Straits Echo, 27 October 1904

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STR.ITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 27th OCTOBER, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 246.
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    HIGH WATER.
    40 1 For Week ending Wednesday, Nov. 2, 1904 A.M. P.M. Tlmrsdav, 27tli 3. 3.25 Friday, 28th 3.50 4.15 Saturday, 29th 4.40 505 Sunday, 30th 5.30 5.55 Monday, 31st 0.20 0.25 Tuesday, Ist 7.10 7.35 W ednesday, 2nd 8. 8.25
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    FIXTURES.
    22 1 To-day. loth Day, 9th Moon. Town Maud, Golf Club, 5-30 p.m. To-.morkom 20th Day, 9th Moon. Town Hand, Esplanade, 5-30 p.ni.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    43 1 P O. SAILINGS. .Mail Service. Outwards. II• •ai kwaiids. Chttsan Oct Malta 'Jit Oct Subia 10 Nov Coromandel 111 Nov Hxtra Service. I h>l wards. llomkwards. ('iimint l Nov Malacca •> Nov Svccfra /5 j Manila IS For pan ic mars See Page 3.
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    MAILS DUE.
    98 1 I‘lnglisii Cltusait 28th iust. China (Malta) 29th inst. ('llilia Zieteu 2nd prox. German Preusscn) 3rd prox. China (’/aula) 4tli prox. Kuglish (Nubia) loth prox. China (Coromandel) 12tli prox. China (P. Alice) lOtii prox. German Fitc.l Fried i ick) 17th prox. English (Bengal) 24th prox. China (Simla) 20th prox.
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    War Items.
    1858 1 Wak Will End. Thebe are those who imagine that war is a permanent institution among men. They make their speeches and their historical forecasts on the assumption that, as human beings are cutting each others th re ats, butchering each other with bullets and bayonets, with gunpowder and
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    THE MOON.
    22 1 LasfrQuarter Oct. 31st, 3.1 p.m. few Moon Nov. 7th 9.25 p.m. Quarter... 14th, 7.33 p.m. F’ull Moon 23rd 9.3 p.m.
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  • Money Market
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      EXCHANGE.
      124 1 Pknang, 27th October (By courtesy of the Chartered, /link.) London Demand Bank 1 /11 4 months’sight Bank 1/11, 7 6 3 Credit ...1/11®, 3 Documentary ...1/11$ Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 143 A 3 days’ sight Private 145 A Bombay, Demand Bank 143.^ 3 days’ sight Private 145 A Madras,
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      PRODUCE.
      176 1 I’m... f 78. —buyers Gold leaf S 79. li. Popper (\V. Coast :ohs.s<,/.)s 24.— buj/ers While Pepper 36. —sellers Traug Pppjier out of season Cloves (picked) out of season Mace 98. —sellers Mace Pickings 78 ,—seileri Nutmegs 110 s -14. —sellers i No. 1 6.10 nom Sugai 2 no
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      SHARES
      191 1 Bersawah Gold Mine Co., Ld. 14.50 sellers Raul) Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld 5.25 sellers Redjaug Lebong Gold Mining Co.. Ld 200 —buyers Kadana Gold Mining Co,, Ltd. (fully paid) 10. —noml Bruseli Tin Mining Co., Ld. 3.50 sellers Chendariaug Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 5 10.— nom. Karaugau
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      98 1 Lady Weld, Br. s.s. 245, Treweeke, 27th Oct,, Teluk Anson, 26th Oct., Gen..— Straits S. S. Co. G. Pel, l>ut. s.s. 1,156, Hut, 26th Oct., Bajan, 25th Oct., Gen.,—H. L. Co. Capri, It. s.s 2,717, Belsito, 26th Oct., Hougkong, 15th Oct., Gen.,—B. M. Co. Glenturket, Br. s.s. 8,026, Webster,
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      DEPARTURES.
      50 1 27th October. Cornelia, for Deli. Jin Ho, for Laugkat. Malui ajirunhis for Edie, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Pulo Weh. Chan Tai, for Perlis and Setul. Canton, for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Glenloehy, for Singapore and China. Un Peng, for Perlis and Setul. Lai Sang, for Singapore and Hongkong.
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      IN PORT.
      48 1 Lady W eld, Br. s.s. 240, Treweeke, 27th Oct., Teluk Anson, 26th Oct., Gen., Straits S. S. Co. (xlenfalloch, Br. s.s. 1,484, Peutuev, 27th Oct., Amoy, 18th Oct., Gen.,— K. G. Co. Avagyee, Br. s.s. 247, Morier, 27t.h Oct., Singapore, 25th Oct., Gen.,— K. G. Co.
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    EXPECTED.
    66 1 I rsHflr <’• I'mii Agent 1 Ihie Lightning Singapore A.A.A.Co. 28th Oct. Pundua Rangoon H.L.&Co. 29th Pentakota Rangoon H.L.&Co. :31st Senegamhia Suez B.M.&Co. 1st Nov. Zieteu •Singapore B.M.&Co. 2:*d Preussen Colombo B.M.&Co 2nd Suevia Singapore B.M.&Co. 5th Gisela Colombo S K.&Co. 6th Trieste Singapore S.K.&Co. 7th Benarty London S.B.&Co.
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    SAILINGS.
    71 1 Vennelt For Ajent Leave a Lightning Calcutta A. A. A.Co. 29tli Oct. Pundua SenegamRangoon H.L.&Co. 29th bia Singapore P. S'liam B.M.&Co. 1st Nov. Pentakota H.L.&Co. 1st Zieten Colombo B.M.&Co. 2nd Preussen Singapore B.M.&Co. 2nd buevia Colombo B.M.&Co. 5th Gisela Singapore |S.K.&Co. 6th lrieste jColombo S.K.&Co. 7th Benarty Singapore 1
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    MAILS CLOSE
    95 1 For Singapore aud China—Per Chuuan, to-morrow, 6 a.m. ]>eli —Per Calyyw, to-morrow, 1 p.ui. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Avagyee, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Malacca—Per Perak, to-morrow, 2 p.m. leluk Anson—Per Lady Weld, to-morrow, y p.m. 1 ort Swettenham—Per Mary A uni in, 29th instant, 2 p.m.
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    PASSENGERS.
    33 1 Inward— Per Lady Weld,” from Teluk Anson, Messrs Wilson, Fox, Bryant, Koch, Irishman aud Kaw Siew Khiam. Per GlenfaUoch,” from Singapore, Messrs Campbell and Butliu. ler Glenturret, Irom Loudon, Mr. Penny* cuick.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      93 1 MARTYN Co. WHISKIES. W. Cornfield, Tailor and Outfitter, 23, BEACH STREET. Latest Fashions. JUST OPENED A Large and Tasteful Consignment of fashionable Ladies Articles, such as ready made Lace, Linen and Muslin Blouses, Alpacca, Serge, Woolen and Pique Skirts, Complete Muslin Robes, Silk and Chiffon Ties, Guipure, Laces and Insertions,
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      31 1 Iron is a food to Anaemic persons and in conjunction with Cod Liver Oil as found in Stearns Wins, provides a most excellent Tonic. It improves the quality of the blood.
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      25 1 STEARNS’ WINE stimulates appetite and assists in the assimilation of other food. The lKMieticirtl effect is seen at once. Depression and laugour puss away rapidlv.
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      89 1 Shorthand Typewriting Can be Taught by Mail. DOUGHERTY’S Brief Shorthand is marked by simplicity, legibility, rapidity, and the success with which it is taught. The piano method of typewriting will improve the most expert typists. Complete Homestudy Course and enrolment in the Correspondence School, to t hose who apply during
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      10 1 DAVID CORSAR SONS Well-known. Navy Canvas. Sandilands Buttery 6: Co,
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      6 1 MARTYN Co. j ‘A LAGER BEER.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      27 1 WEATHER Thk followin'; report. is kindly supplied l>v '•he Sicnai Director of Fort Cornwallis:— 1’lte rainfall dimn<; the hours ended it. a.in. io-dav was 0 5*5 inches.
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    The Doom of a Double.
    1223 2 Strange Life Story of Adolf Beck. t >i i Tttfe IhnucW*!' Man Who Skrvko Ovkk I'ivn Years’ Pknai. Skrvituuk. TKNTH INBTAL.MKNT. Th IK caused iis a long, slow journey, up and lip ami up a iiill. I wondered how high we were going. M v
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      20 2 ,n Iron, in a most Ntxcellenf form nos not couulipale or Milken llm teed, Jin- Irt uoiiu.tJ effect in ie.ilffliein.ilk.iMe.
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      901 2 t Notice. i ‘TJTTE the undersigned beg to inform the i TT public and our valued customers, i that, the price of our Calcutta Mutton has been raised to 34 cents per pound from this date (25th October, ll>04). The Indian Mutton Trading Co., 20, Penang Road, Penang. 25-10-0+ 1
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      1794 2 i the uers, hits this Utll'J. do TO LET. o of ’ari/ 53 >rse 104, v. eer. >9 E Commodious Bungalow Castledale.” at Bagan Tuan Kecliil, facing Harbour. Portly furnisbed. Immediate ,rv. Apply to QUAH BENG KEE. Id, China Street. 24-10-04 1 wk 755 NOTICE. 1 PENANG TURF CLUB. HIE
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      1723 3 4.S Vi >•3 '■X •IS. N. Co. Expected arrival and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. Oct. I r Cfc 22 n Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Mail Steamers fast and well-known of this Line will leave Penang or about the dates:— FARES BY MAII. STEAMERS. To Lomlon l>y Sea
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    The Straits Echo.
    77 4 Justice wtisfles everybody, and jimtice aloiw».— Kmtraon Established June Ist, 1903. rnblteheri daily (except fMmrtnj;*.) AT TRI CRITERION PRESS, L<l., No. 220-282, Beach Street. Penang. PRIOR: DAII.Y, J.OCAI. $24 i»r aiinm» h OUTSTATIONS Postage Extra MAH. KIMTION (i’oat Kies) 15 CAHI.K AIHMIKSS“Ec lio —Penang." Telephone No. 188.
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    China’s Future.
    699 4 There is a deal of talkee-talkee’ going on just now in Hongkong about the vexed queue question—long since thrashed out in our columns—many of the Chinese residents in the Isle of Fragrant Streams being in favour of a merciless crusade against the ornamental (or is it useless appendage
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  • Current Topics.
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      A New Cure.
      211 4 “A method of preventing death from snake-bite, capable of common and easy practical application,” is the somewhat cumbrous title of an important article which appeared in the Indian Medical Gazette, and was recently republished in pamphlet form. The article is a joint production by Sir Joseph Fay
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      Cost of the War.
      473 4 Thk cost of the war is still taxing the estimating abilities of military and financial experts. The Times publishes ;i very elaborate article on the subject, from the pen of its military cor- respondent, who asserts as regards the expenses ot Japan that the daily average
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    Another Gang Robbery.
    76 4 Smart Capture by Police. About the middle of last night half-a-dozeu Chinese, with blackened faces and armed with various weapons, broke open a house near the Waterfall and, after tying up the inmates, liegan to ransack the building. They succeeded in annexing cash and jewellery to the
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    A Journalistic Mandarin.
    816 4 Writing on the 17th inst. our Bangkok correspondent says that the new Chinese paper Menam there seems, from all accounls, to be making some little stir among the Chinese. There is a certain air of romance about the paper, as the following story shows: About twelve months
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    Penang Turf Club.
    967 4 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was to add less an important Free Trade meeting last evening at Norwich. > President Roosevelt is demanding from Russia an explanation as to the whereabouts of the American mails which were seized with tho Culchas by the Russians. A new British Consulate is
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    THE WAR.
    73 5 Russia Kuropatkin Supreme. (Supplied by lleuter.) Ixmdon, 2(> Oct.—An Imperial Ukase issued by the Tsar on the 2ord instant appoints General Kuropatkin to the command of the army and, lastly, retains Admiral AlexiefT as V iceroy of the Far East.” Aiexieff s Return. London, 27 Oct.—Jt is expected
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The North Sea Outrage.
      740 5 British Fleets in Readiness. No News of Baltic Fleet. {Supplied. by J tenter.) London, 20 Oct. Reuter’s St. Petersburg correspondent wires that the Russian Admiralty officials profess ignorance as to the whereabouts of the Baltic fleet, and state they have no means of communicating with it.
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      Parliament.
      41 5 Further Prorogation. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 20 Oct.—lt is announced in the Gazette that Parliament is further prorogued until the 20th December. A Resignation. London, 27 Oct.—Mr. Henry Hobhouse, Unionist Member for Somerset (East), has resigned his seat in Parliament.
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      Peace Conference.
      46 5 Invitations Despatched. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 20 October—President Roosevelt has despatched invitations for a conference to be held at The Hague with a view to further alleviating the horrors of war and conserving and extending the rights of neutral commerce on the high seas.
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      Labuan.
      355 5 1 The Monetary Crisis. > i Appeal to the Secretary of State. (Echo Special.) Labuau, 27 Oct. —The monetary crisis here lias culminated in the following telegram being sent to the Hon. A■ Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies Labuan Treasury tumble redeem Chartered Company's notes, trade paralysed,
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      The English Turf.
      158 5 The Cambridgeshire. The Cambridgeshire Stakes (a handicap) of 25 sovs. 10 ft. with 500 sovs. added, aud 100 sovs. for the second third to save his stake: winners after September 1, of any handicap value 450 sovs. 51bs. of a handicap value 300 sov. or of any
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    Piracy in China.
    275 5 Passenger Steamers Captured. A Canton letter received at Shanghai states that, owing to the inefficiency of the Chinese inland naval forces, pirates in tlie West river and other inland water courses are getting more daring and audacious than ever. On the 9th ultimo a small passenger steamer,
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    Singapore Harbour Scheme Controversy.
    441 5 Mr. Huttenbachs Views. Mr. A. Huttenbach has addressed our Singapore contemporaries under date of Penang 22nd Oct. as follows The question really concentrates itself into whether Air. Matthews’ scheme will euable Singapore to work its trade in the cheapest wav possible. r t Briefly, the nature
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    Coffee Prospects.
    474 5 M essrs Duuriug and Zoou,of .Rotterdam, wrote at the eud of August that the Rio receipts continued much smaller than in previous years, and pointed to a verv reduced crop Santos, on the other hand, was still arriviug freely, but if curreut crop reports lofbA to million bags
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    Chinese British Subjects in Bangkok.
    587 5 Important New Regulations. be remembered that some three mouths ago our Bangkok correspondent reported that a petition was forwarded bv a large number of the leading Chinese roercliI ants in Bangkok who are British subjects, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I setting
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  • Obituary
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    33 5 Obituary. Field*Marshal Norman. {Supplied by Reuter London, 27 Oct—The death is announced of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wylie N-orman, g.c.b., G.gm.g c.R.s.i., Governor of Chelsea Hospital and an old Mutiny veteran and Colonial Governor.
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      1279 6 Graham Go.. Ld., Savings WHOLESALE CHEMISTS, 4 Beach Street Penang. D TAIK HO Co., Where do you put your 1 82, Main Road, Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Dealers perak, tailing. in Precious Stones. (Established 1839). Tortoise Shell Goods and Ceylon Oeaeral Merchants, Pensioners and Hand-made Lace. &c. commission Agents. 336 6
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    Wreck of the Lucia.
    1166 7 The Tale of the Only Survivor. “I have had some queer experiences in mv sea life,” said John Devine, at the Shaftesbury House, Shanghai, to a Times reporter, hut never auy thing like that which occur-' red early on the morning of September 10th. Typhoons make
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    Chinese Interpreter’s Difficulties.
    508 7 At Teluk Anson. In theCoiotsof the Malay Peninsula—witu its tr« rning thousands of Chinese the service» of the Interpreter are. iu constant requisition, and the absence of one of these officials from his post is a n atter of great inconvenience. Leave of absence, t herefore, is
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      564 7 m CO a j EO 00 CG CO < J o u E; 5 03 fi <C la j io < a i 0 c (A H nisr.'Z 7 v S NXWV NV z o H M CHUBB’S SAFES. j ALLY sEl£s ryffiiv >► i ThAo£ *>ARM d S 3
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      18 7 FOR THE COUGH OF INFLUENZA, Stearns’ W ine is the reliable pruiupt remedy. It soothes the air passages.
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      211 7 Notice "'VXT"-®* ,e undersigued beg to inform the T public that we are prepared to I supply bazaar requirement* of the best, quality daily at customers' residences at moderate prices. Orders executed punctually. J. and D. WONG Brothers, ~48, Penang Road, Penang. 26-10-04 1 wk 768 LOST. ON 24t.h October.
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    KINTA GYMKHANA CLUB.
    997 8 PROPOSED PROGRAMME FOR THE 1905 Meeting. I4th, 16th and 18th February. FIRST DAY. 1.— The Maiden Plate 2-30 p.m. Value 8H00 out of which 8100 goes to Second horse.—A race for all Maidens. Weight per scale (lOst.) with an allowance of 14 lbs. to all S. R.
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      753 8 large Stocks oiNew Goods Just Unpacked. WHHEAIA7,1AEUW Co., PfflANS HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW STOCK OF HOVF15. Price 25 cents only, BOOK AUTHOR. BOOK. AUTHOR Caught in the Net Catching a Husl>an<l Bashful Man Martin Rattler Tjecturea and Essays Jan Oxlier Toilers of the Sea Uncle Kenuus Forging the Chain
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      538 8 Penang: Confectionery. No. 22a. Lkith Strkkt, PENANG. THE Public of Penang are hereby j u formed that the above Establishment has l>een opened and solicit the patronage of his customers. All orders for Cakes Ice Cream, Ac., will l>e promptly attended lo 4-1-04 ti mills 74c. Penang Fire Insurance Association.
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