Straits Echo, 17 March 1905

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILV CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 3. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 17th MARCH, 1905. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 60.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    59 1 Hikth On Wednesday.* .14th March, at Singapore, the wife of Ale* W. Wesferliout, of a son. MakkiaoF'. ()N Feb. 11, at St. Barnabas Church. Clapham. by the iUr. George Ifell, M X.. John Whiteside Stokes, youngest son of the late William James Stokes, of Loudon, to Kate, fourth
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    HIGH WATER.
    41 1 For Wool emitny Thursday. Mar. 2d, I9**s. a.m. p.m. Friday, 17th 9.10 9.35 Saturday, 18th 10 10.20 Sundav, 19tli 10.50 11 15 j .Monday. 20th 11.30 11.55 Tuesday, 21st 1.20 1.45 Wednesday, 22ud... 2.10 2.35 Thursday, 23rd 3. 3.25
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    FIXTURES.
    38 1 To-iiat. St. Patrick's Day. 12th Day, 2nd Moon. Tug-of-war Conqietitioii, 5 p.ni., Esplanade. Town Band. Esplanade, 0 p in. Dauce aud Concert, Town Hall, 9 p.ni. 10-aoKKow. 13th Hay, 2nd Moon. Town Baud, Golf Club, 0 p.ni.
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    MAILS DUE.
    53 1 English (Simla) 18th Mar. China (lietvyal) 18th English (Peru) 20th China (P. Alice) 22nd German (P. E. Frederick) 22nd The extra P. AO. steamer Pera, having left Suez on Friday afternoon. 3rd instant, is expected to arrive at daylight on Mondav, 20th iustaut, aud will leave for Singapore.
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    THE MOON.
    31 1 O Fuli Moon Mar. 21st 11.50 9 a.m. List Quarter 28th 4.30 5 a.m. j Nmv Moon Apr. sth 6.18 7 a.m. I > 1 sr Quarter 13th 4.36.7 a.m.
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    51 1 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. OUTIV A KI is. ||n.\i KIV A Ul»«. S'til la IS Mar j Bengal IS Mar. Coromandel HU Malta Apr. lixtra Service. OI'TWARIW. il O.U ICWA RIIS. Peru ‘il Mar. I Japan 22 Mar. Poona i Apr. Malacca 7 Apr IfcjT For particulars See Page
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    The Russian Revolt.
    1385 1 Its Secret Working. A View From Within. I Popularity is ever a difficult river to lord, and as popular ideals are always more or less entwined round the occurrences of the moment, in all great crises like the present it is more the wish than the fact
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 1 Pjcnano. 1 7th Maucu. I liy courtesy of the Charier*'! Hank, j London Demand Bank ...I/ll 4 months’ sight Bank 1 lb? >, 1 Credit 1 11! 6 3 Documentin') ...2Calcutta, iK'iiiand Rank It*. 136 3 days sigh I I‘iivate MS Bombay. Demand Bank J4O 3 days' sight Private
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    SHARES
    195 1 Ker».iwaiiGold M»neC-< J,-l |o. teller Raub A ii-Malian .t.j Mining Co., IFI 325 teller# I’edjany Lehong Gold \I innis.' Co.; Ed. S 230 n0m. U iuliMia<Led M (*n..1,1 (Inliy paid). ,i jn.— Urtiseii Tin Mining Co.. I, i. 2 aie* Kamngan Tin Minim; C*’ 9. s, ilt ,s Kill!a
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    PRODUCE.
    183 1 Gold teat 8/8 B. Pepper(\V. Coast 3ll>s.s<#/..)$ 23 -buyers White Pepper 37 sel'ers Tiang Pepper 8 24.50 sales i Cloves (picke«l) S 41. sales Mace 79 —sales Mace Pickings 69. —sales Nutmegs 11 Os 39. —sellers No. i l> 10 avia j Sugar 2 no stock. Basket 625 *a.i"*
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      176 1 I A iHOUi, I Jr. b.s. 0,031, Kemp, 16th Mar., Cmal ports. Geo.,—S. IJ. Si Co. Ho*v>; VVa.n 1, Ur. s.s. 2,060, Slaknr, 17tl» Mar., Singapore, loth Mar., Gen I K. G. Co. j Kistna, Ur. is.s. 524, Addenbioke, 17tli Mar, Port Swetteniiam, 16th Mar., Gon., —IF. L. A:
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      DEPARTURES.
      62 1 17r.1 1 March. Unity, for Kan -*****. liotorim, for Toutfkali. Pern/;, tor PortSwetteniiam and Malacca. Ava iji’e, tor Port Swetteniiam Singapore. Chan lui, for Perils and Setnl. h ull/ U n ,1' tor IVduk Anson. Fli/iu'l Dra /on. for Port W eld and Taiping. &Wii?nicervon, tor Kuie, T. Soiuawe,
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      EXPECTED.
      75 1 i In o 1 J. Niooil Moulmen 1 H.L.&C». lftliMur Cornea Bniii'oon M L <fcCo. 20th Cera Sur*z A:A.A Co. 2th Sejov i;i Huiiliurif B. M <&(Jo. 21st Lii'htuini' ■iinipipore A.A.A.Co. 2ijr«l Iscll ;i ■hn<»apore 25th i Beuakler jOIJiioll S B.&Co. 27t h Kiroll lasuoiv 8 IJ.&Co. lOtli Apr.
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      SAILINGS.
      81 1 '1 1 *4 •'ll 1 J. Nic<>ll Moiilmeiii 1 if. 1j itCo. 20thMar. Piiruea P.S'hatu |H L A.Co. 20th Per a Singapore A (i.& Co. 20th Seyovia Singapore B.M &Co. 21st Lightning Calcuila A. A A.Co. 23r«l Ischia jBomhav B.M A Co. 25th Ik* n ill tier Singapore S.B.ACo.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      124 1 H’<*k Cevl»n, Australasia, Bombay, Aden, .Mauritius, Egvpt und via Brindisi, for Europe, etc. Per llenyal, to-morrow, 0 u.iu. I: it ii Jtalira and jVli Per Flying lJnvjou, to-morrow, 11 am. Negapalam and Madras Per Tara, to-morrow, 1 pm. IMi Per Una Whall Soon, to-morrow, I (i m. li
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      24 1 The winning symptoms of consumption should be heeded without delay. Commence with moderate doses of Stearns' Wine and consult the family physician at once.
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      29 1 When tlie whole system is depressed Nutritive reconstruction is of vital importance. Stearns' Wine is the ideal Tonic. John Bazley White Brothers' “LION BRAND” PORTLAND CEMENT. Sandilands, Buttery Co.,
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      28 1 GOLDENBERG ZEITIIN' Genuine Pilsener Beer. H U N N YMEDE. Rooms Vacant. Healthy Situation. Charges Moderate. Mrs WARD, 40. Noiihiun lio«d. 27-2 Oil tftius a wU lmli 144
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    Synthetic Rubber.
    798 2 Thn statement tiiut. tho lato Dr. Carl Otto Weber believed that iu live ye ars, bad hiri life been spared, bo couKl have discovered synthetic rubber, brings again liefore the trade, particularly these vlio are investing iu rubber planting, the fear! that a true substitute for India-rubber U
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      121 2 The Standard Life Office VTTIIiL pay £lOOO Sterling at the i T aye of 55 or previous death Lo an individual -1 years of ago subscribing' Jj2-13-7 per mensem. Note the advantages of insuring in a Scottish Oliiec of Guaranteed Stability and which Inis stood the test of nearly Sixty
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      1915 3 ft* St o* Iff w sa Homeward IS. N. Co. M. s.s. CoroC COMMENCING with ihe mandel programmed Port on the 4tli February next, the Home, ward Mail Steamers may l>e exacted to arrive at Penang every alternate Saturday, before daylight, sailing again not later than JO a.in. the same
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    The Straits Echo.
    124 4 Jnotioe ev«?r> boUjr, :m<l justice alone.— Kwwmrn Established J mic Ist, I :K).T Puliliilietl tidily (pxohh Suudnv*. JT Til R CkITHRION PRESS, W.. No. 22d--2>** > Beach Si root. Penang. PRICK PAII.Y. I.IM'AI, fit i«*r aimiiiii OUTSTATIOXS Ptwl.tge lixtni «All KMTtON Kree) 'Mr, CAUI.K AI*I 1C KNS
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  • Current Topics.
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      Cotton Mills in China.
      289 4 Ar lirst sight it would appear that there was everything in favour of cotton mills in >huughui reaping largo profit», and. therefore. at the meeting of the Lute* KTmg Mow Cotton,, Spinning and Weaving Company it was interesting to hear souk* ol the reasons for the
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      The Baltic Fleet.
      1172 4 News as to tiie supposed movements of tiie Russian Baltic fleet iias been verv prolific of late. We have been t «»1« 1 that Admiral Rostjestvenskv was sailin'/ for the Mozambique coast to meet seven warships recently purchased by Russia from the Argentine Government next that he
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    JAPANESE WARSHIPS AT SINGAPORE.
    1022 4 A Fleet of Twenty-two Vessels Sighted. Belikveo to be Togo’s S^laokun. Vhogt 7 3U tins morning, s iy s the Straits I’imes, of Wednesday hist (as already reported in the Eclo I y telegram), the Signal Sergeant at Fori Canning sighted i four Japanese warships near
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    The Malay States.
    106 4 In the House of Commons, o ,i 22u,l kVI Air. Lyttelton stated, iu reply to \lr a* Maljiv IfcJ&S} fen annexed. 1 relations S Majesty s Government am dntorunned l,v treaties in which the Sultans have under taken to follow the advice of the p, n f
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    Rubber.
    192 4 W K are indebted to Messrs Baudilaud> But ter v and Co. for the following rP p ()1 ol rul)l»er sales from Messrs. S. Figgis ain’t r dated Loudon, 24th February The market continues good, aud sui„«. descriptions are again higher, though tine para is rather quieter. Sales have
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    The A. and B. Car Question.
    275 4 Bufkrring to the meeting on this subject held at Kuala Lumpur on Hili iitVnnt. as already reported bv wire, the Malay Mail of 15th inst. says:—There were sonic 200 people, representing the various sections of the community here, present vesterdav afternoon at the Theatre
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    A Sensational Incident.
    407 4 The opening of the Singapore Assize» oil 1 1 Tuesday morning was marked by a sensatioual incident, says the Straits Times No soouer had the Chief Justice assumed his i seat than an old Chinaman forced bis way up to the front of the Bench and throwing
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      329 4 A Delighted Customer Tells Us: k 4 1 have lately tried several different photographic solutions with poor success. Oil hearing that you made up and sold such I decided to purchase from you. The result was perfect satisfaction, for I have never obtained such good negatives with any developing solutions
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      6 4 Value for Cash Wtiiteawav. Laiillaw Co
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    The War.
    607 5 Japan’s Flowing: Tide. Tiding Occupied. I'ri,,, Sfurial Tokio, 17 Murcli.—Ati official Japanese despatch stales that tii<* Japanese advance guard occupied I ieling yesterday (Thursday) morning. Ilingking Captured The Japanese occupied Hingking oil the loth instant Monday u Russia s Next Martyrs. Berlin, 17 March. —A report which 1
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Russian Revolt.
      29 5 Caucasus Volcano. A State of Siege. (Suppi ed by lit ter.) Loudon. 17 March.—A state of »ieg« prevails in the Caucasus and the disturb anees are increasing.
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      Germany.
      23 5 A Japanese Visitor. He It a Spec ini). Berlin. 17 March.—Baron Arisuga\va is on a visit here and lias been sympathetically welcomed.
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      Commerce.
      37 5 (ierman-Abyssinian Treaty Signed {Su pplied by lie titer i Loudon, 17 March.——'The Norddeutsche states that the Germau commercial I real v with Abyssinia was signed al Adis Abab.t (the capital of Abyssinia) on the 7th instant.
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      Storm Fiend.
      43 5 Oueen Alexandra Held Up l Supplied by Heater.) London, 17 March. —Great storms are prevailing in Great Britain on land and telegraphic communication is interrupted. Her Majesty the Quwn. in going to Portugal, lias been weather-bound for three days at Portsmouth.
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      Italian Cabinet.
      99 5 Crisis Tided Over. (<S itpplit'll In/ lieuter.) Loudon, 17 Mar. On Signor Fort is (leader of the Oonstitu'ional Opposition) declining to form a Cabinet, a decree of King Eminauuel has l>een issued appointing Signor Tommaso Tit ton i (Minister of Foreign Affiirs) interim Premier. The Ministry is otherwise
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      Indo-China.
      413 5 Japanese Expansion Theory Show of French Friendliness (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 17 March. M. Clenieutel. the French Minister for the Colonies, on being interviewed, states that the Freuch fears of j Japanese expansion in the direction of; Indo-Chiua are groundless, as the relations j of France with Japan are
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    Underwriters’ Losses.
    136 5 Ihk Marine insurance correspondent of the 1 hues estimates the net Joss in war risks on steamers for Vladivostok at £600,000. Against lid- loss there will lie the protits made on the war ri<k business in steamers and cargoes for Japan, and there is little doubt that those
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    Chinese Labour in South Africa.
    829 5 n tlie dehnic m the House of Commons on the -Address on 17th Feb.. Dr. Macnauiara moved an amendment representing that tße facts now made kuowu in respeet of the importation of indentured Chinese coolies into the Transvaal showed that the Government, when the Labour
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    Japanese Premier on the Situation.
    198 5 i Tokio, February 25 Couut Kat sura. s|H*akiug at a conference of the Governors jof provinces, said that the first year of tlawar was not entered upon without certalu misgivings, inasmuch as Japan was reluetaiitlv compdit-d to take up amis for her self-existence, aud for
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    Historic Campaigning Ground.
    735 5 1 HE Japanese have been credited with the; intention of capturing diiing-king, thej billions city 7** miles east of Mukden, from wli c i they would have a direct road over the mountains to Th-hling. it was at j Sliiug-kmg tl;at Nuriiachu, the Mauciiu j ruler, who
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    Jiu-Jitsu.
    560 5 Its Knowledge Cultivated by thb London Police. A PKiv.vns demonstration of jiu jitsu. tllowi iijf the practical utility of ill,' art aiiiel] has «radii;illy developed in Japan I during the past SUO year*. w.ts on 22nd nit given by laiugo Allan» 1 the champion wrestler of Japan, at the
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      70 5 Whiteaway, Laidlaw iV Co. We Deal for Cash Whi eaway Laidlaw Co SPECIAL MALAY CURRY TIFFIN On Saturday, 18th March AT THE Eastern A Oriental Hotel. ONVNad ‘lB For Electrical Installations. FnameFetl Steel Interior Conduit System. CEILING FAN. ESTIMATES ON APPLICATION. SOLE AGENTS FOR Penang and the Federated Malay States
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      383 5 TO LET. IMPORTANT to iicsiness men. V ESSRS WlllT*-AWAT, IjAIPLAW «fc Co. 1. are open to euiisi lcr immediate «•ff-rw for a Conmio.liouM, Airy, uud WellLighted lpM» m suitable for hiisine** office pi lor professional ehamUrs, at. corner of S V'^ l 1 1!isl "1> Sheet iu Ufcw <>c fioor.
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      770 6 NOTICE W. CORNFIELD. Graham Co., Ld., CHUBB’S SAFES. Tailoring, Outfitting, and General Store to intimate to ins customers and the Public in General tlm* WHOLESALE CHEMISTS, 4 Beach Street Penang. lie lias removed from liis temporary premises into his new spacious warehouse PERFUMERY JUST RECEIVED I Nos. 1 3, Bishop
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    M. de Witte.
    376 7 A Brikk Character Skbich. *"iu8 de Witte, whose name i* oom.ng .ugely iu tlie cablegrams from J a, U "r’?i^ U, t U,, V ms f r thirteen jean oue of the strongest personalities in the liusj *uu bureaucracy. Nor yet tiftysix, says it ntei in a
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    Items of Interest.
    616 7 j The report is spread from Russian Government sources that in the last Japanese budget a sum equal to J-B.OtKt.OOO roubles j was devoted to the purpose of paralysing Kussia at t he centre of her Government.,aud that this has been expended iu financing i *be strike
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      1021 7 Khoo Buan Phuan Penan* Confectionery. CHOP Gim Seng Moh 203, Main Road, Taiping. Tim Miners, Advancers and General Goods Store LIM 39c HO SUN CHOP HENO MOH Sc Co., /64, Heach Street, Penang. Importers of all kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. 61 o HONG BEE Co. No.
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      555 7 SALE. House Owners Please Note. riMESTONE LIME of excellent tjua- «tjr.as supplied under contract to the Pfinun; Municipality can be had hi v quantity from the undersigned. The uuslaked lime expands three times when slaked and takes three to one of sand. As a whitewasher and disinfectant it is unrivalled.
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