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The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Raise Ministers
To Ambassadors:
Plan of Foster

That the United States shall be rep
resented in the courts and capitals OF
the civilized world by f0rty-fnuE am
bassadors. instead Of by ten ambsssa-
dors, thirty-three ministers aud one
resident minister, a. Is now the case, IS
the plan contained IN a bill introduced
H. the House yesterday afternoon by
Representative Foster OF Vermont.
WHAT l am striving for Is uniform
ity IN our diplomatic service" said Mr..
Foster. explaining his bin. and this is
the path TO IT, IL is all wrong for us
10 grade our representatives according
10 the size and power OF the countries
TO which they are sent They should
be graded according TO the size OF This
country. Let them all be ambassadors.
In the matter OF salaries" he con-
tinued. Il think the pay should be
based largely on the expenses 10 which
the different ambassadors would De
liable II is easy 10 see that the am
bassadoT 10 chile might not have as
much expense attached TO his Office as
the ambassador TO Great Britain. II
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Firemen at Windsor.

buckingham palace is now efficiently
protected from fire. the King having or
dered that the antiquated fire and sal
wage apparatus kept on the premises
should be modeTniZed.
a STAFF of three professional firemen,
chosen from the metropolitan brigade,
las been engaged, and they will be re
enforced by the existing palace private
fire company. manned by the royal sery-
ants.
The improvements include an in
creased number of hydrants in and
about the palace. hand-pumps placed in
every corridor. and 200 waterproof sheets
distributed on different parts Of the
building. Until King Edward ordered
these reforms the royal residence in
London was hopelessly out Of date In its
fire equipments.
The King himself has had experience
in lighting the flames. once when there
was a fire at Marlborough. his resi-
dcnce when he was Prince OF Wales,
ne took on his coat and worked siren
Uously 10 save his furniture and val
uables.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
AMERICAN DUCHESS
KINGS FAVORITE
Former Miss GoeletS Wit
Makes Captive of
Edward.
HER NEILhB0RS JEALOUS
The Duke and Duchess Guests OF
Royalty at West Dean
Park.
HER NEILHB0RS JEALOUS

LONDON. Dec. 15.-The young Duch-
ess OF RoNburghe lwho was Miss May
GoeleD has been admitted 20 the charm
ed circles of King Edwards women
friends whose qualifications must be wit
and power 10 amuse his majesty. The
King made a special request. which was
of course, taken as a command, that
the Duke and Duchess Of Roxburghe
should be invited as his .feIlow-gUests
ar West Dean Park, the Willie"
James place in Sussex.
The latest American duchess thus
takes aer place among such brilliant
women as the Duchess OF Devonshirc.
Mrs. George CORVALLIS West Uady
Randolph ChurchilD. Lady Colebroolle,
and Mrs. George Keppel, whose society
the King delights in because they are
the TeveTss of b0rcs.
The county people" of RoNburghe
hEd fault with tine duke and duchess
Tor only inviting outsiders TO Floors
Castle The lesser nobility and gentry
living around krlso are left out of the
ducal entertainments and so the young
duke and duchess are not popular in
their own society.
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Woman Cab Driver.

Miss Clenlenuna jones. Of New Maiden.
near London, has qualified herself for
a cab drivers license. but has failed 10
convince the local police uhat she would
be as good or better a "Cabby" as any
man.
She knows, indeed. more about horses
and driving than many men who are
granted licenses, as she formerly owned
horses. and has been compelled by mis-
fortune to earn her living. She chose
cab-driving as the vocation she would
be best fitted for.
Undaunted by the fact that she was
the first woman IN England TO aspire
70 the "dickey' Of a hanson, Miss
Jones applied to the Kingston police
for a license. which they refused. She
then applied TO Scotland Yard. the head
quarters OF the Metropolitan police, and
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Queens Mother Lonely.

The marriage Of the Queen of Spain
has lett her mother, Princess Henry Of
Rattenberg. "a lonely recluse- She has
retired altogether from society, and she
even declined the Kings invitation 70
Windsor to meet King Haakon and
Queen Maud OF Norway.
In her Isle of Wight home she is de-
voting herself 10 her literary work and
To her sons. Maurice and Leopold. She
is engaged on a book about the Isle Of
Wight and her visits to London are
simply for the purpose of reading up
her subject In the British Museum
Library.
The widowed princess is thus not
without resource To console her for the
loss Of her only daughter. She is also
"a gifted musician and has set verses to
charming music.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
GOVERNMENT LOSES BIG SUM
TO RAILROADS EACH YEAR
Keep Commission Announces Plan for Saving More
Than MiIlion-AIso Recommends Committee
on Business for Departments

1t wants uniform bill,o lading, tariff
schedules. etc. so that the Government
can conduct al transportation in the
same concise and accurate - methods
which would obtain I'm any large com
mercial house
The commission also made a recon
mendatiOn yesterday for the orRaniza-
ton OF q special committee on business
methods IN each one. of the, Government
departments. IL is proposed TO have il
consist or three members selected from
the heads OF the bureaus.
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would be easy, therefore to arrange
for the salary phase Of the question.
Objection may be urged on the
ground that other countries would Dc
affected by the change in rank. That is.
If country has only a minister repre-
senting ner here, she would feel obliged
IL raise him TO an ambsssadorship if
the United States sent to her an am
has sador. Very we'll; let that happen.
II is the very thing to which this bfI
tends. uniformity among all the nations
in diplomatic intercourse.
For one thing, the enactment Of this
bill and its consequent changes would
do away with all this fuss about pre-
cedence-. That would be a good thing.
i shall take evey means ] can com
mond 10 push the bill 10 successful
issue" ..
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
GREENE AND GAYNOR
GRANTED NO FAYORS
Notorious Prisoners Are to
Be Treated Same as
Other COnViCtS.

Greene and Gavnor. the two noto-
rious. prisoners confined IN the Bibb
county jail in Georgia, will be permitted
10 receive no different treatment than
given any other prisoners.
Attorney General Moody sent a tele-
gram late yesterday afternoon 10 United
States Marshal White. at Valdosta. Ga
directing him TO notify the keeper Of the
Jail that II he permitted these two pris-
ouers 20 leave the jail confines or re-
coive any different treatment from that
accorded other prisoners confined in his
iaIl, steps would be taken 10 the removal
Of those Two prisoners to another place.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

The Keep Commission in a report to
the President late yesterday afternoon,
announces q plan whereby the Govern
ment can secure the best possible pas
senger and freight rates from the raii-
roads Of the country
At the present time each department
OF the Government. if not each bureau.
attends 10 its own shipments. II has
been estimated that by this method OF
doing business the Government has
been raging a million OF more dollars
annually than Is necessary.
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South Africa is noted in the protest
which says.
The distance between New York and
South Africa is but slightly more than
from England or German, and it opens
one OF the very best possible fields for
American subvenuOns. and unquestion-
ably an American line, II started. would
greatly benefit our American manu-
facturers and afford relief from the
dictatoriaI methods Of foreign ship
owners.
"Of all the STEAMERS that sailed from
New York TO South African ports. the
last two years not noe flew the Ameri-
can nag"
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NOtoriety Pains Duke.

The Duke OF Marlborough's separation
from his American wife seems 10 have
had strange effect upon him. At the
chapter OF the Crder of he Garter for
the investiturc of King HaakOn at
Windsor Castle, the duke was obvious
ly III at ease. He wore his gorgeous
Garter robes awkwsrdly and bore him
self very unducally. until King Edward
gave him some tactful advice The pub
lie sensation made over his matrimonial
affairs has obviously been very painful
10 the duke
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then set 10 work to acquire the neces-
sary knowledge OF LOndon's streets
from the tops os omnibuses. She is
now waiting TO know whether Scotland
Yard will create "a precedent for her.
In reheaTsinE Miss Jones wore a
fetching costume, consisting of the
cabman's traditional beaver and big
butt0ned sporting overcoat.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
BENEFIT for Cnckcter.

England rewards the heroes of the
cricket field with money in lieu of
laurels. J T Tyldesley. Lanchashire's S
best professional cricketer. has just Te-
ceived a check for S15.525. the net pro-
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ceeds Of a match played for his ben
eft
No other Lancashire cFicketeT has
ever received 50 much from a benefit.
but George Hirst the Yorkshire player,
received Si7.50O two years ago.
Another cricketer, Walter Lees. of the
Surrey Club, has been handed $1,000 as
The proceeds of his benefit match.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
New York Protests.

strong protest has come from New
York from merchants doing bus ness
with the various ports in South A.Tica.
They object 10 eliminating from the
subsidy bill the mail and freight sub
ventions calculated TO build up an Amer
lean line from New York to South
African ports.
The fact that Canada voted a sub
vention tor a line from Montreal 10
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Hill Lines Favored.

One Of the provisions OF the COM
promise bill is for a subsidy Of $4,000
Tor a monthly service or $4,000 for a
toTtnighuy service on a thiTteen-knot
line from the Northern Pacific coast TO
Japan- This particular provision Is in
tended 10 give satisfaction 10 James J.
Hin, Of the Great Northern road. Mr.
I'm has built up q line OF boats on the
Northern route across IN. Pacific. and
would like To see them subsidized Rep
Ieseutative HUMP hrey of Washington
whose home in Seattle. and who is
friendly 10 the Hill steamship line is
understood to be satisfied with this
feature Of the bill, but some OF the
other members Of the committee are
asSing why lines 10 which they bear
d close geographical relation should not
be treated as well as the IInl line Pull
ing and hauling for aid 10 lines not in
the compromise arrangement has ac-
lively begun.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
MRS. DELONG HERE,
EXPLORERS WIDOW
Visit Recalls Tragic Fate of
Husband on Arctic
Expedition.

Mrs. De Long. OF New York. widow Of
Capt George w. De Long. the Arctic
explorer, IS AT the Ebbitt House. Mrs.
De Longs presence here recalls the
tragic story Of the Arctic expedition led
by Captain De Long in the early sos.
IL was financed by James Gordon Ben
nett and succeeded in reaching a point
FAR in the icebOund regions TO the north
OF Siberia.
The ship was destroyed BY the ice. and
Captain De Long and a number OF his
companions lost their lives in trying tC
return overland.
Their bodies We're found in the delta
OF the Lena river iu northern Siberia.
J. q. Small & Sons. Florists,
I4th and G SITS, Washington: Waldorf
Astoria. and 1l53 Broadway New York
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SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
MAY Be WRECKED
GFosVenOr's Compromise
Measure Said to Please.
No One.
EARLY ACTION NOT LIKELY
0hioan's Provision for Hill Lines
Regarded by Some as
Discrimination.

Ship subsidy legislation presents every
appearance OF b-ing doomed for this
session.
Chairman GFosvenor. Of the House
Marchant Marine Committee. has pre-
sented a compromise bill. which CON
templates mail subsidies only 20 South
American. Cuban, and Pacific
lines. Now il develops that the subsidies
are against il on principle just as they
are opposed to cargo subsidies AS for
the real eXponents of the subsidy doc
trine, they iud nothing in the mail sub
sidy proposition that meets their re-
quirements. Hence there Is dissatis-
faction with Grosvenor's compromise
ON both sides and little ardent support
anywhere
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
FOR WCMEN's BENFIT.
Bill Proposed That Permits Them tc
Vote for congressman.

Norfolk, Neb., Jan. l6--A former Ne
braska girl, the wife of the youngest
congressman in the United States, is be-
hind a bill that has been introduced int
the congress for the purpose of giving
to every woman in this country the right
to vote on congressional representatives
Mrs. Burton L. French, formerly Miss
Winnie Hartley of Norfolk, is RESPONSE
BILE for the bill.
1t had always been supposed that in
order to allow women to vote in the
United States, it would be necessary to
amend the constitution, but Congress-
man French of Idaho has discovered Il
short cut by passing law allowing
women to vote on congressman.
Mrs: French was formerly high
school teacher here, and was always
more or less interested in the woman
rights proposition. She is an exception
ally brilliant young woman, and her
young husband is popular with both
men and women where he is known.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19

islation be provided which shall bring
the operations of all telephone companies
under the jurisdiction of the railway and
warehouse commission, to the end that
different systems be compelled to make
such connections as the business of the
public requires, and that fair and rea-
sonable service may be maintained.
A resolution of thanks was adopted
for the courteous treatment and royal
hospitality extended the delegates by
the city officials, and the Commercial
club of St. Paul.
The convention declined to approve a
resolution offered by Mayor f. r.
Rehnke, of Kenyon, declaring in favor
of the passage of law that will render
railroad property liable to assessment for
local improvement. The resolution, was
referred to a committee which will re-
port on the same at the next annual
convention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
,,HAsIHER |.E
Examiners Findings Anent tn
Capitol Commission.

st. Paul, Jan. l6-The report cover
ing the investigation of the capitol com
mission, compiled by Public examiner
Kerst, was yesterday filed with Cover
nor johnson.
1t is document of 500 pages, and the
public will have to remain in ignor
ance of its contents until the governor
has examined it.
The report, Governor Johnson says
was completed Saturday, but he aske
that it be not filed until Monday, as ht
had no time to receive it the day before
He says the delay was because of The
fact that there was much to look into
and he wanted it complete, rather thar
in series of reports.
Governor Johnson says the report will
be made public in good time, but hi
wants TO first give those involved o!
against whom any charges have beer
made, a chance to explain. He declares
that he proposes to treat the whole thins
fairly and from an impartial stand
point, and for that reason those con
cerned are to be given the first chance
of seeing the report. Some of the pub
lie examiners charges, he hints, look bat
on the face of them, and while not Grim
inal i'm nature, yet might work an in
Justice if those involved were not first
given an opportunity to explain. This
explanation, he says. may change mat
tiers entirely, and in that event the of
Tending portions will be expurgated.
The public examiners department ha:
been at work for the past three months
inquirng into the expenditures and rec
| ords of the capitol commission.
Much correspondence was unearthed
and some of this is said to contain thing
| that the authors should have known bet
| ter than to put on paper. All of 1T ha
been satisfactorily explained, but tn
public might not view it in the same
! lipht. and it is for this reason that tn,
hint that it may be expurgated is given
There are minor charges of contract
let without advertising, contracts wher
| no bonds were exacted, and other tech
nicalities of like character. The ad
ministration practically admits that j
has found nothing criminally sensation
al. Sthl, politics have been played, an'
! surprise may be sprung.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
Young Man Succumbs to Typhoid
Pneumonia This Morning.
From Tuesdays Daily.


James Tanning died this morning at
7:40 o'clock of typhoid pneumonia, af-
ter an illness of few days. He was
eighteen years old and a son of Mrs
Mary Tanning Of 80 East Mulberry
street. He was born at Fort Hayes, Neb.,
and came with his parents to this city
when small boy. He attended the
high school and Commercial college and
at the time he was taken i'll was en-
ployed as messenger for the North
American Telegraph company. He was
a bright and gentlemanly young man
whom it was a pleasure to meet. He
was faithful to the interest of his en-
ployers' and accommodating to the pat
rons.
Besides the mother, he is survived by
brother and three sisters, as follows
Frank Tanning. Mankato; Mrs. j. w.
Smith. Minneapolis; Mrs. AN. Franchere
Mankato; Miss Mamie Tanning, who is
teaching at Woodstock.
Funeral services will be held at st.
Johns Catholic church at nine o'clock
Wednesday morning, after which the re-
mains will be taken to Marysbury where
the interment will take place on Thurs
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
| c.. N. Andrews Gives His Report to
the State League.

from FRIDAY s DAILY.
Strong resolutions on the railroad
rate question We're adopted yesterday
afternoon by the Minnesota Municipal
and Commercial league, which ended it's
session last evening in st. Paul. The
RESOLUTIONS declare for bill along the
| lines of the Esch- Townsend measure,
and go farther than the Dolliver bill.
They call for law giving the interstate
commerce commission power to name a
reasonable rate, and putting that rate
in effect at once, unless set aside by the
courts. They call on Minnesota's sena-
tors and congressman to support such a
bill.
The report of the resolutions COM
mittee also demands thorough enforce
ment of the law against rebates, and of
the long and short haul clause. 1t con-
dennis discrimination against smaller
cities. 1t also urges the passage of a
reciprocal demurrage bill.
An important section in the resolu-
tons is one favoring list of questions
on the issues of the day to be submitted
to candidates for office. This is rec
commended in order to restore interest
in principles rather than in persOnali-
ties.
The league received report in the
morning from c.. n. Andrews of Man.
kato, chairman of the committee on
public service corporations, which took
a stand for municipal ownership and al
so favored, law requiring telephone
companies to make connections with
each other when the public service de-
mands, and putting them under juris-
dictiOn of the railroad and warehouse
commission for that purpose. E. w.
Knatvold of Albert Lea told of the fail
IRE of an ordinance passed by that city
to compel connections, and how the city
is restrained by permanent injunction
from interfering with the work or the
property of the company.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
Uncle Sam to Turn Out Yellow Meta
for Mexico.

Philadelphia, Jan. l6.-Within few
days the officials of the United States
mint here will start the coinage of 81
100000 worth OF gold coin for the MeXi-
can government as result OF the re-
cent establishment of the gold standard
in the currency of that country.
The coins will he of the value of 10
pesos, which will make 100000 coins to
be struck from the dies which are now
completed. For the purpose gold bullion
now in the Vaults of the mint will be
used. and when the coins are delivered
the Mexican government will reimburse
the United States treasury with like
amount of bullion. No profit will be
made by this country as a result of the
work, the only charge to Mexico being
the actual cost of the labor employed
and the wear and tear upon the ma
chimes in the coming department.
The order was formally placed week
ago by Senior Francisco Valdez, repre-
senting President Diaz, who says that he
believes the establishment of the gold
standard in Mexican currency will be one
of the greatest strides made by his gov
eminent, and will soon place the conn
try on firm financial basis. All sill
yer coins have now been ordered re-
turned to the Mexican treasury, and a
fine is imposed on any one attempting to
keep silver money in circulation in viola
ton of this order.
The work of coming will take about
a month, at the end of which time the
coins will be sent by specitl train,
guarded by United States secret ser
vice men, to the MaXican treasury.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
STOOD R|cHIs|DEUP
Milwaukee Train Jumped thu
Track Near Benning.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The passenger train on the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul road for the twin
cities pulled out of Mankato at 7:3C
o'clock last evening. Ten minutes later
when half way to Benning and about
two miles north OF the city, at the
Great Western quarry switch, it jump
ed the track, owing to defective switch
The entire train of engine, tender and
four coaches left the track at point
where an excavation has been made by
the Great Western road for sidetrack
Fortunately, the train stayed right side
up, and no one was injured. The en-
CINE stopped twelve feet from the track
and five feet below it.
TIE track was not cleared until nine
o'clock this morning, and the engine was
not gotten out up to the time of going
to press, but is expected to be replaced
upon the track before night. No MA
terial damage was done to the engine OF
any of the cars.
The passengers were brought bach
| this city and such as desired to 90 were
sent to Kasota over the Omaha road
| This was done until the track was clear
ed, and passengers from the north tool
the Omaha at Kasota.
The Great Western passenger trail
last evening tagged the Omaha train
which brought in the passengers. Thu
morning train today did not go out un
til i0:45 a. M, and the Milwaukee
train for the twin cities pulled out di
rectly afterwards.
| The train that met with the accident wa
in charge of Conductor Thomas Muir
ply, Engineer Ed Brooks and Fireman
A. II. Hale.