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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1888

Page

3

Sheridan in Town A Boston Visit and Banquet Tribute

Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan arrives in Boston aboard the Washington express and is hosted by the Loyal Legion and city officials. He tours Martin School, attends an Algon Club reception, and engages with the State House and Senate, receiving formal greetings and a luncheon with 400 Legion members. He plans to visit City Hall, the cyclorama, and a noon reception at Faneuil Hall before departure.

Sheridan Boston Washington Express New York & New England Loyal Legion City of Michael Sheridan Blunt Martin Rand Rty Washington Beacon Dartmouth Hotel Vendome Dominion Battery A Light Artilley M.V.M Fred J. Clayton S. G. Griffin Henry B. Peirce Treakfast Senate Adams Philip H. Sheridan United States Boardman Thomas Henry Gratton Esmonds John Stuart Irland General Sheridan Senate Chamber Pilip H. Sheridan Mme Noyes Ueh Milldam Road Watertown Legion of Honor Boston Cadet Band Rana Governor Ames Leopold Morse Legion O’brien Bunker Hill Faneuil Hall

Boston Political Class Debates Municipal Duties and Tariff

The regular meeting at 5 Wark featured discussion on the call for the previous question, then a study of Boston municipality duties. A spirited debate followed over the resolution that the protective tariff serves national interests, with Mrs Ball arguing positive and Mrs H Shattuck opposing.

Boston Ball H. &. Shattuck

Meeting On Topic Decides Against by Small Margin

Report notes the attendees including several ladies were fairly informed on the issue. The decision favored against the topic by a narrow margin. The next meeting is scheduled for February 16.

Hen's Egg theories in Professor Martin lecture

The third of eight lectures on Natural Science at Association Hall featured Johns Hopkins biologist Henry Newell Martin. He explained embryology with diagrams, noting the egg as a nourishing mass from which the chick develops, and highlighted gill-like structures in embryos across species as evidence of a common ancestor and Darwinian evolution.

Association Hall Boylston Berkeley Streets Sedgwick Institute of Technology Johns Hopkins University England Huxley Henry Newell Martin Baltimore Johns Hopkins Leah Smibad George Eliot Carlyle Professor Martin Joseph Cook Martin Aristotle Hippocrates

Boston- Bound Vessels Sue for Boston

A list of vessels seeking Boston on or about the specified dates includes Auburndale Wooster Adele Alpheus Marshall Arthur C Wade Arizona Adelplua Adam W Spies Antioch ifeminway Alice LB L Page Bessie May Charles A Sparks Benj F Hunt Jr George Moon Gevalia Dee Hyaline Indian Empire Katahdin Jas A Smith Louise Supposed ashore near Pernambuco Lion Liberia Mary Mariner Nineveh Navarino Hibbard Panay saw, and others, detailing origins from Melbourne Demerara Manila and more with dates from Dec Jan and Nov.

Boston Auburndale Wooster Am. Bark Buenos Arizona Robbina Hotlo Assed Kair Aw. Bark Mantanzas L. Page Spinney Br. Big Cientuegos Lowman B. Law Abbott Br. Ship Yokohama Cebu Bessie May Buck Port Elizabeth Charles A. Sparks Harris Surinam St. Thomas Dam Benj. F. Hunt, Jr Winn Manila Anjer George Moon Wolig Almeria Gevalia Sjostrom Swed. Bark Melbourne Dee Elmina Hyaline McLeod Brig Demerara Indian Empire Watson Siip Mauritius Calcutta Katahdin Seeley Br. Bark Dloilo St. Thomas Jas A Castellamare Mary Mariner Wharton Aux Ciyes Nineveh Crooke Salt Pond W.C. A Navarino Cole Am. Sch Sierra Leone Here i Hibbard Banjoewangie Anay Luscomb Aeohannesen Swifisire Mulhall Gonaives W. At &T. Thomas Shetland Haskell Buenos Ayres Te Nelson Br. Sch Ponce P. R Taria Yopan Trumbull Tamatave Unity Sunderland Warnor Kitchin

Sail, Name. es es mente aiagi emergence 7 Palestine

Fragmented schedule fragment lists embarkation and arrivals for Liverpool, Savannah, Philadelphia, Macon, and Cephalonia with multiple firms and times across February. Key entries include Warren & Co, Rich'n & Barn'd, Thayer & Line'n, Harrison Loring, Sampson Samaria, GE Smalley, and Alex Martin indicating city ports such as Liverpool, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Macon with times ranging from 7.00 AM to 8.00 PM.

Palestine Liverpool Warren & Co Gate City Savannah Rich’n& Barn Thayer & Line Worcester Halifax Harrison Loring Partition Phil’d Sampson Samaria Alex Martin Berkshire Baltimore GE Smalley City of Macon Rieh’n & Barn Cephalonia Alex Martin

Ship News Notice to Captains at Boston Signal Station

Notice to captains notes observations made February 1 at the United States Signal Station Boston at 7 am aligning with noon Greenwich time. It records wind, barometer, weather, sea level, and velocity. It instructs adding one one hundredth inch to a ship’s instrument for every ten feet above sea level.

United States Boston

Port of Boston Shipping News Reel Feb Weather and Arrivals

Shipping notices from Boston report arrivals and routes including Gritiths from Antwerp, Fiegna from Palermo Valencia Gibraltar and others with cargoes as far as Buenos Aires and Rosario. Winds varied from fresh SW to NW with gales and heavy seas. several vessels reported damage and engine trouble, while others sailed for New York Liverpool and London amid brisk coasting traffic.

Gritiths Antwerp Flushing Furness Fiegna Ketteley Palermo Tee Valencia Gibralter State of Maine Iuyard St John Racy Portland Whilby Forest City Snowman City of Gloucester Rector Gloucester Biship Lennie Lurrill Mweet Manila New Anter John G Hall & Co Briz Neilie Crosby McAkinnon Buenos Ayres Gossler Trinidad Dee BO Totat Nellie Crosby Hinteras Highland Fight Cape Cod Dee Dan New York Rosario United Statesman of War Richmond Louise d Seliz Ersch Belmont Godcut Weymouth

Freights and Charters Reported for River Plate Demand

New York shown February listing limited demand for River Plate tonnage with several charters reported. Vessels include Bark George S Homer with 46 000 cases refined oil to Calcutta, bark Colombina and Diane for Java oil, bark Strathay 85 000 cases to Saigon at 27 cents, ship Habitant 10 000 barrels to Antwerp, and ships Isaac Shofield and Gow anburn both for Calcutta on private terms.

New York River Plate George S Homer Japan Tk. C Capitan Calcutta

Severe weather damages fishing fleet reports in Gloucester

Gloucester corresponds reports crews and vessels battered by four weeks of severe gales. Ships lose anchors, cables, and gear. one crew member injured. Frozen herring and frostbitten crews noted among Newfoundland and Georges Bank fleets. A derelict vessel foundered with crew saved. other ships tows and mail steamer Nantucket plan noted.

Gloucester Sch Lotiier Morton Georges Everett Pierce Maud M . Story Augusta H Dory Michael McNeil U Sea Lizzie J Greenleaf Grand Banks Ralph Y Hodgdon Annie B Cannon Laura Nelson Selig Butler Rasid Transit Henry N Wools Arived Newfoundland Slavenia Bay St. Herring Nova Scotia Waderwriter George Steele Dowdell Sch Kessless Yarmonti Restless Essex Dirk Thomas Hodge Crestina Edelie Trapani Wood’s Hall Nantucket Gay Head

Maritime Ship Movements List From Various Ports

A dense shipping bulletin records vessels sailing or passing various global points including Jan 29 to Feb 1 events. Entries name ships such as Peacemaker Adolf and Revolving Light, ports like Bordeaux Cape Town and Gibraltar, captains and nationalities, with destinations including New York Pensacola and Boston, illustrating a broad snapshot of early 20th century sea trade activity.

Sandy Hook Chuaven Lizzie and Eugenie Ger Geerdes Hamburg Philadelphia Pons Abbi Paknohaim Winnington. Ie

Whalers Change Hands In Port Purchases

Whalers Sch Admiral Plake of 64 tons, formerly from Marion, bought by Capt BB Christopher and associates here. She will enter coasting trade under Capt Christopher. Sch Rosario at San Francisco bought by Wright & Bowne to be fitted for whaling under Capt Parker.

Admiral Plake Marion Christopher Cormamand Rosario San Francisco Wright & Bowne Parker

Beaconsfield Sees Vessel Wreck Near Cape Henry

Beaconsfield reports passing a wreck 14 miles east by south from Cape Henry. Both masts broken. one three feet, the other six feet above water. Vessel type uncertain, schooner or square rigged. Hampshire reports passing a long wooden hull with copper plating between Yokohama and New York, sea breaking over her.

Baltimore Beaconsfield Benisaf Cape Henry New York Hampshire Yokohama

Maritime Traffic Roundup of Ships and Positions

A list of vessels including Fingal Hull, Shipsteingorn Cardiff, Sovereign Antwerp, Lima Carver, Rudolph Josenby New York Wellington, Royal Alice Liverpool Seattle, Lapwing Cardiff San Francisco, Lansdowne Antwerp New York, Shin North American Calcutta New York, Brig Tenerife Tracy Matanzas, and Joseph H Scammell Havre New York. Positions noted by latitudes and longitudes, with dates ranging Jan 3 to Jan 28 and Dec 20 to Dec 25, largely detailing routes and current bearings.

Fingal Hull San Francisco Shipsteingorn Cardiff Singapore Sovereign Antwerp New York Lima Carver Galveston Jupiter Inlet Armin Rudolph Josenby Wellington Royal Alice Liverpool Seattle W. Bark Lapwing Jon W. Iark Lansdowne Hall Shin North American Lincoln Calcutta Tenerife Tracy Matanzas Philadelphia Fowey Rocks Joseph H Scammell Thompson Havre

Marine Notes Brighten Boston Harbor Storm Report

Marine notes from Boston and surrounding ports describe severe gales in late January and early February. Vessels report damaged lifeboats, smashed rails, broken spars, water in cabins, and wrecks or beachings near Honolulu, Montevideo, Liverpool, and Halifax with crews saved and ships abandoned or docked. Notable incidents include the Willian & Richard wreck near Wilmington and the William & Richards crew rescue by Woon, plus multiple cargo losses and insurance disturbances along the Atlantic.

Boston Honolulu London Haa Port Nellie Crosby Montevideo Lon Baltimore Phoenix Bilbao New York Edward E Barrett Vesge Nevada Liverpool Nelard Forest Frank Davia Seh Savannah Andrew Patrick Wiliam & Richard Gulnare, Marcussen Mobile Garston Halifax Alcides Glasgow Jasgow Ontario Chicago Samval Coles Mud Island New Bedford Mass Theodore Dean Mattandiset Neck Launswick Gamaliel,Crockett Urehilla Jonesport Philadelpihla Norman Snow Pride Stegner Saxon Provdence Fall River Loum Snow & Son Payal Azevedo Barkentine Dunkirk Philadelphia Snevia Hamburg Fastnet Istrian Deine Berk Bertha Alma Wilmingion C. Dee United Kingdom Flores Lisbon Yarmouth Bent King Parraboro Newburyport Seal Island Mariv

Shipping News Summary from Various Ports

Multiple vessels listed with arrivals and sailings across Rio Janeiro Sydney Singapore St Jago Santo Domingo Townsville Zaza, including steamer Finance from New York to St Thomas and Fort venues, bark Daisy, brig Rosevear, steamer Procida, and schooner Lion among others. dates span Dec 28 to Feb 1 with destinations Boston Havana Baltimore Cienfuegos Delaware Breakwater and more.

Rio Janeiro Finance New York St Thomas Sydney Sherwood Kin San Francisco Patrician Kenney London Jumna Rock Swansia Rosevear St Johns Singapore Jennie Parker Parker Boston ST Jago Cubra Cacouna McDonald Baltimore Lion Peters Cienfuegos Colton Sagua Procida Bannan Daisy Nee Aitchell Aspinwall Saratoga Cats Havana Béth Navarro Caibdrien Morey Harner Gibara ST Domingo George Lamb Mahoney Palenque ST Jage de Zaldo Miller Townsville Mark Rosenius Sveningsen Puget Sound Zaza Art Hugo Mujica Cienfue Annie Batchelder Gardiner Delaware

Ships in Atlantic Steam and Bark Fleet Sighting Report

Numerous ships and steamers reported at Atlantic ports from Boston to Charleston with arrivals, clearances, and sailings. Vessels include De Ruyter, Persian Monarch, Ocean Prince, and City of Alexandria. bark Persey Ivancich and Devon. schooners Mary E Morris and Nathan Lawrence. multiple port clearances to New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Savannah.

Br Steemer Samaria Watt Liverpool Alexander Martin Schs Atizom Lohnes S A Meresh Kreaser Lallave Barclay & Co Br Steame Palestine Willewsy Warren & Co John Greg@y Killen Taimpico D H Fiitner Decatur Phila-delphia Sampson Ue Dimouck Berry New York Whitney Forest City Snowman Portland Williams William E Downes L A Belknap Jiecatur H Miller Baltille Spartan Philadelphia Dimnock New Fork Roman Milanese London Jenie Hall de Ruyter Seir Harry Prescott Sih William Marburg Cape Cod Algo Astoria John Smith Kastel San Lego Iltimore Assyrian Benley Oregon Richardson Sidney Lunch Stertin Scha Ema Angall Tripp Providence Harriet Kerlin Marts Charleston Baltimore Colina Arlat Georgie L Dickson Handkerchief Shoal Persey Ivancich New Orleans D . Baker Savannah Devon United Kingdom Maggie E Gray Coosaw Mary E Morris Smith Williamsport Nathan Lawrence Babbitt Noralk Galveston Ocean Prince Sunerland John C Sweeney Shaw Pensacola Georgetown Waples Ponder Lorge Allel Jacksonville Caroline Tait Louis Mobile Sallie ’On Kingston CH Foster Newberne Minnie & Emma Newport News Tancarville Havre Escalona Bremen Lan Neem Sandringham Sono New Bedford Rose Esterbrook Davis Ae Orleans Harold Blucelds Pharos McGilvery Calcutta Nevada Samona Haytien Dalton Rio Janeiro Lampusas Gaveston Louis Bucks Black Hawk McDougal Barbados Monita Wallise City of Alexandria Mexico Cuba Amalfi Hamburg St Ronan’s Ist St Ronans Vera Cruz Paros McDougall Buenos Ayres Oak Monsita Florida St John South Shore Charlies S Bayles Thomas N Stone Boston Steamera Saale Slavonia Stettin City of Para Aspinwall Atlas Port Linon Victoria Demerara Bermuda St Croix Herman Winter Harvest Queen Gov Wilmot Antwerp Barks Candor Bristol Charity Hull Rex Seville Scotia Barcelona Milton Dunkirk Felix Dieppe Sugenig Pelotas Nora Saaie Norfolk Pennacola Ar List Alumbagh Gunning Nereid Clifford Agathe Aes Greenock Shearer Port Royal Emima Chad Mayhew McLean Hudson

Mail Openings for Various Foreign and Domestic Destinations

Steamship schedule update lists multiple mail routes from New York to Boston London Rotterdam Havana and beyond. It notes special addressed mail for Britain Ireland Europe France Italy Spain Portugal Switzerland Netherlands and Cuba with cutoff times on February 3 6 and related dates.

Venezuela Curacoa Valencia New York Baticos Evens Great Britain Ireland Queenstown Liverpool Samaria Bos Heldayy Vamco Progreso Mex Havana Panama Gallia New Yor Witla France Italy Spain Portugal Switzerland la Champagne New Yorm Phuay Foly Issels Caeap's Netherlands Rotterdam P. Calend el Inm Direct Fennland Prday Hei Gv Lvkla Cuba T Wpa Fla Key West Bueton Daily Mexico

Trans-Pacific Mails From San Francisco for Various Regions

Mail notices announce departures for China Japan and the East Indies via City of New York from San Francisco on Feb 11. Hawaiian Islands via Australia on Feb 11. Society Islands via Tahiti on Feb 29. Australia New Zealand Samoa and Sandwich Islands via Zealandia on Feb 9. Mail closes at Boston office Thursday Feb 2 at Ly m.

China Japan the East Indies British India City of New Orleans North River New York Knickerbocker Hudson Louisiana Texas Aexico Arizona California Old Mexico Texas & Pacific Railroad Mobile Mississippi Red Rivers J. N. Magna Washington Greet Boston Mass Samull

Shipping Schedules From New York to Europe and the Atlantic

From New York dated February 2 to February 6 a consolidated list details agents departure cities and ports including Jersey City Glasgow Havre Antwerp Liverpool and Havana with steamers such as the Queen and City of Macon. The timetable notes approximate times and recurring agents like Eunhardt Baldwin Sumner Wright Kell and Furness with several ships due at Cephalonia Cremon and Lake Huron among others.

Cremon Antwerp jJan Adams&Co Macon Savannah Kitch Lonon Furness Noriman Sampson Pal Wees Gill & Sootz Lake Huron Bawe Brigh'm&Co

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