Straits Echo, 30 August 1904

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, TUESDAY, 30th AUGUST, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 196.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    52 1 Birth. On Ist August, at Karuizawa, Japan, the wife of E. H. Vickers, of a son. Marriage. On 23rd Aug.. at the Synagogue Ibatnl Singapore, l*y the Revd. J. H. Sheridali. Flora third daughter of Mrs. J. Nathan, to Emmanuel. second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Judah,
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    HIGH WATER.
    41 1 For Week ending Monday, Sept. 5, 1904. a.m. r.M. Tuesday, 30th 2.17 232 Wednesday, 315 t... 2.50 303 Thursday, 1 Sept... 3.40 3.56 Friday, 2nd 4.04 4.29 Saturday, 3rd 4.54 5.04 Sunday, 4th 5.10 5.35 Monday, sth 6. 6.25
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    FIXTURES.
    31 1 To- jut. 2<>tli Day, 7th Moon. Town Hand, Golf Club, 5.30 p.in. To- MO It row. 21st Day, 7tli Moon. Town Hand, Esplanade, 5-30 p.in. Criterion Dinner, L\ O. Hotel.
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    THE MOON.
    27 1 Last Quarter Sept. 2nd, 3.48 p.m. O New Moon 10th, 3.5 a.m. First Quarter... 16th, 2.8 p.m. O Full Moon 24tli, 10.* r >2 p.m.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    39 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Oiitwaroh. Homrwards, Bengal 1 Sep Coromandel 3 Sept Malfa 13 Chilean 17 Hxtra Service. <hiTWAßi*s. Hum k wards. Manila 6 Sept j Java 12 Sept l'era 20 j Bbiy" For particulars See Page 3.
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 1 Pckano, 30tii August. (/fty eourteey of the Chartered Hank.) l/ondon Demand Bank ~.1/11 4 months’ sight Bank ...1/11 1 3 Credit ...1/11, 7 3 Documentary ...1/114 Calcutta, Demand Bank Jls. 144 3 days’ sight Private 146 Bombay, Demand Bank 144 y, 3 days' sight Private 146 Madras, Demand Bank
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    Russia Awakes.
    1283 1 A Great Upheaval in the Tsar’s Dominions. The subjoined article was written before news of the assassination of M. de Plehve came to hand. I.—The Four Plagues. The country seems all asleep under the blazing sun. League after league of these prairies and forests, where three-quarters of the
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    War Items.
    1203 1 News from Various Correspondents. The Skokonsha, on Kudan Hill, lies behind palisades of unpainfced wood, glazed by the weather, writes Mr. Gordon Smith in the Post. Its pebbly courtyard and stone flags are bare, the matted floors are empty except for a mirror and a few wooden chairs.
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    PRODUCE.
    159 1 Kn 5 73.75 Gold leaf 79. B. Pepper \V. Coast 31b5.50z.)$ 22 J gales White Pepper 33| buyers Trang Pepper 2 7.—tellers Cloves (picked) oat of sea eon Mace 86 —sales Mace Pickings 78— sellers Nutmegs 11 Os 42.— sales. SNo. 1 6 60 nam 2 no stock. Basket
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    SHARES
    183 1 Bersawah Gold Miue Co., Ld. 14. —sellers Ranh Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld 6.50 buyers Redjang Leboug Gold Mining Co., Ld $192.50 sales KadauaGold Mining Co„Ltd. (fully paid) 10. worn. Bruseli Tiu Mining Co., Tjd. 4.25 buyers Cliendariaug Hydraulic Tiu Mining Co., Ld 10.—wow. Karaugan Tiu Mining Co. 15.—
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      134 1 Moyunk, Br. s.s. 3, 01«, Campbell, 29th Aug., Yokohama, 2nd Aug., Geu.,—\V. M. Co. Borneo. Br. s.s. 2,944, Gordon, 29Mi A/ig., Kobe. 4th Aug., Geu., P. O. C. Apcar, Br. s.s. 1,730. Stewart, 29th Aug., Hongkong, 16th Aug., Gen., —A. A. A. Si Co. Van Der Parra, J>ut. 5.5.331,
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      DEPARTURES.
      49 1 30th August. Quorra, for Langkat. Ho Kivei, for Deli. Hole Chuan Uti, for Batu Bahra «fc Asalian. Pin Seng, for Port Swettenham, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Lady Weld, for Teluk Anson. C. Apcar, for Calcutta. Omapere, for Kopah, Kenong, Victoria Point, Maliwuu, Mergui and Tavoy. Sportsman, for Setul.
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      IN PORT.
      60 1 Van Der Parra, Dut. s.s. 331. Van Orden, ,30th Aug., Bajan, 29th Aug., Gen., H. L. Co. Pegu, Br. s.s. 294, Conway, 30th Aug., Acheen, 29th Aug.,Geu.,—Ban Ho Hin. Cornelia, Br. s.s. 194, Buchanan, 30th Aug.. Deli, 29th Aug., Gen.. —K. G. Co. Jin Ho, Br. s.s. 110,
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      EXPECTED.
      62 1 V e*eel» From Aijent» Due P. Heinrich Colombo B.M.&Co. 31st Aug Palitana Rangoon H.L.&Co. 31st Suevia Hamburg B.M.&Co. 31st G.Apcar Calcutta A. A. A.Co. 1st Sept. Bengal Colombo P.&O. 2nd Benlarig Singapore S.B.&Co. 5th Nam Sang Singapore B.&Co. 5th Lai Sang Calcutta B.&Co. 8th Baraloug Singapore B.&Co. 8th Benvenue
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      SAILINGS.
      65 1 F excels I'nr Agent* Leaves P. Heinrich Singapore B.M.ACo. 31st Aug Pali tana Singapore ILL A Co. 31st Suevia Sinkapore B.M.1V.C0. G.Apcar Singapore A. A. A.Co. 2nd Sept. Bengal Singapore PAG. 2nd Nam Sang Calcutta li.ACo. dtli Lai Sang Singapore BACo. Stli Baralong Colombo B.ACo. 9th Benlarig Marseilles S.B.ACo.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      66 1 For Singapore, China and Japan—Per Prim Heinrich, to-morrow, 9 a.m. Langkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham—Per Mary Austin, to-morrow, 2p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Lanykat, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore—Per lieznuula, to-morrow 3 p.m. Langkat—Per Van der Parra, Ist instant noon. Deli—Per Cornelia, Ist instant, 1 p.m. Ceylon, Australasia,
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      PASSENGERS.
      25 1 In tear d —Per Borneo,” from Singapore, Mr. VV. H. Rose. Per “C. A pear,” from Singapore, Messrs. W. Stephens, 0. L. Johnson, Maraudos.
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      77 1 A. E SKEELS. WHISKIES. China Traders* Insurance Co., Ltd, apMal Hutmcriltcd $2,000,000. Amount I’uid-up (300.000. Heservo Fund 1,000,000 Jlkad Okkick, HoNUKoro. Secretary, W. H. JUy, Eh<*. r Pll K undersigned, Agents for tlie al>ove t Company, are prepared to aecept Marine rinks at eurrent rates. All contributor* <>f iHisineHs, whether
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      88 1 NOTICE. rpHE usual monthly sale of Pawnbrokers’ JL forfeited pledges for sums exceeding $10 will be held on Monday and Tuesday, the 5th and 6th proximo respectively, at 11 o’clock a.m., punctually, at No. 42, Beach Street. The above pledges may l>e viewed on Friday and Saturday, the 2nd and
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      7 1 A. E. SKEELS. <>. f << o LAGER BEER,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      27 1 WEATHER hk following report is kiudlv supplied br die Signal Director of Fort. Cornwallis:— rite ram fall during tlie 2+ hours ended a. in. to-day was nil.
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  • Obituary
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    44 1 Deaths. On 2nd August, at Yokohama, George Farman Hewett, aged 53, a native of North Shields. England. At the Governmenf Civil Hospital, Hongkong, on 17th Aug., Harold Clarke, of Carmichael A Clarke. Obituary. (<S'h [iplied by Renter.) London, 2'J August. —Dean Hole is dead.
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    Our Mail Budget.
    1463 2 Lord Curzon. END OF THE LONDON SEASON. THK UKI> SKA SEIZURE. Professor Nys on the Russian Raids. {From Our Own Correspondent.) (Continued from Saturdays issue.) Flkkt Street, August 2nd—lliere are persistent report.**, «lenied rather half-heait-edlv, that Mr. Arnold Forster is to resign’his seat, at «lie General Election.
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      13 2 STEARNS’ WINE, a general tonic au<l strength restorer. Always reliable. “Must be Stearns’.”
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      310 2 NOTICE I THE undersigned Joseph Smith of Perak Road, Penang, publicly acknowledge that the statements made in letters written bv me to The Societe de Anonyme de Alma Estate, Paris, and particularly in my letter of the 22ud August 1903 in relation to Messrs Ijeo|M»ld and Emile Es Chasseriau and
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      2604 2 TENDERS INVITED. Government of Selangor. REVENUE FARMS, 1905—1907. for Shorthand Typewriting Can be Taught by Mail. Nieuwe Deli Race Club. TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary to the Resident, Selangor, up <•> noon on 2nd September, 1904, for Renting the following Farms for a period of
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      1691 3 banks TAJ. /<£ v rv Ml -f Sept. L.r peeled milrnl mid Ilejnirtnres. Mail Service. Outwards. 1 s.s. Bengal conneatln Oct. 1 5 s.s. Malta <lo 20 8.8. Coromandel do 13 h.s. Simla do Homewards. nth s.B. India 8.8. Britannia s.B. Oceana 8.8. Macedonia Sept. 3 s.s. Coromandel do 17
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    The Straits Echo.
    81 4 1 I Jounce (wlit>Hps everybody, and inatice alone.— Ktneram Established June Ist, 190.1. I’nhlinh**! ilaily (except Hund iy».) at thi CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 22G-222. Iteacli Street, IVnany rmcK: OAII.T. U M'AI, fii per aiinniii OUTSTATIOXS rootage Kxtra MAII. MOTION Kree) 15 CAULK AMMtKSS: Ec ho—Penang.” Telephone
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  • Current Topics.
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      Milk.
      179 4 Thk scheme of supplying sterilized milk to the poor,' which for some time has be<tn in use in New York, is to be carried oat in Paris in tbe ne.tr future. As in New York, several booths will be erected in the congested parts of the city and the
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      Shipping Bounties.
      269 4 Mr. Arthur Caird, chairman of the Greenock Chamber of Commerce, in moving the adoption of the report at the Chamber’s half-j T early meeting, urged that more should be done by the State for shipping. So vitally important, he said, was our shipping industry that it was now
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      A Threat.
      458 4 Mr. Janies Hall, the wellknown shipowner, Newcastle, and founder of the Tyne training ship Welfarey, speaking at the annual meeting of friends of theinstitution, just a month ago, regretted that the Government did not realise the importance of utilising these training ships for increasing ihe number of British
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      The $ Question.
      573 4 The Question. Last week we reproduced the report of au interview which a Straits Times representative had with Mr. Nicholson of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hank, in the course of which the hanker expressed the opinion that discretion should be exercised so as to prevent ignorant Chinese and others in
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    Feast of Devils.
    172 4 Interesting Ceremony in Beach Street. This annual feast was observed yesterday afternoon by our Chinese fellow-towns-men, especially the merchants and traders of Beach Street, in a style which surpassed anything of the kind in previous years. From China Street down to Suughei Pinaug large tables were placed
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    Legislative Council.
    571 4 A meeting of the Council was held on Friday hist, 26th instant, llis Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g presided, and there were also present Hons, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-Gener-al, the Colonial Treasurer, Auditor-General, Colonial Engineer, and the Hons. J. M. A Hinson, G. S. Murray,
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    Chinese Consuls for South Africa.
    309 4 Several thousand Chinese emigrants having left their native shores for employment in the gold mines of the Transvaal and many more being eagerlv awaiting an opportunity to embark, the Imperial Government at Peking have deemed it expedient to watch the interests of their subjects in
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    The French Mail.
    624 4 The Straits Times (26 Aug.) learns from the Singapore agent of the Messageries Mari- times, that the traffic of that popular blit unlucky line has again been interrupted at both ends simultaneously. Fortunately ou this occasion, no mishap has liefalleu the t boat on the Eastern side.
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    THE WAR.
    453 5 Japanese Again Victorious. Drive in Russian Outposts AND FORCE KUROPATKIN TO FIGHT. Desperate hand-tn-hand F.ncounters Ensue. Russians Lose Hundreds in Futile Attempt to Hold Anshanchan. CLOSING IN ON port ARTHUR. Significant Lull in the Storm. (Supplied by Renter.) London, 29 An*. —Reuter’s agent at St. Petersburg reports that
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    The Russian Rovers.
    33 5 4 British Cruisers Searching for the Privateers. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 30 Aug —Four cruisers and a gunboat are seeking for tlie Russian Volunteer fleet raiders in South African waters.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Cricket.
      52 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 29 August.—Lancashire has beaten Derbyshire by 131 runs. Middlesex has beaten Sussex bv nine wickets. Yorkshire has beaten Somerset by an innings ami 152 runs. The Worcestershire match was drawn. Hampshire has beaten 'V arwickshire by TO runs. Kent has beaten the South Africans bv
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      Cretan Affairs.
      43 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 29 Aug.—Prince George has left Crete on a visit to the European Courts. He lias addressed a message to the Cretans promising to do his best to obtain from the Powers the union of Crete with Greece.
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      Lord Roberts.
      23 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 29 Aug.—l*>rd and liiuly Roberts have sailed for Cape Colony on a visit to their sou’s grave.
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      The Indian Army.
      36 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 29 Aug.—A telegram from Aldershot states that fifty quick-firingand eighteen 12-pounder guns and fittiugshave been ordered from Woolwich for India. They are to be forwarded as speedily as possible.
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    Russian Gallantry.
    523 5 When the history of the Russo*Japanese War comes to be written, it will be of great interest to note in what category the historian will class the Russian naval power, especially that of the Vladivostok squadron. There are many phases, apparently, of naval warfare iu this twentieth century
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    The British Fleet.
    995 5 Warlike Precautions Taken The Naval correspondent of the Hongkong Telegraph writes from Weihaiwei on 9 August:— 3 Considerable interest is attached to the attitude of the China Squadron which is now at anchor in Weihaiwei. It will be remembered that for some time I after the commencement
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    Milk.
    1228 5 The Importance of Pure Mii.k to the Health of the People. The following paragraphs are extrue'ed from an article on 44 What the San Francises Board of Health Has Done aud Proposes to Do to Improve tlie Milk of San Francisco,” by Frederick G. Canuev, m. d., City Bacteriologist:—
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    About Good Fellows.
    779 5 Many men value, foolishly, the title of good fellow. The American good fellow has already been discussed in this column. A reader, Mr. Eugene Driscoll, demands that we (the Frisco Examiner) shall again take up the good fellow’s case and expose his real character. Says Mr. Driscoll:—
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      1299 6 CHOOCHUANKEOM Co. Ship Chandlers, 23, Beach Street. (Established 1896.) HAVE JEST RECEIVED A LARGE SHIPMENT OF A VARIETY OF 600DS INCLUDING Sheehan’s Patent l 4 liter and Refrigerator Combined. Latest Charts of Penang Harbour, Hay of Bengal, Snmatra, and China Sea. Field’s Patent Parallel Rule AND Ebony Parallel Rules of
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    World's Gold Output.
    113 7 Engineering gives particulars of tlie estimated output of gold throughout the woild for the past ten years. The Transv:ial war caused a slight set-back, but the production now is larger t han ever, as the following table shows:— < loner*. Value. 1894 8,655,222 £16.765.652 1895 9.632.003 40.Jt99.778
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    Fifteen to Fifty.
    579 7 A Word to Women. Read How Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, “The Woman’s Friend,” Cnred this Java Young Lady. Her Story may bring Comfort, Hop's and Cure to You. Between the ages of fifteen and fifty most women suffer at intervals from the ailments peculiar to their sex,
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    Pars, from Exchanges.
    671 7 As a result of the spirit of obscurantist repression incarnated in the late M. de Plehve, there is not one spot of the body politic upon which we can lay the fingei and sav: This is sound. In the bar East, Russian military power, which it lias
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      1141 7 s m a CO FOR PRICKS APPLY 'I’O MARTYN 12-10-o*l Co. 72c Kim Keng Leong Co., 127, BEACH STREET. IMPORTERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTIONS OK IRONMONGERY, on l»'~ 1 \jr -S* 4kLS<Y ifeH^KTSdfc>R FOR SALE. Elephant Brand Kerosene Oil Vjy'HICH lias (Kissed the Government test showing the remarkably high flashing point
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      87 7 Penang Fire Insurance Association. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that all Holders of Fire Insurance Policies should give notice to the Agents of the Company hv whom they .are insured of the introduction or extension of Electric Lighting Installations. By Order D. A. M. BROWN, Secretary. 592 t. a wk.
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      98 7 TAIK HO Co., 82, Main Road, PERAK, TAT PI NO. (Established 1889). General Merchants, Provlsloners and Commission Agents. European Goods ot the highest quality. Imported wholesale direct from the manufacturers. Thus giving Constituents the benefit of very favourable rates. Liberal stock of Wines and Liquors of unexceptionable brand, always on
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      1015 8 WEIWAY, LAD3LAW Co., PENA! HAVE JUST RECEIVED DIRECT FROM EUROPE A SPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE NOW OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME Comprising of the Latest Designs. SAMPLES NOW READY Which will be sent Post Free TO ANY Address on Receipt of Request. THE ABOVE GOODS TO BE OBTAINED ONLY FROM PENANG BRANCH.
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