Straits Echo, 9 June 1903

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    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 1 NO. 8. PENANG, TUESDAY, JUNE 9th, 1903. *24 Ver Anhcm. Single Copy, 10 Cent*
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      1974 1 A. E. SKEELS. 31, Beach Street, P.&O. S.N.G Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. rPHE mail steamer» may be expected to 1 arrive Outwards, and leave Penang Homewards, Oil the following date»:— Mail Service. Outwards. Juue 11 BaHaara! connecting with Homewards. une 13 Valetta connecting with Rome 27 Chimin do Arcadia July 11
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      7 1 A. E. SKEELS. Mr 31, Beach Street.
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    The Straits Echo.
    68 2 -ffc Established June Ist, 1903. Ibiblished daily (except Sunday*.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 221» -232, Beach Street, Penang. Price after Ist Julv DAILY, LOCAL 524 per annum. b (Post Free) 27 n MAIL EDITION (Pud Free) IS CABLE ADDRESS: “Echo—P e n a n g
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    BIRTHS.
    34 2 On the 11th May, at Shanghai, the wife of Frank Drak, of a sou. On the 1st June, the wife of L. Terkeltoba, Assistant of Messrs. Lambert and Co., photographers, of a daughter.
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    DEATH.
    22 2 On the 10th May, at Shanghai. Ernest Alfred, younger son of Captain H. A. McInnes, I. M. Customs, aged 22 rears
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    FACTS
    598 2 FOR CROOKED CROAKERS AND SILLY SYCOPHANTS. Some of the ill-informed tittletattle that has been going the rounds of certain select circles of' story-tellers about the Echo being as dead as a door-nail inside a fortnight of its arrival in this little world of ours, brings to mind the I
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    The Cussedness of Comps.
    466 2 We ure very pleased to find in a Hongkong contemporary a report to the effect that the Manager of one of the newspapers published in that colony has at length gone to the trouble of prosecuting one of his compositors for absenting himself from duty without
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    BRITISH AND JAPANESE WARNING TO CHINA.
    372 2 Both the British and Japanese representatives in Peking sent in formal warnings to the Chiuese Government on the 24th ult. upon the instructions of their respective Governments to the following effect: 1. —The delay of the Russian evacuation in Manchuria has caused a disturlianee
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    The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
    66 2 We are requested to state iUut tluj Procession of Corpus Christ! will take plateut the Chpjrhof Our Lady of Sorrows, McAlister Rd.. on Thursday next a* 5 pm. His Lordship the Bishop of Malacca will administer confirmation before vespers which will precede the
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      Sanitary Affairs in the States.
      183 2 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS ECHO. Sir. —I have seen a paragraph in the Col’s of vour paper of the 3rd iust. re sanitation in Perak in which you state that all sanitary Inspectors in Perak, with the exception of one in Kinta, arejnot
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    CALIFORNIA’S CHINESE HOSPITAL.
    877 2 FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE STATES. San Francisco has a Chinese hospital the only one in America. It is situated on the borders of Frisco's “Chinatown” and there are Chinese doctors, Chinese medicines and Chinese nurses to minister to the Chinese sick. A large two-story building
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    The Selangor Races.
    880 2 The Selango r Races. (By our Special Commissioner.) Our Special Commissioner, who wv to Kwala Lumpur to represent the Fa at the races, which commence to-da forwarded us a lengthy telegram Kwala Lumpur at 11 a.m. vesterda? but, for some reason best known to tli Government Telegraphs, it did not
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      933 2 ANDREW USHER CO., f v 'V 1 1- Special Reserve. O. V. G. WHISKY. CRAIGELLACHE GLENLIVET DISTILLERY Co.’s GAELIC “OLD SMUGGLER” WHISKY. MACHINERY, ETC. Steam Engines Boilers of various j Horse-powers. Petroleum, Gasoline, Stationary and Marine Engines. Huttenbach Bros. Co. Government Notification. STEAM MOTOR CARS. STEAM AUT MOBILES Steam Carriages
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      8 2 HORSE FOOD OF ALL KINDS. McAlister «S Co.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      THE COLLISION OFF MARSEILLES.
      127 3 (Reuter's Service.) Panic-Stricken Passengers Rush the Boats with disastrous result. Over 200 drowned. IjONOon, 9tli Junk:—lt lms now been ascertained that there were between 200 and 250 people on board the ill-fated Fraissinet liner faint» when she came into collision with the luttuluirr off Marseilles. It
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      DISASTER OCCURRED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
      175 3 Due to Recklessness of the Captains Late it: The collision between the Insula ire and Lihan occurred under circumstances which are astounding. It appears t hat the vessels were approaching each other in broad daylight, that the sea was perfectly calm, and the sun shining.
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      THE FLOODS IN AMERICA.
      141 3 (Reuter's Service.) Appalling Distress. London, Bth June: It is estimated that the Hoods in the United States rendered 2*S,IKK) people homeless and submerged no loss than 200.000 acres of fertile plains, destroying crops valued at fully a million dollars gold. In our issue of the sth
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      THE FOREST FIRES.
      127 3 (Reuter's Service.) Alarming Slate of Affairs. London, Bth June':- There is no abatement of the conflagration in the Canadian forests and in New England, U. S. A. The fires are becoming particularly alarming in the Canadian maritime provinces and around Ottawa and Montreal. The inhabitants of many
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      NEW MINISTER TO THE COURT OF KING CHULALONGKORN.
      32 3 London, 9th May :—Herr Syburg, the German Consul-General at Batavia, is transferred to Yokohama, replacing Mr. Coates who is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Bangkok.
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      ANGLO-JAPANESE RELATIONS.
      142 3 (Reuter's Service.) British and Japanese Jackkies Create Wildest enthusiasm in Sydney. Louden, 9th May:—The Japanese training 1 squadron which recently left Japan ou a voyage to the Antipo les via Hongkong Singapore aud Colombo arrived at Sydney, X. S. W. A large contingent from the Japanese Squadron participated
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      FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
      232 3 The French Ptfnitive Expedition. a FIUUIU POMBAHMKII. __4 .11 London, 9th May —News has been received here that French artillery has lieen bombarding Kiguig for two hours. [On the 2nd inst we leportod General -Jonnart had been attached by Moors near Figuig aud he was then authorized
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      PENANG TURF CLUB.
      982 3 First Day. Tuesday, 28th July, 1903. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value 5500 —A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (10st.) An allowance of 141bs. to all ex-Griffins. Entrance 510. Distance. one mile. 2. First Griffin Race. Value 5400 and 5100 to Second Horse.— A Race
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    Port Arthur.
    362 3 A Japanese nqiort from Port Arthur states that 20.000 tous of coal are stored 1 here at present and 40,00 t tons at Dalny. The Russian authorities intend to store 300, 000, or 400.000 tons of coal at these ports. At the last call of the Tairen Maru
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    Lord Milner on the “Colour Line” in South Africa.
    479 3 A press dispatch of 18th May itites that Lord Milner, in addressing the Congress of Transvaal Municipal delegates at Pretoria, appealed for a more liberal treatment of educated coloured persons. He said he sympathised with the feeling against the indiscriminate influx
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    Official Murder by Chinese in Hongkong.
    403 3 The news conveyed in the telecram from our correspondent in Hongkong that we publish this morning, (says the N. C. D. Nt irg of 23rd inst. that the murderer of the school teacher in Hongkong more than two years ago has been convicted there
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    The Echo's Beauty Competition.
    159 3 8100 rou a Local Ahoms. Then; lieing considerable doubt as to who is the handsomest man in Penang and the Federated Malay States, aud not a little high feeling caused thereby, we liave decided to get this delicate matter cleared up by public opinion. All that
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  • Money Market
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      EXCHANGE.
      124 3 1 tty ''ourtesy nf (hr Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank I k '•> 1 v i t; 1 tuontK tright Bunk 1 H Credit l/Bj-r •f Documentary 1/9 Calcutta. Demand Bank R*. 128} d day8 sight Private 180} Bombay, Demand Bank 128} 8 days’ sight Private 180} Madras, Demand
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      PRODUCE.
      160 3 J*?, 83.60 —miles B.Pepper( W .Coast3lbs.soz.)s 31. White Pepper 3 55, hHyer4 Trang Pepper 3 37. i Cloves (picked) 3 35 50 JJ uce sl66. —sales Mac e Pickings 140 sellers Nutmegs 110 s 82 .—tain I- (No. 1 r S 2 5.30 Basket 3.70 Tapioca Flour 2.40 i
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      STOCKS & SHARES.
      209 3 STOCKS SHARES. Intenational Bodega ft 100. -buyers BersawahGold Mine Co..Ld. 7.75— n0m. Bruseb Tin Mining Co., Ld. B.2s —sellers Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 25. sales Fraser A Neave, Ld 8 95. 6% Debs. par George Town Dispensary 3 26.— sales. How art h Erskiue, Ld. 8190. Jelebu Mining
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      MAILS.
      44 3 A MAIL WILL CLOSE FOR Deli—Per Sumatra, to-morrow, 9 a.m. Edit*, T. Sem&we, Segli, Pulo Weh Olehleh—Per Maka Vajirunhis, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Rangoon—Per Fitzpatrick, to-morrow, 5 p.m. Langkat—Per Jin Ho, Uth inst., 1 p.m. MAILS DCS. English Ballaarat 11th German Wurzburg 13 th
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    ARRIVALS.
    109 3 St-MATKX. tier. M- 407, Klimnet, 9th June. Jum J,N Ho. Br. s.s 110, Martin, 9th June, Langkat. Bth June, Gen.,*--Beng Bros. ,f >AR Br l9l, Conway, 9th June.Del,. Bth June. Gen., —Koe Gunn* Co. LANOKAT. Br. s.s. 187. Lingard, 9th Juno. Port Swetteuhani, Bth June, Gen Koe Guan A
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    DEPARTURES.
    45 3 9th June. Kanagawa Maru, for Colonil*> A* 8. India. Deli, for Langkat. Pegu, for Edie, etc. Ho Kwei, for Deli. Lady Weld, for Teluk An soli. Kingsley, for Port Swettenham Malacca. Pin Seng, for Port Swettenham A Singapore. dieting Cheir, for Singapore, etc 1
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    Vessels in Port.
    217 3 A\aoyli:, Br. s.s. 247, Morier, 9th June, T.. Anson, Bth June, Gen., —Koe GuAn Co. Chiqwkll, Br. s.s. 1196, Underhav. 29th May,—Singapore, 26th Mav, Liquid Fuel, —Boustead A Co. Damabono Rat, Sia. s.s. 48, Darut, 17tli May,—Kedah, 17th Mav, Nil,-Koe Guan Co. Fitzpatrick, Br. s.s. 730, Davev,
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    Steamers Expected.
    45 3 VetueD 1 From Agent* Due Malacca Japau P. O. 9th mat Ballaarat Bombay |P. 0. 11th A. Apcar Calcutta lA.,A. Co. 12th Valetta China ip. 0. 13th C. Ajicar Singapore A., A. Co. 15th Japan i London P. O. ‘1 i 1 16th
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    Projected Sailings.
    43 3 Vessels For Agents Leaves Malacca Colombo PA O. 10th in»t Ballaarat Singapore do. 11th A. Apear Do. A.» A. Co. 12th Wurzburg Do. B..M.AC0. 13th Valetta Colombo P. A o. 13th C.Apear Calcutta A.,A. ACo. 15th Japan Singapore P. AO. 16th
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    PASSENGERS.
    173 3 Inward —Per Kingtley.f roui Malacca, Messrs. Ah Keet, Eng Huah, Kew Eng and 800 Kang. Per Lady Weld, from T. Anson, Messrs. Hawkins, Brignon, Enhoste, Thomson and Gimlette. Per Zibenghla, from Madras, Mrs. Beresford and Mr. and Mrs. Coughlan. Per Ho Kwei, from Deli, Misses Tan Sew Kim, Lim
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      27 3 WEATHER. The following report is kindly supplied l>y the Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis:— The rainfall during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-day was nil.
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      2044 4 PRITCHARD CO PENANG. :>•: K PENANG FOUNDRY Co., LA DIES DEPARTMENT Last few days of CASH BARGAIN (Established 1876.) ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, &c., &c. Weld Quay, A 37 Beach Street, PENANG. W. CORNFIELD. PENANG AND MEDAN 22 BEACH STREET. V W SALE.' CHAMPAGNE PRITCHARD CO. PENANG. THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY LIMITED.
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