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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1889

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 Gloucester Luther A Roby Ichs Emma F Angeli Norfolk King Philip Newport News Elm City B L Burt Defor Boston Florence Randall New London Wm C French Jacksonville Warren Moore Cienfuegos Charles Abrige Fall River Edward W Young South Norwalk George Moulton, Jr Darien C . Lane New Haven Wm P Hood Romance Brown Navassa Galveston Titanic Nelson Abbie H Gheen Gheen Amelia P Schmidt Cobb Mobile Kak Hana Lioeroos Tarragona Ella M Mitchell Small Ist Hos Eva Parks Orfolk Oakes Ames Sheridan Margaret F Moore Willie H Higgins Clark’s Cove Molie J Saunders Lewis Coosaw Iirdsall Isridgeport Spartan Parkhurst Aspinwall Terry P Ball Ryder D Chambers H V Kelsey M A Holme Ogden C Allen Woodlin Fannie A Gorham Gardner Caroline E Tremont Anna B Jacobs Wilson John B Matheson Matheson Trave Sremen Amsterdam Rotterdam Santiago Hull Eng la Flandre Antwerp Ailsa Kingston Seneca New Orleans Baldomero Yglesias Havana Wilkommen Denmark Carstenoe Dunnevig Providencia Lisbon Jennie A Stubbs Farnham West Indies Hell Gate Furber Garland Flushing Bay Mary Louise Colfer Amboy Commodore Tucker Rosie Adra Berry Neliie 2 Winslow Weehawken Sardinian Lord Rockland Wm F Collins Higgins Port Liberty Matthew Vassar, Jr Mackay Fair Haven Abbie E Willard Jones Helen Thompson Averill Thomasn Hart Island Roads Harry Bushmin Wilbur Schs Perseverance Willard Lexington Waters Hannah Blackman Burdick Etta Chiaffina Suedia Scandinavian Park Glasgow Venice Bolt Bisceglia Pottsville Ritson Puth Palmer Dunkirk Bertha Walter Thomas Crescent Mehaffey Beverly Mass Emer Icarus Toye Abla Candemire Rio Janeiro Elgin Robinson Perth Amboy Bird Merriu R P King Orison Maud Malloch Jolson M Anthony T P Dixon Marie Zachariasen Dantzic Richmond Mamie Saunders Steelman Merwin Clarke Bayonne H A Seward Maud Seward Penton Merriam Snow Laconia Gay Idaho Speedwell Weed Newport Rockport Hodgdon 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.

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.

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.

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.

Ben Nevis 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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