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VOL. VI. NO. 19.

CAPE MAY, N. THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1906.

WILL FIGHT IS ENDED

Widow Loses Coolest for Es tale of S300.000

THREE TEARS OF UTIUTIOR

i Old GBpcaia’a Wlft 0«U Small Anaaltj

w.ll-koown aaa Captain. «a« aaatainwd by tbc Coait of Error* and Appeals jenu-r Hay. Cadnr It lb* widow' who bad eonuatad Um will *T lb« tfronnd of inoompetaocy. Beta bat an annuity of *1*00. while the balk of the aataU. raluad at $300,000. KOaa to Mra Daniel 8. Steal I daughter of Capt .in Cham ban ara The ooataat haa bees oo* of the f.atou. caaee of the New Jnmey Courta Captain Wbaatoa wna an old and notnawhat ao CMUie renident of Ooaan City, where be had aetU*d after many year* epmt on the acaa aaa pilot. Ha married a woman mocb younger than hlmaala and when be diad it waadiaeoeand that ha had bcqoaathed ber only the nnnnlty. while the bnt of hb wealth went to the daughter. Mr*. Wheaton at oaea took *tep* to break tna wUl and tba oonlaal w« begun In the Cap* May Coonty Orphan*- Court. She endeavored to *how lack of capacity upoo tbc part of her huebin! to make a will, and bronght forward evidence to ahow lib eeoentricitie* She also showed bow *be bad nursed him and cared (or him In hb feeble state and of bb promtom to provide liberally for ber. • lo AgbUng the contestant and driving to uphold the will. T ’ *

with hb young wife, and that there bad been atormy soenen between them. The Court upheld the will, but Mr*. Wheaton look an appeal to the Prerogative Court. She waa beaten there, but duck to U. and carried the caae to the Court of Error* and Appeal*, which haa finally ended the

LYING AT POINT OF DEATH Former Judge Ittc-hard T. Miller it Hoke a With Parsly.la at Camden Ei Judae Kk-hard T. Miller b *o critic ally 111 at lh* Kobeeon Houl. la Camden, that kb death b eonakWad but aqnaattoo nr* The vroereble jurist haa barn Ittuf Bright 1 * disease for eom* lima, boi Tuesday night be •ufierod a mitgbl atroke of paralyab. Since that tim* he Lawyer Wlllbm C Jonaa. wbras law offio. adjoina that of Mr. MlUer'w called at the Robeson Hotel, but th* Judge oabls to reoogalsM him. Jodae Miller wn* bore In Capa May City, N. J.. December 16. IMA He dud led law with the late Thomas P. Carpenter. asm J net Ice of the Supreme Court, waa admitted to the Bar a* an attorney in UK?, and a* a counsellor In 1*70. He was a District Conn Judge of tbb city from March A wn. to July II. ,1888. H* luted Proaeco'or of the Plea* uf Cape May county April 16. 1HM, nod resigned office on March *0. 18*-. He waa p doted Proaldent Judge of the Court non Plena of Camden county. April M. and resigned March II. I Oorcrnor Werta appointed him n Jndge the Circuit Court March 11. UgV far a rm of ocean years. la politics ha Democrat and ran for Congress against Henry C. Loudsnslagar three years ami.

RKAL KHTATK MOVK8 cant mat errr William W. Hughes to Emicu Phyekk tank. Lot m esteriy of the Ga* House. Mary B. Dickloeon at al to Km lea Pby •k k *1300. Lot on Lafayette St- Adjoining Jan* Hngbaa lot No. « “ J* to Same **W. Abortion of nhare No. «l la tbs dbbloa of tb. raal estate of

M. H Hughes at si to HurietS. Hughes $1. Lot oo the south aide of Hughe* St. West of lh* laud* of Evelina Hughes.

George H. White et al to John H. Fisher *70. Lot 11. block 36. Town of While* buro Chari*. P. El dredge at al Enoch E. Kidndga Power of Attorney. All lands ' the will of William

William N. Mattix to Willb Collins two •eds Lots 38. an. 40.41 block 16. lot 43, Mock Ml

ADVKRTI8K hX)R LOST MEMBERS Granger's Novel Method of Securing

Th* Cold Spring Grange haa adopted a novel plan to get dilatory member* to attend the meeting by advertblug a> "loaf those wba do not attend. Th* following b • sample •'ad.": Lost—Chaplain of Cold Spring Grange Bu Jdeoly dhinppeured; age «, height 5 feet 8J* Incben; beaoUfoL foil whisker*, neatly trimmed: wears eedaU air. Reward If retorned to proper .tatkm Monday ere ulng. May T.

Patronise County First To all in need of monev-berrowere-wt with to say that we would far rather place or loan the money out lo Cape May county, to our own peopla, than send It away to th* larga money centres. You can obtain accommodation. If yon hav. the proper endorsement*. The Firm National Bank of Crpe May Court House Ha bare in the Interest of Cape May County people, first, last and all tb* time.

Captain Thomas Brown Dead Farmer Polk* Captain Thoms. Brown ef Philadelphia, died at bb home li Philadelphia on Monday. Btwa«72y<ara of age. and was appointed In 1830. Th* c it tags oo Kearney aveone. this city, sad ha* (pent many of hb pestaummara bar*. Tba funeral win occur from bb late home. 171# Pin* Street. Philadelphia, tomorrow

Mrs. Judith McColli Mr*. Judith McCollam. widow of tbs let* Pstur McCollum, died oo Sunday last so of C.

. The fnneral occurred on Tuesday

l by the Bar. Mr. iu m*. pastor of the church, of which she i. during bar long Ufa. a oooait

Chief of Polina Bmrry C. Eld radge, of Atlantic dty, dlad than last Friday of pu.amouU.agadM ysMB. Th* fm

Subscription—$ i jx> per Ycxr.

PASSENGERS INJURED nr of Went Jeruey Road Train Top plea Ovor and Is Badly Burned Wbib tb* Cape May express, oa the Taat Jersey and Seashore Railroad, do* In Camden at 8 o'clock Monday mirulag.

Th* t vo perrons most seriou.lr hart an Mr. and Mrs J. E E dredge of Holly Beech. N. J. They suffered (r

Woodbine U StL Co. to Joarph Benxen wltx $150. Lost 30, SI. block 17. bkxnu tuwxsrip Hiram A. Ireland et ax *0. Edwin N. Flumerfelttl. LowB.fi. 10. II. block D. Park Locatioo. tin N. Flomerf.il rt ax to George Whipple $1. Same as next shore set forth.

Attended Anniversary The fiftieth anniversary of the foandlng of the Royal Arch Maroo* of New Jersey celebrated al Trenton yesterday nod today. Among Cape May mem are cf the

light were Cbarlea F. Quldort. Robert H. Faddy. Thomas 8. Stereo*. Samuel H Charles L. SUte*. Wlllbm R. Sheppard. Beujsmlo 8. C’urtb and Joseph P. Henry.

rd Wonder Now that fish hare began to bit*, stories shout tbe big ones *r„- afloat la large oumbrnL One F •■trtb Ward resident jlaim. the honor uf estefalag the largest r. but other renldauta deny tb* (act nod aay that th* only pine* to get red vatbfacUoa In mattings b at Cbarla* A. Swain, 306-7 fackaon street. Cap* May. Hi b selling them ns low oa 33 00 par roll.

taw rery desirable cottages al tasted In th* most desirable part of tb* town. Abo soma bargain* In lots la different section* uf tbe city. Now b the time to bay yonr

FACTS TOLD IN BRIEF

Many

Holly Bead, t

or Infrr

—Now York Harold.

wn. S. SHAW CHOSEN Klrofod to tllly Connell In the PUcr of Joarph Hand City Council on Monday night filled Uw scanty caused by tbe resignation o' Council men Joseph Hand, by tbedretioo Of William 8. Shaw, a prominent bn.inea-

AT ST MARYS SCHOOL Pupils Who Hare an Arrrugr of M or Over In Htndlea The followig pupib reorired an anarng* of « or over la tbeir stadia: Ninth Grade—Francb Shlds 85. Pool McDonodl 82. Howard Barnrit 9B, Kathryn Harris 87. Marie Camp 8A Beranth Grade—Lonb McDound 88. William Crean 85, Margaret Pan! 8A Fifth Grada—William Camp 88. Mary Cooley 80. Hetan McDound 88. irtb Grad*—Owen Crean M. Mary

with tba apprural of all tb* paopb. Council also elect ad Former A«**n>bl« •an William T. Hiwsm building la apector, for n term of

Council also awarded a coo tract for tb* laying of water mains on Mad boa, Cape May and Beach avenues to ex Senator Joaph B. Hanes, atth* prica of $M,0SA36. yoouull met on Friday evening of vaek. bat owing to th* vacancy in oonncil oo borinaas wa* opeoad than the opening oUHda for tb* laying of water • on Madboo. Cap* May and Beach

Second Grad*—Jamas Haugbey 82 Morris Fiabhhanr 87. The following pnplb were In dally at-

Paul McDonodl, Howard BarneU. Francb Shield*, Lonb McDonodl. William Camp. Owen Crean. Henry Kara*. John Kearns, Jonte* H.ughey. Morris Flebhhanr. Kathryn Harrl-, Marie Gamy. Margaret Paul. Mary Conley. Halen McDonodl, Hboda Fldsbbanr. Auoie Kearns. Mary Hvogbey. Hath FirIsbhour, Catharine McDonnell and

Wllhelmlua Herder.

oplolos of th* Supreme Court reversing th* Jadgmeot In th* cam of Natter against Mrs. Sarah E Psul of Woodbury, triad la the Circuit Court at Woodbury, al tb* nary term. 1303. Fba action waa brought to recover »7W) 82 for liquors and money adraooed to Mrs. Paul, when ah* wa running th* Woodbury hotel. Tb* defense wa that tbc account bad been settled by defendant (leading a lot of laud to plaintiff at Cape May. Tba jnry found for tbe defendant but tba Supreme Court inlared a new trial of tbe cause, r*. Watkins sod Arts were counsel for the defendant.

STOCKTON MAT COMB DOWN

OKI I

John F. Bail. Jr. owner of the fa Stockton Hotel hen b reported to hare said that ha will demolish the old building after tbe closing of the. replace it with non of which will not be surpassed bee* or anywhere along th* coal In structure, equipment, and modern

Judging from the attrantirn and np to daft stock carried by I. Tsoeobaum. our II known shoe merchant, there must be a steadily increasing demand for fine foot

oaonmeat, area tbe most fat id to u> an oouid not betb bar make a aatb factory choice. Mr. Teoenbaum tells ns that “Quarti Quality” Shorn ara tbe moat factory shoe* for women b* ha erer bandied, for tb* nlmoat '

Back From 'Frisco, Deetltul E Bart Weaver and family, eho mong tb* auffarare from tb* California

haring loot all their

were girea free transportation Philadelphia. The Cape May Hand last

them tbc IB0 realised by ao 1 gjum (or tb* benefit of Uw Pacific

teal th* Dead of a friend f Well, if yon open Court Boon* Book and laMr should Dead modatioo on o note, why-yen. you hare n frinnd In tim Bank: It would

- (‘briatophrr Sfaalln*. of Ihb dt| Hern granted a pension of 310 per n f om April * iaal —The M. E Chnerhea of Rio GraiH*e and Green Creek doomed lit 'K lo the Sen 'raneixvi relief •nod. — John Ma * winkle baa hem app.,lnted • Wen.her of Sea Isle tkty Connell bj Ma*or Sherry, rice Aaron <1. IUc<

—A ►pedal n> salon of ionniy Court will lie lame* M. K- Hiklretb. May fi. —(tomb Jer*ey cranhrt will coni ribuir lo • fnin

be Cape Ma] -Id by Jndgv Vt (dnesd*.

—Ope May. Wildwood. Molly He-, h •ad Anglsaa rewktents hare ralsrd a ■Merabi* sun. lor (be San FruKiaco I

Railroad —Tb* Drlaasreaod Atlantic Telepbrew Company L laying cuudnlts in the moat intporlam aireet. fur IU n—lergrownd ays tern, which wilt be In operation ibk sea -Tb* splemlkl rain of Sunday w III m-au .tewhaldy the tloubliug of Utr hay crop In liape May < ouut). tivrr the pro-iwcU ol lot week, u gnus wa buruing If ally lo Idneet. —Tba plant of the Telephone Company of South Jersey, of Cape May. la included tb* sale renrully mad* by U» Eastern Company of Camden, to tbc Kryaloo*. of Philadelphia. -Oo May 31. th* Cape May County Board of FreofaoMera will sward tbs non a of a two aod-a half-mils driveway from 8a Die City to

r. in which (ell <

farmer, of Cape May cousty. Their eery dxg sad lur the ra seriously thrateuari dfioe be artubllahfd at North WUdwood. Cap* Mny County, •r tha name of Otteus. and ha re ,maaded tba appointment of Joseph P

vice presidents. Mrs. Jaooi* Bate. Loon ScbeUenger. Emma Barnett. Mrs Mary -llsoger; aacretery. Mrs. Mary E. at; treanrer, Mia Minnie Bate.

EUK7TION BILLS SIGNED

Governor Stoke* last Thursday signed ireral Mils pnanad by th. loglslstnrv. which adjourned Marly three weeks ago. two of tbe bill* ore known a tb* portly lection Mils, lolrodooed by Assemblymen MamUL One of tbe bills disfranchises for fire years any person offerng n bribe lo innsoos a voter, or aay perron wbo shall ire money tabs need for bribing porTb* same penalty Is Imposed on aay employer or superintendent of a corporation wbo threatens or Improperly influences In bis employ. A second efface for fire years sod

Tbe Governor also signed tb* MU paa-d tof Assemblyman Caite.l. of Gloocater. providing that in third clam counties shall h> boy. Ha also approved tha MU of Mr.

mtasloaen in cltia so nantt provrmenta to streets, th* board to hr appMotad anannUy hyxcovernlug bodiet i to cousldt of idly engi ibent of governing body, i portent treasure signet tba Governor wa om which glva additional Um* lb which application may b* to tha Court of Commoa PI thn granting of liquor llovoae. in This MU provides tha It shall b* legal forthsoourt to moaire such applications Mother days than th* first day of th* s of tha noon, batsman April 1 and 30 of such year- Aammblyman f

a th^ father of

ret. of Camden, wa* i

PERSONAL MENTION Spring Visitors are Numerous About Town

lOtlR RIME Mil BE INCLUDED appenlBuw of a Week Among Your Kedalisra and Krirnda T« rae-ly Told Other Mention

opened lin. Wyoming Hotel f.

Aon. Mail. it. John B. Nr«

Keubrtt Robin mi.., o' li.iladelphD Sunday with hi. brothwr sad family II. A. Robinson and Mr- William G HlaUoer enJ tyed a visit to MillvUie on Saturday. Sunday and Mootlay s G. Byrd Harrisou and MU* Har-ri if Wsablngton. are oocupylng tbeir Cape May collage Henry Reeve., wbo I. employed in 1‘liiiadelphia. soent Bnndsy with his lootber. of Weal Capa May. Mr*. D. C. \ anamsn and two daughter, •re guests of Mr. and Mrs. Coartiwodt Venn man. lo PhUadelphl*. Mr. sud Mrs. George Fenton, of Coart Ilona, were over cuudav rial tor. They will make Cape May the.

Dr. sod Mrs. Tbeopbiiua Townsend rice, of Tockerton, ore gue^a of Mr. sod Mrs. William Towuasud. oo Lafayette Hast. Rev. William Lauri*. of BeUetonte. ha sen spending a wax with bis daughter Mrs. Samuel F Eidredgs. on Windsor n and Mrs Georg. D Mu Creary sad Mr. and Mn.U. Howell Parr ipylnfl the McCreary out Lag Columbl t srenne. - ' Rev. iJr. A- W Spooner, will lav. , ■Xi week for Uatloin*., Iowa when Geoend Assembly of to* Presbyterian Church will open next Thursday Mba Lixxie Ware, wbo ha been ployed for * coiuidersU* li ne in the ( Bo* at Woodbury. N. J . is visiUng ha ireot* Mr. and Mrs. Makel War*. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Boyd. Mr ra. Edwin F. Cook nod Mr. and Mr Mr*. Louis H. Ayres, made np a party of iaitors from teat Friday to Monday. Rev. Fransic T H. Finn ou Tuesday and Wedne-day of tbU week attended the Diooeaao Coovautlou of the Episcopal Church of New Jersey, at Atlantic City. Mrs. Joseph 8. Loach and daughter. Mrs. Julia Clark, of Pittsburg, returned to Cape May I-at Friday and are now at M Leech homestead oo Lafayette street Mayor William L. Cnmmlngs. of West ■pa May, ha received the contract to build for Nelson Z. Greva. of Philadel. phis, four honam on Bach avenue, on tba Capa May tract. Mr*. S. H. Thompson is quite seriously ill at her bom*. 1333 Norris street. Philslelpbla. under the care of Dr. Bigler, mother. Mr. Brooks, VDHkfally at Some Improvement -urtponad Wednesday, so Sarly recovery U hoped ‘ >r. Sussex D. Duvia, s prominent Pbiladnl phis lawyer, baa rented the ooSMga of Mra Bridauthal, on Hughre street Mr Uayls la the son of Mrs. Sally B. Davla,isbeoB coming to Cape May for ymre oocnptlng s oottsge

OTHER riSh 00 WITH SHAD Other Otoaerees* Believe Menhaden Ht earner- are Rropoaribte Th* failure of shad fishing directs st-

I isden , -cuofol up with them are the bottom of the gradual the supply of food fish sad •irurttoo of the sport of angling. The testimony of th- mo> fishermen who have sprat a I if el! ■

! inlisturbel

nd plentiful everywhere fish of all kinds were the menhaden were caught “log quant ilka they berarer In shore sod food fish it In gradually iocreusing

Ocean Front Cottage Ibr Hale rt. room couage furnished oa lot fifty V on* hundred fret;Una; bath; city water, -lunbolrot-tad Ooaan and Delaware Bay vDw; Situate oa Great atrert. Any reasonable offer uBI ha accepted. Gilbert C. Hngbo. .

314 Ocean atreri, CapaMay, N. J.

Tiler# |e only <*t aiure Had it c

acts of any kind. That is admitted by the old tim* regulars a well a by the people. Phis can be stated without in the .eat re' fleeting upon tbe men wbo came In and helped the fight along. El ward C Stokra *nd Frank O. Briggs, and especially the latter, accomplished wonders when they went to work, but they would aot have gone to work on the current lina had it not I wen for what Is termed the Colby movement There would nave been no Mich message u tbe Governor Issued rbere would have been no corporation de feat There would hare been no 1‘erktna act had there been oo Colby last fall and no Colby sud Fagan sweep lo Koex and Hudson This all gore witbont argument. Tbe puplic understand it iu North Jersey sod the public will understand it all over the -late before summer is oyer. Tb* reform

it of refoe a sad the downfall of boa Ism Now tbattbe Legialatare ha adjourned, active and unceasing canvsa lag will begin.—Now York Tribune.

Social TbU Evening Tb* men of tbe Preabyteriao Church will give ao Eleven Cent Mary Musical this evening. There will be eleven surprise. In ekereo minutes. There will also he red. ripe strawberria. cold tee cream and delicious cake. Home of the artists wbo wilt appear will b* Mia Msnao Klnor. Mia Lfcdi* Foalk*. Mia Ads Rndcliff. Mr. J. Woodruff Eldredgq, and.

Cltiaent Local Telephone Co of Lower fownabip had. issued a mortgage to the .Security Trust Co to guarantee 350,000 of bonds, when It should hare been for

Osrbolic acid wa* discovered by

mou coni tar. IU properties were fully Investigated by Laurent In 1841. wbo termed It hydrated oxide of pbenyL Tbto name, however, never met with favor, for out of respect for Range, the dlacorerer. the name be gave It has always been retained.

The Magna Charts, c of English liberties, is ■ in the British museum. Th* impress of the seal and King John's u very dlxtluct.

A boron's crown is n velvet cup with ermine border, but the corooet differs from that of tbe viscount In having eight pearls on the upper rim Instead of fourteen, the latter number being

It to pointed inhabitants of bousas should not remain In the kitchen or other

*• ehumpDu of $b* nariy season. -Rosy are.otlpannleyteni.ore hnD, -erewu.- af the riun are k«t rery sat out la fiaath Jersey, preparatory tar qD** »• A# grou^. Use adject at this »h»..guta«.mnre. _ 1. tonuubt. th. awfare grow*tobounJumpfc U. Brehua uf ihtaaDffArohmu *t from th* c4o*e proximity to uU mutora «ra <— - —ra OS