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MARINE REVIEW. It Capt. Bernard Wilds. Capt. Bernard Wilds of Detroit, who died suddenly on board his boat, the steamer St. Paul, while crossing Lake Erie on Sunday last, had fol- lowed the lakes since he was twelve years of age. His death was due to a stroke of apoplexy, received while his boat was at Conneaut unloading. Capt. Wilds was bornin Lancaster, O., Aug. 16, 1834, and was therefore in his sixty-second year. He was the owner of considerable vessel property in time past, and had accumulated quite a large amount of Detroit real estate and other property, probably worth $75,(00, After partly con- cluding to give up the vessel business about three years ago, he again turned to sailing when he bought the St. Paul at marshall sale and was endeavoring to get a return for money expended on her. He leaves a wife and three married children. Bills Aimed Against Canadians on Lake Vessels. Members of congress who are in favor of changing the immigration laws had a hearing in the house Wednesday, and there was considerable talk of restrictions in the matter of employing Canadians on lake vessels. A measure embodying some of the features of the bill introduced some time ago by Representative Corliss of Detroit was passed, but it is hardly probably that any law regarding immigration will go through both houses Nearly all of the immigration bills contain clauses prohibiting the em- ployment of Canadians on American lake vessels, but nothing of this kind has as yet been endorsed by committee in either house. One measure that has been reported favorable is that of Representative Mahany of New York, known as H R 8,474. But before his bill was reported from committee, Mr. Mahany was made acquainted with conditions on the lakes and the bill was so changed that it will not if it becomes a law in- terfere with the custom that now prevails in hiring men for lake ships. In its original form the section of the Mahany bill that referred to the employment of Canadians on lake vessels was as follows: "That sailors and deck hands working on American vessels plying On the great lakes shal] be permanently domiciled in the United States Six months immediately prior to their working or engagement on said American vessels. The masters or owners of said vessels shall be, and are hereby, held responsible for knowingly employing all hands to man and work on said American vessel or vessels, and any master or owney permitting the working on such vessels of any alien who had not been permanently domiciled in the United States six months immediately prior to such working or employment shall be deemed guilty ofa mis- demeanor, and shall, on conviction, be find the sum of not more than $500 nor less than $300 or by a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year and not less than six months for every such offense." As amended in committee and reported to the house, this clause was changed to read as follows: "Thatit shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, company, or corporation, knowingly to employ in any man- ner whatsoever in the United States any alien who resides or retains his home in a foreign country; provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the employment of sailors, deck hands, or other employes of vessels navigating the great lakes, or the rivers tributary thereto." | Ship Yard Matters, A Detroit correspondent says: "Steamer No. 123, which I am in- formed is to be named Aragon, will, in all probability be launched Satur- day, the 23d. This is the steel lumber carrier buildin gfor C. R. Jones and others of Cleveland. The finishing of iron work on this steamer has been delayed, owing to lateness of delivery on certain material for upper works, which is now on hand and is being rapidly placed. Some changes are being made in officers' quarters forward. Bulkheads are being moved farther aft, giving more berth room, etc. Joiners are now at work on the cabins. Engines for the Aragon have been in readiness for some time past at the Dry Dock Engine Works and Supt. Calder in- tends placing them on board as now erected. This is quite a departure from the usual custom and will effect quite a saving in time and cost. The steamer North Star, which collided with the car ferry dock, punch- ing ahole in each bow, has been patched up temporarily at Oades' marine railway. The steam yacht Pastime has been out during the past week for hull repairs. She was also given a new wheel by the Frontier Iron Works." Tonnage and official numbers of lake vessels registered in the office of the United States commissioner of navigation during the week ending » May 9 are as follows: Steam--Vigilant, Buffalo, 87209 tons gross and 253.03 net, No. 161,767; R. P. Easton, Grand Haven, 19.29 tons gross, 13.12 net, No. 111,112. Sail-Algeria, Port Huron, 2,038.66 tons gross, 1,917.68 net, No. 107,222; Vinland, Port Huron, 965.12 tons gross, 873.02 net, No. 161,768; Mary EK. Dykes, Grand Haven, 44.16 tons gross, 44.16 net, No. 92,704; Fox, 9.61 tons gross, 9.61 net, No. 121,021. Unrigged--Carbonate, Buffalo, 94,07 tons gross, 94,07 net, No. 34,247; Eleanora, Buffalo, 225.70 tons gross, 225.70 net, No. 36 865. The big steel harbor tug Edna G., built by the Cleveland Ship Build- ing Co. for the Duluth & Iron Range Ry. Co.,for service at Two Harbors, is on her way to Lake Superior in charge of Capt. Cox. This tug is ex- pected to make 15 miles an hour, andshe will probably do so, as she has Babcock & Wilcox water tube boilers and very high power. Her cabins are fitted up like those of a big steam yacht, and itis probable that during the summer season the wealthy stockholders of the big Minnesota com- pany will find her very servicable for fishing and hunting excursions. Since the spring rush of dry dock work at the Ship Owners' plant, Cleveland, has been over with, that company has pushed operations on the wooden tug, which they are building for harbor service at Hnron, O. The tug is 82 by 19 by 10 feet. High pressure engines will be furnished by Clough & Witt of Cleveland and the boiler by the River Machine Works. Samuel F. Hodge & Co. fitted a wheel, last week, to the steamer Unique, which it is claimed has improved her time somewhat. Some trials between up-river ports showed an improvement which will not come amiss when all the flyers, which are looking for her scalp, get after her, although it seems to be the general impression that the little pro- peller is well able to care for herself. s David Bell of Buffalo has launched the 75-foot steel passenger vessel, which he is building for Geo. Moon and others of Buffalo, and will soon launch a smaller boat, which he is building on his own account. Repairs to the wooden steamer J. W. Morley, which struck a rock in the St. Lawrence river, and whichis in the Cleveland dry dock, will amount to about $5,000. Mr. F. P, Gordon, lake representative of Johnson & Higgins, New - York brokers, who place, withjforeign underwriters, the great bulk of risks on steel vessels of the lakes, was in Cleveland, Thursday. It is un- derstood that the proportion of insurance secured by Johnson & Higgins this year has been even larger than in past seasons, on account of no change being made in the foreign policy. The lake underwriters probably made a mistake in not only asking higher rates of insurance, but also including in their policy several restrictions that were very unsatis- factory. It is understood that Johnson & Higgins will get all insurance on the big Rockefeller fleet. The American Shipbuilder of May 14 contains a potrait and sketch of John A. Courier, marine engineer of Boston, who has for a number of years past been in charge of the machinery of steam yachts owned by John M. Forbes, and who has been interested with Mr. Forbes in direct ing attention in this country to merits of the Belleville water tube boil- ers. Mr. Courier is a very capable marine engineer. For description of steamer Coralia which appears as a supplement to this issue, see the REvizw of April 30. She is practically a duplicate of the Sir Henry Bessemer.