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ILL, SAILSFOR HOME
Reported He Suffers From
Cancer, But Physician Calls
It Gout of Throat.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, October 14.?William Rockefeller
sailed on the Campania today, ac
companied by I>r. Walter E. cnappeii or
New York. He is in a very serious physical
condition, suffering from what the
physician called gout of the throat and
larnyx.
The utmost secrecy was preserved to
prevent the newspapers from finding Mr.
Rockefeller. I^st night the preliminary
ship's sailing list had his name, also that
of Chappell, without the title of the doctor.
Your correspondent noted that on the
Mauretania's list early in the week Chappell's
name was also without the title
prefix, hut nothing indicated that he
might be wtih Mr. Rockefeller.
This morning the revised passenger
list eliminated both his and Rockefeller s
names, nor did either name appear on
the bookings of the special boat train
for Liverpool.
The correspondent then inquired of the
Cunard officials on the train if Mr. Rockefeller
was sailing. He received a negative
reply. Asked if Chappell was
aboard, he said he had a special car at
the rear of the train. The correspondent,
going to the car, saw Mr. Rockefeller
through a window reclining in a large
armchair. He also noticed a bed in a
curtained partition in the rear of the car.
Mrs. Rockefeller was with her husband.
Rockefeller Denies Identity.
Miss Louise Chappell and several servants
guarded the car entrance. The correspondent
succeeded in presenting his
card to Mr. Rockefeller, who said: "1
am not William Rockefeller," in a voice
scarcely above a whisper and so weak
-? 1 1 1 1 I
liiiii uiic uau 11# urnu iu iatv u hjc n uiu*-.
Inquiry was then made for Dr. Chappell.
but Miss Chappell said it was not his
car.
It was seen, however, that Mr. Rockefeller
was being assisted from a chair
by Mrs. Rockefeller and Miss Cnappell.
He walked to the bed in" the partitioned
end. where he remained until after the
train left.
M ss Chappell said: "Please don't disturb
him He isn't the person you think."
Dr. Chappell then appeared. When
told the correspondent had recognized Mr.
Rockefeller in the car. Dr. Chappell said:
"I am sorry for it. but I admit I am
Dr. Chappell and in attendan e upon Mr.
Rockefeller. Has the story of his illness
been in New York?"
On being assured that It had been published
several days ago, the physician
consented to give a statement of MrRockefeller's
condition. The correspondent
first asked:
Surprised at Cancer Beport.
**It has been reported mat Mr. Rockefeller
is suffering from cancer and came
here for an operation.'
Dr. Chappell seemed taken aback. He
aid: "I wonder how that got out.
"He is not suffering from cancer. What
is troubling him is gout of the throat anu
larnyx. He has had it for eight year,
and it's been getting worse. You saw
hira, heard him try to answer you. He
can hardly articulate. I've given him
orders not to speak. Otherwise he's ail
rigjht. I deny he has got cancer or has
been operated upon."
Dr. Chappell continued: e didn't
want anything known. To be frank, he
was stopping at a little hotel in Mayfair.
the Curxon.
"We wanted to keep him from notica
We find the fogs here don't agree witn
him, so he is going back. He is still perfectly
able to attend to his business, and
la even more active than I am."
FLAG PRESENTATION.
Ceremonies at Swetman School in
Fairfax County, Va.
A delegation of members of the Isabel
Worrell Ball Flag Association, headed by
Mrs. Ball, went to Swetman, Fairfax
county, Va., Friday, where a flag raising
took place. Miss Mary Snead, teacher
of the Swetman School, had arranged a
program of patriotic songs and recitations
for her pupils and audience of nearly
'J00 gathered for the ceremonies.
The flag pole, which was forty feet
high, was selected by the schoiboys, who
also set the pole. The flag was presented
by Mrs. Ball in memory of her father.
<'apt- James Purcell Worrell, who was
horn in Alexandria. It was raised by
the school children amid cheers and singing.
Mrs. Ball gave the children a talk
about the significance of the flag, and the
ladles accompanying her gave the flag
salute, led by Mrs. Annie E. Hoagland,
president of the association. Lunch was
10 cvrryooay in picnic xasnion under
the tree*.
The flag was accepted for the school by
gupt. of Schools Hall. '
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PROBE LIVING COST [
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Senate Committee Has Adopted
an Ambitious Program.
INQUIRY HAS WIDE RANGE
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May Cover Everything From Elephants
to Sausage.
MANY REMEDIES PROPOSED
? ' . .
Flood of Letters Reaching Committee
From All Parts of Country.
Many Bills Pending.
When Congress next winter takes up
the question as to how far it is to go in
the regulation of those corporations that
have a large say in fixing the price of
the beef and the butter you and your
neighbor put upon the dining table, it
will find itself confronted-with almost as j
many suggestions for solution as there )
are thinking persons in these United
States.
"Shall a commission be established to
fix the price of butter and eggs and mutton
each morning?" "Shall a commission
be given authority to investigate prices
U'ith O l'ln n. nn/1 f
???.?* a. ? trw ailU Willi aiilllUUL) 1UI 11*.ing
a maximum price to be charged by
the butcher and the baker?" "Shall competition,
to be insured by a slightly
strengthened Sherman anti-trust law, be
relied upon to keep prices and wages at
the proper levels?" These are some of
the big, basic questions that have been
raised by members of Congress and by
inquiries that have been made of members
and candidates for membership?
often asked of candidates?during recent
years,
Clapp Seeks an Answer.
Senator Clapp, insurgent militant of
Minnesota and foe of corporations fHat
are spelled with a big "C," as chairman
of the Senate committee on interstate
commerce, has undertaken the task of
finding a satisfactory answer to the questions.
No small job, he admits, but big
men, the biggest in the land, are to be
sought to advise as to the solution.
Nation wide and deep rooted is the interest
that is being shown in the inquiry.
As soon as the Senate, by formal vote,
adopted the suggestion of Senator Clapp
that the Senate committee on Interstate
commerce probe for the solution of the
present industrial problem of this country
inquiries began to be made of the
committee as to the extent of the
investigation and the scope of the
expected results. At first each mail
brought a few inquiries, but now they
are reaching the committee by the dozens.
From Texas and California and
from Maine and Florida the queries are
pouring in. Veteran employes at the
Capitol say no such interest has been
displayed in a congressional investigation
in years and years, and then some. ;
The scope of the inquiry can best be inC?
1 r?n t rt/t V\ * r n 4 k ^
uicatcu uj a j'irocuiaiiuii ui iiit; rcsuiution
adopted by the Senate. It says "that
the rommittee on interstate commerce Js
hereby authorized and directed, by subcommittee
or otherwise, to inquire into
and report to the Senate at the earliest
date practicable what changes are necessary
/or desirable in the laws of the
l*nited States relating to the creation and
control of corporations engaged in interstate
commer.e, and what changes are
necessary or desirable in the laws of the
United States relating to persons or firms
engaged in interstate commerce, and for
this purpose they are authorized to sit
during the sessions or recesses of Congress.
at such times and places as they
may deem necessary or practicable; to
send for persons and papers, to administer
oaths, to summon and compel the
attendance of witnesses, to conduct hearings
and have reports of same primed
for use, and to employ such clerks, stenographers
and other assistants as shall
be necessary, and any expenses in connection
with such inquiry shall be paid
out of the contingent fund of the Senate,"
Gives It Extensive Pnmero
All of which, it is declared, gives the
committee power to inquire into the price
of elephants and of sausage, as well as
into the billions of dollars that form the
capital of several interstate corporations, j
On the committee that is intrusted with
the task are several men who like probing
as a hobo likes ham sandwiches, and
they can be re ied upon not to leave a
stone unturned or a bet overlooked. At
the head of the committee is Senator
Clapp, and his emnity to anything that
looks like a trust insures some searching
probing on his part. Other members of
the committee are Shelby M. Cullom of
lllino s, dean of the Senate, and wise
from long experience; Murray Crane, the
pussy-footed and wily; George Nixon,
elected by popular votes in democratic JH
Nevada; Aibert B. Cummins, militant in- |
surgent. who has been studying the tricks I
of the corporation trade for years; Frank I
B. Brandegee, inquiring bachelor; George I
T. Oliver, .n whom newspaper experience ||L
has developed an inquiring mind; Henry ?
F. Lippitt, millionaire manufacturer from
the baronial state of Rhode Island; ca
Charles E. Tpwnsend, who has been on pa
the trail of the transportation corpora- tic
tions for years as a member of the th<
House; Benjam n R. Tillman, "Pitchfork siv
Ben," whose tongue Is a whip lash; cei
Murphy J. Foster, one of the two demo- co
crats who voted for the republican Payne- of
A drtch tariff law; Francis G. Newlands, th
radical democrat whose hobby Is the co- up
operation and co-ordination of govern- Ar
ment powers to check and restrain cor- co
porations and to improve governmental fe<
control of public utilises; James P. of
Clarke, from the state of Arkansas that th
is responsible for JefT Davis in the Sen- ca
ate; Thomas P. Gore, the sightless giant po
In oratory and the radical progressive co
among the advanced thinkers of the sti
democrats: Clarence W. Watson of "West
Virginia, mill'on aire bituminous coal operator
who advocates putting b'tuminous
coa! on the free list, and Atlee Pomerene, 1
Puritan who pleaded with the Senate to L?e
instruct Attorney General Wlckersham to th
prosecute criminally, under the Sherman ,
anti-trust law, John D. Rockefeller and
other officials of the Standard Oil Com- ru
pany and American Tobacco Company. Cc
To Have Good Advice. inL
While this may seem a formidable ar- pr
ray of talent for the solution of the th
problem, it is not regarded as all-suf- cc
ficient, and the advice of just as formi- tn
dable an array of men in private life be
is to be sought by them. Among those
who have been invited to appear before the
committee when the hearings l>egin No- pr
vember 13 next are Francis Lynde Stetson, an
attorney of New York, former head of the f0
New York Civic Deague; George W. Per- .
kins, former partner of J. Pierpont Mor- *
y it . ? ? . i?i m m A II1
gan 01 nan street; v ictur jioraweiz, a. . ,
lawyer of New York city; Charles W.
Eliot. former president of Harvard University;
Arthur T. Hadley, economist and
president of Ya'e University, and gamuel P^
Gompers, president of the American Fed- *?
eration of Labor. J1"
When the committee takes up Its task
it w 11 not be without concrete propositions
to discuss and to work over. Before it *
are many bills, some proposing radical
changes in the Sherman anti-trust law SP1
and others advocat'ng a definite system P?
of control of industrial interstate cor- mi
poratlons, much as railroad corporations n>
are controlled by the interstate commerce
commission. '
There are no specific propositions that of
would give to some governmental institution
or commiss'on powers to fix a
minimum wage scale or a maximum price or
for the necesslt es of life; but lurking be- co
hind several of the definite projects pro- wi
posed is such a plan as the ultimate out- 1?
come. be
Senator Newlands' bill for the creation be
of an interstate trade commission has pa
already attracted much attention through- "1
out the country, and the committee has bji
discussed it at considerable length and ye
in most serious vein. The proposed com- pt
'mission is to gather reports of the 1
financial condition of all interstate in- PC
dustrial corporations with gross receipts In
over $5,000,000, register such companies sp
and retain control over them so far as m
the regulation of its assets is concerned. ar
The commission is to have power to at
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ncel the registration of such com- t
nies if they are found guilty of viola- e
ma of the Sherman anti-trust act, of
e use of materially unfair or oppres-. i
e methods of competition, or of the ac- i
ptance of discriminations, rebates and i
ncessions from the lawful tariff rates I
common carriers or of refusal to allow r
e commission access to its records, or ?
on the ground of overcapitalization, i
id if the company engages in interstate
mmerce after the cancellation of ils
fleral registration It is liable to writs
the courts to compel it to comply with
e commission's orders. Authority to f
rry its orders into effect, such as is <
ssessed by the interstate commerce |
mmission, is to be granted to the' inter- ^
ite trade commission. f
Considering La Follette's Bill.
Before the committee, also. Is Senator '
i Follette's bill to make more radical J
e provisions of the Sherman anti-trust
w. It is aimed directly to meet the I
ling of the United States Supreme 1
>urt that a corporation must be in {
inreasonable restraint of trade" to be \
violation of that act. The burden of 1
oof to establish the reasonableness of 1
e restraint is to be placed upon the \
.rrvrvroUnn OflH thfl TlArtiAS tf* _ ,
act held "In restraint of trade" are to
held responsible under the law.
Senator Polndexter, too, has a bill "to
ohlblt Interference with commerce
nong the states and territories and with
reign nations, and to remove obstruc>ns
thereto, and to prohibit the transIssion
of certain messages by telegraph,
lephone, cable or other means of comunicatlon
between states and territories
id foreign nations." It proposes to
ohlblt the sending of messages relating
the sale of grains for future delivery,
ildlng the parties to the message and
e Officers of the communicating comny
responsible.
Senator Kenyon also has proposed a
1, now before the committee, which will
ire the Interstate commerce commission
wer to fix a minimum as well as a
iximum rate to be charged, and extendg
the time for the tiling of claims
ainst railroad companies.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma is the author
another measure before the commits
proposing "that every contract, comnatlon
or conspiracy of whatever kind
character in restraint of trade or
mmerce among the several states or
th foreign nat'ons which is declared
be Illegal" by the Sherman law "shall
presumed, construed and adjudged to
unreasonable." It also provides that
rties to any contract or combination
n restraint of trade" shall be punished ]
lmnrlsonment for from two to ten ,
>ars. No fines are to be allowed In |
inishment.
Senator Reed of Missouri not only pro- ,
ses that every "contract, combination ,
the form of trust or otherwise or conilracy
in restraint of trade or comerce"
shall be held to be "unreasonable
>d illegal," but that "all monopolies or
tempts to monopolise and all combine
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Ions or conspiracies" are to be consider- ol
>d "unreasonable and Illegal." m
A bill by Senator Brown of Nebraska
s aimed at railroad combinations, prolibiting
any railroad corporat on from
icquiring any interest of any kind In or
rom leasing a railroad operating a com)eting
line, and the penalty is to be pi
>6,000 per day for the time it holds such <j,
nterest. ' <ii
Kenyon's Drastic Bill. \\
A general anti-trust law, more strin- **
;ent than the Sherman enactment and di
lesigned to put behind prison bars the tt
'big ones" in illegal trusts, has been &*
'ramed and presented to Congress by
Senator Kenyon, erstwhile government jn
'trust-buster" and a wiseacre so far as oi
ho impunity dodges of the magnates are $1
;oncerned. One of the drastic paragraphs *?*
jf the proposed Kenyon law declares p
'that the purchase of any stock In a cor^oration
engaged in interstate commerce J*
5y another corporation engaged in inter- p'
state commerce doing a competitive or,
similar business, when such purchase,?*
rfould' result in destroying competition in
A'hfele or in part between said corpora- tr
:tons so engaged in interstate commerce
?hall constitute a misdemeanor, and if er
mch stock shall be bought, taken or
alaced in any other name than that of 9*
the corporation the person in whose //
lame It is so taken shall be guilty of a
nisdemeanor and on conviction thereof .
svery person so convicted of a misde- lc
neanor, as provided in this section, shall
ae punished by imprisonment for a term
lot exceeding one year, and every corpor- a'
ition so convicted shall be punished by a 8*
ine not exceeding $5,000." It is also proposed
to wipe out the "reasonable" test ra
:'or contracts or combinations in restraint
if trade. Forfeiture of patent rights T
leld by persons found guilty of any vlo- In
ation of the act is to be a further pen- A
ilty. w
Stringent requirements regarding the is- I*
suance of bills of lading by transporta- la
tion companies is proposed in a bill P'
which Senator Clapp of Minnesota has c!
introduced. If one of the forms of bills to
if lading, as specifically set forth in the
[iroposed law, is given by a transportation
company before the receipt of the
whole of the property Into its control, the s.
transportation company is estopped, us
against the consignee or other person reviving
the bill in good faith, from deny- ts
Ing the receipt of the property. And ti
when the bill of lading is not required to cc
oe surrendered, upon delivery of the prop- di
ff'rty, the transportation company is es- ct
topped, as against any person acquiring A
the bill of lading in good faith, from as- oi
Jerting that the property has been de- lo
llvered. d<
Senator Williams of Mississippi has a it
bill to limit the powers and capitalization
of corporations. It would require a company
engaged in interstate business to be
incorporated in the state in which its a,
chief executive offices or business Is located,
to have only such powers as are
Incidental to the business in which it is F
authorized to be engaged, "which shall r<
not inc lude any express power to hold the Q
stock of any other o<^"opo ration or to do rr
anything outside of the state or territory yi
>thing that adds to the convei
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r its incorporation, which it is not perlitted
to do therein."
Limit on Capital Stock.
The capital stock is not to be more than
>,000,000, its surplus not more than 50
er cent of its capital stock, and its inBbtedness
not more than Its full paid
ipital and surplus, except that a compe:nt
court may authorize a larger capitalation
if the corporation does not un asonably
restrain trade or monopolize
jmmerce in the particular article it
eals in. The penalty for a violation of
ie provisions of the proposed law is to
i In pacp of a pnrnnratlnn n finn of no*
ore than 10 per cent of its capital stock
a permanent injunction against engagg
in interstate commerce, or in the case
f an individual a fine of not more than
10,000, and, "if willful with intent to
jfraud or to create a monopoly," imrisonment
for not more than five years.
Senator La Follette has again put forard
his bill for a physical valuation of
iblic utilities, and the companies are
quired to furnish records and other
jcuments as shall be required by the inrstate
commerce commission in making
te investigation.
Senator McCumber has proposed a fedal
incorporation act which would place
mtrol of ?uch corporations in the hands
' the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Without his consent a federal "associaon"
is not to issue any capital stock.
Senator Cummins would limit to fouren-hour
shifts the service of interstate
nployes in train service, and he would
ive Congress pass a law fixing the
nount of baggage each common carrier
tall carry, per passenger, free. Senator
>nes of Washington would compel all
iiiruuuM iu auopi unuurm ruies or operaon
and a uniform system of signals,
he extension of the jurisdiction of the
tcrstate commerce commission to
iaska is urged by Senator Poindexter,
ho has introduced a bill for that pur)sc,
and Senator Taylor has put forth a
w to require common carriers to make
ompt adjustment of claims for overlarge
on freight and for loss and injury
i freight.
Small Buckwheat Crop.
lecial Dispatch to The Star.
OAKLAND, Md.t October 14.?The univorable
weather conditions have made
le buckwheat crop a failure In Garrett
mnty. There lias not been sufficient
ry weather to enable the farmers to
it and gather the grain from the fields.
number of farmers cut the grain two
r three weeks ago, and it has laid so
>ng that it has begun to sprout, which
sstroys it for commercial purposes, but
can be fed to stock.
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Declines Republican Nomination.
tecial Dispatch to The Star.
OAKLAND. Md., October 14.?W. H. H.
riend of Friendsvllle has declined the
'publican nomination for surveyor of
arrett county tendered him by the comilttee,
giving as his reasons "advancing
ears and a decline in physical health."
lience of our patrons is omitt
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I Anglo-Indian Wilton?8 V4XIOV2 .
Anglo-Persian Wilton?-0x12. ...
Anglo-Persian Wilton?8*4x10*4
Axminster I
927.00?0x12
930.00?0x12
923.00?8?4xl0^
926.00?8V4XIOH
Oriental R
CARPETS. {
Made, Laid and Lined Free. I
1. AVERAGE CITIZEN'S
PART IN G0VE1MEN'
Haskin's Book Gives Hin
Many Interesting Facts
About His Participation.
How many people have any Idea of th
actual share which they have In the fed
eral government? Who, for Instance, sup
posing himself to be an average citizer
knows how much he contributes annuall
to the support of Uncle Sam? Wh
knows how many letters the postal servic
handles annually for him? Who know
what his share of the money in th
United States is, and what his share o
the debt of the country amounts to?
Mr. Average Citizen has about $38 a
his share of the stock of money in th
United States. Of this, all but about ?
is in circulation. That $4 is in the Treas
ury. He contributes 21 cents a year to
ward the interest Uncle Sam has to pa
on borrowed money. He is called upon t
contribute about f7 a year for his privl
lege of living under the Stars and Stripes
About 115 worth of goods passes througl
the custom houses annually On its way t
him. He receives some ninety letter
and postals and some thirty pieces o
printed matter through the malls eacl
year.
Thousands of such interesting facts ar
brought out in the thirty chapters of thnew
book. "The American Government,'
by Frederic J. Haskin, which is now be
In* offered to the readers of The Star.
Don't fall to watch the advertisements
They will tell you how to get a copy o
this valuable book at small expense am
little trouble. Save the coupons.
Drowns While Trying to Win Bet.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md.. October 14.While
a party of men employed on tin
construction of the Western Maryland
railway extension were strolling aloni
the banks of the Casselman river neai
Fort Hill they challenged one of theli
number, an Italian, to swim across th<
river. He accepted, and in the attempt
to win a flve-dollar bet he plunged int<
the water, but drowned before he reached
the opposite bank. x
Elder S. A. Shaver, eighty-two years
old, for flfty-ooe years a minister of the
Church of the Brethren, died Thursday
afternoon ?t Maurertown, Shyuuidoah
county, Va.
1 V W WHEN m DOB
- House %Hc
?I II con. 7*j St sr.
ise in O
he abundant assortments pro^
VALUE CONSIDERED, yo
?and no concern, anywhere, ui
er you select here?regardless
-| I rz : TT""
Massive Libi
smoothly, and you'll note the broad sh
No question but this is a wonderfu
special price
=1 Office
I Furniture.
fl
Sanitary Flat-top Desk: 50 inches
long, with double pedestal of drawers:
genuine Oak; carefully finished.
s Revolving Office Chairs, designed in
the square lines now popular in of
flee furniture; saddle seat; strong; and
substantial.
The Desks 1 O
I are special at . . J 0 .
IURS WHILE 1 HE RUG AND CARI
3f values has been seen in Washing
ard of Carpet a guaranteed quality?n
Carpets you'll never regret buying:
prices when our sale closes. Choos<
all Rugs. Tapestry
fixjvo?sv4xio?4 ...
16.00?8y?xlO^ ...
*?4.0O?8V?xlO* ...
634-10 fio.oo?0x12 . ...
945.00 920.00?0x12
5ii*75 927.OO?0x12.!!!.
?=oo-r?>
Rugs. Vel
920.00 923.00?0x12
$28.00?0x12 .!....!
917.50 910.00?Oxll
919.50 92O.0O?8?4xl0>4....
CS Genuine Dachentan. Beloaglitan
O r"K? of proper sixes, 910.00
65c Ingrain .... 48c $l.i
95c Tapestry ...65c $1.1
^ I f ' I ** ma n4nmm t OC? ^ f t
PI.1U ld[7C3ll) . . Odl V I .<
$1.25 Velvet .... 90c $2.1
BACK TO FORMER OFFICE 5
TO BECOME ITS CHIEF
f I
John W. Hollyday Made Division j
Superintendent in Railway ^
PI Mail Service.
>
Postmaster General Hitchcock has promoted
John W. Hollyday to the position ^
of superintendent of the ninth division
of the railway mail service with headquarters
at Cleveland, Ohio, succeeding gp
a John C.' Koons, who was recently pro- (
1- moted to the superintendency of the divi- gp
i- sion of salaries and allowances. rel
i. Mr. Hoilyday first entered the postal w(
y service in 1878 as a railway mall clerk ex
o and has an enviable record for efficiency.
e Since March 1, lWUT, ne nas oeen cniei
s clerk of the bureau of the second assist- n{
e ant postmaster general. He is a native
f of Findlay. Ohio, and his promotion, it is en
announced, was based solely on merit and ^
s as the result of the efficiency he has ar
? shown in the various grades he has held tr(
in the postal service. _.
Mr. Hollyday was appointed a clerk in 1
the railway mail service March 4, 1878, vaQ
and served on the New York Central and of
Lake Shore lines, then known as the
New York and Chicago R. P. O. In 1881
^ he was appointed to duty in the office of
the superintendent of the railway mail wo
service for the ninth division, at Cleve- py
# land, to which position he has now been tio
u promoted. Later he served as clerk in C
charge of his former R. P. O. for two Bl|
- SAGE TEA DARKENS THE HAII
f
i A Asa Ws|
olUKtdUULUK 10
- Cures Dandruff, Stops the "J
Hair From Falling Out
r and Makes It Grow.
i T1
t There la nothing new about the ids* of naing druj
) sage for reatorlng the color of tha hatr. Our mot
I great-grandmothers kept their locks soft, dark as i
and glossy by using a "sage tea." Whenever I>
their hair fell ont or took on a dull, faded or Wy<
I streaked appearance they made a brew of aage dlff<
s leaves and applied It to their hair, with wonder- Tl
fully beneficial effect. fifty
[ Nowadays ws don't have to resort to old-time, sold
tiresome methods of gathering the herbs and O'D
WT BUY OF I
irrmann
ttl) 3TMEKTX, M.MC I
rder
rided here ? and
u'll find it to your
iderhuys nor underof
the price ? IS
.
airy Table.
convenience, but a rich. handf
furniture-?Golden Oak or Mai,
as you prefer. The top la
Tge drawer in the center works
lelf for books. rT% X A A
,1 value for ourjj) J^QaUU
The Chairs WJ
are special at
;ET SALE CONTINUES.
jton before?every Rug a
ewest in design; artistic in
?but that you'll never be
c while the choice is good.
Brussels Rugs.
910.26
912.50
91S.OO
912.00
91VOO
921.50
912.00
[vet Rugs.
917.25
921.00
912.50
915-00
nb4 Kurdistan
to 935.00.
60 Velvets . . . $1.30
50 Axminster . $1.20
30 Axminster . $1.45
>0 Savonierre . $1.60
iars, and In 1885 was transferred to tho "
Hoe of the general superintendent of the
illway mall service at Washington. Ho
as made chief clerk of that office In Aulst.
185*7, and March 1, 15*17, was proofed
to be chief clerk of the office of tho
cond assistant postmaster general.
Mr. Holiyday is prominent in Odd FWw
circles in the District and is at prosit
an officer in the progressive lino of
e Grand Dodge of Odd Feliows.
WORK SHOWS PROGRESS.
D ft tl rr TvianetAM ?
VaVrVAXA AkOil TV Ck J iiAWUOiUU HCIrWttU
Cumberland and Connellirilia.
trial Dispatch to The Star.
7CMBERL.AND, Md., October 14.?D*
lte the fact that wet weather recently
Carded the progress of the construction
>rk on the Western Maryland railway
tension between Cumberland and Conllsvllle,
a number of the subcontrar s
are through with the heaviest parts
their contractors. There Is much work
be done, however, and It will be sevil
months before the road Is ready for
a operation of through trains. There '
e Ave miles of track laid extending
>m Confluence east to near Fort Hilt,
e roadbed is almost sufficiently adnced
to start work on the construction
the bridge spanning the Youghiogheny ,
er. and this will give, when completed,
opportunity to the track layers to
rk west from Confluence toward Ohiole.
The big subway at Salisbury Junen
is about two-thirds completed.
)wing to quicksands, the big tunnel at
g Savage mountain is away behind.
Hi
I FADED AND GRAY HAIR
ting the tea. This la done by skillful ehami
better than we could do It omtlita, and
we bare to do la to call foe the ready-Bade
loot. Wyerh'a Mage and Sulphur Hair Bam,
containing aage In the proper strength, wtth
addition of anlphor. another old-time aealp
iedy.
he manufacturers of this remedy authsilai
[gists to sell It under guarantee that the
iey trill be refunded If It falla to da exactly
repreeented.
trn't neglect your hair. Get a bottle ef
rth'a Sage and Sulphur today, aad notice the
?m? after a few days* naa.
lis preparation la offered to the patiHa at ? J
' cents a bottle, and la recommended and
by all druggists. Special agent. Jamas
onnell. MM F at. n-tr.