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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR- h. 5 CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5,' ,9,o THREE CENTS A COPY

f *7 Comparisons arc Odius. The Star and Wave is in a Class by Itself. Examine and be Convinced of its M^its.

New Spring Swiss of T ype in Star and Wave Printery will Please You. Old Styles are Placed in the Junk Heap.

M ONE CENT=A= WORD COLUMN ALWAYS BRIN6 6BEAT RESULTS No Advert isemeit Taken for less Lbai Tweitj Ceils. Tell the People Your Wilts FOR RENT. FOR KENT— Several furnished oottages for the winter, and unfurnished by the year. For particulars apply to J. H. Hughes, 410 Washington street. FOR SALE. FOR SALE— A 6 horse power Fairbanks and Morse Marine Engine, with clutch, propeller and shaft. Equipped with Scfiebler carburetor. In first class order. Price $126. Apply to H. C. Pieraon's, USD Washington street, Oape May. 1-22 6^^ FOR SALE— A Grand Upright Piano, in first dees condition. Apply at Star and Wave office. 9-4 tf A HOME ON EASY TERMS _ Make any reasonable terms and you can have a beautiful home on Pearl street, near Broadway, in the popular Borough of West Oape May. Mew , house, perfect oondition throughout, . on nice high ground, containing seven rooms and a sun parlor; gas; excel- ' lent flow of water from driven well. ] Immediate possession. Call and make , yoqr own terms and the property is ; yours. Price very low. 1 GILBERT O. HUGHES, i Realty, 214 Ocean Street. . IF YOU NEED SIDEWALKS OR J If you have concrete and cement work to do see Oharles Jaquette contractor. West Oape May. Paving 1 and curbing a specialty. Estimate i cheerfully given. 8-6 52t t cheerfully given. 8-6 5Zt

REAL ESTATE WEST CAPE MAY, •WATCH US OROW' 'SMILE AND CLIMB UP' George H. Reeves, real estate agent building iots and homes. Will buy, •ell, rent or exchsngc. Keystone phone 111-D. ~ PLACE YOUR- PROPERTY IN MY HANDS FOR SALE OB RENT. ALWAYS HAVE CLIENTS. FIRE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY. SOL. NEEDLES. 608 WASHINGTON STREET I KEYSTONE PHONE 114 M. pictures framed st" H. T. Hughes, 612 Washington Street. ; Or at Rmlth's Studio. Bearti Avenue. boat" building pairing! j Railway on which to rua out boats for examination or repair. Many years of experience enables me to assure satisfaction. JOHN PHAR0.1263 LafayetteSt FOR FkLL OLOTHING New consignments of latest clothes are now ready for your inspection at Van Kessel's, 424 Washington street. Latest styles made to order by expert workmen and satisfaction guaranteed. The Security Trust Company offers its patrons fair, courteous treatment absolutely* regardless of the size of your account and last of all we are icterested in Your prosperity, because with YOUR success and that of every other citizen lies the growth and prosperity of this community. Depositing your money in Security Trust Company makes it absolutely safe from loss by robbers, fire or accident. BLANKET BARGAINS ' Horse Blankets and Breast Shields i are being sold at extremely low prices , to make room for my spring stock of : harness. I have a good line of Whips, •Oils and Harness Dressings at prices ' that are right. ] JAMES McFADDEN. < Excelsior Building. Health and tnuscie are developed he ' the judicious exercise afforded by the 1 bowling alleys. Congress Alleys, 88 j Perry street, are the most modem t and best equipped. Try an eve ing at the ancient and ever enjoyable c game. tf SAVE YOUR MONEY ' Fresh Liver 7c. Dandy Mackrel 4c > Hump Round Sirloin Stt, 12c. This is up 2 you Pitts Beef Ko . HAND PAINTED CARDS » The Star and Wave Stationery De- 1 partment will furnish you with hand painted tplace cards, tally cards, or menu cards, at short notice and reasonable prices. ■ a Boy your wife a new dish pan next £ week. You know that the has made t the old one last a long time. Don't aay anything about it, just surprise her. 40 cent enameled pans are being sold at Swain's Variety Store for 20 y «aU. „

SOME NEWS I AND COMMENT j S BREEZY OPINIONS AND NEWS j s Items Gathered by Star and > Ware Reporters and Comment oo Current Events [ The New York Herald on Sunday - said of the Van Zandt tragedy : C | "Perhaps the strangest tragedy in g j this part of the country was that Sat- 8 urday in which Mrs. Alice Van Zandt, * wife of Jesoe Van Zandt, agent of the United States Express Company at the • Grand Central Station. Cincinnati, was i slain and her body burned. The' crime a • was committed shortly after eleven b . o'clock Saturday morning. Mrs. Van w ■ Zandt was the daughter of Mr. George P • Rutherford, whose address is Oape P May, N. J." b All of the circumstances point to * Jesse Van Zandt, the husband, of the ^ unfortunate woman, as the murderer. 81 i The harrowing details have been pub- ,l . pliabed so much at length in the Phi la- K ' delphia and other papers, that it is not a< to repeat them here. Mrs. A Van Zandt, nee Miss Alice Rutherford, ** well known and highly esteemed b< by everybody. For a number of ^ years she was e teacher of a class of little girls in the Chapel Sunday School ^ at West Oape May, [and she was de- M votedly loved by all of her pupils. Her m duties with them were not confined to tii her Sunday Sobool sessions bat she was at constantly providing some entertain- es ment or amusement for them. She pi a loved companion toj them, and so they remember her with the kindliest

sentiments. She was amiable in every relation of life and those who knew her best esteemed her most highly. It will be useless for her brutal husband to attempt to besmirch her reputation here, for nobody will believe that she * could become addicted to evil habits. 4 Her shocking fate is felt as a personal sorrow and affliction by many here and - her bereaved parents ana family nave r the earnest sympathy of the entire , community. i Mrs. George Rutherford, who was T formerly Miss Mary Teal, and mother | of Mrs. Jesse A. Van Vandt, the vic1 '■ tim of a foul murderer on January ! 29th. at Cincinnati, when a girl of | eleven years made an extended visit | to a wealthy aunt, then a resident of - . Fourth street in the latter named city. - 1 During her sojourn she became ac- • quainted with Miss Annie Black, and £ they became the most intimate of . friends which lasted for about five years, when Miss Teal took her de- ' parture for her eastern home. In I later years Miss Teal married George I i Rutbeiford Bnd Mies Black married a t Mr. Van Zandt, and their respective i . first children were Alice and Jesse, I ' who at the early age of ten years began a correspondence which devel- i i oped into love and after a period of t f fourteen years they were married and , took up their residence in the western i ■ city. During this fourteen years Miss ] ■ Rutherford was known to have 1 spurned the affections of admiring < friends of her home town. The union 1 was very much against tfielwishes of 1 her father and for that reason she i did not reveal her true misery to her 1 parents until she could no longer en- J dure.her sueffering, after which prep- I i arationa.were made to take her cfiil- I | dren to Oape May. Mr. George Rutherford the father of s i tbe unfortunate victim brought to his t here the remains and the children t on Thursday and will keep them. e She was choked to death, then bound . and foot gagged, cloth -s saturated c with coal oil and laid across a lighted a gas stove, the probable intention being destroy the remains and the bouse in I , order to conceal the crime, j a The funeral will occur on Saturday 1 afternoon at 1.80 o'clock, from the home of the parents, Broadway, and will t strictly private. e v « s b Warren Hughes, of Philadelphia, is S installing new plumbing in the Wash- * ington street home of his mother, Mrs. L P. Hughes m <• c 11 Charles Dorner, or this dty. has accepted the position of representative and solicitor for the Philadelphia Times, his district including whole of Oape May County. « » « b Frank Hinea, who has beau for many is years recognised as one of the ablest a locomotive engineers] on the Reading t<

was elected at a recent meeting of the Brotherhood! of Locomotive Engiiieers chairman of tbe general committee of adjustment, tbe chief office of the Brotherhood. We congratulate him upon this signal recognition by his fellow engineers. I » « e John Kiensle, of 126 Dock street, Philadelpnia, presents hfs annual advertisement of seed [potatoes and our farmers will no doubt take heed. Mr. cliams bis bouse to be "The largest seed potato house in America. C« 9 « . County Superintendent Steelman, of County, at a recent session of the Teacher's Association urged all of bis teachers to attend the Oape Scbooi of Agriculture, Industrial Art and Science. e 9 « The "Arizona Kicker" as an example of certain kind of "journalism" a great vogue a few years ago and thought it had passed away with all of its type into the mists of the past and forgotten. We were mistaken An "editorial" in the colof tha Atlantic City Press, publast Monday, criticising the Star and Wave's comment on the wreck of "Mist" shows that the "Arizona style of journalism still Jexirts Atladtic City. It seems strange that Atlantic City whicb for forty years has "Nigging" and "Snarling" (to the beautiful "Kicker" languof the learned editor of the Press") at Cape May should be so sensitive at the statement of a mere fact in the Star and Wave. We insist that it is just as much a crime to lure vessels to destrucby false statements of the hot afi artists of Atlantic City as it was in earlier days of Atlantic's history to storied false beacon lights on the 6hore to secure wreckage. t

i COUNCIL MEETING | TUESDAY EVENING ; ROLDS EXTRA LONG SESSUN I All Members Were Present and 1 Moch Interest Manifested s A regular meeting of the Cape May r City Council was field on Tuesday - evening last, all members were ' present. A great quantity of resoluf tions were offered and many communit cations were received ana reaa. Mr. f Gilbert requested Council to find a , way to drain the water off West Perry ■ street. The matter is to receive atI tention as soon as practicable. Bids were opened and the contract ' was awardtd to the American Ice • Company to supply the Madison evei pumping station with pea coal, i the price to be $4.65 per] ton (2240]lbs). i On motion of Mr. Suelke the city engineer's salary was raised to $750, a vote of 4 to 5. On motion of Mr. Doak the Appropriating Ordinance was put back to second reading. The following bonds were accepted after rescinding a resolution of 1900 : I. H. Smith, Jr.. Treasurer, $10,000 S.-B. Wilson. Treasurer. $10,000 Gilbert C. Hughea,;Ooilector, 10.000 Porter,! Recorder, 2,000 J. Melvin, Mayor, 1,000 Alexis Schellenger, Constable, 400 N. Smith, tapping sewer 200 A. Carrol, • •• 200 R. Miller, " 200 " " 200 Tbe chair appointed Messrs. Moore and Doak to meet with the Mayor and members of the Board'of Education to form the Board of School estimates. ; On motion of Mr. Moore the Recorder was authorized to publish the 1 annual city statement. On motion Lof Mr. Suelke the Chief ! of the Water Works was 1 | authorized to send samples of water to for analysis. A resolution from Mr. Church asked 1 the services of a certified audit be secured to give the city 1 a thorough examination. Mr. 1 moved that they be adopted, 1 and the motion was carried. 4 A resolution submitted by Mr. Wolff, ' asked for a new Mercantile Tax 1 Referreo to the Judiciary Committee. 8 , c c WOUDS1DE A. A. SATURDAY * Toe Woodaide A. A., of Bridgeton, I will play the Oape May A. A. basket team on Saturday evening. Thi 1 the team which forfeited to Oape ■ in a previous game by a refusal c to finish tbe half. £ I

rs i BOARD OF TRADE : HOLDS MEETING Is PRES. HAYNES IN TflE CHAIR [•_ Members Expect the Season of r 19N to be the Greatest ii the e History of the Resort At a regular meeting of the Board >f of Trade, which was held in tbe >- Council Chamber, on Monday evening d last about thirty mem beta were present e and after tbe regular routine of buaiil neea President Haynea stated that he had waited on a certain manufacturing man ih regards 10 establishing a fac- - tory here but after a diligent search ' lie came to the conclusion the man was d without an address, and that he might 11 be worth about 84 cents. His correse pondence was recommended to tbe 1 waste basket. John P. Doyle, stated that during a - conversation in Pittsburg recently with r Mr. Moore, one of the chief officials of f the Equitable Assurance Society, who t will give an annual outing to about 3 one hundred and fifty'agents at the t Hotel Oape May this summer, that 1 3 there was more interest manifested 1 ) amonf the men than there has been at 1 - anylprevious trip Mr. Doyle farther ' ) stated that President Sheldon, of The 1 t Motor Company, was (very highly 1 r pleased with Premier Run to Cape 1 i May last summer and that even more ' . interest would be taken this summer. President Haynts explained the pd- * , vantages of having another boardwalk i , to run closer to the water, where the £ , beach would permit, and developing I the property between the walks for all ' sorts of shoos, etc.

President A. T. Haynes appointed the following committees to serve daring the ensuing year : I FINANCE I S. F. Ware, L. C. Ogden. F. B. Mecray, W. L Stevens, S. F. Eldredge. (f PUBLICITY J. P. Doyle. A. W. Hand. I. H. j Eldredge. B CONVENTIONS E. W. Lloyd, J. P. Doyle, S. H. Moore. J. W. Thompson, J. F. Jacoby, f O. A. Merchant, John T. Hewitt. y AMUSEMENTS e A. C. Gile, Joseph Elwell, Marcy . Ludlam, W. J. Fenderson, Jr., John . J. McCann. BASE BALL s • Adam Suelke, Edward Barton, M ! . H. Kearns. FOURTH OF JULY F. B Wrisley, William Gilbert, S. t F. Ware, Thomas W. Millet, Jr., A. I , R. Hand. CITY BETTERMENT ( F. W. Wolff, George Douglass, Sherman Shaip, J. Harry Hoghes, T. J. I , Mooney, G. Bolton Eldredge. Charles '< A. Swain. The following resolution was offered ( by Stephen B. Wilson: WHEREAS, It appears that the local ( weather reports are no longer published in the daily papers, as heretofore, and ( WHEREAS, By reason of our ( geographical position the weather ( conditions on this cape are of great ( interest to a great nutn'er of people ( throughout the country ; and I WHEREAS, Numerous inquiries are ( addressed dally to the secretary of this , Board inquiring the reason for the ( absence of these reports in the papers | throughout the country ; therefore be it RESOLVED. That inquiry be made by the secretary of this Board, of the local forecaster, as to tbe reason of the discontinuance of the published reports. Further RESOLVED, That a certified copy of this resolutiqp be forwarded to the Chief of the Weather Bureau, of tbe Department of Agriculture, at Washington, D. O. The following resolution was offered 1 E. W. Lloyd: 1 WHEREAS. C»pe May has the unique distinction of being named by • and in honor of Cornelius Jacobson ' a famous Dutch navigator and 1 explorer, who landed on. explored and 1 named this Oape about the year ' 1623. and 1 WHEKEAE. It seems most fitting and proper that a memorial, commem- ' orative of 'him be erected within the c corporate limits of the city of Oape ' by the inhabitants thereof; there- * be it c RESOLVED. That the President of ' this Board be and hereby is authorized and directed to appoint a committee, composed of nine members, to be [ as the MAY MONUMENT c r

COMMITTEE which committee shall have, and hereby is delegated power , ■id authority to deviae and execute I mearlB "nd measures for erecting, and to erect, the said monument. I NEW CAPE MAY LAND COMPANY Edwin M. Darnalt has taken over f the tract of land between Cape MayPoint and Oape May City, and tbe Oape May Land Company, with headquarters in Philadelphia, has been formed for the ourpoee of developing it as a seashore resort. The company 1 will be under the'able management and i presidency of Mr. Darnalt and active t operations are to commence soon for t the development of the tract. r ! NEW CORPORATION IS FORMED : SCIENTIFIC FARMING COMPANY Will Develop a Urge Acreage al Fishing Creek and Prove Beneficial >0 Connty The "Scientific Farming and improvement Company" is the name of a 1 corporation which has purchased , a large acreage at Fishing Creek and < is preparing for deveiopmenta in scientific agriculture which should prove | very beneficial to this section of tbe , County. The prospectus just issued , thus describes the land : . "In tbe first requisite to successful ( agriculture— good land, and plenty of j the company is particularly fortunate. The Scientific Farming and Improvement Company now has at its disposal over seven hundred acres of C land, farm houses. 'barns, granarips barns,

^ etc. This land is in every way exceprg tionally adapted to the great farming operations of the company. Tbe property is located in the southern part of Oape May County, lying on both s" banks of Fishing Creek and Schellenger's Run. giving an open waterway to Delaware Bay. along which the " proprety fronts. This creek will | be dredged, and wharfs built on its I banks, thus giving water communica- [ " tion direct from the Company's farm i '• to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- ! ington. This plan will enable the > Company to load its products, and 5 those of surrounding farms, on boats i n | almost at the farm gates, to avoid > I the carrying of perishable freight such as berries, vegetables, etc.. across the ! sands to be covered with gri me and j grit and to deliver them sound, fresh and in sanitary condition in time for " next morning's market. The Com- j jpany's property also includes a 100 I acre cranberry bog— an immtnselv | I fruitful source of revenue; and the ! " | extensive oyster and clam beds ad- I ' 1 joining the company's land are also a | source of profit." j NEW COMPANY SUCCESSFUL j 1 Wiltbank Mannfactnring Company J Makes a good Start r The Wiltbank Company is composed t of Thos. Wiltbank. Sol. Needles and e Charles Campbell, all of Cape May, and they organized to put candy s specialties on the market, the first 9 being "Eucalyptus Menthol Cough , Drops," which seemed to become popj ular at once, and today it is sold in t many large cities. Three traveling men j now represent this company besides , several large wholesale houses, and ^ one exporter, and it is believed that , I another year will find them in much 1 larger factory. Spring Styles Now Ready. Before ordering your Spring clothing j call on Charles Scherer and examine his choice selection of new patterns 1 and fabrics for spring wear. v You will ' get more wear and greater satisfaction from tbe garments made by t Scherer, because he cuts to fit and the garment to auit the individual. Care, skill and experience, 00mwith richness of fabrics, result r in perfect-fitting clothes produced by , expert workmen. Mr. Scherer's Ladies' and Genta.' Establishment is now thoroughly settled in bis new and convenient building on Decatur street, and is prepared to accommodate bia customers in a skilfull and satisfacmanner. 120 SHEETS of good Linen finished weighing 22 ounoea, at 25 cents, envelopes to match, 85 cents per bun- Y dred. 2

: PERSONAL MENTION - OF VISITORS 1 SOME INTERESTING NOTE [ Stir ul Vive tellers ire RegiestedteSeiiiiky Fkeie | er Otkerwise 1 » Mrs. Joseph F. Henry is visiting r Pittsburg and many other points of interest. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hand spent a few days with their daughters in Trenton, who are students in tbe Normal School. ( Mrs. Thomas Sayre enjoyed a visit to Philadelphia this week p K. H. Williamson, of West Pittston, Pa., along with bia chum, W. S. Oa»sedy, are located at Sorento for an ex1 tended hunting trip. This is Mr. Williamson's third winter In Florida. Mrs Mellie Hughes and son Austin are visitng Mrs. Charles Rutherford. Miss Charlotte Rutherford has returned from a visit to Washington. Frank Ooetello, of the Star and force, left Thursday afternoon to attend the fuocrai of his father. Mr. George Costello, of Uniontown, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Miller arrived from Chicago on Tuesday and enjoying a short aojurn. They very fond of Oape May. Mr. Miller ia actively interested in the Yacht and has one of the finest launches the club fleet. HONOR ROLL FOR JANUARY Kindergarten — James Logue, J. Elwell. Bessie Alexander. First Grade. B. — Mav Hem William j, Grade, May

y. Shaw, Charles Swain, g First Grade, A —Charles Bellangy, e Edwin Oummings, Theodore Orowelt. •t Harry Ewing, William Hess. Laura h Church, Elizabeth Elwell, Catharine 1- Ewing. y Second Grade— Curtis Harris, e Thiid Grade — Paul Bohm, Fred II | Chambers, Wallace Douglass, Herbert 5 1 Earl, John Keeler, Rudolph Schqfield, - Raymond Warner. Katherine Brown. d! Fourth Gra^e— Willie Brown. Ernest . Filer, Oscar ;Morris, Harry Kocap, e ! Karl Scherer, Ralph Stiles, Frances i Brown, Delia Giriding, Marie Nelson, s ; Helen Parker, Helen Stevens, Florence i , Schellenger, Florence Waldorf 1 Fifth Crade— Mary Douglass, Alda s Ewing, Caroline Hebenthal, Natalie i Roland. Robert Henderson, Raymond 3 R isenthal. George Small, Stanley r 1 Schellenger, Roy Evans^Johu Brown. . Sixth Grade— Lee Lemmon, George 0 Sciieilenger, Albert Tomasso, Alonzo ' Speace, Francis Hines, Wayne Hart, ' | Elizabeth Henderson, Daisy Schellens ger, Thereasa Tomasso, Florence . | Warner 1 | Seventh Grade— James Kirk, Leroy ; Schellenger, Mary Keeler, Helen I Swain, Audrey Warner. Eighth Grade— May Bush, Lydia Swain, Elia Bennett, Augusta Nelson, Dorothy Sheppard, Helen Smith, Emma Swain, Donald Curtis, James 7 j Hebential. High Scbooi, Seniors and Juniors— J Ethel Champion, Mabel Hart, Helen Porter, Charles Ferguson. Emily Sharp, William Mecray, Wilson Wool1 son, Augustus Hinea. Second year, i Hannah Douglass, Edna Selvey, Eulalia Vance, Stacy Robbine First ' year, Sadie Brown, Frances Brown, ' Elizabeth Eldredge, Cora Wiliiama, t William Barnett, Merion Johnson, ! Stephen Kearns, Harry Mecray, Frank- . lyn Morris, William Selvey, Wilbur Williams. ' Annex, J. Ryland Fortune, A. M., 1 Assistant Principal.— Clarence- Bose. , Howard Selvy, Henry Owens, Joseph I Gibson, John Thomas, John Edmonds, Samuel Trusty, Thomas Cox, Jeremiah ■ Green, Jennie Wright, Madalroe Fer1 guson, Ruth Holland, Maud Cooper. Primary Department, Miss A. M. Borican, teacher— Arthur Hunt, Ferguson Hunt, Walter Thomas, James Wallace, Paolin# Edmonds, Alice Edmonds, Lily Jackson, Elnora Lewis, , Fanny Owens, Minnie Selvy, Josephine Smith, E6telln Turner. Primary Department, Miss H. Eva Watts, teacher. — Annette 8impson, Carrie Sifcpson, Cordelia Bobbins, Willie Thomas, Milton Tbomas. Kindergarten— Miss M L. Baker, — Ralph Lewis, Maud Thomas. KICKED BY HORSE Dairyman Samuel Taylor recently oei ved.se veral swift kicks while at. tending one of his horses. NEARLY 400 TELE■HtfUUfliy PHONES IN CAPE MAY TrffwBBf THE POPULAR TELEPHONE 1 mmm lh B QUOIE YOU LOW RATES Use Kiystoie Long Distance Service Eastern Telephone Co ^ B. WBAY, District Mgr. Floor Post Office Building.