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nace, Mich., TDec. 4.—The tug Adams arrived to-day and repcorts the ice six inches thick iii the Sault River, maiking it unable for her to 'Ugh toMarquettte. She will go into winter quarters at Cheboyygan to-morrow. flotsam; and jetsam. The Farwell and Goodfrey are due from below. Several lumber fellows left yesterday for the east shore. The schooner Lillie J E. Is not severely damaged. She haw been laid up attt Manistee. The tug Leviathan leeft last evening for Milwaukee, towing the schoonner Waukesha. The steamship Businness will bring up a cargo of coal to Chicago if the i weather continues mild. The propellers New "'York and D. C. Whitney arrived in port vesterdaw from below. The Champlain came in from thee Straits. The propeller Commaodore was pulled out of the Fort Wayne railroad bridge yesterday and, thi blockade (to railroad trrains) was raised. THE RIVERS. Special Telegram to Thee Inter Ocean. ' Detroit, Mich., Dec. 4.— Vessel passages Dec. 3: Up—Prop Nashua*. Down—None. Dec. 4: Up—None. Down—Prrops Fred Mercur, Clyde, Huron City and bareges. Wind south, light; cloudy. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Port Hurox, Mich.,, Dec. 4.—Passed down-Clyde, at 11:30 a. m. •WELLAND CANAL. ; Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Port Colbournk, Omt.. Dec. S.~Passed down —Prop W.L.Frost,Chicago to Ogdensburg,general cargo. Up—Schr Eric Stewart, Toronto to Buf-o, barley: prop L. Shiiekluna, Pora Hops to Buffalo* barley. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Port Dalhousie, Ont., Doc. :;.—Passed down-Prop W. L. Frost, Chicago to Ogdensburg, general cargo. Nothing up. Wind, southwest, light; fair, mild weather. -^ THE RIVERS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Detroit, Mich., Dec;. 3.--Vessel Passages Dec. 2: Lp- None. Down—Prop Salina and barges, schr H. Bissell. Dec. 3; in—Prop Alcona and consort. Down—Schr D. Provost. Wind southwest, brisk: clear. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Port Huron, Mielh., Dec. 3.—Down—N. K. Fairbank, 9 a. m.: Freed McBrver and barges, 4 p. m.; Oconto, 7; Fred! Mercer, 7:20. Up-George L. Ooiwell and bargee, 0:20; Wales, 9:20; Escanaba, 4; Kittie Forbtes. 4:20. Lake Horrors Not Yet at an End for tlie Seasojn of 188J}. ANOTHES DISASTEB. THE TUG- 3BENNETT ASHORE. . A Port Huron dispatch says: "The tug Bennett went ashore this side of Lexington last night. The Balize has gone tto her rescue." The Bennett measures 80 tons, rates A X*& and is valued at $15,000. A. P. Newton, of Mackinaw, is the owner. P01E&T LIST. ARRIVALS IN •CHICAGO YESTERDAY. Schr William Jones, (xrand Haven, cordwood. Tug W. L. Kwing, Michigan City, towing. Schr Planet, Michigan City, sand. sailiik&s yesterday. Prop Monitor, east slliore, sundries. r -TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS. TUG CASTLE BURNED. . pecial Telegram to Tim Inter Oeea i. Port Huron, Mich.., Dec. 5;—The tugW. B. 3astle took fire at Howard's Dock at noon to-day. The lire originated in the lamp-room, forward of he port gangway. Ifler house, rail, bulwarks, fcart of the decks, amd deck beams amidships (were burned. Insured! for $10,000. Special Telegram to Thee Intel? Ocean. Sturgeon THy. Whs.1, Dec. 5.—The schooner J. I. Case passed out thiis morning on her way to Milwaukee in tow oft the tug Sill. She will be docked immediately f(or repairs. The schooner Halstted was towed from Green Bay by the tug Leathiani and will remain here this winter. THE TUfli PROTECTION. Special Telegram to The* Inter'ocean. SauGatuck, Mich., Dec. 5.—The rescue of the tug Protection was pushed along all night and today. She is pumped out, but the tugs cannot get within some five hundired feet of her, owing to the shoal water. The tugs Jennie Ding and A. H. Hunter were doing theair best at her this morning without success. At ¦<dark this evening the Protection was still in thee same place. Wind this evening mprthweat. yerv light. WELLAND CANAL. Special Telegram to Tim* Inter Port Dalhousie, Ont.. Dee. 0.—The Welland Canal is expected to < close about the 15th inst. There were no passages either way to-day. THES RIVERS. •/ ¦ ¦ ; to XHie Inter Ocean. Detroit, Mich,, Dec, 6. -Passages Up—Prop MaaiBthrne; schr H. B i s sell. §gD own—P r on a. H. Jennie. Wind east, light; clear. the: straits. Special Telegram to Tflie inter Ocean. iTGAN, Michi., Dec. 0.—Southeast wind, stiff, and mild weatrhcr to-dav, growing colder to-night, with indicitttious of snow. A passed down, takiiug the north passage. The Steamer Messenger arrived this morning and Will go into winter quiartars . „ _ TCHE RIVERS, Special Telegram to Time Inter Ocean. t>?hTR£IT' B!lch" , Pe& 7.-l>oa 7, Up-Prop lihoda Stewart and Inarges; schr F. J. Dunford Down—Props Point Abino, City of Concord, Alary Mills, Niagara, and fschrs Mont Blanc, Montcalm Montgomery,, MomtmorencL Republic. Wind south, fresh; cloudy., • , -. mhlwaukee. Special Telegram to TThe Inter Ocean Milwaukee, Wis.., Dec. 7.—According to a KlirIev,°,n tne barge Utoreka the damage is placed at if2,115. The genieral average claim on the barge will be as heav*y as the cost of repair': This afternoon the wrecking tug Leviathan left here to release the: schooner Regular, ashore at St. Joseph. Several sail vessels are still due here. The schooners Jamaica amd Sarnia, with coal for Chi-, cago, ran in here thiss evening. A cold wave is aapproachlng from the northwest. The insurauouo is being placed on all the vessels laid up here, ;as incendiaries are at work in the city. The Steamer Enterprise ! Founders-Crew of Thirteen- Seven of Them PerlsKi. Schooner Said to Have Foundered Empire Bluffs—Cargoj Coming Ashore. Off SINKINGS OF THE EIWTERPRIZE, SIX LIVES LOSTT. Special Telegram to The Inter Occsan. Post Huron, Mich., Dec. 10).— The season 1883 closed this morning on L^ake Huron witl one of the most terrible disasters that has hap' pened this year. To conrmencce with, the steam-barge Enterprise went ashore ssome four weeks stgo near Cockburn Island with a cargo of sup plies for Port Arthur. A wreckiing outfit on the tng Balize left Detroit to re3lease her. The Bteamer was lightered and pulhed off. Extra care was taken by placing two lairge canvas jacks under her bottom. This being done the boat di< not leak enough to keerp one of th< steam-pumps going. Alll went wel I until the Balize, towing the Einterprise, arrive* loff Point au Barques light btearing southwesi 6t 2 a. m., when Captain J. J. Itordon, who had frharge of the outfit, heard tthe steam-whistle : rom the pump blowing. He answered three i alls and had the mate of the Batfize stop the tug3 , .11 hands were called to get the boat down. T*ne t aw-line was cut from the tug and every effort i 'as made to get alongside of tine the wreck bell are she went down. Just beforce they could get i round the barge sank from might. Every line the tug was maide ready to hrow to the men clinging to parts of the [dating wreck. Pat Quinn, of Detroit, well 'known on the lakes, was the nirst to reach the side of the tug. The poor felllow had been to ¦work on the steam-pump, and toad grease on his clothes and hands. The rope sliipped through hi! fingers twice. The third time one of the crew o: the Balize reached down to pulll him up, Quin: holding to the rope with his teeith until he was in1 the bands of the man who had hiold of his jacket, when a sea struck Quinn and hie slipped throughj the man's grasp, fe^l back intoi the water, am (was seen no ft; esj 1 steamer Geo. Sanford for Mansfield, the schooner Graham Brothers with cordwood to Manitowoc, and the tug D. P. Hall to Manistee. Wind easterly. A large three-masted vessel, white, with green bottom, passed, bound south, at 3 p. m. The Point Betsey lighthouse was closecd for the season to-day. FROM CHEBOYGAN. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Cheboygan, Mich., Dec. 5.—The EUieu Spry and Danforth were towed out, to-day, loaided, for Chicago- and will tow up as far as the JBeavers, weather permitting. Wind southwest, moderate; weather mild and cloudy. BAY CITY. Special Telegram to Trie inter Ocean. Bay City, Mich., Dec. 5.-The season of navigation at this port is about closed. Shipments for the year by lake have been as follows: From Bay City—Lumber, 551,000,000 ft; shingles, 111,000,000; lath, 20,000,000; staves, 550,000; oak timber, 106,000 cubic ft; pine timber, 2,000,000 square ft; hoops, 200,000; railroad ties, 3,000. From East Saginaw—Lumber, 223,000,000 shingles, 53,000,000: lath, 19,000,000; staves. 300,000. THE ELVERS, Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 5.—Dec. 4, Up—Prop B. C. Baldwin. Down—None. Dec. 5, Up—Prop City of Concord and consort, B. W, Jenness and barges. Down—Schr Donaldson. Wind southwest, light: clear. BUFFALO. Special Telegram to The inter Ocean. Buffalo. N. Y.. Dec. 5.—The Lehigh propeller Fred Mercur, arrived from Chicago to-day. The captain reports having an excellent run dowu. The Clyde, from Chicago, and propeller Huron City, with barges Wenona and Sam Flint, from Lake Superior, is expected here to-night. Captain Thomas Mas them, who had the job to release the sciiooner H. F. Merry, ashore on the south shore, has abandoned her, five tugs having failed last night to pull her oif. Wind nortnwest, light. FROM MILWAUKEE. Special Telegram to The later Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 5.—A survey will be held to-morrow on the barge L. C. Butts, which was docked to-day. The wreckers yesterday sue ceeded in getting the schooner Guido, which was sunk at Sheboysan, afloat, and the Helton was to tow her to Chicago. The Helpless Vessel Outside I? Bsaelied at Wankegan- The Crew Siv*5 Thonise'vos. / raw, of Of wego, and second engineer of the Enterprise, was lost. , Charles Carbery, with Murphry's steam pump, was lost. Daniel Jones, of \ 'Indsor.witlh the Odell steam-pump, was lost. Charles Williams, \of Chicago;, deck hand, was lost. Two firemen on the Enterprise, names unknown, were lost. Mrs. Peters, the ook on tlhe Enterprise, did not get on the wreck, but took passage on the Balize and was saved William Samson, )f Windsmr, engineer of the Enterprise, was picke 1 up by thie Balize \awl and Baved. Fred Wragner, of B tffalo, wais saved by the Balize. Peter Lyon, of Sarnia, Ont., Vbadly hurt about the head, chest, rieht trm, and hands was picked up. more dead than klive, by the Balize yawl. This man was still out of his he?ad at 5 o'clock. Arthur Metege, of ( orunna, Ont., wheelsman, was saved by the Bali: e yawl. William Bush, of 3 indsay, Ont, wheelsman, was saved by the yawl John Carbery, fath ;r of Charles, with the ptearn-pump, was r< scued, but died in five minutes after getting on th*e tug's deck. His body was taken to Det roit. Captain J. J. Kordon of the ffirm of Crosby & Dimick, did not get on the steamier, but came on the tug, which arrived at noon rto^dag-^------¦¦¦¦¦¦¦-^n "?he-gfea4£eatttEe of |this^ase is the short space time in which the boat sank. If all statements „e true of the rescued, thew say that she just opened out and went down witlh one plunge. She/ I was owned by McLennan, of Port Arthur, who/ [paid $9,000 for her last Autgust. I eured for $7,000 in the Big Foiur. She Proves to Be the Schooner Oajjella—T^j to the Rescue—Various Casualties, Arrival of (he Schooner North Star and the Tug A. Booth—Depanure of the Butters. She was in- PLOTSA.M AND JETSAM. AB0>UND THE LAKES. The survey on thee schooner Georere C. Finney, wrecked on Ford's t Shoals, but rescued and taken to Oswego, has beetu completed and puts the cost of repairs at $8,500.t. Add to this the cost of rescuing the vessel, $M,000, and the total is $12,-500. The insurancee on the vessel was $9,000. Captain Lou Vatnce, of the schooner David Vance, is in the citjy on business. "The David" is laid up at Milwaukee, her home port. PfDHT LIST AERIV/ALS YESTERDAY. Prop St Joseph, Grrand Haven, lumber* Prop M. Marshall, Mianistee, lumber. Prop Lora, Benton IHarbor, sundries. Tug Chicago, Harbour Springs, towing. Schr John Bigler. Biuffalo, coal. Schr C. C. Trowbriaige, Pierport, lumber. Schr Kitty Grant, P'entwater, lumber. Schr Pensaukee, Chteboygan, lumber. Schr Metropolis, Phne Lake, pig-iron. CILEATwlNCES. Prop St. Joseph, Grand Haven, light. Schr Wm. Jones, Gsrand Haven, light. Schr Annie Thorine., Packard's Pier, light. THE CHEW OF THE SCHO0?tfEB DRIVER. GRAND HAVEN, Mich., Dec;. 6.— The undersigned desire to express to the: citizens of Grand Haven and Muskegon our sincere thanks for the testimonials of appreciation shiown us since our retard home for saving the lives from the H. C. *• Akeley. It was with no thoughit of reward, except the reward that all men Invre who do their ' duty, that we endeavored to save the lives, and so the spontaneous action of the people and their i liberality if- all the more appreciated. Daniel Milled, if David Milled, Patrick Daley, Cbharlks Miller, 0. s. pebtbkbon, of tiuv schooftei' Driver. DISASTERS. THE PROTECTION. Bpecial Telegram to The Inter Occam. Sauc.atcck, Mich., Dec. <£.—When Captain Higgie visited the Protection at 11 o'clock last night she wm found on her bemms end, or nearly so. The tugs had moved her some during the day. and when they quit work she gradually settled in the water and listed so that she rolled into the hole she had been in during the time she was on the beach. Prospects are looking slim, indeed, as this evening she had not been straightened up. A channel was dug to her this morning so that the tugs could get alongside of her, but they could not straighten her mp. The tug Carpenter was sent for this morniing and is en route, though she can do'nothing at nnesent. The wind is veering to the northward amd it is rising a little aow. The wind was off the land ail day. CAPTAIN FOREST LOST. Special Telearram to The Inter Ocesan. Colchester, Ont., Dec. G..—The friends of Captain Forest, of the wrecked! Colchester light ship, have abandoned all hoipe of his having E reached any of the islands alivej. VESSELS STILL A.BBIVIN&. tt { nrooEoua weather ^outside. The Ice in the harbor daring 'Tuesday night and yesterday morning wa» several inches thick and the tugs thad some trouble bbreaktng their way through. The tugs running »re the Carpenter and Taylor of the V. O. T. Lime; the Mosner, of J. S. Dunham's Line, and the VJL'om Brown, of the Union Line. The scow Restless and the ssohoouer Smith arrived late Tuesday night. It wras freezing hard yesterday and the tugs transferred them from the mouth of the harbor up w<est of Bush street bridge. . . ,. . It is learned from the Framkfort special that the schooner C. H. Williams is on the way to Chicago from Beaver Island. The weather last night wais desperate cold. There was little wind and ice was rapidly making In the harbor. . , The schooner Capella, at Wiaukegan, is covered with ice'. THE BURNING OF THE STEAMER MINNTIE. The Green Bay Gazette says of the burned steamer Minnie: "When the fire reaohied the water's edge and the deck was consumed so the firemen could play on it from above and the river from beneath it was subdued, but the boat is I wholly destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown. The Minnie was yalued at Sl5,000, the owners having refused $12,000 forjjcr last year. The insurance aggregates $8,000, divided as follows: Standard, of London.......................$1,500 Pennsylvania............................... 1,500 Providence, of Washington................ 1,500 American, of Newark, N. J................. 1,000 Fire Association............................ 1.000 National, of New York.................... 1,500 The hull of the Minnie was purchased by Hagen A English in Detroit in 1877, brought to Green Bar, fitted up with machinery, and put in first class condition generally. In 1878 a nesw deck and sundry repairs were made at a cose of $2,700. In 1880 she was rebuilt at a cost of ip0,200.__________________ mm THEY WILL GO OUT. SAILINGS FROM CHICAGO YESTERDAY. The weather yesterday was severely codd, and in still water ice was making fast, l&sit night was extremely cold, and the prospect was that the ice would be so heavy in the harbor this morning that the tugs could harldly, witlh safety, force a passage through it. During the day yesterday the pronelleir B. C. Brittain took her departure for White Lake, on the east shore, and the propeller Depere left for Manitowoc and other west shore ports. ANOTHEB, CANARD. THE NORTH CAPE NOT LOST. The announcement in some of the Chicago papers that the vessel seen off Evan^ton was "the large schooner North-Cape," and that"she foundered with all on board," stating that "she carried a crew shipped at Milwaukee," etc., was sent out by telegraph from Chicago, and is pub- I lished all over the lakes under flaming head- - lines. No vessel foundered. The schooner North ! Cape is a line vessel, but is not of the larige class. I She has been in winter quarters in Chicago for i nearly a month past. J THE INGEBSOLL—THE WILLI-AMS. THEY ARE STILL OUTSIDE. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Frankfort, Mich.. Dec. 19.—The eteambarge Robert G. Ingersoll finished loading hard-wood lumber at Burnham Pier and departed for Milwaukee. She gets jj>350 for the round trip. The tug D. P. Hall will keep steam uu all win- j ter here and engage in fishing. The pier head lighthouse has shut down. The propeller G. D. Sanford is expected in Manistee to-night. The schooner in distress off Grosse Point Tuesday is supposed to bo the C. H. Williams, laden with Christmas tree;-? from Beaver island for Chicago. [It is an item of news to know that the Williams is outside on the way to Chicago, j TTJGS ON *TRE. DAMAGE AT DETROIT. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 10.—The tug Balize, laid up at the foot of Wiuht street, took fire ' at 10 this morning, burning her upper works and decks. The tug Gladiator, lying near, was damaged about $300. S. A. Murphy, owner of both tugs, estimates the damage to the Balize at about $5,000, covered fully by insurance. ABGYLE-SIBEB1A TECUMSEH. A BATCH OF NEWS FROM "SOO." Sault Ste. Marie, Dec. 17.— The tug Mystic arrived to-day from Cheboygan with a load of supplies, etc., reporting no ice to speak of in the Sault Hirer, The propeller Argyle arrived here to-day from Lake Superior, and will take a part of the cargoes of the steambarge Erin and consort Maggie to Michipocoten Island. The scarcity of fuel here will delay iter twenty-four hours. Thesteamshlp Siberia is having a new rudder made, and will start on the 15th, and perhaps not until the 16th. The wind is northwest, and the thermometer below zero. Icei s making fast. Special Telegram to The later Ocean. St. Ignace, Mich., Dec. 10.—The crew of the steamer Siberia passed down through this place to-day from Sault. Ste. Marie. About 10,000 bushels ot the Siberia's cargo of wheat are damaged, and will be sold. The steambarge Tecumseh, Canadian, is ashore nftftr the SaulL MILWAUKEE. Special Telegram to Ihe Inter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 19.—AU the boats arriving here to-day were badly iced up. The propeller F. and P. M. No. 2, after lying off this port seven hours on account of the thick weather, came in this morning completely iced up. the vapor arising from the water having fr-ozen up all her doors and windows. There were five arrivals and six departures today. The schooner Porter was chartered! to-day to "load 48,000 bushels et' wheat for wittteir storage and delivery at Buffalo in the spring. The wrecking tug Leviathan has abiandoncd ¦ iier Regulator, ashore at St. Joseph, and will return hero as soon as she can get heir steam pumnsoff the wreck. ¦ The Green Bav tug Henry Marshall toas been seized on a claim of Joseph Dennis for $2,000. A scow owned by Dennis broke adrift from the Marshall on Green Bay and was lost. The steambarge Lelaud lays up here. BEACHED. SCHOONEB CAPELLA. As THE IKTEE OCEAN said v. as probable, the three-masted schooner seen off Grosse Point and Evanstou Monday morning, and which some of the papi rs i'i ared had foundered, was driven buck down the lake, and during Monday nighf went on the beach at Waukegan. The wind in the evening was south. It proved to be the schooner Ca-pella, lumber loaded for Milwaukee. The crew are all safe, and it is thought the vessel can be rescued. Tugs have been ordered to her ance, WA EEGAN, 111., Dec. 18.—The schooner Capella, of Muskegon, Mich., loaded with lurhb e for Milwaukee, went ashore at this place last night. This is the same vessel that waa seen off Evanston yesterday in distress. She is in no danger while the wind hold* northwest- The crew are in the city, trying to devise some hteanS of releasing her. The weather is clear and cold. -n»ti....« i iHiij _nu»iiiTSTHErb]il!Mi '"¦"r. ' ' *^f Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 17.—The schooner North Star, lumber loaded, for Chicago, came into this port to-day for shelter. She is heavily iced-up and had a terrible experience. The captain and crew suffered great hardship, but seem, to take it all as a matter of course. Tnese sailojrs are queer fellows brave enough and hardy enough to surprise most mortrds ashore. They are all in good spirits. OUTSIDE IN THE COLD. VARIOUS (¦!;.• ¦ I The fishing tug A. Booth proves an excellent sea boat. She arrived in Chicago yesterday from Escanaba, and though she is well iced-up her crew did not socio to think the weather outside was "so awful had." She has a cargo offish. The tug Martin, Chicago to Manitowoc, ran into Milwaukee. She goes to Manitowoc for repairs. The tag Williams and the schooner Johnson will probably winter at Cheboygan. They were compelled to abandon the stranded ,fcch.>ouer Monitor at the Manitous. From St. Ignace, Dec. 17: "The steambarge Erin and consort Maggie, loaded with supplies bound for the railroad work at MiohipocotteS River, are laying disabled at Sault Ste. Marie, and i; is unlikely that their loads will be got through. If such is the case it will cause serious iuconyeoc ience and much suffering, as there are about 2,000 laborers at Michirjocoi ten depending on these supplies. A famine is already threatened. The tug Mystic passed t'-roi'.idi the Soo Klvei: The steamer Siberia will leave for Detroit to-day; Wind north, fresh. The thermometer is five degrees below zero and ice is making fast." DISASTER TO THE DHBEOCBAT. WRECKED AT EAST T.Vv/AS. Special Telegran rh< r Ocean. East TAWAS, Mich., Dec. 19.—There was a ter- J rific gale, with snow, during last night. The- j schooner Democrat dragged her anchor and | piled out on the ico about Emery's docK. in had shape. The crew got ashore, if full of anchor ice. ARRIVAL OF THE KOBTH STAB. ALL RIGHT. The schooner North Star, from Pentwater, on j the east shore, which put hi to Kenosha Monday, [ arrived in Chicago yesterday. She has a cargo of lumber. She is covered with ice. THE MONITOR ABANDONED. TH3 WgATHBB TOO BOTJ1 Special TelegBwn to The Int r Ocean. Cheboygan, Mich., Dec. 18,—The tug Kate Williams and tow. were ordered-lo lay up here. They report the barge Monitor, at the Manitou, hogged some, but" otherwise'in good shape, and' that she can be got off in the spring if not'injured by ice this winter. The tug could not work successfully on account of the rough weather. Winter has set in severely. Wind northwt gale; and freezing. - __ • THE CHALLENGE. LELAND, MARTIN. THEY PUT INTO MILWAUKEE HABBOS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. IS.—Tho .schooner Challenge, from this port for Bailey's Harbor,and the steambarge Lelaud, from Chicago for Elk Rapids, are lying here, waiting for the weather. The Lelaud broke her tiller outside yesterday. The tug J. II. Martin, of Chicago, which ran in here, will winter kerr. She is to be rebuilt. SEAMAN'S UNION. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 10.—The International Seaman's Union finally close;! its annual session here to-night. The following ofheet-s were elected for the ensuing year: President, liichard Powers. of Chicago; First Vice President. ,'. T. Carey, of St. Catharines; Second Vice President, Peter Lynch, of Cleveland; Treasurer, Joseph Bernard, of Milwaukee; Secretary, J. 1*. Murphy, of Toronto. A resolution was passed holding insurance companies responsible in part for the loss of life the son. The barge question was left to local branches to tix their own wages. .Powers and Bernard were appointed delegate! to the Labor Congress, to be held at Chicago in isst. The Executive Committee was instructed to prepare and forward to Congress such bills as may be deemed necessary for the protection of teamen. SEVEN HOURS IN A FOG. A CHILLY EXPERIENCE. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. la—Lake navigation is now confined to the line boats. Such of these as were out last night had an unenviable experience. The waters were covered with a dense fog, and the bitter cold seemed to enter the very marrow of the mariners. The propeller P, and P. M. No. 2 wan delayed outside Milwaukee harbor for seven hours, her captain not hearing the light-keepefs fog whistle and fearing to proceed, not being sure of his.bearings. There were a number of passengers aboard. The vessel was covered with ice from thepijot-houaodown. The windows and doors forward were frozen so that they could not be opened. It was not until twenty minutes Of 7 o'clock this morning that Captain Duddleson hearu the fog whistle and was enabled to steam into port. Persons ashore claim! to have heard the fog whistle during the night.