-i CAPE

MAY HEPALD.

VOL. VI. NO.

CAPE MAY, N. J., THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1906.

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DEAD IN AUTO CRASH Well-known Lawyer Victim of A Collision at Millville

RETURNING FROM CtPE MAT

Had Mlaacd the Train Here and wa. ftetni-ninjc to Philadelphia When Bugsy Hit Automobile

In a collision between a touring car containing Brc men and a carriage occupied by two women and a mao. at Coataerllie. a Tillage near MillTlIle. Robert J. Wright, a Philadelphia lawrer. was instantly killed and lire persons rrcelred injuries more or leas painful. Tuesday morning on a dark road In a ■pot orer hung by tree*, where the gloom was eren darker than in otbei places along the highway. The crash of the rehide was beard a quarter of a mile away, and scons of Tillagers were awakened and hurried to the eeene. Attorney Wright, with Thomas J.. Meagher and Frank Mnllen. two Philadelphia lawyers, spent Monday at Cape May Court Home, where they were Interested In the sheriff sale of the Hop him property, at Franklin street and Columbia eeenue. They miaeed the last train to Philadelphia. and decided to make the trip in an automobile. The three men were in the machine with Charles Kilmer and George W. -Grant, of Wildwood, -as cbauffeoia. and were making the run to Pbilsdelphlalu the carriage with which they collided were Misses 6adie Murphy and Ethel Walking and Kay Pancoast, who wen- returning to MillTlIle after haring rlteuded an .Easier ball in Vineland. * The two rehlc.ee came together with a terrific crash, the automobile taming completely orer. The carriage was crushed to fragments.

Elisabeth and Ethel Henry

ere in tbeir usu <1 go id roicee. and ■n.lered sweet music which was beard ith much pleasure. Miss Lafferty' ano solos were brilliantly executed. Many parlor games were played and the •ruing was psst most delightfully. At elereo o'clock, the merry guesu ■urrously bauquetted. the Menu being ■e prepared for the occasion. The deco iilooe were also elaborate and much ate was displayed In the arrangement. Returning to the parlor another half hour as passed lo merry chatter and mlari laneou a music, after which tbe final

good night* bad been said.

Those present were: —Misers Elisabeth Eldrsdge. Alice Brewton. Miss Daris. ima Donnelly. Bertha Turner. Edith . Era Rutherford. Ethel Rutherford, len Lafferty. Estelle I-afferty, Urorgir l.tudls. Ethel Hillman. Elisabeth Henry. Ethel Heury. Ada I-etta. Helen 1 .andis,

E lith Eafferty.

Messrs: Ailward Hillman, Myron Morton. Warren C. Neal. Orlando W. I.affrrty. Paul H. Hughes. Mr. Ferdtaando.

CAPE MAY COTTAGER OPEN l*o usually Heary Influ a of Easter Visitors This Easter season has brought larger □ umbers of people than in seTeral'years and there arc a number of collages who hare opened up their summer residences and are en'ersainlog bouse parties. There

erection iu carious parts of the city and there is a confident air of sat Is faction prevailing, tbe opinion being voiced by every body that the coming season is likely to be one of the most prosperous in tbe history of the resort. Since the advent or spring the Boardwalk on Snoday has bad the appearance of mid season, so large hare been the crowds.

Her. Yerkea to Preach Here The Rev. Royden Keith Yerkea will be the special speaker at this evening's service, at tbe P. E. church of tbe Advent. These Thursday evening services are being held under the auspice* of the Jnnior Brotherhood of St. Andrew of tbat chjrcb and are meeting with a very hearty appreciation. Tbe Rev. Kovdeu Keith Yerkea i • « happy speaker and a keen Modest.. Ht recently declined tbe chair in ecelesiaati cal history in a Western Divinity school.

Gets Half Hla Claim fbr Ilatnagrs In tbe Cepe May County Court last week Edward Bushay recovtred MSOOO damages against the Ocean City Electric K 11 road Company. H.-bad been Injured vhUe alighting from one of lhe care of the company and sought 110X100. He was subjected to a physical examanalion by doctors representing both aides.

The Slate Road Commissioner U to have an automobile for traveling, and if t bare Is an official la the State entitled to each a conveyance It is the .Slate Board

A MERRY EASTER PARTY Young Polka Gather and Celebrat Kaater-tlde In Right Style A sure indication of the climax of the

aster party was given In honor of their slighter. Miss Kslella. and it was 'High aster. - ' lo be sure as all enthusiastically irtlclpated Iu it was prone to say

; spacious parlor was

nilrely

uerry ma

The Mis

A VERY BUSY BOARD? Apprllanta Put to Considerable Trouble—A Remedy i State Board of Equalisation of Taxes has fixed Tuesday, April IK. sod Bridgeton as tbe place to bear appeals from assrsa- . in Cape May County. Many of oar people are wondering why they did not them in Trenton, a* the Cape May people go there just as easily and at the The real thought is that the hearing i on lit be held somewhere in Cape May Coooty.'.Itiea pity that tbeet men, who receive salaries of tSSOb a year and tbeir president fVOOO a year, have not I ime to attend to the State business. If they are pressed "Vith their private affslre. so at the people's business must be neglectod. why not let them resign! There are ilenty of m^q in tbe State who would fill' be j->be satisfactorily an i devote '-heir Ime to the work for tbe same salary and be giad to have them. Why men should take positions of these kind and then never relend to spend only one or two days in week to th-m.is a question on which tbe people of the State will some day demand :pla nation.

Chaplain by Ldffe Havers Congressman Gardner has Introduced a ill providing for tbe appointment of a chaplain in the llfe-oaving service of tbe United States in tbe district including the coast of New Jersey. It provides that It shall be tbe doty of such chaplain to hold religious services at two different stations st on each Sabbath, to visit tbe sick, administer to the dying, help the ship k*d and in ge-iertl do the work of a f lithful pastor The bid further provides that "said service* shell be based on tbe nniveresi doctrine of tbe fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man. and shall be lomlnatlonal. unsectarian. and evangelical. 'Bach service* shall be held .nch boars as shall be designated by keepers of the respective stations, with a view to tbe non-interference with the d u ties of the sari men." It also proides that tbe salary of sneb chaplain hail be tl^uO per annum, to be paid quarterly. Congressman Gardner haa also seen red a favorable report on bis bill inervsing tbe pension of James Crandoll to $34 a •oth.

Tbe Jaooby'a Entertain Mr- and Mrs. J. F. Jacoby had a week, end party at tbeir Island Cottage. Colam hla avanne and Franklin streets, entertalnsta from Good Friday over to Easter Monday. The party Included Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Moore, Mr. and Mr*. Biddle. Mr. and M re. John R. Wiggins, Mr. and Mrs. Y. Dillon. Mr. and Mrs. George White, Mr. and Mrs. George Jacoby. Mr. and Mrs. William M. StockMr. and Mrs. John MoCourtaOd

THE ONLY STRIKE WE WANT TO SEE.

—DaMar in PhlUdalphia II

OLDEST PILOT HAS RETIRED After Seeing Over Fifty Years of >t Bennett Haa Decided to Ure In Oomfbrt fifty-three yean a pilot. Captain James C. Beno#lt. on aooonot of his falling syesight, has been compelled to Ure from the service and will spend the remainder of his days ashore In east comfort. He Is now 74 years old and haa been In active service since be was yrentiord at tbs age of 11 to learn the trade which he haa been recognised for many are as one of tbe beat Ha waa the oMl pilot in the Deloware fleet, and points ck to a record In which there l« no coin plaint lodged against him from tbe hundreds of vsswila be has mafelv brought inio port or startoed on their long royages.. Captain Bennett waa born within tbe seund of tbe surf, at Cape May. In 1833. aftirenticed In 1817, when IS years to tbe trade. When be became of Kgrand had nerved bis full apprrticc*blp received bis first Ikeease lo pilot vessels of light draugb. In less than two years more he bad the fall license and soon demonstrated that he knew bis bnslnraa thoroughly. He was one of tbe old-etyled pilots, who nsed to cruise outside Use Capes. In wait Incoming ships. In the keen rivalry he lime* tbe pilot boats often went > or three bnndred miles from the coast In search of Teasels needing their service*. Tbe life made hardy seaman of them and it waa a very different thing from tbe comfortable, comparatively easy, time the members of tbe profession now have, with their sea going steamer*, fitted with every oomfort. Tbe captain is always ready to tell of tbe old-times and the hardships be and his confreres had to undergo.

Council In Special Hr-aslon City council met lo special session on Monday evening, with President Ware In the -chair and others present; Mmeets. Brooks, Cress well. Dosk. Sayre and Town, send. Tbe objects were to discuss the of sdrertislng for proposals to lay water mains on Lafayette street, Madison avanne and Beach and other avennes in the New Cape May tract. It decided to have the committee adveradvertiae for proposals for tbe material alone and for tbe work separately. Tbe question of oontlnned absence of Coancilmea, retarding tbe City's business, wss discussed by Mr. Townsend, and ha thought absentees ought to be not after. Tbe matter of summer music was taken up. and the following

read forS 1 pieces, for the season; O Lloyd, Bridgrtoo. 84000. Diodeppl Deplb Jersey City. 84000. Wm. Porter, Cape May 84000. 15, 83000. nights only, Capa Ma; Band with 8 others (SSOQ, Philadelphia, Edward Brinton, $4000, <8 Beg. Band PhlUdalphia.) *Tbe contract was awarded to tbe Third Regiment Band, of Philadelphia, lo pUy from July 3rd to September 10th. The price will be 84000, and at Saturday coothere will be chanca for admission.

The sOth session of tbs Capa May County Teacher's Anociatioo will be held here tomorrow aod Saturday. Tomorrow evening Myron T. Soodder. Principal ot the New Plate Normal School, was to have a fire burned bis school oa be here. '—

FACTS TOLp IN BRIEF

—Overcoats were discarded by persons yesterday —Birds ere mating end looking i ir plaoes to bolld their nests. —Tbe blisters raised by (be snow shovel re no sooner healed than tbe lawn me raises new ones. G-•senior Stoke* haa design .led rrow as Arbor Day. Tbe first cottage that 1* to adorn Cape May war begun last week, wbre contractor* started work oc a! met ure'that la u> be tbe home of Dr. R. Walter Starr, of Philadelphia. -At the township school meeting the voters of Upper Township decided handsome new buildings at both Pier moot and South Seavllle. A bigb school department will be tutted at once at Seavllle. -The Stockton Hotel was adverttaed for rent la the New Yotk Herald on Sunday. -The Legislature teat weak Uw allowing application to be made for Iceneas for aaaaide resorts between April , and June 80. provided two weeks notice Is gtvso In newspaper* of tbs notice •ptfr. -Arbutus Is plentiful, and Is found tn large quantities In tbe wood* sronod Cold Spring and Fishing Creek. -Dias Creek residents will soon be enjoying telephone service. A foree of now employed in running a Ho Hereafter tbe Uw will provide for the ■ament of Insurance fall amoaat of their proparty, ex cl as! v* >f 'as! estate, dedocting from such vail Uoo the amoaat of their debts and HafaU-

—Hlgbas Colllot. of Palermo, while gan Ding la Corsoo’s Bay a few days ago. shot three wild geea was 37 pounds. —Cope May county skiff fishermen will >t tbeir Dote la a few days for the first run of Boston mackerel. Many children of Green Creek are sofferlng from whooping cough aod the —John F. Beta, Jr., owner of the Stock ton. is reported to have said that ha will demolish tbs old building after the closing of tbe season aod replace it with which will n<

'bat tbe new Hotel Capa May will be as promised, July 1. there seams > reason lo donbt, and the owners tbe other large hoteU have determined rebuild them to make them modern

WEST JERSEY PRESBYTERY latrgc Amount of RonUae Work Oom Through With Tbe semi annual meeting of tbe West Jersey Presbytery, representing algty-two churches In tbroonnUes of Camdco, Cape May, Cum bar land, Atlantic, GlooeaMer and Salad, wa* bald la tbe Ptnt Preeby

PERSONAL MENTION

Lenten Visitors are Numerous About Town

TOUR NAME MAT SE INCLUDED Happenings of a Week Among Yoor Relalivea and Friends Trraely Told-Other Mention

Clarence U. Brooks wa* a visitor to Cap Jacob Snare, of Philadelphia. 1* uccup] lug hla cottage with hi* family. Mr.aod Mrs. Adam Snelke sre ocenp] log tbeir Washington slrrrt col tag*. Mias Blanche Hughes, of Perry street, i spending s vacation In Atlantic City. . C. G. Marshall and family bav opened tbeir cottage on First avenue. Mrs. Henry A. Parr, of Baltimore. I ••ccnpylng her collage on Ocean street. Mlaa M. Lrjambre. of Philadelphia, ha opened her Washington street cottage Mrs. Lydia Mrcray. of Maple Shade. I agomvof Judge and Mrs. James M 1 Hl'dreth. Mr. and Mrs. Ltlburn T Hoffman, o Philadelphia, visited Cape May relative over Easter. ». Katumrra. of Philadelphia. Is I of her parents. Mr. and Mr*. Win

. William Laudram. of Camden, was ad among the AUatrr promeuadrre on tile boardwalk Sunday. Dr. aod Mrs. J. A. McAnulty. of Philadelphia, are aojoylog tbe delightful East- • seaeo t at their cottage. Mrs. K. Carter McKnight. after passing tbe winter to Philadelphia, has returnrd lo her Washington street home. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan, of Philadelphia, visited Mr. and Mr* Charles B. Shields, Mrs. Hogan's parent*, over Easter. Mr. and Mr*. D. G. Baird, ot Beverly, re among the cottagers here. Mr. Baird Is secretary of the Lehigh Valley Ball . aod Mrs. David M Kay were guests of Mrs. Kay's parent*. Mr. and Mrs- David Rodan on Perry street, over nnday. _ Mrs. L. J. Klebler, of Pittsburg, who st rented a handsome Jackson street ■ttege, was down over Easier entertaining n large bouse party Mr. and Mrs. John F. Jacoby entertained a large home party over Easier at their gttega on Columbia avenue and Franklin treat. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rogers, of Wilmington, DeL. who are occupying their cottage on Beach avenue, entertained a boose party over Easter. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Douglass oo Monday afternoon gave an Easter party for tbeir children, and had a number of HUla friends as their guest*. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Poacher, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who are oocupyinn their sttege oo Sonth Lafayette street, eotertlned a house party orer Easter. Tba Triangle Cleb, of Prinortcc Uolvar ally, will this year present In leading cities the opera, written by the undergraduates, Tobaaeo Land.” Most of the lyrics and music of the production were written by Kenneth S. Clarke, of Pitts burg, a grandson of the late Joseph S. Leach, of Cape May, aod a eon of Mr*. Frank Clark, nee, MU* Jolla Leach. Kenneth U well known here. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Brooks and Mlaa IdeUa Sacha, were guesu of Mrs. Harriet throughout the Easier holiday*. Tbs little family gathering at Eastertide mooh saddened by tbe abaenoe of the beloved brother, Samuel M. Sebellenger, whose death last autumn waa so universally monroad In this community.

THE LAW MAKERS A Keen me of Their Work and Iu KfT.-cl* Are Gouti From tbe Jersey City Journal Tbe Legislature bas closed the record for tbr session of IdnK aod In many re specU II wav a record rqunlly nalisfactor) to tbe people end to tbe Republican party Tbe principal promlar made by the party was that a Republican legislature

would

»nd tbr n

ridrd n .be taxi

•early doubled. The Perkins bit; •ailroad property oi

as brru euacle Tbe new .not freight bill will

be slat ule book.

A grurrai study of public utility franeb Mss ha* been ordered as tbe basis for uotber change in taxation In Ibis direct A - be death penalty will hereafter be Every demand made on the I legislature

of law* enacted since the days of special .egislatioa. members of Ibis Legislature have ibovc tbe average for boorsty and MObpiely and there haa been a high average of ability sboao Tbe greatest fault tbat could be found ith the Legislature was tbe waste of time aod tbe cootluuous gabfest that wa* mined In tbe Assembly chamber, o called reft rmers were mainly responsible for tbr waste of time. They dearly loved to talk, and occasionally they id something lo say. They did not do lything besides talk, for their bills were toooften irregular, and they got nothing try little In the way of legislation, fbey were obetructionUu. but tbe Republicans worked along persistently, and t this that made them succtesfal.

Presbyterian Annual Meeting At tba annual meeting of tbe Preebyrrian Church held last Wednesday eve nlng Joseph Stiles waa-telseted elder aw. GeotgeCnm manga aod Benjamin Hughes. wa for ons year, Frank Hines, Frank ay for two years; W. G. Eaero, 1.

-BDaMmanbemMc *H8b»wi*

The i

Mill

•reafter be paid by a called Bishops' bills * drastic, but have brel

I by

SALOON REGULATION

The New Idocni

i Law a

Ate 1'ro-

i new Itqner law provide* that all as most be removad from saloons on Sundays and during other periods that tie of Hqocw may be prohibited by law. Both tbe property and the holder of

be licensed for one year after a license II be revolted for any violation of law. ffae back-room Is effectually wiped oat by restriction which provides that but one

shall be either on the first floor or in the basement of a building, but must face ’ public street- No liquot* can tie served ay other room. A'be age at which aaloo erpera are prohibited from selling to doors waa Increased from 18 to 31 years A striotur provision At made concerning It being now license shall be granted wltitin two hundred feet of the curtilage of such building. Heretofore 9 measure moot waa from the building elf. An amendment insetted In the Uw Senator Avis fnUy described the mean log of tba tew con Jem log hotel aod res uursnts, aod will guard against any

Ms the agents of Uw make tbe complaints. A strong feature of tbe bill la tbat ter violations the Horn** shall not only ha

wof (be Uqoor traffic.

GROWTH OF OUR SEAC0AST Half a Century Ago It Was Practically Unknown THERE ARE NDW 73 RESORTS •here Tticr-r Wa. One Visitor at The Kcashore Fifty Years Ago. There are now Fifty Thousand

Isntic City e land wss rice. Today

st wa* slow and te-Iions People wbo Id afford summer vacations went into the country and boarded on farm* sod in lea. A few braved tbe incooveni of tbe shanty life at I*>ng Branch and Cape May The railroads opened brought there tbe enormous property k that now exists. Looking to the future growth of seacoast property, the te geologist pointa to the doubling of population of the country by 1835. aod ws that If tbe available length of the beaches l-e taken at 130 miles and tbeir tverage width half a mile, there will then le not capacity enough on the entire coast ,o provide homes for tbe population of Sew York city, as estimated br the last Federal census. Before 1835 transportation facilities will also be greatly Improved. at« Cape May will be brought as to New York a« Long Branch now is. Tbat will vastly extend the area of -■ pulaltou for the New Jersey *casbore arts to draw upon. n brief, the future of our seacoast has dazzling prospects. What is left of (be '* riparian domain along the coast Id. therefore, be jealously preserved for the Slate school fund. Not another if sea or bay front shou'd be alienated from lire fund by absolute grant.

LICENSES UNDER OTHER NAMES Jersey Coast Reaorta Bate From Applications for liquor Hocuses for the oast resort* were taken up by Juatici iwayte. and nearly all were granted, applications for most of them having been made iu names other than those wbo last faU were fined for seliiag on Sunday*. The fee* range from 8150 to $500. the latter figure for the large hostel rie. at Cape May. Of the application* the following were granted Cape May—Cape May Hotel Company. M. L. Dillon. Capital Hotel; John Tracy, Lafayette; Augustus Headwood, WashingHotel; Andrew ZiHinger, the Merton; Thomas Cales. New Hotel; Geo. W. Benjamin. Stockton Hotel; James A. Carroll. The Harbor; Thomaa Hickey. Hickey's Cafe; Theresa K. Arnold, Arnold's Hotel; Frank J. Dally. Auditorium. Sea Isle CRy-Fred L Parr, Depot Hotel; Charles A McCrea, Grand Central; Frans W. Fawkaa. Peterson’s; Thomaa Delaney. Lafayette; Kiward A Organ. Philadelphia:G.FredCronecker. Bellevue: Mrs. Annie Schick. Albion; Mrs. Elisabeth ' Carother*. Wheleu; George Bosch. Jr. Boach’s; Frederick J. Baker, Pennsylvania. glsata—Alonso WUHtta, Hotel Hilwo;Charles Wagner, Walnut Avenue a;Samuel Kiggall, Royal: William B, McKeoucy. Otten*; Samuel L Mtddle-

Cta. Katie; K. Delaney. Grenoble. Freak Balnge. Rio Grande; Edward fvohllchtiag. Philadelphia; William H. Vanaman, Majestic; Lewis F. Williams. Pacific A

Math Cape May—Paul F.SiML South Cape May Hotel. -