—- CAPE MAY HE3ALD. •

VOL. V. NO. 50.

ATROCIOUS ASSAULT Charles Sims Attacks Womaa la Loody Spot

SHORTER ROUTE HERE

Exteosions Planned by tbe Pennsylvania Company

THREATENED TO KILL HER

WILL REDUCE TIME SCHEDULE

Piacorered bj • Who Ii .mediatrix Oaxe The Alarm. Hpot a Ixmelj One

To Provide More Direct Ran* I Cape Max and ita Seashore

For the flr»t lime in tbe recent history ol Cape Vex t**™ »»» “1 attempt at orlml nal amanlt on Monday rvruinjt r abont Blue o’clock. Tbe culprit wee Cbariea Simee. who le eald to bate hern tempted to do tbe dastardly deed beeanee of harii.it too much liqnor a poo btm A boat tbe bonr when Ml»> Olivia Bothell, who i« ased about 00 year*, waa Koine borne »o6 walking along tbe Went Jenry Railroad Ira. k. between Weal Perry street ami York srenoe Sbe noticed the man following her. She quicken ed her steps aad so’did be. When she turned to run tbe man ran altar her. In aboat 100 fast be overtook bar. Sbe called tor help bat Simee caught her by the throat, and warned her to de*St. eras badly pommeled In tbe face, her lid Uyed open aad her Upa cat bv the blows against her mouth. Aboat this time young Vaeser paaee a bicycle, bat thought there waa a I Be directed the attention of several persons coming ont of «eonm Hen nett home, to the affair. Tbeae Persons wen to the scene and tbs vilUan escaped while they were getting there V Miss Bothell wae carried to ber k

Plane bare been prepared for the coou met Ion of a spur from near Winslow Iunotion to connect with tbe Cape May load, sear Cape Mat Coart Hones 'ram a point on tbs exieosloo there will e another line built to Ooaao City. This will girt U) tbs Psnusj Iran la a lore direct line from Camden to Cape May. as well as to Ocean City. To the place there will be

Chief aaogee In tbe plane, aad later they will be submitted te tbe Board of Directors In-

direct line in Cape May, and Lt Is believed that a toon ne the work of elevating the Went Jetaei Railroad through Camden is under way tbe con tern plated Improve • - • - line will

suffered eeverelr elooe. Only her tenacity In fighting off the man eared bar from death, ae sbe says be threatened to kill

Tbe distance by tbe Woet Jenry * Seashore BaOroad to Oeeaa City is consider •bty longer than that of the Atlantic City Railroad, owned by tbe Beading Company _ i n— bare to go to Sea Isle City first aod then by » roundabout way to

bat by t o'clock Tuesday morning it fjly given up. rnlng deputy sbe riffs went

years of age. large I

aad be will ito doubt get a lung M

DKCEMBEK OOCHT OPENS Thirty-three Oremit Coart Oaa

Oa Thr M«‘

Tbe December term of the vgrioat Cape May County courts opened on Tueedsy

with Supreme Coort Justice Sways* siding, aad Judge Voochafia on tbe bo Toe list of Sopremc aad Cirealt cm

was the longest, that hat been not teed la oar coarts for a aamber of terms, there being nine Supreme Oocrt iseure and thirtythree desalt Coort cases. Sheriff Bright called tbe following grand Jury: J. SwiagWiIlia, (foreman,) Charles L. SteUev, Chance W Saul, J ant et T. Hof mag, Eogene Way, Crawford Bock, Jacob Feldman. Edward M. Suttoo,

Richard C Holmes, Gilbert V. Ill

Henry WcGinley, Howard Eddy, Jooepb O. Champion, J no. 8. Douglaea, WlnOel-1 S. Corson, Edgar Hatton. John Bonham. L S. Uriaoom, harles Foster, James L. SprtDger, John M Vance, Jaioea T Chappman, William T Steven* (ex-

cused because of being 31th man.)

Judge Swarte made tbe aunonne*cient that hereafter tbe license toe 1 would be 1300 a yeer in place of two

aad that all persons who had

rieted or plead guilty of Htutday telling

In the last year, need not expect

CAPE MAY, N. b, THURSDAY DECEMBER 14, 1905.

Subscription—$1.00 per Ye

PERSONAL MENTION

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is

Mrs. William L. Kwlng enjoyed a shopping tour of PhUadelpbl last Hatuidsy. Mrs F. E B. Tompkins was among the early week ridtore to Philadelphia. Mrs. George H. Reeves has returned from a visit to friends In Philadelphia and

Mrs. George 8. Douglass wae among Chnatmat shoppers to Phila-lripbia on Monday. s Joseph R. Hughes left on Toeeday lor a vMt to her children in Bridgeton and Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Barton roturned borne on Satnrd y evening Mat after a visit to Philadelphia. Dr. William L. Wlltur. sheriff of Mercer oouoty. and Mrs Wilbur, WPte'gUeWi rer Sunday of Mr. and Mra. ImiberC. Wdeo. Capt. Phillip Sblrida. of Gaps May Oenit louse, baa purebaaed a twenty-five toot launch which will be need next eewac ply between Benny's Landing and Sptoer’e

ELECTRIC ROAD TO THE POINT It Is Said That The P. R. Oo. Will

Agents representing tbe Philadelphia A Heading Railway am asewriag tbe right ef way for the build log of n breach of

their read from OoM ~ '

aew territory.

Onthe other band fhe Peoneylvenla Railroad,.which owns tbe majority of the Cepe Island Turnpike Company, a corporation that owns (be road rsteddiog from Ctpe May la Cape May Point. It is saM will build an electric road over tWe t ^

so that they will bare tbei own

t • Cape Moy Puiot Instead of having to

the Beading isacks for their br

pweeoger tnJoa.

CAGED HIMSELF IS A BUILDING

LOOT LOCATED IN A DREAM Valuable Tools Stolen by Boys

Recovered

CHRISTMAS

GREENS

Those Who Come And go to

Visit Friends 4b

YOU NAME MAY BE INCLUDED SEARCH WiS WEIL REWARDED „f. W«k A„.„ Y-r Rcutlvrs and Friends Tereely H “ B ° T * W y *"* Told-Other Mention Arwdptod

Cape May County Leads In Were Compelled to Abandon

HOLLY AND MISTLETOE SCARCE

La are) le tbe Principal Gathered and le Shipped Went la Large QoantUles

aad lo process of ereotioo hare been rob b~d daring tbe Unt few weeks. In on* case a number of valuable tools bring

Hand dreamed that bv id flod bb tool, haried In tbe eaod lo the Vicinity Of a hoi. Which bad bean built by some boys. Hie search tber was re warded by the flod ef not

Tbe boys who freqaewt the but were ap

of tbe Pease Duke lam Fri.lapleaded guilty. They worn Henry one ' ‘ •, Norman Craees and John

For a month pom several hundred men. omen and children bare been at work in ie cedar swamps in Cape -lay and Camber Land Counties gathering greens for tbe holiday trade. In tbe swamps adjacrthe island beacbes of tbe Brel-named ly laurel, holly and cedar grow In profarion. while oa many of tbe swamp aka mistletoe flouriabew. laturrl la the principal evergreen gatb red. It Is of a most prolific growth aod lent patches of It are found in ererj woodland aad swamp. Mode into wreaths.

KMW BITE FOR A STATION

The bulk of tbe greens now bring gatb ered Is Booth Jereey are being shipped to Chicago. St. Loots, Kansas City. Ctndo □act, Denver, Omaha and other l»rg. rrn dtiea. At Cbrletmaaiide man]

Booth Jereey Inatltoto, a Baptist lasfltatlon In Bridge!oo. MW Bone Gandy, of DsnaWtlle. b one (oor popular Uoebon. Sbe U Cast gainlug tbe friendship of a Urge circle of

It is currently reported but not confirmed that the 1’enneylvama Railroad Company baa purchased what is known aa the Bullitt and Robb tracts cover nr of lanJ in the portion of Cape May boandwl by Stockton Avenue* and Corgie and franklin Street*. If thU be Due the Railroad Com pan > will hare a more central location for a each front station than Is the present

rant Street depot.

Some two years ago the Pennsylvania Railroad Company purchased a large block of fend anrronndtd by Washing. ton, Decntur and Lafayette streets and moved oil many bulldittg preparatory

(be Cape May branch of In n southeast d! Perry street. It bring known a. tbameroorion toernad w hot ie knosns ne the Cape tepe of tbe Late Dr. F. H. Heot. ifar Improvemsot Section. The company Mr. Chariae O. Maitjotto, formerly of

right o

Of to the erection of a ntalton. but private pounds o! laurel, tor which be

Gape May, nod Hr. R. H. Thatcher, ef Philadelphia, will start fee Jai-aica on December 28. Mr. Thatcher wiU take hie automobile, aa the rpudf ore except-

ionally fine throughout the Island.

Senator Lewis M. Creme and AmomblyAso James M.E Hildreth, Ml BoUirday .vriilng. attended n dinner give*, at the Unfeo Lsogoe Olnb In Pbll-iripbla. by K A. ArmJwoog, of Cemdrit. to *b* members of lb* BlsU LegieUture fsaen Seush

era^. ® Mrs. HarrifTB. Hugbea. who Is tmHdh handsome roeideoor oo Hngbes street,

rdn to>sriaad enough for a eurrcun

i pun

perttof ahead of the Railroad Oompany's agents and refnaed I at rny high prices and an oe nothing more has been > move off this location several bnildlnga and leave open

NOTABLE FISHING SEASON

larinews Mane

Relieved Hie FUghi

After speerire several hoey hoars in nu office at the IV op • linit-llbg Camden room*. K. LuJ.aui. former. Mayor of See , tale City, ran out to oalch the lam eer lor Haddoofleld 'early Sandgy morning. He - >wl his offlre door and left his ef keys la his desk. In tbe bo ash the bar that opeaad the front door of

a there L a spring look

Through tbe dark la the oorridor of the dmartod battdfeK Mr. Ludlam located ^

WORK ON NEW HOTEL

Shipment of Qreeas

TO BE FIRISHEO BT RUMMER

Many Other Building Will Soon t Started In the Vicinity of the New Hotel

cities wUl be decorato! with New Jerecj fhe revenue derived from tbe e*l« ol reene amount* to hundred* of dollar* unoally- While the demand fur this swamp product Is always tbe greeteer •round tbe bolkUy*. there I* a realy sale for the laatrl from October to May. It used extensively as deooraUjns for

of the village of South proalmitr to Um ipa where laarri abound* Urive a goodly income from tbe gathering if It. A skilled laurel “breaker” can go into s swamp in tbe early too ruin* boar*

mUm

to to. quality ot the Loiiags be has - broken. There bare been laarri “breakers” working lu the Cape May County swampa this Fall who have averaged 400 prf

per day.

Satire families are engaged in lb* work, id for them tbe Fall aad Winter months re the most IncraUve of tbe year. Tbe bright, sunshiny days ora spent Id gathering tbe laurel, while the rainy days and the arealug bourn are penned lo making hundreds of yards of laurel fops, pretty

REVIVAL SWEEPING OOCNTY Three Denominations Join In Th

Concrete Piling for Wooden

LINE TO BE ELECTRIFIED The Peantylvanui Railroad to Install Moter Power

EXTEND TO CAPE MAY LATER

To be lined oa Cope May Dtvlrioc From Camden lo Millville Charges Not Determined

Work has again been started with renewed rigor opoa the building of Ihe eight story hotel at tbe corner of Beicb and Pittsburg Avenues for tbe Cape Mar Hotel Company There has be, n delay iu the starting of this work owing to the fact that the concrete pilings which were to be used could not be euccesafolly driven " and finally the contractors were compelled to abandon concrete for tbe foundations and enbititnte therefor tbe wooden piling which are ate I lo all seashore resorts. Tbe bold, it is expected, srill be finished in time for occupancy at th^ Ing of next season. It will cosi WOO,000. several hundred men are at work oo the premises aod it is expected that by January there will be many other buildings started in the adjoining premises. Among tboee who will probably build axe George W. Boyd, general mger agent of the Pei-nsylvania Railroad, Dr. Charles N. Daria, ol 'bUaddp la, John > Rogers, of Wilmington, Del., aod ex-Seoator Flinn, of FUtaburg. There baa been more building at Cape Mar during tbe poet fall than for several years past and tbe indications are that by spring there will be a big building Soom on at this resort.

TfeFintCfcsptonef "Tfc* JUsqueradars’ And Flv Chrlxttau St rl.»la the Xmu Vamber of the Sudaj North kwieritoTi Tbe North American promise* some thlegdeeldadly outof the ordinary ie Me

is tor

IT. tl

Tbe Cape May division of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company will be electrified from Camden to Millville. While all arrangements have not been (Dade, tbe committee in charge of this improvement is making progress and it will not be long before tbe work of electrifying the line trill be begun. A conference waa held last Thursday between President Cassatt, of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company, ahd George Westinghoasr, president of the itingboase Company, for so interchange of news. The committee has been considering the beet sy-tem to use, both the overhead and third-rail •ystema haring been demonstrated. It is said that there is a preference for the third-rail system, and it is lively that such an electric line will be built. Every effort la to be made to hare tbe oe in running order to handle the ammer business It is said that tbe local service between Camden and MU1ille is to be increased. What the charges will be has not been determinml it is likely that there snll be no ■uatenal difference between tbe fares in rogue. Later it may beextended to Cape May.

A reMgious rtvival la sweeping over the lower end of Cape May County and is not confined to n single denomination the meetings bang held under the joint directions of the Baptists, Presby-

terians and Methodist*.

So much interest is bring taken is them at tbe Gold Spring Presbyterian hurch atg thyir chapels that nightly nany buslas^gfifiV^gious workers go from this city to attend the meetings. Many are professing cob version and the re rival ie one that has not been equaled

lion of the Sunday paprr. ment iia* secured tlx Christmas stories by tbs best known authors, and will all gin the aerial publication of "THE NABQUKRADER5” by Kstharins Cecil Thuradon, the novel that has been praised by ell of the eri'ic • a* the greatett that has been written In lb; last t*a years lee are; "A Stolen Christ by Mary K. Wilkins Freeman; ■•Davy's Christmas.'' by Annie Trumbull Sloeaou; -Sriomva Crow’s Christmss Pockets,” by Ruth McKorrj Stuart; “A Journey ie Search ot Christmas," by Owen WTster; “An Engineer'* Cbristrasa Story.” by John A. Hill, and 'The ChristGifu of Thaddeus,” by John Ken-

drick Bangs.

The front cover of tbe msgsxiue Is said > be ihe finest bead of Kris Kringieever printed In a newspaper. There L a poem by Peter H. Doyle th rt the young folks will be reciting at tbe holiday eatertato-

EX-SHERIFF REEVES WEDS Quietly Married on Sunday Morning

At Cokl Spring

Former Sheriff John W. Reeves was m*fried Baoday morning to Mrs. Elisabeth Husveo. widow of tbe late William 0. Rrevas. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. D. H. Laverty. pastor of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Chnrrh. A reception was given them on Monday even-

at Cape May Point.

Pilot Kldrctige Suspended Pilot Ellis C. Eldredge of Cape May. woe suspended for six months last Friday by tbe committee of Pilots and Navigation of the Port Wardens of Philadelphia, for tbe grounding of the British steamship BritanUia, while eat ward boand for Havana vomber IS. It was shown that the ship was tor out of tbe chan Dei and waa damaged to tbe extent of $30,000-

All t

Work Regan on New Track Work was begun Monday morning ou ■ection of a branch railroad from tbe Reading Railroad tracks below Cold Spring station. Toe new branch will run Boot Caps May, sod shorten tbe route for freight sad paasengsr travel Into that portion of tbe city, where Urge amount* My are being expended in improre-

will be full of the Christines spirit, and ooe page that will be thoroughly practical b that which tells aboat tbe oast of tbe Christmas presents that Dually In the big dlle*. The edition will be limited, owing to the xtru work neceeaiiated by the special feat urea, so that It will be order tbe papfr lo advance. Money In Advertising-, ft Pay* The merchant who puts an advertise. paper for a few times, aad than says advertising U a failure because hr has 3 direct sabs, ie like the child who flo rr seed, aad finding oo flower* the next day says tbe eeeds

ipvdlli

for years. Why should buyer* rush, a at oaly • single snuou ad in to* Haas Lb aad

The ladies' of the Ef feoopol Church of the Advent will hold a rummage sale Friday and Saturday evenings, at 404 Wastngton street, srill be fee ere fectioha for tale, at well aa a large number of useful articles which may be needed to fill np tome gap In your

Millville last Friday Mias. Flare A. Garth* bride of Bertram J. Hoffoar of Cap* May Court Hoaee. Rev. John W. Lynch perform*! tbe ceremony. ■nU of honor and Chart** Springer w