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VOL. VII. NO. i

CAPE MAY. N. J.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, /907.

TWO DEAD FROM BOILER EXPLOSION

Albert Johnson, of West Cape!

May. A Victim

FOR CAPE MAY HARBOR

SUte Rlparun Board Grants Govern-

ment Land for Haven.

BOILER BLEW UP NUB SEWELL I announced the crahtlng of riparian rights for two miles of front-

age at Cold Spring Inlet, Cape

The Karlr Morning Freight and Mall Due at Cape May Monday At a a. to . Wrecked T|ie boiler on a loco oot-ve pulling the 3 3U a. in. freight irmiu fi dm to Cape May exploded'Monday morning t-bout dour o'clock while tin ■ tain was passing Lamb's Road, jus north of Pitman drove, ihree men members of the train, were burled high in the sir. tr 1 , -

They were:—

DsnielC. Hand, aged 37 years, engineer, liying with his wife and family at No 41f Weal Ferry street, < ape *’ay. John H Blake, aged S3 years, tirrwai-. of lieaaantvilie, single. Albert Johnson, agetl 33 years brakeman, married, living on Br-rndway,

West Cape May

Johnson was the most seriously hnrt He was scalded from bead to loot au-l bad several bones broken, besides internal injuries H‘a death oecured that night at Cooper Hospital, Camden. Hand and Blake were badly scalded, cut. bruised and burned. B1 ike also died in tbf hospital that

night.

Allhongh audenog badly Engineer Hand is improving and srill recover. The explosion was heard for a distance of at least ten miles, and scores of window panes in the immediate vicinity were broken. The train was heavily loaded, and when it passrsi 'ewell, Johnson was seen sitting ie the eab wilb the engineer and fireman. The tram hr d gone but a short diatance below the station when the boiler exploded The deafening report sed almost every inhabitant • town from their bed*. They ran to the railroad and the first to reach then p eked up the three injure I men. The coals in the engine tire b>x threatened to ignite the splintered car., bn the tow .speople munagal to check tli-

blase.

The three injured men were f -un some distance from tbe point wh-re Hi (■oiler exploded All bad been blow, high ib tbe air Johnson's nnc-insn ona form was found In a Held. Several doctors car >1 for the lerribl. injured men and they were mode aootniorubie as possible while tin special was speedidg from Camden !• take the victims to Coopers Hospital Tbe injured reached tbe boaptial abonl 8.30 o'clock. Tbe engine boiler was blown forty feet or more in the air, passing over the feed wire of the electric road and landed in a field 400 feet distance from the t'sek. Had the boiler bit these wires the accident would have been worse as S7,000 volts of electricity would have been release.! ipto the wreck. Tbe tracks were twisted ont of shape and the third rail which supplies power t the electric cars, waa bent into pretxel

shape.

The flashes of lightning caused by pieces ofiron falling on the third rail illuminated ibe conntry for miles around. Two dogs that had followed tbe crowd to the accident were killed by coming In conUct with tbe third rail. Johnson waa a member of Mayflower Lodge and Odd Fellowa of thir dty, which organisation will atlesd the funeral, which will occur from hi* late borne in Weat Cape May. on F iday afternoon.

Cummings--Wheaton The first wedding of the New Year waa a home affair at the residence Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wheaton, W Cape May, the home of Ibe brida, Mies Ella Stevena Wheaton, who was united in marriage to Ralph Lee Cummings, aonof ex-Mayor William L. Cnmminga, of Weat i ape May. Tbe beat man waa CL Bolton Etdredge, cousin of tbe bride groom, and tbe maid of boner waa Mira Clan Wheaton, sister of the bnde. Tbe ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Laverty, until recently pastor ol tbe Cowl Spring P eebylerisn Church.

Yacht Club Heuae BUrted. Contractor Charles A. Norton baa started work on tbe «7M0 clubhouse

the hMae at Ma

^ MWMiSTO

May

rave out a statement In making the grant ll had not violated the request of the Rl parian Investigating Commute# moke no new grants pending the c mlltee'a Investigation of riparian The grant made to-day bor purposes and Is considered by tbe illparian Board as a maUur of public Improvement. peaking of this grant one of the commissioners said: harbor Is being excavated back Cold Spring Inlet with a depth of lor ty feet, with five miles of water front. This fs the only harbor between Sandy Hook and Norfolk, and is not only stupendous enterprise, involving an expense of hundreds of thousands dollars, but is a public Improvement that will be of untold benefit to tbe shipping intere-U, not only, of New Jersey, but of the entire coast. The harbor la land locked and the coast at that point Is always free from Ice. It will be accessible at all scathe year. The Government engineers and officials -are deeply interested In this project. Their sur reys included a pan of the State's rip arlan lands and they would not aid the matter until this was granted. A large portion of the grant made by the-Riparian Board to-day Is conveyed to the GovernmentTn'brter to carry out this great Improvement, which will be of so much benefit the State commercially and industrial

CHRISTMAS TREE PARTY

Mrs. E. Carter M’Knight Entertain 150 at Her Home

CHILDREN EN10I HOSPITIUTf »r Several Wars This Custom Been Followed at Christina Time by kfra M'Knight

Subscription—$i.oo per Year

iy.

Dryden, Protectionist.

Mere mention of the fact that twelve hundred principal manufacturing conwm* representing four-fifths of Indus •rial New Jersey, have endorsed Unled States Senator Dryden’s candidacy

for re-election, shows that be is tlrely acceptable to the chief Indus

trial Interests of the state.

His consistent support of protection and of leglslsUon beneficial to New

Jersey interests, proves thst he

keen and alert to properly represent his state In the United States senate Senator Dryden can be defeated for re-election only through politics! treachery, since there Is no avowed candidate against him and he will unquestionably be tbe choice of the party

caucus.—Camden Post-Telegram.

Married Christmas Eve. Miss Lillian Cory, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cory, and tbe Rev. Dr. Edward K. Tullldge, rector of Christ Episcopal Church. Millville married on Christmas Eve, at the home of the bride, by the Rev. C. M. Perkins, of Vtneiind. In the preeof Mr. and Mrs. Cory and Miss Mary Buck, an Intimate friend of the

1de.

Six months ago the pulpit of Christ larch was filled by the election of the Rev. Dr. Tullldge, who was tant rector at 8L Andrew's Bpl

Church. Philadelphia, and whan tbe

Miss Cory It was a cai love at Brat sight.

Tbe wedding was kept a secret, and

About 160 colored children Thursday afternoon enjoyed the bos■Itallty of Mrs. E. Carter McKnlght ter home at Washington and Jefferson ■Ireets. the occasion being the hold--ng of the annual Christmas Tree Party. For several hours tbe children. □oat of whom were from families In vhich Christmas cheer does -bound In great measure, frolicked iboul the Christmas tree, made llvey with the presents given them and -njoyed the refreshments served In

xrge quantities.

For several years Mrs. McKnlght ma given these Christmas events They formed In line on Washington the strains of a beautlul selection played by Mrs. McKnlght. narched Into the house. After all tad been assembled the Lord's Prayer ■ as repeated. A program of singing ini reciting followed. Every number was appropriate to the occasion and ong and loud was the applause of the children after each participant had tnlsbed his part. The children,

.-d in

rimmed with toys, colored balls and 1216.891. Hudson County comes sec •ther fixtures, looked with admiring ond. with an Increase of 667.959,897.

WANT OVSTER CASE HEARD State Commissioner Anxious to Havo

Supreme Court Pass Upon Appeal. Tbe State Oyster Commission Is an-

tlous to have the United States Supreme Court take up and pass upon the ippeal case taken by U. 8. Lee. of Leekburg, who was convicted of Uteal dredging for oysters in tbe MaorIve River Cove, and who hat been be-

the Cape May County Courts. The has long been before tbe courts.

l#e was convicted after a hard fought trial In tbe Cumberland Court and the conviction waa sustained by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Then the Court of Error* and Appeals pass “d upon the ease, and It* decision was adverse to Lee. The defendant then carried the case Into the United States Supreme Court, and It haa not been

called up. The Attorney General

the State some six month* ago asked that tbe case ba^aOvractd upon the calendar, and It la understood that thl*

!. Now an effort w(ll be made

to have the case heard and disposed of- The Commission is using its every influence to have the Attorney General push the case to an Imme

dlate conclusion.

RATABLE8 UP 6416,627,112.

6tste Board of Equalization Reports

—Valuation, $1,670,210073.

Governor Stokes received last Fri day the second annual report of the State Board of Equalization of Taxes It shows that under the new tax laws the assessed valuation of property in

has been Increased from

$1,153,082,901. In 1905, to $1,670,210. 073 for the current year. In this Increase. amounting to $410,527,112, E* aex County leads the'state. Its val-

front Ot the large tree uatlons having been increased $149,

•ye* at the spectacle. After the program was finished the .-hildren were served with refreshnenu. These were served by >er of friends of Mrs. McKnlght who rad been invited to be present and toy the event The presents w then dUtribBted, some receiving boats, ithers drums, the girls doll* and others still different toys. The dolls had been placed along tbe fence surrounding the yard In which the tree erected and served as a greeting t little children as they entered

house.

, > ft-.T two hours of pleasure -hildren departed for their homes, lev. Geo. W. Kemp, formerly a pasor here, came from - Germantown, l -tslst Mrs. McKnlght In her work.

CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL VOTING There May Be Others In Same Boat

With 8ea Isle City Man.

Prof. James A. Crabtree, of Sea Isle '!ity. a councilman-elect, has been toileted on a charge of Illegal voting. \bout a year ago Prof. Crabtree, who ’s from Philadelphia, had a tun 'lotne erected there, and like many other Philadelphians, decided to relinquish his right to vote to Philadelphia ind became a citizen of tbe place. . tbe September primaries Crabwa* a candidate for a councilman1c nomination, but waa defeated. Noth'ng daunted, he ran on an independent ticket and defeated President ol Council G. Fred Cronecker by one vote. Then came rumor* which alleged that Prof Crabtree had voted in two stales within the year. The matter brought before the Grand Jury on the evidence submitted Crabtree was indicted on four count*. He will have to stand trial next m< It la declared that any attempt of the accused man to take his seat to Coun

cil srill be vigorously opposed.

A Berleua ConflagrntMn. The handsome residence of Prosecuir of the Plea* Lewi* Starr, at Woodbury, was destroyed by fire, last Thura-

vfth all Its

Mrs. Charles P. Abbott. Mr. Starr's mother-to-law, who was confined her bed with Illness, was burned to death, and the nurses and other mates of the bouse had very narrow escapes, some of them being aerionsly burned. The fire la thought to bkva originated with the Christmas tree, which the children were playing. Assistant Prosecutor Rogers me of the first to arrive at the fire,' ind while climbing a ladder to the win-

dow of Mrs. Abbott’s

slipped and be (Ml. breaking bis leg.

Pilots Electing Officer*.

Tbe Cape May mam ben of the Pi-

lot the Bay and River

Delaware are taking eonaldernble Interest to the election of n president Under the by-laWh the polls are open for thirty day* to order that all the members may vote. Until n few days ago plain John P. Vlrden. the pres-

Paasalc and Union counties follow with respective increases of $52,201,083 and $50,998,728. From the point of view of the per centage of tocrease Union County leads, its ratable* having been raised 92.2 per cent. Cape May follow*, with an Increase of 77.3 per cent Then Passaic, with C5.8 per cent, and Essex. with 55.9 per cent No county shows any (iecreaae and the aggregate increase of nearly half a billion dollar* is 30.1 per cent more than the valuations of laat'yi In Cape May County the valuation for 1905 was $11,360,700; while lor 1900 It waa Increased .to $20,139,561,

or $8,782,801.

The report comments freely tpon the features of the new tax laws, which it analyzes to their practical operation. The newly created counts boards of equalization are Indorsed, the state board predicting that they will prove an Important factor in the solution of the problem of equal taxation. Of these boards the report says: Their power to correct glaring faults to the manner of assessing taxes is undoubted. Tbe beginnings of their labors give promise of success, and seem to Justify the confidence of those responsible for their creation that the ooonty boards will be a permanent, weighty factor to bringing about and maintaining equal taxation, and producing a condition where all taxpayers are treated exactly alike, without pre Judice or favoritism.

PERSONAL MENTION

Winter Visitors are Numerous

About Town

YOUR NAME MAY BE INCLUDED

DR WARE AGAIN PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL

Happenings of a Week Among Veil Relatives and Friends Tersely Told -Other Mention

For West Cape May High School.

That Weat Cape May srill next year have an approved High School, Is the belief of those who are most closely touch with school affaire to that borough. Plans are now being considered for the Introduction of tbe higher branches of work and It Is expect-

ed these plans wtll materialize.

Last Thursday, when Prof. Louis Berler was here to Inspect the local High School, he looked up County Superintendent Oscar O. Barr and the

visited the - West Cape May The object of the rlatt was

Investigate the conditions to the schools and ascertain what new work would have to be added to put them on tbe approved RsL Prof. Bevler

waa much Impressed with the '

and led those who spoke to him to

believe that he would assist to ad the higher courses to the school*

The residents of West Cape May have been wanting an approved High School for several years, they feeling thst there are enough pupils to demand one. They took steps enough bring their desires to the attention

Prof. BevleTi visit resulted.

Tbe "State Gazette” will coDtain a full synopsi* of the proceedings ol tbs Senate and Assembly ol 11107, n list of , an toll* introduced, peered aod.Vrtoed

to b* one of great of there being a Re-

ly-fir# cent*-

md Mr* Warren C. Nesl. w New Year's visitors In Philadelphia. Mrs. Ware, wife of Dr. 8. F. Ware. U D a Vint to relatives at CanalDover,

Ohio.

.end Mrs Donglaw Gregory ba' to Philadelphia lo pats a portion of the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Llihorn T. Hofiman have been vUiiing Mr. Keubeo Hofiman for the holidays. >r Gilbert C. Hughes has been selected by the creditors of Doak Bros bankrupts, aslruatee of the estate. and Mrs. A. J. Uregary have •wen visiiiog their daughter. Mr*. Luther C Ogden, on Kearney Avenue. The Miraes Louisa.Pauhuesud Berths Whitney, are visiting their sister Mrs. Joseph K. lamming at Washington. D C. Rev. Arthur lieu, of lamsdosrne. Pa, will officiate in the < hurcti of the Adeem, on Lafayette street next Sunday. Miss Nelson of Chester, Pa, is visiting her cousin, Miu Mary Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Tar lor Miu Alice Ruth returned on Tuesday evening from Philadelphia, after spsndseveral days with her sister, Miss Ells Bosh. O. A. Merchant Jr. mmnager of the Cape May Illuminating Co, has re* turned from a visit to relatives in Kingston, N. Y. Miu Alice Lansing and her fiance, Mr. Harry Jones of Pjiilsdelpbia. geests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. B. Tompkins, viu Bessie Turner, after passing the holidays ailbjier mother, Mrs. E. Turner, has returned to her rtudier at Pierce College, Philadelphia. Henry Godaard Leach now a resident grad ute student at Harvard Col lege, has been passing the bolidsys with ids father, Dr. A. L. Leach. George B. Evans, tbe Philadelphia druggist has purchased the Anna M. Hand cott*(je on Washingthe street, north of Queen street, from Arthur H. Townsend. Mira Eleanor Thompson, daughter of Rr. and Mr*. H. C. Thompson, is at home for tbe bolidaya. She la a teacher of music in the Friendi School nr at Salem, N. J. Her. Francis T, H. Finn, nntil lately paator of tbs P. £ church of the Advent here, haa been appointed conte of AH Saints Church Norristown, Pa, aud also of tbe chapel at Vally Forge.

Flu

We Should Control Our Beach. Collector Carlton Godfrey has hla point before the Riparian Commissioners, and baa secured for Atlantic City the street ends, where they terminate in the waters surrounding the dty. for park and dty purposes It is a big gain to the project, to which that resort Is Interested, and brings nearer than ever the realization of the dream of the entire strand being controlled by the dty for the public welfare as a public common for all time. This condition should prevail Cape May. and ft Is hoped that to the near future such should be the <

Treat and Anniversary. The fifty-fifth anniversary of founding of the Sunday School of the First Presbyterian Church waa cele brated on New Year's evening, when the annual treat waa given to the dren of the school. A pleasing program was presented and the big ones, as well as the 1 ones, thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Advent School Treat The chlllrec of the Sunday School of Uie Charcb of the AdVent were given their annua! treat on Friday evening last Holy Innocent's Day, at Or den*' Hall. A program arranged for the evening waa highly enjoyed by the many .who heard it

PETITION PREPARED Will Ask the Incoming Legislature Give Them Additional Territory. The Philadelphia Press contained the following In a recent issue: "The realdentH of the borough Cape May Point, which was declared out of existence in 1890 by tbe Supreme Court, are going to ask the to coming Legislature to re incorporate them with additional territory. ‘The borough was founded t as a Presbyterian resort In 1876, with John Wanamaker and Matthew Wblldin, of Philadelphia, as its promoters. A 0treo gable cottage was erected there In 1889 and given to Mrs. Benja min Harrison, and for two seasons it waa the summer capital of the nation About that time the financial manager of a Syndicate owning much of tbe land there ran away lu debt about a third of a million of dollars, and from that time there was a falling off of the .merest In the place. "The borough act. under which it »-as Incorporated was declared unconstitutional, and a second Incorporation formed, but only lasted long enough to get before the Supreme

Conn.

'When the borough was declared non-existent, it had several thousand lollara of bonded debL Since then Judgments have been rendered In the courts, so that assessments ting 30 per cenL of the value of the property have had to be made. The last of these are due on the 20th InsL. when all Its Indebtedness as a borough will be cleared off. In the meantime tbe usual township taxes have also jeec added." With all Its difficulties cleared away, imminent citizens think a borough TOverament could be formed and mined to the great advantage of the place and at a low rate of taxes. Lonergan Working For Hurst. Milwaukee. Wla.. Dec. 28.—Lloyd F Lonergan. press agent for William Randolph Hearst. was among Mayor Becker's callers to-day. Political prophets ventured the

Chosen For Second Year to Head City Council

THOHPSON BUCK (TOLD OFFICE

City Council met and organized for year on Tuesday, New Year's Day,

the

sertlon that Hearst la looking for running mate to a Presidential race 1908, and that be had sent Mr. Lonertan to feel the young Mayor on the 7ice-Presidency proposition. The Mayor has made a reputation 'hroogh his lectures on the young man n politics. Friends InslsL however, hat he will not be a candidate. Lonergan to well-known at Cape May.

A North Jersey View.

■^rom Newark Advertiser. Tbe two miles of riparian land in Tape May County granted by the Bute Riparian Commission yesterday for of $10,000 comprises one of the finest beaches on the whole Atlantic coast. In a few years It will have as much value as the Atlantic City ocean fronL A small part of this and around Cold Spring Inlet will be necessary for govemmenl dredging to make a deep water trance Into an artificial hat bor now to of construction, but fully a mile and a half of the beach will remain to private possession for summer resort development All the Increment will go to the Cape May Realty Company. composed of Philadelphia and

Pittsburg capitalists.

atooou. The following members •worn to by Mayor Millet: For three ye*n, Joseph Hand, UtilweU Hand and W illiam 8. Shaw; for one year. Samuel H. Moore. Upon a roll call the followingauswered: Meaera Joseph B Brooks, James J. Doak, Joseph Hand. Btiiwell Hand, Samuel H. Moore, William Shaw and Dr. Samuel F. Ware.-7. AbsentMessrs. F. SidneyTownsend end Louis

Sayre—2.

The following officers were nuaulmoualy elected for ti e curreut year.— President of Connell—Dr. 8. F. Ware. City Qerk, Superintendent of Water Work* and Register of Bonds—John W. Thompson. City Engineer—Dewitt C. Barlow. Street Supervisor—Edward Sayre. W ater Inspector—C Eward Holmes. Engineer at Water Work*—James

T. Rice.

Aral. Engineer at Water Works— Samuel C. Barton. Engineer at Sewer Pnmping SUtion Mathias C. Benckert. Carpenter—Enoch W. Hand. Laborer—Edward Long. All of tbe above are re-elections, except Superintendent of Water Works, which position was held last year by Frank 8. Sheppard.

Resolutions Adopted Resolutions Adopted by John Mecray G. A. R. December 21. 1906. W bereas, God to bis infinite wisdom ha* seen fit to take out of this world our beloved comrade and brother Beoj Wellman. And whereas we his surviving comrades of John Mecray Post No 40G. A. R. desiring to bear proper tribute to the memory and highly esteemed id bis life and in all our ifriercourse with hfm found him a true sod loyal comrade at well as an honorable and upright Christian dtixen of the Republic which he loved and served. Therefore be It resolved that \n the death of Comrade Wellman we realize that tbe Poet haa lost another of its most honored and faithful members and we his comrades a loving, amypathising and congenial conrade and

brother.

Resolved. That we deeply sympathize with tbe widow and children of Comrade Wellman realizing that upon them this stroke of Providence haa (alien most heavily and can only command them to Him whodoeth all things well and who only cm furnish comfort consolation and help to this their time

of need.

Resolved. That tbe adjutant transmit a copy of tin* preamble aud resolutions to the family of o

Comrade.

Wm T. Stevens Thns H. Taylor & R. btites Committee.

Promising Base ball Team. Tbe spring of 1907 promises to Cape May one of the best baseball teams it has ever had. Composed of home talent and the best men picked from the crack teami of the county, this dtr u on the verge of making history for the commercial world as Charles A. Swain, 806-7 Jackson street, to offering to its people batgaros never before heard of in tbe bouscfuruiahiug line. Visit the Japanese department and be convinced. #

Arthur Loper Bwrled. Tbe funeral of Arthur Loper took Fri day afternoon from his -t Brma -

by hi*

friends. Rev. jb. A. Walla preached _ Interment was made .» better than tno«f weeklr magazine* and equal to any.Splendiri Woman's Section, Illustrated. All Ibe news Buy THE PRESS every day to the y< ah that's worth having.

ad ffaaiy at day forth* new year.

Do Tow Want TblsT A comfortable borne at a moderate price and easy terms. Hoadk In exoeUsnt ooodltiod: haring four r first floor, thres large rt h, Kos. pure

Justice Moody, to the Supreme Coart of the United States, was last Saturday assigned to theSd Judicial Circuit, succeeding Justice Brown. TheSd Circuit embrace* the districts of New Jersey, Eeetarn, Middle and Wes

know what to