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CAPE MAY HERALD.

Eecogrnized Leader

VOL. ill. NO. 37.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903.—EIGHT PAGES.

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.4 HOT FIGHT WITH ROBERT E. HAND. THE MAYORALTY. Thomas W. Millet Nominated For Third Term by Both Parties. A* a rvMill of the I'rimary election* hel>l throughout Chpe May county on Tuesday afternoon and evening, M. Creaa^ of Ocean City, will »»e nominate.! for State Senator at tbe Jtepublicaii convention which will aaaeiuhle tomorrow. His opponent w ae Robert E. Hand, the present Senator. The vote* for delegate* in the ctyinty resulted as

follows:

Sea Die City.

Denm*. ird) Wildwood. .1 Township.

Dd)

m‘E."

For HAND.

South Cape May. i Dennis. (isC) West Cape May. Woodbine. > Anelesca >

Holly Be-ch.

Lower Township,

Cape May.

READING BUYS LAND Will Probably Connect Steam Line With TroUay Road. Following cluaely upon tbe annouuoemeut of tbe Peuuaylvaula Railroad's as* tensive purcbaaaa of property at Cape May for terminal purpose*, and the proposed erection oi a handsome paaaei station, comoatbe report that large purchases of r*#e*tau are also being arraogl'd for bv the Reading Railway, wboec station la located at Washington street the bead of Ocean street- Options are being secured on properly from Washington street to the beach front and Madlaon avenue, the latter making the western boundary of the Cape May Real. Estate Company's land, which la-uow being developed for hotel and residence alias. The Reading owns and operates the trolley Hoc which extends for three miles along the beach front of tbe Real Estate Company's property to Bewell’e Point as well aa to Cape May Point, and It la reported that tha com pant proposes connecting tta steam line, which termluatea at Washington at rent, with tbe trolley line sod erect a new passenger nation near the

beach front.

While Pennsylvania Railroad officials tre not disposed to discuss their plans conocrnit* the proposed Cape May Improvetnsnu It la astd that the building of station and train shed, and the general improvement ol the new terminal, property, will involve an expenditure of 1150,000, *cd that work on it will be commenced at’kn early day.

Total. i»K Total. 9k The majorities for the Crwwe and BUnd side* in the varioua precincts: For CRESSE. For HAND. Ocean City. i.\5 I South Cape May. 8 Wildwood. .16 West 4 Avalon. 181 Awt'esea, 44 Sea Isle CUv. Jj J* oJ ; 37 Dennis, (ad) 100 Woodbinp. an Cppcr Township uo | Denm*. (i*t) 99 Middle - (1st 1 51 | Lower Township 45 " " “ (rd) Jl Cape May. •» Total. J *Ta41" Total. 513 The caoilidati' for as.*enii4y «ill protmUr be eelecled from the following emndidates: W. Hairy Bright, of Holly Veerh, Bardny .1-Pchellenuer. of Cape May and George H. Reeve* of West Ca|>e May. Delegate* were elected to the Democratic county convention, which will not meet until October L-. The result of the city ticket* follow: 4*Ht-BUCAK. (Those marked • were nominated.) Mayor—•Thoma* W. Millet, 350. F Sidney Townaend, 120. Recorder—•William B. Phillips, 185; H. Freeman Dongiaw. HO. Council—*K. J. Crwwell; *D. C. Oowell; Gilbert C. Hughes; •Frederick W. Wolff. Ameaaor—•Cbas. T. Campbell. Collector—•James lA*ming. * 'Treasurer—•Isaac H. Smith. Freeholder—* Dr. W. R. Wales, 200; 'William T. Sterens, 137. Commissioners of Appeal—•Ed«ard -Crease, "Theodore Mueller, ‘Thomas H "Wales. Constable—"Alexi* BcheUenger. Overseer of Poor—•James Crando!. USKOCaATIC. Mayor—*Thoma* W. Millet, 85; ESidney Townsend, 65. Recorder—William Portir, 63; ‘John W. Tbompaon, K0. Council—•Samuel T. Bailey. ‘John Hal pin, •Joseph Hand. Assessor—•Charles T. Campbell. Collector—*Sol Needle* Treasurer—•Isaac H. Smith Freeholder—*Chari« Ycirk. Conunisaioners of Appeal—^*A. L Haynes, *Theodore Mueller. Constable—“Alexis Schellenger. Overseer of Poor—Mr me* Thornton. ' To Erect aa Italian Villa. The secret of tbe recent visit of •Charles M. Schwab, the Steel Trust magnate, to’Cape May, has leaked out. Mr. Schwab has acquired a plot of ground in New Cape May, on which he will erect aa Italian Tills in accordance with plans brought from abroad by his architect, F. J. Oaterling, of Plttaburg. The eilla will be one of the show places in New Cape May.

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Several hotels have announced .that they will remain open throughout the winter aramon and the large houses have posted notices that the fifteenth will be tbe earliest time for rtoaing, and that they will remain open as much longer as the beat ness wills arran’. The cottage colony will remain is tart throughout Hep'emhar ond Onober, became ■•f the large number of events which have been arbedoled to take place on tbe ^olf links, in social circle* and among the members the Cape May Yacht Clu

n

TAX ASSESSMENT IS

certioraried:

TAKEN ON TUESDAY

The Whole Matter Will Be Investigated By "fhe Supreme _ Court. Justice Charles E. Hendrickson, of the Sew Jersey Supreme Court, aat at May's Landing ot^ Tuesday upon application of Lawyera E. G. C. Bleakly, of Camden, and Lewi* T. Stevens, of Cape May. for a writ of certiorari to take into review before the Supreme Court the matter of the right of l^ax Collector J. Henry Edmund* to change the valuations a* made by Tax Aaseasor Howard

F. Otter.

The prosecutor in the case is Reuben Cohen, a tax payer, who is hacked by a number of dtixena and tax p*yera whose valuations were changed. The writ i* made returnable September 39. Justice Hendrickson also granted a rule to allow the taking of testimony in the matter.

SEPTEABER COURT JURORS.

Hen Who Have I

i Drawn to De-

POST OFFICE ROBBED Burglar* get $700 la Hooey and Stamps at Court house. The post office at Cape May Cowl House was broken into atod robbed at about 2 o'clock last Thursday morning, the thieve* securing about f700 in money

and stamps.

The toolrwith which they effected an entrance were stolen from a carriage factory neasfcy and the sound of blowing «afe was muffled with nearly a dozen horse-blankets, which they took from a livery stable across the street The thieves then escaped with a horse and wagon, which the stole from a farmer

o the outskirts of the town.

Several people -heard the explosion, but did not suspicion the cause of it at

the time. That the work waa done by ford, W. Scott Erricsun, Frederick B.

Sheriff Ewing has drawn the following petit jurors for the September term of

Court:—

Cape May—Marcus Scull, David Crow, ell, Joseph Vance, George W. Bohm. Joseph R. Brooks, Jacob S. Corjpn, Albert G. Bennett, Walters. Ware, Wildwood—Henry H. Ottens, Frank

E Schell.

Lower Township—Hollis H. McPherson, Lewis Pierson, Elwood Chambers, Sham gar Douglass, Frank Rutherford,

Thomas Cheater.

City—Frank B. Warner, James

Monroe Chester.

Middle Totrnstup—Frederick Craw-

profeMuonals is indicated by the fact that they did not meddle with the mail in tbe case and did not take the money orders. This is the third attem pt to rob the office, the two previous having been

frustrated.

Mi mnocui cm HUM mDimiussoiiiiiW. Vice-Chancellor Reed has filed an opinion in the suit of tbe Ocean City Ansodation against William M. Chalfant which the aaeodation sought to prevent the defendant, who conducts a drag store at the corner of 8ih at. Wesley are., in Ocean City, from selling soda water, candies and like mere! diae on Sunday. The Vice-Chanoriior mvb that in hi* opinion tbe complainants have waived their right to equitable aasistance and le iMouaaaa the bill of

Dm plaint.

Tbe purpose of the salt was the forcement of a restrictive covenant made by the Ocean Citv Association, which having purchased several thousand acre* of land on Peck’s Beach,' it out as a seaside resort of a religious character. It Inoorporated in all iU deeds to purchasers a covenant that no ImilcWng should be used or occupied without the written consent of tbe Ocean City Association; also that no buriof any kind whatsoever should at any time be earned on upon Sunday; nor should any act be done that won'd be considered a desecration of the day. The lands conveyed were to be under and subject to tbe restrictions and r lations to insure the original intention* of tbe association in eecuring tbe whole island aa a Christian resort. *

RnMrond Mm Mora.

Thirty rapweentatirea of Was'era railroad Unea arrived hare last Haturdsy morning- They are members of the Association of fcfaipjxng and Freight Agents, and were gnesU of the PenMyivania Railroad Company. After visaing tha city they went fiahia* i bathing They were < uk-rtsined at Muwklon. and left on an afternoon

Neal, Edgar El dredge, William J. Trier,

William Holllngahead,

Upper Township—Leonard Busby, James G. Btille; Nicholas Foster, Exnley C. Bailey, James A. Beeves, Jonn C.

Sapp, John R. Steelman.

Dennis Township—Amos W.WentxeP, Charles B. Abrams, Lewis B. Lloyd, AaNiekeraon, Harry Uoyd, Mortimore Hntchinaon, John 0. Emckson, Charles P. McKcague, Charles C. James, David

l*. Haley, Jehu F- Bonham,

West Cape May—£31 Stevens, Walter . Savage, J. WoodrnfiEldredge, Joseph Swain, Walter Fendenon, J., Daniel

Avalon—Elbert B. High, Rodney Vangitder. Holly Beach—Lorenzo Johnson. Distinguished Hen Buying Lots. George W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has secured the first deed recorded for the sale of pro pert r by the Caps May Real Estate Company, ha haring pnrohased a block on tbe beach east of Pittsburg Avenne. The deed was recorded at Cape May County Court House last Wednes-

day.

J ndge Harman Yark[ea, of Doylestown, Pa^ one of the most prominent judge* in Pennsylvania, baa within a few days purchased two Beach Avenue lots from tbe Cape May Baal Estate Company, and w'll make his summer home bare. Judge Yerkea, after having investigated other places along the New Jersey coast, decided that Cape May is the ideal place. His purchase confirms his decision. Judge Yerkea is a very shrewd Investor in real estate and never invests in any-

thing bat that which is profitable.

It is reported that Mr. P. A. B. Widener, the street railway magnate of Phil-

adelphia and New York, and

tbe yacht “Jasapfaloe,” is negotiating

for a residence location in tbe new

tion of Cape May. Mr. Widen sr, aa wall

Tbe Handicap Tourney.

Although it rained along the c

last Katurday afternoon the si skipped Cape May and gave the local as other prominent Philadelphia and golfers an ideal day for tbrir handicap New York yacht owners, has from tbe

medal Way tourney. There ware thirty, five entnea, tbe biggest September entry list in the history of the dab. Great things were expsared of Ale* Williams, who was only put oat of tha national championship on Thursday, and h<s play was followed with eonaiderabie la-

He

ever, and finished in seventeenth place, white Thomas W. Eastw ck, with tha brip of his ha dicap, took first priss with a net score of aevasily.fi vs. R. W

aery first inception of the Cape May Baal Estate Company's development looked With favor on the island harbor feature. In this harbor safe anchorage for Ihatr yachts may be had at ail He owners can eome bars by train, ring oooatdarable time, and within half aa hour after arrival nan be out at

FACTS IIS BRIEF. Matters of General end Local Interest Meatloaed. Bob white. September. Reed birds. Whistling girls. Uchool days here. Read the Huuu>. Abundant harvests. Manr will stay late. Nut brown maidens. Hotels still crowdedTranks on the move. Glorious sea bathing. Luscious watermelons. Our most ideal month. Advertise in the Hmuui. Sandpipers along the beach. Read the Cape May Hebaui. Tbe baggage man to the fore. Moonlight on tbe water again. Some girls like to rest on tbe sand. The girls have bad a great summer. No one has any reason to complain. The summer giri is bolding the fort. {September a fine month for a stay

here.

There's many a slip—In the green bonne. Folks are coming here from the monntains. * Our business houses hare had a proa, perous season. Get your job printing done at the Hkkald office. The Cape May Qty public schools will open on Monday. The Hexalh contains all the news, both of city and county. Tbe West Jersey Presbytery will hold iU autumn session at Clayton on September. The property occupied by Mote* Wright on Decatur street was sold last week to Lewis T- Stevens. The caddies of the golf dub held their annnal tournament yesterday. The members of the dab did the caddying. Dr. C. H. 8. Littieton has sold to Mrs, Sarah G. Daria, of New York, a lot on Stockton avenne, near Queen street, tor

11000.

Dr. C. H. 8. Littleton has sold to Mr*. Jane D / Pease, of Atlantic City, the lots on Stockton avenne and Queen street for $3400. It is reported that Mrs. Barab Snyder baa sold her property on Decatur street adjoiuig the drag store ol Dr. Walea, to Gilbert C. Hngbes of this dty. J. Emitn Smith, of Philadelphia haa •old for $3150 the lot on Hughe* street, adjoining the home of Frank 8. Sbeppard, to Ella M- Schlrdey, of Philadel-

phia.

The trustees of John C. Bullitt, dorased, have sold to Dr. C. H. & littleton for $3500 two lota at the southeast corner of Stockton avenue and Queen

reet.

Howard N. Stanton, of Ocean City, baa sold for $900 his premise* on the south aide of Mechanic street, Weet Cape May, to Reuben K. Weeks, of Cold Spring. It is reported that Mrs. John M. Rogers, of Wilmington, Del., has purchased the property of the estate of Thomas Robb on Washington street it of the Knickerbocker building, t a meeting T the creditor* at Elwood Be ns lead, of West Cape May,held at the office of the Referee, Lewis TStevens, on Friday last, former Mayor George H. Reevef, of Wpat Cape May, waa appointed trustee. A petition has been prepared in West Cape May for presentation to the Board of Freeholders requesting that Broadway be reboOt with eome substantial material. Several member* of the Board have requested that foch a petition he presented and the' ’Board is fi&y to take aariy action on it.

Goaalp of Tbe Tewe te Which Yo» Hey be Mentioned. Coltagrr Julius A. Baily, o! Stockton avenue, has gone weet on a fereeweeki

trip.

Pilot • Fianklyn Poynter of Lewes, Delaware, spent last week with relative* at this rewort. Mrs HrieuCbambere.ofMountHolly, is a gueyt of her eonain, ex-Mayor lames E. Hildreth, at his Washington street cottage. Rev George Williams, pastor of the Baptist Church, is ill in Connecticut, and owing to^tbe suddenness of his taking, there was no ministered sen-ice* in that church last Sunday. Mr. Reuben Reeves, son of Justice of the Peace Gro H. Reeves, of West Cape May, left this week for Ashbourne, I' where he will be employed as organist i one of the churches there. Miss Eva Kuthertonl. daughter of Mr. Frank Rutherford, of Cape May Point, who is a student at the State Normal School at Trenton, left on Wednesday to prepare for the winter course of studies. Dr. Albert E. Roussel will return from Europe this week. While in Paris be was entertained by bis cousins, Count and Counteaa Pierre de Faill.. Mrs. Roussel is in hex cottage here. Mr. and Mrs. Junes Hewitt and family, who have occupied a cottage at No. 207 Grant Street, left on Monday for their Philadelphia home. Their departure way regretted, as they gained many friends while here, they are so delighted with Cape May that they will return another season.

mm m umtuen kiwi liras nMnaiKrauDuiiuoiii A number oi inquiries have come to the Cape May Reql Estate Company

in various sections of the

United States who desire to build and operate hotels here. One of them has yean catered to the swell aet of Newport, where he has established a firstreputation. Another inquirer is the proprietor and manager of a vary

hotel in the Sonth, and

of Ohariea Neodise has arid for $18,000, the property on tbe west ride of Washington si te now occupted by EH*a Bry C. Crawford and Walter «. of (

PERSONAL INTEREST.

MANY IMPROVEMENTS Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Will Erect A New Station Here, esideut Cassatt, of tbe Pennsylvnls Railroad Company, has decided to m*k< the Cap* May branch of tbe West Jersey A Seubore Railroad eqnsl to any branch of the system. Tbe line baa lately been relaid with heavier rails sud now it b proposed to atom ballast the road as well as to ent the running time b.-: wtvu Camden and Cape May. Tbe extensive Improvement* begun here caused the officials of tbs Pennsylvania Company to look around for a more suitable site for a new station. When tbe at station was built It was thought that tbrValldlng up of Cape May would extend toward Cape May Point. Instead of tbs growth being In a westerly direction It has taken jqst tbe opposite dlrec lion, and the officials of the West Jersey A Seashore Company realize that when the new Cape May is completed that Ha preaent station will practically be out on the meadows. Prior to tbe adjournment of tbe Board of Directors the officers wars authorised to purchase real estate on Washington street between Ooeac and Decatur streets for a new station. It Is understood that property has been a^ qulred and that work on the new station will soon be begun. To enable the oompany to make the ride to Cape May more pleasant and free from dost it is proposed to do away with a number of grade crossing*. Tbe work of elevating the tracks through Camden will be begun aa soon aa so ms legal complication* are settled. It la hoped to have tbe work completed before next summer.

U Oil BSUH1.K eHUlUB eoiunjM u ois.bioi. Reuben Townsend, one of tbe eldest and moat prominent residents of Cape May county, committed suicide by hang;ng himself in hi* barn near Cape Jfay Conrt House on Thursday. Although past 89 yean of age, Mr. Townsend was until recently as active aa a man of 60. He was the father-in-law of Bev. Charles Warwick, pastor of Diamond street Baptist Church, Philaddpbla, and was for many years a director of the Cumberland Fire Insurance Coin pany, of Bridgeton. He was a cousin of Theodore Townsend, of the Philadelphia Weather Bureau. The funeral oc-

Bpnday eking li

Dr. 0. H. 8. Littieton has purchased, from ex-Mayor Hildreth, seven lote on tbe Miner farm In West Gape May. ~ will take ihe soil from these and use It in filling tbe lota which Re has bought on Stockton avenne. Dr. Littieton has

another at a Northern reaort. Several inquiries have com# from Washington and Baltimore hotel men. In aeve instance* the inquirers have followed their letter* In parson snd have made

connections that will revolt ultimately raeentiy bought twenty late and has ot the “* - * *-

Cape May,

already said twelve of tha twenty.

Cepe May expects to enjoy a very lively firil season, owing to

THE SEASON OPENED SEPTEMBER /.

MANY BIRDS KILLED

Easy Marks When the Tides Drive Them Out of The Long Grass. The season for shooting mud beam opened in south Jersey on September 1^/, and every day mnee hundreds of gunner* have tramped the marshland* or shoved Imats through the labyrinth of creek* in search of birds. On the vast marshes that extend from the shores of . Great Egg Harbor Bay to Cape Island Sound, a distance of fifty miles, the hens hare thrived wonderfully and the crop of new birds is the largest in rears Fhe old birds were slightly hampered by a high tide in May, which destroyed a great many nests and washed away thousands of eggs, but this happened so early in the breeding season that it gave thF hen* ample time to resume housekeeping and also gave the young birds a chance to mature and learn to fly before the shooting season came on. The great enemy of the mud hen is the crow. These black rascals destroy Ihoo»xnds of egg* every year. Cunning and sharp of eye. they sally forth at early morning from the woodland swamps, and for hour* fly low along the meadow* in .rch of the nnstaof the mud ben. When they discover Uic sitting bird, they go viciously to tbe stuck, driving tbe ben from ths neat and and despoiling it of Ite contents, be it one egg or a dozen. What the crow cannot eat Jie destroys out of pure wantotines*. 'ben the shooting season opened hundreds of gunner* were up and out,on tbe marabe*before “auu up." A heavy northstorm bad been driving in for several days, and the sportsmen expected to aee tbe meadow* flooded, but they were disappointed. At high water tbe the top of the green aedge grass showed three or four feet above the water and tbe mud bens had a biding place from which It is always difficult to dislodge them. When the tide is high encash to make vast lake of Cap* May count v'a marshes thirty miles long and from a mile to three mile* wide, shooting mud bens is easy work. The high grass that give* them ■belter l* submerged, and without that protection they fall an easy prey to the gunner. Tbe novice hag almost aa good a show of filling his game bag aa has the epert marksman. Before the New Jersey Legislate re prohibited any gunner to kill more than thirty mud bens In a day, wholesale slaughter of these bird* occurred on numerous occasion*. The meanest method of killing the birds was witnessed by the writer several year* ago. Tbe Ude waa unusually high at that time, and on the highest meadow Islands tbe tops of tbe sedge grass roes only a few inches above vatcr. In these tufte of grass hundreds of mud bens took shelter Buffeted about by the heavy northeast gala, the . birds were tired and incapable of long flight They were easy of approach and " Would not rise until almost run down by , tbe gunner's boat This was an opportunity for the poachers, and they saved shot - and powder that day by killing hundred* - of birds with long poles. Many bird* have been killed tie last few days, but tbe best shooting is looked for this week, ea tbe moon baa reached a ' stage which usually brings the highest tides of the month and dries* the birds

tbe open.

The Cape May County Prohibitionist* i will hold a Fall Convention in. the W. C T. U. Hall, at Tockahoe, on Monday, September 14, at 10-30 a. m. and 2 p. m. Rev. Earnest Boom, a lecturer of *xilent reputation, will be prevent at both sessions, and deliver one of bts iaimi table addressee. Tbe ladies are cordially invited. Tbe tltvlion of a new county chairman and other important boat-

I come up for action.

Solemn high mas* waa celebrated for the repose of the soul of Mias Mary Elizabeth McConnell at 8t Mary-* Catholic Church last Saturday morning. Tba rment waa made at the Cathedral etary in PhilsdeipUta on the arrival /< of tbe funeral party there from Cap* a May.

i tba Can May Hxa alh, g Os pa May paper.