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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1897
Page
9
Movements of sea going craft in principal American and foreign ports noted. Schedules show vessels arriving and departing Philadelphia New York Delaware River and Bay ports. Foreign mails closing reported with updates for shippers and merchants.
Arrivals include the British steamer Gladiolus commanded by Wright from New York ballast. the Norwegian steamer Holquin with Frostad from Port Antonio fruit. the British steamer Boxgrove via Mably from New York ballast. the steamer Defiance from Washington merchandise. the steamer General Cadwalader from Baltimore merchandise. and schooners Gardiner from Kennebec, Annie T. Bailey from Kennebec, Lunet from Bangor with lathes. Multiple consignments listed with firms L Westergaard & Co, Quaker City Fruit Co, W P Clyde & Co, F S Groves, J N Stetson & Co, Eissing & Hardt, Elsling & Huldt.
A historical list shows multiple vessels including Steamer Nederland Belgium Apfeld Antwerp and Steamer Baron Cawdor British Gemmell Rotterdam Peter Wright & Sons, along with other ships such as Snowflake Lancaster Indian General Cadwalader De Jama Albertina and schooners James Rothwell Matilda D. Borda Mary B. Palmer William L Walker Grace Seymour with associated owners and ports across Britain and the United States.
The ore Minnois is due June 12 and June 20 in Glasgow bound traffic. Departures from Philadelphia are listed for the steamers bound for Glasgow.
Sail and tow listings report arrivals at port including schooner Addie Ludington on June 9 and fishing steamer Millie K. Ridgway. Vessels passing up and down include British steamers Eiffel Tower and Barnwood and Belgian Sagamore moving Philadelphia lines.
Sailings and arrivals listed include British steamers Rosefield from Shields to Philadelphia and Beacon Light from Philadelphia to Copenhagen passing Cape Race. Mexican steamer Canuto Bulnes arrives Vera Cruz May 23 after Wilmington Delaware origin. Numerous other steamers and brigs show arrivals at Savannah New London New Haven and Richmond with dates around the 8th 9th and 3rd instant and like vessels Ella L Davenport Childe Harold Elizabeth E Lee Wun Bun Star of the Sea Dora Allison and Matanzas bearing on US ports.
Listing of foreign mail closures and rates at Philadelphia for June 11 and June 10. Includes Belgium direct via 8.5 Nederland via Antwerp rates, Central America and South Pacific via Al Manca Colon, Mexico via S, Panama via Progreso and Vera Cruz, La Plata, Jamaica via 8.8 2 WY, and Newfoundlanda via 8.8, with destinations France Switzerland Italy also noted.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous steamship names, routes, and departure times from Havre Cherbourg Rotterdam Queenstown and other ports. Ships include Pye La Touraing Kaiser Wilhelm Waesland Anchorra Etruria Allegheny Kitty Saratoga Venesuela Irrawaddy with destinations spanning Europe the Caribbean Latin America and North America and times mainly around 4 30 to 6 45 A M.
Ships arriving in New York include Teutonie from Liverpool and calls at various ports. The list features vessels bound for Kansas City Bristol Rion Newport Havana Koenigin Luise Bremen Pretoria Thomas Noordland Antwerp Kaiser Wilhelm Genoa and more.
Sailed from New York on June 9. The record lists Alfred Dumois and a long sequence of ports and destinations including Port Antonio America London Schleswig Inagua Paris Southampton Southwark Antwerp German Liverpool Athos St Johns New Brunswick Hantsat Jeddah Saratoga Havana.
A list of cities and places including New York Saratoga Havana Matteawan Antwerp Lassell Manchester Montevideo Buenos Ayres Hamburg Jeddah Aden Suez Baltimore and more appears in a June 9 dateline, suggesting a travel or shipping chronicle. The excerpt reads as a sequence of destinations linked by maritime routes and trading hubs.
Thursday June 10 for Europe per steamer Columbia 4 A.M.
Mariners report buoy off Hoob out of order at 7 A M June 9 per pilots. Foreign ports and vessel movements list arrivals and sailings from June 4 to June 9 including Cayo Romano New Orleans and Empress of China.
Arrived steamers Munchen Bonn and others from Bremen Antwerp and New York. cleared several British and German vessels including William H Albury Celargy and Stanley Hall. sailed Bonn nckel and Bowden Butman toward Port Antonio and Providence. Port Antonio to Baltimore inbound South Portland passed Port Antonio for Baltimore. Menemsha and Shad wick departed Baltimore for Antwerp.
Sailors report schooners Gardiner Reynolds from Kennebec and Gertrude Abbott from Philadelphia collided at 3 A M on June 8 while both vessels were at sea. Reynolds lost its main and mizzen masts. Abbott a jibboom. Further reports from New Orleans and Jupiter describe ongoing maritime incidents and currents.
A list of vessels with cargoes and routes including the Norwegian steamer 521 tons sugar to U S Cuba via Philadelphia or New York, British bark 631 tons asphalt Trinidad north of Cape Hatteras at about 1.90, schooner 1 016 tons asphalt Trinidad north of Hatteras at about 1.90, and coal cargoes with destinations Philadelphia New Haven Charleston Norfolk Boston Allyn's Point and prices to wharf ranging from 45 to 60 cents.
The British steamer Canada commanded by Captain McAuley, arriving from Boston, reports passing a derelict schooner on June 2 in latitude 46 and longitude 41 while near Liverpool.
London reports the Norwegian schooner Stanley under Captain Stakkedal from St Johns Newfoundland bound for Gibraltar is missing after leaving March 7.
The New York stock market recovered from a weak morning to a strong afternoon, with gains in Sugar, Western Union, Reading, Northern Pacific and several rail and coal stocks. Analysts cite tariff news from Washington and active arbitrage trading as key drivers, while Morgan’s return to Europe noted as potentially shaping Read ing and Northern Pacific.
DeHaven and Townsend stock brokers located at 428 Chestnut Street present quotations. The item lists current bid and asked prices for various securities as part of a daily market update.
Barnes and Lofland auctioneers report sales at public auction held yesterday at the Philadelphia Bourse. The portfolio included 6000 Denver Land and Water Storage Co 6 percent stock and various holdings such as 106 shares Cambria Iron Co and 155 shares Fourth Street National Bank. Falls and discrepancies in list readability noted.
The Reliance Insurance Company declares a 3 percent dividend while The Erie waives bicycle charges. Calumet and Hecla and P. Lorillard announce quarterly dividends. Rock Island Peoria Railroad and others declare semi annual payouts as stock markets show mixed activity and Keystone rail lines adjust rates.
Wheat and corn prices opened inactive with little change, then moved briefly higher on call due to strong demand from shorts. By afternoon, the market weakened from its high, with June at 784 78 78 cents and July at 72 88 cents. export elevators quoted No 2 Pennsylvania red at 81 82 cents and No 2 red at 81 82 cents. Corn receipts reached 45 781 bushels with 1 78 bushels shipped. warmer crop belt weather kept options news quiet and prices unchanged.
Oats receipts 11 529 bushels with withdrawals 10 156 hunhela. Local cae lots firm under light offerings as jobbers stay sparing. Cotton quiet but steady with middling uplands at 7.15-7.16c. Provisions steady with mixed beef, hams, lard, and bacon prices. Flour receipts 4 686 barrels with firm ranges. Eggs firm for choice stock. near by 11c, Western 11c, Southwestern 10-11c. Butter steady with creamery goods holding at 14-16c amid varied quality.
The market for fancy cheese goods remained firm with supply largely cleaned up. Prices in New York ranged from eight to eight and a half cents for full cream and small sizes, with variations by quality from fair to excellent and by type from part skim to full skim.
Market notes show multiple futures quotes for Wheat No 2 and Corn No 2 across June and September, with opening highs and closing levels. Prices include 68 to 65 percent ranges for wheat and 24 to 25 percent ranges for corn, along with related grain quotes, livestock and byproduct figures, and shipment totals.
A bill in equity filed in Common Pleas Court by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company seeks a court ruling on intercompany agreements with the Philadelphia and Reading Railway and Coal and Iron entities. It details 1888 arrangements to manage lines, aid the Reading Company, transfer coal, and settle differences by arbitration, with the Reading Company failing to appoint arbitrators and the Philadelphia and Reading Company undergoing foreclosure, reorganization, and transfer of franchises to receivers Charles Coster and Francis Lynde Stetson.
Claim cites many who felt unwell in early summer have recovered after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. The statement presents a testimonial style note from the era about health tonic benefits.
The New York World reports a volatile day on the Stock Exchange as sugar shares rise after Washington hints and insider buying. Traders with Washington wires push 1 000 share lots. Duff of Moore & Schley noted a $118 375 transaction. By noon 7 670 shares traded at 118 1 2 percent, with later highs near 122 1 2 percent.
Judge Ashman adjudicates the Abner Glass account from Henry Glass estate with a $5,641.91 fund. The May 12 1897 act imposes a 2 percent tax on the excess over 5,000. Proceedings test constitutionality. $12.82 tax to be paid if valid. balance to heirs Milton Glass Abner Glass W Scott Glass Lillie daggers and Laura Crow estate.
James McNickel filed a judgment against George MecNickel for 1000 dollars dated September 22, 1895. Executions issued on judgments against Frank J Williams for 1000 dollars. Bergner and Engel Brewing Co against John Donnelly and Charles Donnelly for 1000 dollars dated April 2 1896. and 3250 dollars dated November 18 1895.
The corner stone of the new St Elizabeths Protestant Episcopal Church and Clergy House will be laid Saturday at the southwest corner of Sixteenth and Mifflin streets with usual ceremonies. Whitaker will conduct, services begin promptly at 4:30 p.m.
Two unknown burglars robbed the residence of Rev. Wilson Treeble pastor of the Methodist Eptagopel Church at Wyoming threatening him with death if he interfered. They ransacked the room and escaped with the Ree overcoat which was later found in the church.
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