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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1891

Page

3

Port of Boston Vessel Movements and Arrivals Report

PORT OF BOSTON FRIDAY APRIL 17 ARRIVED STEAMERS BRITISH EMPIRE WILLS VISITING FROM LONDON WITH RAINY WEATHER AND A NEARLY ICEBERG SIGHTING. OTHER VESSELS INCLUDE CARL KONOW CUMBERLAND HERMAN WINTER AND H M WHITNEY. SEVERAL SCHOONERS AND COASTWISE CRAFT ARE CLEARED OR SAILED AS WEATHER AND FOG PERSIST.

Boston British Empire Wills London Ridge Charnese Carl Konow Nor) Peterson Baracoa Frait Collins Bath Forest City Craig Portland City of Gloucester Proctor Gloucester Ela & Jennie Ingalls Grand Manan E Walsh Heather New York St Pierre Mig Kennard Freeman Eliot H Harding Card Newburyport Catawamteak Rockland Rowe Wilmington Del Exchange Rockport Scythia Roberts Liverpool Alex Martin Yarmouth Stanwood J G Hall & Co James M.flanagan Hawkes St John Hatheway & Co Victoria Simmons Lunenburg Whitney, Pousland & Co Cumberland Thompson Waldron Kennebec Gee H Hills Penobscot Ingraham Bangor Calvin Austin I Williams Lizzie Carr Gardner Clark’s Cove J H Milton Ada Herbert Fannie Hodgkins President Roads Barkentine Hancock Carbarien Highland Light Maverick Lucy E Friend Hull

Freight Market Update Shows Mixed Rates and Shipments

Boston reports improved freight activity yet indicates unlikely sustained gains as a local surge in chartering fades. Notable voyages include Ardencraig from New York to Rangoon for oil and several vessels carrying coal, lumber, ice, and paving blocks among numerous routes from Boston, New York, and Kennebec with varied per ton and lump-sum terms.

Boston Inpra Ardencraig New York Rangoon Case Oil Furore bBark Andrea Lovico Bangor Sicily Amfrica Lurline Cape Town Port Elizabeth Mary E Russell Port Natal General Carey Pt. South America A H Cann Portland J K Teel Philadelphia Havana Coastwisk H Bb. Hussey Rockport Charleston Theo Dean Bay View Laura Galveston Getchell Spruce Pulp Wood Hillsboro Havre de Grace U F Baker Baltimore Theressa Woit Kennebec John Johnson Norfolk Sieach Rudolph Lanesville York Cox & Green L Walker Providence Waterman A Taft, Jr Newport News A Norton Richmond M A Franklin W E Lee S P Hitchcock Ada Bailey William Bird L C Ballard Ruth Robinson Icej AA Kennedy Washington Ice Perton Schs J W Vannaman RB Chute Cape Ann M Howe Buckley Stephen Morgan Vinalhaven N H Skinner State Point LA Roby Hoboken L Baker C A Donnell RG Dun Odierne Plymouth Pocasset Sound Newark Witherell William Bee Sullivan William Mason E Stevens Lowwood Grindstone Island England Minden West Bay Ireland St John Dublin Santos Persia Demerara Singapore William Hales Gambier Esterday Llenry Little George Bailey Fall River Elwood Harlow

Foreign Ports Update From The Post

Maritime notices list sailing dates and destinations for vessels from Batavia Constantinople Dublin Dover Greenock Glasgow Hamburg Liverpool London Malaga Moville Oporto Port Antonio Sierra Leone Trapani Tarifa Barbados Bermuda Buenos Ayres Callao Havana Lunenburg Nassau Port Sain Polniap Dere Rio Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul with ships including Clara Edith Weissenhorn Circassia Aljica and many brig and steamer calls, noting departures for New York Boston Philadelphia and Norfolk among others.

Batavia Clara Sandy Hook Constantinople Edith Baltimore Dublin Glasgow Circassia New York Boston Waldensiz Philadelphia Hamburg Drot Moravia Liverpool Lake Superior Montreal London Alice M Clarriage Dill Malaga San Stefano Bent Trapani Gloucester Moville Sardinian Portland Oporto Olga Port Antonio Ethelwold Leon Barbados Low Wood Thurber Montevideo Grindstone Island Bermuda Trinidad Buenos Ayres J C Hamlin Jr Sponagle Yarmouth Cies Fuegos Chase Davenport Watts Neptune Hill Do Edward Cushing Bickmore Delaware Breakwater Cienfuego Nimbus Young Sullivan Lawin Anderson Altimore Alice C Dickerman Cook Nassau Isaiah Hart Simmis Pascagoula Cape Breton Hoskins Kennett Delaware Havana Powers Orizaba Port S Alps Guad Sch Chase Walston Dunton Bucksville Rio Janeiro Dorane Jepson Jacob A Stamler Grand Constable Island Walter Scammel Rio Grande DO Sul Ida Midlothian Minnesota Berkshire Savannah Resolute Coosaw Estella O'Neill Emma C Middleton Banks Gardiner Tug International Chalette Annie W Weston Actus Georgie L Dickson Cassius Gayton St John Lucy J Warren Kent Orland Anna E Ketchum Lee Machias Brunswick Angie L Green Lewis Bridge! Ort E M Reed Parsons Charles F Tuttle Ives Darien J C Woodhull New Samuel Hart Bass River P H Crowell Hamiton Roads Bark Onaway Pratt Caleta Buena Mobile Paramatta Nor Helfast Thomas G Smith Honest Abe Oston Ella Clifton Vineyard Haven Caroline Providence Star of the East Killam Auckland Plymouth Johns Swis Lena Flickson Campuel Nataska Stephen Bennet Hathon Hell Gate Swis Quetay Cripps Erie Cole Bayles Raymond Catalina Stanley Salem P G ‘Thompson Chase New Bedford Maggie Cummings March Alaska Robinson Hoboken Charles Willie Pailbrook Saco Colin C Baker Baker Salmon Washburn Slattery Taunton Oriole Crapo Weehawkin Ella Kimball Port Liberty Aug Church Norfolk Nahum Chapin Arey Port Au Prince Lillie Handy John G Pettis Spice Estport Newsuryport Panther Adams Nobska Santuit Seth Low Reading Philadelpha Pottsville Berks GM Winslow Sarah W. Lawrence Newport News Mackinaw Progreso Pensacola Levi Hart Hart New Haven Port Royal Fannie E Wolsten Marr Srecrat

SAILINGS AND CLEARANCES FROM VARIOUS PORTS

Maritime notices list ships sailing and clearing in April and March from multiple ports. Vessels include bark William Hales Boston to New York with cargoes and steamers Earndale Earnford from Baltimore, Avalon and Walter Miller from New York, and Advance bound for Rio Janeiro and New York.

Maud Purdy Boston George Anna Anna Nor New York Barcaee Rio Grande Singapore William Hales Buckly Tonio Harvard Colcord Shanghai ST Jago Earndale Baltimore Earnford Sagua Harry Stewart Brinton Bear River ST John Schs Avalon Williiams Walter Miller Hogan Avis Glaspy Pietta Whittaker Ed Sige Harry Darwin Fownes McKiel City Sian ST Thomas Advance Rio Janeiro

Maritime Buoy Deployments and Vessel Positions Reported

New spar buoys established in the East River and Echo Bay area to mark shoals docks and channels. Red and black spar buoys mark sunken dock off Hunt's Point and a rocky patch near Riker's Island. Wreck buoy near shell reef guides traffic westward. Several ships report positions en route to New York from Manila Manila Melbourne Bremen and Apalachicola with specified coordinates and dates.

New York Middle Shoal Echo Bay New Rochelle Execution Rocks David’s Island Premium Point Duck Point Bailey’s Rock Hunt’s Point East River Old Wharf Barrett’s Point Clauson’s Point Ninth Street Pier New York City Long Pier Newtown Creek Nen Havemeyer’s Brooklyn Sse Point Judith

Fishermen at Gloucester land heavy catch from shore

Fishermen near Gloucester report hauling aboard 20 000 lbs of hair and 15 000 lbs of fish from shore. Vessels named include Eliza B Campbell Golden Rule Nightingale Minnehaha and others such as Charles W Parker Alice S Hawkes Martha Jane Eliza Eleanor Gracie Dixie Breeze Petrel Maud B Murry Capitola Abbie A Snow Hector Alabama and Venus observed in the haul.

Gloucester Carrie W Bateson Grand Bank Eliza B Campbell Golden Rule Nightingale Minnehaha Charles W Parker Alice S Hawkes Martha Jane Eliza Eleanor Gracie Dixie Breeze Petrel Maud B Murry Capitola Abbie A Snow Hector Alabama Venus

Sail and ship reports from Atlantic passages and port arrivals

Bark Rachel Emery reports crossing the equator and sailing conditions from Boston to Bermuda and beyond, with details on NE trades and calms. Several vessels arrive or depart New York Philadelphia and Boston, including Norseman, Addie E Snow, James H Wood, T Towner, Minnie Abbie, Guy Cross, Jamie A Gorham, and other crew actions and court notes.

Rachel Emery Boston Rozario Point India Equator Bermuda Norseman Addie E Snow Whitman New York Key West James H Woodhouse Kelley St Domingo Hatteras Sandy Hook T Towner Dayton le Croix Philadelphia Minnie Abbie George Schuman Jersey City Frank Schuman Academy Street New Bedford Guy Cross Yokohama Port Townsend Jamie A Gorham Carter Bridgeport

Cunard Steamer Scythia Sets Sail From Boston Dock

The Scythia sails for Liverpool at 4 30 pm with twelve saloon passengers forty second cabin and 160 steerage. Listed aboard are Miss Alice Burt Mrs Shannon Henry Sayles Mrs AS Foster Miss Helen Foster and maid and other Boston travelers.

Cunard Scythia Roberts Boston Liverpool Alice Burt Shannon Henry Sayles AS Foster Helen Foster Etruria New York

Maritime News: Multiple Ships Cleared and Sailed

A long consolidated ship report lists numerous schooners steamers and brigs clearing from Philadelphia Boston New Bedford and other ports. Vessels include the Pequot Dana Kitty Nelly Johns Mabel Rose and more with arrivals from Pernambuco the West Indies and Europe. Weather indicates dense fog light winds and easterly breezes affecting sailings along the coast.

Chatham Baltimore Saxon Philadelphi Pequot New York Sche & I Dalling Cardenas Jonathan May Cook Orien Sarah Ellen Henley Demerara Laskar London Kasbek Flushing Williamsport New Bedford Centipede Newburyport Smith Kennebunkport Traveller Frayne Providence Rodman R Nickerson Nickerson Portland Annie E . Morse Bunker Bangor Robert Morgan Crosley Mabel Rose Barrett Boston Wyle Havana E O Clark Stahl Delaware Hastings Pernambuco Adamantine Clark Porland B W Morse Marr Norfolk Knickerbocker Cally Addie H Cano Haines Buenos Ayres Ernest da Costa Lemarshent Barbadoes Willie H Higgins Jones Philadelphia Morse David Brown Nellie F Sawyer Willard Clark ’S Island Emma Littlejohn Somes Sound Sea Bird Wallace Round Pond Sherman Robb Perth Amboy E Symonds Addie Bacon J A Pierson Noyes Albert Pharo Salem Ore Henrietta Ross Portsmouth Lanewater Robinson Rogeland Idaho C L Hix Ira E Wright Granville Geo W Glover Ellen Maria Clay Weehawken George Moon Savannah Woodside Wade City of Savannah M C Gaskell Joseph Souther John Rose San Francisco Mono Wai Sydney Nsw Honolulu Reliance Havre Stonington Tempest Wicks Swis Spray Martin Blast Sullivan Swis & M Emma Green Hattie A Marah Enterprize Swis Eben Fieher J P Wyman Hodgdon Mary Stewart EL Eddy Ellsworth Gen Banks Bickford Rockland Vineyard Haven Francis L Godfrey Abel W Parker Snow Port Johnson Nantucket Crestline James Fall River St John Samuel Hart Hart Clarks Island Wildfire Thomaston Amelia G Ireland Kelley Bayonne Joe Glendy Burke Elisha Gibbs Ari7th Wrestler Gladiator David Oo Wisgasset Srecia J Henry Edmunds Fidler

Mails Close at Boston For Costa Rica to Pacific Ports

Mail closes at Boston for Costa Rica via Port Simon on ships Foxhall from New Orleans April 18 at 5 p.m. For Nova Scotia Newfoundland via Halifax on Carroll from Boston April 18 at 11 a.m. For Europe via Scythia from Boston April 18 at 2 p.m and 3:45 p.m. For Japan Shanghai Hong Kong and East Indies via Gaelic from San Francisco April 25 and for Society Islands via City of Papeti from San Francisco April 30 closing April 24 5 p.m. For Australia New Zealand Fiji and Pacific Islands via Monowat from San Francisco April 30 closing April 25 5 p.m.

Boston Costa Rica Port Simon Foxhall New Orleans Nova Scotia Newfoundland Halifax Carroll Great Britain East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies Gaelic San Francisco Mails Society Islands City of Papeti Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Hawaiian Islands Monowat Maile

Yachting Interest Shrinks Yet Hull Club Sees Growth Ahead

Yacht circles report dwindling public interest except for 46 foot racer news and new boats. Hull Yacht Club nears opening May 9 with a rebuilt house and dormitory use, while membership pushes toward 300 as 122 yachts already sail and arrivals include Melissa, Vashti, Tan talus, Fairy, Navarch, Mab, and Wanderer from West Indies cruise.

Massachusetts Yacht Club Nahant Boston Light Hull Yacht Club Hull Hull Club Harrison Gray Otis J. Eaton Melissa Amory John Stetson Yaene Vashti Miller C. Fyman Fancy Billy” Crane Tantalus McIntyre C. F. Merrill John Shaw G. W. Weld Wanderer New York West Indian

The Belle of the Season and the Carlsbad Cure

A faded belle of society deserts city life for Europe and finds renewed health through Carlsbad Sprudel waters. A physician cousin witnesses a transformation from worn nerves to renewed vigor aided by Sprudel salts and home preparations. The article praises mineral waters as alterative remedies improving digestion, skin, appetite, and mood.

Europe Thave Carlsbad Carsbad Tisbad Eisner & Mendelson Co New York City

Persistent contestant Mary P Tuckerman seeks accounting in Suffolk Supreme Court

Miss Mary P Tuckerman, a longtime probate contestor of her father Samuel P Tuckerman’s will, filed a bill in equity in Suffolk County Supreme Court against executor Alanson Bigelow and others. She seeks an accounting from the estate of a deceased trustee, alleging the trustee paid income to Mr Tuckerman that should have been treated as capital.

Mary P .Tuckerman Samuel P. Tuckerman Supreme Court Suffolk County Alanson Bigelow Miss Tuckerman Tuckerman

Canadian view of bonded shipments explained in Ottawa

Ottawa notes that Secretary Foster’s plan to prohibit in bond shipments through U S territory is contradicted by reports and needs clarification. Last year Canada sent oil worth over 16 million dollars in transit to the United States, and an absolute ban would be a stunning announcement.

Ottawa Foster United States Canada

Canadi ans Fishery Officers End Convention

In Toronto a convention of fisheries officers closed with a voluminous report. It addresses pound nets methods of taking fish stricter provincial regulation observance lobster and oyster rules and urges statutory close seasons. The document aims to aid the department.

Toronto Can Convention of Fisheries Officers

Naval officer ordered to appear before retiring board

Lieutenant H. L. Tremain has been ordered to appear before the retiring board, per naval orders published in the Army and Navy Gazette from Washington April 17.

Army and Navy Gazette Washington Spreral Naval H. L. Tremain

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Shipping News Saturrday J V Troop Manila Shiv Senta Melbourne Ion Marie Siedenburg Bremen Ullock Levi Andrews Apalachicola Cape Lookout Marine Notes NGERS Day Herbert Jaques W L Jackson Lucy F F Brigham Jackson Mander A Potter Norddeutscher Lloyd Line Lider Havel John Weber Albert Matthews Elbe Carl Sandman Eider Homer L Bigelow Dorothy Bigelow Ross Parker Osterlouse Florence Brandenburg Miss Matthews Olga Daniel Allanson Bigelow May Parker Chas A Brandenburg Olga Brandenburg Massachusetts Club the Belle OF Shipping Clyde Steamship CO Great Southern Eto D.A South Carolina South E River Yemasser Washington Street J. A. Pleoreh Theo. G. Eger Bowling Green Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line Mona Endian Earthian Long Wharf West Avenge F. P. Wing E. B. Sampson Mygr State Street Fiske White Star Line Royal Mail Queenstown Atlantic RED Star Line Antwerp Fore A. Adams & CO State St Cor Broad St Gail Soth Rondo Wit Conapertaton Otek Pri M. Whitney Norfolk and Washington Steamship Line Tenn. & Ga Air Line Coast and Seaboard Air Line Kanawha Baltimore & Ohio RR Geracco A.M. Graham Agt Central Wharf Mallory Lines Leona Nueces Alamo Fernandina State OF Texas Seth Sprague Washington St Ren Engieand Savan Gate City City Nnh Steamship Oorf Central Railway of Georgia Florida & Western Railway Georgia Louisiana Texas Florida Cuba C. G. Pearson Dew Sampson New ‘York New England R. R Metropolitan 48. Co Sound Lines Ocean Steamship Company A. Dew. Sampson N.E Robert Leonard &C Bedford Street Robert Lennard L. Foster Morse Warren Street Port Hawkesbury Picton Charlottetown Maritime Provinces Indiana R. B. Gardner Atlantic Ave Lewis’ Wharf South Side L. H. Palmer Old State House Fall River Line Southern Pacific Company Morgan Line Mississippi River Arizona New and Old Mexico Colorado California E. E Suerrier N. EL EE. Wawley Aso T Gen Trafic Broadway Furness Line As Tellows Parham City Coeesosuco Furness Water Street Leyland Line Bostontan Columbian Virginian THA Wee & Lincoln Cunard Line Allan Line Corean Siberian H. & A. Allan Accents Warren Line Michigan Warren & CO Milk Street Canada Atlantic Steamship Company Lewis Wharf Prince Edwards Island Newfound Richardson & Barnard Atlantic Avenue Kennebec River Connex. A Lincoln’s Wharf Hallowell Augusta Jno Farley & Sons Trans-Atlantic Steamship Agency India C.F. Willia Grand Junction Custom House Agen Mik Change Avenue Dock Square Nursery C. Strong Waban, Mass Samuel S. Perkins Elisha W. Hall Suffolk City of H. W. Wilson Perry & Peery Federal Street Summer Street HIE Boston Water Board New England Water Board City Hall Holbrook & Fox Gfice No. 13 Poistoffice Square Harrison Ave Reed, Newcomb and Lenox Reed Streets Newcomb Real Estate Exchange Transcript Ington Street East Chester Park Cambridge Dorchester Swett St Roxbury Northampton Street A. M. Bates & Sons Haverhill Street East Side Boston and Maine the Repository A. F. Bates Saml. Hatch & CO Congress Street James McVane Boston Mass George A. Heywood Dai A. D Heywood Hayward Westville Street Wilbur J. Libbey F. L. Libbey William Minot, Jr Page Aoe Patrick J. Hyne South Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts I Street Seventh Street John Hiley H. Humphreys Humphreys Stetson Riley Noing Svinge Pee Gee Y Edwar Arton Easuret P. B. Corbett
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