CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. IV. NO. ,38.

CAPE MAY, N. J., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1904.—EIGHT PAGES. Subscription—$j.00 per Year

HIGHEST WIND IN YEARS THE STATE CONVENTIONS

MOUSES UNROOFED. TREES UPROOTED. CROPS RUINED

SHIPPING SUNK BY CYCLONE

4Jur«i> Anne Pier Destroyed and Fluh IViand Torn I p by Hiffh Hen ntOnpe May Point.

Between one and three o'clock on Tburaday morning last a sererc wind and rain atorm pasael orrr Cape May county, doing hundreds of dollar* of damage lata crops, (twit, tomatoes, corn, ate. Acre upon acre of cornfields were flattened to the gronnd. white u stripped aad (At down. The apples and pears wen taken off trees in imi V usn titles. Hundred* of trees were uprooted and tnaay out buildings toppled over. In Cape May City the piple dwelling of Harry B. Davis at Lafayette and Queen Streets was nnroofsd and the root carried 7«0 feet to Washington street. At Schei1 eager * Landing, the yacht shed* of Cape Wm. H. Mills were overtoraed. The bath bouses of John Monroe were bodily rolled over. The pole of the wireless (airgraph station, in feet high, was felted to the ground. The wind first blew from tbe northeast and worked around by north to northweaC from which direction the wind wa# blowing when tbe damage was done. Itr-ined hard white man

BOTH PARTIES NAJ1E CANDI-

DATES FOR GOVERNOR

NOW STOKES IGIINST BUCK

Preaidcntlal KlrctormAlsn Nominated and the Campaign is Now

Ink-all 8wing.

At Cape May Pofnt the Qusen Anne Pier aad the flab pounds of John W. CoV aon, Jr, aad Henry C. Bohm were demoilahed. The roof of tbe laundry of the Carlton Hotel was taken off. Several chimneys about town were cat off to roof’s edge.

Loot in the "Durham." When Cape May folk read last week of the aad drowning of eight men by the teas of the tog Israel W. Durham during the

little thought of any of them being connected with Cape May fami 1 tea, bat we J earned on Monday that two of the unfortunate man were sons of Samuel Townsend, of Pennagrove. formerly well-known throughout this county, where many relatives still reside. Mr Townsend’s mother was a member of the Sutton family, her husband. Capt. Jehu Townsend, having been lost at sea many years ago. Another aon of Samuel Townsend was lost two yean ago in this Delaware by almost a similar accident. The bodi.s of the last two were recovered s few days after tbe

The drowned tons wm employees of the American Dredging Company.

AGKD SKA CAPTAIN DKAD.

Captain MaarioeCain Gained Wealth

The Republican State Convention waa held at Trenton on Tuesday sod .was a large and enthusiastic gathering. F.x 1‘oatmasler-Geufrai William M. Johnson prisidsd. Clerk In Chancery Edward C. Stakes, of Cumberland county, waa unanimously chose□ as the nominee, and mads a sound speech in accepting the Domina-

tion.

Electors were selected as fallows: at large-Usai H. McCarter, of Eaaex : Washington A. Kaebliug of Mlrcrr. ' Kirst dtetrict-Joaeph W. Cooper of Cai

den.

Second—Alexander C. Wood. Edge water Park. Third—Lewis 8. Thompson, Holmdel. Fourth—Adoplh M. Mack. Somerville. Fifth-Richard H. Williams. Madison. Slxtk-vJ- Hall Browning. Teoefly Seventh—Henry Dickerson. Newark Eighth—Arthor B. Laaeh South Oranga Ninth—Jacob Ringte Jersey City. Tenth—Aaron S. Baldwin, Hoboken. The following Cape May men served, as fol tears: Chairman—Lewis M. Crease. Vice President-Jamas M. K. Hildreth. Organisation—Wiliam H. Bright. Rfitea—Gilbert a Smith. Resolutions—Cb a*. P. Vans man. Credentials—James T. Hoffman. Lewi* T. Stevens waa secretary of the mnty delegation and of the second ooo-

Captaia Maurice Cain died last Friday at tbs residence of his son, Captain John Cain. 510 Liadsa atrsot, Camden, ^*d H Captain Cain wm kora la Upper township. Cape May county, aad la his early days engagad in tbs seafaring boslm «d considerable money in

He wm a large stockholder l» tbe Victor Talking Machine Company aad severai

raptor.

to allow his at bs is tbe holder tit

Philadelphia.

Pa., December ad. 1800, aad Is President of tbe Meebaafcs National Bank of Tr*ctoa. He waseducated In the pnblic schools to Millville aad at Brown Unlvemfty, Providence. R. I. He wm elected City Snpertoundent of Pnblic Schools to MUlvilte in isee, a position be held until URB. served m a member of Assembly from tbs Second district of Cumberland county to 1SB1 and 18M. Hs wm sleet ad Senator by a plurality of no over Isaac C. Smalley in I8PS, aod to UKH he wm gtren aa tocnoeed plurality of *077 over Lndtom, Democrat. Ip un he WM re-elected by a plurality of hast, thus receiving a third term, an honor Which bad never before been conferred on a Senator from Cumberland county. For several years Mr. Stokes was the youngest member of the Senate. In MQ5..^'wm President of the Senate, when ha discharged the duties of the office .with dignity, ability and Impartiality. In 1000 Chosen Vice-Chairman of the Republican State Committee. la 1900 be, of tbs Commutes* on

Home, and m

on Miscellaneous Bualoem aad State Prison. la 1901 be wm appointed Clerk to

Tbe Democratic State Convention mot at Trenton toot Thursday and nominatwl Charles C. Black, of Hudson Couaty. member of th« State Board of Taxation, for Governor, and tbe following ca dates for presidential electors: At large Richard V Ltadabory, of Somerset, sad Howard Oarrow. of Oamdaa; first district, John W. Waaoott, Camden; eaonod, B. Frank Hina, Cumberland; third. Isaac K. Carmichael. Ocean; fourth, Robert L. Stevens, Somerset; fifth, William J. Curtia. Union; stotb. Joseph L. Bums H. Van

YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS. -Boolal and Personal Chat About Our Resident* and Visitor*. Luther E. Prior, assist*nt news editor of tbe New York Herald, waa a rial lor over Sunday to his father. City Engineer Nathan C. Price He D oos of tbe best newspaper men to tbe metropolU. He Is tbe proud father of a -year-old boy. Mr. Warren C. Neal. tbeHgaau) manager. Is this week enjoying bis annual v B - Whlle absent he will visit points of Interest to the Pennsylvania coal ragioaa, and incidentally shoulder bis rifle for a gunning trip nearer home. Matthew Jefferson, editor of the lale City Timas, has been Cap* May member of of nmlttef, to the place of ex-Sen* tor

Lemuel E. Miller.

T. C. Brewster, of Olorfc- Summit, Pa., occupied tbe pulpit of the First Baptist Church on Sunday. Mr. aad Mrs. William B. Shaprerd are entertaining Mr.and Mrs. William Beardwood, of Phllailelphi*. Hev. J. W. Nicholson, of Medford. N.J.. Occupied tbe pulpit of the First M. E. Cherchou Sunday, in tba absence of Pastor Uaskill, who is now in Europe. Ralph W. Taylor, of DeonlsrUie, who was a clerk In the Cap# May postoAo* daring the summer, has entered iWilllston Academy, at Jtoathami he will prepare to aMai ___ J. Ashton Williams, spent of Ac Delaware Bay aad River Pilots' Society, to Philadelphia. Is here m He Is accompanied by Mrs. William*. Richard Rytoad Thompson, eon of Mr. day morning to enter upon his senior year

at Lehigh University.

Superintendent Lovell * private car, No. 2S, W. J, A S. R. R., came down on Tuesday's morning express tor the return of Mrs. Win lam J. Sewell aad family, have been occupying thair Windsor aveaue

MM; ME! MPE linmiEM MORTOAGE BURNING OCCASION THEY WIN FROM DENNI5VILLE OF GREAT REJOICING | WITH ONE ERROR

CROWD WITNESSES CEREMONY

Special Music and Hplendld Heritson Make Red Letter Day In the Church's History.

UST GAME NEXY SATURDAY ( han.pl, m .h|p H in a,. Becked on Stockton Imwn—Deanlavilte Hhort of Players.

.'.Y™ b.11 Cp« *• First Prevbyteetsn Church witneseed n ^

the First Preebyterlaa Church witneseed the burning of its tost evidence of iodebt-

ednaas. Th# ♦lOJMu mortgs*. ptoded on It In 18n. whan tbe.

edlfioe at the corner of Hughes aad Decs-

by

Appropriate services were held, conduct, ed by Rev. Dr. A- W. Spooner, the pastor of the church. The services were begun, after devotional exerrieei. by tbe reading of several congratulatory msssscss by Church Clerk Gilbert C. Hughaa. After this waa over Mr. L Harry Smith handed orar the cancelled mortgage to tbe pastor City Trvaaurer Isaac H. Smith, the oldest elder, then held the salver on which the teatrumrnt wm placed. Theodore W. Kaeveo. president of the Christian Endeavor Society, which had done so much toward the raising of tbe funds to wipe out the debt, then lighted the match, and handed it to Mrs. Mary J. Babel lea ger. of the two only survlutog charter m ber* of tbe church, who applied it to tbe mortgage. As the mortgage waa ooosnmed by the flames tbe children's choir “I Love Thy Church. O God." Dr.

Mra. L. P. Cake, mother of Proprietor H. M. Cake, of tbe Stockton, departed on Monday for bar homo to WmI whore she conducts a popular haasding bouse during tbe winter.^ Mn. George C. Whitney hrn gone to Washington to rieit bar daughter, Mrs. Joseph E. Learning. Rev. John Wilson Nicksisoo, of the New Jetsey M. E. Conference, preached very to tbe First M JLChurah

ulng. Mr.

relatives throngbont Cape May. The wsU-kaos evangelist, Mr. gbnriM Bnttor. assisted to

theearvieea.

Mr. William H. Fldtor, a native of DanatorlDe, and a former public achoo #r, visited his old friend J. H. Wltooo aad

Mr. Fidlsr is officially connected with the Government atone at Harkeneacg, N He had not bean at the Cape for □

FACTS TOLD IN BRIEF MENTION

Told-OUker Matter* of latoreec

-It la rapeeted that tbe Dm

mtoate for sheriff of Cape May oonnty sx-Mayor Frederick J. Melvin, farber-ln-tow of Postmaster W. F. Williams, of this

j. Jatya, from William Black, dates for amsmtly, who settled to Burlington County to 1*77.

wm tor rixty yeai aow the Tar man National Bank of Mount Mr. Black's boyhood days

«( tbe University of MIoMsm at Am Arbo* where he studied Judge TboauaN. Cooley, tbe

be wm ad- . jey. and took Napoleon R 1 up the practlo* of law la Jetaay City. a toorteao-ponnd a Mr. Bto^ wm appointed a member of f *—*"* ** " (COHTttUU) ON PIOBTH PAOE)

nominated Senator Edward 8. Lrn and Ao-

Jobnaoo for sheriff, and Harry 8. fioovel, Theodore B. Gibbs and Samuel P. Jones for assembly. —The Republicans to the seventh district have renominated Congressman R. Wayne Parker aad to tbe eighth district ~ renominated Major William H.

oonnty convention

will be held at Cape May Court House on Saturday. October 1, to nominate oandl-

itv clerk, sheriff

—Atlantic county Democrats met to convention last Saturday and its ticket by acclamation, beaded by CUrenot L. Goto, a Prohibitionist, of Atlantic City, tor State Senator. The remainder of tbe ticket is m follows: James Scull, Egg Harbor township, for Assemblyman; Aaron

Jaooby, Atlantic City. Coroner.

—All kinds of ready-to iyaar ladiae' walk tag skirts at Sol Needles' aad get green

from the ter.: “1 have lad yon forty years

in the wilderosa* "

Tbe church building on which the debt

The church Itealf wm organised on Jan* 3* 1851, with a charter membership of twenty-tbres. of whom two&Mn. Mary J. Schejlanger aad Mrs. Mary Mecry, era still living. Tbs church property cost more than •>8.000, aad this is now totally paid, the mortgage of MTOO having been

May and DvoniarllWor county championship was played at DmnUvillr last Satur day. The Cape May team had a special train leaving Cape May at 1 p. m., with •bout 150 rooters, taking on II at Cold Spring and about« at Court Houss. making a very respectable crowd of peoplr Tbe team left home with the determination of winning the game, but did expect to have to play hard to win which proved lb* oppoeite before tbe game wm over Dennisville tried to ring in a professional pUyer on Cape May which they would oot allow, m it wm distinctly understood that neither team should pad their team'

with that cUm of playars.

The score:— ■‘CAPE MAY

Stitea, Sb Caaaedy.cf Doak. c Clay, kb Devlin, p Hand. If Rutherford, lb Nichols, as Doeroer, rf Totals

• H MB lt> A K 12 10 8 0

1110 10

0 0 1 0 4 0

DENNISVILLE

a a a

3 o i

» 18 4 *7 10 1

UNITED ACTION *Y RESORTS. Seashore LeagmeAppoInts Com ml u«e

to Get Advice.

OCEAN CITY, N. J-Sepc l*^Members of the Lpago* of Seashore Resorts, toclud tog the Mayors and Councils of nearly nepry seashore resort from Cape May to Anbury Park, wm entertained to Ocean CKy. today by Mayor Champion and Com Coqpcil. The three, local volunteer

Keen. If WeacoU. p Butrough, lb

Howell, 2b Jefferson, c Tie man. c . Totals, o*p«¥*y l DennisvDle o

the vipitora want to tbs Ocean City Yacht Club At noon a banquet wm served at tbeSwartbmore Hotel. At the business testing, presided over by Mayor Stoy, of tlaattc City, several Important qnmtions were discussed, including tbe proposition to" have a law paaaad regulating tbe distance bathers should be allowed to go Into thecoma. A committee WMappi pd to secure legal advice. A committee also appointed to wait upon tbe School

The next meeting of tbe league w be d to Atlantic City to November.

The Isfttof the Series of fifteen 18-bole ratal-play tournaments of tbe Uape May Golf Club wm played last Saturday. G. H. Parr, of Baltimore, wm the winner of (be cup for the season The following Saturday's scores:

Bn*— mcliuSUL- - a?* ££‘“£s;S ,pw “'**' •COTCH rOCBSOMK. The Sobtch foursome last Saturda the links of tbe Gap* May Golf Club ooocluded the season's games Tbe beet balls Dr C N Dalre and W Evans_. T9 4 78 J M E Hlldreib abd 8 D Wright 7V 8 W T W East wick and T S Tbomaa.. 81 I 78 G A Pun and J M WUma 88 I n ~r BJQag anjl P LJodtina. .07 U « . BTonugandA Daado. « a fr C L Matthews and I P Wanger. ■ 5 87 J L C Oorry and J L Bbnnde—...197 IS 85

* on Saturday killed 7 duck, which he

Yon Had .Bettnr Harry d buy roar mattings. Fur would be wtm to get their next i

a jump in prior. Commencing this weak aad lasting until September M. we will eel] nettings at greatly reduced rates. ' CUAXLX* A. SWAOI, 8067 Jackson Btj

1 2 0 1 0 U o o 0 4 S j o 2 0 1' I o 0 1 o 1 0 o fl 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 I • o 1 0 0 I I p 0 0 0 0 2 "0 0. 0 5 0 9 i«o« 7 r o <r t. o e x-n Pori

--- . '-•-j. oayrr Btruck by Devlin 4, by WeacoK, 5. Earned r ^*7 *- Double plays. Long io Burrough. 2. Umpire, Way. Tima. 1.45.

Donk caught a great game. Devlin pitched a masterly game. Nichols played his position in great form. Deauisvllle had two new men. Keen aad

BUtes and Omaedy were all u,^he good m base running. 8»ftee covered >d, accepting 9 chances

Tieman wm a little off to hla work Saturday behind the hat. Clay wm there whk tbe stick, making 2

It is to be desired that there be no clashlag to next Saturday's game. Wav umpired to a fairly satisfactory isnner except on balls and strikes. Clay wm to the game all through it, in fact scarcely anything could get by t** lnWhat did you think of Stitea, ''ssstiilj

If Deunisrllle plays the next game they will have to secure a better pitcher. Wea-

xt won’t do.

CapeMayptoynd tbe game from start »finish with only one error by Rutherford, he accepting 18 chances Mfely. Cape May ragnte the krae of Jimmy JefferAu to tbe Denaisrille team. He to u wy bet man aad an honest player. SxTte 1* • gnat player. one single aad a two-bagger aad to a very fast

man oo bases. In fact, noot tbe team oonlfl have aoored ti

Operated Upon. Mr. Janmiab Macrny. om of Cape Mayto

Friday evening with an Illness, which wm toaraedon Saturday to be appeadhdtto. On Sunday afternoon be wm taker te