DABY OF EMIL MANQUSON 13 KILLED OUTRIGHT. ENTIRE FAMILY WERE INJURED THEIR HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE STORM. DICK WALKER IS INJURED Hla House Is Damaged The Storm Swept to the South and Then Turned , East Damage Done Also North of 7hurston Looked Like Funnel. Ponder , Neb. , April 21 ! . Special to T-he News : Anado | west of this 'town at noon tu ' 'led ' one person , Injured a number * Vf9 ' 'era and did iH'voro damage to pro , ' The Infant child of . . -I Mrs. Kmll Manguson was killed"V / 'I. The entire Manguson famft'was badly hurt. Their house was demol ished. ' The house of Dick Walker was bad ly damaged and Walker hurt. , Outbuildings nt the Shaffer farm . wore torn to pieces. ' Telephone wires south of here are down. Damage was done north of Thurston. The scene of greatest damage was iilx miles west of town. The storm run south , then circled east and dis appeared. It could be plainly seen from Ponder. It looked like a big black funnel. \ Alnsworth Defeats Valentine. Alnsworth , Nob. , April 23. Special to The News : The Ilrst matched game of ball of the Reason was played ' on the Alnsworth diamond Wednesday afternoon between the homo team and Valentine. The score stood 15 to 11 in favor of Alnsworth. In the evening an Arbor day dance \vas given in the Auditorium for the Ij-anefit of tlio hall team. It was largely - ly patronized and all had a good time. TELEPHONE INCORPORATION. Exchange Telephone Company of Keya Paha County. Sprlngvlow. Neb. , April 23. Special to The News : On Tuesday of this week the Exchange Telephone com pany of Koya Paha county incorpo rated for $10,000 and elected the fol lowing1 officers and directors : W. K. Horton , president ; W. O. Will- cutts , vice-president ; J. W. McLeran , necretary ; Chas. Henneman , treasur er ; R. E. Jones , S. D. Stuart , L. A. Wilson , directors. It Is the intention of this company to consolidate nil the telephone lines of the county , put in switchboards at Sprlngview , Norden and Burton , mak ing as complete a system as possible and give good day and night service to nil. ' About thirty-five additional phones have been obtained for the cen tral at Sprlngvlow. Postoffice at Wood Lake. Valentino , Neb. , April 23. Word has Just reached bore that the postofllco nnd telephone exchange at Woodlake , about twenty-six miles east of Valen tine , were burned late Monday night. The postofllce and telephone exchange are both in the same building. TIE PLATES LAID ON TRACK Two Boyj from Mason , Neb. , Accused of Attempted T-am Wrecking. Alliance , Neb. . April 23 Manning and Harry Weber , two brothers Jiving near Mason , were arrested near Reno and brought here for placing tie plates on the mils near the latter place , whlah would have wr .cited the next train had the irons not been dlscov- erd In time. The boys claim they placed' them on the rails to make a more comfortable aeat , but as they were beating their way It Is presumed they were thrown off some train < md did this to get even. They are BOW awaiting the arrival of the sheriff from Sheridan county , where tt\e act was committed and where Che trial will be held. DEATH OF ANDREW R. GRAHAM. Former Wlsner Banker Succumbs to Enlargement of the Liver. Wisner , Neb. , April 23. Special to The News : Andrew R , Graham , formerly - merly a prominent banker at this P place , died yesterday In Chicago of enlargement of the liver. The re mains will be brought to Wlsner and the funeral services will be held under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Graham waa highly esteemed by those who knew htm. NELIGH WATER IS WET , TOO. John Maybury Says He Knows He Knows All About It. Nellgh , Neb. . April 23. Special to The News : John Maybury of this city has been Helling minnows to a vast number of fishermen In past yours and the domain ! of Into IIIIH arrived to n point whore ho considered there would be a shortage It not a proper personal Investigation as to "how they run" was Instituted. He therefore took this bur den upon himself yesterday afternoon and walked out on a cottonwood tree holow the dam thut had bent Itself to the water's edge to give his dog a bath the dog got what his master doslred , and John says the water was wet and over llvo foot In depth whore ho accidentally missed footing and foil In. According to his statement minnows news were running good at that place. PRESBYTERY JSJWH CHERRY Disapproves Introducing C. B , A , In Third Church at Omaha , Tekamah , Neb. , April 23. The Christian Benevolent association of Omulm , of which Dr. W. O. Henry u founder , J. W. 'Hansel , general man ager , and Lloyd O. liartor , superintend ent , has failed of indorsement at the bands of the presbytery of Omaha In session here. The presbytery placed itself on record when it voted to dis approve the action of the Third church of Omaha In establishing a household of this a--soclatlon. Iho action came after an animated discussion of the subject , during which the "C. B. A. , " as It Is called , came prominently into the lltnoltght. Warren Hwltzler , attorney of Omaha and a member of Westminster church , led the debate against tliu "C. 0. A. " The discussion arose as a result of the request of Rov. J. U. Cherry. Ph D. , that the presbytery dissolve the relations between himself as pastor and the Third church of Omaha. Dr. Cherry hid all along opposed' Introduc ing the association Into his church on the grounds that the church was not financially able to support It and it would lead to divisions In the member ship. Flu' ' , the association was estab lished there. Dr. Cherry presented his resignation to his church a couple ot weeks ago and the church refused to accept It. RUSSIA HAS BIGJASK AHEAD Situation on Persian Frontier Grows More Alarming. St. Petersburg , April 23. The situ ation on the 1'eiaian frontier Is consid ered here to bo steadily becoming more serious despite the chock to the Persian brigands April 20 , when ti Russian forces drove the bandits back with heavy losses. The tribesmen are now flocking to the assistance ot the Shaksetan and Boglivlu tribes , against whom the operations are being con ducted. The tribesmen are Intensely hostile to the Russians and they mutilate sav agely the wounded Russians that fall Into their hands. The brigands are well armed and the operations against them consequently are made difficult for the troops. The frontier guard Is Inadequate to cope with the situation and a military expedition Is required to assist them. No aid Is expected from Persia , as the tribesmen neither acknowledge nor fear the government at Teheran. ACCUSED MANTAKES STAND Frank Sclineck Testifies His Wife Mada Threats to Follow Him to Grave. Ottawa , Kan. , April 23. Apparently at ease and replying to the questions of his attorneys with positlveness , Frank Schneck , on trial charged with the brutal murder of his wife and his two young children , took the witness btana. He said he had never quar reled with his wife , but that when she told him she was unhappy and had decided to look out for herself he would always go away. She told the witness on Thursday before her death that she had decided to look out for herself and move back to Centropolls and that he need not come back. Schneck said that he returned' on Sat urday to Inquire about his children. Mrs. Schneck said to him : "Frank , I'm going to do something desperate and It will follow you to your grave. " ANCIENT SKULUINDER RIVER Archaelogical Find Made at St. Louis by Workmen Building Bridge. .St. Louis , April 23. Workmen en gaged in sinking a caisson for a pier In the construction of the McKlnley bridge thnt Is to span the Mississippi river here for a traction company came upon the skull of an Indian twenty feet below the bed of the river. The top ot the skull Is flat. Since the discovery of the skull the workmen have gone twenty feet deeper and ancient clay bowls , petrified trees and walnut knots , unrotted and' hard as Iron , have been found. The place where the caisson is being sunk Is off the foot of Salisbury street. Wife Sues Saloonkeeper. Clinton , la. , April 23. In the Clin ton district court a peculiar case Is on trial. Rose Reeder vs Theodore Peters , a DoWltt saloon keeper. Tha cose , which is for $3,000 damages , fol lows the death of A. S. Reeder of De- Witt , who was killed in a runaway several months ago. The plaintiff avers that he was killed while Intox icated and that Peters sold him the drink. She accuses Peters of respon sibility. HARRY THAW ASKS FOR WRIT May 9 Set as Date When It Is Return able Jerome Will Appear. Puughl.eepslo , N. Y. , April 23. A writ of habeas corpus was granted at White Plains by Justice Mortchnusor on application of Harry K Thaw. The application for the writ was presented by James G. Graham and the papers bear the signature of Harry K Thaw. The writ Is made returnable at Poughkoepslo on Saturday , May 9 , nt which time District Attorney Jerome of Now York will be given oppor tunity to oppose the proceedings for Thaw's release. LUMBER DEALERS RESTRAINED BY SUPREME COURT. DEEMED VICTORY FOR BROWN The State Supreme Court Has Just Issued a Restraining Order Against the Secretary and the Nebraska State Lumber Dealers' Association. Lincoln , April 2 , ' ! . Special to The News : The supreme court today un joined Secretary Bird and the Nebras ka State Lumber 'Dealers' association. The court held that the association was , violating the anti-trust laws. A restraining order has been issued against the Barnett Lumber company of McCook and other firms. The decision of the supreme court Is received as a victory for United States Senator Norrls Brown , who originally attacked the alleged lum ber "trust , " and Attorney General Thompson. The suit was Instituted originally to oust the lumber dealers association from the state. PLAN CURRENCY LEGISLATION _ Caucus of House Republicans to De cide Fate of Money BUI. Washington , April 23. A conference on currency legislation was held be tween the house and senate leaders and was attended by Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrich. The judgment of the conference was that the pro gram lately decided on can be put through. This program calls for a caucus of the Republican members of the house , probably next week , to de termine the passage of a bill 'creating a commission to investigate thorough ly the currency subject and the finan cial situation of the country in gen eral and to report on remedial legls lotion at the next session of congress It Is further the desire of the house Republican leaders to put througl. the Vret'huid bill. All that the senate leaders ask the house Is to enact some pleco of financial legislation * so that the senate will have a measure to use as a work ing basis , all thought of enacting the Aldrich bill In the form in which It passed the senate having been aban doned. The program Is to then have the senate strike out everything after the enacting clause In the house bill and Insert the Aldrich bill. This will have the effect of throwing the amend ed bill Into conference and care will bo exercised' both In the senate and in the house to appoint as conferees those who favor some legislation at this session. It will be the task of the conferees to patch up from the Aldrich bill and Vreelnnd bill and the commission bill , a modified act. REVERSE LEVERFAILED TO WORK _ Nine Lumberman Are Killed and Fif teen Are Fatally Injured. Wllllamsport. Pa. , April 23. Bight lumbermen were killed outright , one died later at a hospital and fiiteen others were seriously hurt by the wrecking of a runaway train on the Laquln Lumber company's log road near here. There svere twenty-five Italians riding on the train when It ran away The accident was caused by the fall- ure of the reverse lever on the en gine to work. The train gained ter rific speed , and after running a mile , Jumped the track at a sharp curve. The engineer and fireman escaped In juries. Boodle Alderman's Home Dynamited. Oakland , Cal. , April 23. A dyna- mlto bomb was exploded last night under the residence of James L. Gallagher - lagher in East Oakland. The entire front ot the house was destroyed. Gal lagher was a member of the self-con- fesaed boodllng board of supervisors of San Francisco and is an important witness for the prosecution In the bribery trials now pending In San Francisco. There Is no clue to the perpetrators. More Illinois County "Dry. " Chicago. April 23. One more Illi nois county was added to the "totally dry" column by late returns from the local option election. In addition , two more counties were found to have voted out the saloons In all but one village or town within their limits. The "totally dry" counties of the state now number thirty-six. Makes Important Discoveries , Boone , la. , April 23. Professor Van Hynlng ot the state historical depart ment will probably finish the excava tion at the mound west of the city this evening. Among things uncovered were a portion of a skull. A circular floor of small fiat limestones , divided Into five long narrow chambers by lit tle walls of stone from one to three feet In height , has been uncovered. EX-PRESIDENT IS HURRIED TO LAKEWOOD. THREE PHYSICIANS ATTENDING Accompanied by Three Physicians and Mrs. Cleveland , the Former Presi dent is Hurried From Princeton. No Statement Available. Lnkowood. N. J. , April 23. More than ordinary apprehension Is felt re garding the condition of Groyer Cleve land who. attended by three physi cians and Mrs. Cleveland today re turned hurriedly from Princeton. No Ktnfi'inent could be secured from the doctors. The cx-prcsldent Is afillcted with stomach trouble. LIVE STOCK MEN'S ' BOYCOTT ' Evidence Given In Hearing at Kansas City That One Exists There. Kansas City , April 23. Evidence of a traders' boycott was brought out In Kansas City , Kan. , where Attorney General Jackson of Kansas Is taking testimony to1 ucertaln If the Kansas City Live Stock exchange and the Traders' Live Slock exchange are op erating In violation of the anti-trust laws. L' S. G. Mason , who had done busi ness at the yards for seven years , tes tified thut he was notitied by one of the members of the Traders' exchange not lo have anything to do with the Kansas City Live Stock Commission company , because , It was alleged , that concern was doing business at the yarns without a membership in the exchange. "Were the commissions lower than the rate charged by the members of the exchange ? " "Veb , sii. " Mason i-ald a member of the Trad ers' exchange had given him a list of traders that he was not to deal with. "I asked him , " said Mason , "why they had been put on the blacklist and he told me it was because they weie dealing with the co-operative company. " Girl Burned In Bonfire. Clinton , la. , April 23. Louise Stephen , an eight-year-old Clinton girl , met a terrible death , her clothing catching fire while she and a number of her young friends were playing about a bonfire on the street near her home. The girl , who was the daugh ter of Jacob Stephen , was.so . terribly burned that her feet , protected by her shoes , were the only unburned parts of her body. SAYS NAVAL BILL MUST CARRY MONEY FOR TWO'NEW SHIPS. FIGHT DUE ON SENATE FLOOR Poll of Upper House Gives but Twen ty-Six Votes In Favor of President's Plan for Four New Battleships , Senator Lodge Quits Fight. Washington , April 23. President Roosevelt will veto the naval appropri ation bill should the senate , as did the house , fail to make any appropriation for the two battleships which are au thorized in the measure. The prompt announcement of this fact to senate leaders Is regarded as responsible for the announcement by Senator Hale that he would propose an amendment appropriating $7,000,000 towards the construction of those ships. The pretldent stated his position on this point with his usual emphasis and suddenness upon learning that the bill , as passed by the house , was simply a "paper" provision for naval increase. Authorization of the ships Was made , but no money carried to make the provision effective. Such legislation as this , the president made known to his numerous congressional callers , was a travesty as to effective ness , as well as bearing all the ear marks of legislative legerdemain , In tended to make ridiculous his cam paign for the greater navy. That the president's ' quick and vig orous action Is to be effective la evi denced by the action of Chairman Hale of the senate naval committee In announcing that at the proper time he will offer the $7,000,000 amendment , There Is not the slightest Indica tion that the president has ceased hla flght for four new battleships , accordIng - Ing to the evidence of senators who talked with him recently. Senators who are with the president In bis flght on this proposition admit that a care ful survey of their strength In the senate glvea but a vote of twenty-air in that body In favor of President Roosevelt's naval plan for four ships. Significance Is attached to this poll of the senate In that it Is said to show a loss to the president of some of his heretofore staunchest supporters In that body. Senator Lodge Is under stood to uavo quit the fight for the full naval program advocated by the presi dent , and to have given his reasons personally to the president for so do- Ing. The loss of the Influence of the Massachusetts senator la regarded as responsible for the weakness shown by the poll , as It Is believed by those favoring the program that had the president's senatorial supporters en tered the flght with the vigor he has evidenced , hla desire In this direction might have been realized , ' COMMERCIAL CLUB AT NELIGH. Organization Formed to Boost Things of Benefit to the Town , Nellgh , Nub. , April 23. Special to The News : A meeting held last evenIng - Ing In GloHokor's hall to perfect an organization In this city to bo known as the Nellgh Commercial club was attended by a fair representation of business men. The object of the organization Is to hereafter look for the welfare and hottorniont of this city. The officers elected were : S. F. Oilman , presi dent ; vice president. Win. Wolfe ; sec retary , H. J. Wright ; treasurer , 11. J. Hyan. TEN CHICAGO DELEGATES TAKE UP JOHNSON BOOM. BUT THEIR WORK CUT NO ICE Although Ten of the Chicago Delegates to the Illinois State Convention Took up Johnson's Cause Thursday , the Nebrnskan Won Hands Down , Sprlnglield , 111. , April 23. Ten delegates - gates from Chicago took up the pres idential nomination boom of Governor John A. Johnson of Illinois this mornIng - Ing In a quiet way. They did not open campaign head quarters hut began the dissemination of Johnson literature among the dele gates. This work apparently had little ef fect , however , as the great mass of the delegates were admittedly In favor of sending a delegation to Denver In- structetk to vote for Hryan. Springtield. III. . April 23. The Democratic state convention today will Indorse William J. llryan In the strongest terms , and will instruct its del ° gates for him Johnson ot Minnesota seta will be 'accorded flattering ap plause whenever his name Is men tioned , but nothing more substantial will be offered him at this time. There la a strong undercurrent of individual feeling in favor of the Minnesota man , but it is not sufficiently crystallized to allow ot specific action being taken upon it. There has been anxious in quiry for "the man with the Johnson resolution In his pocket , " but he has so far failed to materialize , and no body expects that he will be heard from in the convention. Everything will go for Bryan and It will go with a rush. Roger C. Sullivan of Chicago , the national commltteeman from this state , who practically controls the sit uation , said : "The convention is all for Bryan. Nobody Is going to dictate the Bryan resolution outside the members of the committee on resolutions and the con vention Itself. They can make it as strong as they like and it will go through. Personally , I will have noth ing whatever to do with it , beyond doIng - Ing what I can to help It alon& " Grand Jury Rebate Inquiry. St. Louis , April 23. Subpoenas were served last night summoning four prominent railroad officials to appear and testify before the federal grand Jury In1 Kansas City , April 30. From the railroad records they have been ordered to produce it la understood the Inquiry is to be along rebate lines. PRESIDENT SIGNSJ.IABILITY BILL Attorney General Bonaparte Declares Measure Is Constitutional. Washington , April 23. President Roosevelt signed the employers' lia bility bill , upon receiving an opinion Irom Attorney General Bonaparte that the measure was constitutional. The b5h makes railroads or other common carriers , while engaged in In terstate commerce , liable for the In jury or death of an employe when the Injury or death results , In whole or in part , from the negligence of any of the officers , agents or employes of such carriers , or by reason of any defect or insufficiency of equipment. It is pro vided that In any action brought un der the piovlsions of the bill the In jured employe shall not be held to have assumed the risk of his employ ment in any case where the violation by the carrier of any statute enacted for the safety of the employes con tributed to the Injury or death ot the employe. Any contract , rule , regula tion dr device to enable the carrier to exempt itself from liability under the act is rendered' void by a specific declaration to that end. Provision Is made , however , that the carrier shall receive credit for any contribution made to the employe or his family In the form of Insurance , relief , benefit or indemnity. An action for the re covery of damages must be com menced within two years from the date of the cause of the suit. In his opinion , the attorney general Indicates that the bill is confined in Its scope to "common carriers by rail road , " as distinguished from the act declared unconstitutional by the su preme court , which embraced "all common carriers engaged In Interstate commerce and foreign commerce. " Young Roosevelt Makes Ascension. Washington. April 23. Theodore Roosevelt , Jr. . the president's son , had his first experience as an aeronaut , ascending from the navy yard In this city and landing four miles from Del aware City , Del. , having traveled 135 miles .n 3 hours and 35 minutes Ac companied by his fellow skytrallers Captain Chandler , pilot , and Captain Fitzhugh Lee the president's aide , young Hoosevelt returned to Washing ton shortly after midnight. COAL MINE EXPLOSION NEAR PITTSQURG , PA. THEY WERE ALL AMERICANS In an Explosion at the Mine of the Ellsworth Coal Company , Near Pitts- burg , Eight Laborers Were Suddenly Blown to Death , 1'lttnburg. PH. , April 211. Eight la borers wore killed in nn explosion at the mines of the Ellsworth Coal com pany this morning. All of the victims are Americans. Tin- bodies were badly lacerated by the explosion. Fly Paper Sale Limited. DOS Mollies , April 23. The state pharmacy rommluHlun has just Issued an edict that poisonous lly paper must not be sold by anyone but licensed druggists. The poison reglhter must be signed by the purchaser of lly paper the same as when other poison Is bought. Dolllver Starts for Iowa. Washington , April 23. Senator Dol- llvor left for Iowa , where lie will cam paign tor a week In the interest of the return ol S"tiator Allison to the sen ate. Governor Cummins Is opposing Senator Allison , and the result will be determined by state primaries In June. Governor Cummins' Grandson Dead. POS Molnos , April 23. Allen Raw- son , the little six-year-old grandson of Governor Cummins , died at the gov ernor's homo. Up to within a few days of its death its mother and brother were quarantined at his par- tnt's homo with scarlet fever. IN SENATEJND HOUSE Hale Will Ask $7,000,000 , to Start Building New Battleships. Wellington , April 23. The Browns ville affair and the naval appropria tion bill occupied practically the entire - tire time of the senatp. Senator War ner ( Mo. ) continued his remarks on the discharge of the negro soldiers , and quoted at considerable length from -testimony taken in that case. The naval bill was read through , with the exception of the section relat ing to battleships , which will probably lead to an interesting discussion. Hale announced that he would propose an amendment appropriating $7.000,000 to begin construction on the new battle ships , so that there might bo no delay In that work , and there Is no doubt that the amount will be added. Senator Warren , reverting to a re cent speech by Senator Hale against military enlargement , rend statements from the secretary of war and the chief of staff disclaiming any purpose of securing a regular army of 185,000 , mon. mon.The The sum total of the proceedings ot the house was the passage under sus pension of the rules of three bills and the defeat of one. When adjournment was reached there was pending a measure which Instructs the attorney general to Institute suits against the Oregon and California Railroad com pany for the forfeiture of several mil lion acres of land grants In Oregon. The bills that got through were as follows : Declaring the right to enter as oil lands certain mineral lauds ; au thorizing the alienation of certain al lotments of the Five Civilized tribes , and removing the restrictions against foreign snips with respect to trade between the United States and the Philippine Islands. By a large major ity the bill to allow the Importation of foreign white laborers Into Hawaii was defeated. Peaceful Picketing Not Illegal. Ottumwa , la. , April 23. Judge A. H. Anderson has held In the Wapello county court that placing of labor pickets Is not against the law so long as the pickets are peaceable. New Chief of Detectives. Des Molnes April 23. E. E. John son has been made chief of detectives under the new commissioners. He was formerly on the dctecUvo force. Wu Ting Fang to Speak in Iowa. Iowa City , la. , April 23. It was an nounced here that Wu Ting Fang , the Chinese minister to Washington , has accepted an invitation to deliver the commencement address at Iowa uni verslty In Juno. Plague Takes Noted Chemist. Guayaquil , Ecuador , April 23. Flores Ontaneda , a noted Ecuadorean chemist , died In this city from bubonic- plague. Twenty new bubonic cases and nine deaths from the disease have occurred in this city since last Sat urday. Admiral Evans Sleeps Ten Hours. Paso Robles , Cal. , April 23. Sur geon McDonald stated that Rear Ad miral Evans enjoyed an excellent night's rest , sleeping continuously forever over ten hours. YESTERDAY'S ' BASEBALL RESULTS Nationa' ' League Plttsburg , 5 ; St. Louis , 1. Boston , 1 ; Philadelphia , 7. Chicago , 7 ; Cincinnati , 3. New York , 3 ; Brooklyn , 2. American League Detroit , 3 ; St. Louis , 7. Philadelphia , 3 ; New York , 2. Washington , 3 ; Boston , 5. Cleve land , 0 , Chicago , 4. American Association Indianapolis , 5 , Milwaukee 8 Louisville , 9 ; Kan sas City , 2 Columbus G , Minneapolis , 12. Toledo 8. St. Paul. 7. Western League Lincoln , 0Deu ; Moiues , 1 THt CONDITION0F THE WEATHER _ _ Temperature ( or Twenty-four Hour * . Forecast for Nebraska Condition of thti wouthnr ni record- oil for tlio twenty-four hours ending tit 8 n. in. today. .Mnxliuum 84 Mlnlnuiiu 00 Average 71 ! Barometer 29.41) Chicago , April 23. The bulletin Is sued by tlio Chicago station of tliu United States weather bureau Riven tlio forecast for Nebraska nn follows : Showers and thundarfltortnn and cooler tonight. Friday fair and cooler. BREAKER'S FIGHT ON PAPER TRUST CALLED BLUFF. DALZELL AND PAYNE SCORED Nation's Papers Declnro Appointment of Committee to Investlaate Paper Octopus Is Simply Done to Side track Free Wood Pulp Bill. New York , April 23. There was a notable iuthuitng ; of editors and pub lishers at tlio Waldorf-Astoria last night , the occasion being u joint ban- iiuot of the Associated Press and the American. Newspaper 1'ubllHhora' nisso- elation , both of which tire holding their annual meetliiK In this city. Every state uud territory of the Unit ed Stales WUB reprenented by those who huvu earned distinction In tilt ! newspaper profession , and their gucsta included \V. J. llryan. United States Senator Philander C. Knox of Ponnsyl- vun-.a and others of public Influence. During the business session of tliu Atflerk-an Newspaper Publishers' UHSO- elation a resolution was adopted thanking President Roosevelt for his kindly and courageous message In fa vor of free pulp and print paper. An other resolution waa adopted , which reads as follows : "Tho American Newspaper Publish ers' association , comprising represent atives of dally newspapers printed lit every section of the country , and gathered - ered In annual convention , protests against the subterfuge just designed by Speaker Cannon and Representa tive Payne and Dalzcll , creating committee on paper Inquiry , and thereby - by blocking the Stevens bill for free paper and Iree pulp. Wo charge that this device was inspired In bad faith. Slnre early In December , 1907 , a com mittee ol this body has been clamorIng - Ing at the doors ot tlio ways ami meiips committee for an opportunity to sliow the power of Illegal combina tions of paper makers to raise paper prices and the effect thereon of exist ing tariff ri'btrictiuns. Messrs. Payne and Dalzell have repulsed all such f- ports. The speaker 01' the house has { urned away his face whenever any member tried to raise the Issue on the floor of the house. We are now amazed 10 ( hid that Messrs. Cannon , Payne and Dalzell have changed their tactics and avow a desire to study the tariff phases of this paper Ques tion. They say they want the whole matter Investigated thoroughly , though they know that such inquiry will carry over the entire proposition to the next congress. They now pose an cham pions who have been eagerly asking ( or that which for four months thay bad the posver to do and which they refused. With the utmost respect and deference for the authority of con gress , we respectfully state that we mistrust the committee Just appointed. We challenge the Intentions of those who havn thus far succeeded In side tracking the Stevens bill. We charge that action on the Stevens bill has been delayed to the advantage of n combination of paper makers , who , In a desperate effort to maintain artificial prices on a declining market , have shut down nearly 50 per cent of their mills and who , by throwing into Idle ness a considerable number of their employes , have shown the insincerity of their professions that the Jarlff duty on paper was needed to protect that paper. " ' " EIGHT MILLIONS EXPORTED Movement of Gold to France Contin ues , New York Sending It In Blocks. New York , April 23. The shipment of gold from the United States to Eu rope , which began several days ago , continues. Announcement was made that Lazard Freres have Increased their engagements for export to $2 , 600,000 , that the National City bank has engaged an additional $2,500,000 foi Paris ; that Goldman , Sachs & Co. have engaged $500,000 $ , and Heidelbach , Ickolbelmer & Co. $1,000.000. This makes a total of $8,000.000 , engaged thus far on the present movement. Warrants for Night Riders. Frankfort , Ky. , April 23. Acting un der orders of Governor Wlllson , Adju tant General Johnston has formulated plans for a vigorous campaign against night riders. In pursuance of this Roger Williams , after a conference with the adjutant general , left for Cadiz. Tclgg county , whore troops will be assembled to gather In all offend ers agaliiht whom warrants have been Issued. McKlnley Home as Hospital , Cleveland , April 23. The McKlnley homo in Canton has been donated to Bishop Ignatius F. Horstmann of the Cleveland Catholic diocese , to be use < 3 as a uon bcctarian hospital. "It wll be open to everyone , " Cleveland Cath olic authorities said. The home wa < bought by Mrs , Hose Klorcr of Canton for $20,000. It will be known as Mercy hospital.