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PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE Colombian Legation at Washington Packing Up to Leave. AWAITING SECY HAY'S ANSWER Are Hi, Sun- of ll Ti-niir I'linl Tln.'X ,r- TnkliiK 'Him- l I In l'ire lneU nml (.i-Hliix lli inl) III VllllHMINI-. Washington, Dm AlthmiRli Sec retary Hay has tun y:L replied to ilia nolo of (Jf.'ti. lt;yi;K, preparations lire rapidly Koliif; on fur th doslm; of tlio Coloiiililan ligation horn ami this de parture of Coloinhla'H roprcKiintatlvcH for home. It In rloar Hint they Io not entertain iniicli hope of a natlnfa:tory rcHponw! Iiy this government. Already most of tlir; fetation flies have boon parked ami arratiKctnenlH completed for plarltm llirm In n forage here. On Itoyes lor several ilnys has de nied himself to rallers II Is said that while the reply of Mr. liny ha no; hrcn made. Hiilllclenl Information hiiii hern ohlallird by the Colomhlan repro M'lilatlveK in I he InlervlewH I hey have had with the ner-iotary to enable Ihem to forecast Its eonrln.slonti. The prep nralloim koIiik on for cIosIiik tip the affairs of the IcKatlon would H(;em to Indicate that (len lleyes and Dr. Her ran are awaiting, only an a matter of form and diplomatic courtesy, the of ficial (ommiinlcatlon of Mr. Hay set ting forth the reaHitih why this govern ment can not accept their view of the Panama sltiinllon, h"fore severing dip lomatic relations with the l.'nlted Slates. . v,i. tun i:tn:vis. Mot riiieiilx of Wnraliliia n lliilli Slll- lf I IK" iMllllllllk. Washington, Dec The llefitH ol warships on both shies of the iBlhmiiH of I'anama will shortly be re-enforced by several vessels now on their way to that (juarler. The gtinhnat Topcka, of the Atlantic training squadron, left Key West, .Sunday, for Colon, by way of Kingston, as convoy of the torpedo boat destroyers Truxton and Stewart, which have been assigned to patrol duty on the. Caribbean coast of the Isth mus. The gunhoat Cast I tin arrived at Colon, Sunday, from Philadelphia none the worse for her recent grounding on a bar In the Delaware river. The bin i oilier Caesar has left Culebra for Colon with coal for the fleet. The con verted crulfer Dixie left League Island to-day for Colon with the I'anama ma rine brigade, niimherlng about WO men, In command of Ilrlg.-tien. Klllott Naval movements In the direction of the Isthmus have been almost as actl-e on the Pacific coast The gunboat I'etrel, bound for Panama, arrived at Acnpuho, Mexico, on tin- 2i,ih lust., and iindoiiblcdly has left there by this time The flagship New Yorli, the gun bo.M llonnlngtoii, the torpedo boat de itroycr Preble and Paul .lones and the collier Saturn, have he"ti lilted out nt San 1'iancbio for setvlie In the v iMiilty of Panama and It Is expected tlinl all of i In-ill will dart south In a day or two. COL JOHN GRIFF PRATHER. lleutli ol tin otil nml Pro in I H4-II I (Jit li'H ol M. I.oiiIh MIit u llrlef lllni .H. St l-iiuls, Dec lilt Cid John drift I'rather, lor I!) years a dominant lactor In St Louis allalrs, died of pneumonia, Sunday afternoon, at his home. At the time of Ills deatli and lor a year past, Col I'rather was Jurj commissioner oJ SI Louis The lllnins that resulted In his ileal It was of but ten days' din-lion A heavy mid developed Into pneumonia, and for lour days death was expected hourly I'or many years Col. I'rather was prominently Idetitllled with the demo c rat Ic party, and he served It as na tional committeeman In Missouri for 10 years 1'nable to agree with Ilryan In his free silver views, Col. Pralhcr tem porarily retired from politics In IhDiJ, When Sterling Price threatened to In vade St 1ouIh during tlje civil war Col I'rather was appointed to the com mand of the home guard, from which lervlce he received his title. Col. Prattl er was eminently suicessful In biislneij nml made an ample fort u ne In St. I.ouls W. J. BRYAN AT THE HAGUE. The Cilller of Hie Cuiiiiniilii-i Mnill I he .Nellii-rllllnla 1'oleluo lllll-Ulli-r in 'I lie 1 1 n u lie. The Hague, Dec '"J Win. J Ilryan ".rrlvcd bete, Monday I rum lierllu and vlrllid the foreign minister. .Mr. Ilry an Is enjoying his tour, lie said tic round Count Tolstoi looking well, though very uged Tolsiol'fl Hint i'ie lion was. "Ate )ott u socialist?" When a-f.uied to the contrary, the count said: "1 nm very glud to hear It. I am not V. ciJallst, myself. " CHICAGO BANDITS ON TRIAL Attorneys Ask to Have Trials Post poned For Two Months. OxIiirliiK That I he 1'iilillc Mind H Hi, Inlliitncil Tli ii I it l ulr 'I rial at Thin Time In Inniitaflllilf. Chicago, T)w. 29. With the stato prepared to domainl that the death penalty he visited on each desperado, the car bam bandits Peter NIedcr moler, Harvey, Van Dine and Gustavo Marx and their accomplice In other crimes, Kmll Kooskl, were arraigned for trial In the crlmlnnl court Monday morning. The attorneys for ull the defendants wore prepared to make ev ery effort for delay. There vas a Iarga crowd of cut ions persons In the court room, and It required a number of extra bailiffs to preserve order and lire vent overcrowding. The four prisoner!!, neatly dressed ami well groomed, but minus that air of bravado that marked their con duct Immediately after their arrest, wore placed In a row before the Judge' bench. Van Dine and Nlcdormoler wore a 'erlous look, but Marx and Ko'-s'd ceemeil unable to teallze their plight. Marx smiled continually, and lloeakl hmked bored. After the reading of the Indictments charging Van Dine, .Marx and NIedcr meler with the murder of .lohti John con and I'rank Stewart In the raid on the Chicago City Hallway bams, and Iloeskl with I he murder of Otto iiauder In a saloon hold-up, Marx's at torney asked for a continuance of two months, stating the present Mate of the public mind would prevent a lair and Impartial trial. Marx, according to the aflldalt, In addition to being a criminal by hered ity. Is made further Irresponsll le by an Injury to his head, Inlllc'.ed by his father with a broomstick. A separate trial was asked for the prisoner. A similar plea for a continuance and of heredity Insanity was set up lor Van Dine. Ills attorney proposed to. show mat van Dine is an epileptic and that an uncle died In an Insane asylum. Nledemeler anil Hoeskl asked for continuance for the same reason set forth by their fellow-prisoners, and presented aflldavlts pleading mental Irresponsibility. After hearing brief arguments for and against a contlnil- nnce, the cases were passed until to day. A DAY AT THE WORLD S FAIR. Ilillilreli III I'llhlll- HrtiooU of s linn, Kim., Wrllliiu i:n on "A Dii) nt Hie U'orhU I'nlr." St. Louis, Dec. M. Col IC C Clllp, lecretary of the committee on cere monies, who is spending the Christmas holidays at his home city, Sallna, Kan., says in a letter Just received. "I think that all children In the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the public schools of this fit ate writ ing esH.'iys on 'A Day at the World'o l-.lr,' and I am Informed that thin Is going on in every town In the Htate. A committee Is to pass upon the essays, nml a certain number ate to be (se lected, framed and placid upon exhibi tion In the Kansas stale building. I think lllty children have called upon tin- lor pointers, even coming to my hou.'.e. Some bright young gills, 12 to If, yearn old, have suggested tlint all of tin- h'Wi school scholars in tin t lilted States be Invited to make maps of the Louisiana Purchase, a certain number in each state to be selected by thn stale and the exposition to make Rejections, from the state selections for diplomas or 'honorable mention' "The essay woik Is Interesting ev ery scholar In this little clt, and It Is 'good stuff ' " SENTENCEDTOTHREE MONTHS llnri) 1'i-ll.iia ,. iii to fount)- .lull For HntlriK l-'iilnllli-il I'lilciiufi I'rliiiliutl f'oiirt lU'i-orilft. Chicago, Dec 2!)- Harry PelUtts, who was convicted of having falsified the records In the ofllco of the clerk of criminal couit. was sentenced Mon day to three mouths In the county Jail The falsification ol records was In connection with the trial of membern of the Klectrlcal Workers' union, nc nisei! of assaulting mm union men. Several union electrical workers In dicted with PclkiiH were Monday fined $::0H each. SHOT BYW0MAN'S HUSBAND. U, V. lirnli-K, I poii I'lmlliiu II, ii, IMioilliilxuli In Ilia Wire' lloitiu. I'hIiiII) Mini lllm, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 21). II. C. Rd iniindson, a real estate dealer, was found In a room with Mrs. 0. W. (irotes In a South St. Joseph hotel Monday and was fatally shot by the woman's husband, who Is a building contractor, litotes used a shiiij-im and tired thioiigh the panel of the door, Crotes' wife accompanied the Injured un to (he hospital. All the partle.i emtio hum recently from Iledford, lu. FEDERAL COURMT OMAHA Important Trials to Come Up During the Present Term. The f nimilrne- Cam- of geaktai lllelrleh Trillinferreil lo the l.'lri'iill t'oorl. Omnhn Neb., Dec 29. The rncmbcra of the new federal petit Jury called foi the present session of the district court reported to Judge Mttnger Mon day morning. The Important trials to come up as a result of the recent work of the grand Jury, however, will not be gin until January I, at which time Sen ator Dietrich will he tried on an In dictment charging conspiracy against the government. Judge Mtinger. on his own motion, has transferred the Dietrich case to the circuit court, which will bring one of the four circuit Judges Into the casi to sit with him These Judges are Sanborn, of St. Paul; Vandeventer, of Cheyenne: Tlir.yer, or St. IiuIs, and Hook, of Topeka. In the ordinary course of affair Judge Thayer will Im tl! member selected. Ills experience In 'trial practice ami trlnl by Jury, has been extensive, especially In this class of case. CONSOLING FOR KRATZ. Ilie Mexlemi lli-rnlit lloi-Mi'l Think the M. I. onto l'iu-.llie ii I AkiiIiihI ii)ililim MtIoiib, Mexico City. Dec 2!. -Willi refer ence to the extradition of Charles KraU, who Is wanted In .Missouri on boodle charges, the Mexican Herald says : "To ludge by the experiences of oth er alleged boodlers in St. Louis, who, even alter conviction, have not been Imprisoned, Kratz has no very serious ordeal before him, anil when his case has been adjudicated he may return to .Mexico free trom the anxiety and mental strain under which he has lived since he (list came here, and may de vote himself with gi eater energy to his business Interests In the state of Ja lisco." RECEIVERSHIP ANNOUNCED. J. 11. U'iinIi, of routine. nmi-il .a II Iter Tor llir Miiiiliiittnii Coal I.e., of l.'oriiell, III. Illoomlngton, III., Dec. 2'J. Judgo I'atton, In the Livingston county court, announces the appointment of J. It. Wasfi, of Pontlac, as receiver for tho .Manhattan Coal Co.. of Cornell, upon the petition of President D. C. Kylar, anil he took charge of the big plant Monday. Mr. Kylar claims that he advanced and became responsible for $2.,0U0, and n.nv the treasury Is empty, and the mine Is still Incom plete. and will remilre $7,r,()0 to $12. 000 to ptoperly finish and equip It It Is said that the loshos are $20 or $:M a day. SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM. illlrnliiu of the l.rnlii i;ieiiloi- Al I In- I iiruliu- lll Illei nt I'eol'lll, III. Peoria, III., Dee 2!'.- Tire, presum ably of Incendiary origin, totally de stroyed tile grain i levator at Hie Cor ning distillery Monday morning, with a loss of approximately Jlu.nou, cov ered by Insurance I'lliy thousand bushels of malt and corn was destroyed. I'or a lime the entire distillery was threatened, ami the entire lire department was called out to light the Humes. The distillery was preparing to lesiime, after a shut down of several weeks, caused by the explosion of a cooker, which killed sev en men and Injuied several more. NO MORE DEATHS REPORTED. Of the T enl - I lie Ili-ml In the 1'i-ri- Miiriiiielt.- Wreck Our lleiiinliia I olileotllleil. (irand llaplds, Mich., Dec. 2!). Tlmro have been no further, deaths at the hospitals, aiiioug the Injured In Satur day night's wreck on tho l'ere Mar quette rail mad near Hast Paris, and It Is said that there Is no immediate prospect of anv of the Injured sue cumhlng Only one of the 2!) dead still remained to be Identified, a man with the Initials A. J. K on his cuff, hut. with no other mark to Identify him. ARE GRANTED ANOTHER WEEK 'lime for I'IIIiik llrli-f In Hie '.leulrv i:lriiilltlnii f'nae A Kill n IHI.'iiili-il New York. Dec 2!l. The Missouri Milhorltles who demand the extradl tlou or Mllllam Zlogicr, of New York, on charges of bribery lu uitiiiectlon with balling powder legislation, will have still another week In which IC file briefs with C.ov. O'Dell. AlPy-Con. Crow wrote the governor that they iinilf rKtixxl that they were to have U days Instead of one week additional 'Hie governor consented and this, ex temln the time till next wycU. SISTERS OF CHARITY Use Pe-ru-na for Coughs, Colds, Grip and Catarrh A Congressman's Letter. In every counlryof the civilized world Sistersof Charity are known. Notonl.v do they minister to tho iijilritual anil intellectual needs of the charges com mitted to their care, but they also minister to their bodily needs. With so many children to tahe careof and to protect from climate ami disease, these wise and prudent Sisters have found Per una a never failing ha f upward. Dr. Harlman receives many letters from Catholic Sisters from all over tho United States. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution in Detroit, Mich., reads lis follows: Dr. S. II. Harlman, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sln"ThcyHunKglrl who used the Peruna was suffering from laryngi tis, and loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisfactory. She found great relief, and after further use of the medicine we hope to he able to say she Is entirely cured. " Sisters of Charity. The young pirl was under the caroof the hlstcrs or Charity and used Peruna for catarrh of the throat with pood re sults ns tho above letter testifies. Send to TTie Peruna MedicinoCo.. Co lumbus, Ohio, for n free book written by nr. liariiiian. Ask Your Druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1904. rirtllnx llrr Mon--' Worth. Millv--! wi-arheil this afternoon and tipin-d the kv.iU-n .'it liUj poiimin. Jiilly -I th.nk that it the man that hail weather) yon hail been ical genrroun. he would Imvc thrown m three quartern 01 ;oiiinl, and mad? it an even hundred. 'So i u 1. lint he was lauiiliuiK one of thou; 'You weiKh for a tent' album. The neit tune 1 in L'OHi to try n nakel-in-thi-- klot' machine, and inayhe I'll get moie for m inoiiev Detroit I ire 1'iem. An KiikIImIi llnrl' Opinion. Tile KlIL'llsIl lll-Vl to I hi. A ,n,irii"i,, nri, the gii-ati-iit tiavcktH in the world, and tMuIu they as a tulu nnnt upon having the bent thtie la to be obtained, tlic annicLiatp good K-iviie and biaiitilul neneiy. Tin r.ail ol hliatli.hury. liavimr. with im wife. tl.tnt boiim! little tune in tin; I luted State miring tin; tuinini:r, tpc.il.u mont e.-ithiui. i.istitally in ng.ird to what llicy have nun. A lew days ai;o he haul to a gentleman ju Jiulhiln: "Our utav in New York win a ili-lnrhtful one, and the pu tuie(iue granoeur along the ilmlKon and its kiiiioijimIhil's u.m a torn,,- oi much joy to 11.1 all. It nan H- ilnui been mv uood fortune to inm the tune III Mich excellent i-port as that iiirniHhed in jour cneliaiiling AiJiiouduck ilouiiUins." Albany Tiuiek-lyiiion. Cruel Itrjolmlrr, Ckollv Nniiiod- Aw and when if thtrrm- ton 1 can't hoot? Cillde I nic e hundred and uty-hvc dnjl iu the year. N. Y. Sun. Fur .'IUc nml Thin .Notice the .Tolin A. Saler Seed Co., La Crosso, Wis,, will send free 1 pl;g. May 1st Carrot 10c. 1 tikg. Kailient (irecn Kating Onion... 10c. 1 pkg. Peep Of Day Tomato 20c. 1 picK. Kalrr'n Flash Light Kadisli. ..U)c. 1 pkg. Saliier'H Long Quick, Quick Had- lt.li 10c. 1 pkg. Kaloi's Queen of All Hadihh.. lOe, Above six rare novelties, the choicest and finest of their kind, have a retail value of "0e, hut they an; mailed to you free, toicther willi S.iler's big catalog, well wotth $10U.IK) to i:ery wide-awake gardener, "II upon ii-ceipt of but UOu in poktaKo und thin notice. K. L. Mr, Ni'wlywfd "l-t me rvc, what t-Ut do I aut to order? Oh, e. you might tend mi- a peck of tlioke nice lni ctaiibir-nc-," (Jro.er' Cleric (Rentl) ) " I'ho.e aia not rmnbcri jo-, madam; they arc upilv." Cincinnati Tiinen-Star. Do not btlicvo Pito'ii Cure for Consump tion has an eipial for roitgiiw und cold. .1. V. Hoyer, Trimly Springs, 1ml. , Feb. IS, 11)00. In the. Air. "What nuikc her 10 airy?" "She U an hciie.n." I'tiladelplua llul Ictin. ' Fruit nciiU will not utain goods dyed with Putnam FudclcHt Dyuii. The right way to gather good il to tor il.-IUcuter, The following'letterlsfrom Cotifrrccu man Meelcisou. of Napoleon, Ohio: The Pcrmitt Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: (ientlcmeii: "X have used several I bottles of l'eruna and feel greatly 1 benefited there by from my ca tarrh of the brad, anil feel encour iiffed to believe tli at its con tinned uko will fully eradicate u disease of thirty yenrs' htanding-." David Mccki&on, Dr. Hart man, one of the best known phyhiciuns and Mirgeons in the United States, was the first man to formulate Peruna. It wastlirough hisgx-nhiHaud perheverance that it was introduced to the medical profession of this country. If you do notdcrivo prompt mnlHatfs factory results from the use of l'eruna, write at onco to Dr. liartman, giving" a full statement of your case and be will bo pleased to Rive you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Htirtman, President of Tiie liartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Slgnaturo of 5c Psc-Slmllii Wrapptr Iklow. Ytfrr avail mmA as eaar to tajLB aji aafar. FOR NEAOACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR RIUOUSREtS. FOR TORPID LIVER1 FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION CURE CICK HEADACHE. DON'T SUFFER LONGER RHEUMATISM CAN BE CURED III. ilftaeitVa AiitlJltiruiltr Tllfia vlrt) &r and pcrmuiii'fjl roll of. An bMtliiteruruuar aitiffwl or your iminrr rolurrifit. I 'rice, 01 a Imi. TIIKD8. JOStm tUEUMATIC CUIK CO.. JolUl.lH. VcfS. ELECTROTYPES In creat vktUtr for nt hm owca pric hf a. h aur Atipr (-. lit it mu I4tn. A. N. K.-ll 2002 UKI'li.MI TU AUVKRTIMKHM pln.B alala Ikat you UK tae Atrrarllaax la Ihla paper. CUUS WHtKt UL ItSL lA'iS. I licit ijunh tirup. Tauilii. iu iiiuil hi.idbr nruirvt.il. David Mccklsoa, CARTER'S lioSml