OAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. VII. NO. 4*

CAPE MAY. N. J.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1907. EIGHT PAGES

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COLD SPRING PROJECT

Total Cost May Bo Less Than Originally Expected

LOWEST BID S614.000

Should ihe Government Accept the Lowest Bid Work Will be Started Without Delay

The big harbor project at Cold Spring Inlet, at Cape May may not be aa expenxive aa waa originally expected, from the fact that the bid* are not aa high aa might have been looked for. While it was originally estimated that the project might necessitate an expenditure of fl,.tUO,OUO, the loweal bidder on the the two Jetties, the mgjor portion of the work, agrees to perform this part of the undertaking for f614000. In making the estimate it had to be taken into consideration that of the total amount, ,300,000, there is yet td'be appropriated by government 1300,000 It was thought that in view of the fact that the contractors might have to wait several yean for part of their money, becausiof this, that they would tad very high, but they do not appear to have done so, evidently trusting in the belief that the goverment will not delay the matter and will make the appropriations from time to time as ihe money is required. The contract has not been awarded and will probably not be for two or three weeks, aa it is necessary, in a project of this kind, to carefully go over the subject in all of in phrases and details and that is what U deing done now. In the event of the lowest Udder being accepted, it is likely that the contract will be aw arded in two or three weeks, in which event the project can be started upon without delay. but if the government decides otherwise it may be necessary to delay the start. The lowest bidder is the Seacoasl Construction Company, of New York, and the members of this firm built the Delaware Breakwater.

* Skating Rink Hearing Argument was heard before Vice Chancellor i-earning in Camden on Monday afternoon in the case of the Ural M. y~ Church of this city againsl the Cape Mpy Grain and Coal Company, in which case the coal company bad asked for an order allowing them to open ,lhetr skating rink. Deciaioc

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Voting Machines lo be Used While I here has been talk of abolish i-g ihe oar of voting machines at elections. they will however be uvad at the coming November contest. One machine has been removed from Cnp» Msy County, bat there are sjill four lb. 1 need, namely—at Anglesey, Holly Hrach and in both wards of Oceat. < »r.

Thanks Kxprcssrd

The fsmily of the Ute Napoleon B. ib norlt desire to express Ihrongh thr < ■ lumrs of the Csnt Mat Hssald their rpprrciatlOD cf the sympathy and kindness extended to them by thr tape May Fire Department and friends,

in their bereavement.

HURT IN COLLISION Mian Eva Knfherfbrd Hertonaiy Injured In Philadelphia Mis* Eva Holberford, daughter nt Vr. Frank BotberfovJ. of Cape May . Point, was seriously injarel by thi ming together of two trolley "

t stopped a: e behind ra

It. Thr concussion ot the two car caused her to be thrown to one side ami to have her bead strike against thr side of the car, and being near the rod cf the car. a camber of the passengers riding In the ear were thrown on top of

walked to the rM»«— _ — Mrs. Charles G. Clark, arvaral blocks away from where lbs accident happened. Ae soon as aba got in the bouse abe rollspsed and physicians were sent for Upon rxsminauon them found that her brain bad been aflected and that spine bad been injured and she wa a precs no ns condition throughout Ti day afternoon and Bight, bat improved

aosaewhet yaaUeday. •

Mire Rutherford has be. tbeOoeaa City pal

I during the year a teaebir in the ie schools, and abe

Mnase Madia moot given an Plano or Organ any

NEW DIRECT PRIMARIES

People to Vote Direct for Legislatois and Other Officers

BOSSES KILL BILLS

Legislature Adjourns Leaving Ulililes and Gvil Service Bills Dead. Both Parties Alike on Than

The ISlal legislature adjourned with out day at 3:16 o'clock last Saturday morning. New Jersey's “long parliament," in Ihe closing hours of It* ten months somiun paused twenty-two bills including measures providing for direct primaries in all offlcea but GoverCongressmen and Presidential electors, and for the expression of popular choice for Edited Htates Senators. Hills for the creation of a Public Utilities Commission and for general civil service reform died in the House after passing the Senate. The mem her* of the Assembly insisted on railroad rate regulation in the utilities bill and demanded an elective commission in the civil service bill. Neither hill received enough vole* to be passed in the House. A Joint resolution continuing the life of the separate Assembly and Nmate . esligating committees after adjournment, with full powers, was passed, and, with the UIU, will be placed in a week or ao in the hands of Governor Stokes. The stroke of hi* pen will decide wether the inquisitions are to go

a.

Senator Everett Colby, of Essex, made a strenuous fight to have a rate regulation provision placed In the public utilities bill when reported by the Joint conference committee through senator Hlllery a little befor midnight. He declared that the legislation had proven good in other 8laics and then look up the second argument. am not reflecting on any Senator when I say this,” he went on, "but I know it to be a fact that there are In the Republican parly some wbite-Uv- ' nen who are afraid that if power te regulation is included in this bill there will be no, money for campaign purposrsfrom the corporations." There was applause from the Democrats at this. No Republican made reply then to the "white-Mvered’’ charge, but w hen the bill had been passed, despite Mr. t olby’s opposition md the direct primary bill wa* up for ronaidera)ion,'8enalor Joseph 8. Freinghuysen, of Somerset, took occasion go after the Essex man. "I am at least consistent,” said the Somersci Senator. “I have opposed iirect primaries because 1 don't believe In such a method of selecting candidates, and 1 propone to vote igainsl this bill. want to say to the Senator from -Essex that my liver was recently exposed to the public gaze and wax found be full of good red blood corpuscles. It i* my belief that if hi* liver were ipened it would be found to contain nothing-bat pure white-crusted anggl»ke." Benatcr Frelinghuysen underwent a 1 CONTINUED ON FOUBTB PAOK.I

Declaring that the defendent had misrepresented aflkini in the procure* ment of a lease for a farm in Dow. Township, Cape Mrtj County, Luther E. Price, a widely‘known newspaper man of New York, through Lawyi Thomas French, last Thursday mon ing applied before Vice Chancellor Learning in Camden to have the oonract annulled. Testimony >> a* taken in the case during the day.. It is alleged by Price that bis father Nalben C- Price, on Fedruary 21, 1906, entered into an agreement with Arthur Wilson by which he leased the farm containing about 100 acres to the latter. On July 14, 1906, it is declared the lease was renewed until 1910 and according to Price, the defendent secured this extension through fraud and misrepresentation. A short time before his father’s death, Price, who isexecutor of Ihe theestate, asserts that Wilson by dlsjia raging the productive quail ties of the farmland, was able to secure the at much less the value than would ordinarily have been obtain • as restlded that Wilson had represented that the ground w a* not productive. Mr. Priee said that Wilson who, by the agreement, was to share with him the profits, sought to create the impression that that there was nothing worth while being raised.

VILLAGE IS TOO LONELY Srro Mawr School Harm Leaves

Petersbars School

The Board of Education of Upper Township, are having their own Irooile* In tiring to keep thepuolleaehool >f Petersburg supplied with a teacher. At present the school is closed and the thildren are enjoying an enforced The principal cause of the board's trouble Jo- keeping a teacher reems to be the utter loneliness of the village. A few days ago, Mias Mabel Dunn, a youqg school teacher of Bryn Mawr, Pa., wax engaged lo lake charge of the school. Hhe reached the town

to her boarding hoysa. The school did not open the next morning, for during the night Mias Dunn concluded that the town was too lonely for her and she look the train cityward.

REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING Hon. John Franklin Fork, the Republican candidate for governor, will ' mb the citizens of Capa May , county in the court house at G May Court House tomorrow aftem

FRAUD IN FARM LEASE

Tenant Told Wrong Story of Farm’s Productiveness

LEASE SET ASIDE

Heard by Vice Chancellor Learning In Camden Las) Thursday. Wants Contract Annulled

OUR NEW QUARTERS The Herald Bnlldlng Is Now Being

Occupied

The publication office of the Capb May Herald haa been removed from No. 506 Washington street where it haa been located since its foundation in 1901, to the Herald Building, No- 614 Washington street.. The Herald Building hasebeenequiped b> Mi William G- Essen, and a long ten lease has been given to The

Herald.

The editorial and mechanical department is now combined in this building and we are ready to receive orders for all kinds of job printing, and to give attention to any matters tkat relate to advertising or whatever may come to

the paper.

The offices occupy the entire first floor of the building.

Mrs. John B. Clement Dead Mr*. Dona Williamson Crowell Clement, died at her home at Overbrook, Pa., on Tuoulay afternoon. She the w-ife of John B. Clement and is surviued by her hesband and her children, Dona Crowell Clement, De Witt Crowell Clement, Gregory Clement and John B. ClgmpmJr- Mrs. Clement was the daughter of De Will Crowell, of ( old Spring, this county, and has a number of relatives and friends at Cape -May. The funeral will occur tomorrow, Friday, at eleven 'dock at the residence in Overbrook.

Hmall Fire An alarm of fire was sounded last Thursday evening about seven o'clock, whsp It wa* discovered that a gasoline engine which Is ua«d to work pumps the Haynes stable, corner of Broad and Elmira streets, had exploded. The fire wax extinguished by a stream put upon it by the chemical engine and but little damage was done.

Dr. Wilson A. Lake, of Cold Spring, the KepubUean candidate for ooroocr, is not making an active canvas for the office, but his election appears to be lured from the fact that he is well known and that he has previously

held the office and given

TO dedicate new chapel

Tbs new Methodist Chapel at Fishing Creek will be dedicated 00 Sunday, October 20tb, 1907. There will be *11-

d »y merlin*.

At 1C.3U a. m , Her. H. W. Bollonaj; . D . the great camp mreUnyirearher will be the speaker, and the pastor, E. A. Wells will dedicate the

bmlding.

'Al S p. m., Rally Day will be observed In the Sunday School, In charge of

10L Harry Learning.

Epwrrtb League at 7 p in., mon by Dr. Bolton at 7 80 p. lowed byreriral aerTioe. The revival sag will continue each evening except 'stardsr daring the waak. There will not beany preaching vice al T«H^rn*i4e an Sunday, October

•lory of a Brnkea Heart

Many is the story of a br-ken heart, bat hero ie one that should appeal to o* all A poor widow woman, living M t -e outskirts of lbs city, purchased

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LUCIEN B. CORSON DEAD Former Cape May Man Expires ai Maya Landing After BHrf lllnosa Lucien Bonaparte Corson, after a slight Illness of one week, died suddenhla home In Mays Landing Sunday morning By hi* death Atlantic county loxex one of it* most prominent citizen*. He was bom at Neaville, Cape May county, on June 25, IH43. After graduation at the Hudson River Institute, at Claverack, N. Y., he entered Ihe army ox volunteer and aerxed with distinction. After the w ar he devoted himorlf to mercantile pur suit*. From 1S67 to 1S93 he wa* the manager of the May* landing Water Power Company. Then he retired from ac'.lve buxines* and employed himself looking afler hi* private affair*, and gave much time to mailers of public interest. He was prexident of the May* Land ing Building and Loan Association, president of the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian church, a member of General Sewell Post, G. A. R-, director of the Union National Bank of^Atlantic City, member of -tlte/Board of Chosen Freeholders of Atlantic Coun. ty and Past Master of Unity Lxidge, No. 96, F. and A. M. He was married December 7,1875, 1 Isabella Runyon Endieott, and she and their daughter, Anna Endieott, survive him. Mrs. Corson is a sister of Judge Allen B. Endioott, of Atlantic City.

Claim Promptly Paid The Grand Lodg ot Anaeot Order of United Workman of New Jersey through the recorder, A. B. Bosh, of Cape Lodge No. 91, paid the claim, amoontiug lo 92,000, over lo the beniSaariea of the late Hamool H. Roae- , oo Wednesday evening, Just slxdsrs after the proof of death bad been forwarded lo the Grand Recorder. The A. O. U. W. pay* all her claims just as prompt, thos showing that the grand old order is ou a mu b sounder baais financially, than it was ever be-

On The Bar The dredge Pittsburg-while attemptlog lo go out Cold Spring inlet on its way to Long Island Bound yesterday grounded on Cold Spring bar and was still fast ax the Herald went to preos today. Captain Nelson hopes to clear the bar al high tide this afternoon.

WEATHERMAN honored

'. P. Townsend Has Been Force

lag Weather 80 Years

T. Ik Townsend, the Philadelphia weather forecaster, was seventy years

Saturday. If he had

thought of it when he arose in the morning he was reminded of it when be got to his breakfast table and was handed his moil. In that bunch of

: scores of congratulatory from his friends. He was

again reminded of It w hen he rea

Hu private sanctum ne found to be filled with flowers and numerous in- . kcripliotu. These had Lera placed these by his office force. After he had folly recovered from his surprise his

assistant, Mr. Bliss, *pea

the other member* of the stafT, made a happy address in which he gave Mr. ' Townsend the well-wi*hc* and con-

gratulations of lit; employes.

Mr. Townsend has been in the

than thlrty-afx years, and for more , than a quarter of a century has been predicting Philadelphia’s weather. -He la a native of Cape May and lint conducted a weather station al Cape May

, Point.

of the Now* Society was heidThursday. Friday ai of last weak at t

IN REALM OF POLITICS

Judge Fort. Republican, Againsl Open Sundays

Fall Visitors are Numerous About the Resort

THE CANDIDATES

Whal Republicans Stand For and Their Election Is Predicted by Reports Received

There doesn't seem to be any room for doubt or difl'erenoe of opinion as tt> J udge Fort's allitude on the question of opening the saloons lo Bunday business. He is distinctly and unequivocally against the proposition. He has declared repeatedly and with emphasis that be cordially and fully indorses every plank In the republican plaimrqj. Among these planks is this :—“The republican parly has sciplished needed reform in excise leguialiou and pledges itself to the maintenance at It." Nobody has questioned that this refer* to ihesoilied Bishop*' law and this law ha* ouly a single purpose - to put an end mnday selling. Judge t'orl there- ■ land* pledged inn only lo enforce ■oxeruor the iiuliops law *0 long a* on the statute hooks, but he u also pledged to the "maintenance” ot lax*-, eso that if elected Goxemoi and the Legislature should pas* an act repealing the Bishops law* tft would it, or any odier act suhver- >( the principle the Bishop* law embodies. TUI* is the reasoning ol those who haxe Judicially weighed udge Fort's altitude toward thisquestou, and it *eems lo be without a Daw and the conclusion reached inevitable. Captain Robert K. Corson, the Republican candidate for sheritl', expect* 10 be elected to that office by a good majority. His friends declare that there is no doubt of his election, and :rvauve estimates of various parts of the county show that he wilt have ihe usual Republican majority when ballots are counted. He has been a faithful official of the county in the past, and being splendidly equipped .or the office of sheriff willgive general satisfaction lo those who will have business with him. _ _ _

Assemblyman Corsvilie E. SUlle, ho Is the Republican candidate for re-*lection, was calling upon friends and consliluenU In Cape May City on Monday. He expre*ed himself as eonfldrat of being reelected to the office In which he feels that he has served the people well during his first term at Trenton. There appears to be no doubt of his election from the re jrorts which have been received from all parts of the county. Captain Charles P. Vannaman, the Republican candidate for surrogate, Is continuing his active canvass of the county for this office. He will be elected by a handsome majority on November 6lh. His experience in office and his known fidelity lo hix duties, is the best recommendation which any man could have, and Capl. laman possesses an enviable reputation along the lines of duty.

PERSONAL MELANGE

SABBATH " WORKERS

County Sunday School Couveulion Next Wednesday

GOSSIP OF LOBBIES WILL BE HELD HERE

Whal is Going on In the Cottage Colony—Many Interesting Chatterings Mortimer Anderson and daughter, MU* Della, of Hadden Heights, have been spending some lime with Cape May relatival. Barclay L. Hchellenger left on Tuesday for a visit to the Jamestown Exposition and will remain until Katur, lay of this w eek. Mr. E. P. Btltes 1* In Washington enjoying the session* of ihe National (x>cal Preachers’ Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mr*. Charles C. Teal arc tpending some time w ith relative* in .’ape May. During the summer they were engaged in the hotel business in Atlantic City, IfJl are now at their home on South Broad slree', Philadelphia. Judge James M. K. Hildreth left on Tuesday for Ihe Jamestown Expos) lion, going xrjt.i Governor Stokes and ly, who left that cxening to take part in the New Jersey Pay exercises it the Exposition today. Pilot and Mr*. Charles P. Eldredge haxe closed their home on Broadway, ■Vest Cape May, and taken up their residence in Philadelphia for the winTheir son-in-law aud daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel 8. Doak, will reide with them. William G. Blattner, of West Cape May, has been selected as the Demoiratio nominee for surrogate in the ■lace of Edward L. Rice, who declined t> accept the nomination. Mr. Blatter is prominet In local secret order* has a large number of friends, nc* T. Hoffman, of Cold Bpring, ilarled on Monday morning for James1, Va., and is there in the interest Philadelphia business house. After visiting the exposition he will go to Wilmington, N. C.; Charleston, B. C-, and New Orleans, 1.0., and expects to return home the first Saturday in November. By reason of the recent change in the schedule of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, Mr. (harles Cor1, who has been employed on the road for upwards of thirty years, and who is baggage master, lias been transferred to a run between Atlantic Oily sad Camden, and has been 00 m pel led t icrefore to take up his residence in Atlantic City and has closed his West Cape May home. Joseph K. Hand, Jr., will beassociat- ■ I with Richard Church io the Boardwalk photograph gallery next season, fbe souvenir post card branch of then •usmesa will be given special attention nth every facility possible for the conremence o' their customers. John Thompson Hewitt, bead of luWrt Men's Furnishing Department, torrid yestetdsy on s week's vacation. 1 by divided between Pbilsdetp.iia and ■few York City. In company with Mind Mrs. Bfuait H. Thompson. ■CUNIINUED OK FOURTH PAGE.)

A SOOT ERADICAT0R

Albert W. Faster, formerly of Cape May and now of the engineering firm of Hoys a Foster, Chicago, has inventan eliminator for soot. The Chicago Evening Post of recent dale contain* the following mention of hi* invention: A. W. Faster, a Chicago mechanical engineer, thinks he has solved the amoke problem by the invention of an eliminator which is said to clarify 1 of combustion of all wool, cinders and suspended material as they rise in

^be eliminator is attached tothefuraoe between the combustion chamber nd stack. The smoke is drawn through the eliminator by artificial suction, and when it leaves the clarfier it U said to be cleansed of euery oh-

The combustible particles are forced back into the furnace anddhei buolible particles into a waste;

In large plants all that furnace* can

have the *

toed for aay

kind of fuel, and lu inventor aay* it 9 to 80 per cant at anal l proportion going up the chimney* with Imperfect combo**

County Resident* Interested in THi* Good Work Will be Here in Full Force

The forty-«eeond annual convention of the Cape Msx County Sunday School Association will be held in the Kind Presbyterian church of thi* city on Wednesday next, the mmooii. taking place in the morning, afternoon and evening. The services will lie opened a m. with a devotional execise led by Rex H. I*. Crego. The delegates will he welcomed by Rev. James *. pastor of the Melodist church. Al the afternoon session the principal businaw will be transacted and odes will be mode by the Rev. Samuel D. Price of the State Executive oaimittee and the Rev. W. E. Foote. Rev. James Mclend, pastor of the Prmbyterian church will deliver the ual nddraw, the election of officers also lake place al that session, together with the election of delegate* to dale convention which is to be held at Freehold November 1st toSIth. In the evening services there will be ihort addresses by L. U. Odgen, Rex. F- P. Bemesderfer and Rev. y. T. Casselberry, with a closing address by Rex. fedwin R. Brunyatc of Ocean -My.

Dredges i'liisbarg Slops Work The mammoth dredge PilUburg discontinued iu work on the dredging >f the Cape May harbor on Saturday last, and i* being prepared to be taken to Long Island, where this dredge, together wijji the dredge Call, hich ha> been working on the har»r will also be taken. These dredges re expected to be taken aw ay about the twentieth of the present month, they will take with them fortythree families, thereby leaving a largo number of houses vacant and stopping the distribution of a weekly output of about 9600, most of which has been distributed among tradesmen of Cape May, while they have been here in the past four yeare. „. s wi rk of dredging the harbor will onboard by tbe Furst-CDrke Dredging Company wit If tbe dredge Manke> lie, which can complete tbe in the harbor bv the time that the rnment lias finished Us JetUes for the bsrbor rnlntnfee The taking away of tbe other two dredges does not mean that work op the harbor wi!! necessarily lie discontinoed

THE NEXT MAYOR wo Very Fupalar Candidates Its The People The voters of t ape May will be allied upon al the election on Tuesday, 1 her 6th, to choose a mayor for the two-year term beginning January The Iwro candidates Thomas W. Millet, Republican, and Frederick J. Melvin, Democrat Millet is the present incumbent and served continuously sinee March . During that year he wa* elected mayor-over former mayor J. Henry Edmund* by a majority of 41 votes. In 1901 he wa* nominated and received •tee as against Dr. K. H. Philthe Prohibition candidate, 67

Ml 1

Millet secured a majority of 144. 1906 ha was elected without oppo*-

on.

Mr. Melvin served the aty ns mi from March 1881 to March 1886, terms, and was a popular official 1 ing incumbency. It was during l the 60. Maryland Regiment

Washington

and Bt. John's Oommandery Knights Templar, ware brought to Cape May and ao Popular was he with the Wash'

iaed him as a

Washington, banqueted him him with a gaid beaded

Belies of Sermons Rev. James McLeod began z series of rirmons io the First Presbyterian Oh arch last Sunday evening 00 the Beatitudes, or Pearls for the King’s Daughter. The first sermon was incresting, at indeed are all the sermons ■reached by Dr. McLeod.

It You Have Real estate to buy, to tell, to rent, or to insure, you will do well by consulting ue at my office. Sol Nxxdlxs, f 608 Washington SL, Cape May REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Iteooid of Tranaariions which Have Been Hecwmly Noted Tbe following are some recent Cape May County rest estate transfers:

l.'euben J. Hand et al*, heir* of Elijah Hand and Priscilla Hxnd, to May Steeiman. 8iOOU. Premises on Main *cs Shore Kosd at Erma. cxra uxTcrrr. Cspe Msy Real Estate Company to elsou Z. Graves. „ 91. Lois 2119, HIM. 2121, 212i, 2123, 2121, 2126. 2186, 2127,2128, 2183, 21S4, 2185, 2136,2137, 2188,3139 and 2140, in plan of raid G- oi*e C. Crawford to Sallia K.

side of Washington street, Jewish I-'alkenburg et .is. I J x BO feel. Louis Diets et ns to Klwood C. Rutschman 9ll> Quit claims. Lot 86, section 18. Klwood C. Rntre hmsn to Llssie U. tots. 910. Quit dsims. Lot 96.

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Raa E Bishop et rir to Lain Lra tohop. 9L Pram Lew on borth..* ! stos of Washington ktreet. adjoining toads of estate of Mathew Morcr, Ur-

it cars n*T.

«d wTtf sdsd 91800.

Benjamin H- Hngfar* et at 1. Hngbes to Cfearto* H.

naalMta deed k ride of York ■