of those in the water have reached iU usual summer proportions. Thai beach strand at the noon hour, the faabionable time for bathing here, is the centre of the life here; the Summer girl, and the bathing girl who does not bathe ■Iso bold sway and parade up and down the beach attended usually by all the Beau Brummrll* whom they can entice to follow them.

Slowly Improving. Orlando W. Inflerty, one of the employee* o( the Star, who last week had the fingers of bis right band lacerated, I* slowly improving.

Advertise in the Hsrald.

By The Moonlight. The most charming prevailing moonlight nights have served as a stimulus for the organization of evening sailing which have gone out ia great numbers during the week. These tripaaredelightful from the fact that in the cool of the evening the crowds can be jolly and yet there is a romantic surrounding to the events. It is a pleasant experience to be out on the water and to listen to the sounds of laughter interspersed with the light ripple of minature waves, snd to the picking of a guitar, or the sound of some musical instrument which is taken along to enliven the occasion. Now that moonlit evenings are here the straw rides have come in evidence and parties numbering from ten to twenty take long ride* into the country. The big hay wagons are drawn by four bourses harnessed with sleigh bells and the noise of the bells together with the tooting of horns snd megaphones make the roads very noisy as the crowd drivi along. The custom is to go out after dinner and to drive to some ancient manor, at the barn of which then.- is usually a dance and a feast upon fruit, melons and milk which are gathered in the neighborhood. The return is usual])' about midnight and the five or six hours passed in this way is a delightful period to the participant.

Improvements Progressing. After spending more than 91,000,000 getting ready to develop their land, the Pittsburg syndicate has begun operations and the big dredge began to pump their bind along the beach front and to bnild a twenty-two foot landlocked harbor, which they propose to complete at a cost of 90,000,000. For eighteen months they have been at work purchasing land, perfecting title*, and preparing plans. The immediate work which is being done a part of which Is being paid for by the mid pal corporation, is the building of an extension of two miles of boardwalk, bulkhead, and beach drive, extending to Sewell’s Point, and the line a main trank sewer a distance of three lies into the Delaware Bay. Work on these improvements was begun in the, past ten days, and is going on withont in any way interfering with thedeligbts of old Cape May. injured While Playing Ball. What might have proven a serions accident than it did, occurred on the Stockton ball grounds on last Saturday afternoon, Carl Beeves, centre field, collided with Frank Cassidy, 2d base, in order to catch a fly ball. Cassidy received a severe cut over the left eye and other bruises, while Beeves i out more lucky, with his head badly bruised. Neither men were hurt

seriously.

Slight Fire at Devon Hotel.

At about 6.40 o'clock on Monday morning a fire was discovered in the second story of the Devon Hotel on south Lafayette street An alarm was turned In and soon after the arrival of the engines the fire was extinguished with

slight ioao. The origin is unknown.

Coot Cape May.

May be very coo* b«| why not be a r by using a Blue Flame Oil Btove? -ure one from Cbariee A. Swain and not endure the best of the summer. _ double one for |J.75. A three-burner high stove for 98AO; two-burner, 97 AO.

Chas. A. twain

806-7 Jackson street,

THE POPE'SJHIBERUIN INTERESTING RETUMfiCENCES OF A CAPE MAY COTTAGER NINETY-THREE YEARS OLD Was Chamberlain For His Eminence For Twelve Consecutive Years. A rtarqul*. ProhaUy no layfnan in America is. more interested in the bulietius from the bedside of the Pope than Dr. Percy de is Roche of this seaside resort and Rome. As one of the Pope’* private chamberlaius be is better acquainted with the personal cbsractenstica of leo Kill, than most of the high church officials in this countiy. It is unnecessary to aay that he consider* him the greatest man and the greatest ruler in the

world,

.nd I am not alone in that opinion, said Dr, de la Ruche today. 'Many years ago I met Bismarck, then in his prime, and I asked him whom he considered the greatest man living. Hera plied that Pope Leo XIII. undonbtedly

W! Ul OFFFll! Ilf 6FRIU10in IlUBTimOF I

POPE LEO XIU. Dr. and Mrs. de is Roche are passing the summer at Cape May. For twelve i prior to 1888, the doctor resided n Rome and. il was at that time that be was appointed^to his present post of honor in the Pope's service. Since then he has visited Rome every third year and intends to return next ApriL He is a marquis by birth, but prefer* the plainer title of '‘Dr.*’ while in this country. ‘Tt is wonderful that the Pope has lived so long," continuedDr.de la Roche. "Tkink of it, he is ninety-three years old and has for more than a quarter of a century carried the burden of the heavy responsibility attached to his position. It is only his indomitable will that has carried him along so far. 'No ordinary man can realise the enormous amount of work that a Pope is required to do. It is necessary for him to put in eighteen hours a in order to attend to everything. Besidee every set is freighted with the gravest responsibilities. . “When I waa a small boy and people asked me what I was going to be when 1

was going to be a Pope. Now that I know what that greatest honor in the church means, I should never, never have the slightest desire to attain that youthful ambition, even though I were not a layman. # ‘The present UinMS of the Pope looka to me more like a catarrhal affection than pneumonia. He was always what ia known as s delicate man, which makes his long life ell the more remarkable. lt> ia hardly possible that he can survive this time, however.” Dr. de la Roche did not care to dwell on the personal aide of the Pope in more detail, thinking it in poor taste. Of all his long life in Borne so far as it bears on his visits to the Vatican, he is loath to talk,t partly because the Pope Is above trivial descraption and partly bepubUaty Is distasteful to him. He Is e man seemingly about fifty yean old but from bis oonvenation one would get an impreniou tipt bets much older. A thorough student of human nature, especially Insofar as it embraces history m an interesting talker. He especially delights lu tracing the rise of great families, arguing that just aa surely do they die out again sooner or later. The Catholic Cherub, Dr, da la Roche, com paras to a great republic and he predict* that the future will see all faUha'

united.

•The present Pope,” bs'baid, "has carried the church far upward hTiu works and alms. Quietly, but steadily, mighty have been building up the gnat siractunaroeud the thieoeoTBL Peter. It Is wrong, however, to eell the efau ‘ an empire. It is the Meal republic

<oo*TXKiuu> os kioktb paueo

The Cape team was on Saturday victorious over the Germantown team, and defeated them by a score of 7 to l Johnson of Lafayette pitched for the Cape May’s and did some fine work The game was Interrupted In the eighth inning by the heavy downpour of rain. The score follows:

Cape May. K. U. O.A.K.

Miller, rf 2 110 0 Htite*. 3b 10 12 0 Doak, c 1 I 12 2 0 Hand, If 0 2 I I 0 Beeves, cf 1 0 1 0 O Nichols, as 0 10 10 Kutberford. lb 0 1 5 i o Cassidy, 2b 1 113 0 Gregg, 2b 0 0 10 1 Johnson, rf I 1 I 2 0 Total

7 8 24 12 1

K. H. O. A. E. W Caasedy, «|, 0 0 3 3 0 Holph, 3b 10 12 1 Hogan, If, p 0 2 10 2 Traaaio, Jb 0 0 0 11 Harrigan, cf 0 0 0 0 Toiphan, c -v- . 0 2 7 0 Randall, p. If 0 0 0 0 0 Easy, ss 0 0 3 0 Warner, rf O 0'0 0 0

Total

1 4 21 0

1 2 3 4 6 6 7 Cape Mar 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 Vernon 010 00000 In Memortam. In tad and loving remembrance James B. Stites, who departed this life Jnly 17, 1002. One year with God! Safe in the heavenly

borne!

Amid the throng of ransomed beings

there.

No more a traveler on this earth to roam, But sbellered by supernal love and

care.

Sad are tbe lessons of our earthly life— I^naons so hard, so difficult to learn; But saddest one in all onr weary strife, That those we love should go snd ne'er n-tura. But could we for one moment feel the peace, Or hear from heavenly choirs one glorious strain; Or could we know the joy of sin's release— We should not wish him back U> earth again. And tho’ we know not why dark shadows fall, Nor why tbe sunshine from our path-

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TIs sweet to fed that Jesus kz^w* it sll, He sees, and tempera every wind that blow*. One year with God 1 the eodless life begun, Where all is joy and rest—sweet peace and love; And when our work in faith and hope is done, We shall be with him in the home above! Loved Qkxb.

Cape flay Point Country Club. The Cape May Point Country Club held a meeting on Saturday and was organised formally. This dub has one of the finest and best situs ted houses, snd is directly bordering the shores of beautiful Lake Lily. It 1s largely attended by the summer cottagers, and is a favorite resort of the smart set of the Point The following officers were elected:— President, Randal T. Hazzard; vicepresident, Mrs. J. H. Ginnenback; secretary, Miss Ada Dalle!; treasurer, Samuel T. Bailey.

- ~ Couaty Taxea Tbs Board of Assessors of Caps May county met reeootiy and fixed tbs values of tbe various municipalities to the oounTbe total valuation waa fixed at 88,818.000. Tbe valaalloc of tbe municipalities, both real aod personal, amounts to the follow log sums: Ocean City, 93,06(8 000; Baa Isle City, 9552,000: Avalon, 9272.000: Angleaoe. 9383,000; Wildwood, 1448,900; Holly Beach, 9428,200; Cape May 0ty.93.571.000; Woodbine, 9188.000; West Cane Mav, 9188,000; South Cap.

wmm in e A BIT OF HISTORY OF THIS FAMOUS OLD RESORT. THEN CALLED CAPE ISLAND The Oanslon House and Old Congress Hail Were the Principal Hotels. Some Interesting Note*. A copy Of "The People'. Advocate; " published In Philadelphia In the summer of 1838, baa come- u, light. There •ere i n It some announcements which mav now be considered a* curloa, , 0 many, coocerntng travel in this vicinity. For example. there was tiie Cape May packet, ihe sloop Independence, which sailed from Queen street wharf. Philadelphia, every Friday morning and left Cape Island every Tuesday during the lathing season. Thi*. however, wa* a survival of the much older method, of transit to our resort, inasmuch as some of the finest steamh-ats on the Delaware had been engaged for « number oi year* previous in the Cape May summer business. Thu* the "superior steamboat Charles Carroll," With A. W. .Smith a,iucaptain making iu tripe to Cape Wand on Monday and Thursday iu each week, tbe fare, including rneiu» and curing* hire, I wing five dollars, aithough a seaticket, which did not indude those ex tra*, could be had for fifteen dollar*. by way of Camden that the to Bee*ley'* point in Cape May county was made by passenger* on land. They left on the Tuckahoe stage from Ridgwmy House every Tuesday, Thuraday and {Saturday mornings, and BenjaOrnm. in touching upon the adages of the jKdnt, compared it as a* watering place to Long Brandi. But one of the two or three most noted of the hotels on the entire New Jersey oast in that [wriod was the Mansion House here, kept by Joseph and BenjaMcBakin, who assured pleasure seeker* that they had rooms for three hundred person*, that “liazzard's Celebrated Cotillon Band" had been engaged, and that concert* would be given during the season by “some of the most admired vocalists and instrumental performers in the country.’’ Congress Hall also put forward it. hid for popularity among the sojourner* at Cape Island, and wa. described by iu manager as the well-known establishment with a frontage of two bnndred and fifteen feet and a capacity for three hundred boarders, and a site “situated on the most southern point of the State of New Jersey.” Tbe season here was then supposed to begin usually about the 6th or 6th of July and to come to a close in the last week of August. It was pretty much the uune at Long Branch and Tuckerton, Egg Harbor and other like places, so far as thay may be said to have had a season at all. Indeed it was observed that it bad only been in recent yean that Philadelphia wolnen, unless they were robust and fond of roughing it, cared to go to the seashore, and that those who did go were chiefly- person, of means and leisure. At Cape May, however there had lieen developed a fashionable spirit such as was thought to make it worthy of comparison with Long Branch and rich men, especially planter* from the Booth, had begun to make *j,. pearance here. In truth it was still a desolate region for the most part inhabited during the greater part of the rear mainly by fishermen and pilots. Thus at the time when the enterprising hold keepers st the Mansion and Congress Halt were trying to allure Philadel phians here, it was estimated that in addition to these large places there were not more than fifty dwelling houses, and it waa tbonght remarkable as many as* three thousand person, visited Cape Island, a* it waa then called, in tbe course of s season. In fact anybody who hafi been here for any length of time went >■«'-* to Philadelphia to talk about his exploits and adventures as a Iwther and a fisherman lor months afterward, and was looked upon as a sort of authority

n marine sport.

Dennis Township. $300,000; Mlddl. Township. 9993,000; Lower Township, 9492,000. Tbe amount to be raised for county tax will be: Ocean City, 911.047.86; Bek laic City, 9397,162; Avalou, 9146.636; Augleeea, 9197 J90; Wildwood, 9388,979; Holly Beach. 9227.977; C^pe May Cliy, 418,890; Woodbine, 9101,97^ West Ospe May, 9718.47; South Gape May. 9311.70; Upper Tnwcublp, 9381,792; Dennis Township, SS® The amount to ha raised for school par-

ti Incident. rily rasane J

While temporarily Ibaane Joseph C P. Smith, a well-known fanner of Ocean View and a former member of the county Board of Freeholder*, drowned*himself in a creek some time last Tuesday night or early last Wednesday morning Mr. Smith was . widower, his two grown daughters keeping houaefor him. When they went to his room that morning they found it vacant and on the lay a pole be had written for them. It told them that he hoped to be In a b«D ter land when they found it; that h« had Buffered terribly in the past few days and would end it all. He told i where tbev would find hiC body and It was found later in the creek.

Latge line pun fresh caodtea. Mg saaortmeot fruit anti nuts at Hc^aa’s