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OUR CONSULATE, TIENTSIN, CHINA.

general or consul is subject to the local
laws.
Paris Office the Busiest.
Our consul general at Paris, the busiest
office in the service, occupies a suite of
rooms on the fourth floor of a building
block No. 36 Avenue de rOpera. 1t is in
the business heart of the city and Consul
General Gowdy is allowed 81 COO year rem
tai for the rooms. He has working under
him an office force of six men-one French
and three English. The consul general and
his wife live in an apartment, employ sew
eral servants and are said to drive the
i finest team in the French capital
The London consulate general at No. 10
st. Helens place, Bishopsgate. is in the
busy center of the great metropolis. and is
easy of access to the thousand and one
shippers who visit it yearly.
Our 800 odd consular officers stationed at
other places live in about 300 different
ways. Some have their offices in palatial
mansions, others in Insignificant and humble
shantieS. The consulate which Uncle Sam
owns at Tahiti would be mistaken for a
negro shack. if seen in one of our cities
1t is a one-story frame building with slant
ing roof.
ing through Moscow found that our consul
then stationed there keeping a little
hardware shop. to which he devoted all of
his time during the business hours of the
day. Upon the door of the consulate he
kept posted a notice stating that it would
be open for business daily between 5 and
40 pm.
Not All Americans.
Uncle Sam employs many foreigners in
his consular service. In fact, about one
half Of the men in the service are of foreign
birth At Apia, Samoa, for instance, our
consul general is a German and our vice
consul general an Austrian Both. however
are naturaltzed Americans.
Other Countries Ahead.
The great powers of Europe are far ahead
of us in the organization of their consular
services and the care with which they select
their personnel. The French have an en-
trance grade known as pupil consuls These
must pass rigid examination and must
have served at least a year in the home
ONCE They must be under twenty-seyen
years, must have taken a collegiate degree
IN law. science or letters, or must be Off
GERS OF the army or navy. French consular
off1cers are allowed house and office rent
and are given money for entertaining, when
necessary.
English consular officers must sneak
french and also the current tongue of the
territory to which they are accredited
they are retired, with pension. at the age
or seventy. Before young men can enter
the German service they must have been
graduated at university and have had a
thorough training in law, political science
and statistics The French. English and
German consular officers are all appointed
for life They grow up In the service and
their governments profit by the experience
which they store up from year TO war
JOHN ELERETH WATKINS. JR
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year Consul General Osborn. who recently
died. received in salary and fees altogether
S13.3S7.
Uncle Sam has scattered over the earth
253 consulates. which are posts of a lower
grade than consuates general, although
some consuls receive more both in salary
and fees than some consuls general.
The best paying consulate, just now, Is
Liverpool. James Boyle, our consul there
received last year altogether S10,6i1, S-,641
of which was in fees. Our consuls at Ham
burg and Bremen-both with salaries of
only s.. j00-received SI,S26 and sS241 re-
spectively. The Dawson City consulate, as
a result of the gold fever in the Klondike
was worth $685. in fees, which was more
than the salary of $1,000 attached to the
post. But all told, there are but twenty
seven positions in the entire consular serv-
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every shipment of goods to the United
States three of these must be made. One
is retained by the shipper, who pays fee.
This and thirty other official fees must be
turned into Uncle Sans treasury. Public
revenue is also derived from the issuing at
consulates, of passports, marriage certif-
Gates and bills of heath-these official fees
varying from fifty cents to s..
The private fees of consular officers are
levied for certain notarial functions which
they authorized to perform. For adj
ministering an cath, acknowledging deed
and certifying to character of foreign no.
taries they receive s.. Then there are
other notarial fees ranging from 81 to p
cents.
Private fees are abolished by the bill in
Congress. All tariff imposed at CONSUL
ates-for whatever purpose-is to be pub
lie revenue. The highest pay, therefore,
offered by the service will be $4,000 ye ar,
given to the consuls general at London
and Paris.
Uncle Sam owns but six of its consulates
those at Seoul, Corea; Toxic, Japan;
Bangkok, Siam; Annoy, China; Tangier,
Morocco, and Tahiti, Society Islands
Queer Duties.
The duties of a consul or consul general
are more varied than those of any other
functionaries in the federal service. The
American colony in his territory regard
him as their governor and come to him
with all of their troubles and tribulations.
If American child is born or an Ameri-
can citizen dies in his district he must
authenticate either event. He ships home
bodies of dead Americans, looks out for
mail matter to and from Americans, in
vestigateS American shipwrecks, he Fps
stranded seamen back to the United States,
settles disputes between mariners and pre-
vents pauperS and other Objectionable
characters from emgrating to this country.
In Chinese ports he is the special pro-
tector of our missionaries. Where there
is a prison for the confinement of ATneri-
cans he is the jailer. He is judge, jury
and executioner of offending Americans.
ing Americans in his jurisdiction. He per-
bates wills for our citizens within his ter
ritory. He must spend his spare time in
collecting information upon commercial,
economic and political matters for the BEN
eft of us at home. He is expected to re-
port all inventions and discoveries and to
give Americans hint as to where there is
a favorable market for any of their wares.
Every day these reports are being received
by our State Department, where they are
set up in type and Immediately circulated
in the form of daily paper, distributed
among editors and correspondents. Pri-
marty he is sent to his post for mercantile
purposes and for the protection of his fel-
low-citizens.
Our consular officers abroad must pay
taxes whereas our ambassadors and minis
tiers need not. The consul is not diplo-
mat. Whereas the ambassador or minister
enjoys immunity from the laws of the coun-
! try to which he is accredited, it being i'm
possible for foreigners to sue him. his SUBJ
OrdinateS or servants, or even to have them
arrested or punished for crime, the consul
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ice which now promise fees above a thou
sand dollars year. Our consuls general
at Cairo Calcutta, Constantinople. Rio de
Janeiro and Shanghai all receive 5000
year. but their fees do not amount annually
above the hundreds. The consul general at
Calcutta. for instance, received last year,
in fees. but $91.
Below the grade of consul there are in
the service vice consuls, commercial agents
deputy consuls, agents, marshals, inter-
prefers and consular clerks.
Will Abolish Fees
Consuls and consuls general received
compensation in fees only prior to 1856
AT that time the fees were much more gen.
erous than they are now and it is said that
the London. Paris and Liverpool offices
sometimes yielded their incumbents in the
neighborhood of $4,000 year.
The bulk Of the business at our consular
posts is the recording of invoices, For
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One Reason for Being a Sailor.

From the London Express.
, few days ago the Prince OF Wales went
unexpectedly into the royal nursery and
found his bonnie son very busily engaged
drawing on bit Of scrap paper the picture
of ship. well, my little man." said the
prince, quite proud of his sons creditabIe
performance. I'm very pleased to see that
you are fond Of ships and sailors am
sailor. you know" Yes, daddy" cried
Prince Edward excitedly, land I want TO
be sailor. too. when I'm grown up,"
"Ah." said the Prince of Wales, smiling.
cause daddy's sailor. 1 suppose" mot
because of that. think" said the young
prince thoughtfully; because I don't like
doing my lessons always, and you needn't
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OF trade are asking for. What these pat
rons OF the reform want is a consular SER
vice wherein a man can spend lifetime OF
usefulness storing up experience as poten-
tial energy for Uncle Sans benefit Today
a man in the service loses his job as soon as
his apprenticeship has been served.
Our present consular service Is badly
mixed up affair. 1t has remained practi-
cally unchanged since its original establish
ment one hundred and twelve years ago.
We now have forty consulates general
scattered about the world. Each is the Of
flee of a consul general. whose Office repre-
sents the highest present grade of the ser
vice. They now receive various salaries.
ranging from 5000 to 5000 only. In addi-
ton, they receive fees and these. at some
posts, amount to something generous.
Generous Fees.
Paris is now the best paying post. John
X Gowdy, our present consul general at
that capital. last year received altogether
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Leah Lessi.

Leah Lessi. beautiful and talented &C.
tress, viii present her own version OF Mrs.
Henry Woods famous novel, East Lynne"
at the Academy of Music the week of Mon
day, May 10. supported by her own COM
pany. The story of this beautiful work
is too well known to need any introduce
ton. Miss Lessi win appear in the dual
roles of Lady Isabel and Madam Vine, and
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A Thief of the Night.

Chase's Theater week after next will pre-
sent an extraordinary polite vaudeville pro-
gram that will embrace Sidney Wilmer &
Co., Colemans cats and dogs. Atalie Claire
Baker and Lynn, the Nichols sisters, Anne
ia, Burton and Brooks, and Clayton Ken
nedy and Matte Rooney. Sidney Wilmer &
Co. will offer "A Thief of the Night" de-
scribed as one of those comedies that cause
continuous laughter.
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s14,92S in fees and salary This is more
than any salary below that of the President
which Uncle Sam pays, excepting only our
ambassadors abroad who get 81, 500 and
out of that pay their expenses. All off,
GERS of the consular service who receive
to their salary, 20 per cent thereof for office
rent. Very often this is paid out in house
rent and the office is established in the
official residence.
The consulate general at London is an
other post which pays handsomely. Last
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widely commented on her singing OF tina
laundress song. 1T All Comes out in thu
Wash Wash-Wash." From the success with
which The Messenger Boy" has met il
may be gathered that Messrs Nixon &
zimmerman have secured the proper COM
bination of musical Jingle. pretty girls.
handsome scenery. gorgeous costumes
clever men, graceful dancers, fascinating
ditties, and the unending fun that the
subtle chemistry of successful musical
comedy demands
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Nocturnal Investigator.

From the Chicago News.
Husband-'I have 81 more in my pockets
tonight than had last night. Now guess
how much I have
Wife-"Seven dollars"
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MANY man complains dat he can't gift
jestice" say a colored philosopher But
ct ne seen Jestice comm down de big road
rabbit''-Atlanta Constitution.
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YOUNG TO SUCCEED MILES.
Onlcial Announcement Made by Gen. Cor
bin, who Had Been Mentioned for
This High Position.

Washington, Oct. 2s.-"I do not
think I am betraying confidence,
when I say that Maj. Gen. S. B. NJ.
Young will be the next lieutenant
general of the army" said Maj. Gen.
Corbin. Then he said: "And his pro-
motion will be enjoyed by no one
more than by myself"
Lieut.. Gen. Miles will retire for age
next August, and this declaration
by Gen. Corbin was inspired to some
comment to the effect that the ap-
pearance of his (Gen. Corbin's) name
in the monthly army list next after
that of Gen. Miles pointed out the
probable succession. AS fact, it is
stated that the order of the names
in the list was fixed by the seniority
of the commissions of the officers.
Gen. Young would have about a year
to serve in that grade if he is made
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
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THE TITLE is GOOD.
Attorney General Knox Reports on
the Panama Canal.
President Roosevess Cannot Appoint O
Commission 60 Select the Route Be-
cause of Constant State Of
War In Colombia.

Washington, Oct. 27.-Attorney
General Knox made his report on the
Eaidity of the title to the Panama
canal to President Roosevelt Satur-
lay. The report was very exhaustive
and covered about 300 pages. He
holds that the title of the Panama
Canal company is good.
Non-action on the part of the gov
eminent of Colombia ON the pepd-
ing isthmian canal treaty is post
poning the appointment of the COM
mission which is to take charge of
the construction of the canal. 1t was
at first supposed that as soon as
the encouragement had satisfied
himself of the sufficiency of the title
to the canal property that could be
conveyed by the French company, the
way would be clear for the appoint
ment of the commission and soon
after for the preparation of the
Specifications upon which the work
is to be done. Now it has developed
that the ratification of the treaty
with Colombia is long way off, ow-
ing to the fact that the Colombian con-
gress, before which the convention
must come, has not been elected up
to this time. The delay is attribu-
ted to the existence Of a state of
war in Colombia.
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TO The MINING FIELDS.
Anthracite Coal Strike CommissIou VIII
Hear All Testimony In the Vicinity
of the Trouble.

Washington, Oct. 2s.-Notwith-
standing there are quite number of
details to be arranged, the members
of the anthracite coal strike COM
mission are hopeful that they will be
able to complete the preliminary ar
engagements in few hours. So far
as the operators and the miners have
expressed themselves, they have in
dicated willingness to subordinate
their desires in the matter of time
and place of hearing to the wishes
of the commission. 1t is the gen.
eral- understanding that practically
all of the meetings for the taking of
testimony will be held in the an
thracite regions and it is believed
that the commission will be able
to get to work during the present
week.
The commission adjourned at $40
to meet in Scranton next Thursday
morning. Before adjourning it was
agreed that the operators should sub
NIT sworn statements of their pay
rolls, and that Mr.. Mitchell should
have an opportunity of verifying
them through the miners. If dis
crepancies were found it was agreed
that the commission should appoint
an auditor whose findings should gov
ern the board.
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CALL TO CHRISTIANS
National Convention to Take United
Action on Liquor Question.
Ehe Society OF Friends Asks That All De-
nominations Send Delegates to WASH
ington City ON. the Second Wednes-
day of March. 1906.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 28.-The five
days meeting of the Society of
Friends, at their closing session, is
sued the following call to all the
Christian churches of the United
States: 1--WE are confident in the be-
lief that the consensus of opinion of
the protesting Christians of our land
rs opposed to the evils of liquor traf-
ic, and we find a want of co-opera-
tion in practical effort to give effect
to this opposition because none of
the propositions heretofore made has
met the approval of the general judg-
ment of Christian people. AS a re-
suit, the church exerts far less influ-
ence than it should to prevent the
evils produced by this great cause
of poverty and crime and which, also,
is a most serious obstacle to the
spread of the gospel. We therefore
invite the governing bodies of the
various denominations of Christians
in the United States to appoint dele
gates to represent them in a confer
ence to be held in the city of Wash
ington, to begin on the second
Wednesday of March, 1906. The de-
cisions of this conference should be
reached only in practical unanimity
and therefore it is unnecessary to in
dictate any limit to the proposed rep
reservations"
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DROP GUNS FOR PLows.
American Soldiers In Mindoro Province
Under Gen. Bell, Are Teaching the
Fnipinos How Farm.

Manila, Oct. 2s.-The Philippine
commission has decided to devote
100000, the profit of government sales
of rice under Gen. Bells administra-
ton, including the profits derived
from the concentration villages in
Batangas, Laguna and Mindoro, to
the purchase of food to be distributed
to the poor through the civil Of
flcials in the provinces mentioned.
It will also loan So, 500 of the insular
fund to the province of Ilocos for
the purchase of food for the sufferers
there. The general suffering among
the natives is the natural result of
the war and pestilence. Permanent
relief cannot be expected until 1904,
when, it is thought, agriculture will
revive. Gen. Bell, with the aid Of
the chief of the agricultural bureau,
has secured an appropriation for the
purchase of seeds and machinery, and
is taking great pains to instruct the
natives in American methods of farm
ing. His soldiers have discarded
their guns for plows.
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A COMPARISON MADE.
Greater Percentage of lniteracy Amon5
Native Children Than Those of Foreign
Born Immigrants.

Washington, Oct. 27-The census
Office has issued a statement giving
a compilation of figures regarding
uliteracy among children of immi-
grants and children of natives. The
statement says: 'Confning the COM
parison to children between the ages
Of 10 and IA years in the United
States e7.96 per cent. of the native
white children of native parents and
99.1 per cent. of the native white
children of foreign-born parents are
able to read and write. This sur
prising difference in favor of the
children of the foreign-born popula-
ton is due largely to the fact that
the children of the foreign-born inn
migrants live mainly in the northern
and western states, where the public
school system has already reached
a high degree of efficiency, while
great numbers of native white chill
dren of native parents live in the
southern states and in that region
about 10 per cent. of such children
are illiterate."
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ARBIrRAToRs START WORK,
they Confer with President Roosevelt, Re
ceive Their Instructions and Hold
Meeting Afterwards.

Washington, Oct. 25.-The members
oe the strike arbitration commits
sion, appointed by President Roose-
velt, met at the white house yester.
day morning and went into confer.
auce with the president. The inter.
view was brief, lasting scarcely 20
minutes. The work to be done by
the commission was Informally dis.
cussed. The president then present
ed to them their instructions. With
the instructions were the statements
of the operators. The members of
the commission afterwards left the
white house and went into executive
session at Col. Wright's Office. Judge
Gray was chosen chairman. The
commission adjourned to meet again
next Monday and the parties to the
controversy were notified to be pres.
ent at the meeting on Monday for
The purpose of arranging time fol
hearings which will be convenient
.or all concerned.
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MARMADUKE III COMMAND.
A Brother Of an Ex- Governor of Missouri
Reaches Panama to fight In the
Colombian Navy.

Panama, Oct. 2s.-The Colombian
cruiser Bogota, formerly the steamer
Jessie Banning, arrived here this
morning from San Francisco. Capt.
H. HI. Marmaduke, brother of ex-
Gov. Marmaduke, of Missouri, her
commander, said the vessel made
slow trip because the crew was eX-
ercised at target practice all the way
down the coast. The Colombian gun
boats Chucuito and Clapet are under
the orders of Capt. Marmaduke, who
as chief commander, will have charge
of the Colombian fleets, which he will
reorganize in American style. AT the
governors reception of Capt. Mar
maduke, Gen. Salazar said he drank
to the captains health and expressed
the hope that his mission here would
be fulfilled to the expectation of the
government of Colombia and that he
could count on the gratitude of all
conservatives. Ht
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MRS. STANTON DIES.
The Well Known Woman suffragist Passes
Away Through Old Age ut Her Home
In New York.

New York, Oct. 27.-Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, the well-known woman suf.
fragist, died yesterday at her home
in West Ninety-fourth street, in this
city. Old age was given as the cause
of death. She was conscious almost
to the last. About a week ago Mrs
Stanton began to fail rapidly
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one OF
the pioneers of the woman's suffrage
movement and with the possible ex.
ception of Susan B. Anthony was
the best known woman connected
with that movement. She was born
at YOUNGSTOWN, N. Y, November IL,
1878, and was, therefore, 81 years old
The first woman's rights convention
ever held in this country was called
by her. 1t was held at Seneca Falls,
N. Y, in July, .1S4S, and it was there
she made the first demand for wo-
mans suffrage, carrying it after a
long debate and over determined op-
position. In 1910 she was one of the
advocates of the married woman's
property bill, which was introduced
that year in the New York legisla-
ture, and followed up the agitation
final passage in 1s4s. For the last
quarter of a century she has annually
addressed a committee of congress in
behalf of the proposed sixteenth
amendment to the constitution of the
United States, which would grant the
franchise to women
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FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
Jury Convicts Tom Horn, the Eamou
Scout, of killing Willie
NIckell

Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 25.-ToH
Horn, the famous, scout and stock
detective, was yesterday evening
found guilty of murder in the first
degree. The trial of Horn for the
murder of Willie Nickel, IA years
old, son of Kels Nickel, on July IS,
1901, at his fathers ranch in the Iron
mountain country, was begun Octo-
Der 10. The arguments were finished
and the case given to the jury at
11:25 o'clock yesterday. The verdict
was reached before five o'clock in the
evening. The claim of the prosecu-
ton was that Horn, in the pay OF
certain large cattle owners, killed
the Nickel boy in an effort to fright
en- his father and cause him to leave
the country.
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MItchell.s Gift. from Friends.

Willzesbarre, Pa, Oct. 27.-Presi-
dent Mitchell was presented with a
gold badge and gold watch by the
Polish, Lithuanian and Slavish MEM
bers of the United Mine Workers.
The badge bears the monogram, 81.
NJ" in diamonds on the back. Below
this is a button of the United Mine
Workers of America. The seal of the
organization is in the form of a
breaker boy standing in the midsf
of a bank of coal.