Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-08-01
WASHINGTON LETTER
s Especial Correspondence.1

- Especial Correspondents.
congressman Joy of st. Louis will po
EoAIhe Philippines if he can take Mrs
Joy.with him. sUp to the present fine
1he chances are against his departures
Ihefe is an interesting story In con-
ieetlon with this trip to the Philin-
ptnes.E1t was arranged that a party
P~!Iselatofs n representatives should
WISH the islands, making the trip in
Ehe transport ingalls,. AS the sbin
mas only IL staterooms and one hath.
room 1t was evident that there would
pc no accommodations for ladies' and
80 each. guest was allowed to select o
nale travelling companion. who sho11ld
tominally be his secretary. b u utiliz-
ing the two berths in each stateroou,
Inns arrangement was considered ner-
Fectly satisfactory.
"hen the ingalls, tipped over in the
East river dock, however, and it be-
came a physical impossibiIity to repair
iner IN time to depart on schedule time
the department substituted the trans.
port mcclellan, a very much larger
oodI. @1t has two decks, with state
rooms upon each, two bathrooms and 10
altogether very much superior TO tba
1ngalls. In fact the wives of 20 armv
ofncers are going over on the McC1oi-
ian to Join their husbands. Now tho
and representatives would like
TO take their wives, but thew have Of
ready promised their secretaries .tbe
lip pesldeS Which the war denart.
lnenI Is averse to carrying too manv
taules. But Congressman Joy are11es
lnat ne mas not selected a secretary.
ahu'las there will be 20 ladies on tha |
SUPP one more will not make much DIFF |
terence AT h last report the matter !
was sui before the secretary of war |
awaiting his decision. If Mr.. Jov does |
not &C to the Philippines. he will snend /
Inc summer with Mrs. Joy in Maine.
mas Held h Four Positions.
don. Herbert V. Bowen, the retiring
american minister to the court Of the
OF Persia, who takes the impor-
Lant post OF minister to Venezuela. for.
merry held by Mr.. LOOMS, is in town.
ME. BoWen1s a type of the New York
nan, who in foreign lands has brouobt
ABOUT greater respect for American
aHalrs and institutions. He is genial
lnassumlng and a giant in stature. IT
las been said and it is probably true
nat he is the only man In the din1o-
nat1c service Of the country Who has
leld the four positions of consul. con-
I'll general, minister resident and min
ster plenlpotent1ary. He was appoint
q consul to Barcelona by President
then consul general to Spain
y PRESIDENT Cleveland, holding the
1nce until the beginning of the war
Vlth Spain, when the president an
olnted him minister resident at Te- ]
eran. Recently he was mote IN /
e envoy extraordinary and minister I
lenipotentiary.
Before his departure from Persia he 1
as decorated with the Grand Gordon l
the Lion and Sun, the most ancient I
nu honorable order Of Persia, by the I
as an evidence of the latter's an 6
'eclatlon of Mr.. Bowen's services and S
'gafd Tor the American people. The II
IAN also presented Mr.. Bowen with a a
asslve gold snuffbox studded with so p
amonds and decorated with a picture a
Persla's ruler. These will be demos
IN h vaults at the state DEPART y
enC until congress authorizes the re- Il
plent of the gifts to accept them. Il
A Bootb1ack Trust. A
Inc colored men and boys who are o.
gagged IN making their livelihood by j
ming shoes in this city claim that tt
ere is a pretty successful "bootblack d,
list" in operation in the postofice n,
1ldlng. 1t may not be "a corporation m
sanlzed under the laws of the state S,
New jersey" to use familiar words. NJ
it is to all intents and a
lst, 1nasmuch as it has absolute and i'd
control of all the shoe shining al
In b p%ostofice building. and it W,
3 liked the rate for shoe shining so co
It it does not fear competition. Fl
Johnson Bros.," two hardworking, ga
negroes, operate what the sy
er bootblacks in the vicinity call the ro
The brothers Johnson are twins. ha
'ut 30 years of age, and they are SO ne
: that even those whose shoes thew ed
re peer shining for many years do til,
know them apart. tel
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