Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 March 1899

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY, NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. EVIL FRIDAY. 24th MARCH, 1899. No. 67.
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 2 Penang, 24TH March, 1899. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank i/n?*s Do. 4 months’sight Bank r/n}| Do. 3 Credits 2/0 Do. 3 Documentary 2/oj Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 147 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 149 Bombay, Demand Bank 147 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 149 Madras, Demand Bank
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    172 2 Pi'nang, 24TH March, 1899. Tin »63.10 (Trang 27—sellers. Black Pepper West Coast no-sales. Aclieen 6lb no-sales. White Pepper 39Cloves (picked) 37Mace No. 1 100.—sellers. Mace Pickings 80 do. Nutmegs 7°- do. (No. 1 7-75 do. Sugar < 2 485 do. (Basket 460 do Tapioca Flour i-9 2
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    122 2 Mau s close to-Morruw. f*’ur str. 1 Stut. Singapore, China and Japan ...Diamante ...to am Tongkah ...I'etrcl 1 p.m. Deli ...lidar 1 P.M. Pangk.dan Brandan and Langkat ...Deli 1 P M. Batu Babra ...F. Drago-i 1 p m Asahan Batu Bahra R. lla euyn 1 p.m. Edie. T.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    32 2 p'rom Steamers /<> arrive. Singapore C. Hock Kian to day. Singapore Peshawur Singapore (mailfor*Europe\ Parramatta 25-3 Q Singapore Eva 25-9-99. Singapore Hebe Singapore Tambo>a 27-3-99. Singapore C A pear 27-3-99.
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    SHIPPING
    204 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Deli from Langkat. s. s Sri Bangka from P.idang. s. s. Tau- Tong from Teluk Anson. s s. Pegu from Oleh'eh. s s. Perse from Deli. s s. G. G. v. Lansberge from Acheen. s. s. Ballaarat from Colombo. Yesterday s. s. Flying Fish from
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    62 2 London, 23KD March. Britain and France in Africa. The Supplementary Agreement. Both countries appear to be satisfied with the terms of the supplementary agreement relating to the Nile. The British Premier. Lord Salisbury has gone to the Riviera. The Mahdi’s Remains. The Sirdar accepts entire responsibility for the
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    EDITORIAL NOTES.
    449 2 The position taken up by a small and insignificant band of misguided politicians and individuals at home, in reference to the dispersal of the Mahdi's remains, is absolutely untenable and, most assuredly, ridiculous. If ever man deserved punishment by death, in its most repulsive and cruel form, he
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    674 2 Eight Chim se wi re, each, yesterday fined S-2 by Mr. O’Sullivan, for gaining. Doctor B L and Mrs. Kroon, with two children, have book'd their pissage by the homeward bound P O. mail steamer Parramatta, due to leave Penang tomorrow. correspondent suggests the pouring of salt
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    THE KRIAN DISTURBANCES.
    67 2 According to the Pinang Gazette's correspondent at Parit-Buntar, several ringleaders in the recent disturbances have been arrested, and some of the leading Malays have been apprehended and taken to the police station. Dr Clarke has used every precaution towards checking the spread of small pox, but the
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    THE OUTWARD MAIL.
    72 2 Ihe outwardP. and O mail steamer Ballaarat (captain, C. L. W Field) with a crew of 198 men arrived here from Colombo, at a quarter-to-seven o’clock this morning. She had on board 68 first-class, and 19 second-class, saloon passengers, with 3 children. Among those who arrived were
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    LABUAN POLICE.
    130 2 In his report for 1898, the commandant of the B. N. Borneo constabulary thus writes :The Labuan police proper, who are all Malays of very feeble physique, having shown so frequently that they are powerless to cope with any disturbance among the sailors of various ships lying in
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    CRICKET IN PENANG.
    137 2 P. C. C. Probables v. All Penang.” A cricket match (12 a si le) has been arranged to be played at the Esplanade to-morrow afternoon, between a team of All Penang” and the P. C C. Prob ables.” The following gentlemen have been chosen to foim the
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    21 2 I ELUL ANSO;\, (23 i d March Tin Shipments. The shipments to-day are— TOl Do ang 2 Or e.
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    NEWS FROM ACHEEN.
    54 2 The following news of g reat and importance is to hand from Tamseh, the only formidable str J of the Achenese, and declared impossift be taken, has been captured hv u, e troops Ihe Sultan of Acheen h as La his submission. The 3rd Init-il kftfor Merdoe.
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    YU-MANTZU AGAIN.
    50 2 A special wire has been received f Chungking by the Universal Gozetb ing that Yu-Mantzu, who hj submitted himself io the officials turned to peaceful life, has broken rb again in a-live rebellion, and Pro- Z Treasurer Wang, who is attacking"' finds it a difficult task. 9 lin
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    SCIENTIFIC EXPLORERS.
    54 2 Messrs. S. T. Gwyne-Vaughan n Evans, N. Annandale, and W. Y s R who arrived here on Sunday by Centaur, says the Siam Observer 0/ t ie Y m-tanr, lepresent the Vmveisities of Chford, Cambridge, and Glasgow, and 1 come to thc East, we bdieve,’to exnk certain parts
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    FRIENDLINESS TO FOREIGNERS.
    67 2 1 he people of Kueiyang are vervf r ly to foreigners and the road town to Chungking is extremely r Ue ihe only trouble being with one’s eY’ the men.bets of wl ich have a habit of b-' ing 1 lungs and not paying for them, savirj
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    A SINGAPORE CONTRACTOR AND TWO CHINAMEN MURDERED.
    78 2 Between Labakow and Chantuk, on the Korat railway line a coutractcr 1 Singapore, named Rodrigues, and two 1 Chinese were murdered a fortnight apo by j an armed band of dacoits and most of that I valuables removed, says the Sizm Fra 1
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    PUNISHMENT FIRST: INDEMNITY AFTERWARDS.
    92 2 A Chengtu (capital of Szechuan) tele- gram to the Shanghai mandarins, receive; I on the sth instant, states that M Hx.. 1 the French consul at Chungking, hk I called upon the Viceroy K uei Chun a:: I demanded the punishment first of Yu Ma:- ize
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    TOWNS SACKED IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    93 2 The Manila Comercio of 27th ult .says:Passengers per s.s. Banan report thatvarous rebels entered Culion saying theyti: orders from Malolos to take over government of the island, and when th? bad managed to get possession of so® twenty firearms owned by the inhabitant they immediately
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    FRANCE AND SIAM.
    135 2 The Coronation, Captain Moller, H Bangkok for Saigon w ith Phya sri-Sa-j- theb, Nai Piang, and the rest of the soft I on board. Phya Sri Sahatheb is theunu I secretary to the ministry of the mten-‘I (political department), and his mission, sa^ 5 1 the Siam
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    PASSENGERS
    22 2 4 rrivals To-day. Per s. s. Tax' Tong from lelukAn 501 Hickic. r net» Per s. s Pegu from Olehleh Mi-
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    COMMON EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    88 2 Fhiuxv. 24TH Xorth- 13 Auction sale of furniture, at Road, commencing at n- High w.itei at New Jetty. IO P- 10- a in Sa I I'RDAV. 251 H T pith S trff Auction sale of furniture, 53 commencing at n '3° a 11 1 ',.<
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      794 2 n»i L Jo P s £lu ADhtrttsrmtitts. H |IT I j lln HI (V I 111 THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE, 1888. JL X AWJLXWIA wX v/VI In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of Penang. ln Bankruptcy. No. 6 of 1898. Summary Case. Re Lee Choo Chin of Chop
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    CRICKET RECORD IN INDIA.
    120 3 On 25th January. Major Lamb of the Cheshire*; macle an Indian record by scoring 160 (not out) and 127 against the Lincoln regimental eleven. At Secundrabad Mr. T 13. Sellar, 2nd K O S B’s, repeated the feat of making double centuries in a match on
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    A PRO-FOREIGNER PROCLAMATION.
    127 3 A Tientsin correspondent to the /Av.’gTr/rgt <?/■/: thus writes:A rather interesting pioclamation was po-ted here last week bv the Viceroy Yu Lu, cautioning the people in the strongest possible manner against making trouble with the native Christians and foreigners generally. It differs from the usual proclamation inasmuch
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    PHILIPPINE ATROCITIES.
    134 3 The Manila special correspondent of the A’ -.j York Herald telegraphs as follows to that journal :The Spanish civil prisoners are not yet released. Tales of suffering, hunger, and dishonour come f >m the provinces. Young Spanish girls are forced to live in open shame with lowborn Indians.
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    FLOATING ISLANDS.
    176 3 Queer Landed Property. On the 10th of last month at Nonghan, near the town of Kumpharaphi, on the Mekong, an island six sen wide and 14 sen in length entirelv disappeared, says the Bangkok Times. There were a number of large trees. 10 feet in circumference. on the
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    FURTHER TELEGRAMS.
    308 3 (To the Allahabad Pioneer") London. 14th March. England and Germany. Some comment has been excited by the changed attitude of the German press, especially the distinctively colonial jingoistic organs, which, so far. is the chief result of Mr Cecil Rhodes’ visit to Berlin and his apparently unaided efforts
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    STEAMER-BUILDING IN JAPAN.
    53 4 The work on the Iwa warn (a sistership to the Hitachi-maru), which is being built for the European line of the Nippon usen Kaisha, is rapidly proceeding. The Iwainaru is being built at the Mitsu Bishi yard at Nagasaki, and it is expected she will be completed
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    COLLECTING LITTLE PIECES OF COLOURED PAPER.
    161 4 A correspondent writes to the Rangoon Gazette-. The stamp-collecting mania is responsible, I imagine, for a good many stamps being abstracted in Post Offices from letters and parcels. I have this week received a parcel from Madras with a stamp off. The receipt shows
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    SMALL-POX IN BURMA.
    161 4 Small-pox which shewed signs of abating the week before last has broken out again in Rangoon with renewed virulence, chiefly among the children of Burmese and Chinese, very many deaths having occurred during the week, says the 7 iwrrs of Burma of the 18th instant. It seems
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    YOCHOU AS AN OPEN PORT.
    170 4 The date for the opening of Yochou, Hunan province, as a commercial port for the international trade, it seems, is near at hand, for, under instructions from Viceroy Chang Chih-tung, a Taotai of the name of Chan Hung-shun has been recently here in Shanghai engaged
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    MAL-ADMINISTRATION OF FORMOSA.
    170 4 The Japanese vernacular papers are again calling attention to the mal-adminis-tration of Formosa. A report is current, says the Kobe Chronicle, that General Kodama is to be removed shortly, and that his place will be taken by Admiral Count Kabayama, the minister for education, who has previously
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    CHAIRS FOR COUNSEL.
    205 4 A Katha (Burma) correspondent to the Tinies of Burma thus w rites in reference to the chair difficulty:l am credibly informed of the want of the ordinary courtesies by certain Burmese judges and magistrates which is most astonishing. Chairs are very seldom offered to advocates who plead
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    THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    1254 5 Latest from Manila. {Manila Times.') THE GUNBOAT SHELLS THE INSURGENTS BEYOND SAN PEDRO MACAU. ist March. About nine o’clock this morning the outposts near San Pedro unearthed a nest of insurgents on the south bank of the river. After a lively skirmish with the infantry,
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    606 5 (L. C. Express.) 3rd March. The Court. All the arrangements are now ready for the Queen’s journey to Cimiez. Her Majesty starts on the 9th of March. Yesterday morning, the Prince of Wales and suite left Charing Cross for Cannes. Parliament. Proceedings in the house of lords have
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