Straits Echo, 3 November 1904

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY ST TES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOJ* *2f $24 Ter Annum, PENANG, THURSDAY, 3rd NOVEMBER, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 252.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    167 1 Births. On 1 sth Oct., at Jaffna, the wife of Mr. J. F Philip, of the P.W.D., Colomlio, of a son. On H»th Oct., at l Amoy Road. Shanghai, the wife of J. A. Chandler. of a soil. On 17th Oct., at Wellawatte. Colombo, the wife of Mr.
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    MAILS DUE.
    72 1 China {Zaida) 4th inst. English (Nubia) 10th inst. China (Coromandel) 12th inst. China P. Alice) 16th inst. German I*. Eitel Friedrick) 17th inst. English (Bengal) 24th inst. China (Simla) 26th inst. China (I*. It. Luitjtold) 30th inst. Inh B. I- s. N. Co’s s.s. “Zaniania ’’with (lie mails
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    HIGH WATER.
    40 1 For Week ending Wednesday. Nov. 9, 191)4 A.M. P.M. Thursday, 3rd 8.50 9.15 Friday, 4th 9.40 10.05 Saturday. sth 10.30 10 55 Sunday, 6th 11.20 11.45 Monday. 7th y. 35 Tuesday, Bth 1.20 145 Wednesday, 9th 2.10 2.35
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    FIXTURES.
    22 1 I'o-ijay. 26th Day, 9th Moon. To-morrow. 27th Day, 9th Moon. Special Meeting, Municipal Commissioners, 3 p.m. Town Baud, Esplanade, 5-30 p.m.
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    THE MOON.
    26 1 O New Moon ...Nov. 7th 9.25 p.m 1 Fust Quarter... 14th 7.33 p.m O Full Moon 23rd 9.3 p.m Last Quarter 30th 1.34 a.m.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    45 1 P O. SAILINGS. •Mail Service. < Hit w a ri»s. Homkwakiis. A tibia 10 Nov j Coromandel 12 Nov Bengal 24 j Simla 26 Extra Service. OUT WA Itos. JfoMKWAKD*. Candia 1 Nov j Malacca 5 Nov Socotra 15 IS EgV?' For particulars See Page 3.
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    War Items.
    1550 1 Intervention Possibilities. Since the battle of Liaoyang there has been a certain amount of newspaper discussion of the possibilities of intervention. The Morning Post thinks they are premature, remarking that the situation will be clearer in another month, when the two armies have again been in contact, and
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    SHARES
    196 1 Bersawah Gold Mine Co., Ld. 4 13. —sales Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld 4 4.75 nom. Redjang Lebong Gold Mining Co., Ld 4 210 —buyers KadanaGoldMiningCo„Ltd. (fully paid) 4 10. nom. Bruseli Tin Mining Co.. Ld. 4 3.50 sellers Cheudariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 4 10.— nom.
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    PRODUCE.
    158 1 Tin J 78 .75 buyers Gold leaf 79. B.Pepper(\V. Coast 31b5.50z.)4 nom White Pepper 40. —buyers Traug Pepper out of season Cloves (picked) out of season Mace 98 —sellers Mace Pickings 78. —sellers Nutmegs 110 s 42. sellers f No. 1 6.10 nom Sugar 2 no stock. Basket 4.3
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      91 1 Perak, Br. s.s. 297, Buchanan 2nd Nov., Port Swettenham, Ist Nov., Gen K. G. Co. M. Vajirunhis, Dut. s.s. 1,182, Boon, 3rd Nov., Edie, 2nd Nov., Gen.,— H. L. Co. Van Dek Parra, Dut. s.s. 331, Van Orden, 3rd Nov., Bajan, 2nd Nov., Pepper.— H. L. Co. Canton, Br.
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      DEPARTURES.
      33 1 3rd November. Ho Kwci, for Deli. Hok Canton, for Edie, T. Semawe, Segli and Olehleh. Canton, for Pangkorand Teluk Anson. Aeahan, for Asalian. Teesta, Kaugoon and Calcutta. Seneyambia, for Singapore, China Japan.
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      IN PORT.
      50 1 Perak, Br. s.s. 297, Buchanan, 2nd Nov., Port Swettenham, Ist Nov., Gen K. G. Co, M. Vajirunhis, Dut. s.s. 1,182, Boon, 3rd Nov., Edie, 2nd Nov., Gen., H. L. Co. V an Der Parra, Dut. s.s. 331, Van Ordeu, 3rd Nov., Bajan, 2ud Nov., Pepper,— H. L. Co.
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      EXPECTED.
      54 1 1 V» /'Vitm Aijent* Due C. A pear Calcutt A.A.A.Co. 4th Nov. Kum Sang Singapore B.&Co. 5th Suevia Singapore B.M.&Co. 5th Hong Moh Singapore K.G.Co. 5th Gisela Colombo SK.&Co. 6th Trieste Singapore S.K.&Co. 7th Beuartv London S.B.&Co. 10th Albeuga Singapore B.M.&Co. 15th P. Alice Singapore B.M.&Co. 16th Prinz Eitel
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      SAILINGS.
      58 1 l msel* b'or Ayent* Leave$ Sue via Colombo B.M.&Co. 5tli Nov C. Apcar Singapore A. A. A .Co. 5th Kuui Sang Calcutta B,&Co. Gisela Singapore S.K.&Co. 6th Trieste Colombo S.K.&Co. 7th Hong Moll Singapore K.G.Co. 7th Benartv Singapore S.B.&Co. 10th Albeuga New York B.M.&Co. 15th P. Alice Colombo B.M.&Co.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      85 1 For Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore and Karical, etc. —Per '/aula, tomorrow, 1 pm. Port Swettenham Malacca—Per Perak, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Avayyee, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Lady Weld to-morrow 3 p.m. Rangoon—Per Fitzpatrick, to-morrow, 5 p.m. Edie T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Pulo Well—Per
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      28 1 WEATHER. I hk lollowim' report, is kiuulv supplied l>v r.lif* Sijriiiii l)i rector of Fort. Cornwallis:— The ntitiiall «iiiriuir tl« M <■ horn* ended f o-dav was 1*03 inches.
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  • Obituary
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    35 1 Deaths. On 24th Sept., at London, Rodham Home Cook, late agent of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation at Kobe, Japan, aged 54. On loth Oct., at Jaffna. V. Thamboe. retired clerk of the P.W.D.
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    The Doom of a Double.
    995 2 Strange Life Story of Adolf Heck. The Innocent Man Who Serveo Over Five Years’ Penal Servitude. SIXTEENTH INSTALMENT. “Ik ever I stopped in iny work I was immediately reprimanded by the warder. I do not rememljer how many marks I lost, but I ought to
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      17 2 MKAWNS' WiNK *t imulalcs a, ‘,y, V"' iwaimilaliuu of oflin food. ai„l lai w .u, .IWMV mpi.llj.
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    • Advertisement
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      1921 2 FOR SALE. ASET of two Rubber Tyred Wheels for Dog-cart, also a Stanhope Gig almost new fitted with Rubber Wheels. Inspection Invitei». For further particulars apply at 128, Armenian Street. 1-11-04 2wks 780 Limestone Lime! Superior Limestone Lime can always be had at The Padang Kengas Lime Manufacturers’ Agency, 424,
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      1738 3 as \V, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. INTENDED SAILINGS. British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Krpected arrival and Departures. Mail Service. LINE. Outwards. v' (lV pi s.«. Nubia connecting 1 with s.s. Moldavia I*4 s.s. Bengal do jjĕc. H s.s. Malta do Homewards. Nnv. 12 s.s. Coromandel do 26 s.s. Simla do
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    The Straits Echo.
    80 4 J Mtire ewybwly, and justice al.me.— Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Hnnd.ty*.) at mi CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 220-232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY, LOCAL $2l r« annum OLTSTATIONS l ostaKe Extra MAIL EDITION (l’<wt tree) 15 CAItI.K APIIIIKSiS: “Echo —P ena n g Telephone
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    Johore’s Trumpeter.
    417 4 An apostle not of St. Paul but of the unsaintly Joliore 4 Monte Carlo’ has arisen in the Federated States and essays to shed his lustre in the columns of the Singapore Times. Who this upholder of the obnoxious sink of iniquity at Joliore is we do not
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    Agriculture.
    1063 4 On the 28th ultimo a public meeting, convened by Governor Sir Henrv Blake, was to be held at Colombo to consider the advisability of forming a Board of Agriculture for Ceylon. According to the scheme as set forth in our Cevlon exchanges, there will lie a Central Board, and,
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    Kinta Gymkhana Club.
    1144 4 Saturday, October 29th, 1904. (From Our Own Correspondent.) In spite of the unusually fine weather, the day's racing, which preceded the annual general meeting of the Kinta Gymkhana Club, did not draw quite as large a crowd as is usually found assembled on these occasions in sport-loving
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    Base Coins.
    153 4 Counterfeit coins seem to be much in evidence in the Isle of Penang. A Chinaman named Tan Sua, residing m Penang Road, who was found by the police in possession of 64 counterfeit copper coins which he knowingly and fraudulently induced others to ncccept as genuine, was sentenced
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    Rifle Shooting.
    226 4 Taiping versus Selangor. Frotn Our Own Correspondent Taiping, 1 Nov.—With the perverseness peculiar to this delectable little spot, the weather was most unfavourable for the competition shoot which took place this afternoon at. the rifle range. In spite of this, however, the members of the team, consisting of
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    Is it Another Enigma?
    272 4 In an editorial burst of humour and wellnigh unparalleled industry the Singapore Times has an amussiug tilt at the apparent great antiquity of its namesake of Bangkok, the numbering on the 20th ult. reaching 2,001,949 which 44 represents some 04 centuries of patient toil and tried
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      261 4 G. T. D. Popular Household Remedies. Aniseed Mixture. A pli'abunt carminative and antacid for children. Price 50 cts. Aperient Pills. For constipation, biliousness. Ac., in small phials. Price 30 cts. Corn Solvent. A radical cure for corn and callosities. Price SO cts. Cough Elixir. A wonderful remedy for Coughs. Price
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      566 4 To-day’s Advertisements. Notice The International Bodega and Restaurant Co., Ltd. BEG to inform their customers that, dating from Ist November, 1004, thev will charge Si for Tiffin. Si 7 do. per mouth. THE MANAGER. 3-11-04 3 ins. 785 Fox* Rangoon. THE Steamship Nam Yong, Captain F. J. Staoh, will leave
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      4 4 BK’YCLKS. Mcßtistcr <£ Co., Ltd.
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      5 4 CUTLERY fWc/l Uster Co.. Ltd
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      26 4 THIS PAPER i 4 v ke H- k iit K dake Street San tnutu for advertising can be imukj lor U. CAMP FUKNITUKB. McAlister <£ Co., Ltd,
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    THE WAR.
    222 5 Port Arthur. A Tremendous Bombardment. (Supplied l>y Reuter.) London, 2 Nov.—Official ties* patches received at. Tokio show that a tremendous bombardment of Port Arthur began on the 26th and continued until the 29th October with ever increasing effectiveness. A number of the chief Russian forts were severely damaged.
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    The Crisis.
    233 5 The Detained Ships. Russia’s Undertaking. (Supplied by If enter.) London, 2 Nov.— It. is authoritatively stated that the undertaking given by Russia to detain the Baltic Meet was limited to the duration of the Russian investigation of tho North Sea outrage at Vigo and not until the conclusion
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    The Premier.
    34 5 Confined to His Room {Supplied by Reuter London, 2 Nov. —’Hie Ligdit Hon. A. J. Balfour, the Premier, is confined to his room suffering from irritation of one of the eninll veins.
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    The Melbourne Cup.
    34 5 Reuter wires that the hhie riiwul of the Victoria turf was s< cure» l hy Acrasia, the other placed horse» being Lord Cardigan and Blinker, winch finished second and third respectively.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Siam.
      129 5 The New Minister. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 2 Nov.—Mr. Ralph Paget, lately British (’barge d’Affa ires at. Bangkok, lias been appointed Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary. Mr. Paget was appointed to Bangkok ;»s Secretary of Legation on Sept. 30th, 1902, and as Charge d’Affaires on Nov. 20th, 1902’ succeeding Mr. Reginald
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      Tibet.
      84 5 A Rebuff for China. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 2 Nov.—The Tientsin correspondent of the Staudard reports that Tong Sliao Yi, the Chinese Envoy, has been rebuffed by the Indian Government for inquiring whether his presence would be acceptable in London in connection with the amendment of the Tibet Treaty.
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    Municipal Commission.
    536 5 The following are the agenda for the special meeting of the Commission to-mor-row at 3 p.m. 1. Minutes of the last two meetings to be read and confirmed. 2. To cousider aud, if thought fit, to pass Budget for 1905. 3. To consider ami, if thought fit to
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      THE TURF CLUB MEETING.
      89 5 A Correction. To the Editor ok the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, —In your issue of yesterday you state in reporting the Penang Turf Club meeting that I seconded Dr. Muglistou’s preposition that the words an allowance of 14 lbs to all ex-Griffins lie deleted from the
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    THE ’PHONE FUMBLERS.
    400 5 To the Editor of thk Straits Echo. I Dear Sir, —As complaints to the Su- periuteudeut of Government Telephones bring no reply, much less improvement iu the working of the instruments, 1 am forced, as a last resort, to appeal to the press in the hope that
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    CHINESE AFFAIRS.
    1139 5 To The Editor of thk Straits Echo. Dkak Sib, —I shall be much obliged if you will kindly allow me space iu your paper to call the attention of the Straits-boru Chinese to the protection extended to Chinese British subjects in Bangkok on arrival iu China, report of
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    Passengers.
    200 5 Inward —Per Van Der Parra,” from Bajau, Mr. aud Mrs. Beuker, Mr. Lee Swee Heau. Per Teesta,” from Singapore. Hon. E. W. Presgrave, Hon. Mr. ami Mrs. Turner, Hon J. K. Birch, Mrs. MilH, Mr. and Mrs. Huse. Per Zieteu,” from Shanghai, Sir C. F. Dudgeon. From Singapore, Mr.
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    Partnerships Registration.
    1462 5 1 In the report on the Bankruptcy De--1 partment for 1903, Mr. C. J. Saunders, the 5 Official Assignee, Singapore, strongly urges the crying need for the registration of partnerships, especially among Chinese traders. He thus enforces the point:— I Reform Long Wanted. This matter has been referred
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    STOP PRESS TELEGRAM.
    72 5 Tills space is reserved tor the publication of news arrivinK after the day's news has been imposed. London, 6 Nov.—Four .Russian battleships have passed the mouth of the Tagus, closely followed by four British cruisers, doubtless of Admiral feir Baldwin Walker’s squadron. The Morning Post lias reason
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      1112 6 APE NTA The best Natural Aperient Water. Bilious, Dyspeptic, Gouty, Constipated and Obese People Should always use APE NTA Of all Chemists and Druggists. HUTTENBACH Bros. Co., Sole Agents MAJNO’S PURE MILK, Sterilized. Absolutely free from germs of disease and fermentation. The only reliable Milk for Children and Invalids. To
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    Canton-Hankow Railway.
    386 7 I The .Hongkong Telegraph recalls that work connected with the Cauton-Hankow Kail way in Kwangtung province was recently stopped and ttie different foreign employees returned to Canton and comments on the incident as follows:—According to I information gleaned through native sources, at a meeting of the Commercial Bureau
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    To Ladies.
    193 7 Dr. Williams Pink Pills Restore Strength and Vitality. “The First Bottle Made Me Better Says this Lady in Malacca. To the Gentler Sex Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are at all times a blessing. By their use the little girl is made strong, joyous, and rosy
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      1239 7 m CO U J EO CO co CO <£ J O CO Es •N ft 3 0 U ti e 0 s 01 H co < CO J Q z v N NVW o 'V. H W d tfyALLY SEl#$ 8R0?.UM^ a 3 peii\HO < fc (D CO CO kLz
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      340 7 DF WIL L JAMS' Ĕ INK i; l ,t ILLS FO R ALE EOPLE. “The Woman's Friend.” Mrs. Miller, whose husband is a Forest Officer in Malacca, is now forty-two vears old. I used to have headaches everv day, and suffered from severe palpitations of the heart which caused me
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