OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXXfl. OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 11(12. NO. 33

Ocean City Sentinel OCEAN OITV. N. J. — ByR. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor Si.oo Per Year, Strictly in Advance. CITY DIRECTORY. CITY officials ciiukcitservices. .^3, = 1 "Kid ol ' Ttusisss . treasurer ' »uwlo2(-So^o>'lnoro'i>*.*"J John *'inice.J«j3sr eSeS jr!r *"?u- " itosrd of TrBaieee— I*wta M. Crowe. ore.Ifleut; John H. OroTea. secretary; Lewi. (. smith, treasurer; Joaepll 1. Hcull. Joint K. luwiiacuilaad Warranty. Brown. ^ Uyly TrmUj J£S!,'X°rI^n5S'0°JBa'' Holy dsy. nr ' «. m ; Sunday school la m. Immanuel topUatUroroh.JW^VBTMmr, ^ SSSs "? l ni.ni Tubarnacla Haptiat Church, Klebtb street and M eat avenue. Her. Win. Kelup ipTi., ^^"0^,.l',,1^ro^bL«'1K tu. Junee Ljjt E^nroA corner Save nib IU, II.UaTm!: su'tWUh bebout~. ziai p. in!; wish "'da "t s ' looa' *1 1 m'proit'are Une^'atsov *T Keail l'n t Depot, tbe IU V. e w.lt Hr»»datj.>aalor. ^Se^le-j^D church societies^

l'«! «'«' M ID "r,Dtraaaurer. J,°""ir' l"**' wi!ujrn'e Aui1llar"'l^iu"^)Vlii.'vJ l'bur. SECRET SOCIETIES. lice* 11 Oily Ijodae, No. 171, and A. H.. tueete aeuiil and fourth Thurettay ^avanln^. * WMUIorT'Ii'e pb "tfcz V UUto ' Eh'titlim! Ilraan Hlty ObdnMLNA I*. l>. ol A., meet. Ml., molte W. Laae.eernuary. ' W m* rd "3 nntuhi'tteoorder', ■dSMijtM' 'b lijM^HlS liall i.,*"'v r?"y'°rr\o "y uU 1' 1 cimwplon'e'l Imii' every Monday ataapu TJU.ui it. af'p.'Bau! Mm. Hobplai. Campbell. It. of It. tg The ooeau I'lly^lluMdlnc and Loan 0.M11 Otis M. Townsend A ('radical Seashore Archltec Licensed by the Mate. •> -N EIGHTH STREET, OPP. P. O. OCEAN CITY N. J.

| ATTOMMMTa.aT.LAW. MORGAN "HAND, ATTORNEY and J COU NSELLOR-AT-LAW, Huprom'.UourtTommlmblner!** Notary Vnb be.' ' CAPK MAT Cot KT HOI SE, ». J. I lOppo.ll. Public Bulldlnr.) I LAW OFFICES" 1 . Apgar «S 1 Boswell, LAW OFFICES ■ Godfrey & Godfrey, < ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. JAMES M. E. HILDKETH Counsellor-at-Law J ^OWNSEND GODFREY . 1 Attorney-at-Law : \yil,LlAM is. IlAvjS. ; Attorney at Law „ ^ - 40(1 Allantl^ve. ] Ocean City ^*"®Kew Jersey Atlantic City Theatres . maaim ■ u Thura., Fri. and Sat. Kvea., No*. i4\i5^r6 Mat. Sat. at a.jo P. m. | The Supreme Dramelic Seetillon ~| : EDWARD J. BOWKS Preaenta ' MARGARET ' illington; ' la . play that ba) thrilled the Entire Continent KINDLING 1 C.erunfi. Z5c. SUc. 79c, ». U-50. B OO; Mntlaeae. 1 73e, 50c. 7V. tl, II So. mob., Tuen.. Wed. Evea., Nov. t8, 19. 10 Mat. Wed. at 3.30 ' "The Rose Maid"

J N. GRISCOM, M. D. j* EIGHTH HT. AND WESLEY AVE. 1 Both Phone*— Bell. 16; 1 tiler Jttale. I w A j , ce ours- boom Bandar. Em- daily. STu" Pbon'.'. EartnarA inne°a.. t f iiW: ^'en Corson, M. D. &. j tit Wealey Avenue j Ocean City New Jersey ; o "-SP*,.U I10 A. DR. W. I*. HAINES la COR. NINTH AND WESLEY AVE. » OCEAN CITT N. J. ^ hkusoiikl pkttit, m. i). B07 WESLEY AVE. . OCEAN CITY. NEW JERSEY „ _ 01 "" .. .. ■ 1 £)R. CHARLES B. RIDER J ►e l>cntiMt*a 809 Central Avenue »i AM HTY. A. J. r| ' Hundrlea Progs Kublier tiooda |i Hughes' Central Pharmacy - H,hia St. led WeeUy »ve. ^ ^ CANDY AND 1'iuakm •[' Sparkling soda and heat Krn|t^Myriip»^ii«i-d a| Mundane or In bulk^ i iionw X B.U Phone. 3M A Inler-Mtale, lldl p j. thoknlky IIUUHKH. Mutineer. Tall Millinery I A full line of up-UMlate atylea for I i allien ami child ran at reaeonable prlcea. (l J. M. HILDRGTH'S V $100 REWARD $100 : if bought the tame Howard, Himlllon. . Elgin and Waltham Walch lor cash cheaper than you can buy tram Nclion on tunc. l.m.nelson . Diamonds, Walchys and Jewelry. 843 ft Broadway. 327 Kaighn avc„ Camden, ■ , A x My representative a here once a *eek. II you mill htm drop poataL t , Try an Adverttsement •" in the SENTINEL

R.' CURTIS ROBINSON 1 i Notary Publis and Commissioner of Deeds ■agSa—foi—cCt' t PENSION VOUCHERS :: J; CAREFULLY EXECUTED ; Numbers 744 and 746 Asbury Avenue » Ocean City - - New Jersey i It may be just barely possible that some | other fellow may sell it a little cheaper, 1 _ ' but abetter quality — "IMPOSSIBLE." I We have it ami we have it good. Give 1 ■ | us your order for the Sunday poultry. We | ; • dress them. ■ i 1 1 '' wwwtww* i I V I ' Boyle's Dependable Market 1 * 8. W. Cor. Twelfth St. and Asbury Ave. Everything in Meats, Groceries and Vegetables

In the matters of Conveyancing, Title Investigation and Settlement of Purchases, we aim to givfe our clients thorough care and conscientious service. We have always endeavored to maintain that reputation for our office. massey & edwards Eighth and Central avenue Thirst-class mortgage investments secured.

J. M. CHESTER MAKES MORE I SALES OF OCEAN FRONT LOTS

Philadelphian Will ~ Build Fine Honse on Wes- J< ley Avenue, j J. M. Cheater A Co. have ilia pound of another large amount or wean front | land here within the laat few daya. J Among the imrchaaera waa Harvey _ j C Miller, of Philadelphia, president of the Houl hern Bteauixhlp Company, | aud one of Philadelphia'!! leading i grain broker*. Mr. Miller bought a | llfty-foot lot on Wealey avenue, he- | tweeu Fourteenth aud Fifteenth >' atreeta, ami will huild a baiidanine «' cottage. T I he other aalea made by Mr. Chealtr " are aa follow*; " Fifty-foot lot between Thirty sixth 11 ami Tlility-aeveiilb atreeta, w ith rlpar- ei Ian rlglita from the rear of Central ei avenue out, lo an Ocean City party. '« Thirty-aeven and one-half feel he- !l ween Twenty-Ural aud Tweuty-aeonua « from the rear of Wealey avenue 11 out. with riparian rlglita, to a Phila- " drlphia parly. " ( (ue hundred feet between Twentyand Tweuty-aeventh alrtela, >' Wealey avenue out. w Itlj .rll«t"»" •' to an Ocean City party. '• Forty feet on Wealey avenue, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth 11 to a Philadelphia party, for au '■ up-to-date three-lloor Uat to coat about * fttJIUO. Two lota on Wealey avenue, between aud Twenty-iiluth atreeta, to a Philadelphia party. * One lot on Wealey avenue, between Thirtieth and Tblrly Hrat atreeta, to a Philadelphia party. U tl RED MEN TO GATHER » * vllle Toolic In. Member* of Kalmla Tribe, No. 220j '' O. K. M., will go fromUil* city " Pleaaautvllle tlila evelilngTotake part lu the big demonatratlou there ' under the auaplcea of Kluewaugha] Tribe, No. 45. i J1 Trllie* from Haunnoutnu, Kgg Harbor and Atlantic City will alao be reiK reaeuted In the parade. / All the great olllcera of the organization are expected to be preaeul. * aiaklnit Addition* lo Cotlawe. c K. C: Calvert, of Torouto, la having I exteualve Improvement* made to the t ground floorof hla cotlagarPSO Wealey a Tbeae Include two additional ° roouia, a aun parlor and a aide porch- ' work will coat about 11500. At the regular weekly meeting of r the City Cuiunilaalonera, C. Homer ' Shoemaker waa elected a member of ^ the board of afreet aaaeaainenta, to till 1 I be vacancy caueed by the raalgualloti - of A. Hertram Porter. I

I FISHER FAYORS BRICK CURB HERE, f Material Better and Will « Last Longer Than Cement, ■' He Says. While tbe City Coiumlaaionera were ' the ueceaally of paving and v curbing Central aveuue, between ^ aud Thlrty-alxtli atreeta ( the not dlntant future, at their " regular weekly meeting, Director 1 Flatter expraaeed hla prefer- J curb, lie claimed that atoue curb will ' much longer aud are bailer than ' other. Three Inch atone curb 1 would auawer the purpoaea In the aec- ' of the city whoae Improvement then belug Informally dlacuaat-d, ' tlieopioluu of Mr. Flaher. Mayor lleadley aald It would hardly fair lo charge tbe down-town 1 l>eople for atoiie curb when audi curb 1 Director Flaher declared that II la never loo late to correct errora, and tie further added that atone curbing ' would prove lea* expensive In the end. HOTEL KEEPERS MEET ( I «- to tier* Royally i\ntcrlatnrd J The Philadelphia member* of the Ocean City Hotel Proprietor*' Aaaocla- • tlon were entertained In hoapltat)!e I Monday evening by Mr*. I.. linker, of tbe Oceanic, at her home, t 1727 Oxford atreet, Philadelphia. I Koutine buMneaa waa disponed of at : meeting, and plana made for Ihe I future. I Mr*. A. P. Mllner, of tbe Wyoming, • this city, waa at tba meeting. | The next meeting will be held at the ■ home of Mr. and Mr*. O. K. Haag, 1811 Venango at reel, Philadelphia. Hnntlnala Malar. I Henry D. Moore, William U. Moore I and W. D. HherrenI, of Haddoutleld, 1 all lotereated lo public utilities In thl* 1 city, accompanied by Joacph G Cbamplou, left Philadelphia early Ibta week for Malue, where Henry D. Moore haa a camp. They will huut 1 for big game. Had Monac Party. Mr. and Mr*. Frank Cooley.of Hermantown. opened their cottage, 11,53 Weat avenue, on Friday laat for a few ' daya, aud entertalued friends, among whom were Mr*. Mary Wllllameon. Mia* France* it. Cooley and Lin wood Heald. all of Gerinantown.

E. M. SUTTON HAS I RETURNED HOME Postmaster, in Improved" Health, Warmly Greeted by I His Many Friends. After an absence of about two mouth*, several week* of which were apeut In undergoing treatment at the Jetleraon Hospital, Philadelphia, and ^ remainder of tha time at Weroara- ■ vllle, Pa., Postmaster Edward M. Butreturned to hla home In thlB city Monday evening. Mr Mutton aald he waa feeling very much Improved In health, aud t weighed twenty-one pounda more than q when he left this city. He will "take d eaay" here for two or three weeka • before engaging In active bualoeaa puraulta. ( Mr. Sutton waa glad lo get back to t ■ Oceau City, and hla many friends here | | were equally delighted lo see him and I ! lu auch Improved physical condition. ■ BOUGHT FARM I I w, K. airdrm evtli Improve 1 4. and at Ocean view. 1 ! Dr. K. W. K. Htedem, of Philadelphia, who la occupying hla cottage on 1 | Asbury avenue, below Fifteenth street, ' I haa purchased, through tbe agency of J M. Cheater A Co., tbe 250 mere farm I of the Rev. Peuntngton Corson at 9eatille. * 1 Ha wjll remodel the farm house end I install heaTkud hatha and otherwise j Improve the building. He will alto | modernize the farm, to which he will ] remove, II la stated, early next year. | Back From Uasalag Trip. ! Policeman Haxal M. Newklrk Afid I Is B. Conver have returned from a 1 gunning trip at Elmer. They were I accompanied by their wlvee and had ia tine time, . shouting twenty one rabblla, live squirrel*, *lx quail and one pheasauL It's dignified and gtree you a dellclous aeuae of aecurlty to own your °me OCEAN CITY. i Besides, your reaponalblllty as a raal estate owner makes you a desirable cttiiMQ. Think It over, then sail on HARKY HKADLKY, Real Katate Operator, Ninth aud Aehury avenue, next to fire bouae who will Show you the very beet way and same of the greatest bargain a to he found bare on the easiest term* Phone connection. adv.

SUMMER i VISITOR DIES Mrs. Charles Mathews Ex- " pires Suddenly at Her | Philadelphia Home. Mrs. F. M. Mathewa, widow of Charles Mathewa and mother of Charles Mathewa, of Philadelphia, a promloent summer realdeut of thl* * city, died at her home In Philadelphia Thursday. The funeral look place Monday. Mrs, Mathewa, wbo died suddenly, lllonly three-quarter* of an hour, was lu the ninety-first year of her age. J She was a summer resldeut of Ocean c City for a great many years until last c season, starting early In the history of * the resort with her husband. The latter haa beeu dead thirteen aud a half " year*. He waa a retired business man 8 for tweuty years before his death, but ■ had long been Identified with the " Safe Manufacturing Company. c Mrs. Mathews was the mother of ' six children, all of whom are living. ' They are Miss Mori*. Charles, Jordan, ' Frank, Albert and Mrs. Ullzabeili Mil- ■ ler. There are utne grand clilldreu ' and six great-grand children. ( NABB GETS CONTRACT The City Com mis* loners awarded to F. Nabb, of this city, the con- ( to remove rubbish during the yeerlHIS. HI. bid -$2,487 .50- waa the , lowest of three received. Before the contract was glveu out, Mayor Headley asked Mr. Nabb It he realized what be waa undertaking. The contractor replied that he | thought he did. He bad been fol- , this llue, be said, fof several kept his eyes ou tne work and , fell assured that he cau do II aallafac- , turlly for the amount of bis bid. He ( said he would furnish a surely 'com- ! bond for th* fatthrul perform- , of the contract. The slereoptloon lecture, "Around tbe World lu Ninety Minutes," given . in Iinmanuel Baptist Church Monday , evening by the Hev. A. C. Gearbart, i of Tuckaboe, waa well attended, aud waa much eujoyed by the audience r Eighty views were shown. More than . twelve dollars was raised by tbe silver 1 offerings. Progressive* to Moid On. Former Governor John Franklin - Fort, as Btate chairman, haa Issued a S call for a meeting next Saturday after- ' noon at the Hotel Sterling, In Trenton, 1 for tbe purpoee of making e perman j ent pgjltlcal organization out of the Progreeelve party.

PLAN TO WIDEN BOARDWALK IN ITS BUSIEST SECTION

j, FINAL PAYMENT ON CLUB HOUSE „ b Yachtsmen, Land Owners ™ and Builders Make Settle- g ment in This City. £ The final eettlement on the Ocean t, City Yacht Club's handsome new quarters and grounds waa made Fri- p afternoon In the Ocean City Tltla a aud Trust Com pauy 'a building. Q There were present at the meeting f, Commodore J. Halph Wilson, Chair- j man A. T. Jamea, pf the board of of the club; Chairman D. , Parla, of the club'* lioaoce com- , mlttee; Chairman Frank D. Newberry, of tbe building committee; James Mc- t Mnllan, tbe club's solicitor; Victor J. r Humbrecht, president of tbe Gardens , , Company, and A. J. Dunn, tlve com- r pany'a legal representative; Barber A , Marts, who built the club buusa, aud ( ' also tha officials of tbe trust company. together with tbe club secretary, H. F. j Btautoo. , ■ • ' I TO RAISE COTTAGE ' «. H. Tkorn'a Home. ' R. Howard Thorn haa given the . contract to make extenaive Improve- , meute to the Sauderllu cottage ou ( Wealey avenue, below Eighth street, ( . recently purchased by him. . The bulldlug la to be raised, and a basement and dan will be among the , addition*. A hot water beating plant la to be luatalled. Tbe Improvements ( j will coat about $900(1, It la stated. Improving Hie (More. Charlee H. Powell la making a uumI- tier or improvemeota to bi* store eud <* derailing on A|lbary avenue. le Legal papers of all daacrlptkeoa, Including wills, an carefully drawn by R. Curtis Robinson at his offlca, 744 ^ Aebury aveuua, Ocean City, N.J. adv. 1 • 1 d Tba 8k*n«KL Printing Houa* la ■e kapt busy turning out Job work, but it ia will be pleased to do your*. Coma In it. and talk it ovar. adv.

Probably Will F be Made Early During Coming Year. Mayor Headley, at tbe regular meeting of tbe City Commissioners, said h thought It time to take up the p matter of widening tbe Boardwalk for b next yaar. Tbe Commissioners should t go dMta-to the walk, look It over and t! advertise for bids for tbe Improve- li meats. In order that they may know mnch money to appropriate. b It Is proposed to widen the walk, e possibly from devest h to Tenth street*, a and It was said at tbe meeting Ibat a flooring would be required at lesat h Sevantb street to balf-way below s Ninth street. e Tbe board decided to make tbe In- l ■paction of the walk Tuesday of tbla t week. a The City Commits louers want over tbe walk Tuesday afternoon, and, aa a result of I hen deliberations, tbe Boardwalk will probably be wldeued and a resurfaced from Seventh to Tenth ( atreeta. It will be widened possibly , twelve fast. , •* < "Chirkrs" Come Home," Etc. < The following Is from the Cape May , Herald; An ugly. Insistent rumor , state* that cartaln men wbo have re- ( celved dUtluctlou at tbe hands ot tbe ' Republican party assisted In the de- 1 feat of lu -candidate* for office. Du- i pllrlty, like murder, will always out. ' If this la eo. aud tbe truth or falsity will shortly be known, tbe guilty parties deserve, and will raealva, tba un1 ulterable contempt of avery oue— even their own klud. ' Third Keating Foalponrd. Owing lu the feiluie or tbe Ocean 1 City Laud Company to file Ua map of land showing proposed changes Incidental to the re-locatlon of a tlfteeufoot street, ordinance No. (2, bearing on this matter, was Dot gtven third reading at tba regular weekly meeting of tba City Commlaalonera. It will coma np at tbe meeting this afternoon. The bullosas oarear of tba First a Natloual Bank of Oeaan City haa been one of marked suacses. adv. It. For Hknt.— Wall healed basement, . cheap. Apply 1017 Caotral avenue. adv. H-7 a St. n Try an Advertisement r. in lbs Skhtimel i

SCOTT HAND CAN WIN P0STMASTERSH1P HERE

IT PRETTY COTTAGE FOR JOHN J. HOOD, Philadelphia Music Publisher ^ Gives Contract to O. M. « Townsend. * Gils M Townsend haa received from J. Hood, of Philadelphia, the K contract to build a handaome cottage, r costing 84500, at Tweuty-llrat street ^ and Central avenue. * The house, which will be nut of the ^ ordinary In many ways, will have a r" gambrel roof. The building will have basement and two and one-half I stories, with ■ hot-air heat plant. 11 Mr. Hood, who t* a publisher of ' church music at 1034 Arch street, will I occupy the cottage next season. He I a visitor here for the first time last snmmer, a guest of tbe Oceanic, o and became so much Impressed with r tha beauty of the city that he declAd t make this hla future summer home " BAKER'S ELECTION F ' aai" Home Paper. The Wild wood Sun of last week | ' contained tbe following: f The election of J. Thompson Baker 1 1 to Congress was largely the result ol ( his personal popularity and tbe knowl- < ' edge of hla thorough fitness for tbe ■ ' position. Republicans who war* his personal friends, and who had known 1 1 for many years aud Onderatood 1 ' and appreciated hi* worth, worked as ' earnestly for his alactkin aa the moat pronounced Democrat, aud they rolled i up a vote for btmon the islaitd end lu 1 ' the county which be can ever look 1 back upon with pardonable pride. He la tbe first mau elected to Congress 1 from Cape May County in alghty-six 1 years. Joseph Memucan Hughe*, of I Cape May City, being a member at I that time. In J. Thompson Baker the Second Congressional District will have an . ' earuast and faithful repreaentallve, aud one wbo Is thoroughly versed In statecraft and who will be tbe peer of ' any member of that body In the arena of debate. j A two-story college, costing 84500, Is a being built on Ocean avenue, near . Twelfth street, end a buugalow, coati, tug' 81500, on Ocean avenue, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, e both for E. 8 Woodward, of Camden, a summer resident of this city.

BADER TO LOOK I AFTER GARBAGE;

Philadelphia Man is Given Contract by City Com- »' miesioncrs. t, C. L. Bader, of Philadelphia, who <i been Interested In similar work In Philadelphia aud Atlantic City, has * awarded the garbage contract by " the City Commissioners. There were '■ bidders, Mr. Bader belug the « at 84722. Mayor Headley asked Mr. Bader If be were properly qualified and equipped to do tbe work, . and be ( answered In the affirmative. A brother of Mr. Bader, wbo haa much of thl* kind of work to do. ( suggested the plan of making the early morning collections from tba territory nearest and directly leading ' to tbe Boardwalk. Mayor Headley ( said tbe suggestion was a good on*. It was announced at lite various j services In tbe First Presbyterian ( on Sunday that tbe Ladles' , Auxiliary will again send Its aunnal missionary box to Miss Minnie Newcome, home missionary at Jatrel'a Va. Tha members and friend* , of tbe ohureh are requested to send clothing, books, toys for children, ate., tbe church, at any time until > Thanksgiving. It la Inleudad to for- - ward tbe box In Urn* to reach Ihe - miaslou field about Cbriatuias. r Will Vlalt Florida. Thomas J. Duncan , superintendent - or the Ocean QUy Electric Light Comi pauy'a works, will loave here Tuesday for Florida, accompauled by hi# wife. Their principal slopping places will be 8t. Petersburg and Tampa, although l they will vbill other cBlaa lu Florida f and the Boulb. It I* their loleuUon * to go down on oue aid* of Florida and - np Ihe other. I . a ■ 1 For Bale. > Lot* 45. 47 and 48 Marina Place, 1 Creese tract, 80x102 feet each. Apply to owner. Elizabeth G. Hands, 682 Cen- ' tral are.. Oeaan City. adv. * Maddock's Pharmacy. Eighth and Aabury avenue, Huoday boora, winter month#, S. , 40 lo 10 A. M.; 6 30 to 1180 I, evening. Adv. 1L . , FOB Ha i jl —Cottage# and lot* tu '' mod desirable location# in Ocean City. Apply to A. Cotton 619 Aabury avenue. L 1 Ocean City, New Jersey. adv.

Wallace, Bourgeois, Smith and Others Will Try to Land Fat Office. The name of W. Hcott Hand, cashier of the First National ^Bank. of thl* city, ha> been frequently mentioned with ifppnlntnient a* postmaster here when the time of the Incumbent, E. M. Button, expires, a year from next February. Mr. Hand waa an aspirant for Cooon the Democratic ticket at the recent primaries, and President-elect Is one of hla personal friends, ale Cbiigreasman-elecl Baker and Road Commissioner K. A. Steven*. His friend* here claim that Mr. Hand wonld prove a hustling postmaster and wonld give tbe office a lilgh-claaa business administration, improving Disservice at every possible l>olnt. Luther L. Wallace aud K. A. Bourgeois have stated that they are asplrauts for the ufilce. They are arpbag the Democratic war horses of th* city, aud It Is claimed by their friends that, as both have stood tbe heat and burden of the long and more or leas lean day# of the past, ona of them should be tbe mau when it cornea to the matter of dropping the rich plums. The salary of Ihe postmaster la 82400 annum, and, with the continued growth of Ocean City's summer population, It ia felt that before many years [ the business of the office will have Increased to such proportion* as to causa - an Increase In this salary, i Mr. Bourgeois was a candidate for tbe office a number of year* ago, when Ihe appointment waa received by It. ' i Thorn. Hhould Mr. Thorn show an Inclln- | allon to be postmaster again, It If I staled that be will be strongly opposed : members of the Democratic party here on the ground that be ia, or haa , "Jim" Hmltb adherent, and ; Governor Wllaon ha* bean autagonlsr to Mr. Hmltb aud hla aspiration* I for the United States Senate. Aa was staled In the Hkntimel laat I week, B. Krauk Smith would not obt Ject to receiving tbe appointment, and W. H. Campliell would doubtless b* i la a receptive mood, although ha baa f exprsaaed the view that Mr. Tboru i stand* a good chance. KICK OVER GAS BILL " The rtKNTtSKt. la lu receipt of a eommuulcatlon from Joseph Button, of Uermantown, owner of the cottage 843 '* Brighton place, lu which he makea complalut against a bill presented him bv tbe local uaa cooinauy. Mr. Button

al*o puts tbe glectric light company in a class with the gar company, and tbe claaa Isn't very high. He Is of the opinion IhaL.totb compaula* should lie given a tin rough . .rrhauLng. Mr. Button eonclu ' - Ids letter by saying; "I have heard u ' many aompialnta to mine, and i should think something could be done, eo tba cottagers would be better treated and not Impoagd upon by those companies." Official* of the gaAom pany, afahut which tbe letter Is especially directed, that the company volunteered to test Mr. Button's meter end make everything satisfactory. GOBS TO HONOLULU Frank ■> IKcwbrrrr Haa Blartrd Frank D. Newberry, of this city, early this week on e long western trip, one of the three or four be takes every year on bualoeaa for the Philadelphia firm with which he Is connected. His first landing place— If he can enter that country, he aald— will be Mexico. Later be wtll go to California and thence to Honolulu. His business disposed of there, he will reto Han Francisco and start back East by way of Portland, Seattle and Dnlntb. Mr. Nawbarry plana to reach home ' about January I espials K. H. Kdwarda brad. Captain E. B. Edwards, one of the , oldest end beat known sailing master* along tbe Delaware River, filed Hunday. after a long period of I health, at bi* horns, 3708 North uenham , street. Philadelphia. Boru lu Capa . May County, New Jersey, be shipped , as cabin boy on a coasting vessel when fourteen years old. and at tba age of a twenty-one waa master of ■ sailing , vessel eerrylug ooel to Eastern and , Southern porta. He commanded tiae j vessel that carried the last cargo of 0°*' 1 into Rlehmond during th* Civil War. W. C. and J. 1). Esmond, of Phlla- , dalphta. are having a pretty two- . r family apartment house matafi aa ; Fourth streaL near Atlantic aveaws. k Bourro BMg. 764 A^wgAva. -