Straits Echo, 14 September 1903

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    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 1 No. 87. PENANG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th, 1903. 324 Pek Annum. Copy, 10 Cknib
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      2292 1 A. E. SKEELS. Q 31, beach Street, gHIPPI 1TG-. S. N. Co. uitil steamers mav be expected to I arrive Outwards, an<\ leave Penaug Home»arIs <>n the following date»:— MAIL SERVICE. Outwards. s*>r 17 Coromandel connecting with Arcadia Oct do do do do Oceana Australia Britannia China Fbom PENANG to
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      7 1 A E. SKEELS. Ar 31, Beach Street
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      EXCHANGE.
      122 2 (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...l/11-j- 5 4 months’ sight Bank ...1/llf 3 Credit ...1/11J 2 3 Documentary —l/11 Calcutta, Demaud Bank Rs. 1444 3 days’ sight Private 1464 Bombay, Demand Bank 1444 3 days’ sight Private 14b4 Madras, Demand Bank 1444 3 days’ sight
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      SHARES
      213 2 BersawahGold Mine Co., Ld. 19. nom. Bruseh Tin Mining Co., Ld. 8. —sellers Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 25. tales Fraser it Neave, I<d $lO5. —buyers 6% Debs. par George Town Dispensary 26.— tales. Howarth Erskiue, Ld. sl9o. —buyers International Bodega $lOO. —buyers Jelebu Mining Trading Co., Ld
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      PRODUCE.
      165 2 Tin S 72.15 sales Gold leaf 83 B.Pepper(W.Coast3lbs.soz.)s 28.50 sales White Pepper 47. Trang Pepper 36. sellers Cloves (picked) 35 50 nom. Mace $lBO.- —sellers Mace Pickings 126. —sales Nutmegs 110 s 65. No. 1 7. —sellers Sugar 2 5.30 Basket (Chinese) 3.55 sales Tapioca Flour 2.05 Copra 7.20
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      ARRIVALS.
      174 2 Unity, Nor. s.s. 930, Hansen, 13th Sept., Rangoon, 9th September, Gen., —Beng Bros. Pin Seno, Br. s.s. 378, Davidson, 14th Sept., —Singapore, 12th Sept., Gen., —Beng Bros. Langkat. Br. s.s. 187, Lingard, 12th Sept.. P. S'ham, 10th Sept., Gen., —Koe Guan Co. Lady Weld, Br. s.s. 245, Treweeke, 13th
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      DEPARTURES.
      33 2 14th September Lanykat, for Port Swettenham. Sumatra, for Deli. Canton, for Pangkor A Teluk Anson. G G ran Lansberge, for Edie, etc. Deli, for Langkat. Pak Ling, for Singapore, China and Japan
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      IN PORT.
      134 2 Unitt, Nor. s.s. 930. Hansen. 13th Sept.. Rangoon. 9th Septemlier, Gen., —Beng Bros. Pin Seng, Br. s.s. 378. Davidson. 14th Sept.. —Singapore. 12th Sept., Gen., —Beng Bros. Lady Weld. Br. s.s. 245, Treweeke. 13th Sept..—T. Anson. 12th Sept., Gen., Straits S. S. Co. Ho Kwei. Br. s.s. 209,
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    EXPECTED.
    80 2 Vessels I From Agents Dne Candia Singapore P. A O. 14th iust. Co romandel Colombo B. M. Co. 14th Chusan Singapore P. A O. 17th Saxonia Colombo do. 19th Koenigsburg Colombo B.M. A Co. 22nd Shanghai London P. A O. 23rd Boon Europe do. 24th Bavern Singapore do. 24th
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    SAILINGS.
    105 2 Vessels For Ayents Leaves Lightning Calcutta A. A. Co. 14th inst. Candia Colombo P. A O 14th Coromandel Singapore do. 17th Chusan Colombo do. li*th Shanghai Singapore P. A O. 23rd Benrorlich do. S. B. Co. 28 th Sikh do. do. October Benuiohr do. J i do. We wonld
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    PASSENGERS.
    26 2 Inward —Per s.s. “Pin Seng” from S’pore, Messrs. Baker and Pestana. Per “Mathilde” from P. S'ham, Mrs. Arthur, Mr. Shires and Mr. Khoo Teng Thin.
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    MAILS.
    79 2 A MAIL WILL CLOSE FOR Colombo and Southern India—Per Awa Mam, to-morrow 11 am. Edie, T. S:‘niiwe, S'gli, Palo Weh and Olehleh —Per G. G, v. La tuberge, to-morrow at noon. Deli —Per Ho Kwei, to-morrow 2 p.m. Asahan —Per Asahan, to-morrow 2 p.m. Calcutta—Per Lightning, to-morrow2p.m. Port Swettenham
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    The Straits Echo.
    57 2 Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sunday r.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226-232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE: DAILY, LOCAL so, »21 per annum (Post Free) MAIL EDITION (I’uct Free) CABLE ADDRESS: Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 188. Editor, Chesney Dcncan. Sub-Editor, Harold F. Piper. Manager, T.
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    Our Local Affairs.
    1867 2 The Markets. An ordinary meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners was held on Friday last at 3 p.in. Mr. J. W. Hallifax presided, as usual, and there were also present Messrs. A. K. Butterv and Quah Beng Kee, the other Commissioners being übsent. One of the. most
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    THE BARNETT WEDDING.
    1818 2 "All v.ti.; uitiry as a liiarnugc bell.” Saturday afternoon was the occasion of a very pretty wedding at St. George's Church .—that of Miss Agnes Frances Barnett, daughter of one of the oldest Penang residents, to Mr. Victor Dudley Parsons, architect of Penang. The Church was crowded
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      588 2 Perak Land and Mine* Agency. General Manager: frank DENNYS. Head Office at I»o. 3, Hugh Low Street, Ipoh. e Address:— “Chabut” Ipoh. Code used, A. B. C. 4th Edition. Branch Office at Penang Kennedy Co., and Barnett Stark. Singapore Powell A Co. Taiping W. H. Tate Co. -“F®* Aylesbury Garland.
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      108 2 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. OTICE is hereby given that inv interest -L s and responsibility as Partner in the Chop Hok Seng Guan, Rice Merchants, of No. 151, Ist Cross Street. Malacca, ceased as from this date. TAN CHAY YAN. Malacca, 7th Sept., 1903. FOR SALE. AS a going concern a
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      25 2 TO LEND djj “I i on pxxi Security at rjP 8 per cent, interest per annum. Apply to “P. F. S.” v v Stmil# Echo.
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      4 2 AMERICAN CARTS McAlister Co
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      4 2 ENGINEERING TOOLS McAlister Cc.
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    Great Storm Sweeps England.
    150 3 I nornious Destruction of Property. ,-Ki:MAIMTIMK DISASTEHB. (Renter't Service.) ~„(lon, September. —A n) disastrous storm is raging in m( llreland, and is causing .'ion of the'usual Channel traffic ‘ween’ J)o\ f er and Calais. Most o fj, main telegraph lines have I, (> unpletely destroyed, but
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    The Balkan Tangle.
    144 3 Abdul Bagging Bulgarians. (Reuter's Service.) London, 12th September.—A division of the French Mediterranean Squadron, under Admiral Jauremiiberry, has been ordered to in readiness to proceed at a moment s notice to the Levant to protect French subjects in Macedonia. London, 1 dt li September. —Nazim Pasha, the,
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    Russia and China.
    158 3 Another Shuffle Reuter's Service London, 14th September.—--News comes from Washington that the l nitod States Government is informed that the Russian Minister at Peking, acting under instructions from St. Petersburg, has requested tiie permission of China to postpone the evacuation of' Kirin province, hi Manchuria, for several
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    Arabs Active in Algeria.
    89 3 French Convoy *t El Mungar. < Renter'» Service.) Lo ion, IBbli September. —The Ara who attacked the -convoy the ,ther day captured 50 camelWd of arms and ammunition and 'X I packages of provisions. >u 9th instant Reuter reported that an •Itrask was made on a
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    Philippine Affairs.
    143 3 Taft succeeds Loot. {(’ablenews Special Service.) Washington, 26th August. Secretary of War Root has resigned. President Roosevelt has accepted his resignation. William H. Taft, Civil Governor of the has been appointed Secretary’ of War vice Root. It is understood here that he has accepted the position. Luke Wright,
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    Terrible Fire in Budapest.
    185 3 Much Property Destroyed and Many lives Lost. Cable-news Special Service.) Budapest, 2tith August.—This city, the principal one in Hungary, has just suffered from a co:dl igration which destroyed a large part of the residence district, and in which 140 people perished. Budapest is a royal free
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    The "Supao” Case.
    37 3 The Supao” Case. America follows England’s Lead. (Cablenews Special Service.) Washington, 29fh August.—President Roosevelt has cabled John Goodnow, U. S. Consul-General at Shanghai, not to consent to the surrender of the Supao editors to the Chinese authorities.
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    Vesuvius Active.
    52 3 Indulging in Fierce Pyrotechnics. '(Cablenews Special Service.) Naples, 27th August.— Vesuvius is again active. The eruption is spectacular in the extreme. No fatalities are yet reported, though the population of the surrounding country is ready to move ou an instant’s notice. The discharge of lava is not large
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    Russia and Japan.
    262 3 (Indian Daily Near* Service.) London, Ist September.—Reuter s correspondent at Peking says it is stated authoritatively that negotiations between Russia and Japan with reference to Manchuria and Korea have been proceeding at St. Petersburg since 12th ultimo. Tiie British steamship Stanley Dollar, sent to Yongampho by a
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    New Supreme Court.
    48 3 OPKMXIr 1?T14 &KKTKMist K. Weave authorised to announce that their Lordships, < ir Lionel W." 11. <’ox ami the lion. A. F. (3* Law, will take their seats for the first time in the new Supreme Court at 11 a.m. on Thursday, the 1 7th inst.
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    Funeral of the late Mr. A. E. Clarke.
    176 3 Trb remains of the late Mr. Alfred Earnest Clarke, whose sad death was recorded on Saturday/ were tonVeved to their last resting place in the Penang Cemetery yesterday morning. There was a large gathering of friends in addition to a full muster
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    Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
    241 3 A general meeting of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce was held in the Chinese Town Hall on Saturday afternoon when the following membt rs were present (President), Messrs. Liui Kek Chuan, Yooh Paik Tutt, Diiu' Hun Chong, Goh Tay Eng, Lim Sun Ho. Ob
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    The Schools of Penang.
    415 3 IX KE THE AXGLO-CHINE3E SCHOOL. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE STRAITS ECHO. Dear Sir, —I see in your Saturday's issue that you make the statement that you believe the AnghvChinese School is more or less threateued with utter collapse owing to lack of funds. Please allow
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1261 3 The'-ordinary meeting of the Council i tu< >k place oiE-iViday, 11th September, at which were present 11. E. the Governor Sir Frank A. Svrettenhaui, k.c.m.0., BrigadierI General Sir A. R. F. -Forward, 11. E. tie j Officer Commanding.the Troops, Mr. W. T. I Taylor, the Hon the Colonial
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    The Straits Dollar.
    853 3 Tin- L. «t Express confesses to being a little sorry that the suggestion made by Sir Frank Swettenham that the obverse of tiie new Straits dollar will not have the lion ram {rant on it. It is emblematic of the British power, and at t’ae same time
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    THE WATERFRONT.
    604 3 The departure of the h.s. G. G. v. Lansbery for Edie is deferred till noon 1 to-morrow. The s.s. Asahan, which arrived here from 1 rang, yesterday brought a full cargo of copra for this port. a The Mail despatched f.trn Penang to London, via Brindisi, on the*
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      6 3 METTAR’S STOVE WOOD BURNING. McAlister Co.
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      97 3 ftcfo Jiii&wtistmtnttitts WATCH THIS SPACE! r WAYANG KASSIM. The Indra Zanibar Royal Theatrical Company of Singapore. New Comic Play! New Comic Play!! WILL PERFORM To-night! To-night!! Monday, 14th September, 1903, JtT THE Chinese Theatre House, Campbell Street THE LAUGHABLE PLAY Pakdaman Dilaram.” New Arrangements! Exquisite Songs! Puli of Fun and
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      92 3 Pritchard Co penanc SOLE AGENTS FQW PENANG for THE BRITISH EXPRESS DAIRY Company's BOMBAY BUTTER ALWAYS I RHSH PURE, FIRM CREAMY Sold in 1II). tins m 75 cents per tin. Consignments received regularly. r.«. PRITCHARD CO. Penang. 4b McAlister fi to., 19 Beach Street, Penang. Camp Furniture (Jungle use.) COMPRISING
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      1819 4 shee choon CO. •w lh, Beach Street v y PENANQ. Agents -''Sovisionebs and General Importers. Agents for towkay foo choo choon, OF LAHAT, PERAK, AND The Perak General Farms. WONG KIM MUN. India Rubber Stamp lan» Brass Seal Manufacturer. (For impressing Wax.) No. 77 a Bishop Street. 42a 29a Allan
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    Indian Affairs.
    834 5 < "Pay in India. (tyyjht&it gh*r''Dispatch 17 th August.) Iliac the Day Lord-Lieutenuut of I oe higher than tliMfbf vj&jglDilia. with his iuim€&SKiis*® and responsibilities, £cajSpTifctooiii in the natural order former functionary receives year; the latter, the equivalent in rupees of about A* 16,T00. Koekfmed in sterling, the
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    The Indian Cooly Difficulty.
    90 5 A Negapatam correspondent writes *to the Indian Daily News —The Madura, Company is making but small progress in the matter of sending cooly emigrants to the Straits Settlements. To-day, only foiir coolies were shipped by tHlrmu. '1 Mr. Phillips, belonging to a PlaiitationdConrptuiy of Perak, arrived
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    School of Journalism.
    366 5 Princely Gift of Great Paper Proprietor. i 7 By the generosity of Mr. Joseph l’lilitzer, the proprietor of the New York World, a school of journalism is al»out to be establish»*d as parf of Columbia University, in New York-Citv. Tbe school will occupy the same pjositkin in
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    China.
    652 5 Tientsin and Peking, The Tientsin correspondent of the 11. A\ Telegfaph reports that a veritable reign of terror has commenced in Peking, and foreign-» ducated Chinese are more nervously unhapipy now than they were before the siege. Not only has the horrible death of the journalist Shen left a
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    The Somali War.
    208 5 Important Statement by the Premier. London, August 14th.—A Berber» telegram says that the Indian camels are proving a costly experiment, and it is believed that none of them will survive the rigours of the campaign. The Somali camels are more trustworthy, but cannot be had in sufficient
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      2057 5 No. 17. Posada Sherry, Amo Selecto, doz. 824, hot. $2.25 jHaa'i&Biasi "NOTICE. lEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor, and Sumatra. J'hotos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft. op .Bromide paper. W. JONES, ;n g Street, Penang. Photographer. 38 a *t No. 10/11. Posada Tarragouas, doz. $lO, hot. $0.90 NOTICE.
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      11 5 > s-r- 3 No. 82. PobaJa Madeira. dry, doz. $22, but. 82.50
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      8 5 No. 12/13/14. Malaga Muscatel, <loz. $l4, but. 5*1.50
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      234 5 SINGAPORE MESSRS Gian** Brothers Company have this day been appointed agents of the 1 “STRAITS ECHO,” LIM SENG lIOUI, Managing Director, Criterion Frees, Ld. Penang, September, 3rd. BEHN, MEYER CO., PENANG. Sole Importers of AACHENER KAISER BRUNNEN. (Natural Thermal Water.) KflßObllS gjflenus -V-G'-i^uRBS I sooae n Hiys conus' p*:cjrT p.oot^'ncipfiLis»®
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      173 5 Sandifands Buttery J Gi Beaoh Stre.», PENfING. a Andrew USHER CO,S Special Reserve V. (i. WUISiKTiL C R AIG ErLA C HI B f glenuvet D,ST, !-ERY Co.'sr (< Gaelic OLD f JMGGGLER” i WHISKY. I James Buchanan 6c Co. u l/LilOi Wilham Teacher and Sot Old Glenlivet Whisky. To
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      1806 6 8», FARQUHAR street, PENANG. Lower Prices Now Prevailing. ,N account of the rise in Exchange we have reduced the prices of our o good* very considerably. New Goods Just Received A shipment of very fine Goods, from New York, have just been opened, among which are to be found. SOCIETY
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