Show SOMETHING ABOUT DIG BIG NEWS PAPERS Foreign Shoots Now Well Represented in America by 1 Special Writers I COSTS LOT TO CABLE NEWS I Other t Iron from Wash Washington Wu h ington u l Ing Stories of oC Prominent nt Jaen Special Corr Jan IE pa a hems pern are lUe to tu realize that It Itis Itis is III nil fill Important for tor their success to have special correspondents In the United States State This fact has dawned upon them rather vividly since them the bal bat once of ot trade tins has been so largely III In favor of ot America and Uncle Sam Sanu hoi has got g of to be b spoken k r 4 of or UH as n a world I power tomiel t Fifteen FI r ago few w of time tho papers on u n the he continent l of Europa printed more than a n mention ot o the time leading l events In III tho United States Santos and even the British Journals journal with but few fow 10 exceptions doomed It 11 essary r to have havo what is known as an ape special cial correspondence relying upon reports r that were stint sent across the lime Atlantic by br the thee regular press lions The Tho London Times Tines was about tho 1110 ho only one die that had throughout tho limo year a 1 correspondent Strange to relater relate Its correspondent was WIS located neither In III Washington nor In New Now York but bill in ht Philadelphia For FOI nearly 40 O years ears Joel Cook now a member of ot Congress from rove one of the time Philadelphia district tepee cooled The on lIS the tho Times IB Is called Ho lie smut bent Items of or financial and commercial Interest and being employed for almost a lifetime on tho old Public Lodger Ledger Jr stood In with the from frown whom he lie obtained roost most L Lof of his tips NOW ITS T Now the Times toms runs a well organ bureau In ln Washington 1 ton with n lob tob ort erl P Porter at stile its head bend Mr 1111 Porter was US superintendent of oC tho census dUI due ing lag the Benjamin Harrison adminis and is a u recognized authority on un ill tariff and finance in to addition to having been bee II an all extensive traveler ana ammo is fH generally well welt posted on the pol cal eal and social conditions on on this side of the Atlantic Three competent men assist him In III the bureau of the Times coming coining up U somo some for people aa all slow at as the British but they thoy aro are cot com plIed plated to keep step atel with the time procession these theRe days duys Most bost of oC the leading lea Lon Len don dallies dailies mire lire now represented here Iere and Ind several of the he le German and Aus trian pai pa ps 3 lire are compelled to have hao then their special I nl men mai In h this city It CABLE CAUL COSTS HIGH In hum 11 spite of high hight cost of cable caulo tolls toile the London papers hampers III get gat the tho bulk of oC American news by wire Tho Tim rule lato Is 1114 11 cents a u word it sent directly from Washington From New York the rate rato is III 10 cents straight to London Most of tho the cablegrams ont to time tiiu th I London Tl Times arc are i 0 put hint mil on m tho thu th u wires at d t New Near York The rate nito from ton tOil to New York for the United Staled dallies Is III only of a cent a word at nl night The London papers aro begin In g to o receive some pome ot of their ca car bles from Crom by the wireless system s stem and anil the chances ate ale aJ 11 competition will bring down do Ill tho the tolls toll I rJ BIRTH I The Now New York Herald was tho the Bret paper In the tho world to use uso the telegraph I I In n R Hewn awes Tint was VM n III an lont ago 1 nil ns 1853 time th memorable p r campaign when Franklin lien 1111 elected pr It U thou then 11 11 rn t 10 IC rents cents u n word to lo send cna press ir IM from rein New Nl York 10 to Washington The TIll Dennett was wap tL Ihn only than man or of hH his hl day milt lilt who w lio would go o to smelt WAK WAB NOT A 1 l AO Ot tower tn t r of or South Smith rim llna 1111 In Is olio cite of or th Ih the most n h looking of ot iho tho house hou and ond lie he Is III 13 yours old be lie hud had nn an hug on nn tho thin floor HP lie wont to hi his bIll seat font mid and began to 10 his hi liiK cumuli It IF Ith lOnd an ai anold old member lI who w it al time HIP of tin th sea Hp lam ilon i to sent seat tm In III the chair elm II of her bor whoso whose desk cos oi I next to lo t of oC Lover Layer t nit the till ro Iho lieu venerable Kr wl vl fat nul boy urn me you youl not hilt Hint limas the 1110 Limo only for tor of the house houise WP well aware Of I that fact fod saucily responded Laver Luver Then why the tho dont you ou go to time the room of Lit the p whore you yell OU he lle belong long lOll said 1 au Id the lute one t t am nn n It myself replied I Lever vcr who keenly enjoyed tho time episode od time the more ro so when apology was mado to him for fOl loh a 11 break CALLED SOB There used to be bo a 11 congressman from fro III Virginia named James V F I Ono One day dH during President Cleveland ad nd administration ministration ho hI came from fro III the tho mad and as a n wot wet hen inn H the matter Captain Epee one of ot his Ills friends tusked asked President Pro Cleveland linn hues no man lIan manners ml ners are he hu replied What rhut makes malus you think so soI sor soI I r sus talking a 11 matter over with him today and When I 1 ell ho he said Maid MaidWell Well Nell Mr Ir Epes It If you arc aro through excuse me sic and amid I will go 10 to my lunch Now No Idid 1 did not of course COUTHO expect him Elm to ask us I me ins to tu tuft out w with Ith him and amI If ht he hod Elul extended an Invitation I 1 would havo thanked him and declined Why Vh sue sir down lon In iii my rag home lame In hum Notto Nottoway county count coU ty I would not oven tell a plow plot hand hard that I 1 tuns ns going oln to eat ut without asking him If it he would trot not have hR sonic some something thing also al o Im dune done with whim Cleveland leveland He lie even got what might be called 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