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VOL. HI. NO. 44.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1903.—EIGHT PAGES.

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Closing Of The Political Contests.

SJTL'A TION A'/: I !ElVEl).

MUCH INTEREST

Thf City and County Contest* Are Being Hard, But Friendly /•'ought.

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eitvtion day and the issuer letinnl in most

of the contest.*.

It. Cape May City then ■ m l.ieal Olli.-e* with the i» ly centertsl upon the dioi

• principal>t the men

Uiemseivnt in regard to their fltneas for the olHces to !•* hlloi. For the first time in our history of the report there is hut one rvjtul«r candidate for maypr. ami be is Thomas W Millet, the present inrunibent. He is the nominee of both parties, liepublican and Democratic, there tiein): no Pniluhition city ticket in nomination. An elfort has been nuule d urine the past week, however, by exMayor J. Henry ivlmunds, who is not favorably dispos'd to Mr. Millet, probably Iwcauac Millet defeated him for the btlice in Millet's first election, to induce crS-Sen.Uor I^-muel K. Miller to be a Andidate on sfekers against Millet, lie has decidisl to run, bat the day of' his coniine out is t(Ki late, his sponger is not strong enough to curry him through. There is a battle on iietween Kecorder John W. Thompson and former President of Council Stephen B. Wilson for recorder. It ^jlibe a close fight. For council there are six cand dales: Roliert J. Creswell. David C. Crowell and Frederick W. Wolff. Kepuldicans, and Samu-IT. Uailev, John lialpin and Joseph Hand, Democrats. The ijucstton of their politKai will have litlR effect ou the result, however, as the choice will be between Iheyi as to who are the most desired by the voters. Messrs, lialpin and Hand are retiring members. For Assessor, Charles T. Campbell, who held the office for six years previous to the present one, has been named by both parties, and so has Isaac H. Smith for the City Treasurer, the present incumbent. They will therefore be re-

elected.

For collector the battle is between Sol Needles, Demorhil, and James Learning, Republican. For Chosen Freeholder, the present incumbent, Dr. Westley K. Wales, will be opposed by Charles York. Both are popular men. There are thrf-e commissioners of ap|>eal to lie selected,

and the

ed a full House of Assembly of sixty memlM-rs. Many county offices are to !«• elected also. In ouy neighboring county of Cumberland there are two Assemblymen, a surrogate and a coroper to be chosen. The present Republican member* of the Assembly, laiuis H. Miller and B. Frank Burk, have Ims-u renominated, and their ele - lions are roue ded by the Democrats. The fight for surrogate is between Dr. John K. C Thompson, of Bridgeton, and Henry D. Wilson, of Vineland, who was born at Cape May Court House, while his fath r was stat oned there as a Methodist Divine. lu Atlantic county the Kepublieans have renominated Thomas C. Elvina, Kepublican, for the AsVnnbly, and his electt-^i is probable. A coroner is also being voted for there. Of tlie eleven States that will hold ejections seven will eltjpi full State tickejs, vir.: Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Itbo<ie Island, a. ■! .Mississippi. Of these it is probable that Ohio, Iona Massachusetts and Ithode Island are surely Kepuhlican; that Maryland is doubtful, with chances favoring the Republican*. to Kentneky the Democrats bare the advantage, while Mississippi is of course sure to be in the Democratic In Ohio it is only a question of plurality; conservative estimates place Her- i rick * plurality at between MU.OOO and j UJ0/JU0. Mr. Hanna will lie re-eltjpted by an overwhelming Kepuhlican legis-

lature

Uo venter Cummins will probably have a slightly reutaewd majority in l**wa and Colonel Colt will win in a clone contest iu Khode island. The vote in Baltimore will probably decide the n-»ull in Maryland, the Kepublieans being extremely hopeful of electing their ticket. Governor Bales will of course l*e r-elected by the Massachusetts Kepublieans. In New York city, independent canvasses indicate the re-election of Mayor Seth I-ow The lietting in Wall Street is 10 8 in his favor.

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Hundreds of Visitors Participate In One of The Greatest Events of Cape May's History. NEV GAPE MY IS 6NDER WAY Tito Town Was Beautifully Decorated With Flag's and Bunting—Cape May Real Estate Office One .Solid

Mass of Decorations.

The voters of Cape May County consdtute the court of final resort and a very decided majority of these voters are Kepubhcans, who will cast their ballots for Lewis M. Crew, and James M. E. Hildreth, the Kepuhlican legislative candidate*. And wherefor not? The party has placed them in regular nomination and they are men, who, in both public and private life, are above r.-proach. Both stand for the be»t results that can come to our county. Both are men of experience in. btate

didate* are Theodore Muei-' affairs, and Lewis M. Crease has a legta-

i.-r, wlioi* namtsi i y both parties; Thom-! Utive record above anverse criticism as K. Wales and Edward Crease. Kepub- j and will l.ring to bear upon the position 1 leans, and H. II. Church and A L. of senator a ripe judgment and a

Haynes Democrats. thorough knowledge of State and Alexis bchellenger has been re-nomi- county issues. No bing can be urged

tinted foi constable by both (uirtirs. {against the moral or administrative while the office of overseer of the poor qualities of these, our KepublicaQ can-

will go either to James Crandol, Keput>-j dwiates, and the only arguments to

lican, present incumbent, or James | sight, adverse to ttieir election, are the Thornton, Democrat, a former overseer, shop-worn tir-. >-i> of Democratic speil-

• # , 1 binders and the diaphanous wail about In Cape May c-mnty there is a battle a man named Cooper, uttered by a duo on between tlie two i-artie* over the ( of disgruntled newspapers, election of a state senator and a mem-' * »* «

tier of the assembly. The reason for the I The Bute of New Jersey and Cape interest in the fight over the former of- J May County is on the ere of an tmportfice is ib>t the successful candidate will ant election, inasmuch as the State

hare a vote for United States Sena or i Se-ators elected this fall will have a iu the Ix-gislature which meets next af-1 vote for United States Senator in 1905. ter the coming one. The Kepuhlican During the past two or thfee years, the candidates ate: Senator, Lewis »). Democrats have been making steady

Cresar; Assembly, James M. E. Hildreth, gains tu the election of members of their

Democratic: !*enator, Edward L. Kice; ( party to the legislature. One year ago Assembly, Evans G. Slaughter. Crer^t Democratic Senators were elected in has been tape May county’sable Tepre-.jjalem and Gloucester counties, suescuta live in the Assembly for the past ceeding Kepublieans. The Democrat* throe years, and made the nominee tor . of the btate are putting up a stiff fight

-senator by a large majority of Kepubli-! this fall throughout the State with the cans in the recent primaries. Kice has : view of electing Senators in the hope of

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tx-en county clerk ten years, the best office in the county, and was therefore in office seven years more.than bis opponent, Uresse. Mr. Hildreth has been mayor of Cape May twice, and la a leading law! er of the county. Slaughter is

a hotel keeper at Wildwood.

The Democrats concede the election of Hildreth by a large inajon y. bat claim ibe election of Kice as Senator by about 95, these being the lign es of the. set re l meeting of Uieir county execu.tve commit lev a few days ago. The Kepublieans are confident, hqwrver, of electing both Crease and liffdretb by majorities

ranging from 460 to 800.

Outside of Cape May county, in the

SUte of New Jersey, there

■elected State Senator* in the counties*f Burlington, MtoWesex and Fssaair, now represented by Republicans, and tn Hunterdon and Sussex, uow re presen ted

co ■trolling'the legislature in 1905 and electing a Democrat to go to Waahtngton to oppose President Koosevi-lt. Mr. Crerae, the liepablican nominee for benator, stands for Republican principle* and the upholding of the policies of Picsident Roosevelt. Ue should have the support of ihe Republican* of the County. Mr. Cresae’a opponent for benator on the v Democratic ticket la former County Clerk Edward L. Mice, who la a strong candidate. The Republican* should not be caogbt napping, but make it a point to go to the polls on election day, Tuesday, November8d, and vote for Mr. Crease for Benator and James M. E. Hildreth for the Assembly. There is no excase whatever for Ue uublicens neglecting to vote on Kovt LerSd, as the Republican party never nominated a better ticket than that reading—Caaaa x aan Hiumsra. They are men of the highest standing and

47y Democrats. There is also to be elect- Integrity—Kw it He litnek JwrnuL

PERSONAL INTEREST. Gossip of The Town la Which Vou flay be Mentioned.

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Ocean s Captain la-mard 11. Cone ha* !>*- come a full tied ued reableul of Ca|«! May, and la now residing on Decatur

s< reel.

Milluun (J Essen ha* bought the property at the southwest corner of Kearney street and Ma-lis-jn avenue for

ii.rn

Mr*. Levi Turner ha* purchased the Beoezet Building on Washington *tr.n-t for |7,50U, and will shortly remove lief increasing dry goods bmdoess to that

place.

Rev. Edwin Schofield, a former pastor of the Cold bpring Presbyterian church, is among thu*e who are this week staying at the Victoria. Merchant E. S. Hildreth ha* purchased a property on Jackson street,adjoining that of James E. Taylor and E. K. Muudeville, for fcd.OJJ. Jam** M. Latta. of Philadelphia, has purchased for tlTUOa lot on the East *rde of Perry *trci-t, formerly a part of the New Columbia Hotel pro|«rty. Robert b. Hand has purchn-od a dwelling boast- f.inneriy oocupitsl by Jeremiah Churcb. on Jiauk stretl, and will remove tlie same to one of In* properties on Corgie street. Kev. Arthur W tjpooner. who ufp-r

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The New Dredge '‘F’lttsljvirv

In the midst of great rejoicing, when enthusiasm seemed to be without b >anda, the official starting of the work of reclaiming to (*ape May more than three square miles of land and of turning It into a habitable place for the New Cape May was appropriately celebrated the presence of more than one thousand invited guests and twice as many local residents. The whole town was lieautihilly decorated with banting and every hand there was evidence of a hearty appreciation of the efforts of the Cape May Real Estate Company and everything which conld apeak the coopcration of our citizens. Long before o’clock in the morning the people from thia end of Cape May county poured into this place, and each regular brought more than the usual quota

of visitors.

Two special trains from Philadelphia, ae over the Pennsylvania railroad via the bridge mate, the other over the Philadelphia and Reading, brought the large number of visitor* who induded government officials from W'ashington, officials from a number of dtiea within niles of Cape May, prominent busiand professional men. They were received by Mayoe Thomas W. Millet, members of City Council and a Urge %- ceptton committee of Cape May City a: {sens. A band of music beaded the prpeeasion which eq?barked on trolley cars which carried the visitors to Madison avenue where without disembark!i g the model sewerage system wan ex pish • cd by members of ihe reception committee. They were told how the i irom the new portion of Ope May, as well as the old, will be drained into a well ol large capacity, and from bese lumped by electrically opeaated machinery through 24-mch iron pipes which already have been laid four miles across the county to Delaware Bay, where it trill be discharged and pass out without contamlnatihg tbs water along.the ocean front or any of the water course adjacent to the dty. (Unitary experts pronounce this sewerage system as complete and of inestimable

value to this resort.

Again embarking on the cars the visitors were taken to where the harbor, in extent, is’being formed where the dredge “Pittsberg” local d, and proceeding with excavating and filling the 8000 acre tract which Is soon to become New Oape May. Among the more prominent of the alter* were: Btate* Senator Johh Kean, Congressman U. C.Loudeualager, and J: Gardner, State Senator Bradley! of New Jersey; Sheriff David Baird, of Camden; Mayor Thomas W. Millet, of

lantic City; Mayor Joseph Champion, of Ocean City; Mayor Augustus Hilton, of i, and Mayor George Payne, of Millville; Frank X. Barkesdale, of the Pennsylvania Railroad; A. G. McCausland, of the Atlantic (My Railroad; .Peter Shields, president of the Real Estate Company, and Captain Frank

G. Edwards.

Henry R. Edmonds, President of the Philadelphia Board of Education; Postmaster Robert L. Barber, of Camden; Assemblyman Lewis M. Cresse, of Ocean City; Ex-jadge E. A. Armstrong; Senator Nathan Haines, of Burlington; ExMayor William B. Smith, of Philadelphia; Abraham L. English; Chief Clerk, William J. Browning, of the National House of Representatives; Senator Herbert W. Johnson; Mayor Latimer K. Baker, of Wildwood and others of equal prominence. These visitors were shown what the projectors, mean by their announcements of their push and pur-

pose.

Tht visitors realised on reaching thi dredge, that some day Os;-e May will stretch three mitea away to the east in an unbraken line of fine residence* and modern hotels, equipped tor the entertainment of a vast army of pleasure seekers. It is coming fast, and those back of the present enterprise, designed to hasten that desired condition of happiness for the famous old rese rt, mean that if money can hurry ^it up it qMLcotne faster than anyone supposes. They got into tha thick of the ponderous machlnrry of quite the largest dredge they have ever beheld. It is the new Pittsburg, built for the express purpose of digging a great harbor of refuge at the Eastern end of Cape May, known am Sewell's Point, costing the bottom of the bay and sea into the lowlands there abounding and making of it lots upon which the houses, the stores, the hotels and the amusement places to rise in the near future It is much in the same way that Chicago was built from the bottom of Lake Michigan to be one of the rather large dties of America.' It woe in the same manner that Atlantic City has been spread across the state till it begins to ie the aspect* of a seaside metro pThe sands of the bottom come up out of great auction pipes sod go scurrying across the meadows to form habitable land. When ail of the people were In pasltluii to see asmucU of theocremOuy aspus*ibl-> Captain Barr, who did suah fine thing* on theTIqllanoe, smashed a quart of very good champagne upon the bow of the dredge, called It Pittsburg, and the Third Regiment Band, which bad come

prone with “Hiawatha” many, many time*, bnrst forth into "The Star Spangled Binner" and mano everybody want tc take off bis bat, even if the eaat wind was cutting capers acroa* the unbroken at retch of meadow where the groat harbor is to After the christening of the huge scoop the enginesSrere started np so that the visitors could see what It conld do in the way of changing the bed of the ocean building iota. The massive masbii began Its grind which will be kept up until the great enterprise has been com-

pleted.

During the christening there vere many demonstrations in honor of Capt. Bar He was the hero ot the day, and wbcrevt be apnea red be was received with loud At Schellloger’t Laodfog all the yacKi and launches of the Cape Slay Yacht Club 6er«j brought out of Winter quarter gayly decora tad, and put In service for the occasion. Captain Charles Barr, the splendid asllor of the yachts that have kept tic America's Cup from going abroad, talkid itbuaiaaUcsIly of the pomibUlties ben On 6s turd ay morning before the other visitors arrived he made a thorough inspection and was able to talk from a practical viewpoint. Capt. Bair was especially enthusiastic over the harbor possibilities and the Immense Interest and convenience it would give to yacht and vessel owners along the entire Atlantic ooa-t. He conld comprehend lightful port it would offer New York Yacht Club members on their cruises to Southern waters. He was also impressed with the magnificent beach at this poffT, which he bad never beforff via lust Capt. Barr was tbe guest of Mr. Pet* Shields of tbe Cape May Res) Eats' Company, who took him over the pro; • erty and explained to bim tbe vast Im provemeots. After the formal exercises were over a dinner was served at Congress Hall, while at tbe Windsor Hotel tbe more distinguished visitors, such as Captain Barr, ** iburs of Congi Mayor and other d-ffnltane* were enter-

tained.

Many of the viattore remained over ot -

til Monday.

urruis or kbw ubedo* "rirrem Bo. Tbe hydranlir or auciion drudge k n*ed in the greatest advantage Ic baud-

Caps May; Mayor F. P. Btoy, of At- drwn with U»e party end bad doa: Itself

i hr-i lb otx-a pied t Kaptitt ( bun-b noumvd that he

A Jolly Party. >ue of tbcjolliest pa rue* given at tbe cbriKteuing of tbe ••Pittsburg” at Scbeilingtr'a Lauding last Saturday was that bicb » a» gotten up by Captain StU Hand and hi* lady friends. The committee in charge decided that it was to be an old faateouod conntry^-diuner and that there should be none of the stiff formality bicb prevails In louee gatherings In hicb society terms itself as tbe only people. This gathering held their dinner at tbe club-house of J. Spicer Learning. There was a plenty of everything provided and while dinner was being gotten ready by Lucy Edmunds, who began eating from tbe time she arrived at the boat bouse until she left it, tbe member* of tbe party were enjoying themselves iu going about iu tbe several launches and watching Captain Barr christening tbe dredge. A sumptuous repast was furnished constating of corn beef and cabbage, pumpkin pie and other eatables which were deliciously cooked and which were devoured by the heightened appetites created by tbe sailing about tbe landing. Tht feed board sue the yachts were beautifully decorated with flowers rnniiabtd by Mrs. F. M. Ralston. A most enjoyable > bad. Captain Hand say* that those present were: Fsn Sayre and family, Han Smith and family, Had Roland and family, Jakey Eldiedge and family, BIM Hand and family, Sptoer Learning and family, Fanny Brook* and family, Clem Eldredge and mother. Dude Lcjambre and sister, Annie Hebentbal, brother sod sister, Mrs. Knerr and family, Evar Tiodle and sister, Dan Focer and family. Dr. Pbyaick, Minnie Hildreth and stater*, Mias M. Brook* and her silverware, bailie Eaatwick and family, Dt. Phillips and wife, Capt. Jim Eldredge and family, Capt. Sid Townsend anti family, Dr. Hand, Cap;. Sam Bailey and wife, Ai Little and Emma, Anna Moore and family. Will Sheppard and tide, Rudolph Koch and family, AI Rose and lamily, Canio Hand, Tom VanWinkIc and wile, Frank Harris and family. Mack Ware, Uncle Jake binallwood and Lide, Toto Conley, making in all eighty-

five.

During tbe repast GspUm Barr and a number of gentlemen visited the Club House and said that they would be glad if they oocld bcuoms members of the party for a abort time. Tbey remained for about half an hour and ware among tbe heartiest participant* of tbs party.

Have Just Received,

linoleum and oil doth*, of which I : are a large assortment. Our oil heat-

ling aand or mud which must > ooo- wad'relf veyed to a point at sows distance from ^f sod be convinced that we carry the

the location of lbs dredge. With a hydraulic dredge this I* accomplished with handling only. With a discharge pipe 2600 foal long, it takes one particle of sand four minutes from the time It la (CONTINL'MD ON B10BTB PAQS0

most complete line In the dty.

Cnaxua A. Bwaix, 81)6-7 Jackson 8t

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