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CAPE MAY. N. J.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1907. EIGHT PAGES

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RED MEN’S BIG NIGHT

I’arade in a Very Heavy Rain Storm

ENTHUSIASM GREAT

STORM RAGES ALONG COAST

THE LAND BATTLE ENDS

There Was Sllfht Damage Done at Cape May

Ocean City Man Wins In Soil Brought Against Him

Visiting Tribes Hsd Good Time i Spile ol Weather—Prizes Were Awarded

PLENTY OF RAIN

IS WORTH $150,000

First Northeast Storm Since Last Spring—Wind Velocity Only Reached 38 Miles Here

Principal Point Involved “ to Action ot Sea in Up Fortunes

Thu pretty «ea»ide report waa dremed In Korxtou* array on Saturday nigh) ■n honor of the bi* pow-wow and parade of the Improved Order of Red Men. The centre of the city was one ma» of American flag* and streams of bunting, while colored eleclric lights made the resort resemble a fairy land. Large placints bearing the words “Welcome Great Chiefs and Red Men" were displayed in all the stores, and nearly every merchant did his share to make the occasion a memorable one. The event looked for by the citizen generally was the parade, but the officials of the place were unable to control th^vweather, and a northeasstorm swept down the coast and mad« the thoroughfare almost impassable, while on the side streets the mud wa.good and thick, but rather than disappoint the populace the visitors, who ca ne from Camden, Gloucester City, T-enton, Hackensack. Atlantic City, Ocean City, Petersburg. Wildwood and a number of other near-by places, donned their uniforms and braved the elements and paraded over the principal streets, applauded for their fine appearance by a great concourae of peo-

ple.

The visitors were the guests of Ogallalls Tribe, So. 157, of Cspe May, who furnished the Cape May Band, led by William Porter, while Tuscola Tribe, of Millville, brought with them the Clayton Band, led by William H. 1 Duffleld. The Great Chiefs of New Jersey were met at the depot by a reception com ml lice and were greeted by Mayor Millet and Mayor-elect Fred. J. Melvin. Included In the notable visitors were Great Sachem Frank P. Jackson, of Camden; Great Senior Sagamore Emil Schabikm, of Hackensack: Grant Junior Sagamore Harry Rothbooe, o; Trenton; Great Chief of Records Danid M. Stevens, Camden; Great Mlshiaews John Wright, Camden; Great Guard of Forest, John Hackell, Millville: Paal Great Sachem Jaw E. Nowrey, Camden; Great Prophet Charles Thompson, Atlantic City: Past Great Sachem Herbert Stctser, fllo-jcester City; Chairman of the Great Council Finance Committee. C. M. Curry, of Camden, and ex-Great Representative Aaron Allen, of Cam-

Competition was great for the several prizes ofTered by the people of Cape May, and with the view of capturing the best, Tuscola Tribe, of Millville, brought with them a handsome set of new- costumes, never worn befpte, worth over fOOB, and despite the rain and mud, gave to the great crowd a view seldom seen by the palefsoe world, and just before dismissal of the parade gave an exhibition drill in the street, which brought forth—Tbund after round of applause, and they easily captured the first -p riJ * of whll « Msnumuskin -Tribe, of Millville, lured the second prize of 925, and Wappollo Tribe, 'of- Wildwood, cap-

tured third prize, 910.

After the street demonstration a public meeting was held in the auditorium, where exhibitions were given by the visiting tribal teams and the prizes awarded. Past Great Sachem Herbert 8- Ktetser, of Gloucester Cijy, waa selected as chairman of the meeting, and he called on *a number of the guests for speeches, including Mayor Thomas Millet and Mayor-elect Fred J. Melvin, both of m ho extended greetings and a welcome to Cape May. Spceebes were also made by Great Have hem Frank P. Jackson and Past Great Sachem Joseph H. Nowrey, of

After speech-making all were invited to partake of the refreshments provided by the Cape May tribe, and throughout the meeling music waa furnished by both the Capa May. and Clayton

The visitors departed on i special train.

midnight

Help Owe Another

If the Caps May Hekai.i. bss the energy and ambition to print upwards of two thousand copies of an enlarged Christinas edition you should have the ambition to encourage It by Inserting C r advertisement- This edition will Its way to nearly every home In the county and Mty. Merchants should send their ospy In early for good position. A feature of the paper will be that on every pag

Beginning on Faturday alternoon, ami continuing almost unabated until early Monday morning a severe northeast storm prevailed along the coast of Middle Atlantic .State*. It was the firs I northeast storm which Cape May has experienced since early last spring, but it wa-. experienced, just the >am<, and had all of the elements with it to make the person hearing the wind and rain feel uncomfortable The rain began falling about three o’clock and [loured almost steadily until Sunday, by w hich time, according to ihe records of Agent George L. Lovett, >1 Cape May Weather Bureau, £40 inches of rain had fallen. -The continued at intervals in hard downat time* until seven o'clock on Monday morning w hen an additional one-tenth of an inch fell. Then the emperalure fell and Monday was unite cold, but on Tuesday the atmosphere w armed up again. Thewsimi Saturday and up to four o'clock on Sunday afternoon blowing from the northe»*t, but while it seemed to blow hard, the records showed that the greatest velocity lained w as thirty miles an hour. Sunday afternoon when the wi veered to the north, the velocity increased to .78 miles an hour here, while across the Delaware Bay In the Delaware Breakwater, its velocity reached

sixty miWs.

The tides were high, but did Utile damage, while the wind blew down some aw nings, a boat house and some signs and trees. The greatest damage was on the beach front, on New Cape May, between Wilmington, and Buffalo avenues, where some 93000 of beach drive way, bulkhead and boardwalk, waa destroyed. At the foot of Madison avenue the filling of broken concrete under the trolley road tracks was

washed out.

The wind blew down the new and old boat houses of Peter Shields at Schellengere LandingA falling sign in front of Mrs- Mary L. Knerr's store, broke In one of her bulk windows. Part of the awning of Ratty's Homestead Hotel was demol-

ished by the wind.

One man waa drowned and schooner

wrecked at Lewes, Del.

Trains for Ocean City and Slone Harbor were held at Sea Isle City because of the unsafe condition of the Corson's and Townsend’s Inlet bridges. Ths high winds and strong tides had strained these structures out of alignment, and in many places the roadbed of the Seat Jersey & Seashore Railroad w-as completely under water. Section gangs were put to work as the water had gone down suflteiently to enable thenfTo locate damages. The tracks of the Heading were completely submerged across the meadows and the ailing room covered with water to a depth of ten inches, putting this line completely out of ootnmis*ion. Shortly before noon Sunday about 40 feet of the Ocean Pier, at

City, was cacxled |Uy, being atrewn-al^g Are I

siderable distance. The outer pavilion to the pier is standing, but is bring buffeted and wrenched by the huge w aves and threatens to come down on the next high tide. The pump-room of the water works was flooded, causing a shut-down, but sufficient water is stored in the standpipe to last until

after the tide recedes.

Considerable of the roadbed of the West Jersey A Seashore Railroad over the medows at Beach Creek, was washed out and workmen were kept busy all day repairing damage in order that trains might be moved. The approach to the boardwalk at C: nue, at the lower end of Holly Beach,

was washed out.

The boat landing and pier of Mace's Pavilion at Angesea, wi_tarried away, and sunk a fishing skiff at anchor In

the inlet.

II cabin near the Bio Grande bridge on the meadows, occupied by a family named Sharpless, was eurrouhded by water and in danger of being submerged by the rising lids, whan the Holly Beach Uf« Having Crew Lbe rescue of the badly fright-

The long fight

tretch of bench property at lly, which'has been In the i Court a couple of years, day night la a verdict for R- _ lant In the ease. The Jury took four ballots, and at first stood9to the defendant. The three came over on the other* ballots. The verdict will be appealed by the losing ptalntUTW, I«ed> & Lippineoll,

Atlantic City.-

The case had attracted w idwpresd attention because of its bearing upon land along the Jersey coast where so many changes In the lines are constantly bring made by the fickle Atlaulic. The Ocean City Hotel & Development Company, In which Leeds k Lippinaott the leading hotel men of Atlantic City, were largely interested, purchased the tract of the Ocean City Association. When they sought title however, they found a elamianl In R. R. Sooy proprietor of the Rrigtoo Hotel, Ocean City, hla claim bring baaed upon a riparian grant from tha Stale. The purchasers disputed the title, and brought suit in ejectment the claim that moat of the land had been made by changes In the sea’s currents and that the riparian grant wi

outlawed.

In these contentions the legal battle waged furiously. Last ye

the Jury falling to

three weeks of trial. The second trial began over two weeks ago, and ended to-day With an abruptness that took the breath of apeeUtora. The test!

mony of 183 witnc

for the plaintiffs, and 152 for the defendants, but when the summing up time came Attorney Boigeoia, for the defendants, said he had nothing tossy. That left Attorney WesteoU, for the plainHflk, with no oppoijunlly- to preargument and the case went at once to

the Jury with no speeches.

During the taking of testimony many Interesting phases of seashore life were brought out, many of the

a flatly contradicting each

other as to the Unes In existence some years ago. Boms of the old beachcombers could remember with great minuteness marks along the strand which the ordinary parson would never have thought of observing, and It wi interesting to watch the other side try to refute this line ~ thought that it would ha impossible

for a Jury to read

■ tch circumstances, bat It ly about three minutes.

Thanksgiving

In no country should a grateful i welting of the heart be easier than mrown. Since Governor Bradford in 1821, aftar Ihe Pilgrims gathered their first harvest, named the first Thanksgiving day on this continent, Amerihave had every possibility of rejoicing. Good fortune has been ours at all times. There was a Thanksgiving for peace In 1784; for the adoption of the Coostllulloa In 1788; at Washington's suggestion for the putting pown of insurrection In 1796; again for ee in 1816. What was for so long occasional offering grew step by step into a custom. One Slate adopted after another; first one church and another; and In a comparatively years the holiday became national. The day of thanksgiving Is placed at the time when Is eoosummated the yearly event of greatest material lotto mankind; the harvesting of the crop*. Tha Hebrew feast of

from which our Thanks-

giving Is derived, was “the feast of ingathering at the end of the year.” Of all the biasings w hich we may coulU, any autumn passes In the eternal rircull, those which the day most saliently recalls are the bounties of the field, the fertility of nature, the wealth on which ao large a part of everything i» It is the rod of harvest who i» praised: .• "The valleys laugh and sing, Forests and mountains ring, The plains their tribute bring,

The streams rejoice.”

In this natural basis for happiness America has Indeed been blessed. For four centuries civilized man has been spreading himself across her vast expanse, receiving for his toll a readier reward than elsewhere In the world, conquering with pace a higher average

PERSONAL MELANGE

Records and Items of Their Coming and Going

GOSSIP 0FTHE TOWN

Whal is Going on In ihe Social Colony—Many Interesting Chattering*

Mr. and Mrs. Thomav W. Kaslwlcl have e'osed their Jackso.i street home and removed to Pqiladelphia for the winter. Mrs. IL M Collamar of Cheton A' Aliantlcif'ily, has been visiting the !>*ll »eok Mr*. Frank Morrisoftfueen

of comfort than 1* known in other lands. We are most fortunate in our fertility, our area, our temperate cli

isolation w hich per-

mits ns to labor in freedom from

. Richard T. Ware will (ear Baptist Young People's Union n mg tomorrow evening. The subjecl Will be "The Beauty and Utility of imtilude." J. Clifford Wilson, who recanlly purchased the J. Spicer 1-earning farm .lortta of Schrllenger's landing, entertained a party of friends there ovei Saturday and Sunday, and gave them a drive around the place in the excellent (7) weather which prevailed during ibetwoday*. Attorney Charles A, Bonttcjl, of Capv May Court House, is receiving con gralulalioiu upon hi* admittance by the Supreme Court of a Counsellor-at-Law, having at the pre-enl tenn i the examinations. It is said now-jlhat be may be selected by Sena, tor Hand as the Prosecutor of the Pleas succeed ex-Judge Douglass, whose term expires in April nexL

UNION THANKSGIVING The Union Thanksgiving Service this year will be held In the Kind M. E. Church, at 10-30 a. m., and the sei will be preached by Rev. James McLeod, of the First Presbyterian Church. The other clergymen of Cape May will participate in lbs sarvics.

i*. wli»

SEN. RODGERS ACQUITTED

Jury After llrtef IX-llbaratloe Kinds Accused Not UBilly 'We Bods the defendant not gnilty, and ibr county pays the ensts." This was tbe verdict returned last Saturday aftern -on by the Jury in the against Senator Elliott, a prominent a e<l populsr summer visitor of Cape May, ebargiez him with aiding and abettlnz in the iavee of illegal tax receipts. The Jury spent scarcely forty minutes in iu deliberations. The announcement of tbe ver.Uct the signal for a noisy demonstration among tbe spectators t >at crowded tbe

Stricken With Apoplexy Tbe Rev. John R. Mason, pastor of tl-e Methodist Episcopal Church, Colli ugswood, ProbidltloD candidate for Governor at the last deetion, was stricken with apoplexy last Wednesday and was unconscious for an boor Under metical attention be rallied and co tinned to rapidly improve. Very f« people In tbe town knew of bis ill a* until they assembled at tbe weekly prayer meeting In tb# church that night. Mr. Mason suffered another stroke this

week.

Sewer Com nates

The commission recently appointed > assess benefits to properties adjacent > tbe new sewer along Madison avenue from Corbie street to Beach avenue

Ktvlsw—NIOhoU

Former Sheriff Samuel E. Ewi bus been a widower tor ten ye*

united iu marriage to Mrs Muds Niebola of Coart Huear ye terdsy at th. borne of CspUlu Ewing, in West Cape May, and in the presence ofmrroberso' tbe immediate fainXfos> Mrs Nicboltia the widow of foruisfintnl) Charles E

Nichols, of Coart l^|r. '

Surrounded by his attorneys and throng of friends. Senator Rodgers held handshaking feat In the courtroom. Meu who had cheered noth their « squeaked and who bad tossed bate In tbe air on bearing tbe verdict ere foremoat in the reception line Tbe verdict was no surprise. At tbe morning sssamn District Attorney Geobrtng brought lbe prosecution to si rapt dose. Judge William D Patton said tha evidence was not sufficient to glre tbe case to the Jury. Attorney A. Lao Wiei, who was assisting tbe | ated that it was for the jury and not for the Coart to decide upon tbe endenos Tbe defense offered no •rideeee. InJbe case of acquittal, the oonnae) for t^rdefsnss insisted that tbe costs be assessed on tbe District Attorney personally, and not upon the county, Goebring agreed to this, bat J adge Patton said that was a matter for the Jury

to decide. '

o Baltimore avenue, organ*

tied last Saturday. They were sworn In by Judge James M. E. Hildreth Ex-Mayor J. Henry Edmunds was made chairman, and Lewis T. Stevens,

eeilauy MU he found.

Ooselag Judiciary Changes It Is current rumor that Chancellor William J. Magi* wilt resign Id January and that Cbelf Justice William 8. Gum mere will be appelated Chancellor, and that Jostles Mahlon Pitney will be promoted to Chief justice of the Supreme court and Willard P. Voorhees, of New ■wick, Will be made e Jos* the Supreme Coart.

lUK Will you be thareT

HALTS THIRD TERM TALK

Federal Employees Must Not Work lor Renominalion

Vice Chancellor Learning May Allow Opening

ITS IMPROPRIETY

AN 18-INCH WALL

Expects Them to Rdraim From Political Activity With the Idea ol Nominating Him

I’revdent Theodore Kootevell, at Hit cloae of the day on the night of the November election of 1904, announced that he would not be a candidate stain. And ao strong has he become .lib the people that .he has bad send the following letter to federal iffioe bolder*:

RINK ORDER MODIFIED

Hearing Had in Camden on day and Wall To Be Built

HERALD BRIEFLETS

A Diary of Cwmnt Kventa Thai Will Interest fiver)body —A- Brealow baa baan appointed boroogh marshall of Woodbine. —H. Lewis, of Rhode Island Agricul torsi School, has been elected instroc poultry husbandry at tbe WcodMne Agricollunl School -The Junior kfechaijlcsaad Daughter of Liberty I-edges ol Tocbaboe attend ed divine worship in tbe Find Baptist Church there on Sunday evening. A barge sixty (net long, fifteen feet m snd six feet depth of bold is be mg planned by Frederick Vogel at Del., to trade between Lewe»

and Cspe May.

—Uni.in Tbtnksgivin r Day servicesal Cape May Court H -use will be held the First Baptist Church Rev H. Lawrence, of First Methodist Chorch,

It has been'called to my attention that certain officeholder* under your department have been proposing to

obtain election as delegates to the na-

tional convention, advocating my repomlualion or proposing my indorsement by State conventions. This must e. You will notify such officeholders, as is necessary, that their acceptance of election as delegates foi this purpose, or advocacy of such Indorsement, will be considered as a serious violation of official propriety, and will be dealt with accordingly." THEODORE ROOSEVELT

TO MOVE FOR LOCAL OPTION

will P

Railroad will retariTto them the excellent service they lad last winter. —Julge Treuchard angered by lbe failure of the Atlantic County Grand Jury on Saturday to find In.licUn-nl-

In gambling

from farther duty with a stinging r

A spend test has been given to iw typee of locomotive engines on tbe West Jersey Railroad, at Clgylon, one over electric and the other

Now For The Yule-Tide Now comes the time of thanksgl' Ing, when gratefulness 1* voiced for the ly which has been given, when families gather and mingle together, and the spirit of good-will prevails over all, and with It comes an opportunity for effecting radical savings on real neaemitles h sale of Christmas goods which no person who has the least regard for economy should think of missing. Charles A. Swain, 305-7 Jackson street, has the largest and finest display of holiday goods ever

In this city.

S ives assurance of power to run one

undred miles an hour. Possibly Cape

May may be given the benefit of snob

locomotives one of these days. —At Wildwood,» committee of six

including rz-'tenstor Philip P. Baker as chairman and T. C Hamilton, Csri Haswto. John Reese, John W. Young and J Fithisn Totem was appointed to meet sTfi confer with,the County Boon! of Freeh .Mer* for the purpose of having the roadway leading to Wild wood widened from IB to 21 feel wide

sod elevated at least three feet

mmuiENT Boosrvgi.T.

Whew Cspe May Deft-ate d ll 1

Very Small Majority

Under the local oplioo law passed by tbe Republicans about twenty years ag( five of tbe six counties which held elections went "dry," and others would have followed suit had not tbe Demorepeated the law tbe year follow Tbe dry counties at that tlm, Comberisnt, Warren, Salem. Gloucester and Hunterdon. Cspe May alone went wet, and that by only twe Hundred and seven majority. Govern or-elect Fort’s Ute victory on s “dosed ■iaodsy" platform U expected to bei| tiring about local option reform. Another reform to be asked of the legislature is tbe eeparetior of state and nnuicipal election*. Some of tbe leaders want to relnro to tbe old plan of living moniapsl elections in thesprii «nd »t*te elections in the fall, while ■ithere favor state rirctioos each even rear and municipal election* each odd rear. If th*- latter plan were adopted ihe Governor and Senators would be leoted for lour year* instead of tbi rod Assemblymen would be etecled for i* • years instead of one. This scheme is advocated by a number of the admin-

istration adherents

GAUNT RE KLMOTKD

That the devotee* of the roller «k*iing fad in Cape May do not mean to give up their rink at this place wlihout a struggle, was made manifest on Monday morning, in Camden, when counsel representing the Cape May Grain and Coal Company, secured an order for the modification of sa injunction in order that an 18-tnch wa.l might be constructed between tue building of the company and the parsonage of the First M. E. ( huxh. it is hoped by means of erecting this wall the building of the applicant 11 the present case may be used a* a rin i without interfering with the service! In the church. It will be recalled that the church some weeks ago, secured a permanent injunction against the grain company which prevented it from using its building as a roller skating rink. This resulted from proof being shown that the constant rumble of the skates interfered with the services of the church. Vice Chancellor Learning attended the church to satisfy himself as to the contentions. As a result he issued the Injun tion. The grain company has in contemplation the erection of an 18-inch brick wall between its property and that of the church. By this means, it is contended, the objectionable feature which resulted in the issuance of the injunction would be obviated. Counsel said his client had a valuable property and that be thought he should be given the right to operate the rink if it does not annoy or harrass the church. He said the grain company is willing to spend 91,000 for this purpose. In opposing the application for the modification, Judge Hildreth alluded the previous annoyances; dec'ared it would be necessary to build scatffolding temporarily on the church property; that it would result in the trampling down of the flowers in the garden and that, in consequence, the church should not be compelled to Join with the applicant for something that would cause it great inconvenience. In his decision ViccChancellor Learning stated that it was his duty to restrain the company from operating the rink when it waa shown that it interfered with the services of the church. Tw ice the defendant sought to obviate this annoyance, but on each occasion found that the annoyance continued. Then the Injunction was iasuNow the defendant asks the church to Join hands fca an effort to eradicate thi* noise. .

Vice t

that it ^ oferadi-

Tbe V

says he won’t aid his DOtgkbor,he will pennit him to occupy hla property for a few days to build the wall. By this it waa evidently the idea to block the work. Vice Chancellor I learning declared that both should loin In an effort to remove the cause of ,plaint and be was of the wpinlnn that the wall would result in thiik Ho therefore gave an order modifying the Injunction. Vice Chancellor Learning said the wall should not be of the u spite"«har. or unsightly, and the grain company promised that it would not be so.

Boer May Bo Hlghar

West Jersey Bottlers’Association

indnrie* bottlers tress Trenton to beach.

Caps'May, at a

Yoa Can Have I*

any reasonable price you may offer. Must be sold at once. A 12room furnished eotiaft on Grant St. Full and unobstructed ocean and bay

a minute walk to the

terms, write, .

Baum B. Ruvaa,

Ogden Building ( ted floor )

810 Washington 8L

Cape May dty.

if Yoa Baca

Real estate to bay, to tail, to root, or to Insure, you will do well by eon wiring

The Woodbine Fire Company has

maou; vice president, ‘'orris Irreln; secretaries, Joseph Eats and A Udlsky uassurer, W. L Upman; aastauat chief,

Joseph Subber.

| dea Ohcstes Ross, of Ossa Msy itounty

Jersey man Again Lecturer of tbe National Gt Officers of the National Grange, Patrons of of Husbandry, were chosen rek si Hartford, Conn., a* follows: Ma-ter—Nstbsn J B>. helor, o' C cord, N- H. (Re-elected.) -T C. Atbeson, ofWestVirgtnia. Lecturer—George W. F. Guant, ol Now Jersey. (Re-elected) Steward—J. A. Newcomb, nf Gordon,

Oat.

Assistant Overseer—C t D. Richardson of North Brookfield. Mass. Chaplain—Onon 8. Wood, of Elling-

ton, Co bo. .

Treasurer—Mrs Rva 8 McDowell, of

_ „ Home. Newport. (Re Mooted.)

flecrelarj—Chariee M Fremnao, of

terms.^wrib? cM^oc phooe^H^^D flppecauoe C*ly. Ohio. (Rejected)

By tbe death of Rev. Allen H. Brown D. D., which ocearred at Montclair, N. i Tuesday last, the Presbyterian ministry In this state lost a member wbo bad filled an nnosnally long life with great setivity in the advancement of Christianity and tb* elrenthing of Presbyterian denomination in New Jersey. Dr. Brown was a tireless worker; zeslons and Indef aligabie In spreseing tbe gospel. A* an Evaugieiet and sop-

Ualfttoper—A C. P-wera, of Beloit,

Wm.

rea gtaooo la IX

is rice of Cores lu tbs nations! degree, Mrs. BUsbelh H- Pst eraon. of Marytaad;Mn. Ida* J. Jndson of Balfour, Iowa, and Mre. Borah G Bird, of Minn.,

For ladv assistant stew-

*f the Can l *aT H*NAM>. Will pro bs tberaT

the Stats from tbe hills of Sussex to tbe vs nos of Caps May and in his journeying* gained a knowledge of the history of Presbyterian churches In tbe B ate that made him an anthority on this : subject Foe over throe-score yasgate .

the ministry, giving to Me ... U. him. »nd HH* *

work tha fruits of whioh are eoriMBte-' Presbyterianism over a said* field. Br > - ;

mlly respected In life and In , ?

death is:

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