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S!!ELDOII IS PLEASED. MC TELLS OF HIS EDITORIAL EX PERIENCE AT TOPEKA. He Cays the Experiment Was a Big Imwim and Believes That Much Good Will Result. IKcrr. Cku. U. Sheldon in N. T. Journal.) 11, during my brief editorial expen se, I brought one sinner to Bet: the kght more clearly and to ponder over th evil of his life, I am more than compensated for niy labor. Judging from the number of letters and tele grams I l.ave received congratulating sue en my work. I am satisfied that I lave accomplished some good. 1 had do thought that any lmmedi kU good would result from the effort. X rather expected the world in general su&d especially the people n ho give but Jit tie thought to matters of religion to turn a cold shoulder toward the f- furt at the start, and I was right t some extent. Nobody knew exactly aka-t to expect from me, except that it aa generally believed that 1 would re the world something of a sensa tional character. I disappointed many lovers of sensational literature in not tallUling their expectations, and they scoffed at my effort. However, I paid no heed to these sailings, as I had made allowance for something' of the sort. I had expected my support to come from the Christian ublleaUuns of the world rather than Irom the secular press, and am await letuf the verdict of the former on my ttort before I shall decide just how Kiitch good I have accomplished. The Christian papers and magazines, I be lve, better understand the motive that aispired my effort and will be in a ietler position to appreciate the result. HIS HOSTILE CKITICS. 1 was somewhat surprised and pain ed to note the attitude of the secular trees of the country toward my ex periment, as they have been pleased term it, 1 don't mean that all of 4h newspapers took a hostile stand toward my work, but many of them ere extremely bitter and exaggerated everything I did and said. These pa pers seemed anxious to belittle ray work- I don't believe they would have treated me in such a fashion had they stojrped to consider that I w as doing alblns which woul dinjure them in she least and could result in nothing not good. 1 take as an evidence of the good 1 e accomplished the determined ef Jtset made by certain of the Capital di scolors to hereafter conduct the paper a . "Christian dally." I am highly scarified that such an attempt was snaAe, and would be very happy to see h Capital finally conducted as a Thxtstlan newspaper. I would much rather permit the paper Wbicb I published to speak for itself thax&to say anything myself about the so- 1 have made the paper the best . could, and am willing to allow the mmtlA to judge of the result. Whether 3mae a failure In accomplishing good, such, a paper could do no w rong. I 4 a' 1 fcilieve there has been anything ublished which could exert a wrong fcfl'imce on a person's action. I ex ntd myself to prevent anything harni M being published. HHE PLEA FOR INDIA. 3nc of the reforms which started 4ucin the week, and which was trace able Indirectly to the work of the Cap ital, was the movement for the assist- !2e t the starving people- of India. TUe morning after the story of the first aoer was sent out by the correspond--rafcSv ati Monday night, I received a tfriiegrani from Amw K. Wells, editor I the CcMigregationallst, of Huston, asking me to throw open the columns -t the paper to contributions on the srsTjeeM S this stricken nation, and to atree, on the part of the Capital, to seceive funds for the assistance of these geople. I could not well do this, as I sua only in charge of the paper for a reek and very little money could be aolleeted In that time. However, Mr. Well' intention was an evidence that v paper had accomplished something toward relieving the starving people 9t India. Titer temperance crusade which has cKsmmenced In Topeka this week was ticmzOf. to be traced to the work of the Capital. . The anti-cigarette movement which took place in Topeka last week a la encouraged by the Capital. I know I haven't printed what news siper men regard as a real newspaper, ant I have made a display of what I jMtVr the best matter obtainable. It wa But news, perhaps, but it was cure important than any news tan be. tr was the best reading in the world. S tfkfnk the editor should assume the f-isition of a father toward a child, if meg toy wants a green apple or a ci gar, I refuse him, beef.use I know they ate bad for him. , . . .. HUmljxnaHt.it an Ideal newspaper in a tcJfr 1" J had time I would sur round my?l .with a staff thoroughly In accord with my views. I would reautr tha'. they hold the same views it rellgino. of politics and of every Im portant question as I hold. I wlsti the newspaper men would understand that I. only did weakly, and with mistakes, what I thought was best. Each, day when I entered the office 1 prayed for Hvltrc help and guidance. The Capital management will set Mtdc certain portion of the profits of tk paper under my management to be ard lor some charity. I will use this Where It r ill do the most good poeai V. I have bad several local and visiting acrwscpaper men tell me that I have at Met town a grain of good, and this p ttry gratify inf. MILLIONS STOLEN BY MAIL FPi'JCH. Ton of Fake Mail Matter Shipped and fto-bhipoed, Washington. I C, Apul r; The pad ding of mails at ir.ue wto-ii the av erage weight Is determined for a four years' contra' t between tti" railroads and government 1, exposed in dear, convincing form by the remarkable af fidavit of R. ('. Fechtig. a former em ploye of the Colorado Midland Railway company. Letters, telegrams nl photographed fac similes show the methods by which the government Is annualiy robbed of millions of dollars. Railroad employes are forced to assist In this robbery, though ths-y do not share in the spoils. Tons and tons of "faked" mail, con- Igressiorial Records and franked docu ments are shipped and reshipped in I'nited States mail sacks between points on the same road for a period of about thirty consecutive days, when the av erage weight Is obtained and used as a basis of compensation for the four years following. Fechtig Is row a gov ernment employe. In an affidavit now in the possession of the postmaster general Fechtig swears that in April, 1S94. while em ployed as a station agent on the Colo rado Midland Division of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, he assist- ed in the padding of the I'niied States mails by direction of his superior ofii- cers. While stationed at New Ca:-tle, Col. he received two I'nitiil States mail sacks containing Congressional R'C ords, each weighing 1'.5 pounds. Kadi sack bore a tag addressed to 11. C. Fectig, and the contents came through the mails us franked or free matter. Feetigs affidavit reads in part: "When I received the first sack. I supposed it was legitimate mail. 1 in tended to deliver it to the postmaster on the following morning, as was my custom each day. After I had locked the mail in the baggage room I found a letter addressed to me among the railroad business letters that arrived on the train with the fraudulent mail. Such letters are sent in care of the baggage master of the train, and re quire no postage." The letter reads ai follows: THE COLORADO MIDLAND It AILWA Y COMPANY. Superintendent's Office. Colorado Springs, April 26, 1S91. PERSONAL: B. C. F. : There will be a mall sack full o. Congressional Record books reach you on No. S this p. m. You will, of course, understand in connection with the reweighing of malls that is at present going on as to this matter. After retain ing them a day or so retag this sack to K. A. Baty, trainmaster at Leadville, This, of course, should be considered confidential and this destroyed after reading. Mr. Baty will also send you a sack in a few days, and after holding for a day or so return to me here. Answer if understood. As you have Colorado Midland cipher code No. 4. use this in reply. H. H. H. On the margin of this letter is this annotation: "Received by No. 'JHKi, April . Sent to K. A. H. by 9u6 April 2?. Received by 9rt."i May 1. Sent P.. II. B. hy 95 May 3." , In May. 1M6, Mr. Fechtig was in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railway company as stenographer in the su perintendent's office at Columbia, K. C. Two weeks Inter the newspapers were filled with accounts of the padding of mails of the Seaboard Air Line. It was openly charged that ".On sacks of mall had passed over that line. Mr, Fechtig says; "I then learned through several men who were in the I'nited States mail service and through an official of th Southern Railway company, that thai company had been engaged In the pad ding o fmails on a large sc ale in March, 1896. From what the mail service nin told me I am satisfied that the fraud existed on a number of railroads In the east and south. "From what I know of the mall rev enues of the Southern Railway com pany I am satisfied that the fraud Is carried on in a gigantic way, and that the government is annually defrauded of from $5,000,000 to Ill.mtO.OOO by the railroads of the United States." THK ONLY TIMK LAW- TON WAS FRIiHITKNKD. Many god stories about eneral, Law ton have come to the surface since hit death. Major Putnam Bradless Strong who was on the staff of General Law- ton In the Philippines, says Ijvlim confessed to being afraid once in his life. That was when he was riding with his 13-year-old son Manley pact Paco cemetery at Manila. It seems that a Montana detail had Just burled a comrade, when a California burying de. 1 ail came up. Somehow they had failed to get cartridges and asked the Mon tana.! for some. The latter had noth ing but ball cartridges. "Oh. they'll do." said the California sergeant. The bullets went whizzing over the grave and over the stone wall, on the other side of which was riding Oners! Law- ton, his head only a few Inches below the wall. The bullets made a breeze as they went past. "That was the only time I can remember being sinred." said the general iHter, "but my boy spoke up and said; 'PaiH, Is this like being under real fire? If It Is, I like It.' Brooklyn Life: "Oh, you darling! I'm so glad to hear of your happiness. What did Mr. Dickinson say when he proposed T' "He said he had loved me from the very first." "I should never have suspected thst; he Is such a young looking man!" COXEY IN A NEW POLE FAMOUS "GENERAL" FORTUNE. MAKING A He Is Operating a Stone Quarry in Ohio and Is Entirely Out of Politics. Canton. ()., April 3 ijeneral Jacob S. Cox-y of "commonwealth army'' fume la no longer dealing in theories, but facts. From the day that be was or dered oft the grass at the national cap ita! he became a new man. He turned his attention from politics to finance, and is now making money at the rate of four figures a day. He Is operating s. stone cjuarry five miles from Mas illlon, O., which is as profitable as a mall gold mine. Setting up as a large employer of unskilled labor, General Coxey has had a chance to demonstrate the practicability of his commonweal theories. His son, JefSe Coxey. a stal art young fellow, has a'so figured ex tensively In the solution of the gieat "hobo" problem. It is the policy of Coxey not to turn way any man who wants work. There Is a steady run of men who come and go from the cjuarry property. At pres ent there are fifty employes at the plant and among these are only two ot the "hoboes" of the original com monweal army. But there are plenty jf recruits from the ends of the earth. The story of Coxey's quarry has been "irculated among tramps all over the country. They are sure of a welcome, a day's rations and a chance to lave when work becomes too onerous. "De ole man's easy, but keep yer eye peeled ' fer Jesse," is the Wor d lately passed around. Some time ago three stout tramps ar rive don Saturday everting late and applied for work. They were so hun gry, they said, th-y didn't know where to stay all night. "You know me; my name's Coxey. General Coxey of the commonwealth army," said the old man, heartily. "Make yourselves at home, eat alt you ant and do a day's work Mon day." So on Saturday night and all day Sunday the tramps feasted and rested from their roadside wanderings. Mon day morning, after a phenomenally big breakfast, they fok the highway very promptly In a direction opposite to the generals quarry. This was the las! straw. The thing had happened go often that young Jesse Coxey took mat ters in his own hands, commonweal or no commonweal. He struck the ttail, and, single-handed, started In pursuit. Four miles away he came upon the three commonwealers resting on the ties of a railroad track. "Walk," said J ease Coxey briefly, as he leveled a gun at the party. He marc hed them back to the quarry and compelled them to do a day's work for their Sunday lodgings, when they were allowed to depart in peace. Gen eral Coxey was somewhat chagrined at the show of force. "You see all sorts of fellows come here," he remarked. "I am afraid there are some people ho won't work when they g.-t u c hance; really, I believe it. There i no law to reach these deadbeals, and 1 suppose we must do something to pro tect ourselves. Clad in a great fur coat, a slouch hat pulled down over his eyes, and carry ing with him an air of bustling activ ity. General Coxey, the cjuarry opera tor and wealthy mine owner, is a dif ferent man from the Coxey who march ed on Washington with his army of tramps five years ago. He owns ex tensive lead mines in Missouri and is preparing to put up a steel plant soon. "Politics?" queried the general. "I'm not In politics now. Not that I have changed and do not hold to the same principles as 1 did, but for the pres ent 1 have dropped politics. I have loo muc h work on hand." The Coxey quarry fac es to the north east and looks down over a narrow valley in which is a railroad, the Tus carawas river and the Northern Ohio Canal, in appearance this place is but little different from that of any other quarry, where stone is broken into cobbles and then thrown Into hoppers and crushed to sand. - Coxey claims a part In making the good armor of American ships. He says he furnishes sand for the big armor, plat plants of the land, and adds that his has been found to be the best. So the "general" has taken unto himself credit for recent American naval vic tories, and announces In flaming col ors on posters pasted on the cars that American naval supremacy Is doe to Coxey's good sand. The general ha found there are dollars In the sand and lie Is not anything If he Is c.t a good advertiser of his wares. His common weal fame attracts the public- to him wherever he goes. He does not espe cially court conversation on the match he made for the lost cause, neither doe he shirk when the matter Is brought before him. At present he evidently does riot care lo risk any more army trips, even for the sake of the principles which he has long advocated. He Is too busy. His wealth is piling up In con ical form like a Utile pile of sand from his crusher. His business tact has been sharpened and his Income, as the report goes, Is growing fast. But Coxey has with him relic s of his political canvass. On the switch near his profitable quarry stand four coach ee. The one, a Pullman palace car. Is used by Jesse Coxey, wife and little daughter, a dwelling place. A sec ond car Is used at kitchen and store room for'the workmen t the quarry. The dining rom Is a third car, the one used by .oxey In his political tour over (he United mate. The tides of the car are dc-rii!-d hh at'rm tlve ptlnN ing, llltng of the prlio ipl- s sdv,.c at.d by Coxi y on non-Inter! I 'aiinii bond, K'cod roud and other oumxioii. Hut the Intel lor of i he c ar bus been c hdttg td A long table of plum Icoai'lH in in the center of the c mi'-h This Is to seat the hungry men as they come to tbeh meals. Tin cups and plate are alwa sorcad readv fur oral time. There Is little style when the hob'M-s and other workmen cat. but the seem withal to be a happy set and fairly well content ed with Iheir lot. This non-interest bearing car is aiso used as a sleejier. Kvc-ry man has his bunk. There are lower and upper hearths, plain, but warm, and. no doubt, comfortable to the man who has swung a big sledge for ten hours in crushing stone. The clothing on thee beds Is of a plain grade, but the beds are kept dean and the men express themselves satisfied with their sleeping quarters. Coxey's home, at present ,1s near the quarry. He has a combination frame and log dwelling house. It Is well arranged, and the appointments are such as to make It comfortable throughout. He is five miles from Mas sillon. O., and a half mile from a rail way station. His communication with the outer world is by telephone and mall service. A trip Is made to Massil lon every day by Coxey. his son. or some employe, for the Imsiness letters, which are brought to the quarry office. Only two of the men of the old Coxey army are at work In the Coxey quarry. Pat Keenan was the color bearer of the army that marched to Washington un der the banner which was raised by Coxey. Keenan. when seen by the cor respondent, was raising a shovelful of coal, for he is today the fireman a! the Coxey quarry. "Jack," another wotkman at the quarry, made the march to Washing ton with Coxey. Roth have settled down to steady work and refuse to discuss the great principles of the once famou "common weal." RIG OIL WELL SHOT IN OHIO. An Abandoned Field Proves a Big Surprise. Tiffin. O. Special.) The attention of the oil wor ld Is yet riveted on the Tiffin oil field. The center of attraction is oil well No. ;, loc aled on the Van Nett farm and owned by a Buffalo syndicate. It was drilled In lust week and shot this week. Very disheartening were the Indications that oil would be dis covered. But Just as they shot It roar was heard and oil spouted over the derrick 80 feet, submerging acres of surrounding territory and filling rivu lets. A man working in a woods one and a half miles from the well was drenched and farmhouses near by had difficulty in extinguishing their lires. The flow continued over four hours and water wells three-fourths of a mile distant were filled with oil produced by the concussion of the earth. The gusher remained quiet for two days and then started to flow for several hours at the rate of a barrel per minute. It was es timated that over 800 barrels were lost by this action. After another laps- the well a third time bloke loose and flowed several hours at the rate of one and three fourths barrels perminute. Tiiree Z'rO barrel tanks were filled and a large amount of the costly fluid will be lost for lack of tankage. Since 130 this field has been aban doned by operators. At that time gas was the only thing wanted and just as soon as oil was found the well was abandonee and plugged. Today several of the finest lesidenc es in the city stand over wells which have in the past ex hibited signs of good oilers. These conditions have led prominent oil operators to the opinion that the city Is located over an immense pool of oil, the richness of which Is just be coming known. Kvc-ry available foot of territory within eight miles of the city is under lease and the most prom inent oil operators, known to the oil world are on the? ground. The Stand ard Oil company has begun the; creo tlou of a Jj.OOO-barrel steel tank. ALONE HE FOUGHT THE BULL. Kansas Man Kills a Bull In Twenty Minutes to Decide a Bet. Wichita, Kan. (Special.) Particular bave been received here descriptive of a bloody encounter between a range bull and a man, the latter armed with a short piece of celluloid and a butch er's knife, wherein the man succeeded lu killing the bull In twenty minutes. The contest was to decide a bet. A bull which hud attained a bad record for vlclousntss was procured for the pur pose. The fight took place near Chick asha In a branding sen 50 feel square, and was to continue no longer than thirty minutes. The cowboy entered first with a large skinning knife In his right hand, aim a piece of sharp celluloid In his left. The bull needed no preliminary goad ing, as almost any range bull will at tack a man on foot. As the bull charg ed the man stepped quickly to the left, and turning thrust the celluloid Into the animal as far forward us possible, bringing his back against the animal and using Ihe knlft with his right. The cowboy cut deep the first atempt. For lifleen minutes the flghl was exciting. Once Ihe man was struck and flung several feel- A cloud of dust prevented Ihe bull from winning out. The ground was soon slippery with blood. The bull was terribly mangled upon the right side, falling several limes from loss of blood, and whs finally despatched while dow n. Chicago News: An set of charity usually discounts an act of heroism. MR. JOHNSON'S PLANS CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC EX ECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Clvea Out An Interview of How the Subsidized Republican Press Can Be Made Powerless. Chic ago, April 4. The democratic na tional committee headquarter b are In suite M44 Cnity building. In this city Hon. J. II. Johnson of Kansas is chair man of the executive committee a nd spends all of his time here. Hon. C. A. Walsh of Iowa, the member of the nalional committee from that state and its secretary, Is also here and puts In regular hours at the headquarters. THK MKN AND TH KIR HA HITS. Mr. Johnson, the chairman, is a man weighing about 2."i0 pounds, above the average height, with brown hair and eyes, and wears a mustache, but his face is smooth of beard. He Is slow of speech, but quic k of action. For a large- man he Ik unusually Industrious, com ing to the office, as a rule, at S o'clock In the morning, and w ith the exception of a short time for lunch at noon and super at 6 remains until 10 p. m. He is easily approached, and, when not preoccupied will talk at length on any subject that Interests him or that may lie uppermost In his mind. Today when I saw him the subject uppermost in his mind was education.' He first spoke of the publicity given Mr. Hryan's speeches as being a great benefit educationally, and, continuing, said: 1HAV TO MKKT THK K.N KM Y. "The republicans outnumber us four to one in the way of metropolitan newspapers, and one of the ways to meet the situation is with a hook; we have encouraged the production of such a book, and those who read It will learn among other things how this newspaper sltuatieen has come about. If we cannot have more newspapers then we must make In part a book '.and pamphlet campaign as was twice before done is the history of the I'nited States." Mr. Johnson hud reference to the book entitled, "Coin on Money, Trusts unci Imperialism." by Mr. W. H. Har vey, and continuing he said: "1 notice that most of the demo cratic editors are keeping the book be fiere their readers and we feel grateful to them for what they an; doing. The publisher cannot afford to run an aei-vertlsemc-nt of a book In the news papers where It must be paid for. When a man buys a copy of a hook, as a rule, he buys no more. It is not like a cigar, or a soup, or a patent medicine, or any article that is of daily or fre quent use ami thru one buys often. Suc h mid like commodities as I have named can afford to advertise, but it is different with a book, and when iur friendly newspapers give us their sld in extensively calling the attention of their readers to 'Coin on Money, Trusts and Impel iallsm." they In no way lessen their advertising patronage.1 It is a benefit to them. The study of the book will Increase the number of persons who will believe in our cause and add to the- circulation of the- news paper that advocates that cause. The book thus pushed by a newspaper will increase the clientage of that paper and force the re-sjiee t of many people who do not now understand our prln- c Ipli-S." "TIIRICK AltMKK IS UK," KTC. With this Introduction Mr. Johnson continued: "When a man reads that book." holding one In his hand, "he can after wards read a republican party newspaper and In- as free from con tamination as a man is front smallpox when he has lecen vaccinated. Kduca tion when understood Is a powerful weapon, and this book applies educa tion with irresistible force to the ques tion Involved In national politics. I want you to say through your paper to our people that we want them to buy and read the book. It Is mainly han dled through agents, and where there is an agent we want our people to en courage htm, and where there Is no agent there should be one put at work. The publisher of the book Is the Coin Publishing company of this city, to whom all letters of Inquiry should be addressed. WOKK OF Klt "CATION. "We want this work of education, " continued the chairman of the national executive commlttce,"to go on through out the nation In democratic states as well as In republican and doubtful states. I want to see It carried cm In lieorgla, Alabama, Arkansas mid sim ilarly democratic slates, the same as In Indiana, Illinois and like states. U Is Important ihut all our people should be eeltjcatccl upon the elementary prin ciples of a democratic form of govern ment. Then, again, our people are a migratory people, moving ftom one place to another. Hnd when the whole loaf Is being b-avenrd gexid results generally may be expected. A fow years ago Kentuc ky and West Virginia of the southern states, were regarded as uncompromisingly safe for all Mine, but we see now that neglect lost them to us In l!i. If our work Is done thoroughly all over the I'nited States these setbacks will not come to us In the future. The study of statesman ship Is one of (he incest interesting of studies, and Mr. Harvey In this book lias so simplified the subject us to make It of engrossing Interest. I would like to see the parents have this book read snd discussed In the family circle; and that It be read especially by the young folks. When a nation of people are properly educated, as this book will tend to educate them, we will bet a pest people passion and prejudice will be alloyed and Justice and good government will prevail. Tes," he con tinued, "I wsnl mother to bve lh children -ver 12 years of sge rel I his tiook, nd after they hsvc nmt It, tho mother to question them on It till lit leaching are fssteneel In th.ir mlnda If this I generally dune the republic is saved." "Will the national committee dis tribute any of these hooks?" was question asked Mr. Johnson. NOT A IKK WJL.I UK GIVEN AWAY. "Not a book," was the reply. "If the committee purchased and distributed a hundred of these book It would de stroy the sale of a thousand books by causing others to wait for them to be given to them. We are making a fight for the people to save them from class laws and the aggression of the selfish few who through greed would utterly destroy them, and It Is the best policy to encourage the people to take up their own fight and make It for them selves. A self-relying people will make a strong fight, but a people who are encouraged to wait for some one tc give them literature leads to the mer of class legislation buying and supply ing literature that fosters class laws. The duly of our committee Is to aid the people in the management of theil campaign, and to teach them to w active and self-reliant. We are doing good deal that naturally falls io the work of such a committee as ours Is, and which requires money that Is be ing furnished by the people; and suc h work will be all that the committee w 11! be able to pay the expense of the peei. pie must do the balance. THE WHOUC THIN! KOH 25C. 'The hook Is Inexpensive at 'Si cents and the people can buy and distribute) a sufficient quantity of them, while Ihe committee would not be able to do so Say to your readers." said Mr. John son, In conclusion, "tnat mis is tneir cause, and that I want them to see to It that a thorough campaign of edu cation Is made. This are tending our way now. but this should not breed over-confidence, but should rather cause our people to take courage, become ag gressive, and leave nothing undone tha may aid In assuring success."- FI6HT THE ARMOR TRUST. The Democrats Will Fight For Government Plant. Washington, D. C, April 3. I'nless the republican agree to provide In the naval bill for an appropriation of tr.,- OoO.OOO for a government armor plate plant, prominent democrats ami repub licans will oppose the payment of the "An it ton demanded by the trust for armor to complete the battleships now in the course of construction. This determination is the result of a consultation between the democratic representatives on the naval commit tee and Floor leader Klchardson. It was decided also to consent to buy only enough armor at $545 a ton to complete the three battleships now ready for armor, and not to allow the urchase to be a precedent for future concessions. Mr. Ilichardson said today that the democratic party Intended to take cog nizance of the efforts that are being made to turn over :i",000,0O0 of work to the Shipbuilding Trust that can and should be done in- the government yards. Twenty-one labor organizations of New York have a etltlon before con gress, signed by 50,00f citizens, which was introduced In the senate by Mr. Depew, favoring the building of ships In the navy yards. Admiral Oewc-y has bluntly told the committee that this should lie done, and Hear Admiral Hl. hborn and other expert Instructors In the navy have aked for some of the ships. In opposition to all of these views, Secretury of the Navy lng has made a statement that he does not think ves sels should be built In the yards, it was through his efforts that the com mittee decided that the trust should get all of the new vessels. The naval committee surrender to the trust Is, the democrats say, one of the most abject the republican party hal yet made. Secretary Wilson Resigns. Lincoln, Neb. iRpcclal ) J. M. Wl son, secretar yof Ihe state board of Ir rigation, has tendered his resignation as secretary, to take effect April 1, and C. H. Channel of Kearney was appoint ed his successor. Mr. Wilson resigned to accept a posi tion In Nevada, connec ted with the Ir rigation Investigations of the depart ment of agriculture of the United titatett government. A part of his work will be in the I'nlverslty of Nevada, at Iteno. Mr. Channel has been Meld man un der Mr. Wilson, and was appointed by.; the board on the latter recommenda tion. The bnarel passed these resolu tions, which slated: itesolved, That, while we sJiuereiy re gret to Icese the valuable services ot Mr. J. M. Wilson here In Nebraska, wej congratulate him ami the general gov ernment us well an the people of our slHter stale, Nevada, where his future Held of work will be, in obtaining the services of one so honest and so thor oughly competent In all the depart ments of engineering, and so agreeable In his associations, and with him shall go our choicest benedlc lions." The newest ornamental buttons for llk, satin or chiffon-draped waists are' those of French brilliants of various small sizes. They are either surrounded with a mere thread-like Unci of black enamel or else with no setting what ever. They fasten to the bodice b means of smal gold shanks and rings, The average man has more money back of him Ihan he can see ahead o( him.