Show LATEST LAT EST GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON Naval N Officers Mulcted M to Entertain Prince i e Louis of Battenberg 0 SENATOR S E AJ PROCTORS RS GRAFT i H W MoLEAN SECURED CONTROL r u OF THE E POST p l to t The TIM maN lt J Oct c tr a qt baa Ma ot a aMr aw week w c Mr f WM Wi not MOt th U Uw w locally J nationally generally L If fl it t a peace pece I conference it WS biam of oC football legislation OP It ettae bIe more or l i important tnt tant This i week he be is much muc in U Ute ibe e pub l tn ala M wire w he heh heis h is r great ea enthusiasm by the thel l nin quality which he Is I able to t i ii i fuis lute Into hla platitude as a to good dt cit i t p pAlice Alice Has iI Returned i i Alice MI AJl e R return to means m of a no nodal MOI dal ea al reorganisation it IL would not be In Lu Inhuman I human nature for tor the presidents d to te ignore i re ue ne of the ob I made about ut her by the com m of her voyage There i Is a story tury i tat hat Mrs KnI New lands and aud she ohe had b ul a at ml t on un the jour journey journey I ney uey out oat from Manila ManUa Miss Roosevelt Ro sevelt feUd failed to respond Je to Mrs New lands morning looming greeting abe be was vaa wa al alwI U Uw w wI ys willing to chat b u by th the hour with th tb tl genial lal senator from Nevada How However ever ev aU all t those who have bae lived l ved in 11 Wash Washington lith ington during duPIng toe the past two years yean know II well one OIW of ot the royal of the eldest eA t child orthe chief executive She WOuld speak ape k to whom she ebe ii ed ed at atthe atthe I the White While Uc receptions on the streets or 01 in private homes bome The pres president res resident ident it is If said Bald would be grateful It if I Mr 11 Longworth should be seised with a desire delre to serve his coun OID country try in hi the wilds of South Africa JUrica or in Nome Home place remote from a cabin and post poet jIe lie is I heartily sick Ik of the whole affair The rumors which h constantly trop rop up to the th effect that Mm Mr r Long Longworth Lon Longworth worth is III to lo her h r Inclination tion to is a s most moat irritating feature Mr tIrl Longworth according to th the latest has hu ha told one 0 on of his hia close friends that he I cannot afford WON to marry on SOO a It Year Near y r ad Jt this u is 18 nil alt be he can call his hIM own ou if it itt t does not nol open the tho i puree strings Sam Should Pay It H la 1 to te be fervently hoped that Ad Admiral miral vans will succeed in iii getting a decent appropriation from front headquarters tots ten toward defraying the expenses exen o of ot the entertainment of ot the English otil om officer cers whan Prince Louis of Battenburg lg arrive at Annapolis iu week Tito invitation or acceptance for fot this visit was vu pet ot sent pout or received in the name of ot the n om I who will be taxed to pay PRY the bill bUt This Thia is I an international na naval al event evet and as ae a such uch should be paid by bythe b the tuition natIos not by the underpaid om officer omera era ears who ar are unfortunate enough enouch to l lon he be heon beon on duty In the North Atlantic Sleet fleet The Th straiTs of the officers er who had to tt p pity 11 y the bill for entertaining the Lime Ger at Kiel three years year go were nere de One im man n whose salary nas wa a loss than and who wh unfortunate unfortunately ly y Ud a family tu to support found his hi so 80 heavy that he killed himself Other nations realise rea Use the th In Iii International r in exchanging din dinners lien ners and receptions and provide money mon y yo foe to o cob acla necessary nece ary expenses It If an any boy art g get t the money it will be Ad Admiral d miral Eau for tor he k Ia not dubbed Fighting Bob for tor empty nothings Something of a Graft Stutter lU tor Proctor of or Vermont V ha ham haM a not t idled dIed his hi time in Washington on during i many inan we weka ks spent nt here the pat sum summer summer I mer mar He has ham h captured for tor his hl quam s the contract of or furnishing the marble for the new senate office building Sen Son Senators ato Cullum and Gallinger formed the i which decided upon the Although Altho Senator Proctors concern wits was not the lowest bidder title this close I of or two agreed rd that the Vet Ver Vermonter monter would fe feel teel l more moe nore at home in tn M at I structure built out of ot his h own marble rhea r too Important mattery are com coin coming comin I lug ing in tip up this session and reciprocity is the lire life of or legislation Cunning of McLean The tory story bow how John Juhn R McLean MeLean Lean se so secured cured cur of the Washington Post is interesting It shows that Mr McLean has baa losi ba 1 none Done of his hJ cunning Not many weeks ago ao he be decided to secure ait au it Interest in lb one of the Washington newspapers ne Ills HI Held fold was restricted re to tu the Post Poet no Interest in the other pa pac Punt Ier c being benK tot fol sale ule The control of the Post Poet property rested with the tbt Wilkins family from congress Beriah and Frank Frenk Hatton who had hadI I postmaster taa ater general as well as an a an n built up the tile property pro A Wilkin in charge of the t business bu office and Hatton directing the editorial pol policy poliCY policy icy When the lamented Hatton died his interest t reverted to his hla wow and from her in after years jears Beriah Wilkins It John Johl Wilkins a son eon took up the tINt management of ot the paper pal r upon the death d IL b of his father and It was wa he be was U prevailed upon by Mr Ir Me MeLean Lean Lewi to io consider an offer for tor a half interest In the property The Tb Wilkins ere ero to retain as a much Interest as a he purchased pur bul d Was Wu Duped It ut til unknown U what l al pre pee prevailed I mn the tt e members of ot the Wll Wil WilkIn ki kIn family fa and caused them to enter entertain tain tahi Mr wT Lr l McLean Lean proposition JUon They r did however ever decide ceide to sell of holdings for tor a consideration stated silted at t An agreement was drawn vader which the th tb equal owners of U the Uti property agreed a reed that Mr Ir Mc Me Mcl Leap l an should have haf editorial control and that hat f be business 8 manager The da nixed when Mc Me 1 i i I I Leg i the t should SPay lay oer exer the DUrch lae receive the stock k the sale Ie ne S Completed dl all U Udeta details deta were disposed of 04 f the transfer could not be recalled Then Than McL McLean nn ten shares of or took in the company which had been owned by Uriah Uziah PaInter r and whIch h ch McLean purchased ed from the tho estate est te alter nt Paint Painters t I ers rs death John Wilkins had over overlooked overlooked looked this stock With tb ten shares in addition to the half halt inter interi i est eat he had from the tho Wll Wil t kips family McLean MoLean hs bee absolute con eon control control of ot the property The Th os are heartbroken John collapsed ed and nd has be been n hastened to the Virginia hot springs spring Loomis on the Payroll Indiscreet Loomis s enis endowed with the nine fives of ot a cat at and und to toP possess P the feline characteristic of a 1 l ways waya Hailing upon m Ifill feet feat One day dy Loomis lays laya I down hi IiI official caves cares cares and aDd retires from the office of f assistant sec eec secretary rotary of state where by y hi hio bungling h b baa has been a source of or annoyance J t to the president and congressmen men and andI m the next day HC learn that Loomis L in instead instead stead Mead of ot retiring to private life is Ii i to tome I become me a sort Bort of confidential adviser to the tb secretary of or state There Phere is some ome uncertainty as to j Jt jagt t what Loomis I work is 18 to be but there Is ts L no doubt whatever that he will remaIn upon the I government payrolls For the tho time be being beIn beIng ing In he will be assigned to the place which John A Kuson of Iowa lown a tariff expert occupied when he ht was wan officially known kno n as sp val commissioner jonet pleni pled plenipotentiary plenipotentiary the tariff act and was wa entrusted with the ta tas Of gt negotiating I reciprocity treaties When Kasson be jie became e eI came com that tbt the senate could I not be e Induced to ratify aut reciprocity s i in I t abandoned his ht work and would have nothing more to t todo todo do with the Had Nothing N thIn to Do There were at the time thus upon noon the pay payroll aY roll roil ae as and md el to Mr Mi Kasson three men they they have performed nned no or because se since the absence a of Mr Kasson there has baa been none tot for them to yet th they y have hae managed to hold h td on to the good thing One of them ha h t recently been promoted to become chief of a bureau in lit the state tate department and his hl place in this mysterious room where teci reel treaties were at one Que time ne negotiated go been n taken by a man who because of o his habits was dismissed from the army With ith a force of three clerks derks who have been called upon to todo todo todo do no more work than draw w their salaries Loomis will proceed eed to do what To T advise the secretary of Estate To negotiate reci reciprocity tee pro treaties It has hits been demon demonstrated stated beyond a doubt that the tho sen son senate senate ate will wilt not nt ratify such stich treaties Sooner or later we shall learn the reason Loo Lou Loumis mig mia is te retained in the state and not permitted to GIve his mitten atten attention tEen tion to his ls sing pressing pre business affairs Loebs Mouth Buttoned After the unfortunate incident due Jue to Secretary Tafts discussion lon of or Secretary Metcalf the th president decided to pro his hi cabinet from ing lug cabinet meetings and entrusted that great responsibility r to his com corn communicative secretary Sir Mr lr Loeb For two weeks tho the experiment has lisa been tried end and nd as fi was wits to have been ex exl l Mr Ir Loeb Joeb in keeping l with his lila record leeor hall bus been a dismal failure The r correspondents is applying to their friends in time the cabinet from whom whenn they have hae been in the habit of learn learning learning firn firnIn ing In cabinet tet secrets have hae been directed under the presidents tre instructions to see Mr Il Loeb Mr Mt Loeb looking as ns wise witte as an owl has consistently re replied replied plied UI I 1 have nothing to announce The Th whole proceeding became such auch a u joke that the president could not re ic restrain strain his laughter Mr Ir Loeb L li b us a a li ii chronicler of ot cabinet affairs affairs 5 such H It complete failure that the Uia president at mit cabinet meeting told his orn lal ad al advisers that some seine me other m ig f must be made Some member of or the t e cabinet probably Secretary Taft lutt or Secretary Cortelyou will be selected to sire IT to the newspaper Il report of the cabinet proceedings and relieve Mr r Loeb Loch of ot this thiB too great responsibility |