The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-21
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 It is said that King Edward of Eng land is quite pleased with the appoint ment of Whitelaw Reid as special Am bassador of the United States at the coronation in June. It will be remem- bered that he was special Ambassador to represent the United States at the Jubilee festivities of Queen Victoria five years ago, and left a favorable impression on the British court on that occasion. Cholly Knickerbocker says: /
 During his brief stay in London he was invited no less than three times to dine with the Queen at Windsor, while Mrs. Reid was alone of all the Ambassa- dresses to receive the gold Jubilee medal from the aged Queen, the gold medal. save in this instance, being restricted to royal personages.
 Tt should be thoroughly understood that none of the foreign Ambassadors or their attaches are called upon to perform any of the acts of homage to the sover- eign, such as hand kissing and kneeling. which are willingly rendered by his own subjects, but which are not expected from any foreign representatives. In fact, the King of England will receive no more tokens of respect from the foreign en- voys at his coronation than the Presi- dent of the United States receives from the foreign Ambassadors at Washington.
 ''Only a very rich man could have been appointed. as the expenses in connection with such a special embassy are enorm- ous while the Government vote does not even suffice to pay the house rent of the mission in London. And 1t Is fortunate that man should have been chosen who, having the experience of his former spe- ciaf embassy to guide him, may be relied upon to know exactly how and what to do in order to maintain at the top notch the dignity and the prestige of the United States"
 It is believed that the Alabama woman, Mrs Maybrick, who Is serving a life sentence Tn England, will be freed before the coronation. as she Is to share in King Edwards amnesty. A London cablegram says:
 .'The release of Mrs Maybrick. the American woman who is serving life sentence for poisoning her husband, it is said. will be included in the general ann nesty which is to be extended to crim- lnals of good record as part of King Ed wards coronation festivities. Assur- ances to this effect, 1t is asserted. were received by Baroness de Roques, mother of Mrs. Maybrick. today.
 "A doubt has always existed as to Mrs. MayprlckS guilt, DuL repeated eHOrtS on the part of Americans, both to have the case reopened and to secure her release, have met with firm refusal.
 At President Roosevelt's dinner to the Judiciary, some very patrician innova- tions were introduced that may be criti- cised by those who think the perfection of the establishment of the Chief Executive of the United States depends on it's ple- bian running. The dinner is described as follows:
 The table was in the form of a crescent and was in the East room, and the viands were furnished by caterers instead of be- ing prepared in the White House kitchen.
 Ninety-five guests were at dinner. At no previous state dinner have more than eighty-five guests been entertained by any President.
 The President sat on the outward curve of the crescent, directly in the centre, with the wife of Chief Justice Fuller on his right and the wife of Justice Harlan at his left.
 Immediately across the table in the cen Ire of the inward curve sat Mrs. Roose-