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VOL. III. NO. .16.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. ]., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1903.—EIGHT PAGES.

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MON. LbWIs M. CKIlSjE. a -me CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE OP CAPE ."lAY COUVTY FOR STATE SENATOR.

TIE P0LIT1L SlTOmiSBESSE Will BE SOBE ie WII. Reports from AH'Over The County That Cresse Wit! Jo Jtominaied For •SenaMr—Tle Will Have Eighteen of The Delegates. OX TUESDAY next the voters of th» county, especially the Republicans, trill choose their candidate for the State Senate, and every thing now points to an almost unanimous election of Assemblyman Lewis M. Cresse. The Hand fortes are getting discouraged, but are keeping up a good bluff. They are making the general statements that they will win, but when pinned down to fact* can not verify their claims, and it is known among the Hand followers That they only expect to win! if they will at all by the narrow margin of from # to votes. They count on carrying every division in the county except part of Middle and Dermis Township* On the other side, the Cresse adherents expect to carry every place but South Cape May, which has vote. Eleven full votes win. The cbaucw from a conservative point of view favor Cresse decidedly He \yill have eighteen of the twenty-

thretr-dek-ga tes. .

The primaries will be held throughout the county from I o dock The candidates on each side for delegates in the van-

until 9 o’clock,

ous districts are:—

Cape May City

West Cape May Lower Township Holly Beach Wild woml Middle Township, ist

Dennis Township, ist * »• and^ Tipper Township Ocean City, ist Ward *• 2nd ~ “ Woodbine South Cai* May Avalon Angles©! Sea Isle City

Cresse. Maurice Cresse Barclay Schellcnger Altian H. Faulkner Theo. W. Reeves Charles C. Bohm Daniel Schdlenger Charles T. Dyce J. Albert Harris David D. Burch Linneaus T. Swain Charles P. Vanaman James Williams Furman L. Ludlam Winfield Corson John S. Douglass Richard R. Sooy Joseph I. Scull RcubcnW. Edwards Richard B. Stiles William Lrpman

None

Gilbert S. Smith George W. Dougherty Gus Hilton LcRoy Muller Samuel Shick

Hand.

Geo. C. Crawford G. Percy Benckert Jos. H. Hughes William L. Cummings William Bailey Frank Dickinson Frank Randolph Thos. C. Hamilton /Cfse Price Smith ftodicott Thos. H. Learning Albert Collins James Eldredge Townsend Gandy J aQJE^Shoemaker

None None None None

P. Homstein James Ritehia, Jf.

THOSE WHO DESIRE YOUR SUFFRAGE. The voter* of tbia city will bn TMHlay >xt, Im«w«wu lb* hour* oT 1 o'ulock In the •firntoon anp * o'clock Iti I bo evening. be called upon to vote in the prlma■f their reapecUvw partite for their ebol-r for candidate* at the cumlni: municipal rlerttmi*. Peraone dcalring to vote for Republican Mnlnationa will drpoelt their ballot* In m* Republican bos, and will have R plac-l alter their name*00 the lir». Tboee ho deal re pi vote for tbe Democnllc nouiiiistliHi* will depoalt their ballots m the Democratic bos, and will have D placed after ihelr name, and the a»roe pmocetllni; will be carried oat by the 'mbihiHootata. All throe primarlea will ike place at the same lime. Each panv primary ticket will contain be name of every peraon who deeiroa lo bcooiue a candidate for offlre In Cape May City In Novemlier. and tl e name of every candidate who desires lo lie a delegate U> the county convention of that party which will name candidate* for Reus I AaaaiuLI) man. These name* will be arTaiijinl alphabatloally under each offlor be nominated, and the voter expresses I by acraleblug off ot the ticket, with a black lead pencil, tbc earns* of use paraoua for whom he does not desire In Cape May City there will he Dominated candidate* tuauocecd the following officera: Mayor—Thomas W. Millett, two years. Recordar—John W. Thompson, two year*. (Vmncil—Joseph Hand. John Halpin and Horatio Chnrch, three year*. AaacMot—Howard Otter, one year. Tax Collector—J. Henry Kdmnnda, ot mr. Treasurer—Imac H. Smith, npe year. Chosen Freeholder—Dr. Weatley R. Wales, three year*. And Constable, three Commiaalooer* of' Appeal and Overseer of tbe Poor. The following are the Candida tea have filed papers In order to be candidates for the primaries In this city on Tucoday. Repo bl lean: Mayor—Thomas W. Millet, F. Sidney Recorder—William if. Phillips, H re*man Douglas. Coodc 11—F. W. Wolff, David C Crowell, Onbert C. Hughes, R. J. Oeawell. Assessor—Charles T. Campbell. Collector—James Learning. Treasurer—Isaac B. Smith. Cboeen Freeholder-Weetley R. Wales, William T. Stereos.. Cotsmlsvlouera of Appeal—Tbpodor* Mueller, Edward Crease, Thomas R. Wales. Constable—Alexis Bcbelllncer. Overseer of tbe Poor—James Craudol. Democratic: Mayor—Thomaa W. Millet, P. Sidney T« Recorder—JohnW. Tbompeon, William orter, Cooucll—Samuel T. Ballsy, John Belpin. Joseph Hand. Assessor—Charles T. Campbell. Collector—Bol Needles. Treasurer—Isaac II. Smith. Chosen Freeholder—Charles York. Com Moeller, Albert L. Haynes. Coostsbte—Alexia Sc Dellinger. Overseer of the Poor—James Thornton.

LEAD PENCIL RAISES ON TAX ILLEGAL. At the retjueat of tbe Cotuiniwuooera of Appeal of this city, City Solicitor Richard T. Miller held a conference with them at the CSty Hall on Wednev dsr after o-m of laat week and y^ve them written anawe-a t« <|ue*tlon* propounded by the Commission in regnrd to the changing of the value* on the duplicate of aaM'astir nt by Tax Collector J. Henry Edmund*. Mr. Miller'* opinion stated that the saAemunent value* made by Mr. Edmund*arc illegal entirely, acd that if he wa* authorised by any members of Coundl to make the changes In these valuations: that any person* who gave him authority aa mem tiers .of Council exceeded their right in the law, and that, therefore, the whole proceeding of cbdng'ng the tax hooks was entirely illegal. He also rd that no person bad s right to ige sny of the figure* after the du plicate of assessment had been completed by the assessor and revised by tbe Finance Committee of G-oncil and turned over to the tax collector for collection.

ARE SUED FOR LIBEL. Tbe Star of the Cape and Daniel Cosgrove Asked lor *30,000 Damage*—Papers Served. JsmSfc T. Hoffman, collector of Lower Township, who bss beer^ charged by some of his political enemies as being short in bis secounts, bss sued in court* Daniel Cosgrove, s citizen of that township, for making alleged libelous statements, and also the Star of the Cape Publishing Company, of this city, for tame cause. The amount of damage* named in the spmtponae* which \ served by Sheriff Ewing yesterday was *30,000.

r. SUMCSY TOWJleXVII. Who has become a candidate foi mayor, wasImm st Seaviflr, thl*county, on June‘.'l, HMP, snd he ha* resided in Cape May City since 1X75. lit cornea from a Hue of honorable ano*He lias served 'the city as a councilman for many years. He wa* « member of tbe body from 1883 to ls»2, being President in 18X9 and IXtil. In In 1XM he was elected Alderman of th« city and -erved two years. At the conclusion of tbe term be wa* aga‘n elected to ci ui-cil, and has twice been reekcted, % being at present a metnip-r. He ha* been elected six times to tbe office He also nerved as prenident of council in 1808, 1HUU and 1001. Re ha* been a prominent member of the Cape May Fire Department, and ha* aervtd a* treasure' of the Fireman 1 * Relief AaaoriaU»n for many years.

amioiiawiHicoiimtm imp caumH oi iorii lomsHiP Samuel F. Hdeedge, as attorney for Darnel Cosgrove and other Hand follower* in Lower Tow nnhijifba* aerved a notice upon the collector and Town-, •bip Committee of l-ower Township that applicawon will be made to a Superior Court Justice, on September Vth, foi the appointment of Commission to examine the accounts of tbe Townahip. If this examination takes pis' e J-ower Township will have s large adzed bill to pay. and the lax payers will hare to pay for the examination mi matter whether aay irregularitiM

Mft. fobp y> Rogers at the expiration of five months has been awarded three hundred and forty-eight dollars (*348) for damage dong, by Marine* Mila fire March 2.5th last to her property on Beach avenue known as “Tatham Cote insurance gu plgped M', ge Bhattuck, of Phlladriphia, through B. R. Miller, of Camden, in the

*2500.00 2000.00

OCEAN CITY SOLID. o Head Delegatee There—-Odds Favor Crease All Over. Hoe. Lewie M. Crease is a prophet with honor In bis own country. Tbe Hand forces after several days of searching finally failed to get tbe required ten petitioners tor delegatee in both wards of Ocean City. Mr. Crease will thfibefore not have any Hand delegates In Ocean CRy to fight. Last fall tbe Hand people put up a rs•ectable fight ror delegates there, but they have dwindled away to nothing durypar. Tbe knowing ones are looking for a stampede throughout tbc Hand tof' * - - to commence so soon nor be Hare la a point for a few people lo tbe county who are not acquainted with Mr. Creeae. men lives and baa lived for years Is where belt beet known, where his character shine* forth one way Qianother. Ocean City, with four delega large*! in the county, has uotLba reqnlrvd people Ip Its entire city llmlta to even pm np a ticket against bim. This condition of affaire rnnsfoe highly gratifying Mr. Crease and his friend, bat it is just sneb a compliment as be deserve* »w about Senator Hgpd In Lowerf people there who ware anxious a petition for auU-Haud delegates e a long procession. Mr. Cteaaestart*. rfon*. wRh four delegate* without altloo,—qnlte a handicap for tbe

Death of.{Ira. n«crav.

Pastor Williams will pre»eb in w. l> g and •-veiling. Visitor* see invited to wor•blp with ^ Heals ars free aud the arr-

Rev. J. I^onanl I^vy, Synagogue Kodeth Shalom, who with bis family ha* paaa summer at tbe t srroll VI torn to Ms home *rd bis istx It i* mwdleas lo repeat ffhst been sanl during the suiuuim levy's coining among ns ha*

nalixed by a

friendship vrith many marked tiy intellectual profit to ail who roll tb cultivated wind, riMierin

or* Friday, has often . Utfii Pr.

and warm bond of

pdofapreml inqnvit*- She was In 1

m-oo

Providence, Washington, Globe and Butfiwa, Prussian Natitnal,

Total,

The actual damage done to the cottage amounted to over 11500. As the policies did not eover detached buildings (festfa bouses) aud fences, oonsettiy the estimate for making «te rp. i was rtdooed to *1146, which figures given by reliable local contractor*.

only

348 for her actual lose of UUw

Napoleon B. Bennett and Charles F. Quldort are tbe candidates fordsisgates — to-the Democrat County Convention

r or In ] before the primary election which takes

j place next Tuaeday.

nd mother of John W. Mecrsy c B. Mecray, of Mecray Bros., t seven o'clock .on Monday * r an lllneva covering a peril

h year, end a daughter o

u She was a »

late Bill well Stevens. She was a oonsisof the Presbyterian Church and wasiMloved by the many who knew her. Beside the husband and two sons who mourn her loee there la slap another

>». J*r.

The funeral occurred yesterday from her late residence on Decatur street. The-aennon wgs preached by Rev. D H. La vert y, pastor of the Cold Spring Presbyterian chnrch. Tbe interment was made in the cemetery of that chnrch.

MW nw ncCewaeU Dead.

Mtas May McConnell, aged twakty-two yean, daaghte* of Mr. John J. McConnell, of the Ebbitt House, died of heart

mmntiwtRSBiiMfB . !I BUB lltmi 10 BfCSin M. So deepermts are tbe forces of Hand that bey caused to be primed in the t’hiladaiphia Inquirer on Burday tbe following

w* Hem:

•Cape May, Aug. 5#.—Petition* to be filed with the municipal clerk under tbe primary law for tbe notninslion of delegate* require teo signatures by met! Wien tiled with the party for which tbe delegate* are to be nominated. Tbe peti for tbe Domination of delegates favorto tbe nomination of S-natnr Hand, today In this city, received 225 signatures, most of wbvcb were unsolicited." Upon actual count tbe number of sign- * wa* 54. Tbe Record of Monday bad tout the same »t*u meut. Tbe oorreaindent of both of thee* papers at Cape May la Aaron W. Baud, editor of R. E. Hand'e-papef, The B ar. Tbe algnera were gotten by hard coaxing, and many of them have declared that they are going to support tbe Creeee delegates in tb* primaries, and that they only signed tbe paper to please William P. Williams, who asked tbe signers for their namee.

REV. GALLAGHER DIES Rev. Edwin F. Gallagher, for the laat two vears pastor of the First Presbyterian chnrch at Cape May, died at tbe Bamapitan Hospital, Philadelphia, last Thursday, os tbe result of a surgical operation. He had been a sufferer from an internal trouble for some time and went to the hospital the Batnrday previous, Bo aeriou* waa hucondition that he4>ad to be triton tothecUy from Cape in a special car. . r. Gallagher was born at Allegheny, Pa,, in 1856. After attending the pnbltr schools of that city he entered tbeWeatern University at Pittsburg, from which he was graduated. He entered the Western Theological Seminary ami alter [iaduatea became pastor of tbe s treet Presbyterian Chnrch, of

PitUburg.

A few years later he left the church to asamne-the pastorate of the Preeby-

at (jakmount, Pa., and t^e? of

HHHHHHHHMipJa Hew Jersey and Pennsylvania bat throughout the East. He leavee a widow and two daughters The funeral service* were odd In the by the Rev. D. H. Laverty.D. D.,. of the Cold Spring Presbyterian chnrch, in accordance with the wiahe* expressed by Mr. Gallagher before his death. Tbe interment was made at Cold Spring Presbyterian church cemetery. He became the pas:or of the church here in 1801, and had been a tireless worker, and bad beeu successful in bringing to ls*o* plans which he laid out. He wa* beloved by all who knew hosts of friends in other > other than that of which he was a

Nellie E. Leading, daughter Of

: Postmaster Walter & Lemming,

wUl soon give op her musi and at Cape May Court Hi

Bucknell University for a full i In languages sad literature, at mduswu of which she will take the

librarian'* Course at Dress!

in Philadelphia. While tbe many friends of Mias Learning deeply regret her leaving this county—and especially is this true of tb* parent* of her pupils—we

Gunners la tb* taarahe*

a as greet

1

THOMAS WILLIAM MtLUEr. , Who la a candidate for a third u-ni* for mayor of ('*|h- May Ci*y, ha* ' uperinten>]ent of tb- Knickert-icker now American) Ice Company here for twenty-two year*, and is a native of Philadelphia, where he wa* born on October 3, 1X52. |Je i> giennaneoCIy identified with the local secret ordere, and has been an official of the First Methodist Church, where he ha* been the organist for twenty years. Ii e served the city several year* as a number of the Board of Education, and was

timr district clerk.

• wa* chosen Mayor over J lieary Edmunds in a bitter fight In March IS*, and two years ago waa re-elected with but the opposition of the prohibition candidate*. He has always taken a lively interest in Cape May's improve-

Why Dlfierent ?

Hon. Henry C. Loudenalagrr a member of Congress from another district, visited Uap«- May last Sunday for the purpose of talking some of the weakkneed into supporting hi* frienu SenaHand for a third term. Some of those whom be sent svi»n>on«« went down, but others did not In view of Che great adoo whiih some of .Senator Hand's newapa|>er supported have been making abont politictons from ont of the county meddling in Cape May's affairs :t would *eem to be in bad taste for tbe Congressman from another district to lie taking such an active part in the same field However no Cape May Conn tv postmaster need now have any fear of what Mr. Londenslager can do against him—tbe poatoffice* in this county arenowexdnsi*ely under control of Congressman Gardner,who doe* not allow himself to meddle in every petty factional fight in. bia district; being n statesman, be haa better employment for his time—Court

House Gazette

Cast Your Vote For Cresse. After reading tbe Star of the Cmpt and TTte Fite Mile Heath Son for the past few 'is one'would think that the very lence of these two papers depended t tbe nomination and election of tor Robert E. Hand fora third term. Tbe Star is owned prind pally by Be ns tor Hand, and somebody made tbe statement that tbe Sun was owned br State Controller I. Willard Morgan. Mr. Morgan emphatically states that he is not interested in any Cape May county paper, but tbe Senator doe* not deny that he is financially interested in the Star. The editor of tbe Star is Aaron W. Hand, coontT superintendent of schools, who bolds hivoffire by grace of theSenatcr's influence. It is no wonder that the .S<or ia advocating keeping iu office it* principal owner. He has had ten years of public service by the vote of the people of Cape May 'county; three years as sheriff, one year u assemblyman and six years as senator.. If you think he has had euongb, votr for delegates to support Lewis M. Creese on Septembers.

TheTbnnsvivaria Railroad Company will bring to Cape May" on Saturday from Baltimore and Washington a special excursion which will remain until Monday afternoon. The party will come by a through train from Washington by aray of the Delaware River bridge. The price of the fare and board for the trip, with choice of staying at the Stockton, Congress Hell or the Chalfonte will bo •8.00.

Tbe Railroad Association, of rhiledefphi*, will meet et the Stockton Hotel on Saturday. This AaeociaUon is composed ot employee* of various companies having (ghee* in Philadelphia.

Two freight trains on the Weet Jersey A Seashore Railroad collided near Bern ville yesterday morning, Engineer Edward Hewitt was slightly injured. Mail* ■ delayed u

Mia. George Williams, the wife of tb* Rev. George Williams, with her daughter Florence and eon George, have r to Stafford, Conn., for a few weeks.