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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1903. SALM0NTRU8TFAILS Receivers for Pacific Packing Company. POOR SEASON THE CAUSE Concern Organised In Portland Lat AngBit Goes to Piece Gom- pany Affairs in Bad ' Shape. NEW YORK. March 4. At the request of stockholders of a large amount of de benture bonds and capital stock o the Pa cific Packing & Navigation Company, a committee has been chosen to undertake the reorganization of the affairs of the company. The committee will prepare an agreement of deposit -which will be filed with the Colonial Trust Company, as de pository. Holders of the debenture bonds and shares of stock voting trust certifi cates of the company are invited to de posit their respective securities and re ceive negotiable receipts or certificates of deposits therefor. Any depositor not as senting to the plan of reorganization when formulated, will, under the terms of the deposit agreement, have the right, with out expense, to withdraw. Thomas C McGovern, of this city, and George B. Hallock, of New Jersey, were Monday appointed receivers of the com pany jn application of the Colonial Trust Company as a creditor, and R. Pfelffer, as a stockholder. Owing to the light run last year in Puget Sound of the best and or dinarily most profitable grades of salmon. and the heavy decline in the market value of the cheaper Alaska grades, the earn ings of the company were materially re duced and the working capital as shown by a report made by the audit company, is now Inadequate for the successful opera tion of the company's business. CAPITALISTS LOSE HEAVILY. Salmon Trut Stockholders Have Lost Confidence. NEW YORK, March 4. It became known yesterday that the : Pacific Packing & Navigation Company, familiarly known as the canned salmon trust. In e forma tion of which Richard Delafleld, president of the National Park Bank, and his for mer partner, Thomas B'. McGovern, were the active factors, had been forced to the wall. Receivers were appointed yester day at Trenton by Judge Klrkpatrick, and already a reorganization committee has been appointed to gather together the shattered remnants of the latest bankrupt trust. That its affairs, were in a badly tangled condition, and that Its stockholders have lost confidence in their property were forcibly brought out yesterday by the pre vailing quotations for the company s stock. On the curb market the best bid that could be obtained for the common stock was $1 a share, and 14 for preferred stock. In the collapse of the company irreat number of prominent capitalists In the financial Jlstrict have sustained rather severe losses. of the University of "Washington; S A. Bryan, president of the "Washington Agri cultural College;" J. D. McLean, president of the University of Idaho; W. N. Ferrin. president of Forest Grove; F. B. Gault, president Whitworth College at Tacoma, and S. B. L. Penrose, president of "Whit man College. To Decide Rhodes Scholarship. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, March 4. (Special.) Dean Ferrin left yes terday for Seattle, where he will attend a meeting of the heads of the educational in stitutions of Oregon and Washington. which has been called by the English rep resentative of the Cecil Rhodes Scholar ship Fund. Each state is allowed two scholarships In Oxford and the meeting at .Seattle is to decide in what way these scholarships shall be awarded. MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE ELLIOTT LYONS IS FOUND GUILTY IX TEX MINUTES CHIEF JOSEPH'S MISSION. Nez rerccK Warrior Returns From WnMiinprton With Bad News. SPOKANE, March 4. Chief Joseph, the famous Nez Percea warrior, has returned j from his journey to the National Capital, j where he went to ask permission to re- . turn with bis band to his old home in the Wallowa Valley. Interpreter Andrew, who accompanied him, says Indian Com missioner Jonoa told them this was "very Trial of Slayer of Sheriff Withers Lasts hat dne Day Will Be Sentenced Friday. EUGENE, Or., March 4. Elliott Lyons, who, while resisting arrest for horse stealing at bis home west of Eugene on February 5. shot and killed Sheriff With ers, of this county, was tonight found guilty of murder In the first degree by the jury In ten minutes. He will be sentenced Friday. tlon and admits it did not come from Illinois, so it Is inferred that it was told him by a fellow-prisoner or former com panion of Benson's. Since coming to Washington Benson is known to have gone by the name of Johnson also, and when, first arrested In this county gave his name as Knox. H Is known to have been in Idaho, Montana and Colorado, and had been In Washing ton about one year. The easiest means of Identifying him is a peculiar cast to both eyes, which gives him the appear ance of looking up and to the right. Ha has not a vicious appearance, and at times talks broken English, but not nat urally so. SHORT TRIAL FOR LYONS. Touching: Scene When Aged Mother Confronts Her Son. EUGENE. Or., March 4. (Special.) The case of E. E. Lyons occupied the entire time of the Circuit Court today,- but the case will be a short one. The entire fore- WHAT TRUST "WAS COMPOSED OF. Was Organised In Portland a Year and a Half Ago. The Pacific Packing & Navigation Com pany, for which receivers have been ap pointed In Seattle and New York, was or ganized In Portland a year ago last Au gust, R. Onffroy being the promoter who carried the deal through. It took In all the Puget Sound salmon canners except George T. Myers, eight or ten of the can neries of Southeastern Alaska, all the can neries on the Alaska coast at the north around to Behrlng Sea, and the sailing and steam craft and other property of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, except its oil Interests. It operated ships to Cape Nome. Its authorized capital Is $25,000,000, of which only hilf was Issued. Its bond ed Indebtedness Is $3,000,000. at 6 per cent. Following are the companies that wero absorbed by this trust at the time of Its organization: Pacific-American Fisheries Company. .lnsworth & Dunn. Seattle Fish Company. Suadra Packing Company. Chatham Straits Packing Company. "Western Fisheries Company. Fairhaven Canning Company. -- Hume Bros. & Hume Taku Packing Company. Thllnket Packing; Company. raclflc Steam Whaling Company. Icy Straits Packing Company. Chf.koot Packing Company. Boston Fishing & Trading Company. Taku Fishing Company. Arctic Oil Works. About 50 smaller concerns. Charles Counselman, of Chicago, is pres ident: Thomas B McGovern. of Seattle, vice-president: R. Onffroy. of Whatcom, secretary; Frederick F. Carey, of New York, treasurer. Besides these there were on the board of directors the following: Stuyvesant Fish, John E. Borne, Richxrd Delafleld, George F. Vieter, Charles R. Flint, of New York; Edwin Goodall, of San Francisco: D. W. Crowley, of Port land; Herman Chapln. E. O. Graves, P. F. Kclley. of Seattle, and George B. Han ford, of Orange, N. J. i The primary cause of the failure of the trust is said to be the cut made by the Alaska Packers .Association In the price of "pink" salmon, by which the selling price was about $1 a case below the cost of production. This cut was made several mcnths ago. and It so reduced the revenue cf the trust as seriously to embarrass it. The past fishing season was not satisfac tory, either, and the prospect for tho trust was anything but encouraging. With this condition of affairs, and in view of the fact that the concern had a floating lnacuiedness of $1,650,090, mostly for ove crafts, services of employes and bills pay. cblc, It was deemed best to go into recelv crshlp and reorganize the affairs of the corporation. It is said there will be no cessation of its business. The Puget Sound Sawmill & Shingle Company, holding iluim for $o000. applied for the receivership In Seattle. A few Portland people who were Interested in tho Alaska canneries absorbed by the trust are slightly affected by the failure. It has no bearing on the Columbia River fishing industry. FUGITIVE CHRIST BENSON ' ' WHO HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED AFTER HIS JAIL BREAK AND 3IIRDER AT OLYMPIA LAST SUNDAY. ARRANGE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS College Presidents Meet nt Seattle Adopt Routine System. SPOKANE, March 4. Dr. G. R. Parkin. agent of the trustees of the will of Cecil Rhodes, was In conference here today with the presidents of six colleges In Wash ington, Idaho and Oregon. The object of the meeting was to plan for the awarding of scholarships at OX' ford. England, under the Rhodes will. Each state and territory In the United States will be entitled to keep rwo echol are constantly at Oxford, and the will makos an annual allowance of $1500 for each scholarwhlp. After the general con ference, the Washington committee de cided on the rotation plan, and a creed that the first scholarship should go to the state Lniverstty in lsoa, the second to Whitman College at Walla Walla In 1304. the third to the State Agricultural College at Pullman in 1905 and the fourth to Whit man College at Tacoma In 1307. Idaho having but one leading Institution, the State University, all Ita scholarships will De awarded ty tne university faculty. Those present at today's conference were: Thomas F. Kane, acting president Impossible," the Valley being too well settled now. He states that Matthew S. Quay, and another Senator will meet Jo seph's band of Indians this Summer, prob ably at Nespellm, .-on the- Golville reser vation, and discuss paying the- Nez Perces for their Wallowa lands and perhaps .giv ing them new lands of their own. Andrew also says they met President Roosevelt, who said he would come West this Summer and go hunting and might see them again. The President asked If there was any game in their part of the country. BEET SUGAR BOUNTY. Idaho to Pay Cent a Pound to Stim ulate Industry. i BOISE, Idaho, March 4. The Senate to day by a vote of 13 to S passed the House j beet sugar bounty bill. The bill provides ' bounty of 1 cent a pound for all beet ) sugar manufactured In the State of Idaho j noon was consumed In securing a Jury, a large number being examined and reject ed ipr various reasons. Finally about noon the Jury was completed and sworn, and In the afternoon the trial began. The at torneys for the prosecution and for the defense made very brief preliminary state ments outlining the case to the jury, after which tho taking of testimony began. The evidence was very much the same as has been published in the papers, except as to the fact of members of the family in terfering with the Sheriff In the perform ance of his duty. The aged and infirm father and mother of Lyons were brought into court and their testimony taken. It was a touching sight when Mrs. Lyons was brought In on pillows and for the first time since the traged-- saw her son. Tears stood in many eyes besides those of the prisoner and his mother. Her testimony was most ly on the point of her Interference with the officer. She stoutly denied having at- Arrested fo- Benson at Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., March 4. Special.) A man answering the descrip tion of Christ Benson, the murderer of Jailer Morrill at Olympla, was arrested here this afternoon by Sheriff R. A. Grant. He was taken from the trucks of the eastbound train coming here at 3 o'clock. The officers had been notified from Ellensburg that he was on the train. He gave the name of John Wilson and declared on examination that he was never in Olympla but once, and that was only to pass through there on a train. He resembles Benson's pictures. The Sheriff has communicated with the Olym pla officers, but has not yet received an answer. Benson May Be Near Tacoma. TACOMA, March 4. Christ Benson, alias Christ Johnson, alias Knox, the murderer of Jailer Morrell at Olympla, has success fully eluded the numerous posses and nothing has been seen of him since he crosecd the railroad bridge at NIsqually River Monday night. BensOn Is showing a great deal of cunning and unless he has boarded some train ia thought to be still In the woods between Tacoma and Olympla. DOWNFALL OF W. D. LOVEJOY. Wine, "Women and Car da Too Much for Wcis'er Attorney. WEISER, Idaho, March 4. (Special.) Wine, women and cards have en compassed the ruin of a bright young man and he is a wanderer, where no one knows. W. D. Lovejoy, County Attorney of Wash ington County, after borrowing money from his friends right and left, mortgag ing his law library to two different per sons, hypothecating his quarterly salary to two parties and embezzling money sent him to pay taxes and liquor licenses, has disappeared. He left nearly two months ago, stating that he was going-to. Portland on legal business, since which time notb lng has been heard of him. Mr. Lovejoy was serving his second- term as Prosecuting Attorney, having been re elected at the last election. His succes sor has been appointed. Mr. Lovejoy Is a Democrat. His successor Is a Republican. it is estimated that be Is nearly $5000 be hind. His downfall Is attributed to wine. women and cards, and mining specula tions. He was in the habit of makintr fre quent excursions to Baker City and other points, where" he indulged himself In the fascinations of a little game of "draw." A blonde woman of the tenderloin district was the recipient of many favors from him. Before leaving he borrowed $200 from her. She followed him to Portland to secure her money, but was unable to locate him. Mr. Lovejoy was a bright young man, well read In the law, and had a bright fu ture before him. He has many friends who regret sincerely his downfall. durinc tho vear 1903. a half a cent a nound for sugar manufactured In 1304. All sugar j tempted to prevent the Sheriff from per- on which a bounty is paid must be put up iorming ms auty, dui says sue waij in original packages and stamped under state supervision. Nominated at La Grande. LA GRANDE, March 4. (Special.) At a mass meeting of the citizens last night in the opera-bouse candidates were nomi nated for city offices. Owing to the ap proaching county seat t:ontest harmony was desired and oil was poured on the troubled waters of municipal politics, the nominations being from among represen tative men of the city and no contest arising,, except' in voting for the nominees ror jinnsnai. t oiiowing are the nominees of the convention: For Mayor. J. C. Henry and J. D. Slater; for Recorder. William Grant and H. T. Williams; for Marshal. Kaynurn; for Treasurer, F. L. Meyers. The Councllmen for the various wards will -be nominated tomorrow evenimr. Election takes place the Sth of March. Faculty for Walla Walla College. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. March 4. (Special.) The Board of Managers of Walla Walla College, the Adventlst insti tution located at College Place, has se lected the faculty for the ensuing year. C. C. Lewis will continue as president, &nd will be supported by the following faculty: Joseph L. Kay, mathematics and languages; Roger W. Brown, science: H. J. Scheppner, German; Mrs. Helen C Con rad, history: B. B. Smith, commercial de partment: Miss Clara Rogers, art; Mrs. Alice E. R. Starr, Instrumental music Pupils Wnllc Out of II I jch School. OREGua Clxl, Or., -March 4. (Special.) Six pupils of the eleventh grade of the High School rebelled today and walked out of the school. Ralph Milln, one of the pupils, disobeyed the principal. Professor Faulk, who suspended the boy. Three other boys lctt the school with Milln, and at recess persuaded two more to accom pany them. Only one boy is left in the class, with five girls, just half of the class having left. The board of directors upholds the principal. Edward Caldwell Dead. WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 4 (SpeclaO Edward Caldwell, a prominent stockman and farmer of the Washtucna country. In Franklin County, died at St. Mary's Hospital, in this city, at midnight last night, after a short illness, of blad der trouble. Mr. Caldwell was 70 years of age. a bachelor, and for years had oper ated a big stock ranch on Cow Creek. He was an Odd Fellow and a Mason, under the auspices of which orders his funeral will be held. Will Leave for the Philippine. FORT KEOGH. Mont., March 4. Troops E and H. of the 13th Cavalry, which have been stationed here, will leave tomorrow for the Philippines. The other two troops of the 13th will start a few days later. The Sixth Cavalry will succeed the departing troops. Reverses Circuit Court Decision. SAN FRANCISCO. March 4. The United States Circuit Court" of Appeals today re versed the decision of the Circuit Court in the case of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Manufacturing Company against Gunder Kettlcson and ordered a sew triaL lng the Sheriff for Tvhat crime he was" arresting her son when the shot was fired. The prosecution was brief In submitting Its testimony and about 4 o'clock rested Its case. The defense was also brief and the trial will be completed at the evening session of the court and a verdict is ex pected from the jury before morning. SHEEPHKRDER IS SHOT. Griffith, While Drunk, Makes Unpro voked Attack. WEISER. Idaho. March 4. (Special.) A shooting scrape occurred this morning at Nvssa. Or a email station on tne uregon Short Line about 0 miles from Welser. Both parties are residents of this city. Jap Griffith, a large sheepowner of Wash ington County, has been wintering his sheep near Nyssa. Employed as loreman was John Rouleon, also of Welser. Tues day afternoon Griffith, who had been drinking, left Welser to go to the sheep camp. He reached Nyssa about 6 o'clock, and Instead of going to the camp stopped all night In the town, drinking and ca rousing. He waa engaged In several rows during the night and was shooting in the saloons and streets. This morning Roul- son came to town after grain for the sheep. As soon as Griffith saw him he began cursing him and calling him vile names. Roulson told him to stop and said for him to come to the store and settle with him. They started for the .store, when Griffith suddenly pulled a revolver, shooting him in the right side, the ball ranging around his back. He was brought to his home this afternoon and the bullet extracted. The wound is quite serious. The assault was entirely unprovoked. Griffith was captured at Ontario. There is strong talk at Nyssa and Ontario of lynching him. Griffith Is constantly in trouble with some one snd "always carries a gun, which he uses on the slightest provocation. Great Indignation exists here over the affair. Griffith Gives Himself Up. ONTARIO, Or.. March 4. James P. Grif fith, who shot John Roulson at Nyssa today, came to this place this afternoon and surrendered. He will not discuss the shooting. DEPUTIES CALLED IN. Search for Murderer Benson Is Aban doned by Sheriff. OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 4. (Special.) The deputies who have been guarding the roads out of Olympla since the escape of Murderer Christ Benson were called in today. Sheriff Mills having become con vinced that Benson Is out of the county Benson Is believed to still be between here and Tacoma. and there Is some disap pointment at the lack of Interest shown by the Pierce County officers. Sheriff Mills has secured Information which he says he has no reason to doubt that Benson was formerly In prison in HI I nois, wbero he had been sentenced to serve a term of seven years for man slaughter. He escaped from prison with the aid of a brother, and it was his fear of the Illinois authorities securing- his return to that state that led him to make the murderous assault on Jailer Morrill to secure his liberty. Sheriff Mills de- .cllnps to five the source of ha informs. WOMAN HELD "WITHOUT BAIL. Mrs. Lartlgue Is Charged With the Murder of Her Husband. POMEROY, Wash., March 4. (Special.) Amanda J. Lartlgue. charged with the murder of Henry Lartlgue, her husband, was given a preliminary hearing today. being held without bail, to the next term of the Superior Court. Intense interest, unprecedented by any Other case in years, was. manifested. For the last three days an anxious and curious crowd of both sexes has been thronging the streets and haunting the Courthouse grounds In expectation of the coming ex amination, and when the doors were opened this morning at 10 o'clock the courtroom was Instantly filled to Its capacity with a crowd over half of which was composed of women and children who had been waiting outside for admittance. The public school was practically, desert ed, ana early in the forenoon the School Directors and officers of the court found tnemselves compelled to clear the court room of all school children. The defendant disappointed many curi ous ones by not anDcarine vplimi. n was expected. She appeared nerfeetlv composed, but noticeably haggard. The examination was a fine Illustration" of legal fencing, the defense seeking to un mask the prosecution and the state coun tering by showing Its hand no more than necessary to secure a holding over of the defendant. WHO STOLE HIS OVERCOAT Police Declare They Have a Joke on Representative Ferrall.. BOISE, Idaho, March 4. (Special.) The police have a good joke on 'Representa tive Ferrall, of Nez Perce County. He Is trying xo learn what has become of his overcoat, which was stolen from his room In the Overland and later recovered through the pqllce. who arrested W. H. Leland. of Lewlston, for the offense. Dr. Ferrall visited the office of Justice Herrick last evening and asked for his coat, but was informed by the Judge that he knew nothing of it Just what has become of the garment seems a mystery, but it is surmised that Mr. Leland, who claimed that he had bought the coat, may have picked It up, after he was dis charged, and carried it away. This can not be verified, as Leland left town Imme diately after his discharge. Mr. Ferrall blames the officers for their failure to take official cognizance of his ownership of the coat and see that It was safely returned to him. It Is pointed out. however, that as the case against Leland on the charge of stealing the coat had been dismissed, because of the failure of Dr. Ferrall, who was the complaining wit ness in the case, to appear, there was no evidence to connect the Northern repre sentative with the ownership of the coat In question. STUDENTS ARE HELD UP. Highwaymen at Forest Grove Secure Money and Watches. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, March 4. (Special.) Four students were held up on the campus last, night. The first victims were Will G. Hale, '03. and Horace E. Thomas, '0o, who were held up about 8:30. There were two of the footpads and one of them manipulated two revolvers while his pal went through the pockets of the unresisting collegians, but did not succeed In finding any money. although both had small sums about them. As a last resort they gathered In their victims' watches, a gold hunting-case watch from Thomas and an open-faced silver one from Hale. The robbers left the campus by the front walk and evidently made a circuit of few blocks and returned to the campus. for about half an hour after the first Incl dent another hold-up took place at the north stile of the college inclosure. The victims this tlme were Will Hare and George Maury, who bad come to the campus to make inquiries about the pre vious hold-up. Each victim lost several dollars. V V' Gtrnj not tj acut puuy A CHALLENGE Collier's Household Number for March marks the top notch in American magazine making. We challenge you to disprove this statement for 10c. at the nearest news stand. rHIS number is American through and through. It has strength, timeliness and a generous dash of humor. The men who wrote for it and drew its pictures command the highest prices known to modern journalism. That is because they are the men for whose latest word ihe whole reading public waits. A contribution from any one of them would make any number notable; for one number to include them all is to set a new standard of magazine achievement. Fins' Poon Must Return. BUTTE, Mont., March 4. A Helena spe cial says Fins Poon, the Chinaman ar rested here yesterday on the charge of having a fraudulent certificate of rest dence. will be deported. United States Commissioner Sterling, after hearing the evidence, ordered the Celestial returned 'to the flowery kingdom. The Chinaman's certificate was photographed and there is evidence that extensive frauds exist, James Whitcomb Riley Tells in a.poem how to make the right kind of man out of the right kind of boy. Richard Harding Davis Relates, in an amusing "inside-story," how he captured the town of. Cpamo. "Mr. Dooley" Writes (exclusively for Collier's) a letter about "The White House Expenses." Thomas Nelson Page Discusses very clearly and suggestively a new aspect of the Negro Question. Charles Dana Gibson Depicts, in his best drawing for years, "The Greatest Game in the World." ON 'TRAIL OF MURDERER would not say whether the suspect was a man or a woman. BURDICK MYSTERY IN BUFFALO XEAR THE CLIMAX. to Evidence Pours In and Police Know Who Is Guilty Motive Is Established. BUFFALO.SMarch 4. District Attorney Coatesworth's office in the City Hall was again the place In which interest in the Burdlck murder mystery centered today. and an arrest that of a woman may oc cur at any moment. Today the District Attorney announced througn me press that those desiring to confer with him might do so by telephone, or. If they called at his office, their desire to conceal their identity would be respected. The result of this announcement, it Is stated, has been to bring a flood of new material into the hands of the authorities. One of the new facts developed from this source brings into the case another mysterious carriage which was halted in Ashland avenue north of the block In which is situated the Burdlck home, late on the night of the murder. This Is looked upon" as one of the most important clews. One of the women who called the District Attorney on the telephone gave th information. She is an invalid, wnose homo Is in Ashland avenue. It Is an In teresting fact that the woman seen by Patrolman Meyers on the night of the murder was walking toward the corner where the carriage Is said to have been standing. Diligent inquiry by the detec tive force has failed to reveal any one in the neighborhood who had a carriage on the nlcht of the murder. Dr. John D. Howland, the Deputy Medi cal Kxamlner, called at the District At torney's office this afternoon and turned over to Mr. Coatesworth tne iieaicai -tix amlner's report on the case. The report Is a technical and detailed description of the organs and the wounds that produced the shock which caused deatn. The ex amlnlng surgeons found small pieces of the skull bone Imbedded In the brain. F. A. Abbott, Assistant District Attor ney, said this afternoon that -no final re port had been received from City Chemist Hill regarding his analysis of the food, cocktails, the stains on the golfstlck and other articles found In the den the morn ing after Mr. Burdick's body was discovered. It was admitted by Chief Cusack today that two houses in the Elmwood section were searched by the police last Sunday, They were the homes of Arthur P. Pen nell. at 203 Cleveland avenue, and of Mrs. S. T. Payne, at 492 Elmwood avenue. Pen nell was named as co-respondent In the divorce proceedings instituted by Mr. Bur dlck against his wife, Alice Burdlck. Mrs. Payne's picture was found In Burdick's den on the day after the murder. Chief Cusack stated, however, that nothing significant was found In either house. "I am satisfied In my mind that I know the person who murdered Burdlck; I also believe that we have not at present enough evidence to convict the guilty party. We have one card yet to play, one move to make, and with that move will come the knowledge of whether we have failed, or won. It may not be advisable to make that move for several days. There Is nothing likely to develop tonight or early In the morning; To my mind, sufficient motive has been established for the crime outside of the motive of -wishing to avoid the publicity of divorce proceedings. The web Is being woven; time will tell the re suits." This 13 a resume of an Interview with District Attorney Coatesworth given this evening. He is satisfied, be says, that the right man pr woman Is suspected. He Xeye Hampshire Court Wants Know Whether He's Sick. NASHUA, N. H.. March 4. An order of the Supreme Court In the habeas corpus proceedings brought by counsel for Dr. A. A. Ames, former Mayor of Minneapolis, who Is wanted in that city in connection with the i bribery scandals, was served upon JDr. Ames today at Hancock, where he is under arrest. The court orders that Dr. Ames shall appear In court on March 11 and show cause. If any, why he should not be taken back to Minneapolis for trial. It la the opinion of the physicians that Dr. Ames condition Is sufficiently Improved to permit his return to Minneapolis. AMES JIUST SHOW CAUSE. to Seattle, rounded Cape Flattery Into the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. MontnvlIIa. Improvements Various matters connected with the bet terment of Montavllla came up for dis cussion at a meeting of the Montavllla Board of Trade, held last night. President L. R. Lewis was chairman. The petition asking for the widening of the road south of tho Base Line xoad will come up again March 11, and an effort Is to be made to get police protection for Montavllla Sun- , uajo ..v..i.ou. -..v. ..---v.. a j 111 V. n!1 nitn. ..H Vr Chsrlff Sfnrof It was reported that a 15-mlnute trolley car sarvlce between the hours of S and 8 o'clock A. M. and 5 and 7 o'clock P. M will possibly be arranged between Monta vllla and this city, by the City & Sub urban Railway Company. Favorable prog ress was reported as to the widening of Winter street. Didn't Know of Any Gambling-. SEATTLE, March 4. The grand jury had Chief of Police Sullivan before it today and demanded to know how it was possible for young Anton Helmlch, who .committed suicide "in Everett last "week In conse quence of losses In a local gambling-house. to gamble when all games are supposed to have been closed. Sullivan professed ignorance of their existence. The Jury ex amined several public works contractors in an effort to learn If any collusion ex isted between them and city officials, but secured no testimony tending to support the belief. Telegraph Operator Shoots Himself. POCATELLO, Idaho. March 4. Jamea A. Wilson, a telegraph operator, tonight at tempted to commit suicide in the dining room of the Pacific Hotel here, by shoot ing himself. The wound will probably prove fatal. Wilson's home Is In Boise. His brother Is general agent of the New York Life Insurance Company at Spokane. Italian Kills Himself. SEATTLE, March 4. Sobezza Andrea, an Italian fisherman, shot himself to death Tuesday morning as the steamer James Dollar, on her way from San Francisco Committee to See Officials. INDEPENDENCE, Or. March 4. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the Independence Improvement League Monday evening It was arranged for a committee from here. Monmouth, Corvallls, Amity, McCoy, Mc Minnville and other West Side points to call on the Southern Pacific officials the first of the coming week and endeavor to persuade them to grant 'the West SIdo an additional passenger service. The resi dents all along the route are very en thusiastic over the proposed service. Wounded Boy Not Expected to Live. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. March 4. (Special.) Guy Loudon, the young man who was mistaken for a burglar by Thomas Wheeler and seriously shot. Is still living, but he is la a precarious con dition. The physicians give out little hope of his recovery. It Is not probable that anything will be done with Mr. Wheeler If the young man dies. The mother of the boy says Wheeler Is not at fault. Ketcham Wants Xo New Honors. TOLEDO. O., March 4? George H. Ketcham. owner of the champion trotter Cresceus, today declined the Republican Mayoralty nomination. 55- ! POWDER Absolutely Pure THERE MS NO SUBSTITUTE