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Show Nye Honored by Kin, but Law Forbids ON BOAP.D KING ALBERT'S SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct. 20. Regulations of tiie state department forbid its representatives to wear loroign decorations. That is the reason J. M. Nye, chief special agent, personally responsible for the snfety of King Albert of Belgium and in charge of the royal special train, is not wearing today one of the most coveted honors tho Belgian Bel-gian monarch can bestow. His majesty called Nye into Ms private car as the train was speeding speed-ing across Kansas and pinned on 11:3 breast the medal which made him a chevalier of the order of Leopold. Leo-pold. "Bill." he said. "I would like to present you with this in appreciation appre-ciation of your services. If every one who wears this order were as clever as you, it would bo tiie first order in the world." Nye will turn the decoration in to the stste department to be returned re-turned to him when he leaves the service. It will be one of his most chfrLshod possessions. |