Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 17 May 1899

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. EVIL WEDNESDAY, 17th MAY, 1899. No. 112.
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      546 1 Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rp HE mail steamers may be 7 J" ex P ecte d to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang ‘M homewards, on the following dates:— Outwards. Homewards. y ((l May 18 Coromandel May 20 j June 2 Parramatta June 3 Ralfaarat Chusan 17 Coromandel 29
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      552 1 Hanks. JL^"_" L .J. ._L2JL. .JL IJi.U' J l 1!.. ,T Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,0®©.®« Reserve Funez 2, 536,444.i5j Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore, Med»» (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya,
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    73 2 London, i6th May. The Transvaal Crisis. A Climax. Britishers Arrested and Imprisoned. Sensation has been caused in South Africa and London by the news that seven Europeans, who formerly were British officers, have been arrested at Johannesburg. The prisoners are charged with inciting treason and urging an enrolment
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    The Stir at Hongkong.
    201 2 The news telegraphed from Hongkong and published by us yesterday and to-day is a little bewildering. We thought that all was quiet in the Kowloon district and along the frontiers of the new acquisition. We know of no other objective for the British garrison and gunboats
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    Treason in the Transvaal.
    334 2 Mr Chamberlain is again brought face toface with a climax in South African politics. I’or the second time during his tenure of the se< retaryHiip for the colonies, British subjects have been arrested at Johannesburg and conveyed to the gaol .it Pretoria The alleged offence, on
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    873 2 Warren’s Circvs is expected shortly to arrive at Tientsin. The Belgian Minister left Peking on his way home on the 2ist of April. The notorious eunuch, Li Lien-ying, is still in high favour, and in conjunction w ith certain Manchu magnates is continuing to sell favours, and
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    BURGLARY IN TEK SOON STREET.
    113 2 Last night, the premises at 17 Tek Soon Street were broken into while the inmates were asleep, and property, that included coats, trousers, hat, and shoes, valued at $25, was carried off. It was not until 5 o’clock this morning that the burglary was noted.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    65 2 [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS' SINGAPORE. (17th May) British Advance. Army, Navy, and VolunteersObjective a Secret. Yesterday, uoo soldiers and 400 bluejackets, in several n un boats, left Hongkong. The volunteers embarked in th. afternoon. lhc Nothing is known as to the objective of the expedition. The greatest secrecy
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    WARNING TO BELLIGERENT LADIES
    42 2 1 Heavy Fines. Two respectable Chinese women an peared before Mr. Howard this morniX and were charged with using criminal force to another of their sex in Hutton Lane. On conviction, they, oach, were fined $2O, with costs.
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    THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
    50 2  -  M. A.” in the N. C. Herald. It is reported that the health of the Emperor is “as usual.” What that is no one knows. Uneasy lies the head”— that has lost a crown But perhaps not uneasier than the head that has stolen it suggests
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    A YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL.
    49 2 A Chinese lad was this morning sentenced to 6 months’ rigorous imprison, inent, for stealing 4 bajus from a friend of his He admitted one previous conviction for theft of money from his father’s shop some time in September, last year. His father was the prosecutor.
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    ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN PENANG HARBOUR.
    61 2 A Chinaman was brought before the police courts this morning, on a charge of attempting to commit suicide by jumping into the sea from Penang pier, yesterday. He was pulled out of the water by the marine police. As he showed signs of lunacy, he
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    THE VICEROY'S CUP.
    68 2 The Times of Ceylon learns that Malolcs, the celebrated Australian racer, has been purchased for the next Viceroy’s Cup race by Mr. Uphill for 1,500 guineas. Malolos, it is said, will stretch Redavni and Tom a bit, and even Vanitas and the other wellknown horses in training
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    CHINAMEN AS SOLDIERS.
    75 2 Mr. Arnot Reid believes too, a.±they believe in Wei-hai- Wei, and as it has been proved, that the Chinaman will make a good, if not the finest, type of soldier The Chinaman,” writes the author of Peking to Petersburg, is twenty times the man that the fellah
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    STRAITS TIN.
    82 2 Imported into the United Kingdom. The following returns are published by the Board of Trade in reference to the import of tin into the United Kingdom from the Straits Settlements in the month of March, 1897, iBqB, and 1599, and during the first quarter of each of these
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    THE ASSIZES.
    108 2 Alleged Dishonest Misappropriation. Tan Hai was charged before the Hon. Sir Lionel Cox, yesterday morning, with dishonest misappropriation by a servant of property belonging to a deceased person. Mr. Gottlieb appeared for the defence. After a trial, that lasted the greater part of the day, the accused was
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    THE POONA MURDERS.
    115 2 Chapekar and Ranade Hanged. Washdev Chapekar was hanged > n Poona on the morning of the Sth instan He was led to the gallows reciting pray and showed no signs of fear. Balkrishna’s cell, he shouted out tha was going. Only a few persons were p Mahadeo
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      1039 2 1 _2x bers of the Penang Turf Club will be I The Latest Comic Operas. held on Thursday, Bth June, 1899, at 4.30 p.m. Little MISS Nobod}, Tq consider a resolution which will be proCASH DISCOUNTS. Topsy Tu T 7 e X star Secretary. Penang, 17th May, 1899. >99 PRITCHARD
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    PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.
    59 3 PL AGUE AT HONGKONG. Tin- return of cases at Hongkong of fO ninHini< al>le diseases, for the week ended the 2Qtl' of April, shows that there were „3 cases of bubonic plague and 34 deaths re p O rted from that disease. There were one case of diphtheria, and 2
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    FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN SIAM.
    56 3 Mr. G. A. Cooper has arrived in Bangkok from Calcutta and taken up an appointment in the forest department; Mr. de Souza has travelled from Madras an j assumed the duties of deputy assistant controller general (for two years) and Mr. Langley has proceeded from Rangoon
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    TENNIS AT HONGKONG.
    54 3 Mr Henry Humphreys has reached the final for the championship, and will play the winner of the tie Mr. H. Pinckney Capt. Langhorne, RA. Mr. Pinckney, formerly of Penang, in an ex-champion. Last year’s champion, Mr. H. Moberly, H. K R, is not in Hongkong this season
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    FIRST DEATH AMONG THE AMERICAN LADIES.
    56 3 The death of Mrs. Buchan, wife of Capt. Fred E. Buchan, of the 20th Kansas Raiment, is reported from Manila. Cantain and Mrs. Buchan were married in May of last year, prior to the Captain’s departure for the Philippines. This is the first death
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    THE DOCKING OF THE "VICTORIOUS."
    78 3 According to the Nagasaki Press, considerable difficulty is being experienced in docking H. M. S. Victorious at Yokosuka Everything that could possibly be moved, including all except the biggest guns, down even to the middies’ chests, has been taken out of the mammoth battleship, but
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    FIRE ON A TANK STEAMER.
    88 3 About half past-seven o’clock on the 2nd of May, fire was discovered to have broken out on board the Sabine Rickmers tank steamer lying alongside the kerosene tanks at Taikoktsui, Hongkong. The steamer was immediately moved away from the pier to a position at the
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    ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT MANILA.
    511 3 The American contains the following account of a sensational occurrence at Manila:— A fashionable resort at No. 30 Calle Real was on the 18th of April the scene of an murder of a dashing blonde, and fatal suicide of the ardent lover, lhe patrol
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    MARKET PRICES.
    194 3 Penang, i6th May, 1899. Description. Beef— cts. Soup per cattyn Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 35 Tongue 60 Feet ij Heart jo Tripe per cattv io Liver 'l6 Pork Pork 22 Pig’s Head each 16 leet ifj Tongue
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      1357 3 McAlister Co. 11l BEST FOR WARM CLIMATES. d Calvert’s I 10 BEACH STREET. gftßßOLie SOAPS. THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY RELIABLE BRAND. j TOILET SOAP, 6d. Tablets. PRICKLY-HEAT SOAP, 6d. is. Bars. Qtl inn UALI m mi/ F I" I k containing 10 percent purest Carbolic. (Used by H.R.H. Thb Pnixci
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      249 3 WANTED. i AN Apothecary for Gula Estate. Applv to 2i6 KENNEDY Co. American Dentistry. DR. RABE of San will shortly return to Penang on his Fourth Professional Visit. Letters to be addressed in the meantime ioS c/o Pinang Gazette The Beach Street Auction Rooms. I THE undersigned, hereby give notice
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    FURTHER REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    528 4 Bth—ioth May. Great Britain and the '1 ransvaal. In the house of commons to-day (Bth May) Commander Bethell asked Mr. Chamberlain if he would make a statement regarding the so-called crisis in the Transvaal. ,Mr. Chamberlain declined to make any announcement on the situation, and thought it
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    277 4 (L. C. Express) 21st April. Holland. The annual visit of Queen Wilhelmina and the Queen- Dowager has passed off very successfully. The Queens were everywhere most heartily cheered by dense crowds. Her Majesty has received in audience numerous military and civic authorities. United States. The Mazet commission of
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      1130 4 Excelsior Aerated Water Works Go., i nnlina I 7 Farquhar Street Cantonment Road. J for SSc Manufacturers of High Class Mineral M 1 H and Aerated Waters. rtmlS W igj Q H "ilw. OjT|llT?T3^^^^k. S T. ,h Only the purest of ingredients used in their "A G. I "TZ ill
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    THE INDIAN CURRENCY COMMITTEE.
    1221 5 The second volume of evidence before t he Indian Currency Committee, a copy of which has been forwarded from the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, to the Penang Chamber of Commerce, for the information o fits members, contains evidence of 24 witnesses, and consists of 260 pages of
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    THE NATIVE INFANTRY.
    48 5 The government of India have approved of the adoption of khaki coloured great coat and cape for the native infantry, in place of the coat of grey cloth now in use the new coat to be introduced as the garments now in wear become unserviceable.
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    99 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following are the results of the ties played at the Golf Club yesterday Championship.Miss Hogan beat Mrs. Freer Men's Double Handicap. Firmstone Freer beat Yeats Kerr Adams Jackson beat Atkinson Bell Mens.Single Handicap. J. H. Vickers beat H. Berg Unfinished Tie. Anthony Hallifax
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    120 5 Wednesday, 17TH Golf Club, Tennis Tournament, at 5-15 to 6-10 p.m. Town Band. Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. Church Work Association, meeting, 3 Westlands Bungalows, at 10 a.m. High-water at New Jetty, 5-25 a.m. and 5- p in. Thursday, iBth Golf Club, Tennis Tournament, at 5-15
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    42 5 Mails close to-Morrow. p- ur Per str. Time. Langkat ...Quorra ...n a.m. Deli ...Ho Kwei 1 p.m. Tongkah ...Petrel 1 p.m. Pangkalan Brandan and Langkat ...Deli 1 p.m. Pangkor T. Anson. Canton 2 p.m. Friday, 19TH. Klang Malacca ...Teutonia noon.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    28 5 prom Steamers To Arrive. Padang R- R- Atjeh ’B-5-99. Singapore Calypso 18-5-99 Colombo (Mini/ from Europe) Nubia ig-5-99’ Singapore Tambora 20-5-99 Singapore M. Bacquehem 20-5-29-
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    SHIPPING.
    85 5 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Catania from Kobe. s. s. Chelydra from Calcutta. s. s. Quorra ftom Langkat. s. Clinton from Teluk Anson. s. s. Deli from Langkat. Yesterday. s. v. Hosburgh from Singapore. s. s. Taw Tong from Teluk Anson. s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. s. s. Petrel
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    827 5 PROGRAMME Autumn 1899 Meeting, FIRST DAY. Tuesday, the Ist August, 1899. 1. —The Maiden Plate. Value $250. —A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (lost. 91b.) Entrance $lO. Distance 1 mile. 2. The Roadsters’ Race. Value $200. A Race for Roadsters under Penang Turf Club
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      386 5 Gosling Co. L. Woodford, No. 2a, BEACH STREET, HAYANNAH PENANG. CIGARS. JUST RECEIVED T 1 Small Shipment of J IxCCCIVCd. HAVANNAH CULEBRAS. fo rtb ree LADIES’ SHOES! $3O per (100) hundred. LADIES’ SHOES!! LITTLE SWEETHEART CIGARETTES. AMERICAN. 20 tins of 50 each e (1000) $4.50. evening shoes. e In Patent
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Penang, I/TH May, 1899. Rates close as follows: London. Demand Bank i/hJI Do. 4 months’ sight Bank «/oft Do. 3 Credits 2,'ot Do. 3 Documentary 2;Oi Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 149$ Do. 3 days’ sight Private 151 Bombay, Demand Bank >49? Do. 3 days’ sight Private 151 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    177 6 Penang, 171 H May, 1899. Tin $68.25 sellers. Trang 25.50 Black Pepper West Coast... nosales, i Acheen 6lb no-sales. White Pepper 39-5° Cloves (picked) 37. Mace No. 1 too. sellers. Mace Pickings So.— do. Nutmegs 64. do. I No. 1 7.75 do. Sugar i 2 4.85 do.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    142 6 May 19 Outward P. O. Mail Steamer Nubia from Colombo, for Singapore and China. Gilfillan, Wo d Co. 18 s. Calypso from Singapore, for Deli. W. Mansfield Co. 20 Hemeward P. O Mail Steamer, Coromandel from Singapore, for Colombo and London. Gilfillan, Wood Co. 20 s. s. Dorothea
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LISI.
    155 6 (Straits 'Limes, 12m May, 18(39.) Raubs (14'10 pd.) ...$5B. £1 fully paid $59. Punjoins 1 pd.) ...$5 50 Jelebus ($5 pd.) s9.so's'les <~b'yrs Pahang Corp. (£1 pd.) $2.75 sellers. South Kaub Ltd.lfhoo pd s22o.—buyers. Redjang Lebong 897—5.1/«:s' Pataling Coffee Co. (5100 pd.)... s2o. Pengerangs ($5O pel.) Fraser
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