| Show oER OF KING fOR A REPORTER Distinguished Honor Conferred Upon Chicago Tribune F Representative MARK FOR FAITHFULNESS Preparing ring In III In t 1 I On ih if It tho Ihl S ru r American n Na y I Special D C Li April If U thIs thin anIa for or with lIh decoration up lip fura tir few v longer nt Ut 1 one ne lt of ot you ou American newspaper leW men will put ii lII nil rill In III I the Milo phado when It II to It a diplomatic j nt at the 1110 th White hll loW House said Mid n A member ot of the th diplomatic corps Aul fl Jut Zur un explanation he ht h cold At t tho command of or King Victor ll th tho Italian has hn jut Just con COli conferred th ribbon of ur f tho ho th Order ot of the King Mr Ir X J Cullin or of the staff of ot the Chicago Tribune and n Hi Iti to III li his hIM other he lie h may now wear the Maltese croin bear bearing ing ng the Ihl tJ n mis nf of Italy upon It tic fac suspended around hl hla neck from ft n red and n l ribbon IH III everybody calls UR him N IN i n A newspaper He begun began his lii career thirteen yearn EAr ego ago as a n cub euli reporter 1 on row At I that time hf h know the differ between tim tho Grand Orand Llama of lift t t and 1111 the king of ot the Hut But liu het noon loun on An Ho lie 11 VI an 11 III for ten on Ins the Washing Washington ton tun staff of ot tho the New York Herald fluid and vai VI to the tho work of o U tab lab on th thu Mate Minto department This Thiu duty him lulun Into close clo touch with the of or tho ho foreign lt legations anti It uns III va not no long ln h hor i or fill itt I waa grata rutn In tho study IUd the III parlor oC of ivery liVer diplomat in Ill u Ho lie WUI wa nn nil AlIt scholar ut lit It nays vayl 11 And It took louk him hut but t a 1 holt time lime to win lui tho tim of the corl The rho for rl n representative soon discovered that the utmost r might l bt 10 upon the th Ih Inti and the Ihl din ILIon of oC o hue HID I he young man n and lintl hn lie wan OR nub lo to secure for Cor tho Ihn Herald columns nf of lile inside In I information I II orini So w ell was hn he thought of tiC by h the diplo diplomats mats with whom ho mine Into Inlo contact that upon the 1110 recommendation of nt it Am Am Count tho time i far ir con coil conferred 1 upon him him tho Ihl Order of nt latis lall nH II an aIm of Or the appropriation tion of oC time the nU government of ot time the accuracy with which Mr had hail T I and und matters matter nu WAS AS ARm TO fO m IO Hut tIme the decoration Jarred lt upon I of oC Mr M r U proprietor of ot the time Herald onil lie he cabled from Parl Paris e that tho l decoration or r the tho Herald staff cabled beak My Iy resignation here herc herewith with and that settled It Then ho hn started OUt nut in to ee Eec p something of the tho world for himself lf Ho lIe Just junt hump hap happened p Id lo to K ht b In It Caracas when wh Irr Castro astro Ca jut jUPt nut of oC cigarettes Call aIl had n II of a tt very fine fino brand and he lie made the Ihu president n II of n ii generous quantity Thor They do ito nay nry that tit the donation accounts for tor tho fact tact that ho hI won the decoration and ond Ik I recorded r In lii HH an a It member of or th tho 1111 Order of or nut Hut whether er PI that uru Is hi II 11 ue or not It IL l is n C fart fact hat I the young you n mon man was right on hand just JU I when and where he lit wad wanted at lit atthe the thu Ih of tb tim blockade by ly the Kronen Herman ami Italian arid the Iress found Co II him him Just JUAt tho man manthey they Were vere looking for fog He lie did good 1 wuk lh n Ju Just t an nil a he lm done except when he to write writ shorthand and then ho he itts holy t tar r hone days Mr Ir has han all over oer and has Iman to lu his hiM of or foreign nf nC faint AIrs ral to III such uch an nil extent that he Is IN today 1143 1110 regarded r nn n the hue Ih lest ben ported Io t tl Oman man In lii WI or nr In III the th country for or hint when si lieu It comes mell to tu nn sum of oC Irs He lie l in II now hOtS In time the Washing Washington ton Ion of ur the Ihl th Chhou 1 Tribune and he still maintains his hi r with every eUY foreign legation Now hi lii h l 1 i a ft of the tho Order of ot the King 1 of Italy and ho will probably learn I ru to II rpt Ret ild of If garlic KM le wIt Ii the I he same enie en fl e an As In Ill h puts S WI It of It t u it Samovar Ho II gags at ut Vodka which Is III one reason why wh lie he Is I Ii to be hO found round nt the front when whon hM there thero is 11 u II diplomatic ill a t Ic hen on in the nest est nun m HOT 1101 FOU rolt Tho Ih from room to tu t th 11 ef IC effect f that the wIt wife of If former mIHl II df 1111 been b 11 II in trying to serum n A rd hat hut for fOI Arch Arh Art 1111 iu Oti 01 Ireland l brought out a 11 ery III EY fun funny ny little story In III connection with thum Investment of ot Cardinal II III of or two yearn ago n o A connected with tho house hI o of oC representation tation tells the story tor I 1 happened ll to tl bo ho in iii Frederick Fred orld rick Maryland with witti n it 1 friend when tho Iho cardinal I was wa due Iu to tomake make hl visit to 10 that elty ctt A local hand and was wn out lilt to 11 him him hut but the ho train upon which his hulu hi eminence Willi whiM to arrive was wan 18 u v ral Hours flourN and the band utter after treating the time then n l to tl several selections 1 adjourned 1 to a II nearby to In fresh freshen en cli II ii the train pulled lulled In III without winning W el I 1 The Tho lender of or time the band hand and a it few fel of his hll men wore vor stand standIng InC Ing OPal tIme tho depot entirely unprepared for fill the iho 11 arrival of ot the eminent prelate As AR the time train pulled In the leader waived III hl his l baton and yelled at nl his hIli hi few I bands bandsmen anI men mell to play play pIny something quick and 1111 time till five struck up that thit thru th popular air Where Did tId You jet cei That Hat Time Tho situation so 10 o funny f III 11 that It II th cardinal nil In n a heap U iii I he li h laughed Inti more i heartily rt II than hen t nil other person In the audience Tin III 11 1 house committee on oil naval affair has han decided to provide for tor the th construction cIJI lion tion nt of one oilS new nl battleship which It I Pm shall when completed 00 r ho Jk hotin J tin largest ship of ot war on time the surface of the seas lIen ThIs Thin leviathan la Is to 10 ox ex reed the displacement ment of oC the time Dread at nt the heaviest battle Ili In III the world by about 1400 tons tonn If IC it II prove to hn hum an nil formidable II as ne Its It designers Intent Intend It 11 will become b the th forerunner of a it II American navy and the typo type of oC nil 1111 battleships |
