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ach bid OBLLUARY. of ths east arm of CAPTAIN JULIUS HAGAN, der the appro- | The lates aptain Julius Hagan of Milwaukee } 2, In| who died on the night of December 2d, of con- sumption, was born in Norway about thirty-six years ago,had spent most of his life at sea, five years in the navy and sixteen on the lakes, He sailed the scow Helen, schooner Waukesha and for the last two years the steamer Markham | He was known as an excellent navigator and a ; noble fellow, was au euberof the®Scandinavian benevolent society, and a Royal tumplar of tem- perance. To his shipmates and friends he said» “I will watch for you at the gates of the bet- ter world,” Captain Hagan leayesa wife,daugh- ter, Nettie, aged twelve, baby Lillie, aged eight wonths, and sons James and Spencer aged seven and four years respectively. The angel of peace presided in the sick room, and when the time drew near for the brave sea- man to depart on his last voyage he clasped hi, wing to his paper: ‘The bor rebelli us in Manitoba railroad connections be- ind western provinces of Abisea in the project of lidation with the Dominion, it eagerly, Isend here —s ies in the current assumption in the Sun of last Sunday ignificant sentenes: “The ‘and public questions will of astatesman keen enough pening tendencies of kindred consolidation up%n an impe- ough to declare his faith in manifest to his foresight and ‘to mould direct, vague «esires, | of aspiration and ferment- accomplished fact. I don’t part of a voice crying in the 1e: hail precipitation, but the signifi- ein escxpe nvbody that by b'e, experienced and trusted eft in the United states, forefront of the movement stinies of Canada and the Oe as Tp Lake Erie, Estimates are as follows: ing the jharbor at Ashtabula, $25,300; ng improvement at Black River, $10,- Cleveland, $20,000; at Fairport, $21,300; mpletiag repairs at Huron, $12,000; at Port Clinton, $10,000; at Sandusky, $15,000; at To- , continuing improvement of old ebanvel, 000; continuing improvement in Maumee bay, $250,000, Among the pudlic works estinates is ‘A recommondation for an appropriation for cs- tablishing a steam fog'sigual on the breakwater at Cleveland to cost $5,200. Secretary Fair- child in a note explaining the necessity for this appropriation makes the following statement: - Smoke from the manufactories and fires of Cleve- Jand is sometimes so dense as to obscure the city and pier light and blinding snowstorms often occur. A fog signal is therefore required as _ .authorized by an act approved October 1, 1888. ORE shipments by lake have ended and the vyear‘s shipmevts to Wednesday, N ovember 28, ~ aggregated 4,600,434 \ons or 210,577 tons in ex- cess of total shipments for the season of 1887. Only a few thousand tons were shipped between Wednesday of last week and Fri¢ay, when the ‘last cargo left Escanaba. Compared with the shipments of 1886 the difference in favor of the current year is 1,107,248 tons. The rail ship- ments this yearare known to be larger than -eyer before, so that it is entirely safe to estimate the output of the Lake Superior nines for 1888 at 5,000,000 tons, or about 300,000 tons mane ‘than their production in 1887, The weck’s shipments foot up 91,899 tons as against 26,699 tons for the closing week in 1887. ; By ranges the shipments are as follows, Mar- ; quette range 1,815,402 tons, Gogebie range 1,- 223,337 tons, Menominee range 1,111,220 tons and the Vermillion range 450,475 tons. Generat O. M. Pox furnishes the following -statement of the commerce through St. Mary’s Falls canal during the mouth of November 1888 viz: ‘Number and class of ve:sels enki ous Gomneene:. 400 oe 101 61 a wees cons oats ene tenee 631 relbasge.. ee Registered tonnage... 444,258 tons Freight tonnage..-. .--- 515,975 N of passengers.......+ 1,205 i nting mont nai Rees. a ede buss 87,894 tons & Excess of freight tonnage over ing month last year....-------+ +--+ 105,037 tons nea iroiaht tonnage from i season 10 close Movember At catsys coos SOQ 275 tO08. oe SS Captain Wm. Brooker came home from -galling Monday evening. The captain has ‘been mate of the Chenango the past season. nator Sherman. Their’ nan will be President Harri- time is ripe in America for towards union into a complete the appearance of sucha cr Sherman was the minent in public life to the belief that the ultimate nations are common, and ‘on can be f. und for ques- sing between them. In hour’s talk with Senator al drift and bearing I jority to convey toyou, I views on this subject have ength and definiteness with | service of the fiscal year lakes estimates for the im- rs and harbors agyregating $500,000, all for improvement of wife's nand and said, ‘‘Don’t ery for me Lena, I drifted into sweet sleep. M.M. 0. FUER UTE TMS FORE AND AFT. A thorongh rebuild is in prespect for the steamer City of Fremont .t Chicago, The owners of the rebuilt propeller Osceo- ‘la have refused $60,000 for her. She cost ‘them about $45 600, - Toledo received 72,687 tons of ore thi- season, which is 19 808 tons more than..wes receive) in 1887. A The Chieftain will be hauled out next week xnd during the winter between $7,000 and 8,000 will be expendea on her. Tr is estimated that it. will cost close upon $7,000 to repair the damaye to the barge ‘Plymouth’s bottom and that then she will be worth $5,000. The government dock at the C.nadian Soo is being extended into mij-channel and will be ready for business by the opening of navigation next season. ; Talk about navigation at the Soo. Near- ly two weeks ago the Mis<issippi was frozen over at LaCrosse and river boats had ceased to muke trips to that point. M:rtin Jacobson, of Cnicago, has libeled the R. L, Freyer for damages done the schooner Ida by collision June 12, 1888. The amount claimed is $1.441,94, muchines to Toronto and Belleville, at whic! places the Qollinsby rafting conipany expects to do a big business next year. The little propeller Michigan, burned on Lake Michigan list Sunday, was 86 years old. One of ber barges s»iled up the lake and the others stopped at Kelly’s Island. The Wisconsin Central ore docks will clove for the season on the 14th, having shipped 372,091 tons of. ore, “The Lake Shore, which has shipped 630,840 tons, will be close? later. The following flert is at present ‘aid up in Port Colburne: Propellers Algonquin, Af- rica, Lillie Smith, schooners Lisgar, Severn, Moariuis, Nett. Woodward, Mary Lyon, Wawanosh. Bay Trader, The new sieambarge G. H. Dwyer car- ried 2.464 gross tons of ore on her first trip with fourteen feet nine inches of water forward and fifteen feet three inches aft. Her average s; eed was nine miles per hour. Patrick C. Curtin, who died last week, had been the superintendent of the Illinois Central elevators at Chicago since their erection and was widely known and well liked by two generations of Jake navigators, The total shipments of ore from Ashland will not fall over 2,000 tons short of last season, having reached about 1,012,000 tons, The Norris mine holds the lead as the heaviest shipper, having reached 400,000 tons in six months. It is probable that the navigation on the bay will close later than last year. The Resolute and Reliance are making regular trips between Deserouto and Oswego, and the Armenia is running between Deseronto and Brockville. Under the epecial appropriation of $65,000 granted Auz. 11, work on the 8. Clair ship canul will be costinued throughout the winter. Dredging operations are completed aud there is a clear 16 feet of water- A quantity of piles are all ready for driving. Navigation with the lower lakes is elosed, The weather is fine, and vessel-men say the Sault will keep open two weeks yet. The lake water is much warmer than at the corresponding time last year. The north- shore boats will run nearly a month yet. The last departure was the Spokane, and the last arrival the Fish. Estimates for the navy and marine corps for the next fiscal year are $26,767,677, and includes $9,717,000 for increase of the navy construction and armament; $221,424 for improvements st navy yards, and $240,000 fora new naval observtrory. The appro- priations fot the current fiscal year aggre- gated $f9,942 481. Last month there were 65 steamers and five sailing vessels launched at British ship- building yards. The tonnage of a number of the vessels is not given, bat 38 of the veasels launched give 80,000 tons register. Among them twenty-five of the above were built in the north east ports and eighteen on the Clyde. The Clyde vessels however, are of alarger class, showing an average of over 2000 tons. Gen. O. M. Poe has just closed a contract for constructing a valuable addition to the am going home, I will wait for you there,” then The McArthur will take timber loading Whe Manine Recon wharf or piers atthe Sault Ste. Marie canal. The extension wil) be 1,400 feet, and will be carried out according to the original plans for this intended improvement. Under fa- vorable circumstar ces it is expected that the work will be completed toward#the end of next season, Grignon’s new drydock was launched at Duluth to-day, The dock is 65 by 85 feet und is capable of lifting heavy like vessels, The bay of Quinte is frozen over. The tug McArthor will attempt to release the schoon er W.I. Preston if the weather continues fine and if succesful will take her to Oswego. J. E. Botsford of Port Huron has bought the propeller Dean Richmond from the Sarnia and Duluth steamboat company. The consideration is private. She rates A2, with a valuation by Lloyds of $50,000. The Canadian Mini-ter of Marine gives notice that a epot with only 13 feet of water is reported on the shoal lying about 1} miles easterly of Point lelee Light-house, Lake Erie, which shoals are shown on the Ameri- can charts of the. lake. Also that the wrecked schooner Walter H. Oades lies about 400 feet southwest of the 13 foot spot in 21 feet of water, with 6 feet of water over her. The arrivals at Duluth this season, reck- oning the Spckane, which arrived last, Thrrsday night as the last, were 2,075 against 2,475 last season, It is claimed that the business has been quite as large, in spite of the short wheat crop, for the vessels were larger than those of last year, while the decrease in number is due largely to the withdrawal of Canadian vessels that did not pay last year. : About four thousand bushels of wet wheat, out of the schooner Preston that went ashore at the head of Long Island, is now being sold to farmers for fifty cents a bag for feed. There is considerable diff- erence of opicsion whether it is good for feed or not. A schooner from Chaumont took a load of it, owned by Mr. Barker, of Oswego, where it is to be, according to ru- mor, made into whiskey. Mr. Adolph H, Forstner, a marine engi- | neer whose home was in Cincinnati some years ago but who has- been on the Pacitic coast of late years, was in this city yesterday endeavoring to sell a device for steering steamboats by means of hydraulic pressure. The principles governing the management of the steerer are the same as those of the steam steerer, The vessel men thick well of it, but its eost is about equal to that of the ~team steerer. » The Kelly Istand Lime & Transportaton company will close their kilns at Duluth in a short time, It is not a paying business to burn in winter. They will, however, make large additional contracts for wood for next year, and will start up very early in the spring with a full force. A number of con- tracts for wood have already been made, and much of the wood lias already been cut out. The kilns consume several thous- and cords of mill wood and co:d wood during a season, and employ a large num- ber of men. Itis qtite posible that the works may be enlarged. LITERARY NOTICES, The Century for December, if not strictly speaking a Christmas number, is still a Christ- masy number, opening as itloes with a frontis- piece picture, The Coming of Winter, by Mary Hallock Foote, and containing also a number of full-page en gravings of sacred pictures by the old and little known Italian master Duccio, in the gallery of Italian masters, which is now one of the most valuable features of the Century, In addition to this there isa western story in verse by James Whitcomb Riley entitled Last Christmas Was A Year Ago; and still further a Christmas editorial. The two contribut‘ons to this number of the Century having perhaps the highest importance are the installment of the Life of Lincoln, entitled First Plans for Eman- cipation, and the paper by Mr. Kennan in which he graphicaliy describes Life on the Great Siber- ian Road, Inthe Lincoln Life are printed for ihe first time two letters by Lincoln, to the edi- tor of the New York Times and to Senator Me- Dougall, in favor of the plan of gradual emanci- pation, with compensation. A number of other original Liveoln MSS, are here for the first time given tothe public, including the text of the first draft of the emancipation proclamation: barge Robert C. Went for repairs to wheel This draft is indorsed in Lincoln’s own hand- writing as foliows: The emancipation procla— mation as first sketched and shown to the cab. inetin July 1862. In Mr. Kennan’s paper, among other matters of novel interest, is given a descripiion of the singing of the Exiles’ Beg- ging Song. Henry James writes with full kuow- ledge and critical enthusiasia a paper of which the pregnant title is London, which paper hasa running accompaniment of drawiogs"by the well known artist Joseph Pennell), The stories of this number (besides the Irish Aigle and Fran- coise) are the second installment of Mrs, Cather- wood’s Romance of Dollard; The Third of March by Julian Hawthorne, and Mine-—A Plot, by H. 8. Edwards, author of Two Runaways, five in all, inclnding the seri THE gale which raged with such fury on the eastern coast, three weeks since, crossed the At- jantic and ravaged the coasts of the)British Isles causing many shipwrecks at Dundee, and it at one time attained for several minutes the force of 80 to 90 miles an hour, its average force at its height was nearly 50 miles. [Around the Lakes Continued from 1st Page, CE eS CHICAGO, ILL. Special to the Marine Kevord. P. H. Fleming, of Beckwith & Fleming, have purchased of the Archor line the schooner Schuylkill. The consideration is denominated private, though an approxi- mation can readily be deducted from the Anchor line’s refusal a short time ago of $18,000. Unless towing arrangements ar> consummated, Mr. Fleming will add topsails to the craft. The vessel rates A2 straight and recently underwent extensive repairs, The officers of the Pennesylvania Com- pany here say that the report that their com- pany intended to put ona line of steamers from Duluth to Buffalo is entirely without foundation, The William Edwards was the. last boat to clear for the lower lakes. The Germanic and Grover, arrived Sunday winding up inter-lake navigation for the season, ; Ot the unfortunate accident by which John, Fletcher, mate ot the Avon, was drowned in Chicago river last Thursday night the Tribune says: “He had been entertaining some friends from the steambarge Parnell and had shown them across the plank with a jajtern on their departure, when a splash was heard. They attempted to reach him, but he seemed unconscious and was unable to take hold of anything. Itis thought he struck bis head in falling, At Miller Bros.’s ship yard the ba-ge Judd was in dock for bottom calking, the steam- and shoe, steamship F. A. Folsom for a new wheel, the steamship J. 8. Fay for fixing stern bearing, the steamship J. F. Eddy for a new wheel, the steamship Mecosta is re- ceiving repairs to her stern. The Peshtigo Co,’s steamer Boscobel, Cap- tain Wm. Nicholson, with her six consprts have had a very successful season having made 55 round trips between Chicago and Peshtigo from May 4th to November 24th, bringing to this port £5,000,000 feet of lum- ber. The Boscobel, Noquebay, Peshtigo, Active and Alert are Jaid up _ here, the Ad- vance and Mautenee at Peshtigo, The steambarge Huron City, Captain Cas- sin, was chartered for lumber at $250, and left for Manistee Monday evening. Upon her return to this port, should the weather permit, she will go to Muskegon for lumber for this port, then for lumber from Muske- gon to Michigan City and willreturn to Chi- cago to lay up and receive new machinery. The fine steamship Gladstone arrived light | from Milwaukee Monday, loaded 85,000 bu- shels of corn for Buffalo at 4} cents, and left here Monday night. LES The Lehigh Valley steamships Oceanica and Tacoma arrived Monday night with coal from Buffalo; they will go into winter quarters here, The fine steamship Serviamade her maid- en trip to this port arriving on the 23a. No- vember from Buffalo with 1,970 tons of coal and her consort the fine schooner Moravia» with 1,725 tons of coal. They are both fin® specimens of marine architecture and were built and launched this season from the well known shipbuilding yard ot F. W. Weeler, West Bay City. ‘The Servia is 247 feet over all, 40 feet beam, 26feet depth of hold. She haga fore and aft componnd engine 26 and 46 by 40 built by S. F. Hodge &Co., Detroit, and a stee) boiler of the {Scotch type, 12 by 12 built by the Luke Erie Boiler Works Buf- talo. She has all modern improvemetts in cluding the American Suip Windlass Co,’s steam windlass and capstan, and her cabins and officers quarters are fitted out elaborate- ly and usefully. She is owned by Hawgood & Avery Bay City, Captain J, C. Ellis is in command, Edward July first mate, J. E. Lyon chief engineer, John Wadleigh assist- ant engineer. Captain Wm. Rollo is laying up the J. W. Averill. This is the forty-first year of his laying up trom active sailing service, and he looks well and hearty yet, and we hope to see him around m ny more seasons, The steamer J. W. Wescott, Captain Ole- son, engineer Wm. Eddy, has had a very successful season, having made 29 round trips between this port and Traverse City, she was partly laid up last week but was putinto commission again and left here Thanksgiving day for Menominee and ar- rived here December 3d with a load of lum- ber. She will now lay up as her wheel be- came loose on her last trip. Therteamship Germanic, Captain W. E. Morris, arrived here Monday night with 1,- 663 tons of coal from Erie, She is a large carrier for her dimensions having carried 1705 grose tons of iron ore ona draft of 15 feet, 1 inch forward and 15 feet 7 inches aft, also 1800 tons of coal besides her fuel of 100 tons on a draft ot 14 feet 8 inches forward, 15 teet 5 inches aft. The fine steamship Albany ofthe West- ern Transit Line, arrived Sunday night December 2d, from Buffalo with merchan- dise. Engineer Kennedy says the Albany passed the Union Line steamship Tioga off the South Fox Island, Lake Michigan, Sat- urday night, at 10 p. m. and beat her about two hours on the run up to Milwaukee, I said, “Engineer Kennedy, were’nt you tor- bidden to race??? He. replied, “Yes,” but the weather was not looking good so he let a list cf vessels laid up here an any other items from time to time that may be interesting. Remora, schooner Lady Esgex Garden City and three, Eighth Ohio. Kulkaska, that the vessel lies forefoot and nine feet aft, bulged up between the fore and main | her go ty reacn wee destivation before bad weather came along, Ateleven a. m, Tuesday the barge Ash- land in tow of two tugs coming down the north branch of the river, light, collided with the Indiana street bridge, carrying away a portion of her hi rr and doing cou. siderable damage to the rail side walk and Upper structure of the bridge. The wind was blowing hard at the time and the bridge tenders could not Manage the bridge, WILLIams, ASHTABULA HARBOR, OHIO, Special to the Marine Record, Business at our port is fast closing up. The last ore shipments, are all in and Vessels are strippiug and going into winter quarters, All vessels in port wili be unloaded this week, and the last departure noted. Ore shipmeaots. by rail was never better, and weare looking for- ward to a lively winter’s business, Ag soon as everything is snug, I will send you d will give you F..L. 2. SAND BEACH, MICH. Special to the Marine Record. The following craft sheltered here for the w ek ending December 2, Noy, 25th. John Pridgeon, Jr., City of Mackinaw, Flora, 26th. George L. Colwell and two, 27th. William Chisholm, City of Alpena& . 28th, T. W. Snook, Mineral Rock and oneg Lothario and twoy, 30th. R. G. Stuart, Music and Wahnipatia, Dec. Ist. Tug J. V. O’Brien towing the tug George R. Hand to Port Huron for a re- build and general overhauling, Navigation is nearly at an end, Lut very few boats are passing here now. The fishing tug Delilah, from Bay City is here and proposes to fish as long as they can get out to their nets, . STURGEON Bay, wis, The 8 urgeon Biy Independent furnishes the latest information concerning the schoon- er Northwest: It says that Thomas H. Smith and Captain John Walker went to Pilot island on the tug Nelson to make an exami- nation of the stranded schooner at the re- quest of Captain J. V. Tu'tle of Milwaukee, who desires to hive Leatham & Smith an offer for the wreck. M; the stern to swing, She recks for two-thirds of ‘ which has thrown her deck up, opening the seams in her bilge, broken the keel and keelson and probably broken the frames in the knuckle at the bilge, Her rudder is thrown violently against the stern by every sea, and unless cut away! will soon pound the stern to pieces. Mr. Smith does not think there will bz anything left of the vessel by Spring, and does not want to touch her on any terms, OSWEGO, N. Y. The rapidly dwindling {Oswego fleet will lay up for the winter as follows: At Oswego, schooners Gomanche, Kate Kelly, Lem Ellsworth, Daniel G. Fort,"M.\T. Downing John Magee, American, steambarge Monteagle, At Chicago, steambarce ©. S, Parnell. At Ogdensburg, schooners John R, Noyes, M. J, Cummings, John Wesley, Oliver Mitchel, At Toledo, schooner West Side, Oswego tugs, Wm. Avery, E. E. Frost, John Nayaugh, M. J. Cummings, Charley Ferris, May Qneen, Eliza Redford. Other vessels laid up here, schooner H, Fitz hugh, Louisa, The R, W. & O. Co., has‘recently purchased from Mrs. Melissa Dodge, of New‘York, for $37,« 000, a track of land {lying east gof the Oswego Manufacturing, Co.’s property. The land bor- ders on the new harbor and the inference is that trestles willbe builé onthe property for the shipment of Lehigh Valley coal, DULUTH, MINN. The Herald says that the steamship Spokane arrived in port from Buffalo with the last cargo of coal of the season, This forenoon the propel ler Jus, Fisk, of the Ward line, also arrived, having left Buffalo late on the 26th of Neveme ber. The Spokane is discharging her cargo to- day and will probably put in a full load of flour tomorrow andijclear for Buffalo again, She will prebably arrive the 4th or 5th of December, aad will enjoy the distinction of being the latest ves- sel ever leaving Duluch harbor. The cause for universal closing of navigation before December 1st is, as has been stated, the expiration of all marine insurance at that time and not specially necessitated by ice at thie port, at least, Sper cial insurance arrangements are made by the Spokane which enable her to carry down a val uable cargo of Minneapolis flour Cleveland Block Co,, MANU AOTURERS OF fron Tackle Blocks \} TAKING THE PLACE OF WOODEN BLOCKS FOR / ALL PURPOSES. / 159 River St., CLEVELAND, @