The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-23
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THE PRESIDENT ANNOYED BY A
MISLEADING STATEMENT.

inc AttoFhey UenerhAs DuuBnter 10
Go to Japan-Engagemen of Miss
Hoy and an Attache of the Russian
Legation Declared Off-Wu Ting
Fang, the HOspitabIe and spectac-
uIar Chinese Minister, VIII he
Greatly Missed in Washington.
The Aged Widow of Gen. Grant In
Her Last IIIness-She Has Been
Confined to Her Room for Several
acknowledgements of Some Well
known PeOpIe-Other Matters of
General Interest.
Washington, D. c., Nov. 22.-Various
misleading statements concerning
White House visitors. that have been
telegraphed from Washington and
printed i'll newspapers all over the
land are extremely annoying to the
Presidents family, as they have been
entirely unable to entertain any
guests in the executive mansion this
autumn. Had the White House been
in any sort of order, there is no doubt
that Prince Henry of Pless. who was
a recent guest at the German en-
bassy, would have been entertained by
the President in a style BETTING the
rank and mission of the Kaiser's rep
resentative. The Prince and Count
Quadt, the German charge d. affaires,
called at the Presidents office. where
the scion Of royalty paid his respects
to the American ruler pro TEN, and the
two hob-nobbed most cordially. AS pre-
viously announced. the present recep-
ton room of the executive residence is
the former cabinet room, where Mrs.
Roosevelt occasionally receives an init
mate friend or the ladies of the cabi-
net, and even the regular weekly meet
ngs of the latter have been deferred
until after Dec. Is, when it is hoped
that at least one of the state parlors
may be completed. The architect in
charge of the alleged improvements
has repeated his assurance that the
state dining-room and adjoining par
Tors will be finished by Dec. Is. when
the first official dinner-party of the
season will take place. On Monday af-
ternoon Mrs. Roosevelt received the
British ambassador and Lady Herbert
and the Spanish minister. Senior Don
Emilio de Ojeda. with as much for
mality as the chaotic state of things
III tic w ullG I1OuSe Will L uS
IIerberts are at last occupying the re-
furnished British embassy for the
first time since their arrival in Amer
lea. The return of Mrs. Hay. after
nearly half years absence, brings all
the cabinet hostesses again to Wash
ington, with the exception of Mrs
Root, who is still in Europe.
Miss Rebecca Knox, daughter of the
| Attorney General, was in New York
for the horse show. On Dec. q.
and a young lady friend will leave
Washington for San Francisco. where
they will meet DR.. Knox, brother OF
the Attorney General, and his wife
of Santa Barbara, with whom they
/ are to travel. The party will sail
| from San Francisco Jan. 3, and
after a week at Honolulu, will go di-
rectly to Japan. 1t is probable that
Miss Knox will remain abroad until
the early spring. AS soon as she de-
cided to take this trip with her uncle
and aunt she began to study the GUS
| toms of the countries to be visited,
! and the arts and crafts of their peo-
pies. She is enthusiastic on the sub
| ject, and intends making collections Of
pictures, pottery, embroidery, etc.
Thus Miss Knox bids farewell to the
topmost notch of official society, and
| the gaud and glitter of a Washing
| ton season, without a sigh of regret,
! aside from parting with Members of
| her immediate family. Though she
! has many warm friends here, ami has
proved herself the soul of generous
hospitality in her own quiet way, she
! is studious in her tastes and not at all
! fond of "the madding crowd"
/ o-d HFr1
I Hay have already issued invitations
a month and a half ahead, to the first
cabinet dinner of the season, in honor
of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
which will take place Jan. 3.
Society experienced a genuine sur
prise the other day, in learning of the
broken engagement, ANNOUNCED only
last week., of Miss Martha Hoy and
Mr. Pierre Rogestvensky, second secre-
tary of the Russian embassy, whose
marriage was planned for the third
week in January. AS the betrothal was
announced with the full approval of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoy and the Russian
ambassador, its sudden rupture with
out any apparent reason, has natural
ly set many tongues a-wagging. The
general opinion is that the brides dot
was not satisfactory to the young Rus
sian, of great expectations but no pres
ent funds aside from his meagre sal
airy; and some go as far as to- assert
that Papa Hoy declined to be levied
upon for any dot at all, believing.
American fashion, that his beloved
young daughter should be the sole OBJ
ject of devotion. without regard to the
dollars she may, or may not, bring her
husband.
BY the way, the Church of st. Mich
olas, the new edifice of the Russian
orthodox faith in New York city, in
which the Hoy ogestvensky marriage
was to have been solemnized, will be
consecrated next Sunday. The Rus
sian bishop of this country, Bishop
Tikhou, is coming from the Pacific
coast to officiate at the dedicatory cere-
monies, and nearly all the Russian
priests in the United Estates will be
present. The new building, the base
ment of which has been in use for sew
eral months, cost upwards of $4,000,
much of the money having been given
by the Car and holy synod of Russia.
One of the first uses of this church,
that compels success, that puts so