The Straits Times, 21 September 1897

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    12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: W>\. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY,. SEPTEMBER 21, 1897. NO. 19,334.
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      666 1 „.11 E BOBMIOCOMPAKT, LIMITED IIM Slu'uul St.«m Hay ifmtinn i',>m|«Dr. 1 lu-t 1 < n,[«nr. |n,uran«.rom|iuij., I.imito.l. n STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. I I i.I.I.YKK iJrAV. IV H K-. HOT IIAKIKit'K. MKAM BITWATIOH OUMPANT. ram Caiaa, .in an, Vt.ws... Al -IKAIM. AI'KS. KI.VIT, (iniKMi »k. Malta, Vh« Plymooth, AM, I Btllsof U,liii(j
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      1087 1 k 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY j iPfx^"Ti |O TT LJ C D^OT solkimportkks >^_v^ I rlCl OCO I KATZ BROS, SOLD BY ALL LICENSED SPIRIT DEALERS. t TTirTTTrT) SAMKAS 81'PPLIEb TO THE HOUBEB OF LORDS AND COMMONS AND TO ALL GOOD LONDON CLUBS. 81/12 NOTICEB. CONDENSED MILE r *""!-T^^2as!»fc Tho "luilki.-o.i'l"
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      706 1 INSURANXES. HONOKONd KIKK INSURANCE COMI'ANY, LIMITKD. Capital riili— ■■>>■ i ti.di u»i Amount uai up mi.uio Keseiv fund ,1,0. r )li.U4!'. Ileail OHlee,— lfongl..,iig. (teneral Managers. Messrs. Jakdisk. Matiiksox A Co. UUTHRIE 4 Co THE LONDON AND I.ANCASIII ItK FIRE INSURANCE COMI'ANY. rnrteal is, -T 800 Paid up (Capital l'l-.'.i.,
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      525 1 INSURANCES. BL'N INSVRANfE~OFFIfE, LONDON i>rii;i.i-nti, 1710. liißUranees efftK-ted upon almost every description of pro|>erty at the current rales of premium. Total sum insured in 1892, £3»1 ,«00,0l U do 1691, £375,700,0(U do 18H0, £»il,fioo,oWl. do l"K)i. l-384.U00,aK1. Singapore Agents. HKI N KM ANN A Co. 'IMIE Qtiroi INSLRANCE COMPANY 1
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      610 1 BANKS. >' THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA I.IMITK1). Authorised Capital 1:1,000,000 gubseribed Capital 1100,000 Heap Office -Hongkong. COURT OF DIRECTORS:— D. Gillies, Esq. Chan Kit sliair, Es<|. H. Stolterfoht, Esq. Chow Tung Shan, Esc). Kwan Hoi Chuen, Esq. Chief Mixaoek: Geo. W. F. IMayfair. Interest on Fixed Deposits, For ll*
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      711 1 AN INFALLIBLE CURK F< >R DYSENTERY IMOST cheerfully recommend Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhu-a Keraody. I have used it in my family for the past six yearn, and pronounce it the bail I'ruprii'iaiy medicinn on the maiket. My little (on had a MTera gw of dysentery, and ono dose of
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    COMMERCIAL.
    498 2 SINC.AI'OKE, L'|»T BSI ISM SEE, 1897. PRODUCE. (Kiu'et are eorreeUd to one p.m.) Gambler > fI.OO. Copra Bali 6.80. do Pontianak, 8.05. Pepper, Black, 1960. do White, (S%) 33.60. Sago Flour Sarawak, 3.20. do Brunei 2.40. Pearl Baso 3.80. Coffee, Bali, picked 42.00. Coffee Palembang, picked „44.00. Coffee, Liberian,
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    SHARES WANTED.
    37 2 Municipal Debentures 6%. Do. Do. 6%. Tanjong I^agar Bonds. New Prye Kiver Dock Co. I'unjoms. Straits Ice Co. Maynard <t Co. Knubs, Contributory. FOR BAI.K. IVngcrang Planting Shares. SOMERVILLE 4 GUNN, Exchange 4 Share Brokers.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    131 2 '<"• P'r*tr. Time. To-Morrow. Itntavia .Samarang (Imlnrery 7 B in Bangkok Borneo, 7am' Batavia via ports l)e, Carpentier, 11 a.m. Pokan via ports Fnntee, 1 p.m Padang via ports .1/. Vajirunhit 8 p.m. l.abuan via norts Poh Ann, 8 p.m. Malacca Klang Xeera, 4 p n T. Anson
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    111 2 Fbom Eckofe By the P. AO. 8.8. Ihamn. due on the 27th instant with dates to the 4i h Sept. Khom China By the M. M. s. s SqaAoKnt, due on Thursday. Time Table Of Mails Dux. Left Singapore Due in London Arrived Aug 4th P. &O.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    221 2 ARBIVALS. I'.m-. IMr from D^li -Messrs. Mukerty, and Lowden. Per a.s.him Fo Sotm'lrom Sambas:— Mr. Vyzelaar and child, and Miss BlouPer M. M. s. s. Caltdonitn from Marseilles:-. Mr. Syed ANagoff, the Dowager Multaun of Johore. Messrs. Mayer, L. de Vries, J. If. llnihkanips. Fathers Duvelle, Brignon. Parlay,
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    DEATHS.
    45 2 Ckmbkaso Oil tho iind Aug., at 10, Cambridge-gardens, Richmond Surrey, Francisco i>e Pacla Cimhrano y Ki.k'k. of Manila. On the 20th iiist., at No. 3P, Keil.nu Road, AwHsda Virginia, the beloved wife of A. 0, Dor<iL»B, of Hongkong. Penang and Hongkong papers please copy.
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    Straits Times TUESDAY, 21st SEPT., 1897. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. CUBA.
    115 2 Straits Times TUESDAY, 21st SEPT., 1897. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. CUBA. Established: 1831. PRICB 15 CENTS. [Subscription ratet and advertising ratet may l>e found on. the fourth page.] CRISIS AT HAND. amkkh;an intervention probable. Immluh, 21a/ Septem!>er. Mr. Woodford, the new United States Minister to Spain, has had a long intci* view
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    SPAIN AND AMERICA.
    427 2 I OIR telegram, to-day, tells that the difficult ies"bet ween the Tnitod States and .Spain have >:oine to a head. President McKinley has given Spain notice that she must settle the Cuban question at once, or lose the island. Events have been tending that way of late,
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    149 2 The Maiag Mail complains that the quotation* for Siberian coffee given in the Strath 77 mm cannot be relied upon. Several planters, says our contemporary, have got 5:27 whilst the quotation was at S2-1.5U. That is all very true. It is impossible, in existing circumstances, to give a quotation which
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    54 2 Many happy returns of the day to Mr. Charles Eugene Velffe, who was born on this day fifty-one yiai- *jgo. He is an excellent Registrar and, with more ambition, he might haw lutn a judge. In that case, we should have lost him, for his appointment would have taken him
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    211 2 By the lamented death of Mr. Logan, the Penang Chamber of Commerce will be called on to nominate a member of Legislative Council. Dr. Brown may be available again but it may he that, in scriptural language, he will reply that lie has niarrie 1 a wife and cannot come.
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    11 2 The Hongkong Government invite 9 inders for the Opium Farm there.
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    16 2 A severe gale caused considerable destruction of life and property in Yokohama on the 9th instant.
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    19 2 The Dowager Sultana of Johore, and daughter, and Syeil Mahomed Alsagoff arrived by the mail this morning from Kurope.
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    28 2 The Straits Hwlyet was published at noon to-day. At a later date, a supplement will bo added to those copies to be sent by the delayed French" mail.
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    21 2 Thk I'erak Pioneer notices v report that the Judicial Commissioner has issued instructions forbidding imprisonment for debt, and garnishment of salaries.
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    27 2 Thk precautions against the introduction of plague into Bangkok have, it is said, cost tho Siamese Government eighty thousand ticals up to the beginning of this month.
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    ALLEGED MURDER AT SEA.
    88 2 Tuts morning, at the Aseiiee, font Chinese coolies, named Leoag Wall. Chong Chew, Ah Yuen, and Bam Kam. were charged with the murder of a Chinaman, by throwing him overboard from the b.s. O/ijr Sang. The murdered man was a coolie-recruiter, and it is alleged that
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    HONGKONG MILITARY LEVY.
    124 2 The Finance Committee of the Hongkong Legislative Council root on the lath inst., to consider the Bupplementary Estimates. On the item, Military Expenditure •8&913.4& Hon. T. a. Whitehead said 1 move that tliat item be omitted. We have discussed this <|iiestion of the military contribution very fully,
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    456 2 The Chairman Does anybody second Hon C. P. Chater: This is a matter mtn winch it is almost hopeless for us to do much more. The Chairman: Do I understand that you second the motion f Hon. C. PX'hater: lamcoiiiing to that I directly. We have done what we could
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    THE SINGAPORE ROADS.
    180 2 TO THE EDITOR OK THE STRAITS TIMW Sin, You have done useful service i n drawing attention to the condition of the Singapore roads. Within Municipal bounds, the condition of the roads is for the most part a disgrace. During ni\ experience) of over 15 years in
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    THE "POLYPHEMUS".
    202 2 TO THK EUIToII Of THE STKAITS TUOR Sib, -Referring to the reports which have recently appeared in your paper respecting the alleged loss of the I'alyplwmufi, we are indebted to the agent of the Messageries Maritime* here for the following particulars: It appears that thu outward mail Bteamer
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    THE HONGKONG POLICE.
    210 2 The news of the trouble that liafallen upon Inspector Quince* will do doubt, says the Htmgkome Dauf fVsii, have BMMfd MM feeling of" regret amon^'-t many panOtM who have at various period* visited the colony. When any globe-trotter of distinction arrived, a Iluke., Earl, or Marquis, it
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    LI HUNG-CHANG'S LUNCHEON.
    239 2 At Hongkong Legislative Council r manoe Committee meeting, on the 13th inst the Hon. T. 11. Whitehead asked on the item, Govemot and Legislature, •833.19, why was the expense in. urred in connection with the Luncheon to Li Hung-chang when the Ambaß ndoi had notified that his
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    EUROPEAN POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGE.
    249 2 EUROPEAN POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGE. Till. LAW laid DojVN IN <KV|.,, N I in. olombo Court, on Mm Bth ins) aecMed .1 judicial separata cue Wanner v. La Mesurier- whi< I.U-.-.I ti,,. question »f the status ol porygamotu marriage. Mrs. La U«surii ii.t- i. aintiii. a French Roman Cathol 1 m> &usband,a
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      634 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. Manufacturer* of DYNAMITE (.RI.KiMTK GELATINE iiVNAMMt BLABTINO GELATINE DETONATORS Ezhortkrii or: a i.i. mi* or ■ARTY J-T/h AID ELM IKK BLAHTINU APPARATUS. Tin a»ov* EiPUMirn, bilm all »»rric-rrEin ia Ouatßbitain, a*« uui TO rum THE H!O»f bTASDABD OF PrUTV inn (afbty run impuhid by the
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      953 2 UKKUKK RKPRKSKXTATK i.NS The moat wonderful scientific apparatus in the world id now in Singapore. AT THE FOOT OF FORT CAMXIHQ HILL. EDISON \s I'ROJECTOSCOI'E. TWO«XHIBITIOX«ATBASD 9.11 r.M. MOHTLY. li I.- OF ACMIfSII I non Seat? SI, Ba< k Seats 6Octs. Soldiers and Sailor* in uniform, and children, half price.
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      964 2 'IM UK I.XT.— l'nrk House, Institution 1 Hi I. frolx 15th October. Ifc-nt ITS. Apply A U .L«r»lit, 3, Raffles Place. 20/10 COVEKXMENT NOTIFICATION. HONGKoNO OPII'M FARM. V"TH K it hereby given that S. aled Twkl«ci will received »t the Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, till noon on Saturday. 'the i.'.rd
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      108 2 On tl-.. -j-jwl of August, at Cologne, the wife of A. Kkssi.i k. of a daughter. V 8. S. intendoci for the SSMSfc ftM •hniilj I, written on one nicto of the p&twr only By tlio neglert of th»t condition, m»njr M S. S. are rowote.) tut mu-!,t otharwiM pnblislux).
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    THE MAIL.
    1767 3 BS VXD IiKI'ORTS m nn ujurn oram U li:ne I.ccli HariMe Mi C mpeny, 16 j.em-ntr n-nt i DipaOV Seinritii'K. ti i Mil me ami i .any, 1 1 i per i 'lit India las iDenapaii} ited tenders fur a I loan of 8.160,000 i .1 tm.es overly
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1857 3 (From the Timet of Ceylon") London, 12th September. Russia as well as Germany opposes the raising of the Cretan blockade. IStfi September. I 'ii). .-i <.i William has arrived at Totis, in Hungary, to Attend the Hungarian BMSMsavres. The Emperor Francis warmly weli-omed him. The King of
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    CEYLON PLANTING SHARES.
    404 3 a ybhr's slump. A contemplation of the course of the Ceylon share market, for a year past, for both rupee and sterling companies, ahoWS the Time* of (Mm that the hoklersof rupee scrip have suffered heavily, while the pi icesof sterling stock average now about what they
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    S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    373 3 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. A BINOLKS. I'earcu, BBC, 1 lieat Rainnie, owes 5. B BINOI.ES. V. I). Parsons, owes 3 beat O'Sullivan rec. 1. Rose, owesH beat Napson rec. 4. Prentice, owes 15.1 v. Sharp, rec. 2 (unfinished). Buttar v. Simon Joaquim (unfd.) Morrison scr. v. Scott rec. 2
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    NORTH BOAT QUAY.
    135 3 After much consideration, the Municipal Commissioners have come to the conclusion that it will be necessary to reclaim the foreshore from Bonhani Street to Flint Street, in order to afford greater facilities for the landing of goods. The idea is to put back the building at this
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      21 3 DELIGHTFUL INViCO 1 \TINQ I Condy's Fluid in i;ii: Mil. 1 hffUal tomCf rontsiuel 1 In (M Walv. I mtmmj+mi <■ I
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      615 3 NOTICES. ft R LAMBERT CO. PHOTOGRAPHERS. Have how received asd offkk fob sale a new supply OF EASTMAN'S BROMIDE PAPER. PLATINOTYPE PAPER. Ilford'B Empress and Extra-rapid dry plates. Wrattenand Wainwright's instantaneous and drop shutter dry plates. (OF ALL ENGLISH SIZES.) Also, a consignment of Ilford plates in continental sizes. All
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      521 3 FOR SALK; KM PU JYMENTS: TO LET; AND I'KRSONALS. [IST tihi, 16 ccnta a line; 2nd and 3rd times, 10 cents a line; 4th to 6th timea, 6 cents a line; 7th to 18th times, 3 cents* line; afterwards, S cenU s lin«;bul n« charge loss than one dollar. That,
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      207 3 WEATHER RETORT. AVid.mi; Kerbau Hotpital, 20th Sept, 1891. Ham.3p.m.9p.m. Kkmai.k-. Bar. '.'O.R'W M.781 2(5.^4 Temp. 86.0 8«.8 82.0 >■ t g- >• W. IVlbTher 79.0 79.0.78.0 «f« Dir.ofWind S.E. a.ij.E. B.S.K. Max. Temp. 88.2 i'a Mm 73.S eft?-' Max. in Sun 161.8 Terr. rail. ..09 9 fc^'jS Itainfall .15 |{|4|
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      184 4 PaterMibMtiagttMMtewtngtikfeMft*' tionß are uned :—sir steamer Rh.—ship bq.—liaruue; Brit.—Britieh V. 8. I'liit.-.l Sl.iten; Fr. ftam-li; Ger.—German; Out.— Dutch; Joh.-.lohoiV; Ac, Q. c, (Iwi.t.H I cariro <l.n. —deck rtnuwnffera U.—Uncer- tain T. P. W.-Tanjong Pagir \Vl.«rf; 1 i I. P—TanjonK Pagnr Pock B. W. Borneo Wlinrf; .1. W.
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      TRADING VESSELS.
      1419 4 Arrivals Bike« Noos of Ykstkkiuv Baa A.. .Soon, Dut. str. IB tOM, Captain O.link. JOth Sept. From BamMa, IMta Sept. O.c, HOd.p. Lini Assam. For Sun Ua*. i>:ird—Rdg. ('■iru*, Hrit. str. 173 tons. Captain Simmons 2 st Sept. From Barry, 7tli July. Oil. Symc and Co. For China,
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      425 4 Same, port, probable date of arrival, a<\>t natne ol a<ients. A|>. m. Hongkong, Oct 1 S. Moses. Algoa. Hamburg, Oct P. Simons, llenal.ler. Hongkong. Sept 27 P. Simon-.. Bayorn, Borope, Nov 11 Behn Mever. Breconabire, New York. I'fi Auge i am. in. l.mulon. Nov 4;P. 0. BratO, Hoiigkung.
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      ARRIVALS.
      13 4 I V»*ki/ 8 Namk. Tons Own Kkom Sa|LKl "°f Snrormn Bspl i.M.m
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      CLEARANCES.
      129 4 Dw twmlt Run Kl.v.A-Ui.. CATTUM \IIIA ■•pi aO Sam Tor so Bafanla -ii Bormlda II Charon (I H0n..., -'I Kihm Van--I Ban Hiu (iumi -■I Hun U Imi I 5,,.,n SI llan \Viiatt Hin '.'1 l,ni,i|:i U ia -'I Dc C.ii |>(iiti.-r ~JI Itouka X..,, K All II UWCM
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      399 4 > nil rF S. /lliUSHtll KlMi 1) Try it and yoo wii l ri satirfiei.. i I. R. BBLZLK >si'e(f« to inform the public that hi~ Knctorv for preparing Qnuhed Food, at 84, Helifioo K..:i|, ig now opened Crustiml Food, Indian Oatt, «nd Bran. WXGUBH OATS VUK HACK HOKSKS To
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