GAPE MAYjHBRAT.P, THUHSPAY, DECEHBEB 31, 1008

diath roll now Karthqu*k«'« Victim. *Urv. W •urn In Ruin* The nra«nUudt at Hair'* awful •nrthQOAk. (row. hourly. Before the full truth U known th« may puah all the other grtat eoeruialoua of nature aald. anil tadta flm rank a mans the mlafourtunec that have con*, upon man through Mtur. In ChrlaUan tlm<-a. Toeaday the death roU waa bolleved to Le ... ooo. Y eat M-day the animate haa mounted the 160,000 mark. Some even aay that U will reach *60.000. The deetrucuon of Weaalna la ao complete that the city will uerer be rebuilt Rotslo U "a heap of rulua." The 10*9 of Ufe there U quite a*

treat a»

Baquara, a town of 10.000 Uihahltanu. U completely tone, fire harlna tmished what the earthquake left. Dei pate boa aay all 1U Inhabitant* are deed. Theee are only a few of a day 9 developtnenta.

To Hold Uaual Reception.

Cralao, the home of th^ United, State* Senator John Kean, will be the mecca for Rcputillcan politician* U morrow. New leer'* Day. The eentor United Stale# Senator -keep* open houae on that day. and about

Program Par New Year-. Folio winy U the Una of matob Krw Tear'a »▼#:—IVr* at houM Oft Waahlngtoo acre at, at 1140 p *, aharp. Up Waahlagtoo atreet City HaU, U o'clock midnight. Bto* tag of whlaUoe, ringitw at beila. Orlog of the Club* cannoo, recelrtng the new year. City Hail to Jackaon afreet to Broad atreet to Mayor Mel-

■reet to Club Hoi New Vear’a Dsy. Two banua m tuUMc, one life am arum corps and all club* anu , oat •nil form at the Cape May c-4<. Club headquarters on Washington t At 1 o'clock sharp then march dow, ■Vashlngtob street to the Landing U. -Afayette street to Hadlaon aveui u> Co rale to Queen to Lafayette Jwcatur to Beach to Jackaoo to Waal*} ington to Ferry to West Cape May, Return to Jackson atreet to Washing .on to Club House. Id am las The club In*

justness men and every cUiaeiygnn organisation to tun* out with them and help make this a Mg day tor Cape May. Any one wishing costume* (or the parade can secure them by ap plying at the dub headquarters, as the club will have a ooetumer down with a good (apply of costumes t .set from at a very reasonable price and the costumer will attend to the making up of all who hire them. Turn out everybody tor there will js lot* of strangers la Cape May that day, so let as show them what we can do to amuse them. The extend their thanks to every one who haa helped them along with this parade and will thank every one who will take part and help make U sue

fearful.

Very respectfully yours. Cape May Civic dob.

. rank B. Wrlaley, President, clarence B. Taylor, Secretary. John Carreteoo, William W. West,

three hundred la the average number of Republicans who pay their ree to him. The South Jerseymea'afflve In the morning and those from Lne northern end of the Mate in the af-

The January "Success" In the January number of "Sum eras Magazine," Charles Edward Suatell begins a series of artiolea, “The Break-up of the Parties"; the first 1* entitled "The Republican Party—Ms Glory and Decline." Robert Haven Bcbauffler writes on "Making Ends Meet on a New England Farm." Cleveland Moffett conlinoes his scries oa the waste at American wealth abroad 1*. an article, "Fake Art and the MUboaaire." Roland Phillips points out the practical phases of the forestry problem In “When“the Wood Is Gone The subject of an article by Michael william* is “The Rat and His Bsaru BUG" "Growing Old a Hhbit“ 1» by

Orison Sweet Marden.

The leading •stories are' "His Big Picture," by Q. B. Lancaster, • l-rtainlng Aunt Melissa,." by Mary Heaton Vorse; "The twice-TcMd Tale o: a Stolen Theater,” by Steffens, and "Jimmy' Pepperton of

* by Robert Barr.

Still HunUng Tug. The tug which was lost in the recent snow and wind elorS at css, has not hewn found yet and U Is be Meved TJav It U not far off t here. This lug belongs to the Const Con atructloo Company, who are g aployed by the Government In making the Jetties for the entrance to the Cape May harbor. She la a valuable piece of construction and will he a great loss to the company U not found.

The Sugar Was SaH A lady well known In this city who a proud o' her skill as afsncy bouse bold baker, undertook the baking of' a plum pudding Tor the family gath erlag on Christmas dinner -in Phils tir.phla. Tnsre was -no plums In the ^pfBTdlng, of coarse, bet there was a c-vp full of salt Instead of eucar. Be quel—there Was no plum pudnlng tot the Christmas dinner.

American Bar AfSocisti: The American Bar which met at' Portland, G)«.. last Au gust, may meet at Cape May nasi Sommer. The committee to eclect thi place of meeting wiH convene la a few days, and several at them want to come to Cape Hay. There wouic be about MO at the moat emltwi lawyers of America la the gathorir The New Walton Cottage The new 110,000 cottage being bid at No. Ill Ocean atreet. for Coni trailer John M. Walton, of Philadelphia. is nearly enclosed. It Is being erected by Contractor Wm. H .Bddle man, of Roxboro, Philadelphia. The cottage will be completed in tine for

The Atlantic Construction f. ply Company to making i gross la laying the bouse s

The ROgere-Grilley Recital

A Rogere-Grllley recital at the Rink on Washington street Monday

it, is sure to be a pro

••ounced sucoess. for the worth and

of thia entertainment

jeea proven by many seasons of pra»«

snee. The combination

long tlnce gained a foremoet position among the few atandard attractlona. Many years of enthusiastic effort nave enabled theee gentlemen to produce a program for the amusement loving public that not only provides pleasure, hot conforms to whet

In art From the harp da

which Mr. Rogers opens the program, tallowed by r group of 1mpersons

riglnel selections by Mr.

Gtilley, the listeners are carried through a series of srtlstic efforts In ate, until the dosing number leaves

i wondering If It Is really

true that such a delightful evening naa Been given by a company of only two people. Every season find* ibese artists with fresh novelties and striking selections added to their extensive repertoire, ao they are always

i at each appearance. IVobehly has much to do with the notable concerning this combination of their continued reappearance on some of the strongeet and meet conservacoursea in the Dotted States, as Brooklyn, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia. Pitta

!c nearly every state U the Ui Today they arp furnishing one of the ktroogeec, most unique an thoroughly delightful programs in the field of

DENNISVILLC The Johnson mill pood is rapidly BUlng up, to the of the email

•(reading throughout the oaantyBome opposed to the movem -iste tnst*'tAxes wU be so m ■igber. Look at the abkraet of r lee tor Cape May ooonty and see

t kick on that the i

There Is •be young ‘•sedation of bnlldlng • club bouse Ml tbs grounds of the Making it a piece of an governed by raise, si ml liar to those a* the

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WEST CAPE MAY. The West Oepe May Athletic Assodatlon has been organised to provide for basket bell, with Nelson Creamer as manager. They expect to uenkop * tint class team la --this game. They will ptey Cape May High School xq Saturday. William Hand who waa a loeg time In the employ of the Cape May Electric Light Co, has gone to r da where be will cultivate an orange grove. He sailed from New York oo ,hristmas Day. Mrs. Elisabeth Coraoo, of Deunie- > Uie. Is spending a part of the Wln--ar with her niece Mr*. Kate Donley. Mr*. Deborah E!dredge baa been quite ill for several days. Rev. J. L. Landis, who he* been In I’bUedelpbU finishing a preaching engagement of ten Sabbaths, returned days ago and has been confined to his boms for the past week Our borough, they say, with its jesutiful cement sidewalks apd curbs shining In the son Is as “pretty, picture.” Mr. and Mr*. George C. Sandgran ■e now occupying their new home i Mechanic street.

GREEN CREEK. The farm and woodland of the late Henry Brown has been surveyed and win be sold at public sale me. We are glad to note U with which our set meeting. Miss Catherine Shields, lady of One ability and such a one wbb pots the minds of her ecboiars in proper shape so that when they are transferred to the higher room they are fitted tor the change. Then Prof. Dougherty takes the newly set plant, which he gives the proper treatment, and they go right on In their studies as if no change had been made We are dad our people are waking up to the fact that good education is one of the needful things of life, and that with "the present system therPi is no reaeoo why every boy and glri should have UU valuable asset.

May Change Election Law.

An interestliic exhibit In the Secretary of the State’s office in Trenton is a poBectioc* of ballots from forty-

five statee. They vary In else

feet eqnare to 3 by 6 inches. The

e whole group which appeals tipped

politicians have to It is that K would

o party column is proridedIt is probable, that a ME providing

Day at 4 or S o’clock, a personal regbtralion Jew, and a provision making

l vs St least thirty days In a

1 redact before being eligible to vote-

At the preeent time an orer-olgl

aidence In a prednot Is all that la necessary, end much fraud is said to be dne to this method. It Is also pro-

: have, the last registration

day at least thirty days before elec-

THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS TO TELL OP ASIA’S AWAKENQIN third.

side of hoe become the wurtdh centre. In order to give “The Philadelphia

COLGATESDOMED Assemblyman With •‘New (dee” Splr-

AKbough John Franklin -Itort still has two fears to aWve as Governor of New Jersey, there la no lack talk among the politician* as to who his probable successor will be. B one knew* that Vivian Lewis, Passaic, who le Clerk In Chanoery.U a strong candidate for the Republican nomination. M l* also known that Sei ator Joseph 8. Freilngbuyaen. ot Somerset County, Republican leader of "the next upper House, is going to make a hard fight to be the Republican rend Mate, and that Senator Thomas J. Hlllery, of Morris County, has s large number of friends at work for him, but the latest name to be me- tloned—one that, no doubt, will occasion much surprise—Is that of

OOI-GATE. ASartIBLTUAB ESSEX OOCWTT. Colonel Austin Colgate, of Baser Colonel Colgate Is now an A blyman from Essex County, and he Is not a candidate for the Republican nomination tor Governor, the Colonel'* boom Is not of Ms own mating. It bad Us Inception In one of the large countie* in the southern part of the State, and has what some poiuiclana would call the right kind ot backing. The Colgate boom has been started going by a stateaman In South Jerwey who has pretty much his own way in politics of that section of the State. Colonel Colgate Is the personal a*ue to Governor Fort, and for the last three years has been affiliated with the New Idea movement In Essex County. RIO GRANDE Revival services commenced In the First M.' B. Church on Sunday evening and are growing In Interest each evening. Several have signified, their intentions on living closer to Christ. A watch night service will be held In the M. E. Church on Thursday evening, and a good congregation usher In the

year.

Mrs. W. Be belle nger sad two e ran, of Cape May, spent Tuesday with relatlMr. William Kimble and wife and Mr. John Morton and wife attended the Red Men’s banquet given Cepe May Court House on Tuesday evening. Mt. George Bohm and wife calling on friends at Wildwood oo Sunday. Mr. and Mr*. Wm. McCarty are entertaining relative* from Millville thi* week. A number of our people are their hogs this week. Several have

Pablloatlon of Ortlflcale ofOrwanl-

Treasury Department, i Oflloe of Comptroller of the Currency,)

Whereas, By satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, ir ha* been made to appear that The Merchant* National Bank of Cape May, in the City of Cape May, in the County of Cepe May, and State of New Jersey, haa compiled with all the provision* of the Statutes of the United Materequired to be complied with before an asaodalion shall be kulborlxed to commence the business of bankink.-; Now, therefore, 1, La» fence O. Murray, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that The Merchant* National Bank of Cape Max, 1° >he City of Cape May, in the County of Cape ] May, and the Stale of New Jersey, i» aulhonzed to commence lhr busine** of banking, tut pr.tided in Section Fifty-one Hundred afld Sixty Nine, of the Revised Statute-, of the I nlled Slates. In tesUmon> whereof witne-* my hand and seal of ofllce -{seal] UU* Brat day of December,

19U6.

I-awbexcbO Murray. 1 Comptroller of the Cur<encv.

I 800 p

Several of’our pen A* attended the •ale of Arthur Wilson at Erma oo

Tuesday.

Mrs. William Reeves baa returned on an extended trip with rela vea to Millville. Mr. end Mr*. Fred Harris are spending the hoUdaya with relatives and friends to PhUadelphU. CapL BUas Bhaw Is spending holiday* with Ms wife here. Petersburg Mr*. Hannah VacvJUder and daughter Sara, are spending the holidays

Creamer spent a portion of holidays wdi their mother Mr*. A. M. Creamer Hisses Bessie Weetcott, Ethel end Sera 8. VanGUder were with home friends the last of the week. Mr. Washington VanGUder and wife entertained a nombre of friends

on Christmas Day.

Friends of Mies Irene VanGUder gave her a pleasant surprise party

The first .skating of the i wag enjoyed here on Monday.

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the future of those near and dear to you. A little effort, a little economy now means comfort later on.

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Noltoe 90 Stock boldriw Notice la hereby given that the requular annual meeting of the utockhoMert of The Merchants Nations' auk of Cape May, N. J., will be held al the banking house, comer Washington and Decatur streets, on Tuesday, January 12, 190k, between the hours hr 11 a. m. and 12 m. The purpose o< the meeting Is the election of directors to serve for the en*uin* \ ear Hkxky H. Ki.drkdok • athier.

Boom Your Own Town.

NOW IS THE TIM

FOR

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n ; inj£i wsm&MiastA -vasrir 1 ' : Ocean End of Jackson St„ Cape May. N. J. Modern in all its appointments. Rooms en'suit with bath. -Electi lighted. Delightfully located. Ocean View. Short walk from Railro; .'lation The management gives a rate of fa. so per day, up. Cuisine the HesL R. HALP1N

ISAAC H. SMITH CLOTHIER AND FURNISH K1 FULL LlHl OF TBUHK8 ALWAYS ON HAM Opposite Reading Depot. 608 WASHINGTON ST.. CAPl MAY. N.

Buiaeaa will prosper Only when the people Of the _pommnnity Make a Baited effort. Your bufineta depend* Oa other*’ prosperity.

Uhl baa we work together Results are duappointing.

Only those prosper

Whose patron* are prosperous Nothing snoceeds like sacoesa! Towns thrive and flonruh Only when they deserve tc— When their own people Neglect no oppertnnitieL Lady Castlereegt, who bolds first place croon-; modem amazon*, haa bed the courage of her opinion* la the mattar of riding astride and always hunts that way nor.-, betag ' '

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The best Job printing done In Cape May la done at the office of the CAPE MAY HERALD, No. «14 Wash

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We Make Harness nd make It right The quality of I ■ether snd tbe other malarial* used, he beet obtainable, pnd Its ent pet ether sod ttitebed by skilled b*edn Double or d-gie Hsraeae, forte; delivery or rood w.goas. Fine carAa. " rn*eines|ieeulty afoara,etc. WDoe t porget the Piece. ; W. A.. LOVETT Car. Waohlagtsc end Perry Street

CAPE HAY, N. J. AUCTIONEER

, Frtferty'X Every ftescr^N:t AajwhwwhCaprMgyCeeaty ilk my former experience la tbe «**W o SK-J-eUSsaKif.-a::'