CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. IV. NO. 47.

CAPE MAY, N. J., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1904.—EIGHT PAGES.

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Detectives Believe Four Men Planned Robbery On West Jersey R. R.

MADE MISTAKE IN RIGHT TIME

Okra Carrying Money Preceded the Cnpe May Expreaa by Ten Mlnnte*.

No arrwU have been made in connection with the attempt to wreck the Cape May Kxpreaa on the TV rat Jeraey and Seaabore Rati road, near Woodbury. Friday evening last. Inveatigationa lead to the belief that the obstruction* were placed on the track with the Intention* of wrecking the yay train, which preceded the rxpros* by only ten minates. It h> thought the train wrecker* were not familiar with the schedule of the pay train, and were a few minute* late In p|«rfag the obstruction. When the Pennsylvania Railroad detec tires first began the Investigation they ware of the opinion that the work done by one man, and they did not otter it probable that a lone bandit would attempt to hold up the pay train, which la always guarded. Saturday a man was found who aaw four men standing by the side of the track at the exact spot where the obstructions were placed, only a few minutes before the' express came along. Unfortunately thl* witness, who la Sim guven*. a negro living at Woodbury, waa to* far away to be able to furnish any description of the men, but i^is evident that they were the ones who attempted to destiny the train, and Is proof that a gang aad not a single man la guilty. Stevens waa coming from Woodbury Heights, where be had been at work, to Woodbury, and choose to travel by the road, as he knew the express was due and did not car* to risk walking o

tracks.

Two heavy planks and a crosstie used in building the barrier. They obtained from a pile of ties aad planks alsae to the tracks. The planks were tfcrvwu across the track, and the tie then planted with ooe end resting against a tie on tne track aad the other pointed upward at an angle of about forty-five degree*, the centra of the tie resting on the

planks.

It was evidently the Intention of the ■lev reants to ^ave the tie strike the locomotive end on aad throw It from the rails, but it was pointed too high, and was tossed aside by the pilot of the locomotive. The whole affair was constructed in an amateurish way, aad was evidently not the work of professionals. The train whichxras under a headway of more than sixty miles an hour, crashed through the obstacle with no other damage 1 the smashing of the pilot of the engine and a bad fright for the passeo- ^ gera. The train left Cape May at 8-» and was dae in Camden at <147. aad consisted of tour coaches, a parlor car, a combination baggage and a mail car. Time is usually lost on the road below Clayton, and at that point it U customary for the engineer to throw open the throttle, aa there la a dear track direct into the train abed at IMday evening was no exception. There was time to be made up and the heavy 1 the limit of apead anon

PROMINENT COIIPIE MARRIED Mias Mary Brown and Mr Herbert Hrbenthal Burp rise Friends. Mr. Hsrnert Hebsolhal and Mias Mary Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mra. Joseph Brown, of Oresn Crsek, ware married si four*o'clock on Monday afternoon, at Delmraie Water Gap, Fa., by Rev. George Williams, former pastor of the First Rap tlet Church of this city. They are now on a wedding trip.

Tired of Democratic Demoralisation. Charles T. Campbell and Sol Needle*, of Cape May, who for many years have been leading Democrats, have announced their Intention of voting iba Republican ticket hereafter. They express themselves aa tired of the lack of organisation and fixed principles of the Democratic party. Campbell has been the City Amsaor for s number of years, but was defeated In the landslide this election. Needle* is the City Collector and was re-elrcted. having been endorsed by tbs Republican*.

Bummer Visitor Dies. Agustus J. Baton, who wa* for a number of year* a collector in Philadelphia for the Bible Society of that city, and wk wife ie a sister of Mrs. Isaac H. Smith, this city, died In Philadelphia on Tuesday of last week, and the Interment was made at Cold Spring Cemetery last Saturday. Mr Baton passed most of past Summer at Cepe'Msy. He waa a.-member of the Presbyterian church.

Contains More County News. A glanoe-at our Inside pages will show that we curry more County news than any other County paper. This week ten towms are represented. The rwaaon fbr tbia la that the HKItALD'Hcirculation is the largest and can support a correspondent In each town.

Reception fbr an Kx-Justice. Committees of the Nvw Jsrssy Bar met at Trenton Tuesday to arrange a formal reception for ex-Justice Ben net Van Syckel in recognition of iito thirty-five years seryios on thaSupreme Court bench It is probable that the reception will be held in the State ho nee at Trenton. A 1IM sixe portrait of the former justice la being painted and will be presented to the State the date of the reception. It will be hung in the Statehouaa.

1. withal

Judge Hendrickson Moved.

Judge Charles Hendrickson, of the *xm

reme Court, waa moved to Philadelphia . “

Windsor avenue, city

prrnte Court,

from Aabury Park last Saturday. Ha waa stricken with paralysis some weeks ago at his home in Ocean Grove and is still partially helpless, H having been necessary to carry him to the train in a cot. The journey was made in the hope of continued

Impi

Big Catch or Weakflah. The fishing smack Fraucaa E. Smith was taken in charge last week by Capt. Samuel Bock and a crew of eight man from Anglmea oo the co-operative plan. On tbair • trip MM barrels of weakflah were caught, netting MOO to be divided between cruft and crew. The catch is regarded aa phenomenal for this season.

Annual Meeting Held Here. The annual meeting of the Cape May County Bible Society was held at the First M. E. Church yesterday afternoon In the evening Rev. A. W. Spooner, pastor of-the First Presbyterian-Church, gave a stereoptioon view of the parte of the world where the Bible la needed.

New Road, Paid For.

Hm Board of Freeholder* met at Court House on Thursday aad Friday of last weak, to settle with Robert K. Hand for building the Ocean City turnpike road. The agreement waa reached whereby the penalty for failure to complete the road within the time named in the contract remitted, and the bill paid in falL

Social a Grand Swooeaa. The junior clam of the First Baptist hureh gave aa ioa cream social in Mrs. Briant's store, Washington Street, on Tuesday evening, aad it wasadeddadsne- . About MO tiekatsweye disposed of,

aad the young fo

Aooepu Position la Hew Toe*. Mies Myra B. BpuahHng. who has been ' * ~ 1 School for

The Exact PluraJItlrs.

In the recent election in Cape May county the Republicans were surprised thmu- •*. and by,reference to the official table of Republican votes In the county. It will be seen that the following were the Republican pluralities In the conuty: Roosevelt and Fairbanks. I Mi.

Stokes, for Governor, 1852. Gardner, for Coogreas, 152V.

Hildreth, for Awwmbly, 1572.

-Way, for County Clerk. Ml. Bright, for Sheriff, 752.

Miller, for Coroner. 1*04. *

The Sunday Storm. The severe northerly slnd and rain storm which prevailed on Sunday night did considerable damage throughout the country In general, but Cape May, owing to its favorable looatiod, was kept without an lota of destruction. Tbs wind and rain, of course, were severe, but the only Inconvenience it caused was to keep the

people Indoors.

TOD AND TOUR FRIENDS. Social and Personal Chat About Our Residents and Visitors. John T. Hewitt has just closed a fort nights visit to Philadelphia. Among the Philadelphia visitors Monday were Mr. and Mrs. M. & Smith. Mrs. Harriet 8. Hughes is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Percy F. Rotballe in Philadel-

phia.

Mrs. James W. Eldredgs was a visitor to Philadelphia friends from Saturday lo Monday. Freeholder and Mra Mlcajah Smith wets vial tors to Camden and Philadelphia tfu Monday. James B. Re*-r4V <4 Cam' e i. wps visiting hi* mutter. Mr-. John Reeves, iu Weal Capu^lay, over Sunday. Mrs. la-acn, widow sf the late Joseph S. Iteach. has gone K> Philadelphia to pass he Winter with relatives. ilr. and Mra. Luther E- Hew It . of Philadelphia. were over Sunday vi-itora with Mr. and Mra. Edgar P. Stiles. Mra Julios Deoixot, and the Misses Misses Deulxot have returned home from a pleasant visit passed in New York City. Mrs. Louis H. Washburne, of Jersey City, returned to her home Monday, after a visit to Cape May relatives and frienda Mr. and Mra S. H. Moore returned home oo Monday from a visit of several days to Mr.and Mra CharlesH. Lang,at Germantown. Pn. Mis* .'.iary Hughes and her sister. Miss Laura, danghters of Pilot Memucan Hughes, are spending the week in Pbila-

Mra Miller tinned. The funeral of Mrs. Elisa Miller, died oo Tuesday of last week, occurred last Saturday from the residence of Mr. and Mra. Howard Robinson, on Istiayette street. It was conducted by Rsv. A. W. Spooner, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The Interment was mads at Cold Spring Presbyterian Chnrch Cemetery.

Privilege to

sob-let during the summer season. »1A0 per year, payable monthly in advance. Gilbkxt C. Boons, U4 Ocean Streak. Cape May.

Sea Isle City resident* and farmers on the adjacent main Is od who have been demanding a public driveway from Sea Isle to the shore have been informed by the Board of Freeholder* that the turnpike will be mede a free dMreway as aoou aa a r title aao be secured to the present right of way. A Fine Cartoonist. A bright future is In store for Mr. David Crowell, Jr., in the way of a can>onist. Daring the recent election Mr. Crowell sketched one of hie own design and placed It In the store of Frank Hsbenlhal. It was an extraordinary piece of work, being a cartoon sketch of our aldsrman.

News of Use World. If you have not thoroughlv read up the daily news from all Darts of the world yon have only to turn to the Inside pegee of the Bxsald each week to find U all told In the most interesting and readable manMake a note of title and follow It from week to week. Choice Lot of Fruit. W. 8. Hogan has the choicest Him of fruit anywhere to be found la tilt city. Besides his large line of fruit be alao has the finest candies, nuts, etc. You should try them and than be convinced. Read what he has to aay about them In title is-

Rev. A. W. Spooner has his family e fortably located in the |

late Dr. Isaac M. Downs.

WOOD SALE. Will be eoid at public aale oa ths paraooags property. Odd Spring, Cape May On.. M. J., wood la Me to Butt purohaean, •* 1 tft

Hi-Fated Vessel Supposed To Have Carried The Gold.

WENT DOWN OFF CAPE MAT

'Wreck of Bt. John Now Being Examined In Delaware Bay la Hope of Finding Wealth.

Dr. aad Mrs. Theophilus 1. Price, of Tuckrrton. N. J.. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Townssod at their Lafayette treet home. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch E Eld redge. who resides at Peosnakin, N. J., are enjoying the week wi& friends and relatives in Cap* May and Wast Cape May. Dr. Theodore C. Wheaton, who is wellknown in and a native of npper Cape May connty. was elected a member of city council at Millville in the recant election. Harry Basby, baggage mister on the Reading Railroad, and Mrs. Busby are taking a ten days trip among relatives aad friends In the upper part of the State. Dr. J. Smallwood Eldredge and Dr. Waiter H. Phillips started oo Thursday morning last for St. Louis, where they will visit tite Louisiana' Purchase Exposi-

tion.

George Nelson Smith, president of the Marias National Bank, Wildwood, and Mrs. Smith, wure visitors over Sunday with Mr. aad Mrs. Fenton at their Cape May home. Physicians hare pronounced Mias Louisa Scballenger of Boyers Ford, a victim of od iritis, and R Is said an operation was to be performed in a Philadelphia hoe pi tel today. Bev. B. C. Alcorn.who has been in charge of the services at the P. E Church of tite Advent since early last Spring, has terminated his engagement at Cape May and

G. Bolton Eldredge w 'bo wet* at Princeton on Saturday to witness the Yale-Princeton football team, when the sons of Old Ell downed the Jersey Tiger* bv s score of U to a Mm. Richard T. Ware and Mrs. William Hickey are visiting Rev and Mrs. Charles D. Parker, at York, Pa., where Mr. Parker Is having a series of aong services which began on Sunday evening, and will conclude on Saturday night. Conductor William W. Weeks and famy. of Atlantic City, are visiting Mr. Weeks’ parents at Cape May Court House. Mr. Weeks formerly resided at Cepe May city, aad is now one of the most popular conductors on the West Jersey A Seashore Railroad.

Another ••Wireless" Experiment. Down oa the old Ssa Breeze excursio hones site, which is owned by the West y * Bees bar* Railroad Company, a sirsleee telegraph station k in oonrse William F. Cassidy, the

but n is said that the Marin* niasioa Company of Hew York k the project with a jitw to exj work, aad In tha abeeooe of spa! Information it k inferred that the plans of will pot be given out.

Whether there be gold or not somewhere In what is left of the hull of the goocksblp John, which for nearly two centuries bss reposal si the bottom of the Dels ware River, the attempt now Iwing made to find the preciou* mete] brings into interest a trsgic event iu the esrly history of Philadelphia. No record nr history available establishes the fact that «be John carried gold oo her last trip, but that there was a large amount of It. aod also of silver, in her strong room is generally believed on evidence of sufficient strength t.. make the

such <j nests al-

Tbe John Bailed from Gravesend. Eng Uod. early in 1732. for PhU*dvl;.bia. She grounded iu tile river on one of the coldest days day* of a bitter winter, aod her total loss, together with the drowning of four of her crew, furnished an object lesson to the Assembly of Pennsylvania, which finally resulted In the buoying of the channel aod the erection oTaddiUonal lighthouses. The Delaware was then choked up with ice. The only aid to Its navigation was tit* light at he mouth, the lighthouse at Cap* Heulopen, which, built in 1725 by the British Government, still stands aa a monument of constructive stability. Upon tits grounding of the ship her pas asoger* begged Captain Jones to launch txkte. The long boat was got ready, but it was stove in as soon as launched, causing the death of four people. An anorator of George Vaux wrote as follows la a diary story of tite wreck: Is wee grievous to behold us in this deplorable condition, but lo etend still would uot do: eo our captain advised us to lighten tite ship, in hopes of getting bsr off. Accordingly we went about It and got oat, I believe, near 20 too* of ballast. The next morning early we cot away our main t, but all to no purpose, fur we could not get her off. This being done, oar captain looked to see if be could sse any sail coming ear way. which he spied, and there srua no lees titan six seemed to come pretty near us, which put new life in us all, expecting bo km but they would send out titek boats and aave us, which might easily have been done at that time. They drawing near we made all the signals of distress Imaginable, by firing off gnnl, and »nsMn ff take fires, yet so inhuman were they (although they have con f eased they saw us), they would take no notice of us, which wa thought barbarous to tite highest degree. "Thpy laid the fault upon the pilot went oo tite first ship. We contrived at last to make a little boat, though we had took fit tor it, for tite carpenter’s took re lost in the long boat; however, they

people ware appointed to go in ft—two sailors and a clergyman, who went purely ;rr* the company and to get relief with a letter from oar captain of my writing. These poor creatures ware 22 boors upon tit* open aea, la tide small thing, aad tha weather being exoeaaiv* cold frooe tbs sailor*’ kgs to tits host, aad the clergyman

fro** to death soon after he got to shore, ts top of hk thumb dropping oft, as they/ tld on. a littl* before hs died.” * On tits sixth day of titslr prodkasaat all bands war* rescued by a stoop which put out from Lswsa. Thopoassagsr* wsr* landed at Lswsa aad made to pay Ugh ■ tor everything thay seeded. Moat of them mads tbs journey to PMtodalphla on horseback, t^s trip taking throe days