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CAPE MAY HERALD.

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VOL. V. NO. 36.

CAPE MAY, N. J., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1905.—EIGHT PAGES.

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WHO ARE TO BE ELECTED

Eight State Senators and Full House of Assembly

18 SHERIFFS 10 BE CHOSEN

Iiocal CnatcataYtMBl*- 10 be UtoI; In lb* ScnuoMe Ite Meyorelty

Last Saturday waa tbr la»t day In which nominatiom could be filed in thU Slat* for caodldatm to be roiad for al lb* pdmarlea to be held 00 Turaday. Septombar 12. brtween one and nlneo'clock In lb* afternoon of that day. New Jerrej will thU year elect eigbteftbe twenty one member, of tbe State Haaatr KlecUon* win occur for eenatora In tW eonotlea of Camden. Emex. Mon month aryl Union, now represented by 1 a <

Somerset Warren, now repreaented by Detaocrata A full bonne of assembly of sixty member, will also be elected. KUthteen of U>e sheriff, of tbe tweoly-ootcoun. tfee will also be cboaec at tbe election of Nor ember 7. In Cape May county there are to be sleeted an aaeemblytnan to snooead Hon. Ji M. E. Hildreth, taro coroner, to succeed John D. Crebc. of West Cape May. and Charles H- OonUn*. ofSaa~‘ Aside from that there are to be the Tariona municipalities all of tbe local

la Cape May city tbe following o.ffloen.

ill be elected:—

Mayor, for two yaars to anocaed Th< -. for two years to snooeed John

. arlll

. for three yean to ■nesred F. Sidney Townsend, Lon Is C. Sayre, and Jama. £. Taylor.

1. will be the but. Rain and tbe Incompetent management combined

toannke today's meet a complete fiasco and a treremy on the kingly sport. From

1 to 30.000 person* gathered at the of tbe races. On the bands of tbe

management this vast aaaeablage heaped bitter denunciations and serrrr maledic-

tions. And the rain only added to

oonfoslon.

The crowd Itself was to blame for poatponlng of the race* Bat this a » orferly..well disposed, and kept within reenonable sod safe limit, and) 'he puerile management made It 1 the spectators to lease their a the number of the cars, their drisers, the time. ate. Then, once on the racing coarse it was like commanding the Incoming tide aak. urge or beat back the thousands who had bra red

Itaeaa the races.

Today's fiasco, compared with the orderj crowd which was gisen a grand stand tree at Cape May. tbe efficient manageof the Cape May Automobile Club and the rigid police arrangement* of the Cape May authorities, reads like a tragedy.

Mr. londenslager - . Health

Congressman Henry C Loudenalager, of the First New Jersey district, who la ill a'

ime in Panlsbore. is reported' to 1 Monday. Tbe congressman Is not suffering from typhoid ferer as firs

ported, trot has congestion of the kidneys.

anoeead Mlcajah S. Smith. Constable, for three yaaa to snooeed Alexis Sehellenger. Three Commissioners of Appeal, tor one year to ■necred Thomas B- Wales. Edward Cream and Theadoea MaelUr. Oreraeer of the Poor, far «ne year to

The following are the Cape Uny City

B. Wilson. Gaoncil—Louis Sayre. F. Sidney Town*and.& F. Ware. > msnsor Gilbert C. Hngbee. Dea E. Taylor.

Choa

—Hoory SRntherford

- Edwin P. Clark. Alexis

Cammiaaloners of Appeal — Theodore Maelles. Thomas %. Wales. Oserseer of Poor—Albert U. Bennett. Delegatee to Couaty Consentloa — S. Waiter Bennett. Joseph P. Henry. Mayor—Frederick J. Melsin, Thomas W.

NO RACES FOR ATLANTIC Incompetent Management Mars Big Automobile Races

CROWD OVERFLOWS COURSE

Liability to Fatal Arcidrnta Make Imperative to Postpone Ksenia No Speed Teats Attempted

GOLF SEASON ON THE WANE

Invitation Handicap Medal Play Given by Mr. Suddards

CUP TO BE PRESENTED SOON

Aa Sr aeon Draws to a Close I Very Exciting Matches Ar Played Off

ATLANTIC CITY. Sept. *. - Tbe first An invitation handicap medal play tourAtlanUc City Automobile nr j war given to the members of tbe Cape the beach, south of Ventnor, this Ma> Golf Club Saturday afternoon by

George O. Snddards. of Oserbrook. who, with his wife as a partner, carried off tbe pnaideot's cup last Wednesday. F. ttfendell. of the St. Dysld's Club carried off tbe trophy on a net score 76. Ralo fell during the latter half of tbe ereot and tbe scores taken aa a whole were the poors*, of the »eason, but in spite of this R. Wister Harvey w»nt around In 78 and equaled the record of tbe course. Tbe score fol

Iqwir-^ ". __ »

F. Wendell 88 IS 7< R. Wister Harvey 78 0 71 H. W. Starr. Jr 85 is BC J. H. Cochran 91 10 81 W. H. Hepburn. Jr. 8* 8 8S S. Hackett, Jr. 87 15 8S H. G. Chamberlain 88 5 84 T. R. Newboid 91 7 84 Samuel Blepham 86 12 84 J. A. McCardy B7 8 83 Albert Lucas 86 10 83 a L- Matthews 4*4 i 86 J.D. Dando 86 C M W. Wilton Evans 06 10 M J. W. Lucas 87 10 87 George O. Suddards 01 3 88 H W. Skinner, Jr 1(B 15 88 George D. Lewi, 108 It 88 H N. Williams 104 15 88 J. L. Brown 87 7 00 Thomas 8. Daado 100 10 00 I>r. C. N. Davis . IO) 10 90 C J. Young 97 6 01 W. M. Allen 102 10 92 J.D.Ovna 107 J5 K aB. Price Ilf ?2 82 a C. Rauch man M 6 08 Alexander Crow, Jr 144 90 84 E. J. Farbor U* 15 07 J.F.Loeaa no 9 101 J. F. Bailey. 8d 195 10 116 H. Wendell. J, Ernest Smith, E. F. Cook. Benjamin Rowland 'and Barton

Lucas withdrew.

prevent Speaker J. Boyd

nominated as tbe Republican candidate for Senator in Gloucester county. He will to Cape May In ryenperat* aa soon

Women Will Not Race

The promised antomobUermce between Mr*. Ceril C. Ritter, of Riverton, N. J., and Mrs. Joan Newton Cuneo, of New York, will not take place for the present at least. Mrs. Fitter won comdderable fame for herself wbl e at tbe Cape May races and Mr*. Cuneo did likewise an a member of the Uiiddeo to nr in July. After K™ Fitter'! sensational driving at Cape May fije challenge came from New York for a rase ff4b Mr*. Cuneo, but fora aome reason the novel conjett will

ake place Mr*. Fitter has won for

beraelf the repuution of being one Of |

the moat skillful and daring ram the country. At the Cape

May raqeasfifr. Wayne Davis, of the Keystone Motor Car Company, of I’hfla-

tia waa in tbe Packard car wih her. Davie la enthusiastic over Mr*. Jitter's ability in hauling a car.

BbWbrPW*** O—er While gnnniag for qjtgJ beoa on the anhes near Btona Harbor, 00 Friday afternoonJlmyth Hand, ,4 that piape, waaahot in Um back and limb* by a

SPORT OF THE WINDS.

CITIZENS AROUSED

THE IMPERIAL WEATHER VANg.

O'up Boon to Jw Presented' In view Of thy fret that Uje seas!

■ariy over, the U)«mher» of the Women's eeociattna Of the Gape May Golf Club

t becoming interested In toe likely eroftfaeeearm’eehptobe pneenh w player wbo baa won the most p

daring the playing of the Summer.' The

stanlng to date U: Mire Annette Davis, 90;"" ,o "' ,oe '

Mire Annette D herty.tei Mire

Crow. .7

. Dlmond. 77; Mias Crow. ,71;. Mrs. - .Herman A. Lewis, M; Mrs. Jamas W. Lncaa, 61; Miae Isabelle Crow. SO. Miss Mali! 4 e Stevenson. 49; Mrs. R. L. Barlow, 48; Mr*. A; Go wry, 4*; Mia* Bans Dlmond, 40; Mre. Charles K Cbambera. My*. B- WStarr, 54; Miss AtareaU DsSilver, 84; Mias

hr a heavy cold. H> ^ n t |||[<|| ^ kidney 1 rouble Heba* b«,, b.:-y trylriktci^^’ig. uia . Mire • J. Boyd Avis from being Ci n _ rfc Ur, EhlntX Rodgers. 11; MIm

Singer. U;.Mre. Elliott Rodgers, 11; Mlaa Smith, 10; Mlm Gertrude Craig. 4 Class B standings are; Mire G. Davis, 80; Mis. Luther C. Ogden. 17; Mire Dorothy Wilm-

14; Mrs. Samuel Htapbam,

Thomas W. East wick. 8; Miss Mary Jaco-

by, 8; Mias Mary Hildreth. 6. Peng Pfaycni ffrS Load

WHHepburn4rand FAMoCardy 78 1 77 8 H Hackett Jr. and F Wlodall 85 I 77 K W Harvey and Dr. R W Starr 78 0 78 GDI^wisasd JDOrne • 88 10 78 J D Dandu and J H Cochran ■ 84 5 79 G O SoddanU and Albert Locae 81 9 80 TBNcwl^ldMdFSDaodo 80 8 0 R N WtHlaas and R W Skltjqar HUM S Blepham and WM Allan 81. >84 Dr C N Davis and W Evans 01 T 84 J W Lncas and Alex Crow, Jr 02 7 85 E J Cook and J L Brown M 6 80

C J Young and H B Price C L Matthews and E J Faber

itcj

Pr- „

Bey. Dr. Aythqr W.

the First PrrebTterian Church, dettyvred on SnreUy evening a brief W f '

DE1TH OF COLOBEt P0WEi\

Colonel Char lee R. Powell, * vyteran of the Ovil War. and well known tbrougbont Southern New Jersey, dleo last Friday afternoon at the home of bl* daughter. Mr*. Frank Gandy, at Ocean View, this county. He was seventy-nine year* old. and had been 111 for several month,. He had only retnrned a Jew day* before from a trip to WernersriUe. P*„ with his which he had taken lor hi* health. Ha was boro at. Ttjckanoe. Cape May county, and was engaged there for many Tears in tbe ihlpbnlldlng business. Shortly sifter the outbreak of tbe Ciril War he organised a company from Caps May county, being captain of Company G. of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, New Jersey

Solonteen.

At tb* battle of Fredericksburg be wounded by a.eheU, ant from this be omly partially recovered. He then retained to Tuckaboe, wl;r re, after a few year*, be rettredfrom busloeas. . . - 1-.' ‘ . Thy fgaerri ^ ^ . lug s' liafi o’clock, from the bom* ot njg son-in-law. Captain Frank Gandy, -* Ocean View, and interment, waa mad>

REASON STILL IN SWAT

The Moat I’roaperon* One That Oap*

May Has Experienced

The pronounced ancoeu of the seas matter of gratification. It ndtjarpria* to all thp resident*, aa wr|l ■« tQ tiff yltltor who has -hero cumlag here for many **aImmedlatedy after the Fourth of July

Emily Sharp, wife

and daughter of Councilman T. Masks) Sharp, have been viiltlng relative. In Port

Norris for several day*.

Mr. and Mrs. ' 8. Gordon Smythe, of Conehohockan, are gneauof Mr*. Smythe'e parent*. Alderman and Mrs. Francis

show that the resort would maintain its reputation and have a good leasoo, but tbe was far in excess of the exp Ilona of the most sanguine, and.it non be atatpd aa a fact that - It. has been N the tost prosperous season in the resort's

Istery. -

The *ea*on did not dose with tbe Aogq»‘ daya, but It will last far into September, a*, many of tbe leading hotels - -have book-,

tonroey, held on the local links Saturday. Jags that.wit] keep them weli filled until ' 1 the latter part of the moo(h..

Honored Rev. Dr. Archer

t member* of Clinton Avebue M. E. Church, Trenton, gave their pastor, Ber. George E. - Archer, Ph. D„-a reoepUon Tuesday night. The affair waa held to mark thh congregatlon'e appreciation of Dr. Archer’s serriods to thechuroh. and '' thlmupou bis return from a.tv

hs' trip, which was spent!a Kbglen

Dr. Archer was sent to Trenton by tbe

ifethodlst conference. Tbe event w. In tbe church and was conducted l

the officer* of the church . Dr. Archer wi stationed at Oape May Court House pre-

pro picture of human iffr a* can

In any literature. While it give* true hi. lorioal £*«**» t» almost as iniereattag aa ^ 30fi-T Jackroq order for exhort dm*. Knlre, and c£in^

PERSONAL MENTION

Happenings of a Wepk An)«ng Yonr

Friends

Ur. J. Stratton Ware, of Bayonne. N. J! Is rUltiag his'mother aqd sister* here. Mr and Mrs. Oourtlandt Vanamao are visiting Mr. Vanamau's moiher on West

Perry street.

Mr. and Mm. Pamnel R. Swain are gnetta o! Postmaster and Mrs. Horace F_

Swain, of West Cape May.

Mrs. Belie Damm, of Brooklyn, la * gneet of ber brother, J. R. Wilson, pro-

prietor of th* El heron Hotel,

Mnkjfeeas W. Hand will balk!a -vw*.- - a Perry street on tbe lot ah* recently pure ^PPOl* persons

chased which adjoins the Breakers. ’ • . liberal In their I

Miss Mary JMaan.«f Chester. Pa., is guest of Mias Mary , Taylor, daughter of Conncllmac and Mrs. JpiaurE.Taylor.-. . aoon as he la able to .be about Con, 1

J. Morris Roger*. Jr., who has been In the Adirondack* -daring tbe sqmmer. arrived at Cape May qq Monday to eajoy * visit With M». and Mm John SI. Roger*. U. 8. Seaator Phllaoder-C. Knox, of Pennaylrania, and former Attorney-Gen-eral of the Dulled Statps, was among last Friday and Saturday's visitor* at the

Wiodaot.

Mr*. W, J. McKee and Mrs. Shirt, of Indianapolis, Wnre gnaats over Snnday of Mr. and Mrs. George W. .Boyd, at their pottage.. Mrs. McKee Is mdanghter of the late J&ealdent Benjamin Harrison. Miss Ella Bush, damftrotagfcr. apd Mrs--A- a Ehtthi returned RtHdladelphla Monday for tbe winter. Mlaa Bosh has in spending the enminer month, very pleasantly while here, and a host of yonna frl cods'Will greatly mlm her. Frank Palmer, baritone soloist ol tbe First Preabyterian Church of Media, Pa., sang tn the First M. E. Church in thl, m Sunday morning last, his selection being "Jesus Only," Mias Burn*, daughter of tbe pastor, being the accompanist. This heanttfitl aqng. so affectually rendered, added much to, the iqtereqt and spiritual enjoyment 4^ the aarriot.

Plans for Reform Discussed at Monday Evening Meeting

WOULD PUT OUT THE BOSSES

Corn ml tier Appointed to Hugger Name and Draft Pisiform fbr ' NeA Organization

Frank 8. Sheppard, secretary of the citizens' meeting held in Ogden's Hall on Monday evening, has banded ns s communication setting forth that tbe meeting was held to consider the political conditions of Cape May. The meeting was fall ofenthnslasm and speechm were made setting forth the need of reform In Oape May by City Solicitor J. Spicer !.earning and others. The meeting wa* called th rough a circular sent oat hy Edgar P. Sttte*. At the meeting the following were appointed to suggest the name Mid platform for the organization: J. Spicer Learning, M emu can Hughes, Morris Crease. Rev. A.. W. Spoonei Pilot Albert G. Bennett.

meeting should be held on Monday of next

-•eek.

ThU meeting wag |n Uw with th* „ gestion made by the Cape Mav Herald •ome weeks ago In order to consider the

local conditions.

The candidates for local ofioeashould be •elected Without regard to the party to which they belong but with absolute •.bought as to their quallfioatloas to perform the dalle* of the affloe which they

AUTO GROUND UP BY TRAIN Frank Hack’s Narrow Escape Near Atlantic City

of reform which Is spreading

throughout the country ha* canted up heaval* In IlliaoU.Mlaaonri, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other cities and states where ring rule ha* been absolutely la control, tn Cape May city there fc not quite that Ceding that w« are rtd of bossism and inch

the public meeting on night may have the effect of

op the people so that they will |

for ofltee wb

In their ideas and economical' in

their ways of conducting such a seaside report a* Cape Mi y. Thi* cwnmlttoe will ilpA4* «ro«llent work PtokWed to does nbl

mlqifedna* to enter into tta

. and than prevent the. a committee -should

1 mi Wee must also bear In mind lost look to .the Interest of the P“bUf and opt.allow any underhanded and xupulou* politician to flU them fnU of aUeced Irregnlarlttee and apparent negil--oq the part of aome of those who

mlUees think they are doing work when they are really helping out

paste they : Ur tin ■wilj t

hand, are apparently aiding snob a o> mittee In thq retokm movement, and __ the other h*n<l are working through devlon* and dark way* to accomplish their ends, which end* are not for the good of the community but tor the personal Interest and private gain of th* politician who foments the agitation and thos brings forth the committee which la Innocently oaed tor htt benefit.

<M God' passed from this

to the Great Beyond to be with his loving Father daring eternity, when Edward Turner breathed hi* last at his home in Cold Spring on Saturday evening. He In bis eighty-sixth year, and h»Aln«fr been one of the beat known men of the lower end of Gape May eounty. He was colored of skin hot white of eonl, and always Inood ap to as a pious man, not only by the Negro race, bat by the whites as well. He was * native of the county, and came of a colored family which has been hereforgeaereUaDa. HU brother, Henry,

died only a few yqar* ago at

Maslcal Hooraat the Carroll Three of Philadelphia', finest male vo-

iWlista. Harr* Page, Joe Less and Frank Palmea, with Jack Sheppard aooompaolst, made the welkin ring with mnslc, classical, sacred and otherwise, from Saturday evening unffl Monday afternoon, at the Aer popular Carroll Villa. A large company of guest*, with a delightful contingent of appreciative ladle*, enjoyed every moment of thereof this splendid musical quae-

Mr. Page 1* aq spirited and rothu la all he ondcrtaLre. that he is a

«ery priqoe ol eqteffa{n«re, whether In music, elocution, fudge miking or telling a good story. Hr. Sheppard's Largo on

DEATH OF EDWAR4 TURNER

Aged OoliwT^fpeqqhee

At Cold Spell

Away

of God In a manner much better than many who follow preaching toy their living. Ha bad not been seriously 111 long before his death. He Js survived by several children, grandchildren and great-grand-children. .. - .- .. ’7 I The funeral occurred yesterday ‘from Union Bethel A, M. K chqroh-Oold Spring, the eervtae* being conducted by Rev. Edward Bmhprongh. Uat «>.ob Excmnsloa ortheBraami to

■ Atlantic City

OnThuaday, Baptemder 7. the Penneylvanja Kattroad will run its last 8L00 onoKUy excurrioa of the season from «A4* Mat' WiUwood, Otpe May Court S act. to Attenue Qty. bpewral wttllaara tkpe May ami Holly

MAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

rul His Cousin Jornpcd for Life nd the Latter Got Off Without a Scratch

Frank H. Hack. Jr., of Baltimore, and Is cousin J. Van Meter Hack, of Wln-

cbf * t * r - Ye- » ho were In the aiitomoblle which struck Mr. and Mrs Thotaaa W.

Butts, of Brooklyn, on the Cape May

driveway Uat month, and from the Injuries of which accident Mr. Butte may never recover, when in their automobile last Friday on their way from Cape May to Atlantic City, were struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Abaecon cross-

ing. six miles from Atlantic City.

Th

Urari and 1 Mr. 1

Fo

Hack fhaa

ing of minor bruises and ^

they Iona eter

a Sal writt bees theC anir delpl or an to ca erilU day, wbo

day tite iii»5JO ime >urt 5r*t ake ore, J to.

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byaU Rnttu Laffer