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Show suit to dissolve i ALLEGED HSII TRUST ' ' : K P ; i.'..v :, . COLUMBUS. O.. July l.-flult was - brought yesterday In the Circuit court of -j. Ftanklln , . cot mty by Attorney-Genera4 Attorney-Genera4 Ellis to oust the ao-c ailed fish trust of v the Great Lakes, which la commercially known as A. Booth sc Co. of Chioago. from lis charter In Ohio. The suit Is brought under the Valentine antU .tniat law. Tha Attorney-General charges that ' the coin any has purchased tha business of Its competitors and controls SO per cent of the fresh-water fish business carried on front the Mississippi to Buffalo. It has ' been In operation about four years, during dur-ing which time It has branched out Into all States bordering on the Great Lakes and into the Dominion of Canada, and takes In the business of about sixty deal? rn In fresh-water flah. William Ver- non Booth Is represented as having effected ef-fected the combination. Tha petition further states that the corporation seeks to engage In about forty dim-rent kinds of business under Its charter, char-ter, from making glue to becoming surety on bonds for individuals. Thla, the AU tomey-General declare, cannot ba per-mltt-d by the laws of Ohio. The.com-Uany The.com-Uany 1 capitalized at e5.6oO.000. The constituent con-stituent compahies are located la numerous numer-ous cities, including Denver, Salt Lake City and Astoria, Or. . . , |