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V'jUL. V. NO. 33 LIGHTNING PLAYS HAVOC

CAPE MAY, N. THURSDAY. AUGUST 17, 1905.—EIGHT PAGES.

Many Places Struck by The The Rural Sections Have Gain-

ed Ten Per Cent

Sharp Flashes

FIELDS WERE FLOODED

CENSUS IN OUR COUNTY

lAxhtnlMK HU;a Ifnerr Prmnl .%■•»«o*l ■ Houw at Cape Majr l*t>lat Bat Nobodj Hart SptrUi («I*. J&raU I>n rlnc thr arvatv rirctrleal at or Which paaacd orrr lha anntheiw part 1 Cape Maj ooualy on Sooday raaolp many place* van struck by the ehai. ItghUUnn which ptarallrrt. bat owtap to tbe beery downpour of ruin therr do flno an mlpfat be thr cam when a atom la on. The atorm

At Court Houar the atrrcU' lightning »truck the power bonne and the towc waa iu total darkneaa. At Rio Rio Uraad It atruck a tree, acatteriwc the bark tor aereral yards around. The atorm which aremed ceutrr at Cape May Polat struck a large Paradise tree in front of the raddsoee of Frank Rutherford. running down the tree the bolt branched off to thr porch and buried li thr ground. The family wen sitting I when the flash came, and

for aa Instant an one waa hurt beyood electrical abock. Several panes of Were broken la the parlor window and brwoefaea of the trees were scattered era! hundred feat around the yard, queer (act la that about two minutes before the flash came, two of the family were alUlag oa d|e porch, had they beet, there when It struck It would probably hare bare Instant death Keen South Cape May did not escape tb« rarages of the storm, the cottage of Sam aei Bailie waa Brock aad slightly damag

KKV. J. P. CONXKLLY DEAD

a County Her. J. P. Connelly died at his ; Palmyra, N. J.. on Tuesday of last week.

ie of the oldest preachers in the

it Berlin. N. J., and his Drat £r Was at Toms Hirer. The last charge ■aat Grata Crank, ending In ISM. A resided in Palmyra for the la Be Iravee a widow, one non

A hew days before his death Mr Connelly requested that Bee. H. M. Brown, of One hary. the eldest minister la lh< ooufei peraefa hb funeral eerris. Jut * awn Mr. Brown was burial, aad the gtrmoe w* he deUrend by Her. C. H. Lawreoee^. fermer minister at Palmyra. He maided •t Cepe May Court House for serrrsl y.

CAPE MAY’S URGE GAIN

Being Entirely line to ■e Heeorte and Vsnufac uring Town of Woodbine

IN THE AUTO WORLD

Brief Mention oi the Events Which Will Occur

RACES TO BE 25TH AND 26TH

Will Try For New Record With ISO-H. P. Car

By the state ecu

aaed the population of Cape May ta Increased from 1ES01 In 1900 to 1T.S90 1 1906. or n per cent. The Increase la dnr entirely to the aa ifarturtng town of Woodbine. The rami arctions gained about 10 per while Avalon aad Snath Cape May i d la population. The greatest gala

la Five Mile B.

Wildwood aad Holly Beach, when them waa a gain of 119 per oeotThafollowlug table shows the population of the various municipalities In t])* Cape May city boRtg the largest. In which our gala has been 13 per cent.

1906 1900 In-

Aislon. ... *sS«SSs.:

- 1777 •9771* tlOOl

1 City 1896 1807 la City — <83 ato aSiSnfiSnr-S ‘E aasLr=:£s ” ~ ' Capa May 6 14

.. 17890 18101 4189

■Included Woodbine. tDierssiu

Tae late venerahle MethodUl preacher, formerly of Cape May Court Houae, .the Rer. Henry M. Brown, who lately died Cmnbury. wen a lifelong bjaom friend the Rer. Dr. Ballard, of Ocean Gro They were boys

stole apples together from Urn seme o Both wart converted about the a wem licensed to proach by the a trace and bora been a Dgmou Pythias la their friendship ever since. “ sed for yean.'' say* Dr. Ballard, did uot ext-bang* friendly and brotherly Krtetiaga. We bad no, from each other, and wr share 1 each other's joyeaod sorrow*, fears and hopes, be quite the sadly added tne agad minister, friend ha* crossed the ri

The tide b running high now. yet them are ludicatKms that Ufa season will be protracted nntll the first week lo September. for the

DEATH STILL A MYSTERY

Morpliioe Found in Stomich and Inrestigation Being Mode CORONER'S INQUEST HELD Remains of Mrs. Eva Depew, Were Buried In Union Cemetery ai

responsible for the unusual state of affairs Siam the beach baa been •tried out" aad under frightfully unfavorable condition., too. aad found to be Ur better than It waa anticipated to be, the owners of racing machines hare lavished unstinted praises upon the old. gray, wave-battered strand. Hem tbs billows have roared and foamed sloes thr world began, rubbing down the aand. polishing the great fire-mite stretch nntll It b as smooth and hard sa s piece of choice mahogany. It b the beach par axcellroc* of Ibe world and the automobile

world b Juft finding It out.

It U reported In local aatomoblle circles that Barney Oldfield and Gay Vaugbn.lhe raring men, will shortly be matched for a big raor. bent two in three beats, to he held on the beach at Cape May. It is said that rep rrern tail res of tbs Capa May Automobile Club hare seen both men and of-

Loub Chevrolet will come to Cagw M for the nest automobile mow and a a ley at the mile and ktUmetre r orda recently established oo tljl beach Walter Christie, urith hb 199-hor

■Blue Flyer." Chevrolet will drive the 110-bomcpower Flat ear. which finished ••oood la the recent Gordon ~ In France- The car has been i Italy fat the Vanderbilt cup race, but It la expected hem In ample time for the Cape

May

Aa to Oar County Jail Tbe New York -Herald" oo Slh coo la hi id au article speaking . of tbe dbgraerfn! coodltiooa of the various county )aUs of Sew Jersey, and It informs Its no memos raodan that the Cape May oo Mil b la s bad aoudlUoa. KyUaaUy tbe writer of thaarilrie ha- bum writing for

ASSUMED ITS OLD PRESTIGE noted Men Are Wearing Broad Smile Aside from the automobile Internet which ta very intense here this season, them Is no lack of other diversions In tbs way of golfing and boating. The old sumsd lu former prestige hae been filled to overflowing for the poet -hree weeks. Tbe hotel man am

Tnckahoa. X. J.. August 14.—The of ber death still a mystery, the remains of Mrs. Kva Depew, of Mew Verb, wen buried at Union new ri ary ben today.

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GOLF MATCHES OF THE WEEtf

Bispham and Harvey Make New Record in Scotch Foursome

MISSES DEFEAT MATRONS

Mro. R. L Barlow Goes Around In OO and Breaks IS-Hole Record By Six Strokes

K K. Hbpbam and R Wlater Harvey. of thr Philadelphia Country Club, who play «d aerate^ la Saturday’, tourney and who 70 the handicap Scotch foursome, also oka the beet ball record for the course

COMING PRIMARIES

Petitions Must be Filed to Run for Office SEPTEMBER 2 IS FINAL .DAY In Order that Candidates' Names May Appear on the Ticket OflTidally

AUTO ACCIDENT ON BEACH

the way to their bath houam about HAS Monday, wan struck by an aatomt being driven by Frank H. Hack. Jr. Baltimore, aad both wet seriously. Just as they .. of the boned walk to arom tbs driveway they wen In the raw of a bM aal were In ■cah a position aa not to we the sat* bil. coming along. The automobile bring driven at a speed somewhat grt than the law allowed, but the position of yoaag Bart wassurt that be oould not we Mr. aad Mrs. Butte, aad they emerged from back of the bus tori w tbe aatomo^ aleogaad both of them wem ted ported along by the

met of four*

In the

w fire feet.

badly braised aad en etaoaed that they had to ba carried oa ariwtuhan I Hotel Lafayette when they an ste It ww at firat thought «tqt Mr. Butte had been seriously Injured but after an exam I- ' by Dr Jamw Meefay, of this city, ■uouncad the rwuit of tbe accident to y braises. Mr. Butts, however, eras cut In the back of the bead by one of tha lantern* on the fyoqf of the automobile. Afier th* pair bad beau given medical

- - ——- aad Alax Crow, Jr 86 Kt-Rutchman and GT Dunlop 01 ri T. ** - - * j o « *— _ gj ^ gp

88 8 81 “ 8 81

CL MatthoweaodFJGmna G Soddarda auu Albert Lucas K H Roger, sod A J Dai.do W H Hepburn, Jr. and WG Jone B Rowland aad Kane 8 Groen JS Martin aad BMulfotd Dr A C N Davis and W Krans rtsartsats

JHBhoada ri B Prior at

as 4 _ 88 0 88 HS S 88

I B 10 81

and B C Holden

R Norris WUUamawal D If Skinner. Jr. 8 , h z «™ve^ Jr. R -v Starr aad C W Daria, withdrew. Mime* Win Prom Matron. , Tbe first wnteh In the history of the taps May Golf CUjb bet wane tha married and the single women members waa play, ad last Thursday afternoon, aad allowing oae point for each round and one point for u Individual match, the mtaaes won * U» matrons by the soote «f H to mlmw woo ris matehsa lu the me V one; but the tetter had some brim tor their defeat,Tor, aooordlog to tbs sy>Ua of soaring evsry hole woo, they would have captorad the match by tbs soon o'x> 1 The adorw follow:— MARRIED | % SINGLE JJra-gariow Sites North Mm. K. Rodgers 0 MI*. Stevenson Mm. H. A. Iwwl* 0 SI las Dougherty “" A-Uwrv OMtea A- Duels 3;S: 0 ISr‘ , ss-i < 5”

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AU persons who desire to become candidates for office, this tall moM file petition! with Jb« clerks of tbe various Em roughs and township, and la Cape May city oo or before September *. In order to allow their oamw to be printed officially on tbe pri mary tickets. Every , emon who desire, a nomination mat file bis petition with the nsmse often resident* themoo, who. at tbs last primary, voted for a majority of the candidates on the ticket of tbe party from which the nomluatlOQ la desired. Of these ten. five must make an affidavit thsi they want to support tbe candidate for tbe “S' primaries «1U take place •tey. September 19, between one i .... o'clock In tbe afternoon, at the plows selected by the yarioua clerk, lor lha bolding of the annual election In November. This rwr all township officers am to be elected la November as well w In the dtlm. At e primaries rand Hates for dele, tbe county conventions w asms candidates for aqwmblymen aad coroner.

Iu Qspe Mfty county

DOINGS AT THE POINT Daily Happenings at Our Sister Resort , ATTRACTIONS AT LAKfc LILY Cottagers a

•unosad Jamas M. E. Hildwth, aad two oorooero to succeed John 0. CrMg, Weet Cape May. aad C^ariqs ClnuUng. of Sea late City, neither of whom tea sooosed themaelTW under the Uw P. J Melvin Fur Mayor It U said that farmer Mayor Frederick J- Melvin wtU be a eamtte.r. sypsla for that ofloe at theeomlug primaries. Mayor Mclriaaemdaa chief magistrate of Cape “ * * ' 1888, and It wes during

Mm. KUtebeth Parker, of Philadelphia. U spending a tew days at the Surf Houae! Mm. Margaret Fosmer and daughter Stiff Fowwr. of Salem, are .pending a few weeks at Wright's VUla. bfr. and Mm. Georgs Fenton, who bare bara spending a week very mjoynbly with Mr. and Mm. Frank Rutherford, bare returned to their home at Court House. Mtee Henrietta Bar bridge, a charming and aooompltahed young lady of Tacooy. te at Wilson Cottage. Cape May Poinl. aa the guest of Mias Gertrude M. Tolbert, lake Lily |s a plane of gm it delight just »w. aud under tbe careful management of John Stanton it is rery apt to be, and hte boaU are always clean and In a rery

organisation* visited the tewo and tha place waa made psriUriarij lively by rra«ou of many of hkcBorta. It will ka merited that daring hte term the Knight Tempters came her*, tea Fifth Maryland Regiment and tha Washington

The three Miaow Alrarex, three charming Spanish'girls, who are aummering at the Point, are seen dally tripping along the

of the Point, and are nntnberod

among our feariawbathemand swimmers,

a tamer sweenn te now at tto height ! hotels hare a large number of also, the e Tea tag <i*n-— at the

Sboreham and Carlton Hotels attract the attention of a great many visitors, and the

•pent very Joyfully In the

help noticing the fine costumw which are worn by the bathers dariug tW bathing hoars. They are simply grand, and many of them present an apthal would Simply make Old rsep with Joy in seelng-tbal It r him. While In unavermaUoo yesterday the reporter asked a fair bather If Old Ocean wasn’t rough with bar someOmw. With a silly aatlle she aald,"WbUe la Its grdap I am never afraid." aad then

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