VOL. XVI., TSO. 298.
WILMINGTON N. C. SATURDAY DECEMBER 19, 1903.
PRICE 5 CENTS
CONGRESS
Relation of the United
States Government to
the Panama Republic
DANIEL SPEAKS
The Ylrjriiria Senator Advocated the
PMge of Senator Hoar's Resolu
tion Galling on the President for
Mors Information About Panama
He Shows That in Signing a Treaty
With Panama the Roosevelt Admin
istration Was Dealing With a Coun
try That Has No Government.
Washington, December 18. The -relationship
of-the United States to the
new republic of Panama continued to
be the leading theme in the Senate
today, but the discussion was confined
to one Senator, and was not so excit
ing as yesterday. Mr. juanlel,-of Vir
ginia, was the speaker, and he advo
cated the acceptance of Mr. Hoar's
resolution calling upon the President
for more information relative to the
November revolution in Panama.
Mr. Cullom called attention to the
fact that the treaty has not been act
ed upon by the committee on foreign
relations and intimating that it was
not in order to discuss it.
Mr. Daniel retorted by saying that
there "is so much nervousness over
any inquiry on the part of Republi
can Senators as. to cause them to
jump before they have been spurred."
He reiterated his statement that the
President had discussed the treaty in
public, and called attention to Secre
tary Loomls New York speech as well
as to the debates in the Senate, and
declared that "never before had there
been such a thorough defiance and
contempt of 'the law or secrecy which
prevails in diplomatic affairs as have
been displayed in this matter."
Mr. Daniel also referred to Minister
Bunau-Varilla and said of him that
while it is true that aft men play
many parts in the course of their
lives, that gentleman had "played
more parts in a shorter time than any
other actor who had challenged favor
from back of the foot lights."
Taking up the resolution, he said
that he did not want to see the Unit
ed States Involved in war either with
France er with Colombia, and he was
inclined ts accept with a grain of salt
the sensational headline printed in
the papers yesterday over the speech
es of Acting Secretary Loomis and
Minister Bunau-Varilla. "Some peo
ple," he said, "seek to establish a
wide open republic," as if some prod
igious Tammany were about to take
possession of the country and they
are shaking their red lights from
many points." He contended that the
independence of Panama had not been
well established,, as has been stated,
and in this connection called atten
tion to the fact that the country has
no constitution.
Mr. Daniel said he knew of no re
quirement in international law for the
recognition of a new government be
fore it was formed. Things were
happening in Washington before there
was anything . doing oh the isthmus.
When, where, and at what time, he
asked, had the United States under
taken to send our forces to the border
of any country to prevent that coun
try from keeping peace in its own
territory. There was not at that time
even the germ of a republic not
even . the phantom of a republic. In
deed, he declared the United States
had rushed to the aid of the new re
public, notwithstanding that, like
Richard III. it had come into "this
breathing world scarce half made up."
"It was not the state of Panama
that srganized the revolution," said
Mr. Daniel. "It was the city and not
the state that is responsible for the
outbreak of the revolution on the
isthmus. It was the municipal offi
cers, her common councillors and her
citizens that organized the secession.
WltheHt delay an ambassador was
appointed to this country and if that,
new republic had any independence
it was soon snuffed, out by the acts of
that ambassador."
He declared that the populace df
the United States should not allow
their serenity to be disturbed by a
minister from Panama, flitting from
place to place and commenting upon
Colombia's attitude fa unfavorable
terms. He hoped that in this matter
the United States would proceed in
peace and in order, avoiding all for
eign entanglements.
Mr. Pulton, of Oregon, made a
speech in support of the bill to give
aid to the proposed Lewis and Clark
e-osltion at Portland Oregon, in
The Senate adjourned until tomor
row' THE HOUSE. ,
Washington December 18. The
House today by resolution authorized
the committee on expenditures in the
postmaster general to furnish that
committee with the papers in -connection
with the recent postofflce in
vestigation, but not until arter a lively
f debate. The resolution met with op
position on the Republican side. Mr.
Overstreet, Republican of Indiana,
chairman of the committee on post
ofSees and postroads, contended that
m.
the Information sought had been re
ceived from the postofflce department
and mailed to members. Mr., Wan
ger. Republican of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the committee on post
office expenditures held that the de
sired Information was essential to his
committee in consideration of meas
ures affecting the postofflce depart
ment. Mr. Williams, the minority leader,
renewed his effort to substitute a
resolution providing that the Informa
tion be requested by the House in
stead of a committee, but the previous
question being ordered on practically
a party vote he had no opportunity
to offer his substitute.
Mr. Williams asked ir the majority
were afraid the work of their own
fourth assistant postmaster general
would make good campaign material.
He asked Mr. Overstreet if it was true
that Mr Bristow had stated before
the postofflce committee that his re
port had been edited.
Mr. Overstreet replied that Mr.
Bristow had not made any such state
ment before- his committee or to him
personally.
Mr. Williams asked further if all
the information had been sent to the
committee. Mr. Overstreet replying
that the report of Mr. Bristow made
public by the committee was just as
it had been made to the postmaster
generaj.
It required the speaker's vote to
order the previous question, the yea
and nay "vote resulting in a tie. On a
yea and nay vote the resolution was
agreed to, 109 to 100, the minority
voting practically unanimously with
the friends of the measure on the Re
publican side.
The House adjourned until tomor
row.
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING.
Mr. Walter C. Vick and Miss Sallie
E. Wade United in 3Iarriage at
Cronly.
Godwin. N. C, Dec. 17, 1903.
It has rarely been the fortune of
the people of our little town to wit
ness a more beautiful wedding than
was solemnized yesterday afternoon
in the Presbyterian church here, when
Mr. Walter Council Vick led to the
altar Miss Sallie E. Wade, daughter
of ;Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wade. The
church was beautifully and tastefully
decorated with southern smilax and
holly and l'ghted with my raids of
tiny candles. .
Promptly at 3:30 o'clock to the in
spiring strains of the march from
Lohengrins played by Miss Myrtle
Wade, the bridal party entered the
church.
The ushers, Mr. Marshall Hall, from
Payetteville, Mr. Busbee Pope, from
Dunn, Mr. McCoy Wade, and Mr. Ike
Smith came first, then came ; Miss
Lilliam McLean, first bridesmaid, with
Mr. Will Starling,- then opposite each
other down either aisle came Miss
Nora Council with Dr. J. W. McLean,
and Miss Zora Culbreth, from Clinton,
with Mr. Marvin Waue. The brides
maids wore white Norfolk suits with
black picture hats, and the grooms
men wore the conventional black.
The bride, handsomely attired in a
going-away gown of blue," came down
the left aisle with the maid of honor.
Miss Kathleen Vick, who wore pink
organdy and a black picture hat.
They were met at the altar by the
groom, who, with his best man, Mr.
Walter R. Nye, from Wilmington, en
tered from the right.
In a very short and impressive man
ner, Rev. Steadman Black spoke the
words that made them man and wife.
During the ceremony "Meditation"
was very softly and sweetly played.
The bridal party left the church to
the joyful strains of Mendelssohns
march. '
The bride and groom left on the
4 o'clock southbound train for an ex
tended southern tour.
The many beautiful and costly
presents were a fitting token of the
high esteem in which both bride and
groom were held.
THE CITY OF WILSON.
Reduction of the Bail Bonds of Par
ties Indicted in the Jones Murder
Case WTiolesole Initiation of Elks.
Personal and Social.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Wilson. N. C. December 17. Judge
Ferguson has reduced the bail bond of
Messrs. Pittman, Ward, Whitley and
Rich, who are under, indictment for
being implicated in the famous Jones
murder, from $6,000 to $3,000. The tria'
is to come up at the February term o'
court, and it is thought the required
bail will be forthcoming and the parties
released from Incarceration.
The Elks at their regular lodge met
initiated 25 new members. This i-
the result of the recent consolidation
with the Tuscarora club. There are still
more candidates docketed to explore
the mysteries of the Order.
The Baptist bazaar which has berx
in progress for two days, came to a
very successful dose last night. Near
ly $300 was realized, which goes to
the credit of the church fund.
Invitations have been issued an
nouncinf the marriage of Miss Ruth
Gold to Dr. Wm. Spicer, of Goldsboro,
which takes place on the night of th
29th Inst. Both of the contracting
parties are very popular here, as well
as throughout the state and the affair
will be a noted event in Wilson society
circle.
Baseball Player Killed a Barber.
Montgomery, Ala., December 18.
Frank Wilson, a 'baseball player wro
pitched with the Atlanta club of the
southern: league last season, shot an I
killed William Saffold, a negro barber,
in this city today. It is stated that the
negro was advancing on Wilson with a
razor, when Wilson fired four, times,
one of the bullets taking effect au.i
causing Saff old's death. Wilson gavo
himself up and "was taken into custody
A preliminary hearing will be grant
ed in a few days.
FIRST DAY
Transfer of Louisiana to
the United States is
Celebrated
AT NEW ORLEANS
The 100th Anniversary Will be Com
memorated in a Series of Bright En
tertainment Distinguished Guests
Are Present at the Opening Day -The
Naval Review is a Splendid
Function- A Ball at Night That is
Unique and Elaborate..
New Orleans, December 18. Fa
vored with ideal weather, which made
the naval review on the river a bril
liant function, the series of three
days'-- celebration in commemoration
of the transfer of the province of
Louisiana from France to the United
States, was inaugurated today.
It was in New Orleans on Decem
ber 20th, a century ago, that the
dramatic scene was enacted which
gave the American republic an Em
pire and tomorrow, in the same room
of the Cabfldo, in wnlch Governor
Claiborne and General Wilkinson re
ceived the transfer of the mighty ter
ritory, which only twenty days before
the French had accepted from Spain,
the events of that memorable day will
have a ceremonial duplication.
So indissolubly linked are Louisiana
and New Orleans with the historic
details of the transfer, that two years
ago, the Louisiana legislature author
ized an official celebration of the
transfer. The Louisiana: historical
society was given control of the cere
monies. Invitations to participate
were extended to Congress, the Fed
eral government and to the President,
and though the secretary of state, to
Spain, as prime figures in the changes
of Louisiana's sovereignty. Congress
failed to pass the legislation necessary
to send an official delegation of Sena
tors and Representatives, but the navy
department ordered Admiral Wise
with four ships to be present and the
French and Spanish governments ac
cepted the invitation and arranged
to be represented, the former by her
ambassador, and the cruiser Jurien de
LaBraviere and the latter by her con
sul and one of her warships, the Rio
de LaPlata, the latter of which, how
ever, has not yet reached here.
The management or rne Louisiana
purchase exposition gave the enter
prise its cordial support ana prompt
ly accepted the invitation to its presi
dent and directors to attend. Under
auspicious conditions, the carrying out
of the historical society's programme
began at noon today with the review
of the fleet. i
The six warships were gaily dressed
with the flags of the nations and pre
sented a fine" marine spectacle when
the United States steamer Stranger
put off from Canal street, carrying the
governor and his staff in full regalia
and distinguished guests, who had
been Invited to accompany him, in
cluding President David R. Francis,
of the, Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
and members of his board. The
Stranger, brilliant with flags and
bunting, with Governor Heard, Am
bassador Jusserand and Senor J.
Tueroy O'Donnell, the Spanish consul
on the bridge, presented a picture of
nautical beauty and animation as at
the head of a fleet of steamers and
tugs, she ran down one side of the
fleet and then up the other, the ma
rines and sailors manning: the sides
of the warships and the bands play
ing national airs. After the review,
the Stranger anchored near the Min
neapolis and Admiral Wise entering a
cutter from the flagship, was rowed
over to the governor's yacht to pay his
respects to the state executive and
the representatives of the two na
tions, which at different times owned
the territory.
A general reception followed. Gov
ernor Heard was accompanied on his
return calls by the ambassador and
consul. The Minneapolis was first
visited, then the French ship and then
the others of the American vessels.
Salutes were fired almost continuous
ly during" .the visits of the command
ers and during the return calls.
The social event of the celebration
was the ball given tonight in the
French opera house which the naval
officers, the French ambassador, the
Spanish consul, President Francis and
party, the governor, mayor, state and
city officials and society leaders of
New Orleans and of a number of
other cities attended. The ball was
under the direction of Miss Grace
King, the authoress, and was a repro
duction as regards costumes, decora
tions and environment of the epoch
which marked Jefferson's purchase of
the territory. The musical pro
gramme was divided into three sec
tions, the first consisting of music
written by masters of the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries, the second
of dances of the period and the third
of dances and projnenades by modern
authors. The grand entree which
opened the ball gave the effect of a
brilliant court reception, the march
ers being dressed In the costumes
Colonial days. Fifty couples danced
a minoet and gavotte.
An elaborate series of ceremonies
has been arranged for tomorrow.
CHARGED WITH BRIBERY
IIEAD OF THE CALIFORNIA SYN
DICATE ARRESTED.
John A. Benson is Accused of Bribing:
an Interior Department Employe
Hel din $5,000 Bail.
Washington, December IS. John A.
Benson, a wealthy san Francisco real
estate operator, charged by the inte
rior department with being the head of
the alleged land frauds extending over
a dozen western states and territories
to which Secretary Hitchcock referred
vigorously at length in his annual re
port, was arrested here today at th
WUlard Hotel by Secret Service Office
John A Burns, Just as he was prepar
ing to leave the city for New York.
The charge on which the arrest
made was bribery, it being alleged in
tne ainaavit of Mr, Burns and in the
warrant, that Benson had paid $500. to
Woodford N. Harlan formerly chief
of a special service division of the gen
eral land office, and now a clerk in
that office, on March 15th of this year,
for the purpose of extracting from him
information regarding the inyestiga
of his operations at that time benc
made by the land office.
Benson was . taken before Commis
sioner Taylor. He wished to have a
preliminary hearing of his case post
poned, and the date for such hearing
was fixed for December 30th. He gave
bail in the sum of $5,000 for his appear
ance when the government attorneys
will ask to have him held for the grand
jury.
The statement was made by an of
ficer of the government tonight that
the information obtained regarding
the alleged conspiracy implicates a
number of persons at present em
ployed in the interior department at
Washington and elsewhere. Numenu?
arrests are expected to follow that of
Benson in short order and some em
ployees who may not be arrested will
be dismissed from the service.
The government attorneys stated In
asking for a large bail bond for Ben
son that he had been guilty of bribery
during his present visit to Washing
ton, since last Monday- and in the in
terior department itself, notwithstand
ing that he was fully aware that his
connection with the alleged frauds
was fully known by the department.
Another assertion of the government
officers is that Benson came to Wash
ington in answer to decoy letters, and
with the intention of bribing people
in the land office, who were in real
ity acting for the secret service.
The information on which the warrant-was
issued stated In brief thaf
Mr. Harlan, in his capacity as chler
of thev special service division of th
general land office, had charge of the
investigation of the land frauds, send
ing out special agents in suspected
cases of fraud and receiving the re
ports of such agents on the cases, and
that Benson had paid to him the sum
of $500 in return for being allowed
to, examine the reports of the special
agents in his own case. Mr. Benson
Is the senior member of the real
estate firm of Benson and Hyde of
San Francsico and It is asserted has
defrauded the government out of at
least 100,000 acres of land by various
schemes since the passage of the for
est reserve act in 1897.
COLLEGE ON FIRE.
Colored University in Nashville Burn
ed Many Killed and Injured.
Nashville, Tenn., December 18.
Waldens University, a colored insti
tution is burning. Students, male and
female, jumped from windows and
there are from 25 to 40 killed and in
jured. Three dead bodies have been moved
from under the windows where they
fell. They are Mattie Lou Moore,
Huntsville, Ala.; Stella Eddlson, Mis
sissippi and an unknown girl. It is
said there are many more in the
burning building. The injured are
estimated at .fifty and every ambu
lance in the city has been brought
into requisition. The fire 'broke out
in the Tennessee Central College for
young women, a department of WaK
den University. The building was
four stories high and was occupied
by about sixty students. It had no
fire escapes and wild stampede fol
lowed the alarm, the inmates jump
ing from the windows in droves, the
south side of the grounds under the
windows being literally lined with the
injured. The greatest excitement pre
cails and it is impossible to obtain
any tangible details. '
VEAITH AT THE VATICAN.
Cardinal Gatti Carried the Mysterious
Burden and Fulfilled Injunctions of
Dead Pope Leo.
Rome December 18. According to the
Tribuna, the Vatican had sudden
wealth poured into its coffers today.
Cardinal Gotti, prefect of the propa
ganda, accompanied by Monsignor
Marzolini, one of the late pope's sec
retaries, drove to the vaticfan to day
and carried a mysterious package to
the apartment of Pope Pius. They
were immediately admitted and re
mained for two hours.
Intense curiosity was aroused by this
act and it became known that the bag
contained 45,000,000 francs ($9,OQO,000) in
bank notes. -
When - Cardinal Gotti entered the
presence of the Pope he sank to his
knees and pointing to his burden. said:
"Your Holiness, the lamented Leo, just
before his death confided to me the
money which I now lay at your feet,
sayin- that if I succeeded him I was
to use it -rs I thought best, but that if
another took his place, I was to turn
the money over to him after a period
of (four months had elapsed. This I
now da in the presence of Monesignor
Marzolini. who has been the only
other person to share t2e secret.
. C. SOCIETY
Governor Aycock Ad
dresses the Baltimore
Tar Heels
ON THE NEGRO
There Were Three .Hundred Guests at
the Banquet Governor-Elect War
field, of 3faryland, Made the Speech
of Welcome Cotton Bolls, Pine
Trees and Flags Were Used for
Decoration Besides Governor Ay
cock, Congressman Pou, Dr. Hill
and Others Spoke.
Baltimore, Md., December 18. Cot
ton bolls, pine trees and flags of
Maryland and North Carolina were
the principal decorations at the first
annual dinner of the North Carolina
Society of Baltimore tonight in the
banquet hall of the new Carrolton
Hotel. Three hundred persons, many
of whom were from distant points,
sat at the table, guests of the new
society. Dr. Edwin Geer, president of
the society, was toastmaster and intro
duced the guests. Governor-elect Ed
win Warfield was the first speaker
and welcomed the guests. He was fol
lowed by Governor Charles B. Ay
cock, of North Carolina, who spoke
in part as follows:
"I am proud of my State because
there we have solved the negro prob
lem, which recently seems to have
given you some trouble. We have
taken him out of politics, and have
thereby secured good government un
der any party and laid foundations
for the future development of both
races. We have secured peace and
rendered prosperity, a certainty. I am
inclined to give to you our solution of
this problem. It is, first, as far as
possible, under the fifteenth amend
ment to disfranchise him; after that
let him alone; quit writing about him;
quit talking about him;-quit making
him 'the white man's burden,' let him
'tote his own skillet,' quit coddling
him; let him learn that no man, no
race, ever got anything worth the
having that he did not himself earn;
that character is the outcome of
sacrifice and worth is the result of
toil, that whatever his future may be,
the present has in it for him nothing
that is not the product of industry,
thrift, obedience to law and upright
ness, that he cannot, by resolution of
council or league accomplish any
thing; that he can do much by work;
that violence may gratify his passions,
but it cannot accomplish his ambition;
that he may eat rarely of the cook
ing of equality, but he will always
find when he does that there is death
In the pot.
"JLet the negro learn once for all,
that there is unending separation of
the races; that the two peoples may
develop side by side to the fullest, but
that they cannot intermingle. Let
the white man determine' that no man
shall by act, or thought, or speech
cross this line, and the race problem
will be at an end. These things are
not said in enmity to the negro, but
In regard for him. He constitutes
one-third of the population of my
state; he has always been my person
al friend. As a lawyer I have often
defended him, and as Governor I
have frequently protected him. But
there flows in my veins the blood of
the dominant race that race that has
conquered the earth and seeks out
the mysteries of the heights and
depths. If manifest destiny leads to
the seizure of Panama, it Is certain
that it likewise leads to the domi
nance of the Caucassian. When the
negro recognizes this fact, we shall
have peace and good will between the
races, but I would not have
the white people forget their
duty to the negro. We must
seek the truth and pursue it. We
owe an obligation to 'the man in
black.' We brought him here. He
served us well. He is patient and
teachable. We owe him gratitude.
Above all, we owe him justice. We
cannot change his color, neither can
we ignore his service. No individual
ever 'rose on stepping stones of dead'
others 'to higher things, and no peo
ple cap. We must rise by ourselves.
We must execute judgment in right
eousness; we must educate not only
ourselves, but see to it that the negro
has an opportunity for education.
"As a white man I am afraid of but
one thing for my race, and that is
that we shall become afraid to give
the negro a fair, chance. The first
duty of every man Is to develop him
self to the uttermost, and the only
limitation upon this duty is that he
shall take pains to see that in his
own development he does no Injury,
to those beneath him. This is true
of races as well as of individuals
Considered properly. It is not a limi
tation, but a condition of develop
ment. The white man in the-' South
can never attain to his fullest growth
Tintil he does absolute Justice to the
negro race. If he Is doings that now,
it Is well for him." If he Is not doing
it he must seek to know the ways of
truth and pursue them." --
Congressman Edward W. Pou, of
North Carolina, Dr. Charles G. Hill,
M. J. Nolley, of Baltimore, and other
after dinner talkers also spoke.
i Order today. Blue Ribbon Vanilla
extract. At all grocers.
JAMESTOVli EXPOSITION
TItYIXG TO SECUIIB OO-OPKItA.
nox op raii.uoadh.
A Meeting Held in WamIiIb,
is
Not Known Yet Wltat
lloadrf Will Take.
the
Washington, December IS. Ttoere was
a conference here today betwn oCl
clals of the Jamestown rarp-iUon
Company and representative f four
teen railroad and Bteum?h.p eompivnles
that operate in the Norfolk, V., terri
tory. The object was to incurs the fi
nancial co-operation of the roads with
the exposition. The railroad offlol&ls
include Vice President Finley, f the
Southern railway; J. c. Whitney, of
Baltimore; President George W. Ste
vens, of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road; Vice President Barr. of the Sea
board Air Line; W. L. Guillade, Presi
dent of the Old Dominion Steamealp
Company; John Ii. Sherwood. Vice
President of the Baltimore trm?hip
Company; Irvin Weislger, General
Manager of the Virginia Navigation
Company; Reuben Foster. Chesapeake
Steamship Company; Captain N. JX.
Osborn, Norfolk and Western railroad,
and R. B. Cook. New York, Pa Iadoi
phia and Norfolk Transportation Com
pany. General Fitzhugh Lee, President of
the Exposition Company, T. J. Weol.jof
Portsmouth, Vice President; T. C.
Southgate, member of the executive
council, O. D. Batchellor. Newport
News, a director of the exposition, made
addresses, asking railway oo-eperatlon
in raising funds. v
The railroad officials gave a. very
thorough consideration to the request
of the representatives of the xposltion
company, but what action they kavo
taken they decline to say tonight.
Leigh R. Watts, general counsel of the
Seaboard Air Line railway, who presid
ed at the meet ing, saJd the answer of
the transporation companies to the re
quest of the exposition authorities
would be made tomorrow morning to
their representatives here. As an-act
of courtesy to them he did not feel it
liberty to indicate the nature f the re-
l"lv rAT TUTiiilrl Via oav TirrtathAa if wn
favorable or unfavorable.
UNITED STATES AND CHINA.
Treaty for Extension of the Conmmcr
slal Relations is Ratified.
Wasington, December 18. The Sen
ate in executive session today ratified
the treaty "for the extensiom wf the
commercial, relations' between the
United states and China ami then re
moved the Injunction of oecreey. No
opposition was manifested by tmj Sen
ator to the treaty, though Mr, Nelson.
Republican, Minnesota, made a kmr
speech in which he criticised the con
vention as making insufficient provision
for the trade of the United States. He
said it Indicated that the hand of Rus
sia had been shown against this coun
try, making it impossible for the United
States to receive the concessions needl
ed in the way of open ports. He Warn
ed Russia for this condition of affairs
and warned the Ser.ate that we may vet
have trouble with that country over the
Manchurian question.
Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, urged
the importance of having the treaty
ratified at once and said that the
state department considered imme
diate action as essential. He declared
that the ratification probably would
have a bearing on the settlement of
the far eastern question. There was
no division on the motion te ratify.
WILL GO TO COLON.
Brhjadier General Elliott Win Leave
for the South on the Dixie.
Washington, December It. After a
conference today between Beer etary
Moody, Rear Admiral Taylor, h1ef of
the bureau of navigation amd Briga
dier general George Elliott. omman
dant of the marine corps. It was de
cided that if present conditions on the
isthmus of Panama continue, General
Elliott will sail for Colon on the Dixie
from Philadelphia when that vessel
goes south with the new battalien of
marines which has been ordered as
sembled at Philadelphia for despatch
to the isthmus. The Dixie la now oft
her way north for this purpose. Gen
eral Elliott has been anxious for some
days to te given a field command and
it is the present intention of the of
ficials to grant his request.
It was said at the navy department
today in view of the erowinsr compli
cations over the Panama situation it
was inadvisable longer to advance tha
plans of the department with the free
dom shown during the last few weeks
and for that reason a cablegram re
ceived today from Rear Admiral Ooffb
lan was -t made public
Tennessee Educational Conference.
Knoxville, Tenn., December 18.-?
The Tennesse educational conference
of Tennessee for two days session. The
cers and teachers from all over the
state.
Among those who will deliver ad
dresses on educational topics are:
Governor G. B. Frazier; State Super
intendent of Schools Simmons 'Presi
dent C. Dabney, of thej University of
Tennessee; Superintendent 'Pi0PC Clax-
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President S. T. Wilson, Maryville
Colleger Secretary of State 7ohn
Morton, and Hon. L. D. Tyson, speak
er of the House of Representative?,
The attendance Is very large.,