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MARINE REVIEW. 9 The Late Hugh McMillan, Since announcement of the death of Hugh McMillan of Chicago, western agent of the Western Transit Co., was made in the Review of last week, vessel men in all parts of the lakes have given expression to a great sense 'of sorrow occasioned by the loss of one of the most v prominent men connected with the big railways that operate steamship lines on the lakes. A tribute to the memory of Mr. McMillan from leading members of the Lake Carriers' Association in Cleveland is as follows: '"'Again the vessel owners of Cleveland are called together to ex- press their humble tribute to the memory of a deceased associate, an- other having been taken from our ranks. This time it has fallen to our lot to mourn the untimely death of Hugh McMillan of Chicago. He was long identified in a large sense with the lake marine interests. He was a man of much more than average executive ability and force. His chief qualifications were candor, integrity, painstaking attention to detail, and untiring labor in the buisness entrusted to his care. He was widely known throughout the chain of lakes, and those personal friends who knew him best loved him most. To his afflicted family we tender our sincere sympathy and condolence in their great bereavement."' The Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Co., which has the handling of ore that goes to the new furnace of Rogers, Brown & Co., at Punxsutawny, where the coke ovens of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad are situated, is preparing to put in two Brown . hoists at the docks on the Blackwell canal, to assist the McMylers now in use there. The furnace is to be blown in shortly. Thirty thousand tons of ore was fowarded over these docks last season, and the arrangement is to ship 100,000 tons there annually hereafter. The ore does not go into stock here, but will be loaded into cars direct from vessel. --Buffalo Exchange. Fred W. Martin, yacht designer of Racine, Wis., has a set of drawings, with description, of a 70-foot steam yacht in the February number of the Rudder, New York. The design is that of a cheap and serviceable craft, that can be built and owned by the average prosper- ous business man, who can afford to keep her in commission during the season at home, and can take a few friends on cruising, hunting or fishing trips. The Review has excellent photographs of lake ships. Publications. Two of W. Clark Russell's best sea stories--and he has written several very good ones--are "What Cheer" and "The Lady Maude."' '"What Cheer" is a book of over 500 pages of thrilling descriptions of shipwreck, meeting fire at sea, ete. It treats of thelife of the boat- _ men of Deal, England. Deal luggers are famous as staunch sea boats and their pilots are celebrated men. In "The Lady Maude"' the author also shows a very good knowledge of the sea. This story is based on -- a cruise in a yacht from England to the West Indies, taken by a wealthy Englishman, who was seeking health for his wife, for whom the voyage was planned. A Geordie captain was depended upon for the success of the undertaking and the exciting tale of shipwrcek is the outcome of the captain's ignorance of the sea. These books are from R. Fenn & Co., New York. Another of the small books in Charles Griffin & Co.'s nautical series, referred to in the last issue of the Review, has been received from the J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. It isan elementary manual of seamanship by an English writer, as are all of the series, but as it is designed as an introductory text-book for beginners, not pretending to complete their nautical education, there is more in it to interest young men aboard lake vessels than would be found in any of the pub- lications of a higher class that deal with the science of navigation, ete. Among subjects treated in the book are: Ship building and parts of a vessel; ropes, knots and splicing; gear, lead and log; rigging, anchors, ete.; sails and sail making; handling of boats under sail; signals and signaling, and rules of the road. Capt. George Warner. 5 Announcement of the death of Capt. George Warner, which oc- curred at his home in Cleveland, Saturday, was received with profound sorrow and regret. His death will be mourned by a wide circle of friends throughout the great lakes who have known him long and inti- mately. A characteristic worthy of special recognition in the life of Capt. Warner, who had been an honored citizen of Cleveland for full half a century, was his sturdy integrity. He always asserted with force and tenacity anything that he thought to be right, and was ever faithful in matters entrusted to his direction. His valuable services in the Cleveland city council, and as harbor master under two adminis- trations of city government, have been commended in the highest terms on numerous occasions by the commercial interests of the city. Without the advantage of an' early education, he yet, by his untiring industry and native ability, rose to an influential position. He was public-spirited in a large sense and took a great interest in lake ship- ping matters generally. Beginning life as a cabin boy at sea when only eleven years of age, he readily gained a knowledge of seamanship that admitted of advance- ment to the command of sailing vessels shortly after taking up a home ~ in Cleveland in 1847. He followed the lakes until 1868, when, under the name of Pinnington & Warner, he established a youeel brokerage business in Cleveland. This firm was afterwards changed to Warner & Becker and still later to Warner & Co.