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Moe Re oA eS Ue KR EF WwW A fF 25 Steamship Co., A. B. Wolvin of Duluth, manager, 275,000 bu. of wheat each, equal to 8,250 tons (2,000 lbs.), Duluth to Buffalo; steamer D. M. Clemson, Provident Steamship Co., A. B. Wolvin, Duluth, manager, 336,365 bu. of barley, equal to 8,073 tons, Duluth to Buffalo; steamer Rensselaer, Pitts- burg Steamship Co.,,Harry Coulby, Cleveland, manager, 151,- oco bu. of wheat, 94,000 bu. barley and 55,155 bu. of oats (300,155 bu. in all), equal to 7,668 tons, Chicago to Buffalo; steamer Mataafa, Pittsburg Steamship Co., Harry Coulby, Cleveland, manager, 185,399 bu. of corn, 40,000 bu. of rye and 43,600 bu. of wheat (268,cco bu; in all), equal to 7,619 tons, Chicago to Buffalo. Coal--Steamer Augustus B. Wolvin, owned. by. Acme Steamship Co., A. B. Wolvin, Duluth, manager, 10,569 net tons of anthracite, Buffalo to Milwaukee; steamer Augustus B. Wolvin; owned by Acme Steamship Co., A.B. Wolvin, Duluth, manager, 9,904 tons, 1,8co lbs. of bituminous, Lorain to Duluth; steamer Sahara, owned by Globe Steamship Co., G. A. Tomlinson, Duluth, manager, 8,906 tons, 200 lbs.. soft coal, Lorain to Duluth; steamer D. M. Clemson, owned..by Provident Steamship Co., A: B. Wolvin, Duluth, manager, 8,441 tons, 1,7c0 lbs, of soft coal, Toledo to Duluth. MONUMENT TO WM. H. MACK. The accompanying photograph shows the monument which has been erected near Chatham light, Chatham, Mass., by MONUMENT TO WILLIAM H. MACK. Mrs. Margaret Mack of Cleveland in memory of her son, William H. Mack, who was lost off the Monomoy, March 17, 1902. The life-saving crew which attempted to rescue him was also lost and their heroic attempt is commemorated in the monument. The shaft stands 35 ft. high and overlooks the Atlantic. The name W. H. Mack is in raised letters on the front and on one side are inscribed the names of the members of the lost Monomoy crew and also the names of the crew of the ill-fated barge Wadena. AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. A libel against the schooner Donaldson for a seaman's wages has been filed in the United States district court at Detroit. The schooner Grampian, being towed down the river at Cleveland on Aug. 19, had her mizzen top mast carried away by the Superior street viaduct. The schooner Mongaugon arrived at Detroit Aug. 20 with but one spar, the other having been broken off close to the deck in a storm on Lake Erie. The Great Lakes Engineering Works has filed a libel in the United States district court against the steamer Huron City for $617.40 which it is claimed is due for repairs. ' On Aug. 20 the schooner Mystic arrived at Tonawanda with the biggest cargo of lumber taken to that port this season. The Mystic had on board 1,300,000 ft. for A. A. Bellinger. Secretary H. E., Reynolds of the Lumber Carriers' Associa- tion has just issued a report in which he states that seventy- five association boats have been withdrawn from the lumber trace. The propeller Neshoto of the Gilchrist fleet went ashore, Aug. 20, 25 miles north of the Southeast shoal, Lake Erie. The stranded vessel is in bad shape with her hull half-full of water. H. T. Wicks, a foundryman of Saginaw, has had constructed at the Craig Ship Building Co.'s yards at Toledo a yacht which will be launched next week. The new craft is to cost $60,000. The steamer S. N. Parent of the Great Lakes & St. Law- rence Transportation Co. is now at dry dock at the plant of the Buffalo Dry Dock Co. Extensive repairs will be necessary to put her in shape. The propeller W. H. Mack, while entering the South Chi- cago harbor Aug. 19 with a cargo of ore, got out. of the chan- nel and stranded on Rockefeller shoal, the name given the mud bank at the harbor entrance. The steamer Prentice, when off Point Abino, 11 miles from Buffalo, lost her barges, the Halsted and Middlesex, on Aug. 20. She reported the loss of the vessels and tugs were sent after them and towed them to Buffalo. The schooner Penobscot, while lying alongside the break- wall at Buffalo on Aug. 22, sprang a leak and was towed to shelter. Temporary repairs were made and the boat pro- ceeded to Tonawanda with her 60,000 ft. of lumber. The propeller Colonial, bound down from Harbor Beach, Buffalo, on Aug. 20, suffered so badly in a storm on Lake Huron that the captain ran her on a mud bank to pump out the water. The schooner Unadilla also lost a deckload of coal. ~The Canadian schooner Zephie, lumber laden from Little Current, narrowly escaped from foundering in Lake Huron on Aug. 19.. The boat reached'the shelter of Tewas Point where she lay with 5 ft. of water in her hold when the wrecking tug reached 'her. fone The Sandusky Fish Co. through its receiver, Cornelius Nielsen, has sold the steamer. Ogontz to J. O. Pickands of Munising, Mich., for $3,500. The Ogontz will be fitted out as an excursion passenger steamer to run from Munising to Grand Island. ; s : The work of cofferdamming the steamer City of Berlin has begun under the direction of Capt. Harris W. Baker. A cargo of 45,000 ft. of lumber has been taken to the island to build the cofferdam. When it is complete the boat can be pumped out in a day. Capt. John Perew, on behalf of the underwriters, is making