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MEDICAL.
RAILROADS.

WASHINGTON. ALEXANDRIA AND MT. YER
NON HALLWAY COMPANY,
From Station, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE and
1917 STREET.
In effect May /, 1899.
For Alexandria, week days-6:3O. T:04. Ia
500. s:sS. s5e, a2s. 1000, LOO. Has An,
1890. 1925. 1850. x4:l5, 1850. sos. x5:2O GAO
1904. $3.50. l:o6. 1885. 500, $780, 1880. ii:2o.
11:5e PM.
sundays-7:45, 300. 9:4s. 1880. 11:1s AL.
1890 noon 1245, 1880, 2:15, 300, 3:45, $50.
5:l5 500. 6:45. $780, s:I5. 900. 1000. IL 90.
l1:50 PM.
For Mt. Vernon, week days-6:30, 500, xI0:0
ll:00 AN, 112:0o. 11:2O. x2:O0 xS:00. 1850.
Sunday AM, 1890 Noon. 2:15. s:45,
6:4b 900 Pm.
For Arlington and Aqueduct Bridge. week days.
$780, 1885, $780, !9:25, 10 90, il205 III
Leo; :l;45. 2;oo. 2;4os 500; s:2a. A:ib. o:o5.
sundays-7:at. 300, 0:45, 10:30. II:15 AM.
1900 noon i2A5. 1880 2:i5. $500. S:i6, 1880.
b:15. 600, GAS, 7:3O, S:15 PM.
Parcels carried on all trains. Baggage checked
u Express. % To st: Asaph only. on To
Arlington only G. e. ABBOT, President.
]. CoLvLN. ssosEiassaAs.G nyl
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It pays to read the want columns Of The
Star. Hundreds of situations are Allied
through them.
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Intended ssec mship sailingn from Vancouver.

JAPAN. CHINA AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
EMPRESS OF JAPAN. June 70. Aug. 81, Nov. 9
EMPHESS by INDIA. .......... duly 81, Oct 8
HAWAIi.t.I Igl.AaDs. FIJI AND AUSTRALIA:
Fog rates Apply 5s3 Broadway and G3 Wall st..
y. T., o. y. E1Sp(,a GE9kLE, I..2a Psap. ave.
ocl4-f, t1tf
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CARROLL Springs Sanitarium

FOREST GLEN, MARYLAND.
Beautifully situated the b. and o. and
electric car line: 500 feet above Washington. De-
signed for iuvalds, convalesceDts and those seek
Ing rest and quiet. Hygienic surroundings Baths,
Swedish movement, electrical and medicinal treat
nent. For circular address G. II. WRIGHT, Md.
ap17-2ms
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BADLY Managed.
From che O.texgo Record.
How wss the Ito:lic?"
"A disTna, failure. There was no one
along who eoald photograph U.s."
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ARANDALE HOTEL.

BEDFORD, PA
Hotel now open. Many, new improvements and
attra ctions beautifully Iocated midway between
the old historic town of Bedford and the Mineral
Springs. A delightful 10 minutes walk to either
place, Terms moderate. Special rates for June
and september. AslP & SMITH, Props
RI n m thend3etN
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SUMMER RESORTS,
SPRINGS AND RATHs.
Rockingham Va. Springs.

Now open for accommodation Of guests UNbER
NEW MANAGEMENT. altitude, 1000 feet; low
rates especial terms to families, excellent table,
fishing hunting BE-: Good stable in connection
with hotel. PLENTY OF SHADE Ten mineral
from railway, conveyances to meet all trains
Mrs: A: YANGEY proPP..i ,ss will be pleased
Pleasant until June 10, after which address her at
McGaheysville Rockingham co., Virginia teS-ats
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Anchor Line.

Sail from New HorS every SATURDAY for
GLAS.iOw. VIA LONDONDERRY.
Saloon Passage. $50 and upward
Second Cabin, $Gu tnI S35;
SterTsge Passage. $23 so TO $25. 80.
Fer Book % IUI and 'nfurluat ion apply to
HENDERSON BROTHERS,
CEREAL Agents. Bowling Green. New York.
Or r +. l,i3 so d SONS. 925 Penna ave-
Or G.. ". No u. .2I pa. NV; A. L.
vEI-ATI las. y 81. NV, Washington.
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HOTELS.
UNDERTAKES.

w. K. Speare,
Undertaken & EmbaIrner,
$40 Street Northwest.
Everything strictly Erst-class aud the most
reasonable terms. Ielephone call $40. ia1-u
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Red Star Line.

SSA SaGT LlTG.
NEW IORh-ANTWEUP-PAKlS
EYe.y Wednesday II uUon-
TritSlInd- June IA Nesternland. June IS
Southwark. June Il 'henslngICn. July
passeEgeTs low rates.
INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY
Piers I4Nio. Mr. OfHee. - Broadway. New York
Philadelphia Office. 5O5-3UT Walnut St
WASHINGTON OFFICE, 1906 St NV, Of
Geo. W Auss. agent. y2l Ferns se21
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IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Lock LYNN Heights Hotel

MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK MD. On the crest Of
the Alleghanies. Most delightful summer resort
in this part OF the country. Hotel opens june 10
Apply GEO. A. ROCK. Metropolitan Hotel.
r,rDt nj
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FRENCH LINE.

Compagnic Gelerale Transatlantique
Dil-2Sr Il\R 20 EANRE - PARIS (FRANCEJ.
Sailing IveTr Saturday at 10 AN.
From F.sr A.: Nrt:h T:vtr. foot Of Morton street
Ia Champagne Jnnr 20 La Gascogne- July
La TCGrs.Rs. .tire u Ls CEampag ne. July Q
Ia Eretz sr-. June "a Ia Normandte July 10
SiIst'!sss passage 10 Hsvre. Sd5 and upward
G ~ .iOSs .cI Pr=n.yI.s1ia ave.
MEL D Co ::oc q - nhl6a
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COUNTRY BOARD.

NARRFN WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. VA
Rates, S2' to So per north, Large. N'ii,fef
nIsied rooms; excellent table; elevation, Z,lpJ
IT ~ rtes frlm Washington, one mile from
station, good fishing: fine drives; special rates
t. famiIies. Address Mrs F. II. CT Lien, va
t-7':5k st ition. Va. jt9@t
WANTEp -I.Y July l. AT WOODSTuCk. W,
summer fnartiers; river ami mountain VI
fersEt ~ N y. jew
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CHESAIEAhE ND OHIO HALFWAY.
1HRUlGu 1HE IHANDESr SIENLRi OF
AMEHlCA, AL 1bAlNS trSIIBuI.k.lJ,
ELkCIIuG L4GliTED, SfEAM IiEAItD
ALL MEALS StItt ED IN DlNING Calls. SIA-
4iVN. SiAtH AND Is SHEETS.
Schedule effect June l. 1890.
2:2o Pm DAiLl -CIncIunat AMI ST. Louis Spe-
cial-Sod tcain for Cincinnati, Pullman Seepers to
Cincinnati. Lexington louisville, Indianapolis and
ST LUuIs, without cnause> rarIur Car Cuyiugtuu,
Va, to Virginia Hot Springs. Parlor Ours CInciu-
natl to Chicago.
if:l9 I'M DAILT-F. f. V. Limited-Soiid train
for Cincinnati. Pullman Cncinua ii, Lex
ington and Louisville without change. Pullman
Sleeping Cal Nl~gnia Hot Springs connection
for dot Springs Va, dsIlyJ without change, Iues-
day, Thursday and saturday. observation Car
Hinton to Cincinnati. SeepeIs Cincinnati TO Chi
cage and ST. Louis.
geo Pm. DA1LG-For GordonsyiIIe, Charluttes-
vile. StHuntom daily. aud for k4chmuud daily,
cept Sunday
IteserSAtlun and tickets Chesapeake and Ohio
offices, 5l3 rennsy rauia avenue, 6US l4th ST.,
+, and at the station. Telephone call l44i for
Penusy lyania kaiIruad cab service.
H. W. FULLLn General Passenger Agent
anoH-30d
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Mountain View House

HOTEL ROY AL FRONT ROYAL. VA; OPEN FOR
guests: mt water; bass Gskug. boating, bathing;
elegant rms, first class table electric lights,
baths A. F. Mc1NTU RIFF. L. S. DALTON, Props.
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when Jay Gould died 1t was found that
he had amassed sso.0ooooo. at low
estimate, SO invested that It was all "cold
cash" And 1t was declared at that time
that no man could ever do the same again
in the same number of years. Jay Gould
at 80 was poor man; at so he had his
many millions. Experts on financial mat
ters morallzed upon this by saying that
conditions had so changed In this country
that 1t was impossible for man again,
In a moro matured civilization, to go to
work and make the same fortune again
in the same length OF time
But events have proved that this Is not
the case.
Now millionaires are springing up all
the time and the name OF the millionaires
OF today would have been strange names
a year ago
Russell Sage has often said that he saw
no reason why every man could not be-
come q millionaire. MARK you says he,
81 know that every man will not become
millionaire. Actually there is not
enough money In the world to supply
every living man with a million dollars,
but every man who wants to become
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|HON| THEY MADE THEIR MILLIONS !
Lives Of Jay Could Carnegie Russell Sage and Other
American MIionaires.

AFFORD to hold on to my share and work
It,"
Then" said the others. perhaps you
would like to buy us out" Young Rookie
feller agreed to do so. He bought them
out with little money and many prom
ises, all OF which he made good.
Any man-ask your prosperous man on
the next block--Hnds II necessary to save
the first few years. He must pinch and
husband every penny or he will lack 1t
Just at the moment when he needs 1t most.
II Is said that young Rockefeller. when
he was married. lived In one room, and
that Mrs. Rockefeller was acquainted with
the family washing. If this is true, the
gospel of economy gave good results, for
they soon had the oil well worked until It
was great affair and money was coming
In first at the rate of a hundred dollars
day. then thousand, then--nobody knows
how much.
Every man can not have an oil we'll. but
every man can work as James r. Keene
worked. He made his millions by hard
struggle He did not strike oil: he did
not discover gold mine: nobody died
and left him anything, and he never mar
ried money. He worked as miner and
made his daily wages; he worked as re-
porter and got paid at the end of the
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week Finally he got In the employ OF
flnancier who saw that he had book
Keeper who knew how to handle money
we'll. He worked so faithfully for this
iinancier that finally he got enough money
together to make little money for him
self; and after you get little tho rest Is
easy.
at is the first thousand" said Richard
Croker. After the first thousand any
man can get rich. / worked and saved for
years, bringing up family and getting
along as we'll MS i could Until twenty
years ago didn't think my wife and l
ever spent an extra cents. My wife saved
II, and | gave It TO her to keep"
The story OF how Richard Croker made
his money. for he Is now a rich man. is
told in various ways, ana his enemies have
says. 81 never made a dollar dishonesty"
and all his friends. and a great many OF
his enemies. admit that this is true. 81
made my money" said he, Through my
friends, for ono thing. II l did man
favor. the man stood ready to do me a
favor In return; and so. by making myself
popular got business. When WAS
appointed to public positions ! did the
work SO we'll that they appointed me
again and in all the political trouble in
which ] have been involved, no man has
heen able to point to me and say, You
robbed mel
Mr. Croker Is now in Wall street. He
is stock owner in many corporations, In
Guiding the famous auto-truck company
for the placing OF horseless vehicles In
the express companies In the United
States. us well as trucks of all descriptions
for carriage He Is interested In many
smaller business and Is q man with many
irons In the fire. all of which he kesps
warm.
G. +. Huntington made his money by
striking gold vein, But as he himself
says, there were others with him at that
time who also found gold yet who died
poor men. When young Huntington found
his gold In that famous year OF 40 he
did not carry II TO the nearest town there
to turn II into money for himself 20
squander In drink. BIT he saved the
money hired men to help him diy moro
gold and associated himself with such
sterllng men as Fair. Hearst, Croker and
later with Mackay. Again II was a matter
OF economy, Mr., Huntington says: There
Is no such thing as fortune without saw
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THE cHAuNr OF TOLL.

For The Post.
10, / heard tho voice of Toll
In slow ana measured chaunt.
| His face was a-hent with mol.
| His scanned face was gaunt.
Above him the blazing sun
| Glowed with pitiless might.
Down his face the sweat did run.
| Lo / paused at the sight.
His chaunt rang out. measured. slow.
| Rough and uncouth Its sound;
Frogs croaked In tho stream below,
| Echoes in their noise no found.
81 am brother to the OK
| That worketh with a VIII;
| | am OF kin unto the hocks
| A-grazng on yon hill.
From red morn till deep'nlng night.
| wrest from earth my food.
| From eve TIL coming light.
| / slumber with my BROOD
He stopped. ana bis form a-bent
| For space. he rested,
He drank. and songs of birds red breasted.
From his dripping brow he swept
| Tho sweat fast down running.
| Pom the woods his eye he kept.
And laughed at tho Wild fox's cunning.
I'm again. his task he took.
| His chaunt began anew.
| Ills face wore n brighter look
And his rough. strong voice rang out NOR
true.
II toll. toll, from morn
| TIN setting Of the SUM-
| | drag mo homo. a-weary, worn
| At night when work Is done.
II drag me home, a-wea,y, worn
| 10 wife. and brood and rest
Those for whom | toll from morn
| TIL day dies in tho West,
Il love them, and they love me.
| This, my labor lehteps.
lLove them ]. and love they me.
Their love my life brightens
The day was dying In the West,
HomewaTd hts steps were turning
To home and wife. and brood and rest
In the window a light was for him burnins
III. VIC.
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destroy the trusts power and enable him
TO get his steel at about the same prices
paid by foreign competitors to American
steel makers. Mr.. Faruqhar now finds
himself, he says, in the position OF ue.ng
held down by his government while &c is
pounded by the various steel. iron, coal,
lead and other tariff trusts. Many other
manufacturers and exporters. 1t is stated,
now feel the pinch of protection. The
practice of the trust being 90 accep. a
reasonable profit from foreigners and ex-
act from Americans the full 1854 afforded
by the tariff, In addition to reasonable
profit, very severe check is given to the
development OF our export trade.
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THE w1pow-A WAR SONG.

4, Al, 10 a,
n, , .nai yon I oo,1,|r cMS sUur IN
duty may lead you, and l pray God to pro
tect you and bring you back safely home. -
Tho queen to her soldiers.
stand, Waterman, on tho castle height.
AND southwark gaze for me,
Beyona the day, across tho night;
And sny~-Whnt dnst tnou see?
our hosts iiock forth to slay,
The widow, in her paiane-bower,
stood listening old and gray.
20 Waterman. is II we'll with those
Who meath INV banners stand
whose swords are drawn to smlte my foes
In yonder far-off land?"
lay Lazy 5 lei camps are red win oiooe' ..
r 'a, N'ns I'm ~. hi'i LII o" "aa
|>s pa, 10, ~ w WV lii 1 "i""" s'''u'
S"u "' "iu "'oio'
30 Waterman, look again and bark,
What dost thou hear and see 20
81 hear n sobbing i'm the dark
or widow'd souls like thee
/ T near SOUND tnHt crowns IN tears
MI, rue war cry lar away nov 80,
inat SCUM Oh soIrow IN her e'rs'
tho "'u"" N"o'l u pray
40 watchnnn. gnze across the night
And watch nv hosts again.
For surely troops of angels bright
Are lowering round the llainP"
Angels Oh death ~ raimeht req
r, ass, uut IN "IA'h u.Vine' A..
ine wluoW m1anca, ~, ZOO heip '"o ueau'
Anu loving hearts ike NINE!
40 Natohnnn. seek tho night MAR
For Him orr God and ford
Amoux those thunder~clouds OF war
Doth He not WELD the sword?"
Lady, indeed SEQ Him there.
But how'd IN woe ike thee
me widow; moaning N DESPAIR.
fray sun on pended knee.
80 IooIz araint sotb Ho not s,ay
TO crown my yIorious dead p"
LADY. He rather turns away
70 HESS the wldow's bread
To dry the weeping children eyes
Throughout the stricken lands!
Her gaze upiiited to the SKIES
Tho widow wrung her hands,
ao ,,atoh,,,n dotb ho enas, No word
10 ba nnr st~enetb and s,pideS"
nNayi 20 fo a. ths bnnd thnt Srawa tina .wora
Mys, nos, tbo war, '' nsTda, Wv s"o''
rhy Mast" r t ia tSs nrinca ~ n.acs
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millionaire can do 30. II he wants his
million bad enough to work for 1t and
10 save II, he will get 1t: that Is about
all there Ia TO it--working In the right
direction and saving--prlncipally saving.
: ~ worked for my brother In grocery
store seventy years ago and l saved y
pennies. In little while / was able 10
buy partnership. II was slow work.
A young man of today Mt the age OF %
would not think OF engaging in business
which did not profit him more than SO
q week. was glad to work for $40 n
week, even in my own business. ny and
by got enough money together to in
crease my business. l found could do a
wholesale business with the grorers who
came down from the North. and were
glad to buy In Troy instead OF going all
the way to New York City. My grocery
became a middle house.
There was not money enough for me
IN the grocery business after few years,
and when I was about 40 went down to
New York and got into Wall street. /
had my million by that time, and when
saw good chance to buy stocks bought.
and used careful judgment. | worked
early and late and that is the way l came
TO be rich man. Work and economy
are the keynotes OF successes. Don't get
discouraged. young man, but keep right
on"
Andrew Carnegie tells pretty much the
same story. His line OF work was IN
the trades He was a telegraph ope yator.
and very Industrious one. He saved his
money and saw chance TO get railroad
interest In Pennsylvania. He became EN-
ployed In steel works in Piitsburg. and
soon rose to be the overseer. II was a
stepping stone for a man OF brains and
industry. He mounted to the top and be-
came the owner II wasn't dane In year
NOR In ten years, but at the age OF so
Mr.. Carnegie owned the business. The
other partners gradually Withdrew while
he. With his savings, bought more OF the
stock.
John D. Rockefeller had what ia called
mefeoric rise, bur there was great
deal OF hard work 10 II, Fancy the post
ton 81 a ponr bookknepsr who hnds Tim
self 8 small owner In m oil Well. The
well was not yielding very much, and the
FARMERS. who we're ali poor young men.
wanted 10 sell. but Mr. HockefeIisr safi
~ I have saved >nough 70 that ] can
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HOW the rarin HELP. trusts.

Mr.. A. y. Farquhar OF York, IA, the
agricultural implements. contributes to the
series Of articles on trusts now being cir
oulated by the New England Free Trade
league discussion OF steel trusts and the
aid tho tarlff of 1884 ton gives them in
plurdering home buyers OF steel rails and
other steel products. The steel trusts. be
complains. have put up their prices on him
higher than foreigners TO whom they sell.
with the result OF obstructing his cxpcrta-
tion OF agricultural Implements The re-
moval OF the tariff on iron and steel would
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NEWS OF The RAILWAYS
Statement Concerning Mr.. UuderhIII and
The Commission Was "Rot."
SOUTHERN PACIFIC OFFICIALS IN The CITY
Passenger Rate Matters Have Been
Adjusted Amicably-New Laws to
be strictly Obeyed.

Austin, Texas, August 15.--Railroad
Commissioner Storey stated this morning
that the Austin special recently published
by the St. Louis Republic and reproduced
by The Post yesterday relative to the sew
ering of Mr. e. NJ. Underhll's connection
with the railroad commission was rot. pure
and simple. MIR. Underhill was employed
by the commission for specific purpose
Said purpose having been accomplished.
the necessity for Mr.. UnderhIlrs services
ceased and that's all there is about It,.
The opinion entertained by the railroads
of Mr.. Underhill had nothing whatever to
do with his so-called dismissal, neither Is
1t true that there is something behind 1t
which the commission is silent about. as
the Republics correspondent insinuates.
Furthermore. the assertion made by said
correspondent that Judge Reagan COR
dered" Mr.. Mayfeld to discharge Under
hill is pure fiction. The members of tho
commission do not order" one another
to do things. They each have vote on all
questions coming before them and the ma
jority rules. The farther intimation that
Mr.. Underhill was discharged because his
work was unsatisfactory is also gratuitous.
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BROOKE WILL BE CONSULTED.
WILL BE. CALLED TO WASHINGTON
TO DISCUSS CUBAN AFFAIRS.
Colonel Kennon Assured the Presi-
dent that General Brooke's Course
Was Endorsed by the Cubnns.

Washington, August 15.-General Brooke
Will be called to Washington to consult
with Secretary Root concerning affairs in
Cuba. No date has been fxed for General
Brookes visit, but 1t will no doubt be de-
termned by the departments officials and
before the secretary begins his annual re-
port to the president.
Colonel Kennon OF the Thirty fourth
regiment, recently appointed but who has
been on duty at Havana as assistant adJu-
tant general, had a long conference with
Secretary Root today. Colonel kennon
SO impressed President Mckinley with the
information he brought from Havana that
the president thought 1t advisable that he
should talk with Secretary Root Colonel
Kennon assured both President Mckinley
and Secretary Root that the course that
General Brooke was pursuing met with
general approval and was of that careful
and conservative nature required by the
conditions In the islands. 1t was neees-
sary to make radical changes, but the pol
lev of the general was to make the old III
the new with AS little friction as possible.
AS to the elections in Cuba. Colonel
Kennon told the secretary that he thought
the time was still somewhat distant When
they could be held to advantage. by
provision in the peace treaty the span
ish residents In the islands were given one
year from the date Of exchange of ratih-
cations in which to declare their prefer
ence as to citizenship.
Elections could not be held, he said,
until after year elapsed In justice TO THIS
class. The desirability OF leaving the mat
ter open WAS apparent, said Colonel Ken
non, because a large proportion OF the
property was owned by Spanish subjects.
and IL il could not be demonstrated to them
that their interests were In becoming
citizens 1t would be better for the future
of the island Colonel Kennon said that
the people OF Cuba were fast coming 20
the conclusion that the interests of all
would be best subserved by these people
accepting Cuban citizenship and by Span
iards and Cubans acting in harmony, and
while they do not mix well at present, the
feeling OF irritation Is wearing away The
matter OF suffrage Is one, the colonel said,
that must be carefully considered The
disadvantages which a great proportion 81
the people have been under and "nlch
have prevented them from being educated
will make 1t extremely hazardous to grant
universal suffrage when the time comes
for holding an election
Secretary Root was very much grained
with the information which Colonel Ken
non conveyed. The secretary has been re-
ceiving a great mass OF documents and
data from CuDa and Porto Rico. Some OF
the alleged facts are Numerically OPP
posed to each other and the secretary Is
now trying TO reconcile the differences
and sift the truth.