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VOLUME XXXIV.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1898.

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A Column of Small Talk of a Decidedly Beaohy Nature.

THE CBEffim IDIOT ISOS HAUL

la boot of BtUu tMlunUj. The ok la leeTloi • party of ladlea. aUrmpled lo Oott lila UthUUua* akuU balhla* cap, had aa the aap waa wet aad there

aeeraa to thlah H la fall eapeelal Only fc let rid of CTery doc he ooraca aoroae, and takaa that auaaa of dome It. Uae of hit klad Hood la iroat of iheLafay-

e driaklag. ThU aet tha maa to think-

* a drink. Mow the dog did not go bnnaked, aad aa dop do aot keep aaloooa for other don to drink from, he oooUnued nghl on driaklag aqua para.

le charge of Mm. Wright and Mm. J. L. ■at owing to the Ulnaea of Mm. bhoemaker, Mra.Wright wee ar aloud by Mra Irani aad the following young ladlea: Mweea TrotOoarad, Emily Jaooby, Adelaide bheartr, Ploreaoe Bheaier, Nellie bhearer, Mtm Boberta. MIm Craig, Edna Craig. Gertrude Craig Bearie OaUagher, Beagle Ayree, Olga CUaloo, Maria Wag, Mlaa Wrtgkl, Daily DiTimoo, aad Virgle D,

. Tha

1 hare been a thn Maa walked acra

e to tha dog.

1 “you're mad," ha

The dog looked up aad whined.

, “Mow 1 know you're mad," repealed

the maa. at he backed off etewatepe

uf dog I " at the top of

lad hewn performed, the ladiee partook of e light luncheon prodded by tha dab. Among thorn who attended jo, T. W. Englieb, Mm. Louie a Ayrei, Mm. K. K. Woodward, Mm. McBride, Mm. Uodgem, Mm. Joeeph A. i, the Mlmm Qallegber, Mm. Fred. Miller, Mm. Tbomaa Eeatwicfc, Mm. Jamm M. E. UUdrath, Mm. Jimee & Oorry, Mm. Graham, Mm. Hand, Mm. A K. Altman, the Miaeea Artmaa, Mm. MaUhtera and Mm. Qroag. green committee oooelating of Dr. Fhyeaek, L. B. Ayree

d a party of four young kllow youtba who were h, propped up agalnat the pier. One young Uow youthi to atop

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paraaoU art bought and how few are carried. Oae fly in Ibe morning can brat aa ana dock all lo pleoaa. The aoore U tha ball game at Atlantic ity yeelarday waa: AUaalic City 'i.

Cape May 0.

Bam peon being awayatlhe naral betBaaliago, the Bpealerdi were

Henry W. Hand Battery of L'gbl Artillery will give aa exhibition drill on Beach at 6 80 on Saturday etenlng. They decern credit for their proficiency

Profmeor George H. Creeee, of Bwalnlon, who wee recently elected principal of the Ocean City public aebooli, and ho waa a oaUar al Tai Warn office he other day, la now in Waahingioo tending the annual meeting of the aUonal EdocaUcoal boclety. Mr. and Mm. Prank B. Bhattuck gan a galling party In the Melriae, al which were Mr. end Mm. Alfred B. Miller, Mm. L. H. Ayree, Mm. Woodward, Mm. Prank W. English. Mlaa Pollook, Mim Ayree, Mlae Marten Ayraa, aad Mlaa Olga Clin ion. The Young Peoplc'a Unioc, al the Baptist Church, on Friday erenlng, will

delcgatca earned in erery ward in dan, while Lawyer John EL Port, who la aa aspirant for Domination, also had tea Dominated in aereral wards, will bta hot contest for dak _ la Capa May county, where former Ben-

ItHS OF GHEB11 DiTEEEST

IN 11 SUM MEL

No dust flying yeetnrday, Oongram may eooo adjourn. Yachting U popular oe the eduoda. The reia haloed

Items of a Personal Nature which will Interest AIL

And Carrara cnlahmlad tha day with An you pay lag your aha-a of tha war

THE COTTAGE ASD HOTEL G

Greatest Fourth la c

le amusement for the rial tom and hem to enjoy IhemteiTee, and to repay them for their being oeprieed of xitdoor pleuuret which they y hare on eunahlny dayt. toed about town last ceentng there

Cape May. The cottage colony la on tertalniug a number of tUllora, while a Kelt the lull which comet after th

trip to Buffalo, taking In the aoeoe tod algbu is ooonectioa with the too •aid ally. Tha public are cc dlally inrltad lo be preeenL Sdmhnl'

M.D Bllchle, the Ualremlty player, lyi that ha has got together a part of la players for the Cepe May learn this ■atom They are Brennan, Holy Croat, richer, Baddiffe, Penney! Tania, cat

pitcher-, Btouffer, Panasylmnia, Ant haae; Buahie, Pennayleanla, eecond bate, Orta well, Poonaylranla, third base; Gammona, Browa Unlysrally, Held: Johnaon, Peanaylrpnla, Held: Bray, Lvfayotte, Held, and Middleton, Pennayleanla, Held. The Aral garnet will lie played at Atlantic City with At. iamta Clly. The first gams ben w “' pbyed oo the Sth Inal.

u Bemarka ou the CelebraUon a

tow, hare taken a anile of rooma at Coo-

at Hall fc

Mr. Hemok V. Lose, of Philadelphia,

la registered al the Lafayette.

Mr. andMra. Joseph Cohen hare taken a Beach aennue cottage for Ibe cummer. Mr. and Mra. Karl Tnomaon, of Campen, an pasting tome time at the Ool-

Mr. and Mra. R. Bingham a

Notwithstanding the rain ymtesday

. The n

lengths.

Mr. and Mra. Louis W. Klahr an guests al the Windsor. L. A. McAllister, of PhUadelpbia, it prominent Cbalfocte gueat. Mr. William Welsh, of Philadelphia, it sojourning el the Marine Villi. John M. Kennedy, Jr., la among ibe teat lo mgtatCT at the Marine Villa. Mra. James P. Dillon hat been entertaining Mias Nan Wood, of Philadel*

the Aldtne. W. H. Abercrombie, of New York. Is among the well-known builneta mao at the Lafayette. Mr. and Mra. Henry 8. Moyer, of LuCdowne, bare an elegant suite of rooms foe a July sojourn. W. 8- Connor, a well-known dlinen of Glouoeeter county, waa,with Speaker Watklne, a guest of the Chalfonte. Mr. end Mra. A J. B. Powers ere among Poiladelphlana who hare apartmenta al the Lafayette for the entile season. Horace N Djoo.s well-known retired merchant, and aon, Charles R Doon, am among the prominent guests at the Lafayette. Root, of Brooklyn, who baa Dean rtaltlng Mr. and Mrs 1. tula Ayers, at their collage oo Hugbea street, left for her home yeeterdey. Gertrude Rate, of Germaolown, a charming young girl, end William A Austin, from London, England, are opping at the Colonial. Former City Recorder J. Ashton WUuns, who la now agent of the PUola' >oiety, in Philadelphia, waa a Ttaltor at Cape May orer Ibe Fourth. Burgeon Paul Mecray, of the Sixth eglmenl, is noticed about town. Dr. Mecray It also associated with the Cooper Hospital In Camden. Mr. and Mra. WiUlam Page, who are

Walter A Fox end Clifford D Fox are enjoying life as guests at the Star Villa. and Mm. L P. Alee, of 8t Lou la. rooma al Congress Hall for the

Philadelphia, bare opened a cottage on Stock!m areaue for the season. Mrs. Kul Scbimpeier and party of me, of Louiarille, Ky., moat of whom

Mr. and Mm.

Fisher, of (j i*e enjoying

al tha Star Villa. '''\ Mra. H. C. Meuter and ioteresUeg family, of Bl. Louis, will paes the aon al Congress Hall D. McCurt, Profemor al Charles Seminary, Orerbrook, is am Use guests al Cape May. Mr. William D. Winds r. of Philadelphia, will bring a number -pf

the Windsor tomorrow.

Mr. and Mra. George H. Yarrow, of Qlenatda, Pa., are making an extended

Titer In aa out-of-town dall y w of the erenU which recently happeoed bare; Aflac tha Fourth of July there always

Mr. and Mm. 0. H- Landeoburger, (

brilliant with rarlout colon, she rwmarked that she bad nerer seen a more beautiful right In the tropica. Benjamin A Smith, of Washington, is again at Cape May, aad la chief clerk to Colonel Horace M. Cake at Btookton Hotel. It la lo be hoped that his wife, Mra Mattie Mead Smith, of Washington, will again be with us this season, and faror tome of the Sunday erenlng gatherings with bar charming and highly cult!rated soprano roioa The courage, determination, courtesy and fadllly of reaource rooecUy so ably displayed by UeutenanPOommander Richard Welnwnght, of the Gloucester C. S. N„ was truly remarkable. HU numerous friends In Gape May will be pleased to hear that hU ability In that

A French Liner Sinks Off Sable Island July 4.

OYEE FiYE HOMED ARE LOST.

Her. James P. Hughes and his eon, James R. Hughes, A M-, of Bellefonle, Pa, are occupying e West Cape May cottage for the eeeaon. They are the fou odors and proprictom of tha Bella

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at year, h

Mr. Frank Dade, Jr., a well known :ub man of Philadelphia, is whiling way Idle momenta, and enjoying the aside life aa guest of the Windsor. WiUlam B Told, choirmaster of the Church of the Adeem, Philadelphia, family, are numbered emoeg Ibe eeaaon'a guesle at the Miller Cottage. ^ Mice Emma Eldredge, daughter of Ir. and Mra Thomas Eidredge, baa sec entertaining Mr. and Mm. Cbariea Bodice end Mr. Char lea Siomington. Mm. E.ixabeth Hoixworth, of Chles- >, who U slaying at Congress Hall for e summer, u an expert swim met

ful prcparalot y eobooia In the oountry, beautifully located in the flue city of Belie foots and moat healthfully auriber of Cape May young men hare been students there with gratifying recalls. Mr. and Mra. Charles E. Grange, of PhUadelpbia, regular summer rial tom immensely popular In eooiely, are Their daughter, Mlaa Laura Grange, by her parents at tha Hotel Walton, U now in the Penney! ranis hlUs, but will shortly join her arenla and frieoda here at the Cape. The engagement has just been an* minced of Mr. Joseph H. J. Hasson, of Company C. Second Regiment of Vofunteera, now at Penns- , to Mlu Christiana T. Johnson, of Cape May City, now in PhUadelpbia. The wedding wffi lake place at the rectory of Hi. James Church, Thirty-eighth and Chaateut remony will be performed by the Re». Dr. MeOarry. Mlaa Johnson U a granddaughter of the late Henry W. Hand, of Cape May

Philadelphia—J G Neafie-WhlUkat, Ml* Amy Serine Wolff. D T Penh, M K A eerie, Amory A Dixon.

Aaada, Amory A Dixon. Baltimore—Mm F D Madeira, Mr aad Mra Edwin J Farber. -Mra E E Bbedd, OB

M]

—The French

Ifex, N. 6., July 6 Transatlantic Company's steamer La Bourgogne, which left New York on Saturday last for Ham, Bank after a ooUlrioo with the British ship Oromar. tyahlre in a dense fog, efxty miles couth of Sable Island. The coUlalon occurred at 5 o'clock In the morning of July A y 200 perwona were cared out of the 800 souls aboard of La Bourgogne. There were 165 person! ssred Of >is number 106 were offioers, saUom, alters, and other ship's people. Only tty-nine paseengem eeesped. The

Mm E W Garrett, Mia L E Garrett, Mr

and Mm Wm Garrett. John B - Mm J b Clement, Mia Delay

J Appleton. WUeee T Eobean, Chns H Lockwood. Mr and Mm W H Baud, Mr end Mm W K Walla, Mia E Nab, Mr; and Mm Burns. Elias T Abrams, PkiRp n Abrams, Walla Hanberg. M Zlne-

■an, Mr aad Mm Ramsay PalUraoo.

Chicago—Mm E Hokworth, Mr aafl

Mrs A J Partridge,

Baltimore-Homo. Waters, Mr and

Mrs O P H Werner.

Bridget oo—Sydney E Bower, OeoaF

is list

that has bean glren out hue. ong the paseengem droined wu a of Mr. Feta Quidort, of Cape May, N J.

intlago Krxhrd

[Coryrixet, lass, by 1-, assoclsled I'm Before Santiago, Sunday, July 3 .per Associated Press Dlspatob-boal Dandy lo Port Antonio, Jamaica, July! - M.j, rla Eiagslon, July 4 M-)—The lighting during tne 1m has cost the Amaricao army 1,700

geona at division headi;as aareful figuring by the sug hospitals.

id Mra S Gordon Armiatead, note, and Miss Abble Liringa St Paul, Minn, are guests of

Mr. and Mm. George D, McCreary al

their collage.

- Frank R Shattuck ate

itorialning al their Hughes street cot ge Mr. and Mm. Frederick English, bo hare for three yean past resided

Among the visitors la Mrs. Scott.» of Lieutenant Hutchison Scott, Uni Stales Nary, who has apartments Carroll Villa for the enUre summer, ier, Mm Graham, Is also at thi or the third season, and is one of type of American women who | for all that is noble, gracious, and good. Lieutenant Scott is executive -ffioer on the gunboat Hudson, which has given good account herself in oonneetlon with the Cuban blockade. This offlaer has become sridely known aa one of the most Intelligent and bravest In the service, and illy been mentioned in the Naval Register for deeds of heroism.

Mm. Scott be gives

thrilling aooooeta of many exdtlng In. cidenla in whloh he has partimpated.

Press.) Key West, Fla , July 6.—It if reported here that the Spanish warship Alfonso XII attempted lo ran the blockade out of Havana and was caj American cruiser.

London, July 6.—It If reported •t f dispcteh has been received Santiago will surrender. Gen. Linares threatens to burn the town.

Washington, July 6.—General Corbin laid this morning that Hobson and this morning and 1

HURL iBEIYitS

Wilmington—Mm Hun sal du Post LoolsrlUe, Ky.—Mice Mildred Clark.

Johnstown. Pa.—WmK c

L Van

j

Philadelphia—Mr and Mm W C How. ard, Mr Geo G Fleming, Mrs M D new*, lag, Mr and Mm Oeo W EMagar, M Matthews, P R Lance, William R War. F F Kick or and daughter, Mm Lida Eidredge, Browning Clemeot, Gregory Clement, C Kendall, Mlaa K Kendall, George LambelL Mias Osborne, Mr aad Mm Edward Culllgaa, Miss Bessie Cuh llgan, Mies Annie L Culllgaa. Bridgeton—Mr and Mm J F Perry, E R Lannlng, Miss Graves. Harrisburg—Miss L Fleming. ■ —' Louisville, Ky.—Wm C Pflagst, 1 Karl Sobetmpelta and family.

Philadelphia—Mr and Mm Fred D Craig. Mr and Mm Q B K1 Frank C Dade, Jr., Mr and Mm Hoopee and child, Mr and Mm Geo B Brown, Mr end Mm Benjamin B Jr.. Mm Alfred Cope, Ghee Hartshorn, Mrs Joo B Denning, Miss Meade T nlag, Miss Olive Leaning, Mice 8 fanning, E Robb, A G Baker, Ml* A^

H Conard. Mm J A Mansur, M But chin-' eon, C A Hague, Stanton Brady, Clanr

Brady, Chaa H Faranm, Chas E G and wifa, Mr and Mm Emannal Furtk, Blanche Furth, Harry Grant, Jamie Smith, W T Manning, Mrs L ran A

werp, Francis B Lea, Arthur W Oral*-

rod, Waller 6 White. Samoa] V E R Burn lea, J Kent willing, Mr a Mm Lewis W Klahr, Mm J R WeCbartn aad Mm Sprague, E L Van sent, h

U Weed, Mm L H Adler, Jr., Oeo B Yarrow, Jr., two children aad m New York-W W Bostln, Jr., J B

McCormick.

Merlon, Pa.—Edward A Casey, E V

HarUhome.

Baltimore—Mim E Oourleander. Camden—Miss M Heyl, Mim Heyh New Jersey—Gen W J Bewelh Oolomboa. O.—J R Fasslg, Frank A

Philadelphia -Horace M Doan, Ckna K Doan, Gw A Trubffi, Jr, Mim Florence Kemble, Geo BeaUey, D McOUnch, Miss F Cornish, Mm C H Wind1 eor, Henry G Bryant, N J Griffin, Ger- - aid Griffin, Fred R GUUnder, Mr aad ' Mm Kern, F W Johnston. O A J B ; Bowers and wife, Harry H Bowen, , Ohaa H Bowen, W N Pheilepa and wife, 1 Mm W C Howard, Joeeph and wife, William P Penton, Arthur W Pltbouse, C EUws M Lenta, L , G A Crump, Hunk V Lorn, Buj Else1 A Hamilton and wife, G W , Woodruff, Jacob J Cohen, Mim Ada I Goldberg, MMcKnight,JW Ten ‘ Ckna J Duller. John T Crowley, J N . Lynch. Memphis, Tun—Wm Foht