(JAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. V. NO. 4.

CAPE MAY, N. J[., THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1905.—EIGHT PAGES. Subscription—$1.00 pcr Ycar.

COUNTY CLERKS’ OFFICE TO BE ENLARGED

Uan Supposed to Havel Frozen to Death While 4 Boat Drifted.

STRIPPED OF HIS OVERCOUT Adolph Kelner, of Newark. Found | IsjiDjr In the Bottom of HU Own j Boat Near'Poverty Beach.

What proved to I*- a jtrtieaotne find |

ras that of tly bo<Ty of Hr Adolph) The Board of Cboarn Freeholder* of Fritter, of Newark, S J., on Tueaday Cape May rouuty has derided to erect a

new public building at Cape May Court Hone* for the u«e of the Connly Clerk and the Eiurrafale. The prcaeot offices were built ia IMS and hare become gradually more crowded until they are entirely too

small for the public bnaioesa.

The large iocre^ee of population at tbe

morniuj:, about H UU o'clock near Poverty Beach, by Herbert Flnnetnao, a

laborer.

Ktnneman war walking along the beach and saw in the distance a small

row boat lying on the send. He of _

course not thinking anything unusual | right summer resort* In this county in tba started toward the boat, when upon last twenty years haaqoadruplcd the bu*irvsching it he discovered the lifeleas m-sa of ihe office* and for some time tbe

fonn of a man outstretched in the bot- — ~ ' w#»nn tom of the boat, his overcoat and bat YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS* a

had been taken off and were Iv ng along ; ——

aide of tbe dead man. and it ia not Social and Perwon*! Chat About Our

Itesldeuta and Vtaitoru.

Dr. J. Smallwood Eldredge was a visitor to Philadelphia on Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Harry F. Kuinger, of PhiladelubU, is a guest of her parents. Mayor aud Mrs.

Millet.

Mr. and Mrs. Jamea C. Cony warn

built in 1865.

lawyers and real estate men have been complaining of tbe Inconveniences caused by tbe small building. A few days ago they presented a petition to the County Board of Cboeen Freehold era requesting tbe enlargement aud that body has authorised . Mayor Joseph G. Charopioa. of Ocean City, who is an architect, to prepare plans for the proposed building, whkb they expect to erect in the ooroiug spring.

rstoed why be bad »trip|>ed bim-

geif of his ovemoat.

It ia believed that tbe young man eras on a cruise through the sounds and had lost his bearings tbe night before, g to the extreme dark neaa of the

[, and he lay down ia hie boa* to

ftaaae to death, while tba frail craft

drifted helplessly over the waters.

Tbe coroner sraa summoned and the amoaiaa were taken in charge by under-

taker Henry S. Kntberford.

YOL'KG LADIES TO GRADl'ATE.

weak an Mias Era C. Rutherford, daughter af Mr. Frank Rutherford, of Cape May Ehdne, and Mia Winifred Creaa, of Court Chpe May County may be Justly proud c( these twoyouag ladles, and aa they •wist into tbalr new profession may auoaass follow them. i ; STRANGE DISEASE RAMPANT.

■Catfre Families Prostrated at DennlsvlIF©—Physicians Baffied. A strange (ilasaa which raps^tly invaded the town of DennDville la prostrating saair* families. lu victims are suddenly ■steed with a severe headache and violent

the physician*.

■khiMjyfa there hai

baffled i^a been

Mm family, even the pet cat, hare been if*

hmbad by this disaaae.

Cape May Boy Prosperring.

Howard N. Stanton, formerly of Went Cape May. who has lived at Ocean City, aad who a year ago removed to Tbotaaarilie, Ga^ and Mrs. Stanton, are enjoying the best of health, so a letter from Mr. Btaaton saya. Mr- Stanton is prospering in tbe contracting busiaem. Mrs. Stanton ■■puna to visa her Court House relatives amdCap* and Ocean City friends next

P*wa Camden Poet-Telegram. The Meant Holly Herald auggmta Seea*m John G. Horner for Coogram sad As

What is tw amttar Wttk Gardner ,

James M. E. Hildreth. Mies Emma Struvea, of BalUmore, u being entertained by President of Council and Mrs. F Mduey Townsend. Edward D. Page, a SurnoM was an over-Saaday visitor. Ha will bring Ms famBy hare agata next m Mrs. Willie Beockert, daughter of Street Supervisor and Mrs. Edward Sayre, is seriously ill at bar home ea Queen street. Charles 0. Marquette, well known here, baa become manager of tbe Traymore Hotel, Atlantic City, suoeaedinx D. S. While. Jr. Robert H. Fadeley ia confined to Ms borne, whore he has been for with an attack of rbeumatrin

Superintendent A. G. MeCnnaUnd, of the Atlantic City Railroad, was on Friday last elected president of the Camden Republican Club. Mias Christina Tinling, of England, will lecture under the auspices of tba W. C. T. U. at the First Presbyterian Church on Saturday evening, and at tbe First M. E. Church oo Sunday evening. Mrs. William Rand, of Boston, Maaa. ad bar stater, Mias Emma Crowell, of Oak Lane. Pk.. are goeetc of the Mlaees Smith, daughters of City Traaanrer and Mrs. Isaac H. Smith, oo Washington at.

O. U.

|£.tSv« May Lodge No. fit. Ancient Order United Workmen, oo lest Thursday evening bad its officers installed by past Grand Master Workman. Henry 6. Rath arford, of New Jersey, aa follows; Past Master. Eld ridge G. Doughty; Mutter Workman, George W. Reeves; Foreman, Everett J. Jrrrell; Overseer. George H. Breves; Recorder, Andrew & Bob; Financier, Samuel F. Eldredge; Receiver, A B. Little; Stride. Stltea York; Inside WatchBpaaeer Barnett; Outside Watch L. Cummings; Trustee,

Grand Lodge. H. 8. Rutherford sad

Uclee that ware U and POeeaU may be had at 10 eeata now. You will wee dm

OUR COUNiniOlD SYSTEM Sea laleCity TurnpikePurcbaaetl—To Be t sed aa Public Bond. The Cape May County Board of Cboeen Freeholders baa purebnaed for •8000.00 the Sea I*le City Yarn pi krteading from Ocean View to Sea Isle City, aad will build a public road os the course under tbe pro; visions of U»* City rand appropriation act. With tka completion of this read Chpe May County will have const rooted about forty miles of good mad, the coat of third of which having been paid out of tbe city treoaury and the remainder by tbe oonnty. Already tbe driveway from Cape May to ■eeriey's Point, diet an re of twenty-four mllea. to a leading artery of vehicle travel running through the center of the County aad tbo satire length of It north aad acutb. Another road eix miles ia length has Just bare com pled from Ocean City and two years ago the road to Five-Mile Bench, which are tbe reaorta of Wlidarood, Angleres and Holly Beach, was completed. When tbe See Lie City road to finished all tbe reeerts of the County will be aeeted with the mainland by public roads under a central control.

TURNED PISTOL AGAINST SELF. Bat Her Aim Wae too Poor to Commit Suicide—Ballet Went Wild. Her mind temporarily unbalanced by financial troobLa, Mrs. Amanda Eheraardt, aged abontSOyaara, of Ocean City, attempted suicide at tbe borne of MrsSerah P. Young, at Pnlarmo, near Ocean City, on Friday.

tbo ballet taldag a different course i wide of her intended mark.

Hustling Business Man. Mr. J. C. Cox. who recently ret n blacksmith aad wheelwright shop at Erma, to one of the bnaieet men in tbe oonnAt present he to -tuning out some ' pretty wagons which are entirely own make-np. Mr. Cox to a man of energy push and believes in poshing abend in the world. Ha has worked up a vary large

of Mr. aad Mrs. Townsend, of this city, and Mtos Scott of Philadelphia, ware i •a Wednesday of last weak, at York, Pa„ formerly pastor of tbe First Baptist Cbnrak of this city. Mr. Townsend tore employes of tbe gram Pennsylvania I

PASSED IWlMEflT SUDDENLY Samuel El well n Victim of Bright's Diseaee-Mru. Tinker Dead. Mr. Samuel El well. agsdSTrearm, and a well-known ciUaeu of into place, died *uddrnly on Monday evening about 8 o'clock. He bad been ailing for a long time with Bright's disease In tbe morning as usual he went tb woi k at his trade mm carpentering and worked until afternoon. When be returned to Uto home later be complained of severe p«i us aud at 8 o'clock iu tbe evening be bad passed to tbe great beyond. Mr. Elweli Heed on Elmira street and was surrounded by s happy home He leseee a wife, two daughter*. Pshiiue and Beaaie, and two son*. Joaepb “OtT Samuel, to mourn bis ioas. Funeral services were held at his late residence oo Elmira street on Thursday. January afi. sod were conducted by tbe Uev. Dr. Spooner, of the ( Presbyterian Church, ibis city. Interment ) was made at Cold Spring c- melery. MKM. CATHARINE TlgKKK Mrs.Catharine Tinker, a.ed si years, who resided with her daughter. Mrs. Hawkey, on Decatur street, died on Saturday. 1 after an Hines* of only two weeks of ploral pneumonia. Mrs. Tinker was a devout; Christian woman and was a regular attendant upon her church duties until old tee

kept her from them.

Funeral services were held on Wtdneaday afternoon at the residence of her daughter, on Decatur street, conducted by tbe Her. Dr. Spooner, assisted br tbe Rev. Dr. Gaaklll. Interment was made at Cold

Spring cemetery.

Religious Revival L Growing. Much religious interest is being manifestad throughout Cape May because of tbe revival serv-ces which are being held nightly in tbe First Presbyterian Church and In the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Numbers are professing conversion and the ardent church members are predicting that tbe revival will surpass nay religious revival which baa heretofore prevailed at Gaps May. On Booday nitarnoons there bare been Joint ken's Meetings held at Ogden's Hall ta white al) of the Prouatact mimeWn take pan.

ANOTHER BOND ISSUE DUE City Co u not I to lasue Bonds From

•115,000 to 500,000.

At a conference held at tbe City Hall behind closed doom, between member, of oouncil and President Peter bbleida.of the Cape May Real Estate Company, which to developing East Cape Mat, aad City bolid•or J. Spicer Learning, last Friday after. noon, it was practically decided to tosoe soother lot of boud*. ranging in amount anywhere from 125.000 to •\0JUi, and tbe ordinance was expected u> bare barn introduced at a meeting of council last

night.

! 11 U lAiat the proceeds of tbe bonds are to be used for tbe construction of a •ewer for the East Cape M.y tract and principally to meet toe dem-nd which may be made by tbe erection of the big hotel, whiph tbe Real Estate Company expectSto i build. It Is alao hinted that ihe bond Issue is to provide for tbe balance Required to pay for the contracts already completed. It is known that about |0>d0 is due Cnrtia A Church, and *».(JU0uur Dellricb A Bowser. If penalties are not exacud Roth of these parties, it U rumored, bare brought or are about to bring, aniu for the alleged balance dne them Tbeir penalties are held back. It is said, by tbe advice of the engineers, w bo are also engineers of tbe Real Estate Company. Tbe w ntractors who still claim amounts due them from tbe city are complaining, it Is said, because of an exacti.m from them when the Real Estate Company, ac oording to its contract made In Hay. ISng, to now in default of iu filling f soo.ito cubic yards of land, within . ighteeu months, and these contractor* «:«im that the Real Estate Company has for tel led its •15O.U00 bond and that tier should be held to tbe letter of tbeircootract with tbe citv aa wall as tbe

For Bale and For Rent. A fsw vary desirable cottages situated m most desirable pan of tbs town. Also soma bargains in lots in different sect of tbe city. Now to the time to bay your building lot. Charles T. Campbell.

Money to Loan. Have cltoata who desire to pLoe f •1000 to *1500 on first bond and mortgage •ropsrttaa eilher la Caps May City a Caps May. Only first dare risks

Gilbert C. Hoghen.

214 Ocean St., Caps May

Robert Wright, of Holly Beach, was on Monday adjudged an Involuntary bankrapt by the U. 8. District Court and tbe cam was referred to Referee Lewis T. Stevens, of this city, and tba meeting of bia creditors will be bald in tbo Referee's office on February mb. ^ Boardwalk Being Repaired. The boardwalk, which In many places ■as been baomsred with tbe high tides, to ■slag repel ret la front of pavilion No. I tor several yards s new walk to being built to replace tbe old and decayed boards .that have stood for many years.

New Store at Cold Spring. Mr. Joseph Brows, who recently set up n store at Cold Spring, and handles meats, groceries and provisions, to rapidly coming to the front. He carries s line of tbs fresh set goods that can be found anywhere Give him a trial.

Has Farohased Bakery. -William Waldorf, of Ocean City has purchased tbe bakery bneinsm recently carried oa by Edward Cream oa Mansion ft. and is now engaged at his new place of business.

SENATOR KEATS RE-ELECTION New Jersey's Lawmakers Hard at Work in Trenton. .

Trenton. Jan. a.—Tbe most Important event of tbe week In tbe state legislsture was the election of United States Senator John Kean of Elizabeth to succeed himself for a term of six years. Yesterday the senate and assembly net In their respective bouses and voted separately for senator. Today at noon tbe two bodies met in Joint session, and the election of Senator Kean was completed by a party vote. Thera are on Joint ballot fifty-nine U«-

JOHN RAN.

the deaths of two assemblymen elect In those counties, sent an opinion UK* week to the bouse stating that then should be a special election to fill them

Mr. Lehlbacfa of Essex in place of Leader Duffieid. from tbe same county, whs is ill. then presented an amend meat to the election act in line with tbe bill paased and signed last wssk waiving the previsions of tbe primary election act for the special election la Union, and Sussex. Mr. Leblbacb's measure provides that in special elections to fill vacancies In the senate or assembly caused by death. roaignaUou, etc., advertiaing the elections in tbs