Straits Settlements News Briefs and Local Incidents
Cholera persists in Singapore amid drought and water shortages. Two native seamen died accidentally from poisoning aboard the Edinburgh. A commission will arrange Straits Settlements representation at Paris Exhibition. Captain A R Ord named Postmaster General. An American aeronaut completes a balloon ascent at Batavia. Batavia trade dull. The Willard G Patton schooner destroyed by fire. Manila reports rising brigandage in Luzon. Tobacco crops in several provinces likely to be deficient due to drought.
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Straits Settlements
Philippine Islands
Java
Singapore
Edinburgh
A. R. Ord
Batavia
Willard G. Patton
Manila
Luzon
Empress Dowager Allows Crackers After Mourning
April 9 report from Peking notes the relaxation of two year old bans on fireworks as crackers and petards are fired to dispel sleep and public alarm. A Peking Gazette memorial tells of a Kwansi general who fought Taiping rebels, wrongly labeled a rebel leader, and protests the misclassification while archives resist changing the record.
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Peking
Daily News
H.M
Peking Gazette
Kwangsi
Taylor
Accidents Hit Tientsin Steam Traffic and Ship Serpent Wrecks
The North China Herald reports a string of disasters dated April 14. A Griffin rider suffers a clean leg fracture after bucking on the race course at spring training. The Yung-ching collides with a junk on its voyage down river, details to be learned and damages sought. The Serpent is wrecked near Shallatine Islands after fog and a bar crossing, cargo ice lost, pumps fail, and salvage efforts underway. Typhus and throat illness follow on warmer days.
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Tientsin
North China Herald
W. C. C. Anderson
Shallatine Islands
Nagasaki
Hoppo of Canton Plans Departure in Pautah Voyage
Complaints prevail among the Chinese as the Hoppo of Canton and suite prepare to leave in the Pautah on the 15th. The Hoppo chartered the vessel for $5,000 and sent word to Captain Patterson that 6 p.m. was favorable to start, asking a short movement to ease the voyage. The vessel was dropped down about its own length to accommodate the request.
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Hoppo
Canton
Suite
Pautah
Patterson
Relief Efforts Expand Amid Suffering In Far East District
Nevins reports enrolling over 20 000 names from about seventy villages with aid requests pouring in and plans to raise to 50 000 as funds allow. He notes daily tales of hunger and sickness, including families forced to beg or sell children, while Chefoo reports China famine unrest and relief efforts by US and British presence near Tientsin.
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Richard
Ching-chin-foo
Celestial Empire
Chefoo
Taoutai
Yamen
United States
Seward
Peking
Lapwing
Sir William Wiseman
Nagasaki
Tientsin
U S Ship Monocacy Visits Ichang for Flag Raising
The U S S Monocacy commanded by Fyffe arrived at Ichang after tests near Sunday Island and Sha-Size. General Shepard the U S Consul for Hankow Kiukiang and Ichang and officials attended a formal flag hoisting ceremony with Nelson E Bryant as acting Consular Agent. The visit ended with Shepard and Jenkins departing April 6 escorted by a Chinese gunboat to Hankow on April 14.
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H.E.M
Kestrel
Ichang
General Shepard
Mr. Jenkins
Hankow
Steamers Start New Tea Season From Shanghai Port
Advices from Shanghai reach April 22 with limited major news beyond routine shipping. The P and O mail from London dated March 2 arrived April 15. The primary focus is the departure of steamers carrying the new season's teas, as noted by the Daily News.
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Shanghai
P. and O
London
The
Daily News
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