TTIE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 19, 1911. R SEATTLE DOUBTS BURNS DISCOVERY Conclusiveness of Detective's Graft Evidence Is Questioned. CONSPIRACY CRY MADE WappcnMela Protege ot Plnker ton. Rival of Land-Ftaad Slentb. Sorters, Say Few. F-i-Chlef Saja Little. SUVTTLE. Wui. Feb. II. -(Special Has Detective W. J. Bums "rot tho amis' on C. W. Wappensteln. Chief of Police during the administration of Jlsy or GUI. or Is the former secret service cfflcer. who made a rreat reputation la tho land fraud ctm. merely carrying cut a sustained bluff ? Tho question arplles with tremendous f jrce to tho situation In fattie today, but It will not bo answered until attar t.v.o ex-Chief or Police has boon In dicted and fares his accusers In court. Certain It Is that at tho outset of tho (riHBt disclosure. whV-h already has been a seven-days sensation. Burns was Muffing: but whether ho has succeeded la stampeding the members of the so- eatled vt-e syndicate Is open to question. On his own behalf. Hums has said that The has a stack of evidence a mile Men. and doesn't jseed any more: and on the other hand, there Is a fiat denial, by a very few that there ever was such a thine as a vti-e syndicate, and by a mora numerous array that If such an organi sation ever flourished here that fact can not bo erovrd. There Is not tho leavt doubt that Burns. annealing suddenly In this ety-at tn very moment Oeorre W. Dtlling became Mayor and Claude Bannlck. Chief of Po lice played bis cards WHO acuienss ana faiesso. Its took columns of news paper apaco In telling how ho had "got tho goods on Wappy; how tho members of t ho syndicate bad become panic stricken with the result that each had tictrayed the others; how further die closure, thongs not reeded, would bo -! vel from those ahoso guilty arts -aero already known. If they make a statement In their O' Vefore Prosecuting Attorney JIurrhy. Having continued cared to sn behalf John F. extremely voluble for three daVs. Bums suddenly baa closed op tight as a clsm. and Is row discreetly dumb as to what he ex pect to accomplish. "Wappj" Cries "Conspiracy." Wappensteln Is not talking much: but Ire has said that nobody would welcome a Grand Jury rroro than ho. "I want It." ho says, "because I am tired of tho stories that have been print ed In these reports that have not tho lightest foundation la fact. Tho people who are fighting mo hare simply dug up the say-so and hearsay stuff that has tneen gathered from time to time slmo I entered fflco. It has been a con spiracy from start to finish, prompted by elfuh and spiteful motives, and It has had tho effect of making tho name of eattla a reproach la every city In tho T'nlted States. Tho court, not tha news paper. Is tho place to pro ire whether a man Is Innocent or guilty. It Is oafy a coincidence that Allen THnkerton reached Seattle a day or two after Burn 'had sprung his trap, baited for Wappensteln. Tho e-Chlef of Po'lce Is a rtnkerton man. tho pro fe of William A. Plnkerton. who has always thought highly of Ms abilities In the lino of work that made tho fam ily famous. There Is another fact that may have prompted Wappenstetn'a re mark that back of tho investigation was tho spur of "spiteful and selfish motives." It Is that tho Burns Infec tive Agency has taken from tho Flnk ertons the contract with tho American bankers' Association for running down safecrackers and other thieves, who have tho daring to try to break Into banks: but tho 1'lnkertons on their own account have mada notable captures of bank robbers. . Tn support of his claim that ho has the "goods on Wappy." Burns has been quoted as saying that ho has extracted confession, among others, from Gld Tupper and Clarence Gerald. If thin 1 true, tho other side Immediately asks. "Whr. then, tho necessity for a grand J'iryr- Club Krcord With Barn. Since Wappensteln Is tho man wanted before atl others, and tho Prosecuting Attorney baa tho evidence, there Is every reason why tho case should go to trial on Ir formation. Instead of tho cumbersome and expensive method of Indictment, but Wappensteln. who has declared that ho would welcome a speedy trial rather thao an Inquiry that r-ur drag along for a year, has indicated confidently that, "they can't prove it-" Tupper reputed connection with graft cornea, not so ranch from his own ership In a saloon at (SI Sixth Avenue, a from tho charge that ho was presl cmt of the Northern Club, a gamblers' organisation: and It Is said that Burns bee certain records of that club, which e will bso with telling effect when tho time comes. Hums' finesse appears la tha method I.e. employed, against Tapper. Tha Oetectlvo nabbed his quarry tho Instant Wappensteln waa drtvea from office, oa tho theory that as long as Wappensteln remained Chief, fear of him would close the mouths of witnesses. Burns, there fore. reaMted hia helplessness until J'innlrk had .been sworn In. At that Instant Tupper became his prey and. It Is declared, that In tho third-degree process that followed, tho president of tho gambling club gave tho whole gam away. A similar report has been circulated about Clarence Gerald, widely known aa tho proprietor ot tho cafe bearing his name. Gerald's relative standing la the community may be guaged by tha fact that In tho week, proceeding the Jeffries-Johnson fight, ho waa a somewhat conspicuous figure at Reno, -where ho was once a waiter In Thomas' restaurant. It was a great triumph for Gerald, that no the Sunday before tho fight ho could entertain at that very restaurant, a group of lively Seattle millionaires, and they went by auto mobile, fully 14 ot them, to tho feast winch Gerald spread In tho establish ment where, a few years before, ho had been only a humbla employe. Gill's Hands Clean. Now cornea Bums, saying that both Tupper and Gerald have "coughed up'" all tbey know. But have they 7 that Is tie qetr!lon. Is it really "tho goods on Wsppv?" Will tho ex-Ch!ef of Folic, whose adroitness snd ability have won the admiration of a Plnkerton. escape from tho net an adversary weaves about fclm? Caa Burna "provo Itr The one man, whom both sides are I-aving aiono la "HI" Gin. Ho Is not In volved. "Nobody doubts hie honesty," Is the edict that has gone forth from tho Prosecuting Attorney and his powerful allies. The conclusion only emphasises (he statement made months a to that ; ail GUI needed to do to retain his office to Lave removed Wappeostala as CMef of Police. But Gin. with the loyalty and stuboornnets for which he Is noted, flatly refused and the Mayoralty of Seattle la the price he has paid. A comment from a unique oourre has appeared In tho North American Times, of Seattle, ono of the few Japanese dally newspapers published In tho United Stales. It discusses the effect on busi ness, rather than tho fate of tho men accused, as tho result of the recall election, saying In part In Its English section: "Some business men down town who bare been getting fat by feeding on tho worms of vice and lawlessness may sur fer a reduction In tho bulk of the bus! nesa that they hare been conducting so fsr. But there Is no reason why too city should be left In a state of disorder and Indecency Juex because these lew worm-eaters want to smaas their putrid pennies- If tho reform ad ministration hurts their business, they should change the.r business Instead of expecting the city to accommodate them by compro msjlng with them. The new Chief of Police. Bannlck. Is a young man. As ho has been on the beat around the J a pa neea section of the city's downtown dis trict, ho knows all about the conditions exlatlnc there. Wo are g!sd to have a THIRTTEX - VF.AR - OLTI LID Witt ORtTORIC.tL HON ORS AT I.IMOL.V-O.IV CaXEBHATIOSi. v; VfT . . . . t -eeaj - ,f .'- " f r ' - X J J I! I. B. Boveea, Jr. BAKER. Or, Feb. 15. (Spe cial.) Tho above cut la that of I. B. Bowen. Jr.. son of I. B. Howen editor of tho Morning Democrat of this city. Tho young man la IS years of ago and waa tho winner of tho High Hchool and Eighth Grade ora- orical contest on Lincoln day at St. Francis Academy, tho young man representing tho Eighth Grade. - man who knows us. and who. knowing as. can give ua attention, either In way of protecting us. or If we have dono any thing wrong In punishing us. In both situations wo are willing, nay rather anxious, to help the Chief and bis sub ordinates In the work of putting tho city oa Its beaitry legs." TAGOMA PADS MOST CEXSUS BCTtEAU 1SSCES STATE MENT OF RETCRXS MADE. WASHINGTON PLAN FOR WEEK HEAVY Legislature Outlines Discus sion of Many Important Measures. SOLONS GET DOWN TO TASK Portland Enumerator With bnt One) or Two Exceptions, Take) Cor rect Figures, la Said. WASHINOTO.V, IX C. Feb. 11. Spe- daX A statement Issued by the Census Bureau today on padding of census re turns from cities, shows that more In accuracies were found In the original returns from Tacoma than from any other city In the United Platen, while Portland stands second and (Seattle third. Tho statement givea the population of tho various cltlea whero padding was i discovered, tho first column being the population as originally returned, and tho second 'column the number of names cut off by the Census Bureau. North weetern cities are: rnrtlsnd 2t;.V 1S.T4S A trd n . l.tll l.tv.H llelllnsham 27. 1W4 I.jve t'wntriftitA S.OU 7"4 :vrtt 2. "U 1MH llequalm S.1M MenlMae ' 3.UH4 4!o Mtcie H.J 11. it Feakane u0..1 t:M Ticomi liezTo si:."-:t Walla Walla -iu.73 VUW The report states that many cases of padding where known wrongful Intent Is shown against enumerators have been reported to the Department of Justice, and prosecutions are likely to follow in tha near future. It has heretofore been announced, however, that with one or two exceptions no deliberate attempt at fraud la charged against Portland enu merators. Several prosecutions are like ly In Tacoma. Taking tba country as a whole It Is probable that tha population Is slightly overstated by tho Census Bnreau. de clares Director of tho Census Bureau Durand In hia annual report, "but whether the margin of error la a fraction ot 1 per cant or amounts to as much as I per cent, no ono can positively Know. That 1t should exceed S per cent Is cer tainly extremely Improbable." This statement Is made In tha course of his discussions of the IS cities which were overcounted. Declaring his Inten tion to make an Investigation of cen. sus-taklng abroad, to discover means for materially Improving the work In tha United States, tho director slates: "It may be that the present methods of taking tho census here are as nearly perfect as is possible." It was necessary after careful inves tigation, the director says, to correct the population figures for some 11 cit ies ot tho United States, whose census rsturns had been Inaccurately made or "padded." either Intentionally or through carelessness or error. Tsklng up the cost of the census taking, the director thinks It will ex ceed Its original estimate by J1S1.000. The entire coet of field work on popu lation and agriculture was abont Sa.gSS, lot. an Increase over 1900 of about II. 117.(04. or approximately JT4 per cent. Compensation Act, Insurance Code, Connty Unit Act, Initiative- and Referendum and Road Bills Are la Grist. OL.TMPIA. Wash.. Feb. IS. (Special.) Tho legislature has really got down to hard work and has tor Its schedule next week a number of measures considered of much importance. Such meaaures as the worklngmen's compensation act, the Insurance code, tho county unit or local option bill, the bill revlrang the banking laws and tho bill amending the present highway law will come up fur final action. The Senate will consider for the first time' the initiative and referendum bill. the House having already passed two bills on direct legislation, one amend ing the constitution permitting the Initia tive and the other providing for the op eration of the initiative and referendum. It la expected that these bills will have hard sledding In the Senate as it la known tlist a large percentage of tho members are not eitrongly In favor of direct legislation. It is understood that the rVnate Is about evently divided on tho direct legislation Issue. Insurance Code Itetlscd. The Insurance code which was drafted by a special commission appointed by tho Legislature two years ago. has been amended In commlttca to such an extent that It has been found necessary to re print It. The revived bill Is ready for consideration and will go to third read lng Monday nlglit. The bill Is unusually long and It Is expected that It will take four hours or mora to resd It. Accord ingly, discussion of tho measure will not be had until Tuesday. There la con siderable oppoaitlon to tho bill, coming principally from Insurance underwriters ot Pan Francisco and many of the agenta In this slate representing tho San Fran cisco Interesta The worklngmen's compensation bill Is on tho calendar for Monday in tho House. Inls bill Is attracting unusual attention and It Is expected that It will bo discussed thoroughly before It la put to anal vote. The measure a-as Intro duced by Guvnor Teata, ot Tacoma. "It la an act declaring for tho com pulsory Insurance of all persons employed in bssardous employment In the State of Washington, and while the principle la not new to students of political science. It has not yet beon tried to any great extent, said Mr. Teata Costa Consume Funds. "Under present conditions very Uttl of the money paid out by tho employer or by the Insuranoe companies for him, reaches the Injured person: the larger portion of It being absorbed In tha costs and expenses of trials and attorney fees. This act provides and designates what Is hazardous employment, and fixes tha rata ot premium to bo paid by tho dif ferent classes of employers. For In nance. all sawmills would pay a certain per cent upon their pay rolls. Just as they now pay the casualty companies, which amount goes Into what Is known as the accident fund. Out of thla fund there shall be paid to tha injured person what. ever amount may be due lilm under the schedules as arranged In such bllL If he wens killed, and left a widow, she would be paid a monthly sum of 30 until tha sum of teMO has been paid, and If the deceased left surviving him a widow and children, she shall be psld the sum of f3 for herself, and Jo each for the children, not however, exceeding the sum of IB a month; tho said sum of S3 month to be paid until the said sum of HCuo is exhausted. l'rompt Payment Demanded. "In case of partial disability, the amounts vary; and the amounts fixed In tho schedule to bo paid the Injured person must be paid at once, regard less of any act of the Injured person contributing to said Injury, except where a person wilfully Injures him self. Tha administration of this de partment, which is to be known as the Industrial Insurance Department of Washington. Is to bo lodged In a com mission of three, at a salary of $3690 a year." In addition to the premium to be paid by the employer, there Is also to be created the "first aid fund," of which tho employer pays one-half, and the employe one-half; the amount varying from H cent a day each to t centa a day each. The act also has necessary restrictions and limitations compelling employers to safeguard machinery. One of the big fights likely to take place In the Senate before the end of CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT "Wo issua tho following interest 'bearing . certifi cates of deposit: On 10 days demand... 2 On SO days demand. VA On 60 days demand... 3 On 90 days demand... i On 6 mos. fixed time. .3 On 12 mos. fixed time. 4 These certificates are issued in any amounts re quired. . , . Merchants Savings & Trust Company S. W. Corner 6th and Washington Streets ft. U. Fear, Presldeat. V II lard Case, Vlce-Pv"-O. O. Bortanseyer, Cashier. B. M. Ualdea, Asst. Cashier. FIRST PHOTOGRAPH .FROM THE NEW HAWTHORNE LIFT BRIDGE. the week will be over the county-unit bill. Of the 42 members of -the Senate, It Is understood that 2S ara lined up for the bill, leaving 17 as the minority to oppose It In behalf of the "wet" ele ment of the state. This bill is said to be In direct lino with Governor Hay's political scheme and Its pass age la the senate seems certain. The House will probably defeat tha meas ure. The new banking code Is also ached. uled to go to third reading In the Sen ate In the week. This bill provides for a guaranty banking fund for the protection of depositors of state banks. The measure has been discussed little recentlr but It Is understood that pres sure Is being brought against It quietly and It Is doubtful if It will pass. The bill relating to tho improvement of publlo highways and providing for the payment of the cost or roads has been made a special order for Monday afternoon In the House. Farmers Against It- Farmers throughout ths state ara making a hard fight against this bill, and particularly against the provision of the bill that virtually places the State Highway Commissioner In abso lute control of road construction. This provision gives the Commissioner the power to Investigate and pass upon tha merits of any road Improvement demanded. The farmers believe this would place too much power in the hands of ths Commissioner. They want every county to do its own road-build lng and still have its share of the state road funds without being under tne dictates of the Stat Highway Com missioner. Jdost of the opposition to the meas ure comes from the eastern part of the state. The West Side seems to be lined up for the bill as It now stands. Some of the members of the House want the highway tax rut from 1 to H mill. In accordance with the Senate aotlon taken on this subject several days ago. . Members of both houses seem to be favorable to the bill Introduced In the House providing for the appointment of a board of five commissioners to pre pare preliminary plans for a Washing ton State exhibit at the ranama-Paclno Exposition In San Francisco In 1916. The exhibit and bulldlnp are not to cost over 1250.000. The bill Includes $:S,000 for the commission. 1 ;.."" lAtwite Photographed for The J. K. Gill Co. GRAND JURY PROBE STARTS Seattle Saloonkeeper Jtlrvt Witness, Said to Have Confessed. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. IS. The grand Jury called to Investigate charges of grafting In the Seattle police depart ment began bearing evidence today, half a doxen subpenas having been. Issued as soon as the Jury was organized. Judge John F. Main in his charge to the jury urged expedition. Indictments are ex pected in a few days, a great mass of evidence being already in hand. Gideon Tupper. a saloonkeeper and al leged member of the vice syndicate, was the first witness. According to Petectlve Hums. Tupper has made a full confes sion and turned over his books, contain ing evidence of the vice syndicate's pay ments to the police for gambling and slave-pen privileges. The buildings numbered are: 1, Selling; 2, Corbett; 3, Yeon; '4, "Wells Fargo; 5, Spalding; 6, Kailway Exchange; 7, Chamber Commerce- Gill's. The photograph was taken from the top of the bunkhouse of the Lift; forty, feet above the towers and two hundred feet above the water. Gill's. Ilave YOU an office in any of these buildings? Gill's. Or do you contemplate moving into any of them1? Gill's. Or are you located in any of the older buildings! Gill's. Briefly, whether you are a professional man, a retailer, a wholesaler, a job ber, a manufacturer or a corporation, you certainly are interested in Office Fur niture and the smaller accessories. Gill's. No matter how little or how extensive your requirements may be, if you want to save money Gill's; if you want quality first goods Gill's; if you want a Desk, a Chair, a Filing Cabinet, an Addressing Machine, a Duplicating Machine or a Lead Pencil, WHEN you want it come to Portland's greatest office furniture store Gill's. Shall we send a representative, or will you call? Gill's. M 3e Hie COe AIuAsll "(Bill's ttV!fteUabllit?r 11 a a (ooeeeeaeaeeoeeeeoeee STATE COST LEAPS Washington Appropriations ' Are$l,200,000Higher. SOME FUNDS CUT DOWN have grown much In the two years and the appropriations for them are all con siderably larger than the funds appro priated two .ye s ago. The Baiversity of Washington this year will get S 16. 000. while two years ago it received $672,322. Other Institutions will re ceive similar Increases. The various appropriations are. For Governor's office 'jieuien nt-Jovrnor omc ....... Supreme Court Secretary of State Atlorner-Gnneral State Auditor State Treasurer Superintendent of Public Instruction Land CommlKilODer Runeiior Courts State Board of Control BOO 330 131.8T0 3J.OS-0 ;i8.tK0 2U.670 li.4ttO SS.UjO 1H8.0O0 120.000 au.200 POISONS NOT FOUND ANALYSIS INDICATES MABEL KING'S DEATH NATURAL. Corrallls 'Bacteriologist Falls Find Ptomaines in Intestines of Girl Who Died Recently. to Legislature Generous With Educa tlonal Institutions and Asylum Owlnjf to Great Growth Juto Mill Sum Is Knifed. w-iT.T-xtPTA. Wash- Feb. 18. (Special.) According to the budget oi ptn for operating state Institutions for the coming; blennkum. compiemu iuua, tha Joint legislative committee on ap- proprlatlons. it win cmi vyu."b." .hnt 11 SOO.0O0 more to conduct Its business than it cost the state for the last two years. The total estimate of . skiarAAAA in afiiTtrl )Ar'VIIO--e - -w ramnartlftn With ttl6 aDDrOpnU" fund created two years ajro suuwe some items nave Deen icuuv-cu ers Increased materially, inn appro priation for the Jute mill at the Walla Walla penitentiary two yearn $275,000. while tho amount suggested . nmpnt committee is $191,540. For the ttate Horticultural Commls nrrioA hut I1Z.200 was appro- nrii.i two venrs tiro and tho present v . ml- -,AA AAA Tha amount recommenaea i ddltlonal funds are to pay uio - ... . ...Vr.p.t. In penses of rieia inspectors the state. Educational institutions ana asyiums Vancouver Veterans of J'paniih-American War Hold First Reunion Leahy Tries to Stop Inquiry. TOFEKA. Kan, Feb. 18. David D. Leahy, private secretary to Governor btubbs. who has made charges against the Kanaas S-nate. Is ready to quit. At noon today Mr. Leahy sent a lengthy letter to tha Senate asking that tha Investigation end. He makes his plea on the ground that It Is costing the state too much. The Senate refused to hava the case dropped and It will be resumed Monday. earnest Library Is Proposed. ' ORA.VT3 PASS. Oa.. Feb. 11 (Spe cial.) There Is a movement In this city backed by tae Men's Club to make application to. take the benefit of the Carnegie Library building plan for a public library- So far as reference and reading books ara concerned for pupils the. publlo school library Is suf- 1 . ' et rz i . 7 'it f e . SI a- 0 t L if ' ' It U V -Hi :.""V-;-xsf-f- TEN MEMBERS OF COMPAJtT G, WASHINGTON VOLUNTEERS. Tax Commissioners ... ., 2-?,?.'i I State Library Law IJbrary Traveling Library Labor Commissioner ............... Railroad Commissioner Board of Health Dairy and Food Commissioner OH inspector Insurance Commissioner Stat Veterinarian Horticultural Commission Mining inspector Bank Examiner Fish Commissioner Fire Warden Hotel inspector Western Hospital for Insane Eastern Hospital for Insane School for Blind School for Deaf Northern Hospital for Insane State penitentiary Training School Soldiers' Home Veterans Home Institution for Feeble-Minded State Reformatory University of Washington State College Kllensburg Normal ................ Belllngham Normal Cheney Normal - -- State Bureau of Inspection Public Offices Capitol Governor's mansion State Fair Southwestern Washington Fair pay Judgments against state Board of Equalization Payment of deficiencies Public printing Tax on state lands For miscellaneous purposes . . 7.U00 18.1)00 6.000 8n.ro 85.200 40.000 42.600 18,800 S9.SO0 12,500 100.00 8.400 88.400 No trace of ptomaines or of other poisonous substance was found in the intestines of Mabel. King, a 5-year-old child who died a week ago shortly after dinner. Information to this effect was received yesterday by Coroner Norden from the laboratory of the Oregon Agri cultural College, where an analysis was made by Dr. Peterson, bacteriologist. This leaves the authorities at a loss to account for the fatal Illness of the 15,200 child and tho severe sickness that seized Si m ' tno ntl,e"' a"1 several other children rf 47T306 i tho family. Acute inflammation of the 428!287 j Intestines was tho d'rect cause. Fur 43.481 I ther Investigation is to be made as to the contributing cause. B15 475 Coroner Norden says he Is now satis-, 153,703 ' fled that liver eaten by the child had 128.420 ' nothing to do w'th her death. Nor is there anything to indicate poison of any nature had anything to do with tha tragedy. The fact that nearly the en tire family was seized with the same ailment after eating dinner indicates that there was a common cause and that tho cause Hkely proceeded from tho 2S-400 food Monday Dr. Norden will confer with City Physician Wheeler and the State Board of Health and further inquiry Into the cause of death will be made If those officials deem it necessary- 25i.000 105.512 350,000 818,000 635.000 110,000 1 as. 000 125.0U0 43.000 10.874 30,000 H.000 1.784 400 31400 94.210 23.078 839,872 VANCOUVER. Wash, Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) The flrst reunion of Company O, Washington Volunteers, of the Spanish-American War Veterans, was held Saturday night at the home of Glen N. Ranck, who was sergeant of the com pany. These soldiers enlisted nere on the declaration of the war with Spain, and sailed from Ban Francisco for Men Ill in April. IMS. All served It months and several re-enlisted. Its men In tho. picture are all real- dents of Vancouver, and are among her prominent citizens. They are R. L. Boyer, Charles W. Hall, Ira C Cresap, George K. Thompson. H.. N. Swank, Glen N. Ranck. Fred W. Tempes. Arthur Fletcher, Charles A. Hasson and Chris A. Dunnlgan. Ira Cresap Is sheriff of Clark County; C. W. Hall Is an attorney: George E. Thompson constable ot the county; H. N. Swank Is proprietor of ths Swank Company.- -storej Glsa N. .Ranck, bas twice been elected representative from this county. s editor of the Independent-Chronicle and tho father of twins, a boy and a girl; Fred W. Tempes Is prosecuting attorney for Clark County; Arthur H. Fletcher Is proprietor of a large abstract office and banker; R. L. Boyer keeps a clothes-cleaning estab lishment; Charles Hasson is a Govern ment clerk, while Chris" Dunnigan Is sergeant of Company C First Infantry, Vancouver Barracks. ICE EMBARGO IS LIFTED Steamers Caught Off Cape Breton Escape From Imprisonment. SYDNEY". C. B- Feb. IS. The ice em bargo along the shores of Cape Breton has been partially lifted. Tho steamer Bruce, ' which maintains communication between Fort aux Basques, N. E., and Piortn tyaney. reached Loulsborg last night after a weak's imprisonment in the ico off Low Point. The Bruce, during part of her bondage was In great danger as the grinding floes threatened to crush in her sides and tno ico puea up dov her rail. So serious was her predicament that her 60 passengers left her and mada their way on foot over tho Ice to tho mainland. The government ice-breaking steamer Stanley, which also had been caught n he 4oe. freed herself yesterday ana sailed with tha mails for the Magdalena Islands la the Gulf of St- Lawrence. Appraisers of Vogt Estate Named. THE DALLES, Or.. Feb. IS. (Spe cial.) Tho County Court today ap pointed as appraisers Of tho estate af the late Maximilian Vogt. H. M. Beall, of tha First National Bank; E. O. Mc Coy, superintendent ot tho Wasco Ware house Milling Company, and M- A. Moody, of tho Moody Warehouses. The appraisement will be concluded . some time next week. Suit of Opera "Xsobel" Begins. MILAN. Feb. 18. Trial of the suit Instituted by Pietro Mascagnl, the com poser, and Eduardo Sonzogno. the music publisher against Lelbler & Co.. of New York, over tho cancellation of a contract for the production of the opera "Ysobel. was begun today. The defendant firm was not represented. Lawyers for the plaintiffs asked that they be awarded damages. Catholic Woman's League to Meet. The Cathol'c Woman's League will hold Its annual meeting Wednesday after noon at S o'clock, at 311 Stearns build ing. There will be an election of officers, and reports will be read by the presi dent and secretary. All members are requested, to bo present. Confederacy Seml-Centennial Held. MONTGOMERY. Ala. Feb. 18. The semi-centennial of the formation of the Confederacy and inauguration of Jefferson Davis was celebrated with exercises on the Capitol portico this afternoon. 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