The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 January 1901

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    20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, i 5 th JANUARY, '1901. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4081
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      714 1 P_ Office. Telegraph St. Vr Wharves. Keppel Harbour. 0 STEAM NAVIGATION Co j Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, rFYLON INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, PHYPT MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH i AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Qulf, Continental and American Ports, also for j Chin* Coast. MAIL
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      764 1 pHINA MUTUAL STEAM N AVIGATION COMPANY, LIM. TED. OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Honukono. Shanu- For Marsh illbs and hai flt Japan Ports. London. s.s. Moyune due Jan. 17 Through Bills of Lading issued to Manchester Continental ports, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore, See. for freight and other particulars apply to
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      1403 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKKTVAART MAATSCHAPPII. Under Contract witb thi Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, latf. I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Quai The undermentioned datks akk only apckoximate. From Expected Will be despatched tor Bawean Cotic via ports Jan. I Bawean, Sounbaya, Banjermassin, I'ulo Laut, Balik Papan, Muara Java,
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      747 1 UONGKONQ AND SHANGHAI AA BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL Jioooocoo RESERVE FUND— *i0.000,c00 Sterling Reserve *i 0,000,0007 Silver Reserve 2,000,000 j Jl2 000 000 I RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS $i0,000,00e f C'OUBT O» UIBBCTOKS. N. A Sibbb, Eiq.— Chaihmaw. R. Shbwan, Esq.— Dhputy Chaibman. E. Gobtz, Esq. Hon. R. M Gbav
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      575 1 KANANGA of Japan! m* TOILET WATER jMfjJQI Appreciated for its delicate perfume an<l the .imfort Hii-i fi^lm-ss which it imparts to the skin rijjgjfjgL Kananga Extract i Ttß 1 RIG AUD C'% 8, rue Vivienne. PARIS t ROYA ,L INSURANCE COMPANY FIRE LIFE -run T° L T^ L NY ST
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      299 1 J>ACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHJP COMPANY i-kCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL U STEAMSHIP COMPANY ANO ipOYO KISEN KAISHA [iimiu s. s. Co.) J hrou K h P^ssaije I ,ck, 's granted to EnpUnd Unued States or Canada. Rates m ay be ob on application. i^,;r,"T n 7, i* »«s: "ESS! Sailing dates from Hongkong
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTH
      19 2 This morning, at 5 a.m., the wife ot H. M. I Ellis of a ion. The Singapore Free Press.
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    The Singapore Fre Press. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1901.
    1639 2 TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1901. To a supplement to the Selangor Government Gazette (Jan. nth), Dr. W. L. Braddon contributes a summary of an interesting paper by Professor ANGELO CELLI, published originally m the Sufiplemento al Policltnico, Annu VI., V 51, and specially translated for the Lancet This drals with a
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. DISTURBANCES IN GAMBIA.
    18 2 DISTURBANCES IN GAMBIA. Spread of the Rising. The rising m Gambia is spreading and the outlook is grave.
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    D'ARC'S MARIONETTES.
    24 2 SOUTH AFRICA. REPEATED REPULSES OF THE BOERS. Lord Kitchener reports several engag*. merits io which the Boers were repulsH Both sides suffered slight loss.
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    21 2 FIGHTING AT SENEKAL Comnandant Duprec/ Killed. During an engagement at Senekal Commandant Dupree/ and eight Boer killed. BOER ATTACK ON KALFONTKIN.
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      471 2 JUST UNPACKED Two upright Pianos by Bechstein $750 each Two do by J. Brinsmead $600 each Two Special Pianos by Collard Collard $575 each INSPECTION INVITED ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. M, RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. TELEPHONE No. 191. Jan. 10 Uns Katz Brothers, Limited. Have Just Received a New Supply of
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      437 2 FOR SALE OUNBR L«A\1!I(, THE C« DAY Australian pony, Victoria and set of H*r- ness, m excellent condition. Price $400. Apply DALLAN'S Australian Horse Repository. lar,. 12 uc FOR SALE A a going Cc- -rgc Boarding House near Ap P ;> BOARD cio Free Pra Jan. 2 ,«5.i FOR SALE
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      517 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS BOARD ft LODGING. \\7 AN lEDin a private family. Please state vv terms and particulars to F.L.0., c/o Fret Press. Jan. is i6.i EUROPEAN SURVEYOR \A7 ANTED for Pahang. One with underground experience preferred. Salary $200 per month, with furnished quarters. Apply to PATERSON SIMONS flc Co. Jan.
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      665 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. TOWN HALL Owing to the Dallas Co. playing one night longer D'Arc's Marionettes. will not open their season till FRIDAY, 18th JANUARY, at 9.15 p.m. Matinee on^Saturday 19th, at 4.30 sharp Children under 12 and Amahs half-price to all parts PRICES $3, $2 and fl. Plan open at
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      64 2 That Means Rheumatism. Sore and swollen joints, sharp, shooting pains, torturing muscles, no rest, no sin p. That me-ns rheumatism. It is a s'ubborn disease to fight but Ch mberlain's Pain B^lm has conquered it thousands of times. It will do so whenever the opportunity is offered. Try it. One
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      187 2 The Week Tuesday, 15th High Water -.—5.6 a., 0.32 p. Legislative Council, 2.30 p. S.V R., Aic B Co. Musketry Prelimmar. I): Manual Firing Exercise. S.V. A. Officers' Meeting, 5.15 p. Dallas Co., French Maid," Town Ha Wednesday, 16th Hinh Water 0.5 a., Municipal Commission, 3.30 p. Masonic B. of
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    THE GOVERNOR'S TWINS.
    192 3 It is not everybody who, like Sir AlexA ct has ceremonially in.uratad the construction of a railway. That official is therefore justified m utilisthis good story, which is quiie susc "ptib!e ol bring related at a dinner party before the ladies rise 4 fr.fos of inexplicable telegrams,
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    Tar-Macadam for Roads.
    628 3 1 1 tii Editor. v. :R —The attached is a cutting from Aberdeen Journal of Dec. 12th, 1900 md may be of some interest after the leader Friday s Free Press This Newly discovered paving material has been well tried m Aberdeen during the last four or
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    A LONG JUMP.
    295 3 Major Turner, writing m August last Thalda, Chota Nagpur, India, to a school )j irnal m England s>ay» I was m eye— withnes* of the running tump I ;ni going to describe. The jump was made on a flUt road by a little Hindu boy between .ears
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    KECHAU G. M. CO.
    81 3 The monthly report of the Mine Manager says that during thr n.onili. 361 ions of ore haye been crushed for 165 OS. of smelted gold. Ihe mill ran contmuou-ly. On No. 1 level m th- Extern workings, a w.nzr has been sunk 33 ft. on the
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    DEFENCE OF HONGKONG.
    79 3 In the House of Convmons on the 15th ult., Mr. Warner asked the Secetary for War if he could say what was being done towards putting Hongkong m a proper state of defence, especially the arming of the forts with modern breech-loading guns, providing the Volunteers with
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    KIDNAPPING IN SHANGHAI.
    172 3 The China Gatette of the 4th inst, says The I unfortunate Chinaman Kung Chow, who was kidnapped by the Viceroy Li Hung-chang's headhunters out of the Settlement on Saturday week, is stilU prisoner m the West Gate Camp, owing' to the dilatoriness of the Consular Body, who,
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    HONGKONG QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
    116 3 I very rard lines that vessels arriving from Singapore, or any other port where infectious disease prevails, should be detained within sight of the City for the pr-;<cibed twenty-fjur hours before anyone can land. It is particularly h^rd on those who charter vessels at $7 .0 cr
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    A HOSPITAL DANGER.
    131 3 The Mtaica! Press and Circular after poirting out i ow .us tumeits aid o her apparatus of the operating room a>e carcfu !> Map ms«J rwu.ii. lhat danger still lurks m the l-iy dress of the nurse or probationer. Every movement of awu man who trails her
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    FILIPINO NEWS.
    233 3 A London telegram, dated lit L)ec, sa>s There is a n< ','cea^le incur-.ori of Filipinos into l^>n. don ar. d Pans. Ihe report, subsequently denied, that Agonciilo, Agu r.alio's agent m Europe, was contemplating going to Hongkong to reorganize there the Filipino transport and resupply the Filipinos with
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    H. M. KWANG HSU TO THE CZAR.
    340 3 A SlONirir/kNT LITTIR. The following is a transl.it on of a letter written or purporting to h.»ve been written) cntti* h ultimj by H. M. Kwang Hsu at Hsian to the C*ar of Russia i •Tiie Emperor of China hereby sends enquiries as
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    RAUB.
    1386 3 I Report for six weeks ending on nth January 1 90 1 Mining. Bukit Hitam Mine. The Main Level South has i been extended a further i6it. m -king a total of 138 ft. There.f in t*ie face is lully sft. wide and gold can be seen m the
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    THE DALLAS OPERA COMPANY.
    736 3 "Tub Frbhch Maid." This melodious musical comedy, the work of that clever musician Mr. Walter Slaughter, was produced for the first time m Singapore last night by the Dallas Company, before a very large and enthusiastic audience. The scene of the pi^ce is laid m Boulogne,
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    57 3 Result of Ladies January Monthly Medal, played yesterday Mrs. Machale 4<j 13 30 Mrs. V.m.ders 45 4 39 Mrs. L)e Sturltr 55 15 40 Mrs. l.ovtll 47 scr. 47 Mrs. AMmm s'v 12 47 V.ri. hvans 5y 12 47 Mss Werry 56 5 51 Mrs. MacKenzie 73
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    THE TANJONG KATONG MURDER.
    103 3 A nolle prosequi was entered yesterday by the A'torney-G-neral m the case of lan Guan Seng and Chua Teng, charged wiih tl»e mutder ol the captain of a Chinese twAow m Uei ember la^t It will be rem» mb«:red that the twakow on which the (rime
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    THE BATAVIA GOLF CLUB.
    170 3 The December monthly medal waa played for on Friday Jan 4th. \V. C. D. Turner did not pUy. The gold medal for winners m the second half 1.900 was played for on Wednesday, January 9th, and although the afternoon was fine, incessant rain has made the
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    "MORE OF THE PADRE."
    350 3 MORE OF THE PADRE." And a Pendant Story. A Singapore friend who met the Rev M K. itli, ih« Fadre of the Singa. Pore Free Pre<s, on a fishing excursion at I liome, n.ay m truth be said to have seen i more of Mr. Reith than he ever did
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 3 (Corrected up to January 15.) On London Bank 4 m/» 2 1 demand 2/'i'b Private credits 3 m/s 2 1 documents 3 m/s 2/1 3* credits 6 m/s a/fX| France, demand... 262J Germany, demand 213 India, T.T 155] Hongkong, demand i%dis. Yokohama, demand.. ->£%dis. JAVA, demand 12G Manila, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    122 3 (January 15 1 »65 2.s Gambler 850 fie. Cube No. 1 13.20 Prpper, Wack (ordinary Spore; 29 do. White, (Fair L/W— s% 4250 NutaMn i 110s to lis ib.) 56 .10. (&o-, to the ib) 76 Mace (Banda) oa Cloves (Amboina) <2 I. ibenan Coffee ig Tapioca, small peail
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    SHARE LIST, JANUARY 15th, 1901.
    200 3 guOTATIOM. CAMTAL. Pa.D IJP. SHAMS PAID \)l M^nta^j^iM |f ..o~,«o., 4 4 «3SJ" °1 Bell. As Raslci A tf r- Nominal ,c. o -,0f4 "«-S«4 fi Bersawah Gold Mine Co. $4.80 Buyers, f 17s 000 S llMI< Uear Water l)a:ry K,rm Ltd. *100 7 A^l
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    The Standard Time Balls.
    44 3 tMM Bali at Kort <. ann.ng and ooe *t P%BM m fall* each da, at 1 p.m. Singapore mean tim. e.iwich mean time 6 hrs., 4 mm., 35 m< bafcaa \«i-rtii .ve ininutcH previously. To-day Karl 'vi.im- ami iw*,. „»h UU
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      136 3 A Prominent Chicago Woman Speaks. Prof. Boxa Tyler, of hicago, Vice -President i Illinois Woman's Alliince, m speaking of Cham- berlain's Cou^h Remedy, says: "I suffered with a severe cold this winter which threatened to run into pneumonia, I tried different remedies but I seemed to grow worse and the
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      295 3 OCEAN ]fc^ STEAM SHIP IP^* Co. NEDERLANDSCHE STOONIVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. Tons. Tons. Achilles 701 1 iiyrmidtn 2870 Agamtmnen 701 1 Nestor 3766 Ajax 7011 Orestes 4653 Alcinous 6743 Patroclus sSog Anchisei, 2729 Polyphemus 2613 Antenor 5531 Priam 284s Calchts 6748 Prometheus 5570 Cyclops 2066 Pyrrhus 362 1 Dardanu. 4653 Rhiptus
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      275 3 MAILS CLOSE Per At l o-morrow Bangkok Singapore < v am Sarawak Vorvarts 10 am Indrawn Amg Ann 11 am Djambifl Kian Ann II am I Bengalis, ace. Hon X Lte 2PM Penan X &c, Fftvmm 3pm Port Uicksnn, flee, Malacca 3 pm I rji^anu, &c. Mah,, Vajxravudk 3pm M
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      554 3 v X I IN H.-^.nd lodi Coromandert Arrive- 10 ALyiRINE a,,t. sloop, ,050 E- D. Hunt Dec. 23 Hongkong IWta* B» TA v.« 8r.t..i8 Seller fc AKa wTe Bi^™ ESTft^ S BRotw.R Dut.326 Ponssen C 2 De" g oSJdSs DeTiin";, 5 Calypso Brit. 339 I^wry Dec. 24 Deli m'Tm ueii.
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      1093 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. TENDERS will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of the 22nd instant, for the following works Supplying 1 mile Portable Railway (1 (<' gauge) and eight wagons. Specifications may be seen, and pnnted lorms of tender with all particulars obtained at the I üblic
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      569 4 TO LET 8-S Change Alle> I'pstair*. 8-4 < hartfte Alley— Downstaiis. Office suitable for Broker. From Feb. Ist. Apply to WEE KAY POH, 8-5 Change Alley. Jan 7 l6t TO LET ROOMS with Board close to Town. English family. Apply 8.X., c,o rrct Press. Jan. 4 I±_ OFFICE TO LET
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      710 4 V>Qfc^~r 7 .*?^^^^§t-^ Jr« 4fnft4m\ BUTTER FRENCH BRETEL FRERES 1 lb. tins 2 lb tins John Little Co., Ltd., Singapore. J an y 16.1 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND. Elementary Advanced Classes IN PITMAN'S SHORTHAND Phonography will be h.ld at RAFFLES INSTITUTION Tuesday and Friday eveoingb from 8 30 to 9 45 p
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      346 4 For Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan ports. 1 he Imperial (ierman Mail Line steamer SACHSEN, Kin OUMLMifI*, of the Norddeutbcher Lloyd, ha. I ilomho on the nth instant, ma) be expected loatrne here, on Friday daylight, the 1 8th ir.st., en route ior the above portb. For freight and passage apply
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      612 4 The Singapore Free Press. Mercantile Advertiser Cablb Address,— Advertiser, W a/ I KLifHONi Number.— N.,. j li Published at 30-3, Raffles Pl.ce, Sing» rore THE leading English Newspaper i B lh Straits Settlements; Johort. Federated Native States of Perak, Sdaa gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Ncgn Serabilan British North Borneo
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      661 4 'VESSELS ETPECTBO, Giving port ot aepauuic, and (where kno*n) date dur here, and namr of Agents. Ahmiral Barrosa, Spa., Ri" <*- j.,due Jai (iKi-Mf'Boi, Rus. cruis., due j'.n. Hatsisk, J »p.. due Elswic'Iwate, Jap., due Elswick, Kasatak, Rus. t b., due Jtun, Pollada, Kus. cruis., due Jan. Pola, Ausi. due
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