The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-16

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-4-E Lara Of rL- v uIte House
.-4E. >1r--gr-Grn-ral kixey Of
ne Nav. and some % -he White
House -eryaa--. He "a. seen Of
f-ga. lie Washington Navy Yard
aa a.. Talf-,Iay afternoon, went
down 'le river on tue yacht May
dGE-r and Transferred 70 the
5a-ti--AIp a. Wolf Trap RCcz
Iu lie Cursaprakr Bay. The de
partus- from tL- Navy Yard was
quite social affair. tHe President
Deiag 5.t good bye by the French
4 ha>@ador and Nadam Ju-se
rand. Postmaster General aud
Jlr-. CoFtelyou. Commissioned
Garfield and : uum Der Of the
higher offic-r- OF the Navy De
partmeuc. The quarters on the
Louisiana have been very luxur-
lou-ly fitted up. anu the battle
ship IN common with other war
hips Of lie navy, is equipped
EIth wireless telegraph iustru
euts. that will keep her indi-
rectly in touch with Washington
during The whole Of her voyage.
/ ue President will maze use of
hIS time during the six days sail
from here 70 Colon in preparing
ais message 10 Congress. Ii
would be d good chance for
rest. bnt the President seems to
hiua that work is all the rest he
needs 30 long as lie eau get
chance 10 do il uuinterruptedly
The patty will remain on the
I>thmus three days and during
the tine will 20 from Colon to Pan
anna. look tng over all Of the work
that has been done on the big
ditch. augements have been
made to give the President very
cordial welcome. and President
Amador. o. the Republic of Pan
anna, will he present with the
Governors of all seven of his
provinces al a great reception TO
President Roosevelt in the cap.
itol. Dispatches from Panama
already announced that people
tom The interior towns are ar.
irving i'll great numbers. and it
will be made gala occasion.
Announcement has been made
from the White House of two
more cabinet changes that will
involve the shifting of some
minor position in the Federal
departments. Attorney Genera.
Moody, it has been understood
for some time. would go flom the
Department of Justice, and it is
now announced that he would
succeed Associate Justice Brown
in the Supreme Court. Secretary
Hitchcock will also resign from
tue Interior Department. aud
will be succeeded by James A.
Garfield, at present Head of the
Bureau OF Corporations. Secre
tary Hitchcock will quit the gov
eminent service altogether, de
cidedly against the wish of the
President, who offered him the
Ambassadorship to Paris, in sue
cesslOn to Ambassador McCor.
mick, who is returning to this
country. Secretary Hitchc ock
declined, however, on the plea
that he had already served eight
years in the department aside
from his previous service as MIN
lister to st. Petersburg, and was
entitled to rest. There will be
number of other changes in the
diplomatic corps, following the
retirement of Mr.. Meyer from
ST. Petersburg to a position in
the cabinet. Lloyd Griscome,
now Minister to Brazil, will fill
Mr.. Meyers place as Ambassador
at St. Petersburg. There has
been considerable speculation as
to Mr.. Griscome's successor in
Rio Janerio, and the most gen
orally accepted choice for the
place is Charles Page Bryan,
Minister to Portugal, who was
formerly Minister to Brazil be
fore that position was raised to
the post of an Embassy. There
are some other changes In the
diplomatic corps impending, the
most important being that of
John Barrett, Minister to b.
gotta, who is now in this country.
1t is generally understood that
he will not return and that Leslie
Combs, now Minister to Hon.
duras, will be given the Colum
bian post. There is also an open.
ing for some promising young
man as Secretary to the American