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/OQv) |mw PASSENGERS — -Schrs Clarra Parker, F. L. Danforth, H Case, Arottie, American Union, Wm, I. . I;. !'.. Hayess, Porter, Sunrise, WellsBurt, Smith, Josepikh Paige, D. Stewart, Harvey Bissell. Down—Notming. May 15: Up Proj»pB V. H. Kctcham, Toledo, Lowell and barges \ sechrs Marengo, John Kelderhouse. Down Propps Mineral Reck and barges, d raft, Wesfctonand barges; schr Blazing hi; weather clear. ttUBON, Mjoch., May 15.-—Passages past twelve hours: Up- Steamer City of Cleveland, Itate, ttug J, N. Masters, tug Wins- low, and genre rPenofekee, Mystic Star, Kate Kelly, and Oliver Bd Ltchell, prop Wisaahickon, and barge ry, prop Deamn Richmond, and scbrF-A, Georger, prop KepuTabllc, tug Quayle, and schr tug Castle, and ^chr^ American ¦ liUain JJ. Preston, tug Sate Williams, and achi H. BisselL Down Tug Quayle. i to Tl be EnterOcean. Pom Huron, Miohh., May 15.—There has been a . heavy gale of wind from the northeast blowing tor ten hours. Mil of the up-bound fleet were detained in the riveers for the above number of hours. The propehuers Republic and consort, : Richmond andri consort, Potomac and con- i i] ano and ¦¦¦ ¦ .. \A, I Ontario, Wissa- blckon and consort;, D, I'- I less and barges; sol.....ners Saveland,, Porter, Clara Parker, F. S, Danforth, 6*. M. Casee, Arctic, Alpena, C. II. Johnson, C. G.King, Wafcbash, I'. B. Hayes, Sunrise, W. F. Preston, Amenieau Union, J. B. Merrill, O. Mitchell. Penokee, Mv. Kelly, Flying Cloud, and Schuylkill were thoese who suffered the loss of time. All leave to-nMght. Port Huron, Michh., May 15.- Midnight—Passages Past Twelve EHoura: Up—Tng Kate Moffat and schr John B. Meerrill, tug John Owen and SChrs R. B. Hayes, ]"orter, and Sunrise, tug Mocking Bird and schrs IE. M. Danford, George M. Case, Clara Parker, aand Arctic, steambarges Niagara, Roanoke, schrr Laura, tug Sampson and barges. Down—ProM»s Jay Gould, Lehigh, Buffalo, tag Kate Wiliiainis with pontoons. A Party of City Employes Caught Outside in a Frail Skiff. They Are Still Adrift or Have Lost Their Lives—Families lueft to THE WE1LLAND CANAL. Special Telegram to TMie Inter Ocean. ^^^^^^^ PORT COLBORNE, Ont.. May 15.—Passed Up— 4 j3tteambarge D. R. Vaan Allen, Kingston to Cleveland, light; prop My/les, Montreal to Duluth, general cargo; scnrW. ill. Rounds, Oswego to Chi-cage, coal; L. Seatom, Oswego to Toledo, caal: H. Dudley, Kingston toi Detroit, light; G. M. Neelon, Port Colborne to Toliedo, light; Charger, Oswego to Toledo, coal. C0ABS5E ri'.EHIHTH. Lumber freights wore without change. Special Telegram to Tlue Inter Ocean. BUFFALO, May 15..—Coal freights dull; rates advanced 10 cents too-day, the schooner Scotia being the first to receiive the raise. The schooner II. W. Sage was plaoted yesterday at 50 cents. She does not begin loading untiito-morrow. She could have got (So o:ents to-day. A still further advance is looked for should so few arrivals continue. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. The Boston has sailled. The Buffalo fleet arco arriving. The new steamhaixge Annie Smith took out 31,000 bushels of corrn. Captain Fraser, of Toronto, has added a fine diving outfit tojhis dnjy-dock. Schooner George C'. Finney, George C. Finney to Simeon Murray, ume-eighth interest, $1/250. Another big fellow, the steamship James David-soil, has been chartered by the new line, and takes corn to Ogdensburg. Mr. C. H. Tucker bias been appointed the agent at Cleveland for thee new Ogdensburg, Chicago and Lake Champlain line of steamers. The Starucea, H. JJ. Jewell, Conestoga, B. "VV. 151auchariJ. Anna, Srnilth, H. E. Packer, Champlain, George C. Finney, Selhuylkill, Melvina, and James I C. King sailed yesterday. The Wo-co-ken wms not so much damaged as was feared, and her t<ow bills were not so heavy as some of the papers have stated. She loaded grain and is on her w*ay down. The first shortages of the season at Toronto are j reported. The Lamm was 220 bushels short in her cargo of 20,000 bmshels, and the Dundee 58 bushels in a cargo of 10,000 bushels. Another attempt is to be made to save the schooner Eliza Quinilan, ashore at Long Point with a cargo of coal. The coal is to be taken out and her hold tilled with barrels, with the inten-tiou of raising her so that she will float off the reef. The schooner Explorer, which was scuttled in Georgian Bay seventeen years ago, and last summer purchased for $8 or $4 by a Goderich man and raised, arrived inj Sarnia on Wednesday with a load of general iiekght. Arrivals from below? yesterday were the D. M. Wilson, John Prldgcon, Chicago, Clarion, Argonaut, Thomas L. Pai;ker, Forest City, James Davidson, C. B. Jones, Manitowoc, Nellie Gardner, Pathfinder, Erastus (Corning, Mary D. Aycr, H. H. Brown, J. R. Whitiing, Guding Star. Most, all have coal. The Aycr is from Alpena with railroad ties. The Canadian Government has finally decided to ereet one life statitonat Wellington in charge of Captain Hugh McCulllough, and another at Poplar Point in charge of (Captain Leroy Spafford. At Salmon Point the canmon which is to be fired at General Marine News—Serioous Collision^m the Harbor—Dynamite oin the Welland Canal. ________, ** ACCIDENTS AND DITSASTERS. THREE LIVES PROBABLY LQS9T OFF THE CITY. On Monday morning thiree men, John Jacques, Herman Johnson, aand Caleb Friek son, left the city in a skiff tco go out and do some pumping work on the crib in the lake connected with the Fullertoni avenue conduit. They did not reach home at all Monday night. A storm set in on Monday afternoon and continued all thiat night. Their families were much alarnned, but hoped that they were at least saife on the crib, ' though it was known tlhat they must ,' have suffered greatly from' exposure and . from hunger. They had omly taken their i dinners with them. .The wvind was north- b east during Monday af'tenuoon, and heivy, J and along about supper timae, when the men would be starting for the shcore in their skiff, I it went suddenly to northwest—off shore—) and it is feared now that thiey were in their fc frail craft on the way luome when this change came, and thatt they were 3 carried out further imto the lake, [ or that the skiff capsiized and they 3 were drowned. At the instamce of the men's t wives, the V. O. T. Companyy yesterday notified Captain St. Peter, of the1 Life-saving Sta-fc tion, and at 1:30 yesterday aif ternoon the life * crew pulled out to the Fullerrton avenue crib, _ but got no trace of the missiing men. There» was no one on the crib and no boats there. ¦¦ The life crew cruised about im the vicinity for-some time, and finally returned to their sta-. tion. There are the gravesst fears that the C three men have lost their lives. STEAMER AND BRIDGE COLLIDE. About 9:30 o'clock last nigitit agreensteam-barge ran into Clark street bridge, breaking away a section of the footbridge on one side for a distance of about fifteen feet. The street-cars were very cautiouis about crossing, but got over all right. Tlhe bridgetender could not tell much about thie accident, but plaoed all the blame on tthe barge. He could not tell the name of thte barge, but said she was painted green and u,cgot i>retty badly broken.>f A bystander thomght the barge was the Starget. One of the Itugmen thought it wag the Forest City, whioih came in coal laden from be ^^^ G RUN INTOJ. tf The steambarge Mary Grcoh collided with the new tug Lorena at the vpiers yesterday. She struck the tug amidshims on the star-" ioard side, and cut her down to the second r rale. The wonder is that tthe Lorena was not sunk. The damage is hesavy, amounting to about $1,000. The Groh confesses to being at fault, and the owner says he wall pay "or the repairs, m—rr-r*"—hjujui.,..-.....ilL .......h* . P'LtJ.T, 4NOTHEIB, ™- vu„uvv ... j/ij-uwa~*no rorest-oity and consort, H. B. Tuttle, and schrs Bi«ivit^hp« Mears, Frank Leighton, St. Lous. XTp Hay 12— i/isspaioiUJB. j Props Yosemite and barges, Clarion, C: __________; George King and barges, Egyptian and co Benton and barges, 11. C. AkeJey, D. Leutz and THE SITUATION SUNDAY. barges, Glasgow and barges, J. S. Fay. and schrs x *TtWi*ii« ^* xrnrn^.T w*wa D. P. Rhodes, 1'avette Brown; H. Chisholm, A BUDGET OF NAUTICAL NEWS. Ahira Oob|>_ Tnog Q|,,)vl^ Feilowcrafti Sout£ The wind yesterday morning \vu* si>ntheast: west, Adventure, B$ontieeUo, John Burt, M. yesterday afternoon and last night, east, and east- Tuttle, Gilmore. Down—Props R. A. Packer, nortlN-wl- -ittendpd with i-n'n ,,1,1 thi a- lUrtx- Lowell and barges, .lames Sheriffs, and schrs A. nonius, attended <rtth ram and Chicsk, Otefej R Norrls, II. C. Richards, John Shuette, Cham-weather.. Thecun-ent in the harbor was greatly pion, J. D. Sawyer. Wind soutlnvest, clear, moderated yesterday and the tugs Succeeded in Special Telegram to Thesinter Ocean. ... ,.,.., ' . ,. . DETROIT, Mich., May 18.—Up War 12—Tug getting most oi the m-bound vessels to their Metamora and barges, Torrent; prop Iron Chief and schr Davjd Pows; sohrC. P. Minch. Down-Props Raleigh and consorts, Commodore; schr M. J. Cummings. May I IS, Up—Props Portei berlain and barges, J. W. Bennett and liaison Mills and barges, Siberia and schi Bruce, S. H. Mead and schr Moonlight, J. B. Kitchen, Ira Chaffee and barges, Atlantic, J. it. Lyon and schrs J. M. Hutchinson, J. (t. Masten and C. J. Wells, Japan, Sparta and oonsort, S» Chamberlin and consort, James P. Donaldson and barges. Down—C'. I<\ Curtis and barges, C, J. Kershaw, Vulcan and raft, Delaware, Fred Mc-Brier and barges, Oscoda, City of Concord and consort; schrs Enrmfl C. Hutchinson, Wade, George Shcnian, Parana. Wind northeast, light; weather clear. Telegram to The InterOcean. Poire Huron, Mich., May LJ.—Prop Atlantic docks and the out-bound fellows out into the lake. The steamship Clyde and the Whore1 grain fleet (except those damaged) left port. The schooner Schuylkill is receiving a ne\v" bowsprit and jib-boom, the steamship H. J. Jewett is in trie Vessel Owners' dry dock, and the Tacoma in tlhe Miller Brothers' dry dock. During Saturday and yesterday three different vessels collided with the approach to the Twenty-second street bridge "and it is much damaged. Eighteenth street bridge is also damaged. There are no protecting piles at Twenty-Second street. The schooner H. D. Moore lost heriibhoom at Wells street bridge yesterday in collision with the steambarge Daisy Day. The arrivals from below were the pi-opellers ....---___r ............ Boston, M. M. Drke, Cuba, and Couemaugh, and arrived np with a broken wheel, having struck a the schooners Bolivia and M. I. Wileox. The .....,1-~" n-......u"--------J--------- " "" two latter, as well as the others, are from Lake Erie ports, and have coal. The capsized schooner Kate Howard is still lying in the outside basin. The work of righting her will be commenced to-day. The monster steamship Whitney and her consort, the Wayne, were among the departures, again loaded. They go through the new Welland Canal eo Kingston. The Whitney takes (j:j,(>00 bushels of corn and the Wayne 42,000 bushels, or 105,000 bushels between them. The Whitney will lighter at Port Colborne, and take it on again at the other end of the canal. The monster propeller Roanoke, of the new Ogdensburg Line, leaves to-day for Ogdensburg, with a cargo, of corn and sundries. ' . The schooner Maggie Thompson has just shipped a new mainmast. The steamship City of Rome has 2,000 tons of coal. The captain had great difficulty yesterday finding out the location of the dock of "Wymaii, the consigner, lint finally round it. Sailor men ashore last night were congTatnlat-ing themselves that they were not ontsidJte on the schooner J. W. Brown. The S. L. Watson has coal, and the J. C. King lumber. The small schooner Capclla, ashore at Racine, was rescued by the revenue-cutter Andy Johnson. Tally one for the Johnson for 1883. Tlvie crew had been rescued by the life-saving men at Racine. A small craft of twenty tons called the Midge is a total loss near Milwaukee. Her cargo oi slabs is scattered along the beach. Lyman Jordan, a canal look-tender, was drowned near Twenty-second street and Ashland avenue Saturday night. The body was recov-[ ercd and taken to the Morgue. sunken log while coming out of Cleveland. Sohi L. J. Clark was placed in the dry-dock to-day f<MJ repairs sustained in the collision with the schr Wells on Lake Huron. She will need a nevt tuiv mast, with her other repairs mentioned in Friday's dispatches. VAHIOUS POKTS. Special Telegram to The Inter ocean. Buitalo, N. Y.. May 12.— The big Chicago fleet continues to arrive during the night and today. The following craft put In an appearance: Prop J. Farwell; barges J. H. Rutter, J. I A. M. Peterson, Ida Keith, Pensaukee, George, Lizzie A. Law, Shawnee, H. A. Sage, Scotia, City of Green bay, Nicholson, Michigan, Red Whig, all from Chicago, and schr David Vance fn waukee. Cleared for Chicago—Schrs Wells, Burt, American Union 1,000 tons coal; Sunrise 1.000 tons coal: Elizabeth Jones 1,100 tons coal; Porter, 1,000 tons coal. For Milwaukee— Schr Joseph Page, 1,100 tons coal. Coal freights active and rates firm at 50c to Chicago and Milwaukee. The following engagements were reported: Props J. H. Farwell, Wm, Edwards; schrs Q, H. Rutter, Charles Foster, Lizzie A. Law, M. "W. Page, Scotia, George Pensaukee. for Chicago. Buffalo, N. Y., May 13.—The prop Osceola from Duluth was the only arrival from upper lakes to-day. Cleared for Chicago—Props V. H. Ketchum, 1,700 tons coal; Rochester, mdse; Ne- i braska, mdse. For Milwaukee—Schr F. A. Georger, 1,500 tons coal. For Portage—Schr Shawnee, light. For Sheboygan—Schr City of . Green Bay, 700 tons coal. For Milwaukee—Schr I David Stewart, 1,000 tons coal. For Marquette— i Schr Golden West, light. For Green Bay City— i E DAM4.CE ' Schr Frances Palms, j.ooo tons coal. As results of the continued strong current Sat- The dismasted schooner William S. Crosthwaife urday, the grain loaded barge Schuylkill ran .no™! in tow of tug Don- this morning Esti-Righteenth street bridge, losing her jibboom and pa**3 damage, $2,000, including anew main-bowsprit, and damaging the bridge. The barge wmt and mamtopmast, mizzenmas^ fore and Biunette ran into Twenty-second street bridi The steamship H. E. Packer, in tow, and the schooner Mystic came iru collision in the harbor. The Mystic was damaged to some extent, several stanchions being broken. AND ANOTHER. The schooner Scud, towin boom at Clark street bridge. The propeller Monitor struck Rush street bridge at 11 o'clock last night, doing some damage. Special Telegram to The Inter Occam. Sheboygan, Wis., May 13>.—The schooner Condon was released to-day Uvy the life-saving crew and the tug Kitty Smoke. Her deck load of lumber was unloaded on the beach before she and also did damage CXYDE AUAIN AGROUND. The steamship Clyde, coming down the South Branch, grounded again Saturday night, ¦ at Adams street bridge. She was no obstruction, however. PAINFUL ACCIDENT. Among the sight-seers at the Tacoma Iblockade Saturday morning was Mr. George Kirklham, i he Secretary of the Vessel Owners' Tug CtonTpahy. In stepping from the deck of the piropeiler Koanoke to a lumber pile, the board acroses broke and lie fell a distance of twenty feet, sustaining severe but not dangerous injuries. Hiss escape from death was a narrow one. 0 DISASTERS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Buffalo, N. Y., May 12.—Mr. John Kelder-house received a telegram from Conneaut announcing the dismasting of the schooner W. S. Crosthwaite off that port Thursday evening, | during a heavy squall, and asking that a tug be sent to tow her to Buffalo. No particulars were I given as to the extent of the injuries. The tug lost her jib- f Anna P. Dorr went to her assistance last night. The ¦Crosthwaife is owned by Mr. Kelderhouse and Captain Mcllvee, her commander, and is, your correspondent understands, insured in some of the companies represented here by Captain Lorenzo Dimmick. SpecialTelegnim to rI"he Inter Ocean". South Chicago, Hi., May 12.—On enter harbor to-day the Massachusetts hugged the bottom at the mouth of the Calumet River. After a wrestle of about an hour bv the tugs Hatlladay could be pulled off. She is leeaking badly, and and Boiler, she was brought into the slip. was towed to Manitowoc to be dlocked for repairs. main booms and gaffs, foreyard, and minor j) rigging. Special Telegram to The later Ocean. Cheboygan, Mich., May 13.—Down—Stmr Ks* weenaw. Several large tows passed up to-day. Wind, northwest; moderate. Clear and freezing; I Pobt Huron, Mich., May 13.—Noon passages, 1 twelve hours—Up—Tug Bob Anderson and schr f Monticelio, tug Bolton and schr C. P. Minch, tug I Metafnora and barges, steambarge Iron Chief and I barges, David Dows, steambarge Henry Hov and consort Freiling, tug Telephone. Down—Tug I Gladiator and sehr Emma, C. Hutchison, pron j City of Concord and consort, ssearnbavge Oscoda, j tng Kellogg and schrs G. Sherman and Parana, I tug Colton and schi: James Wa.dc. THE KIVJEBS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Detroit, Mich., May 15.—Up—Prop Ogemaw. Down—Props Lehigh, James Fisk, Jr.; schr N. C. West. May 16.—Up—Props Mary Jarecki and consort, Philadelphia; schrs Delaware, Bed, White and Blue, D. B. Bailey, North Cape. Thomas Par-sous, and Southwest. Down-Props Clyde. H. Von, Mackinaw and barge, Columbia and schr Camden: schra Donaldson, C. C. Barnes. Wind north, light; weather clear. BOBT Hubon, Mich., May 16.—Passages forpast f twelve hours: Down—Tug Champion and schrs C. C. Barnes and Donaldson, steam-barge Columbia and schr Camden. Rteam-Wri™ qqi-."«« —^ The scow s. r>. uonKUn, with, limestone, from Keller's Island to this point, rain ashore Thurs- fright at Lorain' while tfymig to make the j?»i4"v***«"*« -—----------- —y- harbor/to seekrefuge from thevsquall, pounded ]nterva!sdurnig snowstorms oi'foggy weatlu .s ,)n roi;ks ail(l considerably daunaged. The tug to be placed inchargceoi Captain L.Hudgm. lhe ..P)0!t,m weilt ti0 her to-dav"witln a'steam-pump. itettelftSitttfi dftii.lT in.....iim................'"W^hrr owned bv Captain Thonnas Sanders, and Captain J. M. Mitcihell, of South Haven, Mien".; |valued at $1,500; no insurance, S. M. Hamlin, of Cacsco, Mich., and George EV ^^^^^^^™ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .__, ______ . eorge rester, of Buffalo, have bought the propeller Huntress oi Captain Jacob imson. The Huntress will run in the rreigmt and passenger trade between South Haven i and Chicago. She cleared from Buffalo for Souvfch Haven on Saturday. Mr. Forrester was at one1 time employed on the local staff of the Buffalo 1 Express. His many friends wish hinifjuej ' ' " ------- Arrived—Prop Atlantic, M:ackinaw, mdse. Cleared—Prop Krie, Prescott, nudse; prop Atlantic, Mackinac, mdse; schr Sumatra, Marquette, coal; schr Wabash, Portage,, coal; sehr J. B* Kitchen, Escanaba, coal; scow Omward, Amherstburg, coal. Wind southeast, ligiht; weather fine. _ Pobt HuboN, Mich., May 12.—Vessel passages §for the past twenty-four homrs: Up—Props Clarion, Chicago, St. Louis: steaimbarges Whiting cLptain JenkinT^invardat WalkervUle, wheVe"land consort, Forest City and .consort, Egyptian ,V Transit and Michigan were bnilt, and thef^d consort, JfCmg and barges, Ackley, D. Lut FREIGHTS. The rate claimed to rule on corn to Buffalo Sat- . urday was 2-ijc; wheat, 8c. The steamship j Whitney and her tow, taken for corn to Kingston, get 57yc or 6c. Charters Saturday were: NO TIDINGS. THE SKIFF AND THBEE MEN OUTSIDE. No tidings have been received of the three men who were caught in the northwest storm Monday If fc=3 fcrrd £3=3 S C3 \~K3 2 02 I S In 5 << sat -a 5' &o *-3 | the ...«*.=.* „.............__ .._ Orea,tWestern i">ut ttogether, has been rented by the Qrsnd Tnmk Railway Company, and the blocks are beiui; gcot teddy ioi puttlug together the new iron transfer steamer now buildinfr on the Clyde, in Scotianxtl. The first sections o£ the new steamer are expected in about six ¦¦".!«. imUII IJloVlul—^WBef1 "IteSTsiS lor has been out for somte time, but owing to the fact that a number of imsuracce companies did not contribute toward thee expense of getting up the new books, they havee not been distributed to all the agencies as has boeen the case in past years. The new register is ome of the finest yet brought out and is highly crecditable to those instructed with the work of comnpiling it. The American and Canadian vessels aree embraced in one volume, making it much morce convenient than last season. The register shlows that neither pains nor money were spared iin getting it up. VARICDTJS PORTS. Special Telegram to The 5 Inter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis.., Mav 15.—Charters—Prop Commaugn, 30,000 Ibu of wheat to Buffalo on through rate; schrs Monquagon, 22,000 bu of rve to Buffalo at 2^-icc; H. M. Scove, wood from Charlevoix, $2; Rob Bov, wood from Sister Bay, $2. Arrived from boolow—Sehr Pewaukee and steambarge D. Ballenttine and consort. Northwest. Cleared for Escanaba—Schr Richard Winslow and steambarge Alcona a-md consort, San Diego. For Tonawanda—Schr Mocntana, For Chicago—Steambarge W. H. Barnum.. Dennis Black, auniion seaman of Cleveland, 40 years of age, was drowned in the harbor. was in a srmall boat, and thinking rat he was going to doe struck by a tug attempted o jump on the scow I 0, L. Fick, but fell into the 11 is body was ; recovered. The coat «>t" repainting the wrecked schooner Ketcham will be »2.007fl.«l. Special 'b legram to Tahe Inter Ocean. Cleveland, Ohio*), May 17.—Arrived—Prop Mary Mills. Ogdensbburg, mdse. C'ioarcd—Schrs Lucerne, Milwaukee, , coal; Morning Star, Depere, coal. Ther.' has been i no material change in coal ¦ freights Bince the tasfel reduction. The rates being I offered m Erie Ashhabula, and Buffalo have an upward tendency, amid it is thought by many that the freighl on ooaJ w\iil rise to 70c. A tew offers of 60c were made at Buffalo yesterday. The following charters weree reported: Schr Mary Lyons, eo;d, Cleveland too Brockville, $1.25 per ton; sehr llivaal, coal, Cleveland to Prescott, $1.30 i per ton; schr M. S. Bacon, coal, Clevelanud to Chicago, GO cents per ton; schooner John i Sheutte, coal, Cleveland to Racine, 60 cents; scchooner John Tibbits, lime-Celly's Islandi to Fairport, $2.25 per cord; Jessie Soarrth, coal, Lorain to Ontario, private terms; schoomers Swallow.and Boady, ore, ^levelanid. $1 per ton. and barges, Germania and bareges, Benton and Lugs Kate Willianisi, Masters with schrs Kellowcrai't and Geo. Stccele. Downv-Tugs John Owen, with schrs Sawyer and Champion; Moore, Prank Moffatt, with schr:1 M. F. Wamble, Sweepstakes with schr Oummhugs; steambarges Rawley, with schrs Lucrete andl Gfifford, Robert Holland and barges, steamer Ward. Arrived Down—Barge Danford and schr Flying Cloud. pi LUTH, Minn., May 12.—Tlhe Empire State, from Buffalo, the first boat of tlhe season, arrived late to-night. . She passed thrcough heavy ice at Sault Ste Marie. Several other b;oats are now due. South CbiqAgo, 111., May 112.—Arrived—Propeller Massachusetts, from Escatnaba, with 1,625 tons of iron ore for the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company; schooner Merriimac, from Escanaba, with 1,700 tons of iron one for the Nortl\ Chicago Rolling Mill Compa SrnH-uii Telegram to The Inter Occam. Grand Haven, Mich., May 112.—The City of, Milwaukee has been refitted, amd will make her! first i rip of this season to-morrenw. She will makq daily trip* on the Grand Havcen and Milwaukee Line for the balance of the seas«on. Special Telegram to The Inter Oceiim. schr Camden, steam-barge Salina and consort. Up—Steam-barge Oscoda, tug Sweepstakes and schrs Kelderhouse and Marengo, tug Crusade and schrs Wells Burt, Angus Smith, James Paige, and D. Stewart; stmrs Flora Ward, Pearl, steam-barge Sanilac. LAKE SUPERIOR. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Maequette, Mich, May H>.—Steamboat captains report Lake Superior as still being full of ice, but badly broken. They can make all ports with but little difficulty. WELLAND CANAL. Special Telegram '.to The Inter Ocean. Poet Colborne, Ont., May I.6.—Passed TJp— Schr Jennie White, Oswego to Toledo, coal; Oriental, Kingston to Toledo, light; Albatross, Port Dalhousie to Toledo, light; steambarge Al-UviUU™c0uow)«nj!ionaay bion.and barge Ark, Port Dalhousie to Chicago, evening in a skiff on the lake, and ("unless pieke/l light. ^^^KbbYSsIssVbV^H op by some vessel) th^y are doubtless lost. The names arc John Jacques, Herman Johnson, and Caleb Erickson. Jacques and Erickson leave wives and families. So far as can be learned, Johnson was single. Some of the tugmen, indulging in guess work, said yesterday afternoon to a group of reporters: "Oh, they must be safe, or we would hear more about it. They are probably somewhere in the city en a drunk." investigation, however, makes the case more discouraging. The men left home Monday morning, and up to 8 o'clock last night they Lad not been heard from. They went out to work on the lake crib of the Fullerton avenue conduit Monday morning, and would be starting for the shore from there at about 6 o'clock in the eveninc. Cleveland, Ohio, May 15.-AM was("SS." scow S. B. Conklin went to piecces at Bla^JJJ^ during last night's storm, the tswo steam pumps on board going to the bottom. ... _+rtn- The scow Homer H. Hine, loaded with stone, ^Isowent ashore at Black Biven: m last nigniB storm. The crew was saved. -*««. vipro The harbor tug Cal Davis sunk; m the™*»™ luring the night. Weather lime; north-nortn ;ast wind. ' Special "i clegrani to The Inter Oceean, Vn-ir CI'olboene, Ont., May s;:!.-The balance of The wind, which had been heavy from northeast, changed to northwest shortly after (> o'clock, and it is feared that the men were on the way in their little skiff when this sudden change came. After a long search, a reporter last evening found the residence of Mrs. Erickson, and learned from her that no tidings had been received from her husband or his two companions, so far as she could learn. She did not know the other two men, and she says that her husband probably did not know them until Monday morning, when he was assigned to work with thorn. Mrs. Erickson hopes that some vessel has picked the party up, and that they will be landed at some port in safety. FBEIGfHTS. Corn .to Buffalo, 2^c; corn to Sarnia, 2iSc The charters were: J. C. Gilchrist is the owner of the scow H. H. Hines, wrecked at Lorain. Her valuation is *3.-500. The propeller Annie-Laura and the tng Carpenter are in dry dock at the Chicago Company's yard. *VJ.kJ. v,^~v— ^, .-—, .¦—..----- ---¦¦ . r Captain Minsky, formerly of the schooner News- the up fleet which were wind-boound here left laso t)0y5 js uow m command of the steambarge night. Arrived Down To-day -Schooner h. b. Monitor. Gardner, Chicago to Kingston, corn; prop Tht The. Oregon, Escanaba, M. M. Drake, James Northerner, Chicago to Ogdensburg, Corn. x*« DaVid'sonTfil'^ilT^nr«"ft"'R-~TT^a.i5""rT^i 'wiT™ .....mt a portion of her cargo betox^ ^ *"^f2P,"v£SS ' - Hazard* and Lllen The schr Hulisted, which passed »Pfv left yesterday. Northerner will light a portion of her pte sing through. The schr Hulisted, \------- down yesterday morning, ran on the canal bauK. lhe schooner Lookout has finished her repairs, below Wedand audit was several hours before she made at the Chicago Company's yard, and is ooultt be got ofl'. This delayed her in the canal ready for sea again. over Sunday. WELLAND CAMAL. Special Telegram to The Inter Oe<ean. Poet Coleoene, Ont., May 177.—Passed Down— Schrs Parana, Chicago to Kingston, corn; Senator Blood, Detroit to Ogdensburg, wheat. Up—Prop Sagimfw Valley, Ogdensburg to> Chicago, general cargo; stmrs Magnet and Spaartan, Montreal to Fort William, general cargo. The propeller New York became disabled in her machinery and returned to the harbor yesterday. She left again last night. Captain Franklin, of the underwriters of Chicago is .here looking after the schooner E. P. Beals, which is to be docked to-morrow. The body of Dennis Black, the sailor drowned in the harbor, was sent to Cleveland to-night. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Maequette, Mich., May Id.—Passed up—Prop Japan. Passed down—Props St. Paul and Samuel F. Hodges. The George B. Sloan, from Chicago, was short | twenty-two bushels at Kingston. The Fort and ; Trumpff had some bushels over. The schooner Nevada, with coal, is the first arrival in Chicago from Lake Ontario for the season of 1883. She came in yesterday. The schooner Kent is receiving new wire rigging and sails. She is to have topmasts and jib-boom, and will sail alone as formerly. The new iron shoe of the steamship Tacoma is being forged at South Chicago. The Tacoma will hardly get away before to-morrow evening. The iron tug built by the Union Dry-dock Company for C. L. Dunbar, which careened and sank in Blackwell Qa,nal several days ago, has been raised. The damage to the schooner L. J. Clark is not as much as first reported, which was about $1,- j 500. Captain McLeod says that it will amount [ to nearly $700. The Wo-co-ken was detained in port several | hours by tiie breaking of her air-pump. The | Clarion was also detained awhile by the parting of i her wheel-chains. Coining down the harbor yesterday the propeller ! Cuba, of the Commercial Line, had a collision, in which her upper works on the starboard bow suffered to some extent. J. W. Warner's steam pump, sunk with the scow B. B. Conklin, is insured for $1,200. Captain Bradley's pump, also sunk with the Conklin, is valued at $4,000, with no insurance. TUMBLING FEEIGHTS. As a vessel-owner put it yesterday, the fates seem to be against sail-vessels. The cargo insurance pool discriminates against B 1 sail vessels and the steamers are taking cargoes so cheap that sail crafts will be completely driven out of the Buffalo grain trade. The steamship Inter Ocean was chartered yesterday morning at 21-te on corn to Buffalo, the lowest figures accepted thus far this season. Most other craft chartered during the day obtained 2%), The "entering wedge" is in, however* and it is feared that the rate to-day will be as low as 2c. Storage expired yesterday. To Sarnia, it is understood that vessels got 2c on the j The new tug Red Cloud, built by Samuel Gib-I son, with machinery by David Bell, left Buffalo ¦ yesterday for Ashtabula, where she will engage in harbor towing. She is owned by George Field and another party, and is an excellent and powerful craft. The damage sustained by the propeller Gordon Campbell was more severe than at first supposed. She will be in the dry-dock a week yet. She ' pavs $-10 a day above the regular dock expenses for taking the turn of a steamer which had the Hrtok engaged. :n. On a cargo of corn and wheat to Kingston, s steamship D. M. Wilson received 5:Uc. Char-