The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 19 January 1899

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. MAIL EDI THIRD SERIES. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19th. 189!) No. 599
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    CONTENTS.
    219 1 I Arrangement," 33 fheSl Senate, 34 en the Philippines, 34 R,j»| 1 Way in the Soudan, 34 S\ land Germany, 34 I'm, 35 P mmfosion, 35 1 ble, 35 iolarships, 35 c urt. A B gamisti 36 1 1 est Salesman, 36 A 1 ndiarism, 38 < int. The
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    Kelly & Walsh, Ltd.
    82 1 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. MUNDIby Harold Frederic $1.50 1 Mien 1.50 V| > OF THE STRONG by Parker 1>5 o :^M HONY by Robert Buchanan i! 5 o AND A FEW DUKES by R. W. >F" PLEASURE by Gabriel' I'Y' y j 5O j iE OF GOD by J. BlundelV PROVINCES
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    Kelly & Walsh, Ltd.
    6 1 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. ■>2, RAFFLES J'LACE.
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      MARRIAGES.
      122 1 At Christ Church Cathedral, Mutwal, Colombo on the 2nd January, by the Rev. Warden Buck' WALTER Neil MaSTBRTOV, R.n.k., Marine Department, Government service, Sin^ a p ore| to Mary, second daughter of the late A. Wylie, Esq Jock's Lodge, Edinburgh, Scotland. On the 14th January, at St. Andrew's Cathedral
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    THE WEEK.
    447 1 Two outward muls arrived on Saturday, 14th, that of Dec. 1 6th by the Tonkin, which has been delayed by a damaged propelior, and that of the 23rd ult. by the Ballaarat. This homeward mail is taken by the Salazie, to be followed by the Chusan on Jan.
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    ORCHIDS
    31 1 J. d' A. PEREIRA Horticulturist. By Special Appointment to H.H. THE SULTAN OF JOHORE. GRCA ER, Importer, Co! e^ior and Exporter of Orchds. Address and Residence, Oxley Road. April 2
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    The " Aguinaldo Arrangement."
    1307 1 The Aguinaldo Arrangement." Here shall the Tress the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain Here patriot Truth her Rlorioug precepts draw, Hf^uM to Religion. Loyalty, and Law. (Jan. 12th.) THERE is one phrase in a telegram forwarded from Hongkong to England and America that may cause
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      41 1 tolhe Singapore Free Press Weekly Europe to the Straits by any o f s are invited to send to the Manager t*eir steamer and date of anival in Copies will then be mailed to meet the various ports of c ill.
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    Senator Foraker on the Philippines.
    902 2 (Jan. 13th.) Everything points to the fact, long apprehended here, that the Philippine question is the biggest in the forefront of the practical politics of th< day. The education of the American people and of their leaders has been gradually going on trom the Far
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    The Stand in the Senate.
    328 2 It is proper to say that the gteat force of Senator Hoar's *>tand in the Senate on the Ph lippines question is that he is, by party, a Republican, and a powerful supporter ot the Government. The effect in America is as though, say. Mr.
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    The Right Way in the Soudan
    751 2 (Jan. 14th.) ONE excellence of the arrangement as to the government of the Soudan is that it is to be removed, as far as that is possible, from the influence of the really irresponsible jaw-wagging crowd that we call a House of Commons, and
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    The United States and Germany.
    813 2 (Jan. 16th.) To-DAY's telegram states that the course of the Philippine debate > in th«- American Senate is revealing the existence of a strong anti-German feeling in that body. Whether there be much or little foundation for that feeling, it is not difficult to see
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    The Rise in Tin.
    493 3 Tin to-day stands at £98 a ton. Less than six months ago it was below £50. change has arisen in part from a vof the metal. It has been calthat there are not far short of o!ie^ employed in the alluvial s of the Malay Peninsula
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    Philippine Commission.
    1228 3 (Jan. 17th news is in many ways the best had for a loner time past. sun of hope is emerging from the clouds that had begun to brood over Philippines. And, better late than though almost too late for the "I peace, President McKINLBY r mined to cause
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    Calumny by Cable.
    349 3 WHETHER it be in the Spanish interest or not, there have been petsistent efforts made by cable and correspondence, both from Manila and London, to discredit the Filipino National Government. The obvious motive is of course to entice the United States into a forward policy that would
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    The Queen's Scholarships.
    1025 3 (Jan. 18th.) ALTHOUGH the general question of the Queen's Scholarships was only incidentally touched upon yesterday in reference to the matter of the vote to Mr. KEUN to enable him to continue his studies the the difficulty being due to unforeseen change in regulations affecting his matriculation
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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1899.
    377 4 Mr Ribby talks ot certain shafts as Raub giving command of several million of tons of ore. Several millions at, say £3. 10s. (more or less) per ton is be modest call it only 1 0,000,000, waiting to 1 *iii 1 11 be milled and smelted.
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    QUARANTINE ON MADRAS.
    28 4 We are informed by the Colonial Secretary that nine days quarantine has been imposed on all vessels arriving in the Straits Settlements from Madras ports.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    40 4 1899 Championship. The conditions of this are match play 18 holes for the preliminary rounds, and 36 for the final. Entrance Fee $1. Entries close on Friday, 3rd February. First ties to begin on Monday, 6th February.
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    1809 4 There was an unusually large, in fact, crowded attendance at the annual meeting of the Sporting Club, held in the Exchange Rooms, last evening, in view of the discussion of the rival claims of the Golf Club and the intending Polo players to the use of the
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    49 4 Captain Bruce, of the British steamer Ruby, from Palembang reports at 5 a.m. on the Bth inst. the propeller dropped off, abreast of Pulo Panjaug Palemban^ river. She anchored un thr? 10th inst at 3 pm. and the S S. Carolina took the yes el in tow to Singapore.
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    "VANITAS."
    52 4 Mr. D. D. Mackie with H Vanitas" Calcutta on the 7th inst. for Singai the SS. Catherine Apcar. WhetheriJ good policy to have brought the Iw? back to the Straits is doubtful, a^ 1 hardly expect to get into any rr.ore here, after winning the Vicerc except at a
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    A CHINESE BIGAMIST
    78 4 A Chinese bigamy case come heforWolferstan this morning, Cha Ngoh X a female, being charged with marrvin. second time whilst her former Yeo Swee Bee. a clerk with Messrs and Stuart, was alive. Chea K w j motlier of the alleged bigamist. charged with aiding and abetting
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    DARUL ADAB ASSOCIATION
    140 4 Last evening a tea-meeting in conn with this association was held in the lion, at which were present H. II Sultan of Perak and his two s >ns, M Thomson, Mr. M. A. Pa tail, Mr Mr. Ghazaly and others. The guest of the evening was Mr.
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    A DISHONEST SALESMAN
    147 4 Yesterday afternoon at the Poli Com Eng Lim, a salesman in Messrs. J. Little Co., L l was charged svitli n money for which he Dad failed to acrount. It was alleged that while Mr. Hutl Taylor and several of the Chines were engaged on the 16th
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    THE PHILIPPINE CRISIS.
    169 4 From a correspon rnt in Hongk have received the following copy ol ao Associated Press telegram which by this time has appeared in thousands of n papers in England and America: The Situation at 110-110. Businbssliki Filipino Administration. (Copy.) Special correspondence published Hongkong Press reports condition 110-ilo
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    112 4 Wee Joo Meng, formerly bead <- with Messrs. Mansfield and Co cha with criminal breach of trust in n s| various sums of monry amounting to i up on $5,000 was yesterday committed tc take his trial at Ihe present A<*siied by M r Wolferstan. Mr. Fort appeared for th«
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    OUR CHESS COLUMN.
    503 5 Gentlemen, to solace their wearied minds by pastimes, playe at chesse, the astrono--5 game, ard the philosopher's game, which wittes, recreates theyr minds, and v s no body in the mean season." Or<-ini) is solved as follows K-B4 1 Kt-Qt, X any 3 Kt-B3ch, &c. received from
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    End-Game No. 5.
    267 5 in his day was s..id 10 b« the best Ivei in Europe, and could njt only master the most difficult position at a glance but had a happy facility for remembering them and had a marvellous repertoire of curious end-games and positions which he could place upon
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    SPIRIT RAISING EXTRAORDINARY.
    553 5 I lie law and public opinion are very lenient towards the doings o| private firms, who are seldom interfered with in their little schemes for making profit. So loiig as they do not transgress grossly the law of equity, the principle of caveat emptor applies, and the
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    ONE BE TIER.
    57 5 In notes from China the other day it was mentioned that the Powerful did a good coal ng at Hongkong, taking in B>o tons in 6J hours. H. M S. Edgar, here a few days a g°» took in 800 tons at Tanjon^ Pagar in 6.J hours.
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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1899.
    296 5 Lady Mitchell's reception yesterday afternoon was very largely attended. The tf.M. steamer Salazie, with the homeward French mail, leaves Hongkong to morrow, and is due here on the morning of Friday, the 20th instant. The body of a Chinaman in an advanced stage of decomposition was
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    THE DOCKING OK THE "TONKIN."
    288 5 The outward bound M M steamer the Tonkin, one o! the latest of the magnificent liners built by the French mail company, is due to arrive here to-morrow, on her maiden voyage to the Far East. Our readers are aware that the vessel is at
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    AN INVOLUNTARY PLUNGE.
    163 5 Yesterday afternoon, shortly after four o'clock, a> Mr. Howard, a mate who has been out of employment for some little time, was about to get into a sampan at Johnston's Pier, he slipped and fell into the water between the sampan and the pontoon, striking his head
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    TIN AND PAHANG SHARES.
    421 5 There has been a little flatter lately in Pahang Corporation Shares here, which yesterday were sold at *****, this being said to be not quite the equivalent of the sterling price in London. It is also asserted that operations lately have almo>t denuded the local market
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    THE ASSIZES.
    437 5 The Assizes opened this morning before the Chief Justice, the Calendar not being unusually heavy. On the assembling of the Court the Attorney-General asked that a day might be fixed for the special jurors to attend, say Monday week. There were 20 cases on the list, and he
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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1899.
    719 6 The American Government is exercising a strict censorship over all press messages from Manila now. A Javanese, Hadji Dola, died of smallpox yesterday at the 2% milestone on the GtyUng Road. A cricket match, I anglin v. the Rest, was commenced on the Esplanade ye.^te-r--day afternoon,
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1287 6 Quicquid agunt homines nostn est farrago libelli Juvenal. Scarcely were tb€ last lucubrations of the Topicist given to the light, when he found in an obscure publication a paragraph to this effect "On the monument to Edward Capern, the post-man poet, often called the Devonshire Burns,
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    THE CHILDREN'S CONCERT.
    925 6 Yesterday afternoon a little experiment in she way of a new departure came <>ff, very successfully, at the town II ill, in the shape of the first "Children's Concert. 11 The object of this scheme has been already full) explained in these columns, but it may be
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    BATAVIA GOLF CLUB.
    82 6 The December Monthly Medal played for on Wednesday, 28th I). 1898. F. E.Greig 4 a A. Mitchell 54 1 44 T. T. Bumpus ri H. N Loney 5, B Stoker 44 wnVr K< r c |2 f 4 4fi Win. C dneve a; C. H. E. R
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    M.LEGED INCENDIARISM
    134 6 E y yrsierda) morning an alarm ol lire was ais< „t tlie Hotel de I I the bed in room No 25, occupied by Mr H. J. Prakke being found to be ii tl imes It is alleged that Mr rakke, ift roauding medicine from Mi i at
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    FROM NAGASAKI TO NIKOLSKAIA.
    2378 7 By John Dill Ross* ;^VO (Continued VII. i ity is inhabited by about in round numbers, but »poi tion to its popuI asure no less than 1 okyo i- m !y cornmiles of i heap little b 'uses, -t of little more than si U w
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL.
    62 7 A football match under Rugby rules between the S.C.C. and the Regiment, has been arranged lor Monday next, to be played on the Esplanade. The following have been asked to play for the Club Lit ut. Dewar, R.N., Lieut. Tibbetts, r.n and Messrs. Dyer, Murray Gibbon, Way 1
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    106 7 Messrs. Daly and Franklin are the new Xe^ri Sembilan Cadets. And, apropos, they lo>k after the deportment of their junior officials in the Native States. The !)U standard, whoever set it appears to be ol a specially lofty order. This »s how a recent appointment is publicly notiod 11 Mr
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    MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1899.
    537 7 Chea hah Kee, of 8 Amoy Street, who lives near a gas lamp, was robbed lasf night of clothing and jewellery to the value of worth of clothing and jewellery. In this case the lamp-post was not so good as a policeman, the thief using it
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    283 7 Lieut. C. M. A. Wood, sth Fusiliers, is seconded for extra-regimental employment in China. Hie Bishop of Singapore is down for a It ngthy !i>t of engagements at Penang, including three confirmation and two consecration services. He #oes to Taipeng on Friday. We have ret eived from the Straits Cycle
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    ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION.
    2305 8 The annual prize distribution in connection with St. Joseph's Institution, which unavoidably lapsed last year, was held on Saturday afternoon, before a large gathering of the parents and friends of the pupils, and amongst thos«e present were H. E. the Governor and Lady Mitchell, Capt. Duff' A
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    146 8 Lord Newborough's yacht, the fedora, lefl lor Zanzibar via Penang on Saturday afternoon Through traffic on the Pahang Trunk Road to Kuala Li pis was opened on Jan. 13th. We see it stated that Sir Walter Besant i> to accompany Sir Charles Warren to Palestine. Major Dun man has had
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    NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS.
    281 8 The Russian cruiser Roset has left the Baltic on her first voyage to Port Arthur with 1,200 troops and a lar^e quantity of ammunition. The Au-tro-Hun^arian torpedo ram cruiser Empress Elisabeth, 4,000 tons, is shortly to replace the cot volte Fntndsberg in Chinese waters. The Tribune
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    A PRETTY WEDDING
    665 8 On Saturday afternoon there w,v nised at St. Andrew's Cathedral, fashionable and crowded congregation marriage of Lieut. Percy Ingpen, Pri n L, Wales's Own (14th) West Yorkshire I ment and Miss Eleanor Susie Lya cond daughter of Mr. James I Singapore. The Cathedral had fiife<['k? fore the
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    133 8 The French mails of the 17th December on board tin- M. M. steamer Tonkin for norf- Ch a and Japan were transferred D' re o the P. O. steamer Ballaarat. A Chinese shop at 368 Nortlibi Road was broken into last ni^i.t and worth <»( copper stolen. The lilies industriously
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    THE LATE COL. HEYGATE.
    129 9 The death is announced, at the age of t Chatham, on the nth Dec. of Col. vgate, A. A. G«, Thames district. Heygate was the son of Canon rector <<f Brighstone, and was formerl) -utioned in Singapore. Col. was a very popular officer here, was one
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    GOLF.
    74 9 1 mcd il at the Sepoy mpeted for on S tturday rs ol the monthly medal handling t tye ir The result was H'cAp. Score. 43 43 8 78 42 48 5 85 \V. G. Taylor 48 51 12 87 en 41 47 scr. 88 B. 43 5.S 5
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    AMERICAN WARSHIPS EXPECTED.
    39 9 U S. gunboat Helena will touch week from Europe on her way to while the auxiliary cruiser Buffalo iboul tiit- beginning of F< bruary i way to Manila with Naval reliefs \m« i ican warships there.
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    ME HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
    70 9 I i" audit ihe Hongkong and "i B k will pay a dividend of li re, and also a bonus of f\ rye m ill be a Ided ten lakhs of <lt the property account wil be written live lakhs, < ioht lakhs being ltd
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    PAST WINNERS OF THE VICEROY'S CUP.
    91 9 Owner. Winner. Rider. Time. IW Beresford Myall King Dunn 3 qJ Do. Do Vinall 3 7* »9 Ma fDurbungha Pennant Dunn 3 8 Lord VV. BeresforH Myall Kin« Vinall 3 8 JJ r A l Moorhouse J. Robinson 311 2-5 2 V 1 It
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    886 9 vanitas, who returned from his recent it Calcutta by the s. s. Catherine in the best of condition, was an 1 <" great interest on landing this >rning, being decorated with a presenta>on "overall" for the occasion. As Mr. Witthoefft was at dinner last at his residence in Grange Road
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    TUESDAY JANUARY 17, 1899.
    717 9 Lord Elgin, the retiring GovernorGenera! of India, in a speech delivered at Maulmain, a seaport in Lower Burma I',1 said that the construction of the Burm Siamese railway depended on the views c> the Government of Siam. The Rugby football match last night having fallen through
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    THE MISSING LINK IN PLAGUE INFECTION.
    382 9 THE MISSING LINK IN PLAGUE INFECTION. Mr. Maurice L. Johnson writes: "Dr. P Simond, writing in the current number of the Annales de Vlnstitut Pasteur, adduces some in(erecting and valuable arguments in support of the conclusion that fleas are the principal agents in conveying plague infection. The theory seems to
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    MR. DUNCAN AND MR. WILDMAN
    152 9 Mr. Chesncy Duncan's letter to the Hongkong Telegraph of the 13th Dec. iBgB in which he controverts the statement ot an American correspondent that more Wildmans" were wanted to put the Philippines question through was to be published throughout the United States on the 13th
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    DELAGOA BAY.
    506 9 A telegram to England from Pretoria states that the rumours concerning Delag~a Biy have caused a mild panic in Transvaal Government circles, l'he opinion of the executive council, says our London correspondent, is that the sale or leasing of the Bty to Great Britain would be no less
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    THE "PERDANA "
    150 10 THE PERDANA We hear that Ihe prospect! of salving th<- Per if ana, which went ashore at the m< jth of the Pahano River, are very slender. 11l is exposed to the X. K. Monsoon, and the sand is rapidly drifting ov< r and lias already filled her, so that
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    LABUAN NOTES.
    195 10 A sad fatality occurred on board the steamer Abana tins morning, by which two Chinese fitters lost their lives. It was Bec< ssary that the water in the after-peak should be pumped out, and the only way thi> could be done wai by the steamer's own pumps in
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    THE SPANISH PRISONERS.
    83 10 < A correspondent writes, in regard to the letter of General O:U i o General Aguinaldo regarding the Spanish i)risoners, and the reply of the latter: "There is a great deal behind all this. It is a political trap to catfh the Filipinos, the prime mover being
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    73 10 A prize was presented by an anonymous donor to he played during Christmas eelc, butojvingto the recent heavy rains, the competition had to he continually postponed. I)n Saturday, however, the final was eventually played between J. H. Robertson ami \V. C. Southatn, the latter receiving 11 >trokes
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    POLICE.
    175 10 Haji Hassan, a syce, lias been committed lor trial on a charge of committing a rash act by running over a Chinaman and causing his death. Ang Ch< n^» received six months and fifteen cuts fur snatching a pin from a Ma. au woman in Beach-road. I an Ah
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    THE BALABAC MUTINY.
    151 10 ii appears that, as far as can be made out from indications from various quarters, kh« aids who were attacked at Balaba< wer< the guard of a convict station, a coui)le ol officers and some twenty cazndores Hie Moros or aboriginal natives bad i >me down in
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    Correspondence.
    1585 10 Stranding of the s s. China and SUBSEQUENT COURT OF INQUIRY. To tki Editor. Sir, The subject being of great importance to Masters, Mates and Engineers, holding Certificates of Competency in the Mercantile Marine, I beg leave to hand you the herewith copy of correspondence connected with it and
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    Poisoning.
    1405 10 VO T>IE EDITOR. Sir, The case against Mr. Matthew's cook for putting poison in his master's soup has been ttied and the verdict was "not guilty marvellous There was medical evidence of the poison being there, and Police Sergt. Branagan who was called to the bouse deposed that the
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    TELEGRAMS.
    301 11 -Mr. ecil Rhodes has sailed rewu- ia raging in the r newsp r> rs. nmands b< sidcn the tire t, maintain the Ami 1 ican auI Is, and lo dislodge I it th< refuse to surrender 1 I Elgin's fare- I he Indian Ni- impossible that the pros v
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    EARTHQUAKE OBSERVATIONS.
    101 11 nological Committee appointed 1 Asa 1 lati n U endeavouring _i-l> observatories on an identical various parts of the Empire. *1> it- arrangements have been the equipment of seismological •"1 an irleiUitai system at ■■■> i, and Madras, for tlie pur--1 irryinjjj out an extended series 8 ttions
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    MAIL NOTES AND NEWS.
    3537 11 The Philippines. According to a Lombard newspaper the news ct the excesses committed by the Philippine Insurgents against Catholic priests has made a deep impression at the Vatican, and Cardinal Rampolla applied to M. Pouhelle, the French Ambassador to the Holy See, asking that he would
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    THE CONQUEST OF EGYPT,
    2753 12 'All Rights Reserved.! BY EDWARD VIZETELLY (War Correspondent Author of" The Reminiscences of a Bashi-Bazouk" frc.j VIII. IN THE SO LOAN. The Egyptian Soudan has ever been a thorn in Egypt's side. In the old days of the Pharaohs there was practically incessant warfare between the
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    THE LATE A. P TALBOT
    327 12 In August last year it was definit nounced that Mr. A. P. Talbot was in such continued ill health that there vva> no pect of his resuming his official dutic the Straits. We then wrote: His prolonged service In the Secretariat made him the depositary
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    THE MOSLEM ASSOCIATION.
    77 12 The annual general meeting of the <il> >ye Association was he'd last Tur>d ly and the following members were elected official? for the year 1899: President M. S. Baker; Hon. Sec Adnan M, Ariffin; Assist. Hon. Sec. M. A. Patail; Fr» Mahmoud Effendi Committee Ihe above ami
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    QUEEN'S SCHOLARS AND MEDICAL STUDIES.
    68 12 At the meeting of the Legislative Council on Tuesday Dr. Boon Keng will put the following question: "Will t\\>- Colonial Secretary inform the Council whether, besides Mr. H. C. Keun, there air other Queen's Scholars at present studying nndicine in Europe? If there are, will
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    STOWAWAY SPOUSES
    119 12 To be Heartbroken at Hovolui It comes out (*»ays a Hongkong < ontemporary) that several ladies went <-(i as stowaways in th'- U. S troop ship list started for the Philippines. The Government ordered that no women be allowed on any >i» l |> carrying troops across the
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    80 12 A hinr.-f resident in Ban da Streel lv> disturbed 1 1» i^ morning by a burglar trying to open one ol his boxes. Hr n and stiz (1 the intruder, who, armed with a sharp piece ol iron something like a ma spik'-, stahhrd him twice in the head. The
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    THEPAHANG KABANG (LIMITED).
    434 13 The ordinary general meeting of the above comw -*s held at Winchester House on 15th init., V Pontifex presiding. The secretary \i \rthiir Giff'ird) having read the notice connecting, the Chairman said vere aware that explorations on the pro- been carried on in a very tentative l
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    ME SZE-CHUEN SYNDICATE.
    281 13 iV< were able to give some dinner t Shanghai to Mr. ga Mi', <m the despatch of to the intei i< r of Sze-chuen, 11 with the enormous concesining rights <>f this rich proTo i In* China Gazette we th< text nff the agreement ion, which is
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    AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES FOR INDIA
    63 13 AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES FOR INDIA is, Indian Engineering hears, a probabiv departure bein^ taken by the govern--1 India in ihe inalter ot providing railway An order lor several engines is likely 1 with American firms, as the makers in busy that they cannot undertake to Indian orders within a reasonable lime.
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    62 13 jjjjis morning at 730 the Police arrested naman giving the name of Lim Ho, li > mouth of the Singapore rivt-r, on a OW hearing no number, in charge of 'W" hags of rice, two bags of sugar and tags of betel nut. The Chinaman to furnish any satisfactory explatt"
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    36 13 i Independent' ia of Manila, the Filipino K*Qjof the 29th December, came out in tc p Aiourning in memory of the second 3 ofh Dec.) of the execution of I liipino patriot and scholar, Dr Jose
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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1899.
    745 13 Captain Goodwin, of the British steamer Dardanus, from Liverpool reports West Meander Shoal buoy oat of place. The P. O. s.s. Japan left Hongkong at noon to-day and is expected to arrive here at 4 p.m. on Sunday next the 22nd instant. The M. If, Company's
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    THE SINGAPORE COMMAND.
    106 13 It is at present understood, though no official announcement has been publicly made, that the successor to H. E. Maj rGeneral H. J. Jones-Vaughan in this con mand has been selected. This officer is believed to be Colonel Allan Graeme Rapei Assistant-Quarter-Master-General at the War Office, previously
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    MALACCA.
    541 13 iFrom our own Correspondent.] On Monday the (jth inst. two Malays were in the Panchor Forest Reserve looking for deer when they came upon a tiger drinking at a stream. Tiny fired, and the animal slunk away into the jungle; and the men wen I home. The next morning
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    THE EFFECTS OF TOBACCO.
    221 13 Thus a celebrated London doctor on the subject of smoking "The talk one hears of nicoiine saturating the systems of smokers is absurd. Nicotine is a deadly poison, and it would take very little of it to kill a man. The truth is that very little
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    33 13 Raja Musa was formally installed as Raja Muda of Perak on the 12th inst. at Kuala Kangsar, H. H. the Sultan at ihe same time bestowing a number of titles on his followers.
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    PENANG RACES.
    668 13 First Day. January i 7 th 1899. (By Telegram.) Penang, Jan. 17th, 6.45 p.m. The first day of the January meeting o f the Penang Turf Club was held to-day, in fine weather. It was a day of upsets, the Gov rnor's Cup, The Club Handicap, the Second
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    THE LATE MR. J. M. MACDONALD.
    134 13 We regret to announce the death of Mr. J. M. Macdonald, of the Ramie Estate, Muar, which occurred at a quarter to five this morning at the General Hospital. Mr. Macdonald came down from the estate in Muar yesterday in charge of Mr. Wheatley,
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    THE TROOP RELIEFS.
    122 13 The transport Avoca is expected to arrive at the Borneo Wharf from Hongkong on Sunday morning. A party will first be landed to take over barracks, guards, messes, and institutes married families at i 30 p.m. on Sunday the main body at 2 p.m. The Head Quarters
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    3041 14 Tuesday, January 17, 1899. Present H. E. the Governor (Sir C. B. H. Mitchell, g.c.m g.) The Hon'ble Col. Secretary (Sir Alex. Swettenhanrv k.C.m.g.) the Attorney-General (\V. R Collyer.) th- Auditor-Grreral (E. C. Hill.) the Col. Treasurer (F. G. Penney.) the Colonial Engineer (A. Murray.) G. S. Murray.
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    LATEST FROM ILOILO.
    348 14 (From our Travelling Correspondent.) Jan. 2nd 1899. Since I wrote to you on the 29th ult the position has grown more strained than and matters Irave assumed an ominous aspect. The Filipinos refused to allow the Americans to land, and the Americans have now received imperative orders
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    MAKING NO BONES ABOUT IT
    138 14 Bishop Pakenham-Walsh, who lately resigned the Bishopric of Ossory, i> a prelate a alike for his piety and his wit. Th re is a story told of how he proposed to his wijftf. 11 at a dinner party, and was seated besi«ie the 1 idy
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    258 15 SERVANTS AND THEIR SURATS." ft> Till EDIT©* g. R Ihe question of the registration o roestic servants is always cropping x nencef in getting boys may r6 st to your readers, and point in most cases the letters dation usually presented are Recently, on stating that I wantI had
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    POLICE.
    73 15 A Chinaman who stole a box from the S. S. Dardanus yesterday was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment. Pitchay was fined $50 for offering an illegal gratification to Sanitary Inspector Bodwyne. A man whose horse died was fined $5 for not burying the carcase. The charges against Cadara Valoo
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    KIPLING SILHOUETTES.
    588 15 KIPLING SIL HOUETTES. I I i ttra< is i m Mr, Kipling's ihe Morning Post* Here is an im\dmiral: I regard an Admiral in the exercise i id. re human. Ii is in his power to p an anchor i>> hand it he thinks c can s op y ur
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      715 15 CLEARANCES. January Pi.evo, Brit, str., Forster, for Indragiri. 'January 12. Ho LboMG, Rrit. str., Angus, for Pontinnak. Pak*n. Rrit. str., Klattis. for Selan^or, via ports. Chkang Chew, hrit. str., Webb, for Hon^kon^, Swatow and Anioy. KIAM Van(,, Rrit. str., Carrol, for Muar and Malacca. CHOW Phta 4 Brit. ttr. t
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    SHARE LIST JANUARY 18th, 1899.
    354 16 Quotation. Capital. Paid Up. Shares Paid j, t Bank of China and Japan, Ltd. $5^ Nominal. 2,000,000 450,968 199,875 Deferred. £5 Buyers. Bell's Abestos Eastern Agency. $5 Sellers. 10,000 r B'sB^8 58^ B's8 '5 8 4 £1 \k i4i6 unissued Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd.
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    EXCHANGE.
    80 16 (Corrected iv to January 18) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/0/, demand i/ujiv Private credits 3 m/s 2/oj documents 3 m/s 2 o iV credits 6 m/s 2 l°i France, demand 249 Germany, demand 202 India, T. T i 47 i HONGKONG, demand J^ pm Yokohama, demand.. 4% pm.
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    PRODUCE.
    120 16 (January 18. J™"" 357 So Oanibier 5.6;.^ do. Cube No. 1 8.50 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 2S7^ do. White, (Fair L/W= 5 „42. Nutmegs 110s to the Ib.) 72. do. (80s to the Ib) g 2 Mace (Banda 1 7^' Cloves (Amboina) *c Liberian Coiiee n |g < Tapioca,
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