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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1891

Page

3

Academy of Design Prizes Near Misses Won by Students

New York May 15 The National Academy of Design prize distribution under president T W Wood lists winners in antique day and night classes with silver and bronze Elliott medals. Notable awards include Miss Venderveer Miss Upton Miss Guthrie and Frank Read, with Charles L. Hinton and Read near the Travelling Scholarship threshold. The travel prize was not awarded due to high averages and donor conditions.

New York National Academy of Design T. W. Wood Twenty-third Street Fourth Avenue Antinous—H. Wolcott Elliott Spinoso Elm Mr. Bastod Mary E. Keenan E. Sandel Torin Ewarura Suydam Charles L. Hinton Life School H. Guthrie A. Foster Belle Holt Andrews A. H. Lomm Keil Frank Read Ireland Lichman Vanderveer Voss Guthrie Rose Monée Academy

Indignation Meeting Over Newfoundland Bait Law Change

In Gloucester Massachusetts on May 15 a fishing owners meeting in Board of Trade rooms condemned American vessels for carrying bait to French fishermen. A United States consul letter noted a $1000 security deposit for bait arrivals at St Johns to enforce the Newfoundland rule. Resolutions pledged to deter bait sales and uphold friendly US Newfoundland relations.

Gloucester Mass Board of Trade Newfoundland David Presson Jeremiah Foster United States St. Johns N. F Foster and Oakes St. Pierre T. M. McLroy Colonial Secretary’s Office St. Jonas N.F Fortune Bay Taliesman Gertie E. Foster Edgar 5. Foster Brunhilde Andrew Burnham J. W. Campbell Geo. F. Edmunds

Indignant Investors in Manchester Denounce Barber Bill

A May 15 mass meeting in Smyth's Hall drew about two thousand residents to condemn the Barber bill and Insurance Commissioner Linehan. Resolutions denounce the bill as a conspiracy, brand Linehan as unethical and unfit, and call for his removal. Pledges to boycott future elections for lawmakers who supported the bill were distributed, with the Manchester Band in attendance.

Manchester Smyth’s Hall Linehan T. D. Curtis the Mirror Massachusetts Commonwealth John ©. Linehan

Rumor of Guatemala Split Reported from Mexico

A May 15 dispatch in the semi official El Partido Liberal claims Guatemala will be divided into two republics. Guatemalan authorities deny any such division is planned.

Guatemala City of Mexico el Partido Liberal

Shipping News Highlighting May 15 Port Arrivals Boston

Shipping notes record arrivals at Boston with Steamer Kansas from Liverpool and other vessels from London Port Antonio and Bangor. Tug Joshua Lovett and barge ferries listed. Numerous schooners, steamers, and coasters depart, sail, or clear for various ports. Weather warnings note rough sea and strong winds affecting coastal traffic.

Boston Kansas Fenton Liverpool Warren & Co Borderer London Moise C Furness Sama Nor Hansen Port Antonio Jam Boston Fruit Co H M Whitney Hallet New York Penobscot Ingraham Bangor Kennebec Collins Bath Forest City Craig Portland City of Gloucester Proctor Gloucester Yug Luther Ward Willon Norfolk Corsica Joshua Lovett Magee Albany Rondout Gertrude Vesty S Foster Dixon Musquash Bessie Keefer Horton Murray Harbor Pei Huntley Five Islands Fury Hattie May Vance Noel John Ames Chase Arleville Peary Joe Carleton Perry Abel C Huckley Nickerson Elias Crowell Thomas Charles M Patterson Tunnell Port Johnson Silver Spray Brown Hoboken Jeanie Lippitt Chause Philadelphia

Market dull with steady rates in New York shipping

May 15 report notes dull markets across all departments in New York. Charters include Martha Davis to Honolulu, Samuel Si Nickerson to New Zealand and back, Rose C to Montevideo or Buenos Ayres, Charles A Sparks to Laguayra, Nelie J Crocker to Martinique, Arthur M Gibson coal to Manzanilla and bagged sugar at 14 cents. Baltimore charters list Neeley coal to Providence 75, Eva B Douglass coal to Salem 85, Woodward Abrahams coal to Boston 85, Mary 3 Bradshaw rock Charleston to Baltimore.

New York Martha Davis Honolulu Samuel Si Nickerson New Zealand Rk Rose C Montevideo Buenos Ayres Charles A Sparks Laguayra Nelie J Crocker Martinique Arthur M .Gibson Manzanilla Baltimore Schsom Neeley Providence Eva B Douglass Salem Woodward Abrahams Boston Mary 3 Bradshaw Charleston

Ports record of sailing ships and arrivals abroad

A compilation of ships sailing and ports of call from Accra to Valparaiso, listing vessels such as Arlington City of Delhi Ellen A Reed Ravola Hekla Buenos Ayrean Av onmore and others, with destinations including Boston Montreal New York Philadelphia and San Francisco, and dates ranging April 11 to May 15. The report notes vessels cleared in Halifax and Port Antonio and departures from Yokohama and Leghorn among numerous ports.

Accra WCA lIn Arlington, Leach Boston Antwerp City of Delhi Swan San Diego Queensland Barrow Falls of Inversnaid Montreal Baracoa Cuba Karl Konow Nor Bristol Ellen A Reed Dennis Lacoma Copenhagen Hekla New York Greenock Buenos Ayrean Ravola Lockhart Hamburg Avonmore Philadelphia London Mark Bristol Lawrence Lisbon Olinda Moville Ethopia Port Antonio Jam Bowden Rotterdam Harriet Hickman Dermer Rio Janeiro Humboldt Harrox (Br Salt Pond Africa Sea Gull Hagins Elmina Swinemunde Metcalf Larsen Baltimore Yokohama Baring Brothers Murphy Bear River Scith Converse Cienfuegos Calcutva Kenilworth, Baker Cochin Onaway Anderson Frontera Minnie Bergen Davis Laguna Chiltopee Havana Orizaba Halifax Johannes Brun Port Hawkesbury Sarah Townsend Newport News Ricareiro Singapore Barks Tonio Ne York Joan Baizley Hong Kong ST John Schs Lucerne Dykeman Peretta Whittaker Prudent Dixon Schs Hunter Kelson Sarah Hunter Mowry Lizzie Pewey Reynard

Maritime Shipping Movements Noted From Four Ports

A fragment lists ships and routes including British Empire from San Francisco to Havre on April 20, Clarence $ ibberneut from New York to San Francisco on May 4, Glenericht from Calcutta to New York on May 14 off Winter Quarter Shoal Lightship, pus huire from Baltimore to Dantzic on May 4, Bark Serica from Cardiff to Esquimalt on March 20, and Carrie A Lane from Baltimore to Bath on May 14 off Winter Quarter Shoal Lightship.

British Empire San Francisco Havre Clarence Carrie A Lane Baltimore Bath Winter Quarter Shoal

Buoys Placed in Delaware River Channel East of Bulkhead Shoal

Notice from Philadelphia dated May 11 4 announces that buoys have been positioned in the Delaware River to mark the starboard side of the channel. The spar buoy Xitel A and related markers lie on the Gogee edge, guiding vessels away from hazards.

Piladelphia Delaware River Xitel A Gogee

Sandy Hook Lightship Moves to Gedney Channel Station

Island Flat marked 264 in red near rear lighthouses at Goose Island Flats with 2 feet depth at low water. Second class buoy 266 near Goose Island Flats. New Castle front lighthouse reports 23 feet depth at mean low water. Sandy Hook lightship relocated May 15 from old station to Gedney's Channel.

Sandy Hook Sandyook Gedney’s Channel

Gloucester fishing catch report from shore fleet day

Special to the Post notes arrivals on May 15 with crews led by Jessie M Wells and John M Fisk. Alibut totals include 32 000 ths by Grand Bank and 800 Iba h alibut. Cod fish amounts reach 15 000 tos by Grace C Hadley as vessels Dixié and Petrel dock with Starry Flay and other traders.

Gloucester Jessie M Wells Grand Bank Grace C Hadley Georges John M Fisk Alice S Hawkes Starry Flay Amos Cutter Tragabigzonda Alabama Dixié Hector Petrel M B Murry Abby A Snow Emerald Venus Breeze

Whalers sail from New Bedford aboard Petrel on May 15

The bark Petrel under Captain Reed sailed May 15 from New Bedford into the Atlantic on a whaling voyage. Sir Adelia Chace of this port, with Captain Ferreira, is reported at scare 9, having obtained 90 brils of sperm since leaving Brava, CVI.

New Bedford Petrel Reed Atlantic Ocean Adelia Chace Ferreira Brava CVI

Marine notes report collision at Long Wharf and repairs planned

Yesterday morning a car float towed by Tremont and J G Neasle hit the U S revenue steamer Hannibal Hamlin at Long wharf, damaging stern stanchions and deck. Hamlin to be repaired at Kelly's dock by Boston Towboat Company. Meanwhile customs will use a rowboat for boarding inbound vessels. Also noted: Santuit chartered for Belize route, Rebecca J Evans arriving in New York, Isle of Pines barge damage and Isle of Pines, Carrolton gales, E Walsh ashore at White Head, and Llandaff City gale damage news.

Tremont J G Neasle Long Wharf United States Revenue Hannibal Hamlin Hamlin Kelly’s Dock Ast Boston Boston Towboat Company Santuit L G Burnham & Co Belize & Honduras Steamship Company New_York Kingston Belize Aguan New Yor Rebecca J Evans Dennis, Me Brava Cape de Verde Islands Barbados New York New Bedford Providence Isle of Pines Rondout Long Island Sound Faulkner’s Island San Francisco Carrolton, Lewis Port Angeles Onnalaska White Head Mey E Walsh Boston St Pierre Mag London Llandaff City Bristol

Domestic Ports Cargoes and Sailings Across New England

A dense log of ships and cargo movements from May 14 to May 15 includes brig Ubaldiena chartered routes from Demerara to Boston and St John while steamers Essex and Le Panto sail for Antwerp and London. Boston, New Bedford, Salem, and Portland figure prominently with multiple schooners and steamers cleared or reported arriving, detailing origins, destinations, and vessel names across ports from Bath to Norfolk and Providence.

Seafaring Vessels Sailed and Cleared Across Ports May 14 15

Shipping notices list dozens of schooners brigs and steamers sailing from New York Boston Portland and other ports to destinations including Guantanamo New York Boston and Philadelphia. Entries name ships such as Amalio Gar ulio Lillian May Alice Arizona Myra B and Allie Oakes plus ports like Perth Amboy Rockland and Vineyard Haven with dates May 14 and May 15 and routes to NS NB NS and NB.

Mary B Baird Theissinz Matanzas James Judge Davidson Cardenas Delaware Breakwater Amalio Garulio Jaccarino Barbadoes Adeline Rowh Guantanamo Lillian Beyer Cienfuegos New York Lillian, Marsters Boston Priscilla Scribner Philaon Newburyport Perth Amboy Mary Alice Salmon River Arizona Annie May Chieftain Seabird Myra B St John Annie St Andrews Port Arcadia SALEM Schs Windsor Packet Wyman Tusket LP Churchill Wilcox Cow Bay Hope Haynes Tibbetts Princeton Corey Port Johnson Katie Mitchell Oliver South Amboy Henry Cotton Mollie Phillips Bryant Loston Millbridge Kate Walker Ficket Bangor Norwalk Benjamin T Biggs Henderson Haverhill John Smyth Ellsworth Bonaout Jonathan Cone Sherman Rockland Bertha E Glover Dyer Laurel Strout Franklin May Queen Grant Sullivan Mary Kerrigande Ellida Ryan United States Revenue Dallas Hodgdon San Francisco Alameda Sydney Nsw Honoluluo Henry B Hyde Batman Liverpool Savannah City of Macon Longfellow New Bedford Hamor Brown J H Butler Stonington Spray Martin Philadelphia Ella Powell Riley Vineyard Haven Satilla River Susan N Pickering Haskell Philadelphia Annie S Conant Beeman Peiro Kelley Hoboken Mary E Crosby Hedges Weehawken Nantucket H T Hedges Harper B H Watford Carson William Pickering Hammond Eilsworth Rondout Kate Foster Smith Apple River Newport News Fred Tyler Maud Matlock Tinker Calais Sarah L Davis Jones Rondont Helen G King Britt Abel W Parker Snow H. Hedges G H Watford Maud Malloch Wilmington Julia A Merritt Port Au Prince Maggie Todd Coggswell Arroyo

Passengers Arrive Aboard Steamer Leon at Boston

The steamer Leon arrived at Boston with passengers including William E Eaton, Jesse C Gerge, N Gerge, S Fischel, Sch Dexter, and from Port Antonio Jamaica Miss Eliza Falls. Also listed are William Paine, John Wolfe, Charles Warman, Thomas Naman, John Holmes, Henry Beasley, Edmund Seaton, Miss Elien M Youn, Miss Maude Consac, and Louisa Watterman.

Leon Bosto William E Eaton Jesse C Gerge N Gerge S Fischel Sch Dexter William Paine John Wolfe Charles Warman Eliza Falls Thomas Naman John Holmes Henry Beasley Edmund Seatonburg Elien Maude Louisa Watterman

Trans Pacific and International Mails Schedule Update

Postal notice outlines closing times and routes for various regions including Costa Rica Bluefields Nova Scotia Newfoundland Great Britain Europe Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoa Hawaii Society Islands Japan Shanghai Hong Kong East Indies and dependent ports. It lists ship names such as Fox hall W G Hewes Pavonia Alameda Galilee City of Pekin and deadlines in Boston office May 20 May 23 May 25 May 31 and May 28 with specific local times.

Costa Rica Port Simon Foxhall New Orleans Bluefields Nic W G Hewes Nova Scotia Newfoundland Halifax Great Britain Ireland Pavonia Trans-Pacific Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Hawaiian Islands San Francisco Boston Society Islands Galilee Japan Shanghai Hong Kong East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East India City of Pekin San

Sad Condition Of High Official Sparks Hope In New York

News accounts from May 15 report a top local government official in New York suffering a nervous disorder due to overwork. Doctors warn of possible nervous prostration, while physicians praise Paine's Celery Compound as restoring vitality, prompting talk of a potential successor if health fails.

New York Park Row Wall Street Paine Apute

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