Canada Has a Chance and Stubborn Congress Bargains
A lengthy Washington report details Senate and House actions with reports on sugar frauds at New York ports, conference results on Sioux lands in Dakota, veterans relief, and railroad land issues. It notes militia organization changes for the District of Columbia and debates over salmon fisheries protection and Pacific railroad debt scrutiny. The session includes private pension clearances, liquor amendment talk, and debates in executive session.
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Wasuroron
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
New York
Dakota
Mexico
Plumb
Attorney-General
Land Office
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
Hawley
District of Columbia
Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
Alaska
Os Sea
Jones
Nevada
Stewart
Pacific Railroad
Blair
Riddleberger
Yeas
Hoar
Hale
Edmunds
Boston
Massachusetts
Court of Claims
Congress Passes Joint Resolution On Canada United Trade Plan
In House March 1 on motion of Mr Anderson Iowa the joint resolution to promote commercial union with Canada passed unanimously from the foreign affairs committee. It sets a path for three commissioners to design a unified tax and duty system and reports to the President for Congress action.
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WasumerTon
House
Anderson
Iowa
Canada
Hitt
Illinois
Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
Sover Amere
Congress
Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade
Holman
Indiana
Des Moines
Yeas
Randall
Cowles
Mills
Enloe
Tennessee
Shipping News Highlights From Boston Port Briefs
Maritime listings for March 1 show arrivals including Gen Whitney New York and Katahdin Winterport detailing crews and cargo. Cleared foreign steamers include Borderer London and Catalonia Liverpool, with several coastwise ships sailing from Boston area and surrounding ports.
Maritime movements and positions reported in 19th century log
Vessels including Annie M Small Sailey Excelsior Theresa Genista Pilgrim Granada W G Gordon Davida James A Garfield Bertha Warner shown with routes dates and coordinates. Some entries note losses and voyage legs in Jamaica Guantanamo Sagua off Kody Island and Gulf Stream.
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Annie M Small
Sailey
Aleppy
New York
Excelsior
Calcutta
Theresa
Cette
Gulf Stream
Genista
Cook
Philadelphia
Bark Pilgrim
Paine
Manila
Bark Granada
Tuspan
W G Gordon
Demerara
Nova Scotia
Sch
Davida
James A Garfield
Guantanamo
Kody Island
Bertha Warner
Sagua
Freight Market Wavers as Lumber and Ice Move in Ports
Boston reports freight and capacity adjust to demand with 50 million feet of lumber shipped from port to River Platte markets. Demand, rates, and berthing use fluctuate amid shifts in export contracts and rising ice movement, while coastwise trades show mixed activity across ice and cargo rates. Local shipments to Buenos Aires, Rosario, and Caribbean ports appear volatile as shippers adjust to new charter patterns.
Maritime voyage list of ships and sailings across ports
A dense port list records numerous vessels with flags, captains, and destinations. Entries include bark Kestrel and brig New Domiton sailing from Brazil to Rio de Janeiro and Parrsboro. a long sequence of ships such as Maggie Andrews, Poseidon, Arlington, Peacemaker, and more with routes to Barbados, Pensacola, Nassau, and various Atlantic ports.
Fog bell at Fort Adams becomes active
Notice to mariners from Newport Rhode Island dated March 1 states the new automatic fog bell at Fort Adams is now ready for use.
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Newport
Fort Adams
Sea Trade Notes From New England Harbor Records
From Our Correspondents Horme Island Harbor Me Sailed ist scis James D Dewell Kelsey Washington DC Salem Ar 1st sch Annie V Bergen Odell St John for New York Sailed Scis James Clifford Apphia and Amelia Wildfire Effie J Simmons Martha Innis Isabel Alberto J Kennedy Robert County and Catawamteak bound south and east Gloucester Ar Ist Ibs Argonaut St Johns NF 175 000 Ibs cac for a market Agnes and Harry G French Fortune Bay NF each with 400 000 frozen herring Star of the East and Sarah Georges Annie Wesley Grand sank 20 000 Ibs halibut Alexander Melanson one of the Wesley s crew was lost one board Feb 26 He belonged at St Mary s Bay NS Vineyard Haven At Feb 28 steam tugs Con fidence O M Winch and Elsie from Bass River where they have barges Lizzie H Navesink and Macaulay awaiting chance to proceed to Boston In port Brig George E Dale swis A H Peary Carries C Ware Georgie Berry G M Brainerd Kennebec E Arcularius R Dove Pavilion Maggie J Chadwick and Jane Ingram sailed March L steam tugs Elsie C M Winch and Confidence for Bass River sch Georgie Berry wind NNW moderate clear
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Horse Island Harbor
James D Dewell
Kelsey
Washington
Elsie
Bass River
Lizzie H
Navesink
Macaulay
Boston
George E Dale
Georgie Berry
Saarikoski
Wahlbroos
Geestemunde
Bath
Unison
Wright
Georgetown
Parker’s Head
Charles Noble Simmons
Babbitt
William ID Marvel
O'Keefe
New York
Baltimore
Thompson
Belfast
Yoxford
Queenstown
Chatham
Howes
Lavinia
Campbell
Kerlin
Dutch
Brunswick
Blagdon
Philadelphia
Montana
London
Montreal
Liverpool
Main
Bremen
Adelaide
Santos
Otto Gundersen
Aranham
Oskar
Skybergsen
Malaga
Eva L Ferris
Flete
Anchorage
Charleston
Flora
Penderson
Bristol
Edith McIntyre
Ross
Tybee
James Ives
Robbins
Mark Samuel
Ohirich
Hamburg
Lillie F Schmidt
Henderson
Baltmore
Edgar
Oscar L Schmidt
Acon
Ogesha
Potosi
Norok
Arin St Helena Sound
Apex
Smith
Cole
Fortress Monroe
Princessen
Andersen
Pernambuco
Grace Seymour
Mollie J Saunders
Cousin
Dreadnaught
Portland
Bertha Dean
Erastus Wiman
Providence
Nathan Lawrence
Cassie F Bronson
Salem
Annie F Conlon
Portsmouth
Elwood Harlow
Josie R Burt
Jennie E Righter
New Bedford
Lulu
Harlem
van Name & King
Lizaie H Patrick
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Luther A Roby
Ichs
Emma F Angeli
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King Philip
Newport News
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B L Burt
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Florence Randall
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Wm C French
Jacksonville
Warren Moore
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Charles Abrige
Fall River
Edward W Young
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George Moulton, Jr
Darien
C . Lane
New Haven
Wm P Hood
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Brown
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Nelson
Abbie H Gheen
Gheen
Amelia P Schmidt
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Ella M Mitchell
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Willie H Higgins
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Molie J Saunders
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Terry
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Woodlin
Fannie A Gorham
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Caroline E Tremont
Anna B Jacobs
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Flushing Bay
Mary Louise
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Commodore
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Rosie
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Wm F Collins
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Matthew Vassar, Jr
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Harry Bushmin
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M Anthony
T P Dixon
Marie
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Dantzic
Richmond
Mamie Saunders
Steelman
Merwin
Clarke
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Merriam
Snow
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Gay
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Speedwell
Weed
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Rockport
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Geos Tarbell
Paine
Mary L Alien
Wiley
San Francisco
Daisy Rowe
Wagner
Marquesas Island
Katie Flickinger
Young
Gray’s Harbor
W H Meyer
Whalman
J C Ford
Mercer
Kahului
Rosalind
Seballister
Honolulu
Palestine
Hayden
Tacoma
Cowlitz
Gammons
Puget Sound
J M Griffiths
Avery
Port Hadlock
Santa Clara
Fuller
Great Admiral
Rowell
Hong Kong
Melusine
Mehrburger
Savannah
New twin screw steamer Columbia floated for Hamburg America
Boston dispatch reports the Columba launched for the Hamburg American Packet Company. Laird Brothers of Birkenhead built her and she floated successfully. The article also notes several ships in heavy seas, derelict collisions, wreckage sightings, and routine maritime weather observations across Atlantic ports.
Foreign ports ship movements and sail dates listed
Shipping notices show vessels sailing and in port at global ports including Havana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, and Kingston with ships like Washington, Hartfield, Mary C Bennett, Naupactus, Daniel Barnes, Ridgeway, and Californian. Cargoes, loading details, and sail dates span January to March across Havre, New York, Liverpool, and other ports.
Domestic ports figures from February and island city vows
Fragmentary OCR notes reference February figures at domestic ports and vows from Island City. Mentions Savanna cargo, archipelago and names such as XPALACHICOLA, Sep ark Ste, andre Limonte, Trividag, Byot and regse.
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Proiee Aes
Island City
Vow
Savanna Art Cargo
Enone
Xpalachicola
Various Atlantic Seaboard Vessels Report Weather and Arrivals
Shipping news notes numerous vessels at ports from Brunswick to New York. Ships clear or sail for Bristol, Baltimore, Havana, and Liverpool while weather reports indicate easterly winds and rough seas.
Mails Close Schedule From Boston for Various Destinations
The notice lists mail closing times for departures from Boston on March 2 and 4. It covers routes to Great Britain and Ireland, Nova Scotia and St Pierre Miquelon, Port au Prince and Curaçao, St Thomas and St Croix, and Cuba via Tampa. Closing times range from 7:00 AM to 7:80 PM with multiple supplementary sailings and forwarding via several ships.
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Great Britain
Curacoa
Venezuela
Trinidad
British
Dutch Guiana
Prins Willem I
New York
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Barbados
Demerara
Prazil
la Plata
Rio de Janeiro
Newport News
Trans Pacific Mails Schedule and Closing Notices
Shipping notices detail mail sailings from San Francisco on March 11 for Japan Shanghai Hong Kong and dependent ports and East Indies with exceptions. Boston closing times listed as 5 p m on March 5 for most routes and 5 p m on March 3 for a Pacific route.
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Japan
Shanghai
Hong Kong
East Indies
India
Straits Settlements
Siam
Dutch East Indies
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Ae New Ie Fiji
Incoming Steamers From Various Ports Listed With Dates
A historical table lists steamers arriving from multiple ports including Antwerp Liverpool London Havre and Amsterd am with agents such as Gill & Lootz Furness and Wright & Sons. Dates range February 1 to March 8 with ship names like Germanic and Bourgogne and destinations including Liverpool Savannah and City of Macon.
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Gibraltar
jJan
Wetherby
Antwerp
Furness
Gill & Lootz
Furness E Hermann
Antwere
Gothenburg Cephalonia
Liverpook
Martin Lake Ontario
Liverpool
Shaheen & Co
Macon
Savannah
Rich’nd& Barn
Iowa
Warren & Co Stockholm
London
Furness Venetian
Thayer&Line
Thingvalla
Edge & Co
Diana
Larne
Baltee Germanic
Isma Waesland
Wright&Sons
Bourgogne
Havre
Amster’m
Ohio
P Wright &Sons
Ailsa
Kingston
Pim,F’rw
d&Co Buffalo
Hull
Sanderson&son
Aspinwall
Pacific M
Iims
Bremen
Oelrichs & Co
Etruria
VH Brown&Co
la Bretagne
Amia Forget
Noordland
Pwright & Sons
Slavonia
Copenhag
RJ Curtis
Yhingvalla
Copenhage
F’ch
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