The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-11
CROWDS AT ASBURY PARK
Hotel Keepers No Longer
Fear They Will Lose
Money.
LIGHTNING DOES MUCH DAMAGE
Foreign Missionary Women
Meet in Ocean Grove.
especial to s.rhe Jersey city News.''l

| guests at tn1S resort sur Cohtip
large numbers, and although last Satur-
day was not quite as heavy a day Tor ex-
pressmen as Saturday of the previous
week. still both hotelmen' and merchants
| feel encouraged to believe that this WIN
be a summer long remembered as the
season. at Asbury Park. Certainly Inc
outlook which three short weeks ago
was somewhat discouraging, has now
frightened, and the most pessimlstlc no
tel proprietor at least expects TO pay eN-
penses.
SATURDAYS storm, which was scarcely
| felt within city limits, did eonslaeraple
damage here. 1t was confined principally
to that part of the coast line lying pe-
tween Belmar and Deal Beach, ana It's
violence lasted less than an hour Inc
big nagpole on which a large nag was
| raised with great ceremony ON the
| Fourth. was struck by the lightning ana
split down its entire centre, a Instance OF
125 feet. The First National Bank was
also considerably damaged by the light
| ming. and the room of the Coliseum was
hurled into Kingsley street. The shoot
| the chutes, in Deal Lake was completely
DESTROYED. and the debris lay across the
electric railway. Trolley poles were
! blown down, impeding progress and caus-
| ing danger to horses from electric shock.
Many private rouse both in Asbury
| Park and Ocean Grove were damage by
| lightning. while at Bradley Beach the
| little church in the woods had its cupola
destroyed.
People began to fear that the fireworks
postponed from the Fourth would again
| have to be abandoned. but by evening the
| sky was clear, ana the display from he
| end of the Asbury Park pier was exceed
ingly pretty. Fiery snakes were mace 70
| shoot along the water amid much ap,,
| plause besides which there were the usual
! number of sky rockets, Roman candies,
| pin wheels, etc. The exhibition was I'M
der the management of Mr.. Charies
Crowell. a well known Asbury Parker.
The boardwalk was ~thronged, with
guests. among whom were the usual nam
Der of pretty girls, pretty dresses and
ehappies, in fact SO numerous were tne
| latter that at the hops held at all the
| hotels after the fireworks there was no
dearth Of male partners for the dances,
| and it was a commentable exception when
two young ladies We're seen dancing to-
| gether.
At the bathing grounds Senator Brad
| lev had considerable trouble in
datiEe his patrons. who stood awaiting
their turn, and a little nervous lest the
| fatal hour of ten. when all bathing must
| cease. should strike before they could ar
| raw themselves in bathing suits. At Kos
te,,s batring grounds. iJ Bradley Beach.
the scene was much the same. But as az
this point Sunday bathing is permitted
! TIL one p. M, the nervousness was miss
ing. AL this bathing ground. on Sunday
| morning, the scene is much more ami
mated than at any other along his sec
ton of the coast, as guests from Allen
hurst. Deal Beach, ASbury Park, Ocean
Grove. Avon and Belmar, so there to
| battle. II is an interesting sight to watch
these bathers ride into Bradley Beach
on their wheels. The girls look positively
enchanting in their sun bon1ets. rms
style of sun bonnet am into vogue last
summer, and has gradually won such
favor that it is now the universal Gus
tom at all seaside resorts. still the sum
mer girl does not allow this custom TO M
~terfere with the coat of tan so desirable.
she throws it pack on her neck, tying
the strings at the throat, and exposing
her face to the suns rays
Mr.. James ]. Corbett has arrived at
| Asbury Park during last week and taken
a cottage at North Asbury. Asbury Park
| ers are in a state OF anxiety as to what
will happen should he and Fftzsimmons
meet in their walks or rides along the
| ocean. Both these gentlemen, however,
are allowing Asbury Park its full share
| of worry, as they are quite unconcerned.
AS their cottages are but a few blocks
apart, 1t would be an easy matter to ar
range a meeting in case either desired i;
tn. natives by driving round the Park in
a tiny dogcart attached to a tiny pony.
scarcely larger than the Great Dane dog
which followed the turnout. This dog
was arrayed for the occasion with a large
bow of pink ribbon, and trotted demurely
| behind. Mr.. F-itzsimmons himself was the
largest feature of the entire affair.
Ocean Grove is not behind the Park in
its number of guests and all the hotels as
are fast filling up. The principal feature
of the Grove is religion. All the meetings
are crowded, and each Sabbath Sis ex-
! ceiling the previous week in religious zeal.
rvLo several mpptjnp in (1nean Grove
yesterday We're devoted to the cause
Of home missions; the services be-
i4g -e %@issionarv so by t6 IF tbs Ws Mefbos
dist Episcopal CHURCH. Missionaries and
deaconesses from all parts of the land
| participated in the exercises.
The early morning meetings on the
| camp grounds were largely attended and
| the religious interest manifested was I'M
usually marked. Evangelist Yatman
the temple at nine A. NJ. There were 1900
present. The services consisted of fer
vent prayers for the u~neonyerted and the
spirited singing and positive testimony.
| Adiutant Mckenzie, a Salvation Army
lassie. was present and sang a solo. Vice
President A. f. Ballard had charge of the
holiness meeting in the Tabernacle at the
same hour.
The eighteenth anniversary of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society was
observed at the auditorium at 10 o'clock.
-Four thousand were present. The officers
of the society occupied seats on the plat
form. The opening prayer was said by
the Rev. DR.. Elliott, of New York. Miss
Iva May Durham, a Methodist deacon
ess. sang Peace, She was dressed in
the modest costume of the deaconesses
and accompanied herself on the guitar.
Bishop J. N. Fitzgerald read the proc
larnation of President Mckinley. calling
| upon the churches to set aside a day for
prayer, to give hanks to the Almighty
for recent victories on sea and land over
Spain. and the vast audience spent a
minute in silent prayer. The Bishop
commended the act of Captain Phillip.
of the battleship Texas. in summoning his
crew to prayer after the victory at San
tiago.
president of the Woman's Home Mission
| AIRY Society, briefly reviewed The work ac-'
complished by the society in the interest
| of missions during the past year.
The anniversary erIno was preached
by the Rev. DIR. S. T. Upham, of Drew
Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J. The
text selected was a portion of the eighth
verse of the fourteenth chapter of Mark.
she hath done what she could" refer
ring to Mary's amounting the Saviour's
hasd.
over two thousand scholars attended
the three departments of the Summer
Sabbath School. Rev. DR.. Thomas O'Han-
lon. president Of Pennington Seminary,
had charge of the Bible Glass.
At four o'clock the new Bancroft Rest
Home, at No. "a Goodman avenue. was
Mrs. Mary Kent of Bradley Beach.
Bishop Fitzgerald, Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk
and Vice President Ballard made brief
addresses at the dedication. There were
5000 present at the surf meeting, held at
the foot of Ocean Pathway, at six O'Clock.
1 The tonic of the rpeuonSive ra3ainpe was