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COSSACRSJEFEATED General Oku Reports Russian

Army Retreating.

OUR WARSHIPS AT TANQIKR.

< lia4 Mirk Will Taka Maaaaraa «a

Kafurrr Malaaaa •( Oanllraa. WASH1NOTON, Mv RL—Mr. Oum-

niara, the I'ulted Kin tea ronnul at Tan«**T, In a cableicrani rarahred at the •tata di-jinrlnu-iit on>riili;ht anya thnt

JlPS ClPll'Kt limit Ttinisi l “? t » HP 1 *?? a !*

vn|iUvta, IVrdlearta aitd \ nrlcjr. hare { been minle unkaa the bandit'* deiuanda

Sleoaa Ualarkatrat Ua* Urlrra I are Kmilted.

•ark a,ou*i ahr Caar^a Faaauaa A Tnnjrler report aaya: / Cavalry at Airaa*etraa>ra “The l ulled Kialea armored miJiaer aaa Orraplra it. | Itnwkiyu. Ilyina the Hue of Ua-ar Ad'LONDON, Jdnv SI.—A Tokyo report ,u 1,1,1 r, " ulwl,k ' ll “» arrived -here. Way* a atruk* Uetachma ut of Ja|«ueae) ° ,bw v * wta »**« 8tJ “ M

troo|>a ha« uttu. ked mid tiefented, *'l u - | drou iirr following.

2.u»i Cttaaut-k# at Aiyansplaiuuun. “ T, "‘ antlmrlib-a here conalder thnt north weal of ‘ Feu«waii*eheu*. The | thec Ameriran. Ion

enKHKctiMeu lit-Kun ul half |>aat 10. ,,,car ia*

’O’dovk la the uiornhiK. The dopan.-i-e j ' url *'- Tl “ ”"**'-*• * ' ■allng the Coiuuu-ka at Al- j kl,ln ' , ia^> by oanmia neanuii t»y itai- |

SHE TRAINS HORSES

Mrs. Cora Pontlfax, of ladtsns.

Unique Among Her Sex.

•aatlr Draea Tratlar at C«aatr 'air aa« Waa tka Brokra Maap Calta «U aa« Haraa

Indiana, the atale of genluaea. prod IKiea and piople who do extraordinary Ihlnsa. has aa IU lateat novelty a woman Jockey. Douhtleee many women, especially in the weatern #tate», mlsht claim this title because of their proficiency In horsemanship, but only one woman. Mrs. Cora Pontlfax. of Laporte.

Cromwell ! actually breaks colts to the saddle and

Hr!list) subject, who were i harness and then trains and conditions ki<inn|e>d by bandits beadotl by Hal-j them for the track.

yaRxitinniiK-n o<Tupled Hint place* and ! u now more serious than iK-fore. j Mra Pontlfax came into notice recent-ra-enkws-euients have Iks-b sent for- "The I'nited KtaUw <-rnlser Atlanta | ly when she drove Tucker, the Chicaso waid to support them. «rr!v«d later and Jolnnd the Brooklyn, j matinee hora^. formerly owned by tieneral Oku. la ixmimand x>r the* Jap ’ rh, ' American warships Olympia. Hal- j George B Dry den, and won In the genauesu- forces operating iltfamst l*ort MD ^ Cleveland are expected tlemen's driving claei at the Laporte Arthur. re|sirta Unit the Ituxsluns have county fair. The strange spectacle of ahaudomxl Chciik.- hcnyau. Huang--] “* 11 * U»«* noderatandlBg here that the ] seeing a woman drive attracted an unahnr aud Unshf.um. JSo Uusstana ' commanding the American | usually large crowd to the racea As

fle«-t has orders to exercise pressure j Mm. pontlfax entered in a speed cart, upon the Moroccan authorities to In- attired unostentatiously in a neat dark

have Im-cii «ee*i cast of t'benkocbea-

pau. *

General .Xakanutni’a' detachment, which (H'cujiWn! IJuKhotun on ITiday. •capturetl four^Kussiua xtMis. From Chinese sources it Is learned that the Hasshms hrve four llucs of -defense between Nunsliau and Port

Arthur.

General Kuroki reports a number of

The Japanese ham captured a ijuazi tity of jsiwder anti fifty-six rnllrsuul curs at Liushutna. • A reiss’t says that Japanese troops, after an engagement with the Kuauian forces, ku which 4l«e latter were defeated, Lave occupied Aiyang. a village to the north «f Kuantieuchetig. There are at present no Uasslans at Hamheung. on tiie eastern coast of Korea. The trory>s which were Zla-r*-have marched in the south. The Korean wddiers who were sent to tiatnbeuug have been wltlidrawa. It is repotted A.at General Ktiropa* kin has issued a re|mrt showing the Japanese bane advanced frian Karan tlen to Kaimatana. Late advices ?rotn ^Tokys wtr Jiank wan ling has l»#en occupied liy a Jc*ce of Japanese Infantry'. artflkTy and eu- ’ glneers. under rtln- command of •General Nakamura The main Japanese force siient the previous nigla hi the villages around Nanshaau The soldiers were jnvwtly fatigued as aaresuit of the constant fighthig at 'Kin chau and NauMian heights. Imt .they entered with orach spirit njioa them-w

opera t ions.

A force of 'Russians bekj Sanclillipno station. whl/Ji -is northwest of I (stay, but the Japanese drove them -sut. TJip Russians abandoned and lirmiiil -.the atatinn and wutir'ed in the dlrudinn of

Port Artiiur.

Kt. Petethboic advice* say fhwttetegrapiilc coniapniicntioB with New - chwang is agiris intemiyOed. and prtvnte messages ’for points south-wf l.iao yang are refuse. 1 at tiie nelegraiib Of fice. The nature of the interruptluc with NewcJrwsfcR Is' not knows. trtJt the enuse for refusing mesaagee south of Llsoyang ia.tbe complete nlwiurptiac/ of the Hues fsrlallitiiry punw*seii ' A reiiort from Shanhaikwun ways that die Itusshui <ximuuuMk7. thinking that the Japanese had reOn-.l from Fengw.-i ngciieag .went 1S.0UU Rusdiaiis from Haichen^nund IJaoyang towanl Fengwmigcbnig. They were sunifhted by 30.UISI Japanrw In the Tatung pass. The ItOKKlan cavnnltie* were -Uksi. and over n thousand Kusartans suneiiib-red-Tlie report does ran state the Japunwe

Bis WalciMUr Blaw. NEW YORK. May 31. -Berea freight and coal piers of tie* Delaware. Lackawanna ami Western railroad la Jersey tity wv.Te destroyed liy a fire that started at pier 2. on which a number of barrels of oil were storatl. The flames spread rapidly. lier 12 was HUO feet long and was soon ablaxe Its entire length, and the firemen who were trying to fight the fin* from the I bon- were able to accomplish but little Piers 11 and 12 were full of general merchandise, piers 7. 8. 1> and 10 were used for coal, and pier 6 was a grain loading pier. The loss is estimated at HAMOfiOO.

ducc them to accept Hu Dull's terms. The sultan is willing to jiay a ransom •and liberate Ralsuir* partisans, who are now Imprisoned, Imt Uabrail now asks American protection for the setilenient. This last condition D considered dependent upon the American

government.

"Hear Admiral Ytemwick on arrival at Tangier, accompanied by an old, the I'nited Ktates cuasul general and two marines, i lKited M. Torres, the represeutatlve of tta* •sultan at Tangier^ The interview huded ten minutes, after which M. Tornc# returned the visit at the I'nited Ktates conhulate. the Brook ly n firing a salute in his honor. “SI. Torres has Informed the American and the British ' n-prwrtTtntlvcs that be cauweC grunt Balsuli's terms. A *i>erisi courier, it Is reported, has been sent to tlw sultan conveying the American view.”

skirt and shirt waist, the 10.000 spectator* watching her cheered enthusiastically. She drove a quarter to ''warm up” and then the race was on. In the first i heat It looked for awhile at if she were going to get In a "pocket," but she held dogegdly to her course and at the end went under the wire first. In the second beat she had the lead from the quarter turn. The third heat was her* from the xt-art. Each time as she came in the crowd gave her an ovation and when it was ail over they kept on applauding and cheering till she was out of sight "It waa my first race,” said Mrs. Pontlfax to a correspondent for the Chicago Chronicle, “and when I drove in on the track I felt ao nervous that I almost wished 1 tyadn't started. But when the race begin I forgot everything except my horse The experience, however, is

FACT*! TOLD Uf BKIKF MENTION

JfrofHtUnat fard*.

ThA Happenings of The Week Briefly T»Ut-Other Matter* of interest. , —Beal summer. --Hi raw berries scan*. —All roads led to DirnaDvillr Monday Thr t ape Ms) City sod West Cape May public school* cliMed for the holiday* last Friday. - Emir* new stock of men', ready to wear pant* Boys' knee panta at Sol Needles' and get green trading stamp* —Potatoes an apt to be a good deal lo wrr In price In a few mouths, aa nearly every Kontfa Jersey farmer haa planted extensively. —Owners of fresh'water ponds In many parta of Routb Jersey are having trouble in keeping off invadhig anglers. —I-ewi* T. Ktevens, of this city, bas been rg-nppolnted by Governor Penny pecker of Pennsylvania a commissioner of deeds fir the K'ate of Pennsylvania lu New Jersey —On June 15 there will be a change in (he Judgsblp of assignments of the State Supreme Court. Justice Hendrick-on will go to the qlrcnlt composed of Mo; - mouth. Burlington and Ocean Counties, while Justice Frauds .1. Swayxe will sit in Cape May. Cum her laud, Atlantic and

Salem.

| AUKS MIX RAY, M I>. Con. Pen by asp Washimutox Rt*. (Opposite Congress Hail.) Case May Cm, S. J.. Office Hours: 8 to tt a. m 3 to 4 p. m. 7 to W p. m. | MU-T -il'W.vCOUN8KLLOR AT LAW-, flio Wasuikotos Sr . t ASX %tfr. 3f :‘J. Master ami Solicitor to Chancery. Notary Public. Commissioner for Pennsylrania.

JjU. WK8TLKY KOIh,Kit- WAI.K-.

WALKS' * .

UxiTcn States Piiabmao. Wakiiixotox axd Dn-Art a s'rstri-,

• Cape May City, N. J. Telephone W3 and 34. to W a. m., 2 to 4, and”

A It K AWAKDKD HKWKB BIDH.

BtawaiBK or the II -ebsll Clabw. NATION A I- I.BAGCE. ClutSL W, u P.C. New Voek 2S U .«B Chk-agu. 15 U -CC Cincinnati T7 U St. Louis I* II All Pittsburg - IS » -AM Host on II 23 AA ttrooklyn IB U M Philadelphia.. T 27 JM AMERICAN LEAGUE. Cluta. W. L. PXt tUnion II 19 .79 Cleveland - 1W U J6M Philadelphia.. s It M New York 20 M ABB Chicago. i» rr sa Bt Louis. IS II -«a Detroit 11 a -144

ittmmr a Oeeadrsl DewtB. STAMFiftllil. Conn.. May SL-Mtea Mary TyAer. aged thirty-six ywarw. has iKMimltVd vtihlde by Igniting her clothiaK. ■wtih.’h a he bad saturated wflth Her family can give ns rnaanw

for the aa.

KtXVed Urlvlag With NOBYVK'JJ. Conn, May si. — mi** A. Tarrant, agetl twenty-three year*, daughter c/ a prominent real em tate dealer of this city. D dead bent aa of Jnjurie- revived. Khe waa driving wlf^ her -finnee. Dr. J. Dome hue. hi Xwrw'ichtuvrn. when tlxflr boras •hied at an autonxihlle. Mias Tarrant waa thrown out. and her skaS -waa

fractured.

BOSTON, May ai.-Marion Holder, the six-year-old daughter of IlertMTt A- Holder, waa run over and killed by an automobile op Warren street, KoxDury, hut nlgljL and Lieutenant Commander Edward H. Scribner, a naval NJnatructor la the United State* navy, the owner mod operator of the aotomobUfe, waa arrested on a charge of mantis ogta Dr. He was arraigned In court today. The police claim that Scribner Iror# quickly away after the accident.

LONDON. May 81,-Klag iwreirsd Captain Mabau. V. X N fre-

i of the captain-a < toihflauTfllhHiMpef***

HIWrslwa'a OUirer II!*■«■*

ST. JOHNV. N. F„ 3I.-CUsr Officer tin Hurt icr .*f the Allan fine si earner HiliemDn. wrecked off Cod Boy. has disapv-in-fl. and It ta feared that he has commitUd anlride. He iW*« In ritarge of tie- vessel when she stflirk. The HTberniira ta now deemed

a total loos. ECHOES FROM EUROPE.

The great “bum dressmakers” Paris calculate that their shipments abroad amount annually to a boat 65 per cent of their total business. The German potaah-prhduclng dustry has attained aonalderable portance -.within a comparatively short time. Oner 150,000,000 Is stow invested hi this Industry, which gives employ-

Bent to about 30.000 men.

Denmark's state railways lhat have hitherto been conducted at aloes owing to extremely low freight and passenger rates base for the financial year

1001-1903 shown a surplus of

1400.000 kroner (M04400) oaring partly

to somwwhatlnereaaed rates and

leal management, but partly also to Increased traffic. The sound state of Danish trade and the improved financial

fvlmii-a Htreete and Broadway. Ciiy Council qi a special meeting hel^ on Wednesday evening awarded several contract* for t be const ruction of additloi al sewer*. The Elmira street and Broadway sewers wi-tr nwarded to J. Edgar Sickels". and tbr Madison avenue, betwvru I^fayette and Waabingtotg and IVrr; street, from Hotel Budolpb to Chestnut street, to Joseph 11. HauerThe work must te completed In thirty

days.

Office hours, I to « p. m.

Office and residence, Wale* I'nited I Ktates Pharmacy. Nu.utKkli . | Double Triple STAMP SALE

MRS. CORA FONTIFAX. flladlana Woman Who It Noted ax a Trainer at MoraeaJ -not new to ate; training and condition Jag horses 1s my basin res."

are testified by these figure*.

LITTLE PRODS OF PROGRESS. Good work 1* its own reward. A rolling stone can go but one way. Aa idle brain U tbs'busiest for bang. Bela* yow opportunity by tha right

ed.

The Lord belpa those wh* help* sank ither. Right 1* right, thoagh wraog awy vtB be flgM. Duet rest dtt you're pest the balf-

a dressmaker, ao broken down in health that she could not work and without money enough Jo stop work and recuperate. Her physician change of occupation aa the only permanent remedy. In her dilemma she bethought herself of her girlhood days. Back on her father's farm she had been fond of horses and skinful in ing them. Colt breaking had been delight, and she often rede horseback in Indian fashion, bareback and -without saddle or bridle And ao, to regain her health, the began colt

breaking aa a btudneaa.

Mra PonAfax's health steadily Improved smd after three years of breaking anfl salting saddle hones she bought a llvecy stable at Laporte. Four years later she moved to Chicago and remained there four years in buainese She then returned to Laporte and bas owned a training stable in that city for

the last two years.

At ths bam Mra Pontlfax does her share of the wot*, helping to feed and dean the horse*. Aad everything it scrupulously dean. Thy Boon look tike those of a house: the horses' blankets are spotless aad the straw in the stalls Is fresh and sweet. Frequently Mrs. Pontlfax la left unexpectedly without help and 1s com palled to do an tha work.

RomaJlte,*'Tbe Ideal Wall Paint.’* Koinalite D an Oil Taint put up in paste form to he thinned with water. It ta wade for both inaide and. outside ex|K>«ure. It is durable aud haa stood fire years on exterior* with seaside exposure*. It it fiat (without glow), washable, hygienic and give* a very artisthvdvety finish. It waa adopted by the V. £. Government Building* at the Buffalo Exposition. Later the Government used Komalite for it* building* at the Charleston Exposition. The Committee on Exporta on Awards, awarded Komalite the gold medal. For sale by A. C. Gita, 418 Washington street.

Where to Hpend the Summer. The 1904 edition of "Pleasant Places on the Philadelphia and Beading Railway” is now ready for distribution. It is a neat booklet with a brief deacrip tloo of the summer resorts on tbe line of the Railway from tbs Seashore to the Mountains, wit his easy reach of Philadelphia, with rate* of fare, etc., and a concise list of tbe Hotels aad Boarding Houses at each plape. Price of board and Poet Office Add re**, giving valuuable information to those seeking summer quarters. There is also a list of the Picnic Ground* *□ liable for a day* outing. It c*n be grocnrrd at the principal ticket offices of the Company or will be mailed to any address, upon receipt of • two cent •tempt, by Edaon J. Weeks. General Pa* -euger Agent, Philadelphia.

-4*Just Received-^ NEW LOT OF VAL2L2 PAPER All the latest designs and most fashionable colors. Let me Estimate on your work. TERMS MODERATE. WILL CALLANOjBHOW SAMPLES GEORGE HE6S 381 CowaaKss sragrr

THE Friend* aud Patron* oi Mra L Turner are most cordially invited to attend the rale for the • mire month of May. Come early, our slock i» large, we have, a* von will find that which we need so much room. Ttc Suss fc itst » cs rr. Ik: '» until the amount reache* (o UP fae Tim fc «i ui srrj 'J Cm

Ladies Tailor-made Suits, Skirts and Jackets.

Ladies Suits, $5.00 to $20

Please call and examine ouf Stock of MilLnery and Keady-to Wear Goods. Dry Good* and Notions.

1 fine line of Udies toilet articles

323 Washington St. * Cape May. Green Trailing Stamp Premium* on second floor.

Oa <

aha cared for 1« head of horse*. On Saturdays and holiday*, when Urge numbers of farmers baa her barn full of teams, sometimes

onto the new Mtatotry ““Y »»«0 horses a day.

A rUt all IKIa 1&W.

Yet in spite of an this manual labor Mra. Pontlfax ta very feminine, office haa dainty white curtains at the

and a small, rather womanish-looking ■writing desk Mra Poatlfax dose ndt

x the dram of the “new womi U food of the little Mila aad tocka trimmings that women love.

aa% week. "No. 1

neea to not woman's work. It U too I. I Jsat drifted naturally tato It aad now n tomy buMiim lUkeU-yto-aad I toes a goad hana tort there

James J. Doak Carpenter & Guilder Jobblna Promptly attended to No. 833 Washington Street CAPE MAY, N. J. Local Phone 07.

DOFT GET STUCK You can easily get stuck without going near anything in the shape of mud. You can avoid mad. and you can avoid being stuck. To be stuck in a purchase is to be victimired. You can't get stuck when yon Buy Your Harness of Us. W: A. LOVETT

Celebration by John Murray Post. Memorial Day was made memorable by John Murray Poet IIS, Dept, of K. J.. G A. R., and their friends. The Poet pro^ oeeded to Mount Zion and Union Bethel Oemeteriee, accompanied byjthlrty members of tbe Bovs’ Brigade in charge of the Rev. Geo. W. Kemp, who wa* their organist. the Young Ladies’ Sanxbine Circle all neatly and becomingly attired, and the Lilly White*, a juvenile female society -■ «n white with neat headgear aad

F. W. WOLFF Baker and Confectioner

-4=*CAPE MBY, N. J.

tha supplying of my trade arith the fraafe-

drill while inarching with the other* through our principal street*. Tbe grave* of comrade* were decorated bv the Pom. afad friends of the Circle by their member* Iter. Samp, Comrade William Maaaey aad Other* took part In tha services at the oametortm. The ocattaa was delivered la Manadooia Baptist Church by cx-Sergaaat Major Tbo*. J. Griffin al S p. m. Tha Sliver Leaf Band furahhad mu.tc. It was tbs largest parade ever held by the Pern