The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 September 1900

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. MONDAY, 24™ SEPTEMBER, Jl9OO. DAILY ISSUE, No. 3958
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    • Advertisement
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      753 1 T~ t Office. Telegraph St. XX Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH P AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Pertimn Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for Chin* Coast, and San
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      731 1 PHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIM ITED. OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Honokono. Shano- For Marsbillbsand hai Jr. Japan Ports. London. Through Bills of Lading issued to Manchester continental ports, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Arc. for freight and other particulars apply to THE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED, Agents. Feb n BRITISH
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      464 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKB.TVAART MAATSCH APPIJ. UUDBK C'OIITRACT WIT! THI NbT« BBLAVDS IhDIA (IOriRNKIiiT. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co.. 2-3 Collvbr Quay TUB UMDBRMBKTIONBD DATBS ARB ONLT APFROXI MAT R. Prom Expected Will be despatcbed tor Maetsuycker Batavia Sept. 24 Batavia.Cheribon, Samarang, Soorabaya, Mac- assar, Dongala, Menado,
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      743 1 fJONGKONQ AND SHANGHAI x BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $*****000 I RESERVE FUND IllWooo RESERVE LIABILITY OP IWW PROPRIETORS —.I" 1 «0,000,000 COUBT OF DIBBCTOBS. N. A Sibbb, Esq.— Chaibman. R. SHEWAN, Esq.— Dkpit, CMAIBBUN. R. M. Gbat, Esq. I H. W. Sladb. Esq. E. Gobtz, Bag. j D. M. Moses,
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      1499 1 PETER SYS* WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. IS THE only remedy at present known as an INKALUtour. and PERMANENT CUKB tic Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration RECOMMENOED.^SOM^o^ f THE PETER SYS COMPANY, NOV [J* 0 01 D S MAKUF4CTCR.M), g, O LD Ch,«» S T m«, T ShAKOHA, 17 tlll9O NEW ZEALAND
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    The Sngapore Free Press.
    18 2 irui •n.-e and oabribrd by tt.ou, precrpi. draw. •"-•'-H to Relinon. loyalty, and Law.
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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1900.
    1004 2 Now and again little glimpses are permitted to us which betray that Franc occasionally chafes at the alliance whose total effective result would appear to be that Prance is thereby privileged to be the complaisant banker lor Russian needs, and the staunch supporter ot Russian schemes.
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    74 2 Tht usual Men's Monthly Medal Competition wi'l take place on Saturday next, the 29th inst. Th..- following is the draw for the first round of the Iphigenia Competition." Fowlie, scr. v. Hooper, 8. Pearce, v. Mag rath Bs. Winter, f», v Clayton, 8. I-ewis Jones, 2,
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    A CASE OF ILL-TREATMENT.
    117 2 To-day, before Mr. Brockman, Tan Hong Keam and his wife Ngin Tiam Kuay were < harged with causing hurt to their adopted son Ngin Tiam. The boy was cruelly beaten and his queue was pulled out from his scalp. His face and body bore marl^ of
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    THE ASSIZES.
    330 2 At the Assizes, before* the Chief Justice this m< rnititf, the ca-*e of Shunmugan, a Malras Hindu, lat^ c tshier (o the Oriental Telephone and Hleclric Co. Ltd on trial for criminal breach of trust m respect of certain funds of ihe above Company, was continued. The Attorney
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    MAIL NOTES AND NEWS.
    1066 2 Fhini h Omi ml Journalism. A Srm ution is Waste-Paper. Some interesting details are furnished by M. Vandel, one of the principal members of ihe staff of the "Journal Officttl, respecting Saturday's issue of that p-<per, which contained the list of the pr,/e-wmners of the Kxhibition.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    101 2 THE CHINA CRISIS. THE DOWAGER-EMPRESS DEFIANT. Prince Tuan and Tungfahsiang. (Special to Singapore Free Press- j Shanghai, Sept. 22nd, 9.30 p.m. Defying foreign opinion, the Dowager Empress has appointed Prince Tuan President of the Grand Council, and Tungfuhsiang Generalissimr if the Armies of North China. A REACTIONARY TAOTAI
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    THE RECENT DROWNING CASE.
    387 2 A Jew asks lor the insertion of these remarks on the recent sad suicide, by drowning, of a young Roumanian Jewess With regard to thi- drowning case now m question, 1 consider it a pitiful case and worthy of record m the press, only to show
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    DELI RACES
    58 2 The following are the entries for the Derby Mr. S. Ehrlick's Lord of the Isles. B. B. Kongsee's Glen Ellen. Mr. D. Logan's Wilton. Mr. J. Ellermann's Nerus. (ilas and Marinas' Sayles. For the Deli Planters Cup there are entered Lord of the Isles, Glen Ellen, and Sayles.
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    117 2 The Norwegian steamer Helios, with a cargo of oil from New York for Saigon arrived here on 2_>nd and left after coaling' lhe Tsurugisan Maru brought 4,000 tons of Japanese coa! on Saturday for the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. The chartered German steamer China was put m quarantine on
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    430 2 THE GERMAN CIRCULAR. Replies by France, Italy, and Austria. Only France, Italy, and Austria fc» v replied to the German Note on Chin* They all accept it unconditional The U. S. Objections. It is understood that the United Stalei rejects the German propo-al be« 4ii>e it cannot recognise
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    POLICE NEWS.
    50 2 to LT^Ksfcrcr* belonged o a sum B^r^srss of 193 Newbr^d!; 5 Anoth Hokien, 2 o m notes and isUver W th 4 Ki^sr* o^oo'XihS dea J er *«d pawnbroker, •n notes, |6o o f4,000. fi.ooo other thm..c 1 000s > army razors and they will h^. Gove fnment
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      754 2 NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, &c. SUBSCRIPTIONS. GREATEST —5 "LOWEST EFFICiEXCY? PREPAID^ RATES, PER ANNUM. RATES." s. d. s. 4. Black and White and Xmas No. 116 o Badminton Magazine 013 i«» Daily Grapnic (Weekly Part) 243 Baily's Magazine of Sports 013 10 '■"•id IIS 7 Blackwood's Magazine of Sports 110 o Gentlewom
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      642 2 WANTED for Pahang, Hospital dresser. Apply to PATERSON SIMONS Co. Aug 28 uc wanted" A CLERK with a knowledge of Bookkeeping. Apply by letter to HOGAN it Co., Ltd. Merbau Road. Sept. 2O 2 7 .y VyANTED a Teacher for the Vih Standard St. vv Francis School, Malat Salary $30
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      349 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. BOARD ft LODGING \X7 ANTED by a young man with a pnvate family m boarding house m Tanglin. Kindly apply by letter to K. H., c/o Free Press. Sept. 24 a7 9 FOR SALE" SUNGEI BINJAI ESTATE— KLANG. 2, miles from Klang. Area 998J acres. Annual quit rent
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      219 2 The Week. Monday, 24th High Water:— 10.51 a., n.rjp. Jewish New Year (5661) commence. S.V.A. Recruit's Drill, 5.15 p. S.V.A. Maxim Gun Drill, 5.15 PPollard Co., The Geisha," Town Hall. 9 p. Tuesday, 25th High Water 11.15 "-3 8 PN. D. LI. Mail Homewards, due. Football Tanjong Pagar v. 12
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    CRICKET
    60 3 A match was played on the Recreation ground last Saturday between the S R. C. and a team representing the S. V. A., the lormer getting decidedly the better of the game. The S. V. A. made 25 runs for six wicket? the whole of their team not being
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    THE PAHANG CORPORATION, Ltd.
    72 3 The returns from the Pahang Corporation's Mines for the month of August were as follows Sungei Lembtng: Tons of stone crushed 1,550, Oxide of tin produced, tons 37J with 40 heads of stamps running for 2o\ days working expenses f 21 ,500. Jeram Batang. Tons of
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    TELEGRAMS.
    564 3 (Via Ceylon.) I^ondon, September 151*1.— A despatch 10 the Duly Telegraph from Louren/o Marques states jhat Mr. Kruger is nominally a prisoner m the Governor's residence at the instance of the British Consul, who protested against Mr. Kruger direct:np the Boer executive m Portuguese territory. General French has occupied
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    S.C C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    97 3 SATURDAY'S Pi.AY. Withers oeat Darbishire, 6—2. 4—6, 6—3. A Sinolbv Rainme, scr. v. Dewing, owe 15.5, unhn. Pearce *r. beat Sal/mann, owe I. 4 6. o— h— 6. V B SIMULIS. Carter, scr. beat Gansloser, 1, 6—l, 6—o. Morgan, 1 beat Scoular, scr., w.o. Norr.e, owe
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    TIES FOR TO-DAY.
    105 3 < HAHPIORVHII. Pearce v Battenburg. KIWt v. Symes, to finish. A SlHc.l B.s. Klliott. <*r. v. Symes, scr. to finish. Mactaggart, scr. v. Darbishire, 4. Hattenburg, v. Morrison, 5 to finish. Ramnie, scr. v. Dewing, owe 15.5 to hniil, B" SINGLIS. Proctor, 4 v. Klcuij, scr. <
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    TIES FOR TO-MORROW.
    134 3 A Ihmm Withers v. fearce. Symes or Klliott v. Hattenburg or Morrison B SimoLMs. Noon v. Pollock. Caner v. Morgan or Gordon. C SlK<-l-tS. Graham v. Kuchwaldy. Oownte or Chittenden v. Follett or Sayer. B DotiLts. Harris and Simpson v. Reid and Hannaford. Hcatty and Rodesse v.
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    THE TRUSTED ADVrSER OF THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER.
    2887 3 THE TRUSTED ADV r SER OF THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER. Ll HUNG CHANG. I HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGNERS AND MANCHUS. fTautl Special Article.) H. E. Li Hung Chang has the reputation of a great name. Like all politicians who wield a great influence, he has probably more detractors than admirers. No Chi
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    393 3 The prtas quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be unall variations. Smgaport, Stpttmber t§ Hen. 3, Long per catty U. 4 Du., hiemh do. 20 BmA do. 20 litel Steak do. 25 Hi ,ii Sprouts do. 2 Bambou
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    PENANG VOLUNTKKRS.
    161 3 The first annual inspection of the Penang Volunteers took plare on Sept. 19th, by Capt. S»-rgeaunt, H.G A. Of the Corps, 103 are. efficient, seventeen being absent with leave. 33 were not efficient, and so are liable to pay their capitation grants, and 10 are recruits. The inspection,
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    TRANSPORTS.
    258 3 The British transport l.andaura, No 49, passed through the harbour from West to East at 4 30 p m. on Saturday, when she signalled she had on b >ard an Infantiy Regiment fprobably the Head quarter wing of the Alwar Imperial Service Infantry) with Colonel Worul m command. The
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    EXCHANGE.
    76 3 (Corrected up to September j 4 On London. Bank 4 m/s 2 /iJ demand 2/0; Private credits 3 m/s 2ji\ documents 3 m/s 2/1 cred'ts 6 m/s 2/1J France, demand 2bo i Germany, demand 211] India, T. T i ss j Hongkong, demand par. Yokohama, demand diJava, demand 1-24'
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    PRODUCE.
    119 3 (September 24 1 168. Gambier g do. cut* No. 1 ■.■.'..7.7.7. 1) v o Pepper, U.ack (ordinary Spore; o do. White, (Fair L/W-sJt) S Nutmeg, nos to the Ib.) eg do. (Bos to the \b) 7a Mace (Banda) Cloves (Amboma) t a# Libenari Coliee 2 i* Tapioca, small pearl
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    SHARE LIST, SEPTEMBER 24th, 1000.
    260 3 Passengers tor Straits. China Japan Per M. M. Sydney, due Sept. ag.-Mr. W. G Bradford, Mr. L. Dupire, Mr. P. Dupire. Mr. T. Tarn. Per P. k O. Ch utan and Ocean*, due Oct. Dr. Middleton, Miss Middleton, Mr. anr M Me In tosh and
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      348 3 The btanaarU lime Balls. A Time Ball at Fort Canning and one at Pulaa Brani falls each day at 1 p.m. Singapore mean timr (Greenwich mean time 6 hrs., 4 mm.. 35 sec.,) being feoisted five minutes previously. To-day Fort Canning and Pulau Brani both fell correctly. Going Insane. A.
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      173 3 MAILS CLOSE. To-morrow. Hor p^r At Batu Pahat Henuit noon K. Pahan X .v. Aing Hin IPM Malao« a: P. Oick^on Eugtnit 3 pm Penang Deli 3 rM Adelaide, &c. Darius 4 pm Muntok ac r'alembanf; G. G. Meyer 4 pm Wi[)Ni>riAT. Port Dickson at KUng Sri Pegatan t, pm
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      1490 3 VKSSKLS IN PORT. Vrn-of-W.i Flaga and Tone Commanders Arrived Prom Kor Wbeo nt cru '770 Sir B. Wrey July 2 Kuala Klang Sut.on. Bramble Br.t. g.b 3,, F. M. Uakc Aug. 16 Plymouth Hkon^.Sep. C*M*« Amer. g.b.. 1534 Sawyers Sept. 7 Norlolk Other Veaaela Man ft Tona M.atera Armed From
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    Singapore Sporting Club.
    793 4 PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN RACF MEEHNG, 1900. October 33rd, *5*A, and ayth FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 33rd October, First K 1 The Maiden Pr at*.— Value feoe. A Rare Maiden Horsee— Weight a* per scale An allowance of 2llb. to ex-Griffins, importei into the Straits Settlement* or Native State*
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      60 4 McAlister Co. AGENTS FOR SANDEMAN Co.'s IJ: Ports tf Ports Pj Ports. I] SANDEMAN Co.'s Jt Madeira A Madeira N; Madeira. A SANDEMAN. BUCK 'I (< Co.'s Sherries Sherries i Sherries. G. H. MUMM Co, s Wi Champagne i Cham- pagne n 1 ChairiJ! pagne II SUB AGENTS FOR Tivoli
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      942 4 MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF FURNITURE OF THE HOTEL DEB NEDERLANDEN.' THE undersigned has received instructions to sell by Public Auction at No. 34 North Bridge Road on Tuesday, the 25th Sept. 1900, at 10.30 a.m. j All the furtniture, comprising Bar, Mirrors, Bentwood chair, Marble top tables. Sideboard a Piano and
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      512 4 v -^^"Ti 1 under v**^ For Sourabaya Samarang Indo-China Steam Nay. Co., Ltd,, steamer FAUSANG, 1,410 tons, Capt. Mitchell, having left Hongkong on the 18th inst., may be expected to arrive here 1 on or about the 26th inst., and will have prompt despatch for the above ports. For freight
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      653 4 IND GOOPE Co., Ltd. BURTON-on-TRENT CtLOSATEO v^^^^^^^^^S. SPECIALLY ALE STOUT /WC&X rf^m T v /W/C^^' —^-J*r^*ffc^S. Leading Doctors Bottled »y Otmsti .«s Itai b^TJ^^V including M/^H /lNniA\#^\l^ Dr. LEASK, p»*tupin Ir3(^^/ lI WI \^^\wA tor Invalids and weak Patent Screw If S/ R^E^ A^O \l PtrS nS Stoppered Bottles ||^i<^^>
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      1246 4 VESSELS EXPECTED Giving port ot departure, and (w»e»e fcn«wW) date due here, and name of \gcrt*. Mbk-op>VVah. Alobr, Fr. cruis., Toulon, Sept. Aloubttb, F. d'patch b., Toulon, Oct. Asahi, Jap. t. ship, Spilhead, Sept. 20 Avalanthb, Fr., Toulon, Sept. Axama, Jap. cruis., Sept. 25 An ma, Jap. cruis., Barrosa, Braz.
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      32 4 Von Podbiblsky. Ger. cableship. Oct. R.M Wilhblmina, Philadelphiav do»Sept. Yangtze, Liverpool, due Sept. 27 Borneo o. Yu Shin, Glasgow, due Sept. Sailing Ship. Etha Ricksjbrs, Cardiff, left June 29; G. U .J.
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