CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. V. NO. 17.

CAPE MAY, N. J., THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1905.—EIGHT PAGES.

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COURT IN SESSION.

EASTER A GALA DAT HERE

April Term Open. With a Lon* Caaae

Fair Bkiaa and Cool Brr-aaea O: Vial Cora to the Shore.

The Cape May County Conrta were coo vrntt! on Tutaday with Supreme Court Jnatlc* Pronchi. Swayie preeWJln* end Judu* Voorhee* on the bench with him. Sheriff Bright emponrlled the following grand Jury: R. L. Roaa, L. T. Swain. J. Clem Koater, Leonard Hand, Korman 1/ I.udlam, R. W. Ryan, George Sayre. Anthouy B. Smith, Charlea B-hm. M. L. Bayard. Dr. B. T. Abbott. E. W. FCrcum. B. L. Sohellenger, Samuel Buck. Bet-J. F. Barker. D. J. Robiuaou. R. B. Stltep. Stephen B. Wllaou, Joa G. Champion, Joa. Byown. Frana Rutberford. Wm. S. Kim-

hle.

The grand Jury waa immediately retired and had not completed It* labor* when tbb Issue of the Herald went to press. All of Tueeday was taken In trrlng the ca-e of KraoeG. Slaughter agaluet William Knahe for damages which were done, to Mr> Slaughter’* health and carriage on Angus! 4 last by being hit by Knahe' automobile. The Jury had not returned ▼erdlct when the Herald went to pree*.

Cape May entertained on Sunday lu biggest Kaatercrowd, probably lo its history. The hotels had a fair share of gueaU. but . was peculiarly a cottagers' Easter, as a great percentage of tb* Summer families were here lo their villas, while not a few had rented bouses. There were many bouse part lea Along the boardwalk were hundreds of edeatrian*. The whole distance from the Pennsylvania station on the weal to Sawall’s Point on the oast, a distance of dye miles, the visitors were scattered in pairs, bunches and singly, as they choae. A perfect day. somewhat cool, greeted the guests.

DAMAGE SUIT FOR 1

O.OOG.

Bridge Contract Awarded At the meeting of the County Board of Freeholder* held at Cape Mar Court Homo 01. W ednesday.Ks-Seustor Robert E. Hand was awarded tbs contract to build the drawbridge on the Thoroughfare at Minerva street. Sea Isle City, ha being the lowest bidder. The bridge is to be constructed of wood. feet long and 16 fret wide with abutit-snla to the same. This bridge connect* S«a Isle City with the mainland, the county having recently purchased the turnpike and with State aid will pul the road In flratclaa. condition. The bids for the bridge were as follow*: Sweetyn A Son, gK.SRS; E. Hewitt and Edward B Arnett. 36.90; North Petra Iron Company. OSW; Rob . E. Hand. O»0.». New Jersey Bridge Company entered a bid for an Aran bridge without * ‘

Dietrich A Bowser Go To Court To

Recover Delay Penalty.

In the United States circuit court last eek, as mentioned in last week’s HxkaID a •90,000 da nage suit was filed by George C. Dietrich and Seward L. Bowser, lately trading aa Dietrich A Bowser, of Philadelphia, J. Harper Dripp*. Frank L. Luckenbach and William Y. Trlpple, trusters of George C Dietrich, rucceasor to the late Brm of Dietrich A Bowser, agaicst the city of Cape May for breach of contract. It la alleged by the claimant* that on May 85. 1903. contracts were awarded to Dietrich A Bowser by tbecityof Cape May for the construction of a beach Improvement front, for the furnishing of materials and the 1*\ ing of a sewage disposal system, the building of a pumping

and a storm water sewer.

According to a statement Died the price of this work amounts to tlS9,564.8S, of which •109,300.64 has been paid. A Judgit is asked for •4L8S1.40, with Interest

from November 10,1904.

It appears that the firm of Dietrich A Bowser was urganiaad Audi U. IBOfi. The Tbs contract* were made May S5, IMA On December 84. IMA the firm dimoivsd and all ita Interests to Dietrich for

oCMAMO, and Dietrich ri.su February U, IM, A

TOO AND TOUR FRIENDS.

Social and Personal Chat About Our Residents ami Visitor*.

*|P A PI A NT sunshine and ball

■* greeted the hundreds of visitors who

came into this reeort last week to pas*

The hotals bare been well

filled by the visitors, but tb* most noticeable feature of tb* period at Cape May this year is the number of cottagee which have been opened by the Ptailadelpnians

who are summer residents here.

Over on the golf links lb* past few days there have been many playing, and the game* will be played by an increased nomber of visitors which will gradually grow until the opening of the summer season.

CROWDS AT THE CHURCHES

BAT FISHERMEN GETTING RICH

Raster Music. Kaater Lille*. Kaater Good Market Dlaurverud for Blue

Bonnets, Everywhere. Mussel* at *1-00 a Barret

In tb* Protestant Episcopal Church of A number of Caps May county bsymra the Adrsnt 8uuday there waa a soeos sci- who formerly earned a good ilvilhood dom ultuaMsd here, when tbs mixed sur- gathering clams, which are becoming unpliced choir took part in lbs service for the usually scarce, have turned to a new ia-

flrst time. A crowded church saw the new duatry —the longing of bio# u departure foy Cap* May. Rev. E K. Tul- These bivalve*, of which v

lige. of Pbindelpbia. officiated. are growing la the deep channel* of tb* At 8L Mary’s Catholic Church there was bays and waterway* and have been conalso a large number of Philadelphians aldered valueless. *r* lo demsnd ** au arpresent at the maaaru. I tide of food and Bud a ready sale in the In the First Baptist Church there were ! market* of Philadelphia. New York and fifteen baptisms in tbe morning, white at j other cittes where the Italian aud French

j the Presbyterian Church In the evening a populations are largs.

Alfred L. Belfleld, of Germantown, was among those who came here laat Friday. William R. King arrived at tbe Cape last Friday and Is staying at a Decatur street

hotel

A party which arrived at the Windsor Thursday evening waa made up of Geoeral Passenger Agent Boyd of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mrs. Boyd. Mr. and Mr* Louis H. Ayres, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin V.

Cook.

Mr.gnd Mr*. E. M. Evans, of West Spring Garden street. Philadelphia, are now in occupancy of a Stockton avenue cottage here for tbe Easter and succeeding

Urge number of persons were united with

the church.

Tbe colored Baptiste in the afternoon came in for a share of atteotion. They had a public baptism in the creek at Scbel. lenger’s l-aoding. which was probably by a thousand persona.

New Time Table. The Pennsylvania Railroad i Weat Jersey A Seashore) will change ita train schedule between Philadelphia and Cape May on May 8th. Tbe no minate flyers will he put aud other additional trains.

The mussels have a flavor equal to that of the oyster, and they are far cheaper in price, bringing from II to 11.50 per barrel wholesale. A good "tohicrr" can gather from four to six barrels s day. Howard Young, Jr., and a compaoiou, of Palermo, caugh eight barrels in half a day recently, In Corson's Bay, which netted them 110.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Snare are now In their Cougreas atreet villa for the spring season. They will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Skinner, of New York, over

Easter.

Mr. and Mr*. Henry D. Juati opened their newly-built cottage on Ocean street on Thursday for the ssaaon. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Lengert are in occupancy of their cottage on Colombia avenue for tbe season. Mr. and Mr*. Thomas W. East wick cam* to their Jackson street Summer home yesterday to remain until October. Prof, and Mrs. CharisaP.

State Taxation Board to Sit Here. The State Board of Taxation will come to Cvpe May on Wednesday. Mav 84. and ait at the City Hall where they will bear the seven tax appeal cases, which are pending, from Cape May County.

of Darby, were viritm* to Gaps Mag rela-

tives daring the Easter aaaaoa. 1 Mr*. John F, Oral* came di

e being only ana contest, fa Waal Conshobockan. where Dspaty Register of Wills Howard WhAtshsad ca the town for 8. Gordon Smyth for State Arteg-t* It is said that in order to damr Whitehead's lack of power at

Dripp*. Luckeuback and Trippla.

brought out to defeat Smyth. Jaoobns being championed by Deputy I rothouotary William Peonlngtoc. a former ally of Whitehead. Tbe fight waa confined lo the Ffnt Ward. Norristown, where Jacobus and Smyth live. The vote there stood Ja--cobua 88, Smyth <V Smyth carried the Second and Third Wards by «S and 43 ma . JoriUes- Mr. Smilh is a soo-ln-law of Aldarmaa Francis K. Duke, of^Caps May.

University Extension Entertali The University Extension Centre of Cape May will give an entertah Dale’s Auditorium. Saturday April SMh. This promisee to be tbs hast of iu kind given in Cape May for

Rev. Dr. Wight Gets Office. Governor Stokrs on Saturday appointed Rev George B. Wight. D D.. a former pastor of the M. E. Church of Cape May. chief of the newly-created Bureau of Charities and Correction* of tbe State. The salary is 13000 per year, and the term three years. Dr. Wight is at present located at Lambertvllte, K- J.,snd was formerly preaiding eider of this district. He is a veteran of the Civil War, and has always been an ardent Republican He was a staunch friend of the late General Sewell. Tbe choice will meet with the approval of our best citizens all over tbe State. Dr. Wight Ium accepted the offer tendered and will ^Wiably devote his whole time to the new

farces, “Lend Me Five Shillings” and “Tbs Blossom Family”, the latter a mm farce. Pictureaqo* stage setting and handsome costuming will be a feature of tbe entertainment. A bevy et Cape May's many pretty girls will constitute tbs Blossoms. You will miss a grand treat if you tail to see this. Admission 25 cents; served seats 85 cents, on sale at Mecra/’s Drug Store.

Cape May Viaftor Dead. Funeral services were held laat S turday at Hi Hansbury street. Germantown. Pa., over the body of Wllmer W. Marshall Arid to have been the first man to establish a tinplate mill in this country after tbs McKinley tariff MU went tut effect. He was «0 years old and was long tbs controllng factor lo the Penn Treaty iron Works and a heavy stockholder in tbe Juniata Furnas* and Foundry Company. Mr. Marshall waa a member of the Society of Friends and is survived by kb widow, one One daughter is

High School Notes. Arrangement* fof Cotnmenenms! are about completed, when a claaa of ten girls will be graduated. Tbe following schedule of exercise* will be giv^d: Sunday. May 81st, 8r.ll.-Baccalaureate Sermon, by Dr. A. W. Spooner. Wednesday. May 94th, 8 r.n —Claw. Day

Exercise*.

Thursday.''May 85th. 8 P.R.-Commence-ment Exercise*. Dr. M. G. Brumbaugh, of the Lnlvrraity of Pennsylvania, will deliver the address the night of the 85th. The primary and grammar grads* will not participate in any of the above-named exercises, but will have theirs the morn Ing of May 98th, In tbe Assembly Boom of tbs School Building.

Redaoed Rates to Pacific CoastOn account of tits Lewis aad Clark Exposition, at Portland, Of*., Jan* 1 to Ootobsr 15, and various ooovantiona to be

—Tbe Borough Council of West Cape May has deeded to the Board of Education the Borough Hall of which an additional school boose will be mads. Council will build a new borough hall.

Summer the cottage of Mrs. John M. Roger*. No. 615 Columbia avenue Mr. and Mrs. Jones Wister had tbsir Beach avenue cottage open over Earner. Mr. and Mm. John T. Jacoby had a party for

Mr. aad Mrs. Adam Soalke are row at

Judge Georgs M. Dallas, of tbs United States Circuit Court, wss a visitor of tbs week, and while hero routed a Columbia venue cottage for the Summer. J. Wesley AlHaoo and family are la I • tbe Spring and

Thauhruser, of Philadelphia, baa •gain the cottage of Mr* Kate Min ner on South Lafayette street. William Knahe, the well-known Baltijoraan, with his family, is occupying a Jackson strrot villa for the Spring sod

Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Klebr, of Pitteburgh, well-known in Philadelphia, are at a Jackson street cottage for tbe E<

OCEAN CITY CELEBRATES.

Sew Boardwalk Opened by Mayor Driving Golden Spike. With flsgs flying, a band playing and in tbe preeence o? a large crowd. Mayor Chamberlain. Saturday afternoon, with a golden hatchet, drove down the two-foot golden spike, formally opening the flue new boark walk at Ocean City. Trade was suspended throughout the afternoon in honor of the event, and city official*, invited guests and various organization* of the city, headed by a braaa band, paraded the street*. > Addresses werv made by Mayor Chamberlain. ex-Mayor Robert Fisher, Rev. S. lent of the Ocean City A*•ociatiou; Dr. R. W. Edwards, president of tiie Board of Trade; Councilman Harry Headley; Rev Pennington Corson and Rev. H. T. Cased berry. A banquet waa eerved at noon by the city officials to tb* larited gnosis, among whom were State Senator U M. Cream, Jams* M. E Hildreth. Mayor Btoy. of AtlatAs City, Mayor Smith, 'Sheriff W. H. Bright.

Mr. and Mrs. Joaeph M. Sohellenger, of Boyersford. Pm, were over-Sunday guasts of Mm. Electa Edmunds. Mrs. Dassa Hand. Mias Emily Williamson, aad Mtaa Bobacoa Williamson b returned to Caps Map for tbs Sum mar.

pytiu

Former City Treasurer and Mrs. R- R. Miller, of Camden, are at Cape May. and will build themselves a cottage Schellenger’s Landing. Adam Soelke aad family and Captain and Mrs. Nichols are at their Washington

street cottage.

Mr. and Mr*. Alexander Crow, Jr., of Philadelphia, will occupy a cottage hero during tbe summer. Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Ooukle will agaiiLbe aniopg our Summer colony. *fifi9samuel^'. Ware has pureia-ed for •4000 the Bockius cottage on North street, west of Coagre-a street. Dr. Charles H. Bead, of Philadelphia, has purchased the Hughes street oottegs of Alfred B. Miller, of Chicago. This is tbs cottage Dr. Reed has occupied for ssr-

Mim Hannah H. Henry teat home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Joseph P. Henry, white taking bar Easts; Borden town Academy. Mrs. A. K. Evert, who Villa last season, win bars Milter cottage

this season. % J. Edgar Slcksls I

Inn for the coming Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gen rig. of Philadelphia. are occupying their cortege on

Mrs. Charles Richard sou. and Mias Mabel Richardsoo. of Jacksonville, Fla., are guests of Mr. aad Mrs. A. D. I**, of Wi Cape May. Mrs. Luuto H. Washburn*, of Jersey City, arrived at Cape May on Mon evening, to visit relative* and friends. William B. Phillips aad Frank W. Millet. who have been In Georgia and Alet with ex-Senator L. E. Miller, arrived home on Monday evening. Tbe King’s Daughters society of the Church of the Advent was delightfully entertained t>v tbs Misses Bart at their home laat Monday evening. The young lafiUa will be entertained next Monday evening by tbe Miasm Kornau. of Elmira

Ex Mayor aad Mrs. J. Henry Edmonds aad tbs Misses Louisa aad Lillian G. Mil-

lion* U the intermediary branch of King’s Daughters, recently organised by tbs young ladles of tbe Church of tbs AdvgpL Tbs society Is a sort of half social, bait * white roseatUHy am Epteet

church. Tbs local circle, which te divided into three ssstlssi. via., senior. Intermediary aad Junior, te under the leadership of Mia* Mary Finn, who Is aa energetic church worker. Tbe Juajor branch n

Awarded *7,600 Verdict. Andrew Zane. of Dennis ville, was awarded a verdict of *7,800 in the Supreme Court in Camden, before Justice Garrison, on Thursday last, in his suit against tbe Atlantic City Railroad Company. Zen a, who was injured In a wreck at Tuckafaoe. on July 80 teat, waa carried into court on a stretcher. He sued for fStJXU damages. Judge Thompson, who represented tbe railroad company, admitted tbe liability of the company, whose only purpose in haring the csss taken to court was to drterm tur tbe amount of d City Time*.

Camp Meeting Date*. The South Jersey Camp Meeting Assoclation will hold iU annual merting at South Sroville. Cap* May County, from July 90 to 81. The flret Thursday. Friday and Saturday are. respectively. Epworth

days out of town " Bush. She spout Saturday with her slalom, Mlssn Laura aad Ella Bosh, of Phil-

ary Day. The following are tbe elected officers: Tbe Rev. Haary J. Zaily. Ph. D., prorident; the Bev. Walter L. Shaw, vies president; H. P. Blok ley. secretary; Baaja-

N party given by Mr. aad Mm. John trickles at the Ban Graafian OB Saturday erooiog. which they will maa a*» the •-.mlag season, tbs Mteese Eva aad nomaos Butbarfutd ’

drawn by a double-bores ah waa a foor-too casting for on* of tbs dredges at work oa the now