The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 June 1900

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, 26 1 JUNE, 1900. DAILY ISSUE, No. 39 i
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      821 1 P_ Office. Telegraph St. Xr Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG 1 rKYLON, INDIA. AUSTRALIA. ADEN rGYPT MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. .MAITA BRINDISI. VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and San Francisco
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      684 1 pHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY. LIM.TED. THK following are the dates on which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMKWARD. For lltisi.KOM] Shanu- For M ahsrillbs and hai 6c Japan Ports. London. 1900. 1900 Kintuck due June 17. Chiog Wo due July 1. Moyune due June
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      270 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAAF T MAATSCHAPPIJ. Umdir Contract wit* the Nbtherla kds ciovBRMM-J, AGENTS AT SINGAPORE. SHIPS AGENCY. LATE I. DA END ELS &Co 2" COLLYER QUAY G.G.s Jacob Sourabaia June 22 Souraba.a, Macassar Amboina Banda Me- B-massin June 25 W^^^^^^SLi 3 C Ka^° lCi> BcroUW B <* l °"K a
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      145 1 John Little CO., LTD. NEW POPULAR NOVELS (Colonial Edition) PRICE £1 50 each A LARGE SELECTION. Gentlemen's Pocket Books Private Account Books with Lock and Key Tracing Cloth and Paper Drawing Paper Typewriters. STATIONERY OF EVEKY DESCRIPTION SI'ITABLB 1 OR Bl SINKSS AND PRIVATE USE, GRAMOPHONES PHONOGRAPHS RACE GAMES ROULETTE
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      678 1 piONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL 1,0 000 000 RESERVE FUND $*****000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS j fi0,000,000 Courr Of Directors. N. A Sibbs, Esq.— Chairma*. R. Shiwan, Esq.— Dbput* Chairman. R. M. Gray, B»q. H. W. Sladi, Esq. E. Gobtz, Esq. j D. M. M.sms, Esq. v V
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      415 1 PETER SYS' WOND THE only remedy at present known as an INI Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, 1 RECOMMENDED by SOME or th« CHIEF SF| Sold Retail. by all Chemi THE PETER S^ (Proprietors and Sols Manukacturbh Nov 16 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY FIRE Ac MARINE. Subscribed C.p.tal £1,000,000 Paid up Capital
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      392 1 ERFUL SPECIFIC. <Al.Lim.rand PERM AN KMI CUKt tor Hemorrhage and Ulceration owels. w s h^r c vr :oICAL profkssioni (S COMPANY, is), 9, Old Chima Strhit, Shanghai 17.ii.1900 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY qCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAr V STEAMSHIP COMPANY AN/) T OY O KISEN KAISHA (ORIINTAL S.S. CO.) Of .Steamer,, also
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    The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1900.
    859 2 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1900. Her? •hail tkr Ire,, t>-f Pr.p r> t i r,i« Here patriot Truth her (loriou* prccrpu draw Pl«d«ed to Kehoon. Lcyaitr. and Law. TIIOSI who have nol^d the v- ry serif OUS views t k-n m tin, journal of the situation at
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    LT-COL. GAWNE.
    463 2 Lt.-C -1. J. M. Gaivne writes a pleasant private ielter to Ms friend, the Editor, on board the trooper tJi.it na> t.iKin^ him out j lo South Afn.a to take commaad ot the and Battalioa ol bis regimeal (tb« "Kojal lan asters'*). The letter is dated "North of
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    THE COLLISION IN KEPPEL HARBOUR.
    118 2 THE COLLISION IN KEPPEL HARBOUR. With Yeieren t 1 Uisioa ot the > »< harbour SqL Maj II >. a m (J ,r »t rt-. m.- \%d- cumiug into the 111 1 1 > u >nm u n t >ag %mi, the Stak having m r c iore n urn■'
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    RUSSIAN TROOPS FOR THE YANGISE.
    432 2 RUSSIAN TROOPS FOR THE YANGISE. ri in>t. a large i .->. Htrm V. m bilutr-, variuwij 14 iinaicd ai Hum men, ui> lo MiUKuw tor U.e proltCUon I Ol tIM Ku liaa .^eti.tm. Nt at UmM pOft. ihe Herrnune h*-, i, o i >ct p f ctl J r j
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    TIENTSIN.
    247 2 These aVfails of interest are quoted from the Hongkong Directory TienUta i situated al the junction of the Vun Ho, or Hwae River, 1> tter known as tl)-- (irand Cat al, and the Pei-ho, which river it mainly laces. Ihe navigation of the IVi-ho for sea iunks ceases at
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    BRITISH POLICY AND CHINA.
    611 2 A Sharp Critk isv. If tli" Hriti-fi Foreign Office were farleetng (save the mark 1 it would utilise tl,< m murders of British subjects m the North, and these piratical attacks, sometimes murderous, sometimes merely de»lru< live <>1 trade and property, as a raison for putting
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    LATER THAN THE MAIL.
    303 2 The wildest ccwfaiioii and panic prevail at Pretoria, when i«i 0.-en .i general collapse of al RnvcniaMiiiml htaaiom m the stampede of Boer I he foreign atUclies have started for home. Comm uid.iiit-G MMral Botha arrived m the city on Wediu'Mliy MgN and reported three days'
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
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      THE CRISIS IN NORTH CHINA.
      126 2 TIENTSIN BELEAGUERED. TWO ATTEMPTS TO RELIEVE TOWN. Russians and Germans Fail m Succession. r*Special to Singapore Free Prtss.) Hongkong, June 25th, 7-15 p.m. The Russian attempt to relieve Tientsin has proved futile, and the German attempt likewise FOLLOWING UP THE ADMIRAL THE HONGKONG CONTINGENT AND
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      ADMIRAL SEYMOUR.
      85 2 APPREHENDED CRITICAL SITUATION. GRAVEST FEARS ENTERTAINED The gravest fean are entertained for the safety of Admiral Seymour. SUSTAINED ARTILLERY ATTACK ON TIENTSIN. Heavy Guns m Action. H. 11. S. Orlando reports an incessan firing on Tientsin. There are many heavy guns "ngaged. THE FOREIGN SETTL MENTS. Almost Entirely
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      THE CRISIS IN THE NORTH.
      122 2 RUSSIA MOBILISING. THE: AMUR ARMY ON A WAR FOOTING. Siberian and Amur Reserves Called Out. An order from the Tsar raises the troops on the Amur to a war looting. The order also calls out the reserves from the Siberian and Amur military districts. AMERICA
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      1191 2 3 PIANOS. 2nd hand Guaranteed m good condition at $275, $295 and $300 respectively net cash. P:anos on hire monthly weekly for occasions at from $10 a month. The Robinson Piano Co., 33, RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. c 10 BOARD and residence m a private tamny lor one or two gentlemen
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      973 2 TO-DAY'S ADVER ISEMENTS WANTED A Traveller for the Native Sta'cs. Apply stating age, expeiienc- m <) atlsfjr r.quned to X co /•>!<■ Press. June 26 tic THE EXCHANGE BANKS. *T*HK Bachaane Bank-, will be doaai ea Friday, |unf 2y.h, Oueen's Coronation Day. ]une 26 2Q.6 >R ASER N^AVE Ltd7~ SIX
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      34 2 All letters connected with business (advertisements, subscriptions, ac- coun s, &c.) should be addressed to The Manager, ingapore Free Press." Communications on literary matters should be addressed to The Editor, 1^ inpapore Free Pres-
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      140 2 The Week. Tuesday, 36th HWednesday, 37th H.ghWaterr-u.ga.,, New Moon, 8.22 a. Church W^A^'P' 5 E a ™~««>n. Church Work Association, 1 a c vu' Sub d Vf '*'on Drill. b.V.K. R,fl e at Coy. Drill k Lecture. lj. Thur Bday( aBth H, K h Water :-l 1.47 a., 11.6 p.
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    TERRIBLE AMOK AT TANIONG RHU.
    543 3 terrible case of amok occurred at Tanjoriij Rh" yesterday afterno. n. rouliing m the death of four persons and the serious wounding of several others. It appears that shortly after 5 30, a Malay, parned Haji Abdul Sukor, an imam at the Mosque, was m
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    THE NEW UNDER SECRETARY.
    231 3 AN UIVIM AIPOINTMKNT. The appointment of Sir M in'a^ju Om' man^y as Permanent Under Secretary at the Co'onial O:Ti x comes to us, we ccr as a com^l-te surprise. It is one of t appointment^, the wisd >m ol which tim* alone can resolve. it i«
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    THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA.
    380 3 A >N A X 7S IZN l j The Pioneer writes ;—lt is just that the scare of some weeks ag j n fan Ru-"-ian designs upon Herat may h re\;wd thai 'ummer. It has leaked 01 that m.'.itary manoeuvres on a co lie are
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    FESTETICS DIVORCE SUIT.
    1007 3 Wife ov Count Wvidoif Ff.stftics CHARuKS DESERTION AND F/ULURI to Support. Likb on Bo k:> the Tolna. a Marvellous Adventures m Their Eight Years' Cruise m tup. South iEAS. (AVw Votk Herald.) San Frincisco, May 18. —Papers m a suit t tor divorce by the Comtesse Frst«*tics
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    AN ALLEGED FALSE TRADE MARK.
    77 3 AN ALLEGED FALSE TRADE MARK. ty. ■an \'g Siam Siew was yesterday charged b( rC' I fore Mr. Saunders with being m possessio f" c o{ certain goods for sale, namely two cask lon o( cement, to which a false trade mark Wl prs I attached. The ca-^e was remanded,
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    A PEOPLE WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
    105 3 oup ties From the Chicago "Times Herald" Desert led by Spam, denied Ame.ican citizenship by the R om publican majorily Washington, the inhab.tar hat o{ porto Rico present the spectacle ot 8 13,937 peoj pon without a country. Of course, some o( ihem CWS women,
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    ASIATICS UNDER DUTCH RULE.
    1424 3 {Fr»m a Correspondent} One is fully prepared to hear, later, that lie following incident never occurred at P 1 il 1 or that if it di.l, it *>ars quit*- a differ- :nt Uct-, hu' tlie fact that the Soerabaia Handelsblad treat-, it as a question" is
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    A CRISIS IN KOREA.
    1033 3 JaIMN RpiNFORCBS THE G*RRI*ON AT SbOUL. The Korean correspondent of the Nagasaki 'ress, writing on May 2y, says On Sunday ni^ht, May 2;th, i<)oo. a deed was :)rnmitted m Seoul the political consequences of 'huh, no one can at this time ton-tell. On that ight General
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    THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S REVERIE.
    213 3 (Mounted and A r med, at my old work again; 1 Arrayed beside me furly thousand men, Wailing my Norlh-siretched sword, quivering t< fight For Britain, Queen, and Human Law and Right t Yet do i seem to see m them but One, My Son. India thy
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    INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    223 3 List No. 14. reviously acknowledged $61,274.82 er\V. M. 15 er Hon. E. M. Merewether Police f Force 41 Per L. A. M. Johnston— Malacca Contributions. R. N. Blaml 50 C. G. Garrard... 2> M tstTs i* boys High School 55 7^ 1 Ui-.iu.-t Offi. AIOI Gajah
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    SHARE LIST
    446 3 JUNE 26th, 1900. Quotation. Camtal. Paid U>. Sharis Paid O: Jank of China and Japan, Ltd. Nominal. < 2,000,000 414.231 199.875 £4 Deferred. i, 2S o /1 .ell's Asbestos Fastern Agency. Nominal. 10 000 f f 8,,S4 8 -j 8 4 4 1 ____k _n It «.4»'-> unissued
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      271 3 OC&AN STKAM SHIP COMPANY. AND NEDERLANDsCUE STQOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. The Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards (or the Straits, China, and |apan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line are despatched Irom Amsterdam and Liverpool ever) fortnight for the Straits,
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      13 3 Frkb Lbssons to CT l^ Xi Pu«ch*s»rsoi fIIPC GEORGE MICHAEL, i, Robinson Road.
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      1012 3 MAIL NEWS. This Princb's Derby. The first two r.ic> I over, the crowd turned to the bus ness < f the day. The billing list shew that other horses wire ba.k<l. but go wher* y..u W'dj'd amoi g tlie crowds you f.>u d cv ryon'- tr../y t<> ack Diamond Jubilee.
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      898 3 rissiLs m pout. Mm-o r -Wai Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived Pram Whsn Plover Bnt. t».b., 7 s S Cowper June 21 L.ibuin Utber Vessels Flairs ft Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees For Abbky Holsk But. 1996 Brown June 24 M *i. W Akk.r N'.r. 1599 Wetorgraai June 22 Kuthmotsu
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      319 3 The Standard Time Bails. A Time Bail at Fort dnning .tntl one at Pulau I Brim fail* each day <it I P.m. Sm»pore mean tima (Greenwich mean time 6 hrs., 4 mm., 35 »ec, j being koisted five minutes (srevi To-day Fort Canning and Pulau Bram both iei 1 correctly.
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      453 4 TO LET. 8 A Change Allr\ Apply -4 \vf:f: kay poh 2J 37 TO BE LET A I ar ai 1 wefl 1 second floor office at corner f |<. b nson K.i.i.l and lelegraph Street. Ipe* to KKASBR CUMMWG 7 Battery Road. Mar .O uc TO LET W/ITH at
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      1107 4 FOR SALE T7IRST grade Bic)cle m perfect condition. "James" Birmingham make. Price $190. sell for $130. Apply R.W., c/o Free Press. June 20 27.6 FOR SALE. C"OUR-seated phaetoi m good order, bay 1 Australian mare, harness, Ike. complete. ALSO Deli pony and dog-cart, harness. Sec. complete, Apply to W. DALLAN.
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      1102 4 COVERNMENT NOTIFICATION; THE meeting of the Licensing |ustices f.ir the quarter commencing nt July, '9><, uiil be I held m iheoffice of the li^pectorI i^pector (it-neral ol PowcO, Central Police Station, at 3 p.m. on Thursday, sth July, 1900. Applicants for transfer and new licences and persons objecting 10 ihr
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      425 4 JKRNA|StGA of Japan TOILET WATER Apprecidtfl fur its delicate perfume and the fwiinfj of comfort -n'l fp ii,npss winch it imparts to the skin Kananga Extract Ar i KOTK ii 'tri vr. fM THI HAKDKI i.< MIEF <" go RIGAUD &C l 8, rue Vivici.ne, PARIS w^. o f q
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      28 4 John Little CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. 1 Agents for BRETEL FRERES' D'ISIGNY BUTTER In 1 and 2 lb. tins. John Little CO, LTD. v May 16 C ws. s
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      592 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser Cablb Address,— Advertiser, Stngap'ort. Telethons Number.— No. 61. Published at 30-3, Raffles Place, Sing. pore "pHE leading English Newspaper isj the Straits Settlements; Johore, th«> Federated Native States of Perak, Sals*. got, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Sembilan; British North Borneo; Sarawak Netherlands Indies.
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      1174 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port or departure, anJ [«*«Bf« known) date due here, and namr of Agents. Mkn-ok-W»r. Akgonai'T, H.M.S., Chatham, due June CoaUBTTB, H.M.S t.b.d.. Chatham, due June Cyhnit, H.M.S. t b.d.. < haiham. due June r-URST Bismarck, Ger.. Wilhelmshaven, due July (ioli ath, H.M.S., Chatham, due June J»ni\s, t.b.d.
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