1.AK1.K.VT Sr.WSPAPER IN StU TH JKRSHY

CAPE MAY HERALD.

THK BKST AIUKRTISINC.

VOI.. V. NO. RAIN AGAIN MARS RACES But Automobile Sports Test Our Smooth Beach CHRISTIE MADE EAST TIME

cape may. n. j.. Thursday,’ august 3,1905,—eight pages.

Subscription—$1.00 per Year.

king In midkllUM. »bo»lug it*

C»l» bcucli «Uh no »au>mobtlr <|K^dlb. ui*oa li Surmoumlng the wholr

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BoarOwalk »'rowtlr«l wllh Spoc'l*■ ion. I ntll U»r Hmt* Khowrr. IHaprraed Tht-m

CHtbrml on lb* boat*Y»rd'"plan»<l« ■Uki» ihr tmcli b< Cap* l»»t S.ninUl K> wllnr- tbr IbUIhI non- of »br C«P» W-T AntomobiW Club on ih» Odr-mub-^ 00anr But nlo Matin m»-t» It ttnponiW. for tb« Mpronton to •ritnm tbr rrmu. . Altboagh tbr official* hrarrij ro-lomi thr tlrrocUitg and carrtad Uirongh an rxton*lrr proarm in Bn liool tlmr wa* impoa.lb>. While tbr brach *aa u tairlj good coadlttoa. lb* drtrtog nln m«dr It pract! callr Impowdblr for tbr oontottanta to

oronoarr to atari tbr raoea at 10 o’clock, thr tklr a! tbla hour bring k!bm» at tbr loar.water mark long before thi« hour tlion*anda of apretatora bad Ubrd tbr Hoard walk from Madiaoo armor to Sew all’r Point. The oatlook waa tbrraUnuig hut men. women and children braved the weather in older to get a gllmpae of the a|M*dlng autos over the smooth bench. Bj the time the raoea were ached n led to atari there waa a 000 tin non- at ream of human i t j eroding Ita way in the point of starting and fl Dishing of the moea. the Aatlmated number on the Bonrkwalk bring about to fall ’ about

relief fbe UUera are in enameled green gold, tbr color* of thr olub. Mre the words In artistic etching, •tape far Trophy, given by Cape May Atitom .bile Olub". with ample apace below for winner’s name to be engraved. Tbr t immary of tbr events follosre: Toor ng imra, up to an borarpower, to be (frlrrn vy ownrre—Won by W. C. I-ong-atretb- Aborarpower Maxwell: time. 130 44. C i. Swain. 1WO horsepower Wlnion. Tom ng cars, up to 90 borar power, to be riven by ownrre- Won by O. B Fletcher SM.or -power Packard; tlmr. 130 44. Ororg- Rbrdrtjjryer, S440 borar power Na-

tal tlmr

00 ng care, up 10 SO horsepower, to be driven by owners -Woa by C- J. Swain, «o boran iwrr Wlntoo. time 13014 amooda- . A. I wprw. SO-borar power W Inton. are Dd:t nr. 13S. J- E. Slehiw. 404orar ower Cbnmaa, third; time, 138 Tout lag cam. up to 90 horsepower, driven by owsrr or chauffeur—Woo by T. E Hwarar. 1890 borarpowrr Wluton; tlmr 1. I. Swnin. 18-90 I. .raepower Win ton. aaoood; Umr, I.-42 Touring oar*, up to90 bon. power driven by owner trehaoffeur-Woo by Waller llnhrvr. borarpowrr National; tlmr. • KHtcber. SI bomrpowar Pack - rd. nrcood T01 dngcara. up to4dbomrpower.drieeti e n vnrr or ebanffrur — Won by C. J. wal< ,«o benrpower Wiaten: time. 1* 5. . A. Deprw. so-boraapower WinUm, Tkai ring cam. up to 10 bon*power,driTen by or ner or chauffror—Won by H- A.W li* hbo me power Cadillac, time. Sfli- C C. Martin. He borar power Cadillac, second lion*, distance oar mllrBy Walter Christie. U0 hoi exhibition, oaa mile. In M 44: blblt on. mile. In 39 94: third exhibttioo., mile, in 3844 b pedal erent. for SG-bo raepower Wlntona Wc 0 by a J. Swain: time. 13114 Special treat, for llEboraepower Cadlllace- Woo by C C. Martin; Ume. 236.14 Spi rial event. Ihbomepower Maxwell ire -Won by W. C. laongrireth; time.

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The star feature of the day. Walter Cbrietir's anticlpatrd onslaught against the rsoord time for the mile, did not take place. While Mr. Christie appeared on beach in U* wonderful ' Mae flyer" • delighted a handful of spectators who I reappeared after the storm bad erased, did not attempt to try for a world's record hot the ooodttiona made it or rases r; Mm to content himself with aerenl exhibition knUea. The conditiona were far

Mr. Christie thundered over tbs -mile cotime several times at such a high rate of speed t hat to the uninitiated it am that be was equaling the srorid'a record for thedistaacr. Tbr timers caught his tig

I spaad wllh each mile: The first mile •a negotiated In 48 44 seconds On the xt attempt be reduced hi* figure* 1

the third. Mr. Christie's speed

JoTthia dts

e when It U considered that the

as sticky from the beery

dforqetue

m his car through water. The time for rorld'a leeofd for the mile is Mtf.made w can ma at Ormond. Fla

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APPEAL TOROOSEVELT

AROUND THE GOLF LINKS

Mayor Millet Scads Letters to Members of League

HINDER MENHADEN PIRATES

BEST SCORE IBIS SEASON

Will Hand a better A»'ring Government to Take a Hand In The Menhaden Flaking _ Mayor Thomas W. MDlet ha> aaat a letter to tile members of the Seashore . • asking for a meeting of tbe Xxeentlre Ommltte of the New Jersey Leagos ofBeaabore Resort Mayors for the porpoae of framing a letter to send to President Roosevelt. Inviting the National Government to etap In and put a atop to ■e menhaden pirates. Mayor Millet sUUa; "After all that has bean done they, the ptmtea. still I within a few feet of 00r ebon and pome

OAT TIMES AT THK CAPE M New York Seep la at the Height of The Season' Tbe New York "Herald" says of Cope

May

at lb# season la rapidly

old-t me form ia seen In the cafra and pa Vilio is. Tbe marry clink of gl-airs. the bun of conversation, and sweet strains of

mus - at these placee every •veni pole illy of the advance of eami

r life.

beam enaetd time and time again la Old Cape May. Thera Is Ufa. too. In tbe ten pin hlleya, _a billiard rooms and the balls when sand'd shuffle boards are favorites Caps May is qpiqoe. Tbe boaniwalk at night is net the elect. It la given ove servants. Daring tha day and nftervooo ibis great stretch of wood is a (asbtnoable thoroughfare wh. re one may see belles end beast of Philadelphia. Bab limorv. Washington. Pittsburgh and New York promenading. Tbe fashionable crowds gradually disperse with the riOae of day. and at night time tie- walk — * bv iia-tdecaanme a new pi lacking the ghtu rand abua Of the late

aftero

spedal low rata •icmrion from Cape

place among aawteara. every one 01 toe Uar, Ctiae May 1 mirt HoU»»-and point benta fnrnlablag a cooteat- C. J. Bwaia. g^te Wildwood branch to Atiinti the weO-known Philadelphian, carried orf City. •P**! „* iU „J**®.

Hprnoor I». Wright, OUvere the N«mr' I; Le-ugUirnod Oourae In 7» Birokee

Tbe local golf 00crae la n well-drained Ires of land and as a raenit the beer; tins of the forenoon had no effect on tbe Saturday afternoon tourney, which enlist-

1 a Arid of thirty-four ghtete*.

W. Horace Hepburn, of tbe Uelreraili of Penneylennia, carried off first prise wllh

of 78. Spenoar D. Wrlhgt. Jr.,

of the Bala Golf (.lob. however, had tbe beet actual eoore of the day. TV which la

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Cap* May’s nrwly-

F W English J F Grave* EC Ita tech man J Earn ret Smith J Hickson Dr E L Vananat BWmui^Harvey Dr Charles N Dari* -S.inu.-I Biaphagi Edwin J Blspham * ‘ - Crow Jr ra l. Matthews C J Young Whluon Brans Robert W Skinner. Jr B Rowland

Bd win F Cook J&SkBuS" 7 J M E Hildreth ' Thomas S Dando J Wlmcaa

li

a thing for exbibirioo.’'

tbe cboioeat flak. Not aatiaflad

srithln 1 abort

r the great American

KKIjKAHED FROM PRISON

Leper, a Cumberland county relaaaed from ihe State priaoo

at 630 last Friday morning by Prison Keep-

braaMng. ’ goods. ]

He had previously

OLD MORTGAGE BURNT slon Presbyterian Church Has

Only *1.00 to Atlantic City uodjle-

tarn

On Thursday, Auguat 10, Tbe Penh- The burning a< e mortgage of I19CW upon , I ranis EaUronc! Company wUl rnn • the Wells Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Avalon, waa solemnised Sunday morning. With appropriate words, tbe mortgage waa sat aflr* by Charles GUI, of Philadelphia The ediflee. being fra* from alldabt. waa dedicated by Rev. F. R. Braes, of Blackwood, after which Rey. DarWJ M. King. D. D. of VlaeUod. daUverad a flttlgg

duties ha hid'for arvtrxl ^yrars been

from the text found to sob too, therefore, brethren, by lb* of God. rhat ye present your bod ins aacrlflce, which b wholly rLprd.

A HOTEL OF SPLENDID CHRISTIE AND LASTING REPUTATION! BEAT RECORD

Goes'to a I Playet

of the day. TV y-leagthsnedu-

. Tbe

A hotel which a splendid reputation ot only being one of the beet at Cape May bat to be found anywhere along the is the Hotel Lafayette, which I* under tbe capable management of Col. John Tracy, who la tbe owner of the hotel and so baa been 1U manager for nearly twen- _ yean. Col. Tracy b bor of the solid btmineaa men who man mgs hotel properties and baa bad a varied experience in the business which enable* bim to please tbe patrons of the boose and give them tbe serrieas they desire. For many year* he managed the old Washington Hotel In

d he purchased. In

mpany with other gentlemen, the Hotel I Lafayette and has continued to be ideniiJ fled with Cape May ever »lnor. The W Colonel's intereri In Cape May not only “ enter* In tha fact that be b a business iso here, bat be ia also a resident and otes as well as pays taxes. He always 1 takas an eptlve Interest in any

ff Eaatirlek ist feraltb. o

of Wilmington, and

Horace Hepburn, Jr. won the Sootch ireome prbas la the tourney held on the local links Mat Saturday afternoon. Tha J K Smith and W H Hepburn 78 8 75 R K Dispham and R w Harvey 77 0 77 S D Wright and J M K Hildreth 98 11 77 J F Lucas and Barton Lucas S 7 79 F J Graves and K 8 Green 89 6 78 W C Smith and K L Vaneant 88 8 7S G G Suddarda and P Caaael berry 9V If) TV R N Williams and R W Skinner SB 10 80

which will tend to advertise Cape May as tkat hotel that In each returning visit hr

will be again found at tbb popnlar house which b a ailrnt testimonial to the fact that the guests get the accommodation

A Daria sad W Evans ' d and B Rowland d C LMalthews

dJC~ •

88 7 81 87 8 0 £1! S

J T Black and J C Blspham Blow T S Dando and SHHaofcatt, Jr 6r • VI ^Mb> Annette Daria, of Philadolphia. proved tbe best potter at the Chpe May Golf Club Saturday afternoon and won tbe clock golf contest on a aooreof 8*. The aoorest—Mias Annette Deris, 94; Mr* C. N. Daria. 87; Mias G. Daria. *7: Mb* Lewis 97; Mr*. lawpool, 17; Mr*. Roeehill. 98; Mlaa

Dr. George A. Hewitt, of Philadelphia, after a lingering Ulnena from heart disease, was brought to Cape May three week* ago hoping the change would Improve him. Bnt although be seemed temporarily better. Mi condition grew «e, and be died Tuesday mornldg at >*of Mr and Mr* E- P. Stile* 518

iyettagffRrtgaagd 57 yearn,

r. HewUlttM.InrtiJUof Oapt. Jamre 1 8. and Zamioh Hewitt, natives of Cape

' ,ar Count-

Heaariy ... . . ., that of medidne in the practice of which for over thirty year* he waa very sue

j With Flying Start. Blue Ryer 1 Covers Mile in 25 Seconds HAD ELEGANT WEATHER

fiymi.

the paopb Of tbe outside world to come beer and apemUbvir raoatioas. no matter whether he ta going to be dlreetiT honeflled or net. He has *1 wsy* bsso libeeal in kb donations tii public

The Latayetie b eleg ntly situated directly os thr hescb front in :bv centre of and Is handy to both the railroad Stations and to tbe plaossof public am ament. It is. es tbe above picture rvprv ita. a maaslre hotel, with lu piazza* ex-* ding to tbe roof supported by loug columns and b arranged so that it b not only one of tbe prettiest bouses here but of the most conrenlent. It la so laid out that Dearly every room has an w and can always gel a breeze b blowing. Tbe bouse b also fitted up with excellent plumbing and with baths for either private rooms or en suite. It is the third largest hotel at Cape May and b tbe center of social activity throughout tbe summer season. Numbered among Its patrons art tbe select families of Philadelphia. New York. Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Weahingto;., Connecticut. St. Louis. Chicago. Louisville and oth-r cities of lesser population throughout tbr country It b

visitor come*

mvr, nl* fastest tinje being 25 ecood* flat- Tne dac w»» *11 that could isve been as keel for. sod what Utile wind here w»* did not hinder nor aid the racing mtomobilbt. as it blew across hb track. Tbe trinl* were time*! by Secretary g. M. Boiler, of tbe Automobile Clnb of AmerissSisted by A. H. Chad bourne, of the mr May Automobile Club, and as in Saturday's events the More timing mstru-

lent was used.

There had been no announorment made that Mr. Christie intended to make any trial, and In consequence his efioru were There were no police to keep tbe course and many bather* and other* wandered across the path of the flying car. keeping the officials constantly worried over tbe chan or of accident* Christie had one advantage Sunday that be did not have Saturday in that hr was able to get a longer start before crossing the starting line. Hb car. however, did

smoothly o<

BIG CROWDSITCIMf'flEETIIG Hearillr the Mecca of Worshiper* this

Week and Laet

Bomb Bearillecamp closed Monday. The early meeting was conducted for tbe last time by the Rev. B. F. Buck and n Urge mmber of cottager, attended. The boliaea meeting met with as good reenlte. The 10 o'clock sermon was delivered by tbe Rev. J. W.Lee. Bevere] hundred children attended n meeting In tbe temple end tb* Rev. William Stone gave a chalk talk. Tbe Rev. James Burn* preached In the afternoon to n large congregation song aarvioa at night waa bald late: naaal In order that the excursion of 500 from Cape May ana intervening towns could enjoy the sin gleg A number of

was conducted by the Rev. J. B. Shew at 0 o’clock. Tha evening song Service proved to be he crowning one o; the cam t>. Thcpavll>u was crowded, and with Professor Ferguson nl tha organ end tbe Rev. Mr. Stone

11 parts of the grove. The Young People's Association baa elected the following officers for tbe < Lng year: The Bar. J. B. Shaw, president; Mrs. L. Swain, arorvtary, and Mr* FVller. treaatuer.

the previous d*y.

Though be did not approach the world's record of 21 2-5 seconds, made by Baras in Darracq at Oatend. Belgium, last year, r made a new record for ^merlcan-bnllt car*. After bla trials Sunday be said be thought tbe beach here was not quite hard enough for heavy-weigh-, ears, bnt that ft a moat excellent course for the tight am^ middle-weight else* of racing mail. and very good for touring car cooowing to its proximity to New York

and Philadelphia

After Christie had made several trial ^ins op and down the beach. S.M. Butler and hb assailants got the Mors timing apparatus working and the word was glvea the record aspirant that all was In readies. Hb time for the first trial was 9814 conds, and this was cat aown to 2 34 xmds on the second attempt. 1 hr third trinl was a fifth of a second lower than tha but the fourth waa made In 2

LOVERS SPOOR III CiMP

Tbe camp-meeting officers sod pastor* of South SeaviUr are In a quandary at tha disposition of the young people. *

they may prefer to bill i mocks all day rat

__ _ . . service*, lime b Tbe grand xonreh of tbe oampen filled tbe than religion in them. I

one pest or. 'The girls seem to sit with 'he young men talking while tbe meetings are in progn ■lng it U *v*n worse. Wa ought to do something to get tiiem to the

Cornetiti Crane played e tied by Prof. J. F. Fergneon-

t night, bnt all

marched around the auditorium they sang i

■We’re Marching to Zion."

A*the benediction was pronounced tbe t

old bell Mled.ee baa bee# tbe a

The Young People’s Araodation elected he following officers at thriranonsl meet-' lag: Tb* Rev. J. B. Shaw, president: Mr*. L. Swain, teeraury. and Mrs. H. YMler. treasurer. About 9000 person, witn

Ite'flfcpMhgactt***- -«

Batqplay was known ** ’‘tnamorlal day of BteriOe catpp" The marly meeting * ' principally by the aged friends of

Special Music at the Advent Tbe boy* of the choir of St. Slmeo Charph, Philadelphia, who are staying the Surf House, at Caps M*y Point, will In the P. E Church of thr Advent on Lafayette street this evening. PERSOIIiL MERTION Cape Jerry Kid red g? and Mr*. Eldredge of Pbilodelpbla are guests at the Ell for a few day*. Ellis D. Thompson, engineer in el f the Improvements at Cape May, b. with hi* family, speeding thv*amm*r at ' Cept. Frank G. Edwards, of the Cape 'May Real Estate Company, and family are kmaicd at tb* Colonial fur the ann

■r Christie, of Se» of trial* Sunday tart kilometre rec

> 120

1 and r

i in hb fifth attempt that he scored

It w

European distance In Just 2 second* Be made five more triab np the beach, the it of which waa 2 14 and the slowest 2 44 seconds. He was timed twice for the down trip toward* the sonlh. scoring214

retary of the Racing Board of the J

are®, and he aisled that the record* made could be officially accepted by the national governing body. Angnat 2 and M are tbe likely date* for the next meet here.

MISS MILLER IN FIGHTING MOOD Says She Will Appeal From Judge Rale ton’s Ruling Mbs Anna B. Miller, former principal ot the James Rhoads Sch

Judge Ralston eetllna aside the verdict for 10 which she recovered against Dr. lee H- Harvey tor alleged defamation master. ■ Miller went np from bar summer home at Capa May Point Saturday and . visited the Protbonotary'a office wllh the view of preparing paper* to appeal tha to the Supreme Court. There b e

Conn will c marked enoceas In trying her in the lower court, nod permit her to argue the appeal personally, or compel bar to e<

■a parn.ll I certainly will carry » tbe Supreme Court and. win possible energy to have Judge an'a ruling n

a enable will be held at the Shorehaa on Saturday. August 1*. for the baaefft of ( St. Ago**’ Catholic Church, Cape May

Iqvmti.ii -I base a ha—tin 8ar sate. A ’suSK: