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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1887

Page

3

Codman Will Verdict Reversal Sparks Fresh Bid for Probate

Executors motion before Judge Allen to set aside the Codman verdict leads to nullifying the jury finding on undue influence and mind soundness. He reverses issues on undue influence and mental capacity, keeping most of the verdict while freeing Dexter and Hodgdon from those accusations.

Allen Messrs Dexter and Hodgdon Dabney Mr. Codman Massachusetts Mrs. Kimball Mr. Dexter Mr. Hodgdon Morse Whitney Kimball Dexter Codman Mr. Whitney Rs. Kimball John Amory Codman William S. Dexter Sylvester P. Hodgdon Mr. Shattuck Dabne Messrs. Shattuck

South Milford Accident Brings Dispatching Blunder to Light

The railroad commission details a head collision near South Milford on Dec 14 1887 between trains 166 and 167. It blames dispatcher Waldo W Jenks for a fatal misjudgment blaming lack of telegraph service and faulty timing. baggage master Samuel Neill died, others injured lightly or escaped.

South Milford Ashland Boston Samuel €. Neill New York & New England Railroad Milford Milford & Woonsocket Waldo W. Jenks New York & New England W. P. Shinn Mr. Jenks New York Jenks Eavenson James W. Smith Franklin Bellingham Junction Milford & Woonsocket Railroad Company Western Union Telegraph Company George G. Crocker

Mt. Vernon Street Watchman with Guard Dog Foils Thefts

A quiet Mt. Vernon street guardian and his large dog patrol Joy street to Louisburg square after dark. The pair, known to burglars, guard homes for Beacon Hill residents, credited with preventing milks and losses, aided by the dog’s intelligence and a Cuban bloodhound English mastiff cross. The man, once with the city under Inspector Hanscom, boasts zero milk losses at guarded houses.

Mt. Vernon Street Joy Street Louisburg Square Boston Hanscom Rogues Peck Bill Joe Jack Straws Ed Rice Ed” Rice Evangeline Henry Jack Sheppard Charles Albert Prince Beacon Hill Prince

Escape of a Stowaway on the Steamship Roman

A Scotch lad of 18 who boarded in Liverpool stowed away in the cargo of the Roman. He escaped aboard at port and remains missing. Commissioner Colcord reports to Collector Saltonstall, who fines the vessel $1000 and detains it until payment or the boy is produced. The ship is set to sail today, with the fine likely paid under protest. The Revere House reports great success from its European plan adoption.

Warren Line Liverpool Colcord Saltonstall

McNeally's Theft Secrets Center in Cairo Revelation

In Saco Maine on December 27 reports unfold about Frank McNeally, the Saco Bank defaulter, whose stolen securities are hidden in Cairo Egypt. The bank learns of his whereabouts via his brother Harry and he is said to have endured Nile fever and perilous travel before reaching Liverpool.

Saco McNeally Liverpool Cairo Egypt Harry Frank Nile Atlantic Halifax Port Ann. Me Spxday Frank MecNeally Saco Bank Kelly Harry McNeally

Marshal Banks Qualifies For Temporary Term

Marshal Banks qualified yesterday for the temporary term of his appointment by Justice Gray. His bond is for $20,000, with sureties Oliver Ames of Easton and Francis Buttrick of Waltham. He appoints deputies Francis X. Macdonald and W. M. Ho. Caneland.

Marshal Banks Justice Gray Oliver Ames Easton Francis Buttrick Waltham Francis X. Macdonald W. M. HO. Caneland

Boston Ship Notes Arrivals And Clearances At Boston

The Boston signal station reports December 27 observations for noon Greenwich time with NW fresh wind and snow. Arrivals include Steamer Bratten from North Sydney, State of Maine from St John NB, Alleghany from Baltimore, Katahdin from Bangor, Wilkesbarre from Port Johnson, tug Novelty with barge Antelope, bark Claribel from Glace Bay, and Josephine in tow with tug. Cleared ships include Buffalo from London, Dominion for Yarmouth NS, Ethel and Maggie Miller for St John NB, and Dominion sailing to Yarmouth NS. High water and marine conditions noted. several vessels report lumber cargos and passenger volumes.

Bratten Nor Magnussen North Sydney State of Maine Hilyard St John Moats Portland Whilby Alleghany Parker Baltimore Ndse George E Smalley Katahdin Pierce Bangor Wilkesbarre Cates Port Johnson Novelty Card Antelope Philadelphia Claribel Jennie $ Hall Hall Pensacola Wellman Hall BPI Buffalo Malet London New York Sanderson & Son Dominion Yarmouth Hall & Co Roman Maddox Liver Warren & Co Urbain B. LeBlanc Bellevue JG Hall & Co Ethel Forsyth Maggie Miller Nightingale H C Anderson Highland Light

Varying Ocean Traffic and Fisheries Report from New England Ports

From Vineyard Haven to Gloucester and Wiscasset ships report arrivals and sailing. Vessels list include Narcissus Emma Bri Gray Hattie Clark and several Georges fleet boats. cod halibut salt herring and frozen herring sold at 2 dollars per hundred. Squid scarce on the Bank.

Vineyard Haven Darling New York Hoboken Onrust Eurotas Drury Narcissus Halifax Wiscasset Emma Gray New Haven RBS Gloucester Black River Hattie S Clark Hattie $ Clark Bay of Islands M H Perkins Lelia Lb Norwood Llelen Rk Low the Georges Gertie Evelyn Carrie Annie Carrie W Babson New England Fannie W. Freeman James Lilia Nellie N Davis Anna M Hodgdon Clyde Bessie M Wells David F Law Emerald Rye Lizzie Haddocking Marc Casile George Edmunds Prince Edward Island Flyagene Boston Addison Center

Atlantic Shipping Timeline From Dec 23 to Dec 28

A compilation of cargoes and vessel movements including sails from Ayr Antwerp Amsterdam Calais Dover Glasgow Huelva Liverpool London Marseilles Montevideo Newcastle Nieuwe Waterweg Palermo Pauillac Prawle Point and other ports. Notable entries include brig Volador bark Granville Belle ship Kommander Svend Foyn steamer Hughenden and ships Vinland and Josephine among many.

Ayr Volador Browning Galveston Antwerp Granville Belle Whitney New York Kommander Svend Foyn Nor Bryde Spicer Alexandria Desert Dubrovacki Martinich Benisaf Wick Bay Warden Philadelphia Baltimore Bilbao Fluorine Anderson Carthagena Walter Thomas Dalton Parklands Ford Calais Einar Tschudi Cardiff Lord Cairns Davies Oakland Cal Dover Charles Luling Wicke Hamburg Otto Ger Lange Thomas Keillor Thompson Glasgow Rosebud Beynon St Johns Huelva Hughenden Bews Innocenti Ital Cuneo Liverpool Mary Ann Ashantee O’brien Pictou Dreadnaught Johanne Leineke Mizpah Bonde Lonedon Kong Sverre Larsen Charleston Amsterdam Marseilles Diesz Engelbrekt Savannah Montevideo Scott Olsen Newcastle Exeter City Weiss Nieuwe Waterweg Emma Payzant Dexter Rotterdam Rhine Macomber Palermo Bedford Aitkenhead Pauillac Sarah Chambers Carter Bordeaux Louise Nor) Jacobsen Point DE Grave Stella Maris Trinity Ropterdam Chip Theodore Rand Morris Vinland Clementsen Sablfs D Olonne Stella Rosenkranz Stettin Josephine Smith M D Rucker Rehberg Wilmington

Sunken Vessel Found In Long Island Sound Near Thimble Islands

Revenue cutter Samuel Dexter reported locating a sunken vessel in Long Island Sound with the top mast 20 feet above high water. The wreck lies about five miles south of the Thimble Islands in LD fathoms of water, near Brandford Reef beacon and Faulkners island in the vessel’s track. Captain Stodder led the search from Newport.

Newport Bec Revenue Samuel Dexter Stodder Long Island Sound Faulkners Island Brandford Reef Beacon Thimble Islands

Vessel Cordelia Lost After Dismasting on Grand Banks

Captain McKinnon of the Ada M Hall reports that on December Tih the Cordelia, waterlogged and dismasted, was boarded and abandoned in lat 45 and lon 52 18. One man was recovered in a decomposed state but released. The hailing port seems to be Cordelia though the vessel may be the Shelburne NS ship lost near Grand Banks in late August with all hands. current drove the wreck westward.

Gloucester Grand Banks

Vessel movements and distress reports across Atlantic routes

A fragmented list shows ships with routes and statuses: Enfield bound for Liverpool from Galveston, off Tortugas. Chancellor from New Orleans to Brem 22, 160 miles SE of Port Bahia. Sonntag, Haskeong Kong to Ne nodate. Willis Shepard, Reeves, River to Hell, off Charleston. Schoolcraft from Port Royal to New Haven with maintopmast broken off Fry Pan Lightsup. Lawrence from Savannah to Baltimore near Cape Romani. Dinan to San Francisco for Honolulu. Dothan city Barrow to Perth Amboy. San Francisco toward Boston with Independence at lat 40 57 long 65 33.

Enfield Galveston Liverpool Tortugas Chancellor New Orleans Brem Port Baien Sonntag Haskeong Kong Nenodate Bermuda New York Willis Shepard Reeves River Hell Charleston Woods Schida Schoolcraft Port Royal New Haven Sehida Lawrence Savannah Baltimore Cape Romani Dinan Werancisco Honolulu Dee Dothan City Barrow Perth Amboy Dee Shiny Solleing Dowell Seb Femaciane Aamanine Niearn San Heingeo Dee cRiae O

Maritime reports from Atlantic routes note buoys and wrecks

Capt Nickerson reports near Faulkners Island a sunken wreck marker and a green painted chest. Capt Howes notes distances from Five Fathom Bank and a black spar buoy. Capt Watt describes a large black can buoy with bell cage near 43 55 N 54 36 W aboard the Samaria.

Boston Nickerson Sch S Tryon Philadelphia Faulkners Island Light Howes Chatham Baltimore Dee Five Fathom Bank Watt Samaria Liverpool Swiftsure Mulhall St Thomas

Silver Swiftsure Reported Blown Back Toward St Thomas

News from multiple ports tracks ships in distress and weather damage. The Swiftsure, reported Nov 22 at 28 N 74 W, likely encountered a gale and was blown back to St Thomas. Other vessels suffer masts lost, leaks, or grounding along routes near Havana, Philadelphia, Nassau, and Athens with crews seeking salvage.

Maritime arrivals and sailings from ports worldwide

In port and sailing notices list numerous vessels with origins and destinations including APPAM Accra THompson on Gull, City to Philadelphia, Jacob A Stamler Pensacola via Nassau, Ardangorm Pearson Matanzas, Flora Stafford Smith Rangoon, Trygve McLeod Havana to New York and Prince Edward Island, Annie Reed Warren Newcastle NSW, Vancouver Portia and more. Details include dates December and November for Hamburg Halifax Liverpool Nassau and related ships.

Appam Sea Gull Thompson Accra Barrow City Philadelhia Buenos Ayres Jacob A Stamler Pensacola Nassau Cansons William H Wellington Gloucester Cardenas Ardangorm Pearson Matanzas Havana Mobile Galle Flora Stafford Smith Rangoon Guantanamo Josef Bueno McColl St Jago Trygve McLeod New York Prince Edward Island Hannah MacLean Bowers Philadelphia City of Atlanta Burley Vera Cruz Tafalla Roig New Orleans Hong Kong Annie Reed Warren Newcastle Nsw Hamburg Marsala Halifax Dee Vancouver Lindall Liverpool Portland Portia Dawson Worchester Nickerson Boston Lee Dowling St Johns PR Daisy Pye Kingston Jamaica Baltimore King Road Ross San Francisco Oxenholme Gatherer Lowell San Fransco City of Richmond LARNE State of Nevada Glasgow Marion Hill Armstrong Fucksville William F Green Crockett Mabel Darling Ranger Wilmington George W. Loehvar Lizzie W Matheson McKay Ragged Island Mary Culmar Penang Marengo Port Mulgrave William I Jordan Bay of Islands Anderson Carl Schurz Cousins Georgetown Nettie Lowry Mascotte Buckley Pernamuco Glad Tidings Graham Serene Segeman Jago Annie Batchelder Steelman ST Johns Eleano ST Helena W H Lincoln Daly Calcutta St Michaels Kennard Settencourt Fayal Alice Swain Mauritius Manzanary Aspan Port Elsie A Bayles Henry F Jones Foote Sale Tlacotalpan Winnie Lawry McRitchie Port Au Prince Trinidad Cuba Fanny Kimme Wolfe

Maritime Movement Notes Across Atlantic and Gulf Ports

The report lists vessels cleared sailed or arrived at multiple ports including Baltimore Norfolk New York Providence Boston Philadelphia and Wilmington and notes ships and cargo movements with destinations such as Rio Janeiro Liverpool Bremen Havana Demerara and Pensacola. It records arrivals at Newport News Providence and Norfolk with several schooners brigs and steamers proceeding to or from Boston New York Philadelphia and other hubs.

Astorta Chittagong United Kingdom Winnipeg Baltimore Carpinho Davison Richmond Adelaide Bailey Rio Janeiro Sehs Henry D May Morris New York Wm R Huston Chadwick Somerset Decatur H Miller Taylor Boston Brunswick Stephen G Hart Pearson Providence Adelheld & Bertha Evans Buenos Ayres Harleston Robert J. Barr Burton Philadelphia William B Steelman Maggiej Lawrence Grace Thorne Holme Bremen Parker Wicks Port Royal Dutch Island Harbor Thrasher Whelpley St John Daniel Webster Greenlaw Pike Narragansett Pier Galveston Propitious Sunderland Victoria Newport Engbrig Laskar Buschenhinke Lamp Steelman Fort George St Johns Newark Mobile Sphynx St Thomas Anton Abrahamson Santos Daiss IE Parkhurst Hooper Mire Pratt Tampico Clare Liverpool New Orleans Santa Anna Cafrero Castellarmare Hutchinson Baker Havana Quick Wydale, Hurst Kingston Algoma Vero Stroma Truxillo Port Eads Kambira Brownell Prince Henry Vaughan Domenico Landa Farina Norfolk Canopus Lina Mn Cook Halifax Jennie McNaughton Wm Wiler Lucinda G Vineyard Haven Nevada Queenstown Spain Howard Williams Clifton Windsor Herman Winter Hallett Wisconsin Bentley Taormina Koch Hamburg William J. Rotch Gibbs Yokohama Annie E Wright Wright Antwerp Nellie E Rumbaill Rumball Antigua Scis Red Jackett Ginn Rockland Wm H Fredson Mark Gray Randall Ney Anderson Fall River Hastings Gifford New Bedford Newport News Thomas Turnbull Shiel Henry Holds Meeds WE & WL Tuck James B Ogden Tole Rebecca Shepherd Eos Cadiz Sodium Santander Brig Trust Bilbao Portsmouth Florence E Tower Knowlton Dover Lower Harbor Merriman Low Winterport Parthenia Dauphine Lunenburg Port Townsend Nellie May Honolulu Frostburg Mills

Mails Close at Boston for International and Domestic Routes

Daily closing times list for steamship mail departures from Boston to destinations including Campeche Chippas Tabasco Yucatan Puerto Cortez Carthagena St. Thomas St. Croix Europe Central America and more. Entries note specific ships Manhatt an Samana EE Ward Jr Alvena La Champagne Gallia Furnessia and City of Para with local dates and cutoffs.

Campeche Chippas Tabasco Yucatan Manhattan New York Island Samana New Puerto Cortez B. Ward, Jr New Orleans St. Domingo Cape Hayti Carthagena Alvena St. Thomas St. Croix Barbados Trinidad and Demerara Windward Islands Maranham Bahia Rio Janeiro la Plata Portugal Switzerland Great Britain and Ireland Brest Havre la Champagne Gallia Scotland Glasgow Furnessia Chili Steamship Finance Newport News Dseec Central America South Pacific Aspinwall Costa Rica Guartermala City of Para Port Simon Foxhall Csc Ee Searee Progreso Mex Thornhill Cuba Tampa Fla Key West Fila Boston Mexico Ecee

Trans-Pacific mail schedules for Pacific routes

For Australia and Pacific Islands ships Mariposa Oceanic Australia leaving San Francisco with mails from Boston by January 6. Jan 12 departures also noted for Samoan, Sandwich Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, and China Japan East Indies. Correspondence should be mailed in Boston at least eight days before the dates listed.

Australia Fiji Islands New Zealand Samoan Sandwich Islands San Francisco Boston China Japan the East Indies Oceanic Society Islands City of Papelli

Boston-Bound Vessels Sail From Various Ports

List of ships and brigs sailing toward Boston with origins in Iloilo Maceio Singapore Grand Turk and more. Vessels include Arizona Robbins Alice Antioch Belle of Oregon Bowman B Law Buda Dione Queen Hall Dagery George Moon Independence Indian Empire James G Bain Josip Katahdin Lennie Burrill Matilde Mignano M C Moseley Nellie Crosby St Kilda Snefrid Swiftsure Warrior and others with dates from July to December and notes on passages and distress.

Boston Arizona Robbins Br. Bark Iloilo Anter Alice Stuart Maceio Antioch Tleminway Aim Singapore Belle Oregon Matthews Anjer Bowman B. Law Abbott Yokohama Cebu Buda Corbett Dione Raynes Am. Sch Gonaives Oeeen Dagery Svendsen St. Helena George Moon Wolfe Almeria Independence Pavett Arm Valparaiso Pisagua Lot Indian Empire Watson Mauritius Calcutta James G. Bain Mockler Josip Suhor Lark Buenos Ayres Katahdin Seeley Uollo Lennie Burrill Murphy Br. Ship Manila Matilde Mignano Ital. Brig Castellamore M.C. Moseley Torrey

Shipping schedules from Liverpool and New York lines

A broad list of sailing departures and arrivals from Liverpool to destinations such as Savannah Philadelphia Chicago and Hamburg. Ship names include Bremen Britannic and City of Chicago with times around 3.00 PM or 6.00 AM and agents like Warren & Co Oelrichs & Co and J B Ismay.

Roman Liverpool Warren & Co Bavarian Thayer & Line Norman Philad’lp Sampson Chatham Baltimore Geo E Smalley City of Macon Savannah Ee & Barn Samaria Alex Martin Glasgow Allan Philad’ly E B Sampson Bremen Oelrichs & Co J B Ismay NEW England and Savannah Steamship Company City OF Beacon Savanna Congress Street Boston Richardson & Barnard Savannah Pier A. Dew Sampson New Eng Central R. Ry Washington Street G.pearson New York New England Metropolitan &. S. Co Sound Lines Ocean Steame Ship Company Savana Jack Me

Mail steamers update from Antwerp to Liverpool listings

Approximate schedule notes dated November through December list freight and passenger mail steamers. Entries cite ships and agents such as Mareca Antwerp Furness. British Crown London. Warren & Co Liverpool. Thayer Line Liverpool. Cephalonia Liverpool with due dates December 28 30 20 and December 18 17 25.

Mareca Antwerp Furness Goth City Furness British Crown London Furness Kansas Liverpool Warren & Co Virginian Thayer& Line Cephalonia Alex Martin Mon Chj Sanders'n&Son P Wright & Sons Fulda Bremen Oelrichs & Co Germanic Bismay Polaria Hamburg Phelps Bresw Co Greece WJ Hurst Schiedam Amsterd’m Fu’ch Edge&Co Etruria Brown &Co Labretagne Havre Louis de Boston Kansas Norseman Iowa Michigan Warren & CG Postoffice Square

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