The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 November 1900

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, 6th NOVEMBER,* 1900. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4025
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 704 1 jf O Office. Telegraph St. Xt. Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA. JAPAN, PENANG. CEYLON. INDIA. AUSTRALIA. ADEN, FGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of leading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and San Francisco
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    • 702 1 fHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. OUTWARD. HOMKVVARD. For Honukono. Shang- For Marseillbs and hrn ar J«rAN Pokis. London. Through Bills of Lading issued to Manchester Continental ports, Nrw York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Sec. (or freight and other particulars apply to THE BORNEO COMPANY, UMITKD, Agents. Feb n AUSTRIAN
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    • 659 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKfcTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with the Netherlands Ihdia Government. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agkncy. late I. DAENDELS Co.. 2-3 Collyer Quay JHK rNDBKNK.VI IOVKI) IJAIKS ARK ONLT APPROXIMATE. From Espected Will be despatched tor de Carpenliei Bata%ia Nov. 5 Hatavia, Chrnbon, Samarang, Sourafaaya, HanjuNv.irvi, Mill, Ampaian, Sumb.iwa, Mima.
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    • 789 1 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI x BANKING CORPORATION. R^ D E R U V P E C^ T D A h- Nterluip Reserve Si 0,000,000 oihrcr Reserve 2,000 000 j 2>uc RESERVE LIABILITY OP > PROPRIETORS $10,000,000 COUKT Or UIBBCTOKS. N. A Sibbs, Ksq.— Chairmah. R. Shbwan, Esq.— Dkputt Chaibman. E. Gobtz,
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    • 879 1 PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC THh only e ™j y at p m knOOT Nl AI ID| p iHUMHtH r COW ,1 Sprue. Dysentery. Diarrhoea. Hemorrhage and Ulcera^on mammHm^'^ah^s^a^^<^ THE PETER SYS COMPANY no, 6 P S". mwia—t oc. 5,,;. r i/.n.ivoo PACIFIC MAIL STtAMSH.P COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 35 2 A' Sh.inghai, November s'h, orvit >-n C.ip'nmn Will-. Si hack, MMBMMMf S. M. S. to HHunk,b nk, widow of the ltd I i K. and d.iU^'l.ter of J heodor and Rosie Sotwt, StM| pore.
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  • 1652 2 1/ is confidently stated t by various asIroaoolM ai authorities tii^t tlie r<-< urriag Novcmbcf ttai tliowen or Leonids, tliai shuulii lia\ >- ni.ul-; theii appearance m profusion last Novetaber, but didn'i. will rt-ally appear nxt nreek The theory iur tbeiff non-app'
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  • 68 2 THE CHINA CRISIS. FIGHTING AT THE GREAT WALL. British and Germans at Tsukingkuan. Five Chinese Guns Captured. (Special to Singapore Fret Press.) Hongkong, Nov. s th, 45 p. The Germans and British, after occupying the Western imperial tombs near Yichow, attacked Tsukingkuan, a largr gate m the Great
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  • 29 2 Germans Destroy Boxer Villages. Captain Conradi an<l 400 men hay destroyed two large Roxer villages n > Kaumi, Shantung, killing J5O, losing etgfa wounded. m -a
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  • 21 2 MR. KRUGER REPORTED ILL. The Gcfderland has parsed Jibutil and reported there that Mr. Kruger w t ously ill.
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  • 29 2 Great Popular Excitement. Ihe Presidential campaign m Amen n has been concluded amid excitement r. equalled m the day 3 preceding the Ci\i War.
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  • 28 2 Both sides profess confidence >n thei success but the bi tting remians j t.j 1 i t favour of the re election of Me Kir
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  • 44 2 RAIN HINDERS MILITARY OPERATIONS. De Wet Near Frankfort. He Captures Cattle. Heaw rains throughout the Orange Colony and the Transvaal are hampering the operations after Dewet, who i- now m the vicinity of Frankfort. He has seized 800 cattle m the vicimtv
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  • 41 2 There i> a considerable Boer torce L»e tween Aliwal North and Rouxville. Illness of Lord Roberts s Daughter. Lord Roberts is detained at Johannesburg by the illness of his daughter from enteric lever. London, November 6th, /goo.
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  • 186 2 A Gazette Extraordinary issued venterday g.ves the corrected detailed estimate, of revenue and expenditure for the year 1901. The Novoe Vremva objects to the application of the open door principle north of the Peiho. Why does the Russian paper not^ say "north of the Equator once (or A telegram has
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 477 2 Powell Robinson, I BiTTBRY Road. AVw Goadsex s.s. Socotra m JUST RBCIIVBD New Tropical Suitings best quality. New Outfitting Ties, Scarves. Helmets, Straw Hats. *C, ftc. CHRISTMAS 1900. G. R. Lambert and Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS. STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS intended to be sent home lor CHRISTMAS should be taken NOW Sitttings should be
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    • 135 2 'John Little <Sc CO., LTD. Letts's Diaries 1901. Nautical Almanacks 1901. Shakespeare Calendars IUOI. FOOTBALLS. Demon Tennis Bats Sandow's Exercisers Photograph Albums Cigar and Cigarette Cases. Shaving Mirrors Work Baskets Silver Card Cases Silver Cigarette Cases Silver Match Boxes Hand-painted Pictures Fitted Dressing Cases Stereoscopic Views of Boer War Spring
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    • 1034 2 FOR SALE A Brilliant toned Cottage Piano by Rud Ibach Sohn, m good order. Price J450 POWELL Co.-Auctioneers. Oct 5 FOR SALE t«r\AINTY" A Bay Mare, Griffin, ran las week, now being driven m Harness. Wil make a showy Buggy Mare. Price $300. 11. ABRAMS, I he Horse Repository _O**9
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    • 809 2 TO.DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE A SECOND hand Yost No. 4 Typewriter Apply Office RAFFLES HOTEL* J^ov. 6 uc VALUABLE FREEHbrD LAND and BUSINESS PREMISES, AT ANSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. To be Sold by Au« tion at Powell He Co.'.s Sale-room On Wednesday, the i 4 th November, i,joo, at 2.30 p.m
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    • 238 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS. TDOOMS required ist December lor rmrried couple, or would share a house. No children. R." c/o Fret Press. Nov 91' WANTED IMMEDIATELY, medium sized house. Tang- lin district preferred. Particulars to M co Free Press. J*° V^_ 9.v TO SURVEYORS. V\7ANTE[) for the Selangor Government Rail- way two
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 229 2 The Week Tuesday, 6th Hijjh Water 9.20 a., 10.7 p. Presidential Election m America. Legislative Council, 2.30 p. S.V.K. Section m extended order, 5.5 p. S.V.A. Maxim Gun Drill, 5.15 p Philharmonic Choir 5.30 p. and Orchestra, 15 p. D. B. of General Purposes, 6 p. Band, Botanical Gardens, 9
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  • 60 3 Monthly Mki.m Handicap. J. Munro 4^ 49 g 82 Major Lewis Jones 42 4} >cr. 85 H. W. Sharp 53 4» 15 86 G. B. Str.itton 55 48 14 J<y Capl. Winter 48 58 14 92 Dr. M. Robertson 51 57 14 94 J.t. D.Jones S3
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  • 70 3 There was an entire change of programme at Harmston's" la>t night, which despite the attraction at the Town Hall, drew a large number of people to the Circus, and the various turns were greatly appreciated by the audience, Gilbert Eldred's somersault riding being especially applauded. "Harmston's" continue here
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  • 175 3 In the Appeal Court this morning, betore the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Law the appeal case of the British Dispensary v. Kana Mohamed Kusope was begun. Mr. E. R. Koek represented the appellant- and Mr. Delay the respondent-. The appeal is to set aside a judgment piven
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  • 217 3 A Kling, of &5 Newmarket-st., reports the theft from his house yesterday of A Javanese coolie employed at the Singapore Oil Works m Mackenzie-rd. wa* trying to fix a belt on to the fly-wheel of an engine yesterday, when he was caught between the wheel and the belt
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  • 104 3 A writer of humorous Camp Note* 'm the C> :na J/<z//has this The equestrian >cience of the Hongkong o!unteer C has not been properly exploited. It fell to the lot of Jogglebury Jones, Jun., thi- morning, to meet three well-mount* d cr defenders (a fourth had started but rt
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  • 127 3 The Kiev left Nagasaki on the 4th instant and is due here about the 13th, bound for Odessa. She takes cargo here. The Kian Ann after docking for cleaning and painting and repairing, at the K»-i,pel Harbour, < ame to the Roads yesterday afternoon, to load for Cheribon.
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  • 217 3 Sipido. 'he would-be assa^m ot the Prince ot Wales, has been arrested m Paris. H.c KiiSaO-Chinesc Bank is about to open its branches at Tsitsikar, Ninguta, and Kirin, as well as at Charbin. Ihe following comes from an agony column Unable do your request. Beta dead six months. Ihe reason
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  • 292 3 "SWEET LAVENDER. The third and last performance of Pinero's pretty domestic drama took place at the Town Hall list night bef-re a crowded house, which was not stinted m its applause, nor, when the first stiffness had worn off, unresponsive to the numerous "points" m which the play abounds. The
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  • 105 3 Into that land of dreams, but onr ma> go, Alone and solitary, there to stand And to await with smile and outstretched hand Ihe forms of fHlow-bcings from below. Ten thousand dreamer^ to those shores migrate, But all unknowing and unknown are they Each soul is individual, separate. And
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  • 198 3 SINGAPORE— THE GATEWAY OF THE EAST Guard of the date of the East, Lion m the way of thfjueen ol the Empire, I hail thee Mother of Nation- t' Strai gen may pass at thy bidding, either ■at Fight with the plei that 'iarr thee, '.ailing them foe, a- thy
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  • 284 3 'With acknowledgments to the ol Percy Bysshe Shel.e>. 1 an-- trom dream < t t In the fust sweet lloep of night And my brain 1- filled with wonder At thy soul -1 creative might Thy monumental structure A spell ca-ts over me. Oh Architect unriva!'.' I arise
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  • 1067 3 The Murder ov an Irishman m Korea End OP an Adventurous Lifk. Patticulars have arrived of the murder of a foreigner at the American mines m Korea, some weeks ago. The victim, Bland, an Irishman by birth, was m sole charge of a mine situated about nine
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  • 133 3 I he ktobet monthly medal was played for on Friday, 26th October, 1900, and reMlted m a creditable win lor Mr. J. C. Perrier, on a nett score of V) The links had been delug'-d m Ifcc aiternoon by a tremendous thunder-storm and only 3 cardb
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  • 104 3 Padre Walker will enjoy this addition to his stock of after-dinner stories A minister w.ii called m to see a man who was very ill. After finishing his visit, as he was leaving the house, he said to the man's wife: 'My good woman, do you
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  • 211 3 Captain Malian, writing t0 nc yy fw y ork j imt% with reference to the incident of (dp hoisting of the Boer flag at Bar Harbour by Mr. Van Ness, which, being done upon the occasion of the coming d the Butish Heet, was cle.irly
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  • 200 3 Ihe Secret Defence Committee o» Now /ealand has sent m itsrepoit to both Houses of Parliament, report recommends that tht defences of V kiand, Wellington, I.yttelton. and Port h.A■Mn should be strengthened and aqytpped with guns of the latest pattern, that a b;«tt« r>
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  • 249 3 lr M :tspjndcntot the 7/ >i v I'm, writes on the 17th mm*. i.s of ihe Commission aicli,^,,.;, attended as a iule, and people ol all das aid r ationalkica take a wholesome interest m tii e proceeding*. Alter six days of lively public debate, the
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  • 548 3 H iPioriiTToni Pftuca GtvauniMT. Th< Mit,,. i as published the full text of the al recently p:e-eited by Prince lnkantho r 1 I i «iovernment. It occu" pies nearly five columns, and the j >urnal remarks that, though the accusations may be unjust, it is a
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  • 396 3 Singapore, November $th, igoo. Beans, l^>ng per catty ct. 4 Do., French do. 14 Beef y.. do. 1.. 22 BeefSteak do. 26 Bean Sprouts do. 3 Bamboo Sprouts do. 2\ Blachan do. 16 Bnnjals do. 2 Cabbage, Batavia do. Nil Do., China do. 15 Do., Salted do.
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  • 75 3 (Corrected up to Nove mber n) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/1 j demand 2/1,; Private credits 3 m/s */l 4« documents 3 m/s 2/2 credits 6 m/s 2 /2je France, demand 267^ Germany, demand 2 1 7 India, T. T 159J Hongkong, demand i%di*. Yokohama, demand j^%di>. JAVA,
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  • 47 3 A Time Ball at Fort Canning and one «t > »v Brani falls each day at I r.M. Singapore mean time (Greenwich mean time 6 hrs., 4 mm., 35 being hoisted five minutes previously. To-day Fort Canning and Pulau Brain both fell c >rrectlv-
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  • 151 3 t yUGTATIOH. COITAL. P*!D Uf. klM PaID Ol iBiS 4;No m ,n a .r i2i0O0(00 4I4i23I i9ft87 Bell's As'- -stiis Kastern A**-.*. Nominal 100(K) (i 8.584 8,584 £1 Bersawah Gold M.ne Co. $c.jo Sellers S ,,-lv, 1 Q l>4 6 unissued Clear Water I>a.ry Farm
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  • 94 3 (November fas 1 «*2 do. Cube No. 1 fJJ do. White, (Fair L/W JIS* Nutmegs nos to the 1b.)...... S do. (80s to the lb) Mace (Bandaj Uloves (Amboina) l.iberianCotlee Tapioca, small pearl (Fair qiiah'ty'j H 6 do flake (do. do.) os, do. medium oeari (Fair a o do.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 163 3 A Village Blacksmith Saved His Little Son's Life. Mr. H. 11. Klack, the well-known village blacksmith ii (jr.thamsville, Sullivan Co., N.Y. says "Our little son, five years old, has always been subject to croup, and so bad have the attacks been that we have feared m-tny limes that he would
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    • 310 3 OCEAN ]fc^ STEAM SHIP If 1 Co. A.\J» NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAANTons. Tons. Acnilles 7011 ilyrmidun 2870 Agamemnon 701 1 Sestor <4/<" 701 1 Orestes 4653 /UciMOK* 6743 Patroclus 5500, <I>ic/tisei 2729 Polyphemus 261', .dntfHor 5531 MM 2845 Calchas 6748 Prometheus 5570 Cyclops 2066 Pyrrhus #21 Datdanu 4653 Rhipeus 3065
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 206 3 MAILS CLOSE I n.HiiHKiiti hoi Hei Ai Indra^in ,m I 1 1 m Muni A Malacca Sultan 2 pm I f olcutta .1. m Pasoeroean, Sit. Kutiang j 1 m Sowrabaja, ID Ban Pon Guan pm jrt Dickson, Jtc I/ok Tjioe -1 M Mitavia Cnang Seng 4 I'M Malacca I
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    • 422 3 Khimki Mr,. J UCt 2<j I I ncertain v Brit 710 h M 1..X. Oeuji BmrUi Umuk Other Vewel. Kirn Ton. M.tter. Arn^ed Krom Coni.enee. k o Arkthi -a Am. 2H2 Se.-combe Oct. i; f Udelphia I' S Consul Unoart-in -SSL K!S, S£ SS:7,S^ sj| "STB Hs.il i tll-if: Cuvirdon
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1163 4 TO LET SELF contained brick Bungalow. Outhouses and stabling. Splendid vie*r of Harbour. Good locality, very near town. Apply 7.. O. P., c/o Free Press. Nov. 2 uc_ OFFICE TO BE LET. 1 hat very commodious and well-lit office on 2nd floor, Gresham House, Battery Road, lately occupied by the
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    • 337 4 PROSPECTUS OF THE Burma Hotel Co. Ltd. RANGOON, First issue of 3,500 shares, less 1,000 already taken. DIRECTORS. .L. Downes Rangoon, Chairman *T. Sarkies Singapore •A. Sarkies Rangoon C. Balthazar Rangoon Wm. Miller Rangoon 'Will join the Board after allotment. BANKERS. The Chartered Bank of India Australia and China. AUDITORS.
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    • 964 4 HOWARTH ERSKINE, LIMITED. BJt I m@HJßrlil 1 1* s s *-i-i-^ Mining Machinery and Appliances Complete Steam Power Plants of the Highest Grade for any Service. High Pressure Corliss and Slide Valve Steam Kngines, Stationary, Portable, Standard and compound, and Lancashire, Cornish Multitubular, Locomotive, Vertical, VVater Tube, Marine and Special
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    • 873 4 NOTICE RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET -s.s. KIEV. due here for Odessa, the 13th instant, has space ior cargo. Apply to R. A. PAI.MGREN,— Agent. Nov. 5 8. 1 1 Not Responsible for Debts the .iptain, Agents nor Owners ot A^ 'he s.s. South America, will be responsible (or debts incurred by
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    • 103 4 McAlister Co. Champagnes G. H. MUMM Co, s EXTRA DRY PERINET FILS DRY VERZENAY Clarets ST. JULIEN AND MEDOC Sherries** SANDEMAN Co.'s VERY PALE DRY PALE DRY NUTTY AND FINE OLD BROWN BOGLER Co.'s FINE OLD DRY AMONTILLADO C. DEL PINO Co.'s JEREZ SECO Madeira SANDEMAN Co/s Ports. SANDEMAN cV
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