Brought home on the same ship which he sailed a month before is death, the body of Captain Gibson, pioneer Seattle and Pa fic shipping man, arrived from the Orient on the liner President Me-
Kinley. Members of the naval fairs commit: ee of the Chamber lof Commerce, of which Captain Gibson was chairman, met the liner jand performed the sad duty of escorting the flag draped casket from the ship to the shore. Cal tain Gibson died unexpectedly of heart disease on February 21 in Manila whence he had gone ax chairman of the Seattle Chamber of On the eve of relinquishing his position as Japanese consul at Vareouver, Hon. Isago Gomyo was reser Mumirated ad-ug of the foreign the Vancouver of Trade. Premier John Oliver, Mayor L. D. Taylor, and Jother outstanding men in British signed the address. This d_appreciation of tke manner in which he had carried out his duties ard of the way in which he had met some difficult situations.
The consul has been recalled for duty in Tokyo.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.