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WWW aptttati. VC?L. XLIIL 2sT0. 13,412. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ttmAs Mmn Exyi JL ASK YOUR DEALER FOR GOODYEAR'S RUBBER GOODS && Rubber Combs, Brushes, Mirrors, Toys, Sundries. RUBBER GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY R. H. PEASE. President. 73 AND 75 FIRST STREET. PORTLAND, OR. A CAMERA Is always an appropriate and acceptable Christmas gift. We have them all styles and prices from $1.00 to $250.00. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. 142-146 FOURTH STREBT SHAW'S PURE SMaWS WOtU D BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 1 10 Fourth Street Sole Distributers tor Oregon and Washington. HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets EUROPEAN 'PLAN Boobs, $1.00 to $3.00 Per Day According: to Location. J. F. DAVIES, Pre. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED.) FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON European Plan Rooms 50c to $1.50 First-Class Restaurant In Connection SMITH&WATSON IRONWORKS If you are buying SAW IVIILIL AND POWER TRANS- MISSION MACHINERY OR LOQOINO ENOINES Call on us. Perhaps we can Interest you. Estimates furnished on all Iron work. Office and Works: Front and Hall Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON Our salesroom at 47 First St.. which has been closed for the past month, has been reopened. We invite you cordially to call and see our new samples of the "PERFECT." We have something more alsp to "show you." W. G. McPHERSON COMPANY 47 FIRST STREET Our prices are consistent Our Printing is up to the highest standard Call up Main 165 and let us call for your orders. F. W. Bakes & BIQ SALE AT THE Portland Packing Company's FOUR BIG CASH MARKETS TODAY STATE MARKET First and Salmon Main 1657 STAR MARKET 580 Williams Ave. East 633 COME AND Bandit Tries to Bribe Guard. CHICAGO, Dec 4. One of the carbarn J bandits, Peter Neldermeier, today at tempted to bribe Patrick Donnelly, one Df the guards at the county jail, to allow Mm to escape, promising him 525,000. Donnelly asked him where he would get the money, and received the answer: "111 get it all right" Chief of Police O'Neill today received a contribuUon of 000 from the Chicago City Railway Company to aid the widows of the police men who lost their lives in the pursuit of he bandits. Sentenced for Extortion. NEW YORK. Dec. 4. Timothy McCar thy, the walking Selqgate of the House jmiths and Brldgemen's Union, who was convicted of extortion, was today sen tenced to serve one year in the peniten tiary on Blackwell's Island. In sentencing McCarthy, Recorder Goff I said that McCarthy was simply the tool of Sam Parks, and he took this into con sideration in the sentence. America's ORI-GINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT PORTLAND, OREGON Flrst - Class Check Reatavraat Connected "With Hotel. C. O. Davia, Sec and Treai. THB ESMOND HOTEL CSCAR ANOERSOK, Mutger Front and Morrison Streets PORTLAND - OREGON FREE 'BUS TO AND FROM ALt TRAINS. Rate European plan, 50c, 76c. $1.00, $1.00, $2.00 per day. Sample rooraa la connection. Co. FIRST AND OAK STREETS PACIFIC MARKET W. Park & Washington Main 1541 ALBANY MARKET 365 1st St. Red 3226 SEE US Arrested for Counterfeiters. BOSTON, Dec. 4. Three men were ar rested today in the neighborhood of Revere, all said to be well-known coun terfeiters and an extensive plant and an enormous supply of paper for printing notes was confiscated. The Government officials stated tonight there was paper enough in the house where the raid took place to print more than a million dollar's worth of notes, while the plates and hand presses were of the finest work manship. The men arrested were John Davis, Joseph Boumenblitt and Moses Novak, and it is understood the Government made seven simultaneous arrests in or near New York. Charged With Accepting Bribes. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 4. Alderman W. H. Murphy and Sigmund J. Richter. ex aldermen, were arrested tonight on com plaint of members of the citizens' com mittee of 10. They ara charged with hav- j HOPE-FOR CURS Oregon Will Get Relief Soon as Possible. STUBBS GIVES ASSURANCE Traffic Director Discusses the 'Situation. OTHER POINTS HARD PRESSED Higher Rate on Lumber Is Expected to Lessen the Demand for Roll ing Stock and to Ease the Congestion. Shortage of cars on the Southern Pacific has compelled loggia? camps and Bawmllls to close down, has shut Oregon mills almost completely out of the Interior California market, and has hampered transportation also in other lines of business. It has nerved many shippers, including members of the Portland Chamber of Commerce to a high tension of feeling. But In the past two weeks they have abstained from Impatient utterances In the hope that Ben Campbell could remove thfr trouble. Shippers will sow await the outcome of Traffic Director Stubbs promise that the difficulty will be relieved. As lumbermen expected, the rail rate to Bay points from Interior Oregon mills baa been raised from $3.10 per ton to. ?5, and from Portland mills has been lowered from $7.50 to S5, vhus removing the present inequality between the two classes of mills. Lr CHICAGO, Dec 4.-KSpeciaL) According to J. C. Stubbs, traffic director of the Har riman lines, every effort is .being put forth to relieve the car shortage for lum ber shipments at Portland. In an inter view today, he said: "We are doing oUrTJesTTo" furnish' roll ing stock for Portland lumber shippers, but at this season of the. year it is a phys ical impossibility to move shipments with out some delay. The situation at Port land is less congested than at almost any point in the country. "The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has Its sidetracks full of cars all along the line, and on the Kansas division of the TJnlon Pacific we are simply snowed under with business. All over the East and Middle West car snortage at certain periods of the year are annual occur rences and cannot be avoided. "There is scarcely a railroad in the country that does not own 30 per cent more power than is required to move its business if it wore evenly' distributed throughout the year. The increase of busi ness on the Pacific Coast has been so heavy in the past few years that condi tions are becoming similar to those which have prevailed for years In the East and Middle West. "The new" 55 rate on lumber from. Port land and interior points to San Francisco, which goes into effect on January 1, may have the effect of relieving the situation somewhat by lessening the demand for cars." (The present rate on lumber to San Fran cisco and' bay points Is $3.10 per ton from Interior Oregon mills and J7.50 from Port land. Up to about three months ago Port land and interior mills had the same rate, namely, $3.10. The tariff from Portland was then raised to Jo, and on November 1 to 57 50. The 57.50 rate has prohibited rail ship ments from Portland to California, Just as the Southern Pacific intended. It is ab solutely high and the railroad defended it only by saying that Portland mills can ship by water and interior mills cannot; therefore, Portland mills don't need cars. But since the railroad could legally with hold cars from Portland only by means of a prohibitive rate, the $7.50 rate was es tablished. Portland lumbermen clamored loudly against the discrimination. They called it unjust and illegal. They showed that If interior lumbermen reach desirable Cali fornia markets by rail, they themselves can get there only In the same way. When Ben Campbell, assistant traffic director of the Harrlman system, was here two weeks ago he perceived the reasonableness of the Portland contention. Evidently he has brought Traffic Director Stubbs to the same view. Lumbermen have expected the Southern Pacific to put up the rate abovo $3.10 and to make it common to Portland and in terior mins. They say they can do busi ness on a $5 rate, though not in smaller volume than on a $3.10 rate. They would prefer the lower tariff If it would yield them cars. In order to get cars they are willing to pay more. However, theylwlll expect to receive cars after the now rate goes Into effect, and if an adequate num ber are not forthcoming they will be heard again. Consequently, the adjustment of the rate relegates one troublesome question and lumbermen now face the car shortage the same as other shippers do. Enough cars will keep them all peaceful; scarcity will make them belligerent.. W. E. Coman, general freight and traf fic director of the Southern Pacific, will return from the East this morning.) Banker Commits Suicide. DES MOINES, Dec 4. George Wood, a nromlnent banker of Colfax, shot him- self through the head at an early hour today and died instantly. Wood, who was a director of three other small Iowa banks, was worth over a quarter of a million dollars and his accounts are said to be straight. Domestic trouble was supposed to have caused the suicide. He was married a year ago to a nurse who attended a former wife during her, last illness. NO THOUGHT 'OF ANNEXATION America Will Only Protect Her In terests in Santo Domingo. WASHINGTON, Dec 4. The appearance in Washington of Senor Galvan, Minister of "Finance of the defunct Was y Gil ad ministration of San Domingo, has led to a revival of the report that the ex-PresI-dent Is trying to secure reinstatement with the assistance of the United States, undertaking in return to allow the United States to assume a full protectorate over the Island of San Domingo. It may be stated, however, that the State Department entertains absolutely no thought of establishing a protectorate over San Domingo, or of annexing it. It is declared positively that American In terference in the island's affairs will be limited to the protection of American in terests there It Is learned from trustworthy sources that "Wos y Gil, the deposed President; Is now on his way to the United States, and expects to land at New Orleans not later than tomorrow. He will come to Wash ington. Advices reached Washington that there are now three revolutions in San Domin go, the revolution led by Morales, a revo lution at Monte ChrlstI, led by the fol lowers of Jlminez, and a third and stronger revolution in the southern part of the Island. It appears that Morales has secured control by an appeal to the Dominicans that the United States in tended to annex the island. It Is also said that Morales has received many courtesies from European representatives in the island, who are also opposed to a step by the United States in the assertion of supremacy of Its interests in the island. America's Condition for Recognition SANTO DOMINGO; Dec. 4. The provis ional government today made an Official request for recognition to the diplomatic and consular 'bodies. United States Min ister Powell's condition, on which the United States will recognize the govern ment, follows: "The government must agree to abide by and respect the agreements made by the presiding administration; must recog nize the manner of settlement arrived at in the case of the Improvement Company of New York and the Ros and Sala cases; must recognize and carry into full effect the concession to the company and must grant the "privilege to the United States to establish at dangerous points on the coast lighthouses to aid maritimo ' com merce" Should the provisional government not accept these conditions, its recognition by the United States is doubtful. (BATTLE OVE&HTNTNB CLAIMS. Three Wounded Men Come In, and it Is Believed More Were Shot. DENVER, Colo., Dec 4. A special to the News .from Rlncon, N. M., says three men badly wounded were brought to Rln con today from the new gold fields at Apache Canyon for treatment. They had been shot In conflicts over claims. It is reported several other men have been shot. No names are given. A mining ex pert, whd returned from the newgold dis trict today, reports that the field is very rich. There are now 2500 men on the ground, and more arriving daily. CONTENTS OEJTODAYS' PAPER Congress. Fear that Congress will not adjourn, and allow Tecess appointments to expire bx limita tions. Pago 2. 5 Senate passes a resolution to collect data to be used by friends of 1005 Fair. Page 1. Senate and Hduse both 'bold brief sessions. Page 2. National. President Roosevelt' and Senator Hanna hold a conference, and brand all reports of prob able unpleasant relations as false. Page 1. Simplest solution of The Dalles canal right-of-way muddle appears to be purchasu by tbe State of Oregon. Page 1. Panama delivers canal treaty to American Consul. . Page 7. Domestic. Heroism of boatswain saves torpedo-boat from foundering at sea. Page 3, Seven large creditors of Dowle oppose move to declare him bankrupt. Page 7. Citizens' Industrial Union adopts platform de claring war on labor unions. Page 5. Ex-Congressman William M. Springer, and a Democratic leader, is dead Page 5. Martial law Is proclaimed at Cripple Creek. Page 7. Foreign. International administration Is proposed for Macedonia. Page 7. Russia's answer to demands of Japan Is nearly completed. Page 7. Herbert Spencer, the famous writer, Is serious ly 111 In London. Page 1. Sporta. Honlton wins tbe Oakland handicap, and lowers the state record. Page 6. Four Portland dogs take many prizes at San Francisco bench show. Page 6. Multnomah football team expects hard battle with Washington today. Page 6. Pacific Coast. A congress of salmon-fishing Interests, taking In the entire Coast, to be held at Seattle. Page 4. Rev. R. H. Kennedy pleads not guilty to the charge of burglary at Hillsboro. Page 4. Idaho irrigation project looks to the reclama tion of many acres at large expense. Page 5. Red tape to be eliminated In purchase of sup plies at Army posts. Page S. Commercial and Marine. Favorable tone of weekly trade reviews. Page 15. Crop damage reports send up wheat at Chicago. Page 15. Excitement continues In cotton market. Page 15. Burst of actl Ity In New Tork stocks. Page 15. San Francisco produce quotations. Page 15. Charles R. Spencer challenges Bailey Gatzert to race. Page 14. Extensive repairs to steamship Columbia. Page 14. .Powerful new tug for Gray's Harbor. Page 14. Portland anil Vicinity. Contract for new Morrison-street bridge Is awarded, to Pacific Construction Company. Page 16. Oregon prunes are not selling well at any price. Page 11. Asa B. Thomson Is acquitted by Federal grand Jury. Page 10. Elks will hold annual memorial services to morrow. Page 14. Masons 'of Washington Chapter give annual banquet. Page 11. O. R. & N". Co. may buy Heppner coal fields. Pae 12. LET STATE BUI Easiest Way to Get The -Dalles Canal, UP TO SPECIAL SESSION Government WilIvMake No Move to Get Right of Way. MITCHELL GIVES HIS VIEWS Oregon Can Obtain the Land Sooner Than Anyone Else, but If It Makes No Move He Will Appeal to Congress. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec 4. Late correspondence Sen ator Mitchell has had with the Chief of Engineers concerning the right of way for the Dalles-Celllo canal tends to con firm the opinion expressed in these dis patches, as the result of interviews with engineer officers, that the simplest solu tion of the right-of-way problem is for the State Legislature, at its special ses sion, to make a sufficient appropriation to purchase the desired land, and for the state to acquire, by condemnation, such tracts as will not be offered for sale. It is the opinion of Senator Mitchell that the state can obtain the right of way much sooner than could the general Gov ernment, and for this reason, as well as others, it seems best that the state should assume this expense and present the right of way to the Government. On November 26 Senator Mitchell wrote General Gillespie, asking whether, under existing laws, the Government can pro ceed by condemnation to acquire such part of the right of way as some owners would not sell. If the department is without authority, he said, he was anx ious to obtain it from Congress at the earliest possible date. In his reply. Gen eral Gillespie says: Jfo further legislation for this purpose Is necessary, as ample authority is conferred on the department by th act of Congress, ap proved April 24. 16S8, entitled "An act to fa cilitate the prosecution of works projected for the Improvement of rivers and harbors." There are, however, other considerations which Influence the course to be pursued. The present project for tho work was prepared by a board convened In accordance with the pro visions of the last river and harbor act. The board modified the then existing-project, which in some features was shown by extended in vestigation to be mora costly than had been estimated, but was required, under the pro visions of the act, to diminish the cost of the work, if it modified the plan. This diminution in cost can be shown if the right of way can bo acaulred free of cost. Otherwise it Is not apparent, and thero would then be some doubt of the propriety of beginning the work. Ac cordingly the plan provides, and the Secretary of War has directed that the work shall not begin until the right of way and release from damages have been conveyed to the United States free of cost. It Is therefore doubtful whether, without further legislation, the General Government will undertake any condemnation proceedings Involving any expense. Senator Mitchell, after considering tho whole situation, said: "I confess I am very much embarrassed In determining what to do. I regard the action of the War Board and the Secre tary of War as anomalous and unwar ranted. One of two things, however, must be done to meet the demands of the de partmenteither the state or the people must provide means for tho right of way; otherwise Congress must, by further leg islation, do so, and it is not probablo any L DELEGATION APPRECIATES HOME SUPPORT. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 4, 1903. Mr. Ernest Bross, Managing Editor Oregonian, Portland, Oregon. On my own behalf and on behalf of my colleagues, Senator Pulton and Representatives Hermann and "Williamson, I desire. to express to you and the management generally of The Oregonian, our grateful ap preciation of the cordial and earnest aid and support you are giving us through the columns of your paper in the campaign Tve are making for recognition from Congress of the Lewis and Clark Exposition and of our pending bill in its interest. It is most gratifying to be able to assure you and through you the people of Oregon that very much has been done in the campaign we are making. Much more, however, re mains to be done, for we must and do expect serious opposition from certain sources, especially as to the amount to be appropriated. There fore the fight is not yet wholly won by any means, and we need to be strengthened in every proper way. The aid we are receiving from the press generally in Oregon is invaluable. JOHN H. MITCHELL. act or resolution to this effect could be gotten through Congress until the river and harbor bill Is reached, perhaps next May. If, however, the state falls to make provision at the coming special session, I will make an effort to get action by Congress at as early a date as possible." MORE DATA FOR THE 1905 FAIR Senate Adopts a Resolution Calling for Exposition Statistics. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash., Dec. 4. Senator Mitchell Is still collecting data for the campaign he Is soon to in augurate in the Senate on behalf of his Lewis and Clark Exposition bill. He has gathered together a great deal of perti nent Information, and with a view to getting still more, today introduced the following resolution, which was adopted by the Senate: "Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he Is hereby directed to transmit to the Senate, at his earliest convenience, a statement in detail of all sums heretofore appropriated by the Gov ernment of the United States since the beginning of tho Government to tho present time, in aid of expositions or fairs, National, international or local, the dates of such appropriations, and the amount or amounts appropriated in aid of each, and the name of the association or fair thus aided, and the location of ! the same, together with a statement of all legislation hertofore enacted by Con gress in aid of, or in connection with, the holding of any such exposition or fair, commercial or otherwise, in the United States since the beginning of the Govern ment to tho present time, together with a statement of Government exhibits con tributed by the Government or any de partment thereof, respectively to any such exposition or fair during such time." UNITE ON PORTLAND BILL. Portland Delegation Will Urga That It Be Given an Assay Office. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash., Doc. 4. The Oregon delegation Is a unit for the establishment of an assay office at Portland. Representative Williamson, who, It was feared, might prefer the lo cation of this office at either Baker City or Sumpter, today introduced a bill iden tical with that previously introduced by Senator Mitchell for an assay office at Portland. If this bill Is to pass, the delegation must make a very determined fight, for it will encounter the opposition of the Treasury Department, which is opposed to tho creation of any new assay offices. Mr. Williamson also introduced a bill appropriating $100,000 for a public building at Baker City, a bill increasing the pen sion of Indian War veterans from ?3 to $12 a month and a bill authorizing the sale of unsold portions of tho Umatilla Indian Reservation. Senator Mitchell introduced a bill in creasing the pay of rural free delivery. carriers $250 annually. Tho Increase is for subsistence. SPEAKS GOOD WORD FOR FAIR Bay City Chamber of Commerce Asks Delegation to Join in Campaign. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash., Dec. 4. All members of the California j delegation in Congress today received j copies of a resolution recently adopted J by tha San Francisco Chamber of Com merce asking them to do everything in their power to secure the passage of the pending bills making an appropriation for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. This resolution, while unnecessary, serves as an assurance to the California delegation, already pledged to support tha Lewis and Clark bill, that their con- , stltuents at home will approve their course in voting in support of this meas ure. New Rural Delivery Route. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash., Dec. 4. A rural free delivery route was l today ordered established January 2 at Plaza, Spokane- County, "Wash., with one carrier. MINING C0NCEEN IN TROUBLE. Alaska Company Operating in East Is Attached. MANCHESTER, N. H., Dec. 4. Four writs of attachments have been served on leading promoters of the Corson Gold Mining Company by Frank F. Chase, John Trow and Kimball Morse, all of Barre, Vt. Tho Corson Company, with claims in Alaska, has been widely advertised and many prominent people were induced to buy stock. G. Franklin Willey, the author, has been one of the most prominent pro moters. The persons making the attachment al lege that they were led to purchase stock through false representations. It is re ported a number of Maine banks are also to make attachments. If tha stock of the company proves worthless people all over New England will lose heavily. JUSTICE LOSING HIS SIGHT. Associate Brown, of the Supreme Court, May Go Blind. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Associate Jus tice Henry Billings Brown, oft the United States Supremo Court, was told tonight by his attending phygiclart that only a miracle could prevent him from losing his sight. Two years ago Justice Brown's sight failed so that he was forced to wear darkened glasses, and depend largely upon the aid of his daughter in getting about. The loss of sight of one eye be came total and permanent. The sight of the other eye has grown poorer in the last few weeks. Now It threatens to fail entirely. An eminent specialist who has been consulted can see no hope. SPENCER SERIOUSLY ILL. Condition of the Famous Writer Causes Grave Anxiety. LONDON. Dec. 4. A bulletin issued here this evening announces that the condition 01 iieroert spencer, tne ramous writer, who has been ill for some time, is caus j Ing grave anxiety. j 'Valuable Package Lost in Mails. WINNIPEG, Dec. 4. A parcel containing 510,000, sent by a bank of Winnipeg to Vancouver, has been lost. The package was sent by mall last week, and nothing definite can be learned of it. ARE III AGGQ Roosevelt and Hanna - Hold Conference. OHIO WAN REQUESTED IT Stories of Wide Differences Are Branded Absurd. AFFAIRS OF STATE TAKEN UP Matter of Changes In the National Republican Committee Is Not Dis cussed and Promotion of Wood Incidentally Touched Upon- I ssent a -very pleasant evening; That is about aU there Is to it. You can say, however, that all stories about wide differences between tbe President and myself ara absurd. I bava no statement to make Statement by Sen ator Hanna. "WASHINGTON, Dec 4. An Important conference was held at the White House tonight between the President and Sen ator Hanna. It occurred on the Initiative of Mr. Hanna, and to both participants the conference was perfectly satisfactory. Senator Hanna arrived at 9:30 and re mained with the President until 11 o'clock. At the conclusion of the conference, which, it can be said, was marked by evi dences of sincere friendship on both sides, neither the President nor Senator Hanna cared to discuss for publication the de tails. It was stated that the meeting did not differ in any personal respect from others that they have had in the past, and which they will have in the future. It was announced that reports recently circulated that there had been or was likely to be unpleasant relations between the President and the Senator amounted to an absurdity. The President himself wants it to be understood he will not take occasion to dignify any of them with at tention. It may be said that the rela tions between the two are cordial and aD- .predative friendship. Conference Takes a Wide Range. The conference tonight took a wide range. It dealt principally with pending and prospective legislation before Con gress, particularly with that .relating to the isthmian canal and with general polltP cal conditions. Before and since he be came chairman of the interoceanic com mittee of the Senate Mr. Hanna has mani fested deep Interest in all questions relat ing to that waterway. Tonight the pres ent situation, especially its diplomatic phases, were fully discussed with the President. The agreement on the subject was absolute. Both, it can be said, are confident the position taken by the Ad ministration will be approved by the American people. The contested confirmation of General Leonard Wood was not considered, though an incidental reference to it was made. It is known that the President and Sen ator Hanna differ on that subject, but each fully recognizes that the difference Is honest and sincere, and it is believed by friends of. both that it cannot pos sibly Interrupt their relations. National Committee Nit Taken Up. Likewise, it can be said no discussion took place concerning changes on the Re publican National Committee. President Roosevelt has expressed to Mr. Hanna his desire that he shall retain the chair manship. The Senator has not an nounced his feeling regarding the matter. It may be said that the state of Mr. Hanna's health is involved in tho decision and, indeed, will be the controlling factor in it After Senator Hanna left the White House, he w as beselged by newspaper men who desired to learn the result of the con ference. Ho declined to mako any state ment, insisting It was merely a friendly talk over matters of mutual interest, and was of no public significance or import ance. '''I spent a very pleasant evening," he admitted finally. "That Is about all there is to it. You can say, however, that all stories about wide differences between the President and myself are absurd. I have no statement to make." Roosevelt and Piatt Confer. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. Senator Piatt, of New York, had a brief conference with the President today, but the details of the Interview were not disclosed. The Senator indicated afterward that he was satisfied with the political situation In New York. Accused of Making Illegal Profits. PHILADELPHIA, Dec 4. Suit has been entered against Colonel A. Loudon Snow den, president of the Falrmount Park Commission; Charles A. Porter, ex-State Senator; C. Kennedy Crosaan, .a con tractor, and the estates of Ludwig S. Filbert, who died about two months ago. They are accused of having made illegal profits through the promotion of the Dan ville Bessemer Company, which was dis solved yesterday. The suit is .brought to recover about 1325,000, but the case is t shrouded In mystery. Wealthy Man Mysteriously Shot. ALBUQUERQUE, NT M., Dec. 4. Mys tery surrounds the death of Martin Rael, a wealthy citizen of Belen. N. M.. who was found dead near his ranch six miles south of that city. He had been shot In the breast. His wife has been ar rested. One report says that during a quarrel with his wife, he was shot by her alleged paramour. Another report is that after attempting to kill his wife Rael shot himself. Fi 106.2