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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1897
Page
14
A listing of sea going craft scheduled to arrive and depart from the ports of Philadelphia and New York. The Delaware River and Bay News notes the closing of the foreign mails and details schedules for arriving ships and departing vessels at major American and foreign ports.
A fleet of six steamships carried a record tourist rush to London for the Queen's Jubilee with about 500 first class passengers on the Lucania and similar crowds on the City of Rome, Obdam, Phoenicia, Amerika, and La Touraine. Notables include Wilfrid Laurier and other dignitaries to Lambeth and the Jubilee ceremonies. A Paris wedding and a Swedish exposition delegation are also noted, plus $500000 in gold shipped aboard the Obdam.
Port of Philadelphia notices for Monday June 7 list sun rise at 4.82 a m and sunset at 7.26 p m. High water occurrences at 6.11 a m and 6.38 p m. Low water reported at 1.39 p m.
Arrivals list includes Steamers Senior German Hansen Cardenas sugar J B Hamel Jr Co Buckingham British Leighton New York ballast J B Hamel Jr Co Chattahoochee Lewis Boston merchandise in transit M C Hammond Anthony Groves Jr Grace Baltimore merchandise F 8 Groves Vesper Watson New York merchandise W P Clyde Co Bark Carlo Italian Trapani Oporto ballast L Rubelli Schooner Lizzie A Williams Lloyd Washington N C lumber McShain Co schooner Abel E Babcock Babcock Kennebec ice C L Higbee.
A dense roster details steamers and schooners such as Mameluke Crowell and Cornelia along with associated companies and individuals like W. P. Clyde & Co. and Grace. The fragment mentions ports including Wilmington Delaware Boston Providence and Norfolk plus brokers and owners including Theo Ruger Co and Charles Megee.
Steamship schedule notes ships Waesland from Liverpool due June 9 and Assyrian from Glasgow due June 12. Vessels Minnesota Deegee depart Philadelphia for Antwerp and London with June 10 to 12 arrivals. Listings include Swansea and Antwerp routes with June deadlines.
Shipping notes from Breakwater detail arrivals and movements on June 3 to 5. Schooners Ella R Simpson John W Fox W W Fuller and Juniata sailed. Norombega arrived from Port Spain. Steamer Bernard bound for Philadelphia towed by Santuit. Falkland to Miramichi. Georgie Gilkey ordered to Port Spain New York Reedy Island. Vessels passed down include Lebanon for Portsmouth St Nicholas Elmwood for Lynn Katahdin for Boston Bayard Hopkins for Georgetown Bayard Barnes from New Haven Rodney Parker to Wilson's Point Theodore Dean to East Cambridge Annie Ainslie to Savannah Colin C Baker to yon tug Maras towing Nereus to New Haven Delaware to Providence. Marcus Hook June 5 passed down St Helens Mameluke to Wilmington Patagon ia to Wilmington.
The Indiana arrived Queenstown at 11 PM on the 4th. Strathisla sailed from St Jago at 3 PM on the 4th. City of Macon sailed from Savannah on the 5th. Langue arrived St Jago from St Lucia at 5 PM on the 4th. Lancaster sailed from Boston on the 5th. Schooners Annie T. Bialye Addie Jordan Luis G. Rabel Everett Webster and Samuel W. Tilton sailed from Bath on the 4th. apne L Mulford sailed from Charleston on the 4th. Gregory cleared Savannah on the 4th.
Lists closing times for foreign mail departures from Philadelphia on June 7 and June 8. Includes direct routes to Santiago de Cuba Jamaica Belize Puerto Cortez Guatemala Europe Ireland and other Caribbean ports with specified ships and cutoffs for each destination.
A list of steamship departures with routes to Costa Rica Belgium Jamaica Cuba and Europe. It notes times such as 6 AM for Costa Rica and 2.30 AM for Europe aboard ships like Paris Germania and Seneca along with special dispatches via Southampton Antwerp Plymouth Cherbourg and Hamburg.
Port of New York lists vessels including Athos Savanilla Teviot dale Antwerp Vimeira Tampico Whitehall St Vincent Etruria Liverpool Paris Southampton as prominent entries in the harbor record.
A June 5 listing from New York shows numerous ships sailing to ports worldwide including Lucania Phoenicia Georgion City of Washington Havana City of Rome and many others. The long roster also mentions City of Kingston Port Antonio Havana and Hamburg plus several British and European ports.
Closing times for European mail from New York listed for Tuesday June 8 and Wednesday June 9. Ha vel sails at 7 A M to Ireland via Servia 8 30 A M supplementary 10 A M. Paris sails 7 A M with 9 A M supplement. Southwark to Belgium 9 A M and Germanic to Europe 9 A M with 10 30 A M supplement.
Shipping roundups list arrivals and departures across Hamburg Queenstown and London ports with vessels including Fuers Bismarck Ethelwalda and Argo. Domestic notes cover steamships Deceatur H Miller Goodwill and City of Dundee clearing for several U S and Atlantic destinations with several ships sailing for Antwerp Liverpool and Baltimore.
The schooner Lucia Porter, en route from New York to Tampico, stranded at Bimini but was helped off on June 2 and arrived in Nassau without apparent damage.
New York reports the arrival of the American Line steamer Paris with passengers including Mrs. Yarde Buller formerly Miss Kirkham of Oakland California Alexander Delmar George Inness Jr John W Midgley and Mrs Lewis R Worth among the travelers.
The British steamer Ethelgonda, en route from Buenos Ayres to Boston, lies ashore near Micoud on St Lucia's east coast in a precarious position. Weather may salvage the cargo, though loss is possible if conditions worsen.
Italian bark Corlo carries petroleum with 20000 cases from Philadelphia to Sicily at 184g¢ per port. two ports would change terms. Schooner John B. Coyle hauls coal Philadelphia to Portland at 574c with towage. E. C. Allen runs Gardiner coal at 65c with towage. Lamson carries coal Philadelphia to Savannah at p. t. B C French sails 920 tons Philadelphia to Allyn's Point at 5e. Lizzie Babcock and Gertrude Abbott show coal moves Philadelphia to Newburyport and Newburyport legs at listed rates.
A poem from the Atlanta Constitution celebrates the return of a loved one. The speaker recalls dark times fading as hope returns, describing green earth, blue sky, and blooming flowers recognizing the joyous homecoming. The refrain asserts the sweetheart is coming home today with blithe, musical happiness.
The New York stock market extended its upswing with buying intensifying for commission houses. Prices closed well above Friday’s levels led by gains in American Spirit preferred, Sugar, Jersey Central, Missouri Pacific, and Reading among others as rail earnings and bank loan data signaled broader business revival.
Philadelphia financial notes show bank clearings, rail earnings, and imports for May. Legislation adjourns sine die in Illinois. Market chatter links broker years, bonds and counter business with quotes on Spencer Ervin and Voorhees.
The market featured steady provisions with moderate robbing demand and firm live poultry supplies. Beef hams pork prices and various smoked meats were quoted with brands and averages. butter eggs cheese sugars and cotton prices noted with regional variations and specific quotes for western creamery products and fresh stock.
Delegates at Mt. Vernon during a Postal Congress trip admire birds overhead. Austrian envoy mistakes turkey buzzards for American eagles and is corrected by Robert Hatcher who explains he saw not sage but a bird. The exchange ends with polite bow and cigarette offer.
DeHaven and Townsend stock commission brokers at 428 Chestnut street furnish quotations for buyers and sellers in Philadelphia markets as listed in this financial note.
A Baltimore American compilation surveys global cattle use and dairy output, noting 14,094,918 head delivered at Chicago stockyards last year, imported Jersey cattle, and goat dairy substitutes in Spain. It covers butter and cheese yields, ancient butter use, and various quirky agricultural curiosities.
In a Cleveland Leader clipping a Reverend praises a group of boys counting them as “little men” and asks about Sunday school while Captain Mickey Moran jokes about attempting to swipe the Young Sockalexis for a game on their home ground today.
Community notes list Rev G B Burnfield refitting North Church and hosting open air services at Spring Garden and Marshall streets. Local groups form Tenth Legion pledging loyalty to Christ and charity. Junior League raised forty dollars for missions. Various pastors preach at multiple churches, with sacraments and summer plans noted. Open air services resume in city areas with leaders and locations named.
Sunday excursions sail from Chestnut Street Wharf on the Upper Delaware to Bristol and back. The steamers Columbia and John A. Warner depart at 8 AM 2 PM 3 30 PM and 6 PM with Otlo Street timing. 8 AM and 4 30 PM boats stop at Delance. Bristol departures to Philadelphia at 8 10 AM and 4 6 30 PM. Excursion tickets 40 cents, connection via trolley to Hulmeville Langhorne and others, single fare 30 cents. Steamer Trenton departs 5 PM for Trenton and Twilight departs 4 80 PM for Trenton.
Churches lodges and other organizations can secure dates at 40 percent profit or charter with all privileges. Available Sundays weekdays or moonlights. Apply 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. daily or Thursday evenings until 11. Address 401 Lippincote Building Twelfth and Filbert Streets. James H. S. Gam, Manager.
Financial stocks bonds cotton and all securities traded on New York Stock and Cotton Exchanges and Chicago Board of Trade bought and sold for cash or margin at low interest rates Holmes & Co N W Corner Chestnut and South Streets.
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls Bill Sticker the famed horse trader who could turn a $11 crowball into an $800 team and carriage. He bought, sold, and was outwitted by a chestnut horse later repainted as a bay and sold back for a loss.
A Burlington agent exposed a sham bond deal in West Virginia where a county agreed to rail funds in exchange for a promise of a line near a farmer’s gate. Two years later the farmer boasted of a tunnel claimed to run the bond line, joking the road was “inside the distance.”
A Chicago man sold his first melodrama to an actor who promised a New York production. The production never happened, but the play toured in provincial towns under a new title. An ex actor revealed changes turning it into a farece comedy with a Dutchman and a Black character, injuring the hero's father.
A slim woman entered a Main Street drug store and asked for Blank's sarsaparilla. The clerk replied they stocked McGintie instead and quipped that it was even worse. Buffalo Enquirer.
Senator Sorghum warns a young man to save wisely and avoid boasting about large savings in a single year. He notes careful yearly saving is better and cautions against creating comment by overdoing it.
Magistrate questions a detainee about daylight air ship sighting while the officer takes the man to the Inebriate Hospital. The exchange underscores a case of imjams rather than police court jurisdiction.
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