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February 10, 1905 Death of Captain John Duncanson.-Capt. John Duncanson, one ofthe early settlers in this town and also one ofthe best laiown ofthe early lake and river pioneers, died at his home on Ramsay Street Friday morning last at the age of 82 years, 2months and 17 days, after ageneral decline ofseveral months In fact the captm's health had been poor for the past five years and at one time before his family was called home the state ofhis health had become so critical. To the last ew weel^, however, he kept on his feet and there was hardly aday that he did not walk up the street_ The end came peacefully and all his family was around at the nal su^ons. The funeral took place fi-om the house on Monday afternoon s^ces bemg conducted by Rev. Thos. Nattress, pastor ofSt. Andrew's Church of which deceased was amember. Rev. A. Macgillivrav MA nfPhotVi t. f Pallbeareis: John D. Cousins, CXn, . .Honner, David Ireland, Capt. J. Laframboise and HG Duff tu a Park carrying package freight from Chicago to Liverpool He wo± about sixteen years ago but later for acouple ofTeat] ofaf busme^ at the dock here. Alter that he settled Jown to a re«T ® distance and the formefo^g to less February 24, 1905 no douMTele^£;';,trclfr; seasons and has madTfteS rS s ^ccuras. 1nere is tobea new steamer aswell as 1905 j J T IB .y master up fi-om "salt water" for next season, though it isnot practicable to get the steamer here through the St. Lawrence River ice in time to do theearly buoy and lighthouse work. It is true that the Haze has been too small for her largely increased workforsometimeandshe is considerably out ofdate,aswellasneeding extensive boilerwork, but she is saidto be quite worth re-building. After arguing over the matter four days and at one time declaring the conference offaltogether, the Tug &Dredge Owners' Protective Association and the Brotherhood ofFiremen & Linesmen finallygot togetherFridayafternoon and signed a contract covering wages and conditions oflater for the season of1905. The conditions are about the same as those granted the dredge engineers and cranesmen, the calendar days or nights constituting a month's work and twelve hours constituting a days' work. Time and a half ispaid for overtime and double time is allowed for Simday and holiday work. With these conditions of labor, members of the union figme theyhave received an advance of about 814 per cent over last season's scale. March 3, 1905 The new steamer William G. Mather, the coarse fi-eighter of the greatest breadth ofbeam onthe inland lakes, now building at the plant of theGreat Lakes Engineering Works at Ecorse, is 531 feet long overall, 511 feet keel, 60 feet beam and 31 feet deep. The boat will have a carrying capacity of 10,000 tons. A Cleveland special says: Capt. Averill of that city has pmchased the steamer City of Grand Rapids of Dunkirk and will operate the vessel this year between Cleveland and Rondeau, Port Stanley and other points on the Canadian shore. There has been no boat on that route for some time, the Uranian being the last. The City ofGrand Rapids has been newly fitted out and first-class passenger accommodations have been installed. An agitation recently inaugurated to make the marine "rules ofthe road" more uniform will result in the appointment ofcommissions by the American and Canadian Governments to investigate and agree on acode ofsignals for use on the Great Lakes. The signals on Canadian vessels differ in detail fi-om those observed by American boats and it is to make the rules similar and to provide for penalties for their non-observance that will take up the time ofthe commission. April 14, 1905 The steamers Martin Mullen, Kensington, Yosemite, Sonera and Saxona