Straits Echo, 7 June 1905

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    35 1 Straits Echo IMILV CHRONICLE 01 EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 3. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 7th JUNE, 1905. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 120
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    50 1 Births. Ox May —nd. 11M >."» at, 35. Woiig-iiei-ehong Hoad. Hongkong. 1 lu* wife of Walter N. Fong, I’resident of the iii Shtng of a son. Chester Lawrence. At 178 Bununh Road, this morning', the wife «if Chief Inspector W. J. Foley. F. M. 8. Felice, of a
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    FIXTURES.
    31 1 To-iia V. stli I *av, st.il Mooli. Town Band, Esplanade, l) to 7 p.m. O-M'lllltoff. tit h Ila v, 5t ii Moon I own Rand. Oolf Club, ti to p.m.
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    THE MOON.
    29 1 i First (Quarter dime ]Oth 84 7»’ M O Hull Moon 17th 12.51 7» l,ast 25tli 2 -158 a.m t| New Moon July 3rd 12.49 9 a.m
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    HIGH WATER.
    45 1 For W eek '1'uesdav, Juuf* 13. li<05. A.M. PM. eJiiHfiiiv, <ili 5.iU 4 15 Tli*irs<i:n. Kill 0.00 5.35 Friday, 9th <>50 <>.25 Sauiruay, lOtli 7.40 7.15 Sunday, 11th 8.30 8 05 M'iuU' 12tli 9 2o 8 55 T<IP*d» v 13th lO.lO 9 45
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    MAILS DUE.
    44 1 English (Simla) 7ili Juue. China Wo Ha) ]ujh Gerninn I Vnc/mo») 13th Chiua (Bayern) 14tli Ihr outward I'. A. (I. Mail steamer Simla, lei t <’olomlo for lVnang at Ba.m. on Snn«lav, ami may l>e expected to arrive here at midnight to-«lav.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    148 1 For Deli—l J Vr Mary Austin, to-morrow, noon I’angkaian Brandnn—l'er Petrel, tomorrow, UOOl). I Laugkat—Per Jin Hu, to-morrow, p.m 1 rang—Per Deli, to morrow, 2 p.m. Pangkor ami Teluk Anson—Per Canton, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Rangoon Per Olenoyle, t«»-morr«>w 3 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy—Per Ziida, to-morrow, 3
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    John MARTIN, Miner.
    1214 1  -  By OLIVER ASHWELL, A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. Author of Tates of the Fen“ Chronicles of the Carbonettor Club," “In Peril in Penang” etc Chapter XVII. {Taylor males a Discovery.) Poor Taylor Martin had become to him a hero, a saviour, a benefactor. The miner had been
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      57 1 Petrel, 1 Jr. 124, Jteid, 6th June, I*. Kampai, sth June. Geu., —K. Co. La.n'ion, Hr. 8.8. 105, Mencun, 6th June, l'eltik A Dhoti, sth June, Gen., —All Hing. Ocba.no, Br s.s. 1,787, Cave, 6tb June, Glasgow, 22nd Apr., Gen., —S. B. Co. Glenoole B s.s. 2,899, Larkins, 7th
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      DEPARTURES.
      38 1 7th June. Hok Canton, for Kdie, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehlt’ll ami Sahaug. Langkal, for Telnk Anson. Unity, for Kaugoou. Plying Dragon, for Purl Weld and Taipmg Simla, for Singapore ami China. Janet NicoU, for Singapore aud Bangkok.
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      IN PORT.
      46 1 Petrel, Br. s.s. 124, Keid, 6th June, P. Kampai, sth June, Gen., —K. (4. Co. Gi.knoole, Br. s.s. 2,899. Larkins, 7th June, Singapore. sth June. Gen., —C. H. Sou. Canton, Br. s.B. 105, Merican, 6th Jane Teluk A 1)8011, sth June, Gen., Ah Hiug.
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      EXPECTED.
      41 1 1 Yeggel* From Ayentg />#« Austria Colombo S.Ki&Oo. 8th June. Oil ina Colombo S.K.ACo. Dili Malta Colomlio A.G- ACo, 10th M. Valerie Siu«;apore S.K.AOo Tith Ben!«*<li fjomtBB S.B.Atv 17th I MUila ri-4 London S.B.ACO. 27th Benmolir Sintra pore S.B.&G6. 30th .w
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      SAILINGS.
      44 1 Vet*»eh Fur Aijent* Leaves A list i ia Singapore S.K.ACo. Btli June China j Singapore S.K.ACo. 9th Malta lOoloiubo A.O.ACo. 10th M. Valerie ISingapore S.K.ACo. 13th Ben led i Singapore S.B.AUo. 17th Ben la ris; i Singapore S.B.ACo. 27th Benruohr 1Condon SB.AOo. :30th
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      P. & O. SAILINGS.
      39 1 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homewards. Simla 7 June. 1 Malta 10 June. Coromandel '22 j Bengal 24 Extra Service. Outwards. Homewards. Formosa US June, j Socotra 16 June. Japan 20 Palermo HO For ]>articulars See Page o.
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    PRODUCE.
    183 1 Gold leaf S 70j 15. Pepper (W. (Vast XI 1w.5 out of stock While Pepper 36 —buyers Traug Pepper 20.7 b buyers Cloves (picked) out of reason Mace 75 —sellers Mace Pickings 05. —buyers Nut meg* 11 Os 30. —sates f No. I *> 10 voin Sugar 2 m>
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      160 1 Chahyah Pulau Penang, SC X The only Malay Paper in Penang. Commencing FRIDAY 16th JUNE AT DATO KRAMAT GARDENS. EUGEN SANDOW, the World’s Renowned Hercules AND Exponent of Physical (Culture, supported by his Pupils representing all Nations, IN HIK GRECO-ROMAN ARENA. BOX PLAN AT CUNNINGHAM, CLARK Co. PRICES: Boxes (i>
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      20 1 STEARNS’ WINE, preeminently ti ideal reconstruction tonic wheu ibe who vstein io left m a btale of depletion. T 5
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      18 1 STEARNS’ WINE i.ucrea*es vigor, appetite, aids digestioit aud nutrition. ll does tins steadily and coii.ustent Iv. It cure...
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    Baltic Fleet.
    308 2 Mercenaries in Shits. The Si. Petersburg correspondent of the Matin sends the following interesting information 1 have what I am going to tell von from an engineer who has just returned from Madagascar. Like a great many others, he went there to wait for the Kussiau squadrou, which
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    THE LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.
    796 2 An Appreciation. By Ian Malcolm, m i*. It is an extraordinary thing, but not al- j together unprecedented, that until 18!ff> the I British Empire possessed no school to specialise on tropical disease, no facilities for research into the causes of the plagues and
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    With the Troops in Acheen.
    591 2 Climate mure Deadly than the Weapons of the Enemy. The total number of officers aud men of the Netherlands torces killed in Acheeu last vear, we learn, amouuted to seventy-two, but no account is to hand of the number who «lied of fever ami disease
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. PROGRAMME FOR Autumn Meeting, 1905.
    1103 2 Tuesday 25th Thursday 27th, and Saturday 29th July FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 2%f/i July, 190%. 1. —The Maiden Plate. A Cup presented by John Armstrong. Esq., with $750 added by the Club.—A Race for j Maiden Horse*. Weight as per scale reduced H
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      101 2 GOVERNMENT OF PAHANG. rp\VO Dressers, Grade IT, salary $720 per l annum each will» an additional 15 allowance if stationeil iu Ulu Pahang. Applications, stating age with copies of testimonials and health certificate, should reach the State Surgeon, Pahang, before 15th June. 13 5 05 3 a wk 322 DRESSER
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      780 2 Y t. 1 u n Half the wear of clothes washed with Impure soaps is due to the rubbing and heating neeoed to remove the dirt. 1 Sunlight Soap does the washing itself, being a pure soap, nothing but soap. VJ It dissolves all impurities, and when the clothes are
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      385 2 for. sale. I >OSE FLOWEKS and PLANTS m JIV» Pvt g at. No. 384, Bui mail Road. Prices on application at the al>ove premises. 19-5-05 linh 337 rpWENY-TWO SHOP HOUSES in 1. Straight Street, Bukit Mertajain, together with a connected vacant piece of land suitable for building five more shop
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      10 2 John Bazley White Brothers “LION BRAND” PORTLAND CEMENT. Sandilands, Buttery
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      1537 3 A Sit P o. §MP|$. 1.6* tv-'* 9J7&/ Kxperted Arrival* aw<Z Departure*. Mail Service. Outwards. JuutJ 8 s.s. iii»da connecting with s.s. Marmora 22 s.s. Coromandel do s.s. China July 6 s.s. Chuxau do s.s. Moldavia 20 s.s. Malta do s.s. Macedonia -K\ r I INTENDED SAILINCS. Nefddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen.
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    The Straits Echo
    108 4 Justice sat isfles everybody, and justice alone. —Emernoii. Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILI IXK'A 1. 524 per iUUMim Ol TSTATION Extra. MAII, KUITION (Port Free» $lO CABLE ADDRESS; Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 188.
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  • Current Topics.
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      Straits Medical School.
      494 4 We publish below a letter received to-day j from Mr. Tan Klieaiu Hot* 1 mm of the Mnna-j gers of the Singapore Opium and Spirit Farms, which should be of particular interest to those young men of Penang wlioare desirous of taking up the study of medicine.
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      The Dog Scare.
      848 4 The steps being taken by the authorities for the eradication of rabies are to be highly commended and we trust that they "ill he carried out in a very thorough manner. The stray, mangy pariahs of Penang have long been a menace to the community and the
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    HYDROPHOBIA SCARE.
    954 4 Municipality take Precautionary Measures A special meeting of tbe Municipal Commission was lieM yesterday afternoon at four o’clock at the Municipal Chambers to consider the adoption of precautionary measures in view of the presence of rabies amoug dogs in Penang. Mr. J. W. Hallifax, President, occupied the Chair
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    The Dragon Festival.
    229 4 To 11AY, the fifth of the Chinese fifth moon, is a great Chinese holiday, being observed throughout the length aud breadth of the Celestial Empire as the Dragon Festival. The origin of this feast day seems to have been as follows:—In t hetime of the Chow dynasty.
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    Province 'Wellesley.
    699 4 A Noted Buffalo Thief. From Our Own Correspondent). Buttekwjrth, 7th June.—Last mouth a Malay named Itchek was arrested near Aur Gadmg for being abroad in possession of a dagger. When he was brought to the station lie was identified as being one of the I three thieves who
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The War.
      313 5 Togo’s Triumph. Appalling: Russian Losses. Fourteen Thousand Killed or Drowned Nearly Five Thousand Captured. (S in > j tiled by Reuter.) Ijoodoii, *>!h June.—It is reported that 14,01*6 officers and men of the liable Fleet were either killed or wounded in the recent lug naval battle, aim that
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      Russian Revolt.
      175 5 Admiral Alexieff Again: {Supjd'ed by Renter.) London, dlli June. —Admiral Alexieff has tendered lp* resignation as Viceroy of I lie Kur Hast., to which lip. was appointed on idth August, HM)3, but the Tsar has not accepted it. Another Resignation |,omlon, pth June. M; Beliggiue, vdio succeeded Prince
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      Britain and Japan.
      111 5 Alliance to Aid Asia, ■8= (Supplied, by Renter.) Loudon, (ith June.—ln the course of a leading aitide the Times remarks that the importance of Lord Lausdowlie’s statement the Ist instant in regard to the Alliance '•etweeii Great Britain and Japan is heighteiied by the subsequent declaration by
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      Germany.
      160 5 Count von Bul«»w. a Echo Special. Berlin. 6th June.—Count von Billow. I Dio Imperial Chancellor, has been created a Prince. The Royal Guests. Count Solmsbaruth, the First Chamberlain, lias given a gala banquet in honour of Prince and Princess Arisugawa, af which numbers of officials, members of the aristocracy,
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      King of Spain.
      98 5 Arrival at Portsmouth Received by Prince of Wales. Siip/died by Reuter.) London. 6th .Tin'*'—His Majesty King Alfonso of Spain, escorted by warships, lias readied Portsmouth where be was received bv His Roval Highness the Prince of Wales, who accompanied him to London. If rained incessantly, but a
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      France.
      72 5 Minister Resigns. (Echo Special) Berlin 6tli June. —Mons. Deleasse. the French Foreign Minister, lias resigned aud is temporarily replaced bv Mons. Rouvier, Minister of Finance. (Supplied hi/ Reuter.) London. 7th June.—The differences lietweeu Mons Deleasse and Mons. Rouvier have continued since the former’s first resignation on 24th April. Mons
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      Parliament.
      37 5 The Speaker's Resignation (Supplied by Reuter.) London, rib June.—The resignation of Mr Gully, the Speaker, has l»een furmallv announced in tiie House of Commons. Mr. Balfour and Sir Henry Campbell Bannermail spoke euiogistiealiv of bis services.
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      Cricket.
      24 5 Tall Scoring at Worcester. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon,6th June.—ln the match lie!ween Worcestershire and Hampshire at Worchesler, Captain Greig lias made two centuries.
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      War Stores.
      80 5 Sequel to Scandal. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 6tli June. —The Right Hon. H. (J. Arnold-Forster, m i*.. Secretary of State for War, has intimated in the House of Commons that, pending further enquiry, two colonels and some other officers have iieen relieved of their duties as the result
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      Moroccan Muddle.
      38 5 Britain Rejects Proposal for Conference. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 6th June. —The Standard states that the British Government declines to countenance the international conference regarding Morocco, which has been propose* 1 by the Sultan of Morocco
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      Arabia.
      22 5 Rebel Successes. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 7tli Juue.— The Hodeida reliefs have captured Kataha and lbl> and are now nvesting Taiz.
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    Germany in the Pacific.
    784 5 Kaiser s Objective Defined. W hat we have to fear," says Senator Stauniforth Smith, writing mi Germany in the Pacific, is that the excellent harbours she possesses in our neight>ourliood mav lie used for coaling stations aud strategic bases from which her cruisers could i<sue in
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    Rubber.
    141 5 (As proof of the demand in C'evion for Pit a ft i Idler seed tlx* whole of fins vear*s and next year’s crops of seeds from the Government Garden at Heuerafgoda have iieen booked, and there are additional applicants in case the crops < \<->-ed the e»iiinutes. l’he authorities
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    Japan's Prisoners.
    786 5 The Japan Chronicle of the 14lh ult., says:—Of the Russian prisoners brought, to Japan since the commencement of the war, uou-coinlKitaiits and those who were considered unfit for further active service by reason of age have lieen released and returned to Russia. The total number of prisoners detained
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    STOP PRESS
    49 5 i •Shanghai, 7th June.—Japanese des-j trover arrived at .Shanghai yesterday! afternoon and inspected \la„ aged Russian ships. Russians imib'iiint Russian fleet still off .Saddles, loco.nin steamer reports hales cotton, bearing Shanghai shipping mark, floating m ar Saddles. Feared Russians sunk a merchantman. Nothing vet reported. Keho S/tecial.
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    The Swatow Squall.
    223 5 Account by an Eyb- Witness. A coKKBsroNUKNT ol' {lie China Mail wiiling from Swatow on 25lli ulta*. gives ♦•lie lollowing account of the gale which visited the (own that day, as luhili icpoiled I by wire. At 1.15 p in.,* be says.“file sky darkened as it rain
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    SHARES.
    202 5 IWsawaliGohl Mil»** (Jo., I,«l. llj,— sellers Rauii Ati>iraiiaii Gold Mm. ng Co.. 5 4.25 fellers Red jaug Lebong Gold Min:,,ir Co.. r<•! $245.— stile» IxadanaGold MiiimgCo„i,i.d. (fuliv paid) 5 10. Hom Rriiseh liu Mining Oo.. Ld. 4.— bw/en Belat Tin Co., A *>.50 fellers l\aian<_Mii Tin Mining 0<>. b.—sellers
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 5 Penang 7th Junk H>i th* l}i,art“r-i Hank j London Demand Bank {/1 I< 4 liiontlik' Sigiil Bank IHi 3 Credit 2 1 Documentai v 2i j Calcuttii.. (demand Bank U*s I I7A 3 days' sight Priva e 149 A Bom bay, Demand Bank 147( 3 days' sight Private 149JL
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  • Obituary
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    141 5 Obituary. Mr W. «4. Christie Waltku. Our Kuala Lumpur couternporarv deeply regrets having to report the death of Mr. \V id tain George (.'hiistie Walter, Harbour Master, Port. .Swetteiiliam. which occurred at an early hour on Monday morning. Mr. Waller was b >ru in 1803. He was in the Royal
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      422 5 Bank Holiday. r |Ml E uuderment ioned Hanks will \w> closed A- on M<>n<l.tv. I2tli June, |JK)5, same l»eing I lie Whit Moiulav. For tlie Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. E. M. JANION. Manager. I or Hongkong and {Shanghai Hanking Corporation. CECIL OU1NNESS. Agent. For tlie Netherlands Trading
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