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Show RECALLS STORY ON CHAS. HAMLIN Washington. July 28 The nomination nomina-tion of Charles S. Hamlin of Boston to be aHslstant secretary of the treasury treas-ury recalled to old treasury employes today of a humorous incident that occurred oc-curred when Mr. Hamlin occupied the same position during the Cleveland administration This is the reminiscent reminis-cent story . The minister of finance of Canada, came to Washington to discuss customs cus-toms matters and Secretary of the Treasury' Carlisle notified Mr. Hamlin, who had charge of customs questions, that the minister was In the treasury I department and would call upon him. I In a few minutes a man of dlstln-guished dlstln-guished bearing, with flowing white whiskers and trimly dreBsed In a frock coat entered the assistant secretary's sec-retary's office Mr Hamlin greeted him effusively In manner befitting the dignity of a foreign cabinet officer. offi-cer. They clasped hands and each bowed In the courtly fashion The greetings continued nt the bowlnjr stage until the treasury official dls-covered dls-covered that his visitor waB deaf. He then y elled his words of welcome, and j the stranger, who seemed non plused.! suddenly swung his free hand from behind his back and held a salad fork j with the exclamation. "Don't you think I made a good job of it',', The visitor of artiforratic mien was found to be the official clockwlnder of the treasurv department who had repaired the fork for Mr Hamlin's private secretary. Mr. Hamlin had to repeat the p.-r-tormnnce when the real minister arrived |