Straits Echo, 11 July 1903

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 1 NO. 36. PENANG, SATURDAY, JULY 11th, 1903. •?24 Pick Anntm. Single Copy, U* C'cn-ih.I
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      2121 1 A. E. SKEELS. 31, Be/ich Street, *<■*. SJ.G r 11 1’ mail steamers may lie expected to arrive Outwards, and leave Penang Homewards on the following dates: Mail Rates of Passage Loudon l!rt urn Tickets to lia and EurojK* an* Hot uni Tickets to Jai .111 are avaihili f>25 405
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      6 1 A. E. SKEELS. 31, Beach Street,
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      121 2 (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 1 J'jf 4 months’ sight Bank 1 9j 3 Credit ...1/10J) 3 Documentary 1/10,^ Calcutta. Demand Hank Rs. 134 3da vs* sight Private 136 Bombay, Demand Bank 134 3 days’ sight Private 130 Madras, Demand Bank 133$ 3 days’sight Private
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      SHARES.
      231 2 BersawnliGold Mine Co.. LI. 3 7.75 nom. Bnneli '1 in Mining Co., Ld. S 8.25 seller* Chendariang Hydaulic T.n Mining Co., lid S 2"». —sales Fraser Neave. Ld S 9». 0% Dels. jar George Town Bisj*nsary 8 26.— talcs. Howaftli Erskine. Ld. 8190. lu‘ernati« nal Bodega §lOO. —buyers Jelehu
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      PRODUCE.
      163 2 Tin 8 76.75 tales B.Pepjer( W.Coast3ll>s.soz.)S 31. W hite Pej)j er 8 52.50 sellers Traug Pepjer S 36. sellers j Cloves (picked) 8 35*50 j Mace Bl°o. tales i Mace Pickings 160. sellert j Nutmegs 110 s 79. i No. 1 7. sales I Stgar 2 5.30 Basket (Chinese)
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      44 2 Unity. Nor. s.s. 930, Hansen, 10th July, Rangoon, 6th July, Gen., —Beng Bros. A. AecAR.Br. s.s. 2,931, Fay, 11th July,— Hongkong, 30tli June, Gan.. —A. A. Anthony Co. C. Afcak. Br. s.s. 1,730, Stewart, 10th July,—Calcutta, 5th July, Gen., A. A. Anthony Co.
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      DEPARTURES.
      63 2 11th July. Bengal, for Singapore. Okhla. for Singajx>re. Sumatra, for Deli. Ho Kw I. for Deli. Deli, for Langkat. Taw Tong, for Port Swettenliam. Avagyee, for Tcluk Anson. C. Ap<ar, for Singapore and Hongkong. Tong Chay Un, for Batu Bahra and Asahan. Carlyle, for Fort Swettenham. Mastilia, fur Ceylon,
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      IN PORT.
      74 2 Cheano Chew, Br. s.s. 1,213, Frampton. 10th July,—Amoy, 25th June, Gen., Sui Thong A Co. Glenfaro, Br. s.s. 2,350. Holman. sth July, Shanghai. 17th June, Gen., —Boustead Co. Patrol, Br. s.s. 1,228. Dunmall, 4th July, —Singapore, 30th June, Telegraph Cable, —E. E. Telegrajh Co. Ran Kuk. Sin. Gunboat.
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      EXPECTED.
      64 2 Yesfelr Firm Aye ids Due Candia .ondon P. A 0. 14th inst Sachsen J.M.ACo. 16th Man ili Singapore P. A O. 19th Bin to Me n Japan 3. Co. 20th Benlemond Siugaj* re 3. B. A Co. 20th Benolench London d 21st Hamburg Singapore 3. M. A Co. 30th
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      SAILINGS.
      139 2 Yenel» For Ajent Leave* Massilia Colombo P. O. 11th inst A. Apcar Calcutta A. A. A Co. 11th C. Apcar Singapore do. 11th Candia do. P. A 0. Sachem do. B. M. A C«. Manila Colomlo P. A O. Bin^oMani do. I». A Co. Beiuemon i Japan S. B.
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      PASSENGERS.
      33 2 Intcard —Per A. A; car, from Singapore. Messrs. Buchanan. Bboy. Gan Ngoh Bee. Tan Choo Beng. Chang Yu Chin. From Hongkong. M< ssrs. Clieong. Wing Lan. Lee Gan Sun aud Semg Chin.
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      MAILS.
      60 2 A Mill. WILL CLOSE for: Peil s ani Setul—Per Chau Tai, 13th but., 1 p.m. Port Swettenham—-Per Mary Austin, 13th inst., 1 p.m. Pangkor and Teluk Anson—Per Canton, j 13th inat., 2 j>.m. Singapori*. Hongkong. Swatow A Amoy— Per Clt canj Cheic, loth inst.. 2 p.m. Edie. T. Semawe.
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    The Straits Echo.
    66 2 Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (exerpt Sunday*.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226-232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY, LOCAL s•>! per annum. >. (Post Free) jj MAIL EDITION I\*t Free) 15 CAItLK A DHL ESS r “E c h o—P ena n g Telephone No.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    62 2 BIRTH. On the 5th June, at 62. Finuart-street Greenock, the wife of John H. Kerr, Indian Civil Service, of a sou. MARRIAGES. On June 9th, at Hertiey, Kent, 1 bourns, son of the late E F. Duncan son, to V iolet Ellen Dawn. On June 9th, at South
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    The R. G.’s Report on the Malay States.
    1118 2 The P< s’dcnt-Gc ner.il of the Federated Malay Stated has. one mitt believe, an intellect capable of l easoning but so liauij:»ered by official routine that it is difficult to i iiueistand whether the statements in Lis Repcrt for the year 1962
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    The Beauty Competition.
    95 2 In re Donations to Charities. A local correspondent writes to-dav: “Mr. J. Napier, of Messrs. McAlister aud Co., in his letter ot acknowledgement of the i rize of 8100 to the Editor of the Strait* Echo on the 9th instant said that, in accordance with the conditions
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    The Forthcoming Taiping Faces.
    163 2 (Echo Special Correspondence). Taiping, July 10th: —It is confideutly ecpccted here that our Forthcoming Rate Meeting will simply kuock spots off previous y ears and ail sports "are in eagei anticipation as a consequence. Owners can now transfer horses from Penang to Taiping without fearing injury,
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    OUR MAIL BUDGET.
    1834 2 Progress of the Motor Car. Sir Chih Chen Lofengluh. KHEDIVE TO VISIT ENGLAND. THE KAIBEK ASI> HIS ARMY. Fleet Street, June 10th: —May I be forgiven for saying a few things about the weather. Not because I need to fall back upon that subject as the habitual
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      131 2 Pritchard Co. PENANG. SOLEAGENTS FOR PENANG FOR THE BRITISH EXPRESS DAIRY Company’s BOMBAY BDTTER ALWAYS FRESH PURE, FIRM CREAMY Sold in lib. tins 75 cents per tin. Consignments received regularly. PRITCHARD CO. FEN/7KC. 4b THE GEORGE TOP DISPENSARY LIMITED. 37a, BEACH STREET, PENANG WHOLESALE RETAIL CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, AND OPTICIANS. Toilet,
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      211 2 TK.I'E MARK CHIN HIN BROTHERS, General Storekeepers, Hcrse Dealers Livery Stables Ko. 50d. PENANG HOAD. Telephone A o. 265. The following Goods always on hand. Lest single and ja r English, American an 1 Calei. t ’-male Ka ness and Saddles, Engli.h Wooden Ci-.tnnel Steel, special quaJty In lia Rubber,
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      158 2 $5OO REWARD! Will bo given for information lea ding to the conviction in a Court of Law of anybody (regardless of nationality or rank) who may hare been, or is tie cause, or who has taken any part in the abstraction of resist n d mail matter, letters etc., in
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      3 2 CAKTS McAlister Co
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      25 2 WEATHER. Tli* 1 following report is kindly supplied l»y the Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis:— a lit. rdiuiuu uunu^ at a.m. to- lay was nil.
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  • Obituary
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    101 2 DEATHS. At Shanghai, on the 25th June, Marian Pace, the oeioved wife of Captain A. E. Kxights. aged 6d years and 6 months. Cn the 9th June, at Jhunsi, Ind.a, Chari- s Edward O'Connor, late heal Piaster of Stokes' School, Simla. At the International Hospital. Kol>e, at 12.50 p.m. on
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    AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICERS FETED.
    302 3 Lord Charles Beresford Eulogises President Roosevelt. s.Vt S THAT Ml AM 1.1» r. s. rlt RSI MONT VISIT IJUII'AIX Ills ICXKPTION WOULD UK MACMFUENT. His MaJKSTT ANI PItKMDEST MSKVI.IT K\< lIANtiK SALUTATIONS by Caulk. Hunter'* Submarine Cable'. 1 Auielon, July 10th.—The officers 0 t the American
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    THE TURKOBULGARIAN QUESTION.
    64 3 Both sides preparing for War. hostilities appear imminent. i Rtutert Submarine Cable.) London, July 10th: —Bulgarian Immlsat Macedonia are re-organising mid preparing for war under officers sent from Sofia. l'liere are large concentrations of troops, including artillery, at points of vantage on the dividing line. The Turks
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    Hongkong Opium Farm
    166 3 TtNDKIi' IiECEIVED UP TO 31sT AUGUST. The Hitmjbinq Telegraph learns that the Vi]) t<> which tenders for the new HongOpium Farm will be received by Government has been extend<*d to 31st August, instead of closing on 31st July as previously advertised. A unrulier of coolies on Plantation
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    NEW AMERICAN NAVAL AND MILITARY BASE.
    125 3 Docks for Battleships and Impregnable Forts. Cabl*neirg Special Service.) New York, June 21) A despatch from Washington announces that it has been decided to make Honolulu and its adjacent territory a great naval and military base Twenty millions of dollars will he asked for
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    RUSSIA RESENTS INTERFERENCE.
    160 3 Public Sentiment in America At Fever Heat. f Cable neics Social Service.) New York, Ist July :—A despatch from St. Petersburg says that the Czar will resent the petition in favor of the Jews of Russia which President Rtosevelt has signed. Russia feels tin t this is
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    MR. ROOT ON WAR.
    104 3 It is Worse than a Crime. (I'ableueirs Special S<rnce.) New York, June 2D. —Speaking at a banquet given by the New York Society of Pilgrims in honor of Sir Michael Herbert (the British Ambassador to the United States) Mr. Elihn Root (United States Secretary for War)
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    BOXERS THREATENING MISSIONARIES.
    173 3 (Coblenew Special Service.) Peking, June 25.—The United States Legation has informed the Wai Wu Pu that American missionaries working in the vicinity of Paotihsien have been threatened by persons belonging to a boxer society there and that numbers of persons were joining the society with the avowed
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    DRINK!
    971 3 “Noa," sari the old rustic, winking at mo with bibulous eye. there bain’t no such thing as l*ad l>eer. Some ljoer'* better’n others; that's all the differ’nee. I bain’t agoin' to e-mi-grate to furrin parts till I kuows what the beer's like.’’ And yon haven't a soul above beer'r”
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    KANG-YU-WEI.
    133 3 It is rumoured that Mr. Kang-yu-wei intends to visit Penang at an early date. He was at Rangoon lately, and it seems probable that he will come here direct from that place. MesBks Gan Ngoh Bee and Tan Choo Beng arrived here from Singapore this morning, whither they journeyed
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    BRITAIN’S SUPREMACY ON THE YANGTZE.
    314 3 The Globe, 1 'th Jane.) At la<U England can claim to have accomplished something solid towards reestablishing her former supremacy iu the Yangtze Valley. The Times correspondent at Peking reports the publication of an Imperial decree, yesterday, formally sanctioning the construction of the HhanghaiNauking railway
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    SERVIAN REVOLT.
    791 3 HOW THE KINO MET HIS DEATH. Vienna. 13th June:—The Belgrade cor- j respondent of the Tajblati says that ht* has received from the father of an officer who took part i:i the revolt the following authentic description of what passed Altogether 90 officers were iu the conspiracy, among
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      1737 4 9= GRAHAM Co, X LIMITED., PENANG FOUNDRY Co., B I THE FAMOUS FRENCH MAKERS Bion Bouton Go. PARIS; The Wrc now booking onlers for all Classes of Motor Vehicles from 4 to 20 horse power. 4 Attention is drawn to tlie new 1903 6 H. P. DS DION POFULAIRE, Which
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    FAMOUS ANGLO-INDIAN JOURNALIST.
    1359 5 How many of our readers—or, for that matter, bow many present-day Anglo-Indian journalists know anything about J. H. Stocqueler. an early Anglo-Indian journalist, who did strenuously useful work in the early years of the last century in fighting for the freedom and independence of the Anglo-Indian Press.
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    SCRAPS OF HISTORY.
    722 5 (BY OUR TAME HISTORIAN.» THE FABIiY BKITOXS. A good many years' ago, in what the* called the n. c. age. this country was in a pretty wild or rude state. So were we, w.ieu we come to consider that we used t > roam about in the
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    741 5 Taiping Races, 1903. Programme. I Ith. IHth. and loth Anjn»t, linn. First Day. Tuesday 11th August. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value *300. For Maiden horses. Exgriffin allowed 14 ll*s. weight as per scale 10 stone. Entrance *lO. Distance 1 mile. 2. The Waterfall Stakes. alue $250 and
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      368 5 Sandifands Butter/ Co., 29, Beach Street, PENANG. ANDREW USHER CO.S’ Special Reserve O. V. WHISKY. CRAIGELLACHIE (iLENLIVET DISTILLERY Co.’s GAELIC “OLD SMUGGLER” WHISKY. James Buchanan Co. 's "HOUSE OF COMMONS” WHISKY. PERRIER JOUET CHAMPAGNES. AGENTS HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. KITSON LAMPS. The Finest Light in Existence. Apply to HUTTENBACH BROS. Co.
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      285 5 Shorthand! Shorthand!! INSTRUCTION in Shorthand (Pitman's) given to young men at their own residences from and after 5 p. in., daily, weekly, bi-weekly or tri-weekly, by an ex-Reporter of Indian and Siam papers, who holds Pitman's certificate of proficiency in Shorthand. Proficiency Guaranteed in the Course of a Few Lessons.
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      47 5 NOTICE. Echo Advertisements. TITO avoid disappointment, all new I advertisements, or alterations of contract advertisements, should reach the Echo Office before noon. T. C. SWABY, if a itayer. Penang, 2Utli June ALL kinds of job and fancy printing executed with neatness and desjmtch at the “Echo" Office
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      673 5 1 I j 1 §bst floltls. Bangkok THE OUIISTAL HOTEL. Oriental Hotel Syndicate. Ru-utai^ t Proprietor». KING EDWARD HOTEL, Hongkong. A High Class Private Hotel. Electrically Lighted. Electric Fans, (If required.) Electric Passenger Elevator to each Floor. Hotel Launch will meet all in coming Mails. Terms Moderate. Apply to the
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      1206 6 i 33* Dvnt jVt. THE CRITERION PRESS, HT ALL STANDING ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE ECHO H:h ttMfl/V ,!T :WM«*1 -fl *;> -/“V II 83JQX* 4 ESTABLISHED /< OH i Sr: ESTABLISHED 1883. u a t a t. 'a •rt 7l|i^. A. /t!i. **.r -T)” i. WILL BE REPRODUCED IN BRIEF HERE.
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