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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1891

Page

7

The Markets Reported Strong Fish Trade And Brief Supplies Ahead

Markets showed large receipts and rapid sales for fish and meats, with fresh fish especially active and prices firm. Outlook points to short supplies next week as bait, cod, haddock, and mackerel markets tighten, while sugar, flour, grains, eggs, and poultry trends appear steady to firm across multiple regions and commodities.

Boston Cape Shore Provincetown Delaware Bay Oregon Nova Scotia Providence River Cape

Markets and prices: fruit, whiskey, and livestock notes

Snow & Co reported yesterday fruit prices including Florida oranges at $1 25, Almeria grapes at $2 80, Italian chestnuts at 44 ¢ per lb shelled, Smyrna figs 94 ¢ per lb, with various shells and bush quantities. Whiskey quotes held firm at 18 at Chicago Peoria and Cincinnati, Peoria $1 20. Chicano cattle receipts 9,000 with top $5 525. hogs 40,000 receipts, prices $6 60 to 7 38 for roughs, others $3 85 to 4 00. Sheep receipts 5,000, prices mostly steady to strong with prime wethers $5 25 to 5 65 and lambs 3 75 to 5 50.

Snow & Co Florida Almeria Smyrna Chicago Peoria Cincinnati Westerns Lambs

Evans Failure Again Raises Prospect of Estate Standoff

Today may decide whether the settling of the Irving A. Evans estate proceeds quietly or reaches a deadlock. Assignees Colonel A. H. Pope and Paul H. Kendricken have been paying Evans debts and redeeming collateral, but a dispute with Winthrop Bank over a near $10,000 check and securities pauses progress as a crisis looms. The bank fears a director's claim against the estate while Pope seeks time to decide, and Kendricken vows to push ahead with debt clearance, potentially triggering a showdown.

Irving A. Evans A. H. Pope Paul H. Kendricken Winthrop Bank Kendricken The Winthrop Evans Ope Colonel Pope

Harvard Deturs Award List Honors Noted Scholars

At Harvard, a yearly tradition grants deturs, books of merit from founder Edward Hopkins. Senior through sophomore students receive awards for high scholarship, with a few higher-class recipients for notable improvement. Named seniors include Clap, Day, Weaber, Desbecker. juniors Abbott and Lecompte. Sophomores named span Noyes to Mulqueeny, highlighting diverse disciplines and exemplary academic progress.

Harvard Edward Hopkins Detuil Edmund Wright Clap John Corbin Nathan Brown Day Arthur Balcom Weaber Louis Eugene Desbecker Ernest Hamlin Abbott Walter Augustus Lecompte George Rapall Noyes Edward Kennard Rand George Converse Fiske Robert Kendall Shaw George Neely Hennings Herbert Allen Bradshaw Fay Joseph William Carr Frederick Winslow Stetson Daniel Joseph Mulqueeny

Utah University Seeks Boston Aid for Gentile Education Drive

J Westey Hizr appeals Boston readers to support Utah University project at Ogden. he outlines funding gaps, reconstruction progress, and a Boston aid committee led by Dr. Edward E. Hare and others. notable supporters include Fred L. Ames George M. Graham and A Lawrence with donations urged to complete the main building. location Ogden Utah significance and anti Mormon context emphasized.

Utah University Ogden Utah Inter-Mountain Salt Lake City Board of Trustees Boston Edward E. Hare A. P. Peabody W. F. Warren J. Wesley Hill New England Fred L. Ames George M. Graham R. E. Bisbee A. Lawrence O. W. Peabody J. Westey Hizr Bromfield Street

Appeal for Hampton Institute funds in Boston drive

A Boston committee appeals for immediate support to fund General Armstrong's Hampton Institute needs. They urge raising twenty thousand dollars at once and boosting the endowment from 300000 to 500000. Contributions may be sent to Joshua W. Davis, treasurer, or committee members, with Rev. H B Frissell available at Parker House for inquiries.

Hampton Institute Old South Boston Armstrong Hampton Joshua W. Davis Sears H. B. Frissell Parker House Samuel Enror Henry Woops R. H. Stearns Evprince Torrey Epward G. Porter Epwin D. Myap Frank Woop Josaua W. Davis Mary Hemenway Mary B. Carin Eugen F. Mason Alice Freeman Patoer Committee

The Dynamiter at Woodlawn

The remains of H. L. Norcross the dynamiter who tried to blow up Russell Sage lie in the receiving tomb at Woodlawn Cemetery taken there yesterday morning and placed in charge of Undertaker Rooney of Somerville Mrs Norcross fears the body will be stolen

Woodlawn H. L. Norcross Russell Sage Woodlawn Cemetery Rooney Somerville

Special trains to aid Messiah performance at Music Hall

Boston and Maine railroad schedules extra trains after the concert to Medford Reading Salem Lynn Stoneham Woburn and Waltham with holds at various Boston outbound times to accommodate attendees. A Fitchburg line service to Waltham and Watertown branches runs at 10:40 p m after concert close.

Music Hall Boston & Maine Railroad Boston Medford and Way Reading and Way Salem Way Lynn and Saugus Branch Stoneham Woburn Fitchburg Waltham Main Road Watertown

Preliminary steps for Boston University Club formation begun

A circular signed by seventy five graduates outlines admission for three year graduates with degrees in regular or honorary programs or distinguished in arts sciences or public service from any university or college. Massachusetts Institute of Technology West Point and United States Naval Academy graduates may join. Resident members capped at 500. A downtown lunch and evening resort club with a ladies restaurant is planned.

University Club of Boston Massachusetts Institute of Technology West Point United States Naval Academy

Tolstoi Club to Aid Christmas Gifts for Newsboys

At 16 Howard Street the Tolstoi Club plans a festival fund to help newsboys in the reading room. Contributions of money or items are requested and donors should send addresses for gift collection and acknowledgment from Edward H. Whitman and Edward M. Jenks, box numbers 1676 and 348.

Howard Street Tolstoi Club Epward H. Whitman P. O. Box Epwiy M. Jenks P. O

Amateur gymnastic display at the Boston Y M C U

The Boston Young Men's Christian Union Gymnasium held an exhibition before a large crowd. Ten men led by German F Hoffman showcased dumb bell drills with strong reception. Other events included vaulting broad jumping parallel bars high bars rings club swinging and tumbling with notable performances from J Connor J E W Doane F J Hurley J H Howes Charles Jackson George E Fay and Frank R Halloran.

Boston Young Men’s Christian Union Gymnasium German F. Hoffman J. Connor J. E. W. Doane F. J. Hurley J. H. Howes Charles Jackson George E Fay Frank R. Halloran

Port of Boston Maritime Arrivals and Tows Listed

Vessels arrive and sail from Boston harbor detailing steamer lines, cargos, and towing operations. Ships include Carroll Halifax bound with passengers to Boston and Halifax. Boston Yarmouth with merchandise. Dorchester to A Mf Graham. H F Dimock to H M Whitney. Wilkesbarre to Port Johnson. Maverick towing barge 56. Williamsport towing Gilbarton. Portland, City of Gloucester, Tug Wrestler with barge Tivoli. Tug Dudley Pray with Robena and Joel Cook. schooners Regina, Josie, Mentor, Mattie F, Emma F Chase, Lillian, James P. Foster Jr. and Province Town.

Carroll, Brown Halifax Ndse Boston Prince Edward Island Smith Josie Reynolds Machias Mentor Gott Orland Mattie F Deverens Bucksport Emma F Chase Church T Emerson Clemarts Penobscote Lillian Grindle Belfast James P. Foster, Jr Burt Provincetown

Coastwise Steamers and Vessels Sailed and Towed

Coastwise steamers listed with ports including Bowden Anderson Port Antonio Ja Boston Fruit Co Scythia Ferguson Liverpool by Alex Martin Yarmouth Br Stanwood Yarmouth Ns by JG Hall & Co Mark Leviathan Nor Tri void for Buenos Ayres Gill Scotz John H Converse Drisko St Thomas DWI T W Hoxie Coastwise Penobscot In graham Bangor by Calvin Austin Portland Snowman Portland Charles F Williams Sailed Wind NW tug Joshua Lovett with barges Scranton Binghamton and Troy in tow for Rondout schs Urbaine for Bella vea u Cove NS Katie Mitchell Bath Elm City Harold B Cousens Bramhall GeofS Tarbell Ivy Belle and Bristol coastwise Below One barkentine one brig.

Bowden Anderson Port Antonio Boston Fruit Co Scythia Ferguson Liverpool Alex Martin Yarmouth Stanwood JG Hall & Co Mark Leviathan Nor Trivoid Buenos Ayres Gill & Scotz John H Converse Drisko St Thomas DWI T W Hoxie & Co Penobscot Ingraham Bangor Calvin Austin Portland Snowman Charles F Williams Wind NW Joshua Lovett Scranton Binghamton Troy Rondout Schs Urbaine Bellaveau Cove Katie Mitchell Bath Elm City Harold B Cousens Bramhall Geofs Tarbell Ivy Belle Bristol Barkentine

Coastal Shipping Movements From Boston and New Bedford Ports

Multiple vessels including Fair fax Isaac Jackson Sagamore Sportuna Elvira JJ French and others cleared or sailed from Boston to New Bedford Philadelphia and New York while Brunswick and Charleston coastwise traffic shifted with steamer routes. vessels departed from or arrived at Brunswick Elizabethport Mobile Marblehead New York Perth Amboy and other ports with various cargos and towing operations noted.

Baltimore Fairfax Boston Isaac Jackson Davis Earl P. Mason Fall River Spartan Sagamore New Bedford Sportuna Brunswick John E du Bignon Chatham Lancaster Philadelphia Salem Reliance Panther Elmwood Newburyport Centipede Scis Carrie A Norton Richard S Leaming Eva B Douglass Martie A Holmes Coastwise New York Agosy Penarth Dorin Jamaica Chaucer Santos The Queen Liverpool Wyoming Miranda Portland Rebecca M Wails Matanzas Geo G Green Perth Amboy Isabel Alberto

Maritime Shipping Movements Mentioned By Port Calls

Compiled notes list several vessels sailing or arriving from ports such as Antwerp Havana Lisbon Hong Kong Vallejo Diners and others. Entries cover ships brig s bark s and steamers with destinations including New York Baltimore Barbados Nassau and Philadelphia. Sail dates range from December and November to September with multiple vessels from Cardiff and New York.

Antwerp Cremon Hamburg New York Cienfuegos Charles L Davenport Watts Cardiff J P Merry Pensacola Santiago Nassau St Jago Dunkirk Robert Dixon Havana Schotar of Philadelphia Rice Hong Kong Port Sachem Lisbon Onoaska Barbados Rio Janeiro Good News Baltimore Marshal Smyrna Poschich Valparaiso Evie J Ray Dixon Wellington Ella Ven Jhite Jen Kathereerat Zanz —Ar Bark Wheati Titcomb Mane

Sloop Laconia Lost With Cargo After Cape Porpoise Grounding

Sch Laconia with 1200 casks lime bound from Rockland to Boston went ashore on Old Prince Ledge Cape Porpoise Thursday night. Vessel and cargo are total losses Captain and crew saved. Loss about 2500 with no insurance. Bark Jessie McGregor aground off Seven Foot Knoll Chesapeake Bay. Captain Lewis Dunn of Warren Adams died at Norfolk December 10. Dunn a native of West Pembroke had long served at sea and commanded the Warren Adams, a 667 ton three masted vessel.

Laconia Gay Rockland Boston Old Prince Ledge Cape Porpoise Jessie McGregor McFadden Baltimore Havana Seven Foot Knoll Chesapeake Bay Lewis Dunn Sdh Warren Adams Norfolk Dunn West Pembroke

Postal Mails Closing Times for Boston and Abroad

The notice lists mail closing times for Boston and international routes. It includes dec 19 deadlines for Progreso and other Mexican states, Nova Scotia Miquelon Newfoundland, Jamaica, Great Britain and Europe, supplementary and regular closes, trans Pacific routes to Society Islands and Tropic Bird, and deadlines for Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoa Hawaii on Monowai with Boston closes on Dec 25 and Jan 2 respectively.

Progreso Ciudad Condal Nova Scotia Miquelon Newfoundland Premier Jamaica Bowden Great Britain Ireland Scythia Trans-Pacific Society Islands San Francisco Boston Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Hawaiian Islands

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Fin Iin Columbia River Alaska Sacramento France Hake Haddock Boston Fish Bureau American Sugar Refineries Revere Company Belmont A London Minnesota Western Choice Northern Dairy Eastern Creamery Western Creamery Islands Michigan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Shurbanks White Star Bush Rose Hebrons Heston Hebrons Aroostook Hebrons Leastern Jersey Choice Orleans Continent Chicago Markets Gilman, Cheney & Co Europe Dulness Paris St. Louis H Harris & Co Spruce Dimension Spheus J.wesley Hill General Armstrong University Club Newsboys Port OF Marine Notes Canada Atlantic U.S. Go Savannah Pier Lewis Wharf A. Dew. Sampson Washington Street H. Palmer Old State House Richardson & Barnard Atlantic Avenue Eastport Calais St. John International Ss. Co Commercial Wharf Boston & Maine R.R Portiana A. Waldron General Acent Clyde Steamship CO Great Southern Reight and Pas Senger Charleston South Carolina South Pier 29 Kaster Algonquin Proquois J. A. Flanders Theo. G. Eger Bowling Greem Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line Long Wharf Arthian Savannah Wilmington West F. P. Wing Hoston E. B. Sampson Gen. Mer State Street Fiske Nessmore Oranmore Parkmoore British Crown British Empire Hansa-Johnston Wandrahm Stubbenhuk Baumwaldl WH. Johnston & CO Water Street Furness Line Navarro Stockhollm City Melbourne Inchgarvie Furness, Wiethy & Coo., Ltd Leyland Line Dee Columbian Philadelphian Thayer & Lincoln Cunard Line Pavonia Catalonia Cephalonia Catalonia Samaria Cephalonia Cabin Alexander Markatia Irday Ageent Beaver Line Lake Ontario Lake Winnipeg Lake Superior Lake Huron A. Apams & 607 Bec Vu Juan Allan Line Glasgow Sarmatian Corean HE. & A. Allan Leona Alamo Mallory Concho Brunswick and Fernandina State OF Texas San Antonio Seth Sprague Washington St Warren Line Norseman Warren & CO Milk Street White Star Line United States Royal Mail Queenstown Atlantic RED Star Line E. A. Apepasis & CO State St Cor Hrond St Boaten TRE Adams Rico Southern Pacific Company Morgan Line New Orleans Mississippi Texas Hailwood Arizona New and Old Mexico Colorado California E. Currier N. EB E.hawley Trafic Munsyer Broadway Azores Sarah L. R. Hale E. A, Adams & CO Portland Steamers Tremont India C.F. Williams Norfolk and Washington Steamship Line Va. Tenn D& Air Line Atlantic Coast Seaboard Kanawah Baltimore Ohio Pointsouth A. M. Graham Agt Central Wharf Savannah Line Savannah Steamship Go Om Lewis’ Wharf Ats P.m Macon N. Y N. EB. R.R Metropolitan Ss. Co Ocean Sac C. R.R Ands Georgia Abama Louisana C. G. Pearson A. Low Sampson N.E. Acent G. A Richardson Barnard, Avents N.E Atlantic Ave G. M. Sorrell Railroads Boston & Albany R. Aj Efiect Banday Wagener Buffet Drawig Cn Boston Albany Syracuse Connée Cleyland M. C. Ron Wagner M. S.R.R Utica Big Four Cleveland Detroit Hartford New Haven Sprngfield Suffet New York Limited Springfeld Kneeland St U. S. Hanson Gen'l Pass Brooklyn Long Island City Long Island Eastern States Dal Saundays Flatrush Avenue L. Ler Brooklyn Iridge Fulton, Wall South Ferri St. Jerry Fifth Avenue Fieles N. E. RR Ated Street Seston Washington VIA Washinston Ray Reid Fall River Line PIE Gum Plymouth York Square Pier 28 N. RB Jersey City Old State Blouse Washington and State Streets Park Square Station Old Colony Railroad J.R. Kendrick Geo. L. Connoe Gen'l Pase L.B. Palmer Stonington Square Stavey Park Square W. Miller Chas F. Conn Ageas Briggs Gen Passe Agh H. Harris & CO Merciagats Futton Street A. W. Wheeler & CO Hanover St
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