OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXV.

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 11K)5

NO. 48

OceanCity Sentinel OCEAN CIXV. N. %J.

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R. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor (1.00 Per Year. SuicUy in Advance • i.jo at End of Year CITY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICIALS

LAW OFFICES Schuyler C. Woodhull,

MORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT-LAW.

Harry 1. rbuii.

JONATHAN HAND, tJounnellor- at- I^aw, hoUeltor. Harter la Chaaoary. Hotary PobOc. CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J.

ARK I SON H. VOORHEES CJounaellor-at-Irnw,

B > T. ABBOTT, M. D., Fbjkirlmn and NnrK^on. OFFICE—Cdner Catnl qd EI|htb Stmt J C. HUTCHINSON. M. D. IlomceopathiMt. No. 8Q4 Ocean Avenue. OCCAM CITY. N. J. N f HOWARD BURT, M. D. 809 Wesley Avenue.

SECRET SOCIETIES.

LAW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell, HH. CHARLES B. RIDER M IO AVENUE and KltiHTH MTKKKT ocka*<anr.m. 1. .■ 1 >, nt i-t ■. LAW OFFICES 759 Asbun- Avenue Godfrey &. Godfrey, *! j.

WILL REBUILD BURNED DISTRICTS Court House People Pluckily Recover From Effec*s of Great Fire. . Already. Cape May Court Houre la, ri.ing, “Pliu-nlx-Hke," from It* a.he* There b- activity In and all around the town, and the citizen*, arouaed from the depreaaing gloom Immediately follow lug the dina*trou» omflagratlon of Tburaday morning la*t, are tiendlug every energy to replace the bualnes* aet-tion almoat w i|ied out by the fire. Theflredeatroyed twenty-eigbt bulldluga and cauaed a kaw eatlmated at ; lion,000 before It waa under control | There I* Insurance covering about lialf

thi* sum.

Flames were discovered in Theodore Yourlson's store, at So’cluck Thursday

on to the hotel with Irresistible fury, and auou H w aa a maw »f flameThe old court house w as directly In ithe rear of tlie hotel sad a as the la I building to fall a prey to the fiame* It waa abandoned thirty years ago lor llie new court house, hut the resident* worked desperately to nave It becau-t of lu tradUlons. Tbeir effort* acre In tlte hlatoric structure remained by daylight. - . The 8KXTIVF1. was Yrompl lo offer i menu a ere made by the o» uer of the | pa|ier to print the liazette at Wild ! wood. A uea building a III be erected ' HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

In the Freshman-Sophomoredebate, both side* presented good argument*. I is In the near future the Sophomore* In- In tend to challenge the Freshmen lo j another debate.

P. R. R. Y. M. C. A.’s NEW CLUB HOUSE TO BE A BEAUTY Opposition on the Part of a Few Property Owners May Cause Officials to Decide Not

to Build in Ocean City.

After bavliigcuu-Mkredll practically tal.lr*. correspondence desk- and all -rilled I Its I (he Hub bouae aould be ' oonveulgncaa for the tecepllup and

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EXCITING DEBATE

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iy rause Ocean tem for the .Secretary In t-harge a< i*l Uea building adull attendant*, together will, lallruad V. M. teen aleeplug room*, each »tulp|. I. Informed by; with a doubledecked Iron .*.t be ic Pennsylvania ; atead. rbomy locker for storag'.the welfare of | cltHblng. chairs, etc. The toilet a | rangements an very complete and I u consider, Hie elude two abower paths, live aa-

etc.,—aueh a 1 aUuds, el*.

Ocean <Tty a« a J The third floor a 111 have aleepii ituld *eem that rooms for cook* and other help, su it* should be 1 age and a few morer>»in-dor Ibe Imiv

if the

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. TAMES M. E. HILDRETH „ u ^ „ , ...Undertaker - and • Embalmer,.. Counsellor-at-Law

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mark LAKE CHARLES L. HOFMANN , , , ...... Undertaker and Embalmer RCGISTCRCD ARCHITECT

CHURCH SERVICES. S^.b K ^ rc S;T or ,^o'fn n ,'r

'j^riagaarrtea. IMJav '“idrt'Lr T>o«**«-Prr.

1017 CHESTNUT STREET ■ B,L *" L '” 1 ' Leonard Krauss Co. COAL COAL Electricians COAL 6J9 Aabury Avenue. Ocean City, N. J. : COAL COAL Buy your Coal from the HKAM-EY A A 1>A JIN SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. Reading Coal TWELFTH ST. AND WEST AV£

tafwadDaaOaT, «JD0 r- n>- Von are oonllajly loriua to aU Ibe ear. ic*. Ckanb or the HolJ Trinity. Proto

_ ( Hot Air , = J Hot Water 1 fomblualioii % I Slesn.

In a Hurry^ If you have a breaking of pipes or a sudden giving way of connections/ you want a plumber quick. We answer “hurry” calls, make repairs, and satisfaction will be yours. Best not wait till a hurry call is necessary. Let us fix your plumbing before it gives way

F»MONK jgSX. KMTABi.iaHKD IHKI. t,,, o,|vanh*d S. B.CONVER tun AKllfRV AVE. :: tlceaa City, X. J. ROOFING

in Tabaraaele Uapltet Cbareb, Kletilli

Prayer maatlna. Wadnaadai evroint. Olbo of the aoafd—Cbarlee H. Hoaard. clmlrmi .Jeba B. Trover, traaroier; At.Jlarrla, ear *tary. CHURCH SOCIETIES, near M. K. cupbch Lest lee' Aid meeu Bret Monday evening eacb EKWtb. Mr*. Kllealvtb <.sndi. i.rr dantj^ M^_l^vtn | |a [ T~born. ireaaurari M Uandy, ailpertnUodrDI Ji

...ACME USE AND SICS PAMIGt..

1. MARSHALL

OFFICE AND SHOP T43 WEST AVENUE OCEAN CITY. N. J.

C. T. MARSHALL

blowing twenty miles an hour. As the' lirSmen arrived, there was an explosion In the rear of the store, caused by i mitat gunpowder that had been stored Firebrand*, carried to' the wind, Ig- 1 tilled ttlenty building* In a abort time. ] Fearing Ibe town would be destroyed, 1 (be Volunteer Fire Department offape ! May City waa summoned. A special! train rushed the relief ex|ieditlou to ! the burning tow n at C«0 o’clock, but J 00 late to be of any service. The ■ouuty «at firemen meantime had j -ubdued the flame*. The daughter of A. II. Springer,! nauager and owner of the Hotel Bellerue, was rescued from the burning hostelry in her night clothes. Most of guc-ts lost their belonging*. The hotel loss will exceed (31,000. The buildings destroyed Included a o stores of Theodore Y ou rlaon, J. II. Hoffman, law office; J. 11. Blchanlson ., groceries; William Reel, dry goods; Bed Men's Hall, Johanna Hearon, dry good*; A. J. McCarty, 1 tool room: J. Swing Willis, meat marLeslie Champion, bicycle sundries; B. It. Sharp, dry goods; law office* of former J udge Harry Douglass, irosecullng attorney of Cape May 'ounty; Cape May County Gazette; Hotel Bellevue, A. It. Springer, pro>i; Elmer A Ritchie, bakery; Mrs. K Garrison,residence; Abraham I-evy, dry goods: Ibe Nichols Building, part the estate of the late Sheriff Cha*. Nichola, occupied by Miss Ella Metzger, milliner, and Simon Giddlng, s furnishings; the residence of Maud Nlebols; Clarence Turner’s residence and the old court house, located at the rear of Hotel Bellevue. The burned buildings were meatly frame structuresof one and two storie*. except the hotel, the Bed Men’s Hall id the Gazette building, ere modern structures three height. The fire-swept district extends lo the corner of Main and Mechanic streets, squares east of the Beading Ball road station. It is the heart of the n and comprises tire entire bus! win D. Foster,'manager of J. D. Blchardsou'a grocery store, which adjoined the Youriaon building on the was the And to dltcovrr the flat. He sleeps In a room on the aer<*>d floor and w as aw akened by an e^ilo1. He ran to the window and Asaw flames bursting from the front 0/ the hardware store. Hastily dressing, he hurried lo the street and spnpd the Other explosions In the burning building, however, awakened the residents without bla Efforts, and In a few mlnulea an excited crowd waa in the street. The tire-llgbllng apparatus of Jape May Court House constMa of a hook and ladder com|*ny. These were n the scene In fifteen minutes and the ■eu formed a bucket brigade. Their feeble effort* amounted lo naught and they devoted ibeirattentton houaea across the street. J. H. Hoffman’s law office, on the west aide of the liard ware store, and Utchardson'a on the east, were already in flames, and burning embers were fallng on the roofs of structure* a square

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school again alter «e

The Washington.Blrtliday exercise* | last w eek were very good The recita-1 Uou by Ralph Adams was appreelated and the essays by the various |

well writu

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EDWARD STONEHIU BRICKLAYER and PLASTERER AU work In mason line promptly attended to... HOO Brighton Place OCEAN CITY. N. J. ■ Kl-L T11.1 I-ito-«■ sa : OCEAN CITY BAKERY BREAD, FANCY CAKES aad PIES GEORGE S. BICKEL, Proprietor NO. 81S ASBURY AVENUE,

Ocean City, N. J.

RUSH ADVERTISING AGENCY Oeeaa City, S. J.

405 Weslej Avenue, - Ocean City, N. J, Repairs of every description for all makes of Furnaces amllRanges. Repairing done promptly. Smoky chimneys cured or no charge. Shop In rear.

Finding the Leak-

la as Important In plumbing work stopping It up. We are trained to the bualneseand when called, waate time, but go right lo the spot This nave* our time and reduces your bill. Hid the cold snap leave your plumbing In perfect shape? Gas pipes, globes and burners all right? Bath roc waste pipe In perfect order? Tube boiler lu kltcbeu need fixing? We are ready to serve you, no matter If It be :: :: :: :: :: ::

A DIFFICULT JOB

or very simple. Our low charge* a a revelation In the plumbing trade.

JOHK R. GROVBSA,

649 ASBURY AVENUE, :: OCEAN CITY, N. J.

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speech 011 Monday.

The Sophomore t

Hatting practice has begun in the]

school yard.

Violet Champion, w ho is Inter- j ested (?) In |s)ullry, Is experimenting with a chemical to <;ure the “ga|»." The clam of'<17 is just recovering j

from last week's shock.

WILL GIVE A MUSICALE

I Tina, Mums Bula Ern.l, rum and Elite Adams and loorlry. 1 Hi the negative ■e* Etta Campbell, Pearl ** side Foil Id* and Lawre U tv hard Johns 'ting of the h necessary , were among the o it by the 1 'Sophs," while the called attenttoo to the II pushed through the agency

1- meeting The jodgaa [evens, Principal Dll*. F-cbureb and Finnan

the roofs trying to put -out the Incipient blazes. So rapid was the spread of the flames that there was no time the removal of pomeaaloua in the nearer buildings. The famllle* of Mrs. Garrison, Capl. Smith, Mrs. Nichols and Clarence Turner all fled w ith only time to partem, and were- taken In by realden la of parts of the town which were

McanwhUetbe flames swept ward on Mechanic street, devouring all the buildings lu lheir path. The Bed Men’* Hall, a tine three-story structure, only three years old, stood on the northeast corner of Main and Mechanic alreeta. All efforta to save were fruitless, and in tern than half hour after the first explosion It wai furnace of flames. The Are on the aoulb aide of Mechanic street had by tbU time alao reached Main street,and, driven by the w ind, it traveled aoulb on Main street toward the Bellevue Hotel, burning the residences and stores between. There w ere a dozen guest* In hotel, which was the largest boa In the town, and A. B. Springer had awakened them at the first discovery of the fire. They all got out with their

nuslcale will be given in Trower’aHall on Easter Monday nlgbl, it I* expected. for the beuelll of the First SI E. Church music fund. 11 promises be tlie music eveul of Ibe sea-on, id all Interested In the success of the itertalumeut are working cuergetlilly to make the concert one of the »t ever given lu Ocean City. If the present plans are brought to a successful Issue, and there is every Indication that lbey will, those w bo althe euterlalumant w 111 have the •ure of listening lo a well-drilled cborua of sixty voices. In addllion to local alngera, there will be several ell-known Philadelphians to ss*i*t. Those In charge of the proposed ran art are Mr and Mrs. W. Scott Hand, ho first broached the subject; Prof. H. U. Lake, Mr. and Mrs Ralph L. (Jeff, Mrs W. E. Massey, Mr*. I. N Griscom and tlie Mlase* Corson.

Recent Ocean City real esUle trauar* recorded In the County Clerk's office are: (650—Thoma* E. Boland et ux to Robert W. Rutherford, lot No. 7, map So. I of W. H. Ulesrolh (670—Albert W. Henry et ux to George Brow n, Jr., lot 593, Section G. (800—Belle It. MacDonald to Edward A. Matbues, lot No. 518, Secon D. (1800—Same to same, lot No. 7(8 Section C. (1—Same In Edward A Matbues, lot No. 882, Section II.

Mias Emma Drummond recited Washington’s Birthday entertaluE held In Salem, N J , on Wednesday. February 23d, before an audience of S00 people, and her rendition of 'Aunt Saphrouln Tabor al the Opera" >aa greatly appreciated, ft Is under food Ibal she has received an Invltalon to recite next year at Salem, where these patriotic entertainments considered the moat Important events of the year.

m^p promptly looking toward aecur- The bouse will be lighted by elertricmg the handsome building the a**o- j Ity, gas to be used only In connection dallon Inleiida to erect this apriug. If with ibe ranges in kitchen. TbeenuT built In Ocean City, H will be tire lioose la to be shingled, dark red erected eitherwt Cape May. Avalon or I base, bright green roof and whltetrimRraCh Harm, each of thewe place* 1 mlnga, with the Pennaylvanla Kall■lug anxious lo have It, and offering road standard colon. A wharf will ex-•-liable location* to Hie Y. M. C. A. | tend out to deep water In *|>eakliig of the club houae loca-i The Pennaylvanla Rallnad T. M. »n, the official already referred to C. A. was organised on July «, IK!*-, ya; “The Ocean City Aaaoctatlon, | wMb thirty-two boys, ten email tents Irough President Lake, has gone one! and one surf boat. It la aeareely necbetler than Cape May. Avalon or j maary to my that the membership has

grown remarkably since that time,

r. It will not (e out of place

Roaoe-Ulp rale, lorloeinf ruund-trlp prsi

Al Hie auna<il Gnat Council of the New Jersey Improved Order of Bed Men. the following officer* wen rl.-led: Great Prophet. Frederick P. Bee*. Trenton; Great Sachem. Herbert Saramore, < hariea Thompson, AUan-ik-tl.-y; Great Junior Sagamore, Frank Jackson, Camden; Great Sanuap, M. O. Scbablnn, Hackensack: Gnat Mlactiimewa. John Woodward, Elizabeth; Representatives lo the Gnat Connell of the Cnited stale*. Frederick P. Bee*, Trenton; Blanchard White,Peaabertou; James Cummings, Camden, and W. Harry Lampoon, Paul*boro. Past Great Sarbem Joseph E. Nowny,

Cape May Point la seeking r potation aa a borough. It was corpora led In 1878. and la IMS

While the Y. M. C. A. I* not partial to Ocean City, the Bawoctation* of the pa*t seven year* natunlly cause them to favor a continuance In 11 City. Cape May ha* offered if If* best located lot* acd la a strong bidder fur the dub house. •The Y. M. C. A. official* believe the bay front in Ocean City to be the derivable location, and practi-an-epted President Lake'* offer. If certain ri|«rlau grants could be added at the point of the beach How - •er," he continued, "there seems to be mslderahle objection on ^he part of veral rertdeut* to having the club Duse near their property. Tlie club ju*e must be erected tbl* apriug— not In < tceau City, It will beelaew here. The north point seems to be the only desirable location lu Ocean city, and unlea* it is agreeable to neighbors, and few difficulties are adjusted eoou, icre la a possibility of Ocean City losing the V. M. C. A. and it* summer-

me visitor*.”

Keferriug to an advantage that should not be overlooked by our peotbe gentleman said : art year thl* organization distributed over 5,UUUcireulai* containing a map of Ocean City among the ofHclal* of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1 Company at Broad Street Station and points on the system, and In >ny other way* ha* been helpful to

thl* place ”

Under there coiidlHonr, can Ocean City afford to lose the Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M. C. A.'* new building? la I* a consideration that should be given quick, but comprehensive, thought and action. During the past seven summer aeons the boy* and young men of the Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M. C ., to the number of several hundred icb year, have been coming to Ocean City, where they have passed a few weeks hi camp. Camp Patton ft hat called for aeveral aeasona, in r of \V. A. Patton, assistant to Jaaaatt, and one of the moat popular official* of the great Penu»yl vanla Railroad, who la, and has been for year*, especially interested lo the welof the member*! of ibe aaaoclaMr. Patton visit* the hoys frequently wbtle they are en here, and I* always sure of reception from hi* admiring young

friend*.

Another gentleman who la deeply interested lu the aucocro of the Y. M. C. A. la O. J. DeKouase, chief clerk to President Cassatt, of the Penuaylvanta Railroad Company. Mr. Deltouaae, ,

who la chairman of the Junior Depart-1 saraw tin* 10 Waabinatoa sue MmWouiI merit of Ibe 5 . M. C. A., la well ka'vwn ' y r ?‘- J1 p as/ud iLli!' to many residents of Ocean City, h» • 4** *

having been a cottager here for year*. Mr. DeRoume has been much concerned over the prospects of the new : club house, and he has bandied the

detail* from the Aral.

The plana of the dub house call fora threewtory structure, the cost, when completed and furnished, to be about

(8,(100 The first flour will provide a , tween Tenth aud Devi large dining room, wItb equipment for ' several

one hundred guests, a roomy kitchen '

aud up-to-date utensils, a committee m.in on mortgage. j\j>ply to room and large reception hall, for- j AHKL D. SCULL. I utabed with library easea, reading’ MT Central Avo. Ocean City, N. J.

than 300 young men and boys of the organization were encamped on Ibe the upper section of Ocean CHy daring July and August All under the careful aupervlslop of the Junior Department Committer, of bleb, aa noted before, Mr. DeHousre

is chairman.

mnt equipment consists of thirty-two tents, ranging In slae from Ibe line tents, »x», to the aarembly 0, a frame mess house and kitchen, 12x72, launch, surf boat and a number of row boats. If the Junior Department succeed* In eecuring a desirable locatfoo for the new club bouae, ft proposes to turn this equipmeut over to the Senior Depertuieui aud establish a camp work for men. The purpose of the Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M. C. A. Is to furutsb the ann* of the company's employes, under year* of age, with a *hort vail the shore, at a moderate price and under moral and Christian lufluAaeociated with Mr DeKoume lu the supervision of the work are the following offirtala of the company: R.H. Newbern, Assistant Superintendent Insurance Department: M. J. Ramsey, chief Clerk to General Manager: Wm. J. Croat, Treasurer Union Transfer Company: Joseph Richardson, chief Clerk lo Third Vice President: Cha*. A. Baker, Special Agent Freight I lalm Department: Wm. 1). Baker, of Ibe N Y. P. A N. R. ;R. Company: F. S Roberta and G. W. Wbltehoure. of the Purchasing Department: George Puree. of the I‘resident’. (Jfflee. end '. Bartlett, Sr., Secretary; Wm. A. Patton, D. H. Lovell, Superintendent of the Weal Jersey end Seashore Railroad Company, and Cha*. R Tdltaou,

• a bonded debt of (18,UXl, the provisions of a new act were accepted and life aa a borough waa coullnoed. Tbe second act waa declared unruustitutfonal, and tbe borough declined to continue Its municipal life by accepting a third act for tbe purpose, and has since become a part of I a wer Township. A cottager*' ■asocialIon ha* contributed to a fund lo maintain lights In the streets end to re|«lr uea walla. Hoard or Aarlewliore Howto. The spring meeting of the Cape May County Hoard of Agriculture was held at Cape May Court House yesterday. The programme consisted of tbe report* of tbe delegate* to the State Hoard of Avriculture and the Horticultural Society. Several addresses were made.

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