The Nome nugget., 1903-09-23
SH()vl or .. cIvIllTy Only Exists Between U.
 s. and Colombia.
TINE QUEER TACTICS
Pursued by the Colombian Coy. ernOr Anger and Exhaust
 Secretary Hay.

Washington. Sept. 5.-Cablegraus
 from the State department in Wash
 ington to Minister Baupre in Bogota
 and from Minister Baupre to the de-
 department are being held up by the l Columbian Government. The admin
 istration has been for several days
 without information concerning i'm
 portant proceedings at Bogota, and
 finding beyond question that it's dis | patches are being purposely delayed,
 has taken steps to remedy the state of affairs.
 1 It is learned that Secretary Hay to- | day formally called the attention of Dr. | Herran, the Columbian Charge d'Af- | laircs, to the fact that communication l between the department and the Am crican Minister had been cut off and asked for an explanation. Hay, it is said, made his communication very ! pointed. suggesting that rcgretable
 consequences to both countries would
 ensue If suppre ssion of dispatches were persisted in.
 Proof of the duplcity of the Column bian Government agents was obtained by the department through a message from Minister Baupre, dated August 25 which accidentally found its way to the department. Baupre reported that he received no dispatches between July II and August l5, although others of Il later date had been received.
 The department then traced its dis patches from the telegraph office iu Washington to Bueua Ventura, Colum- bia, where the cable ends and the tele
 graph line controlled by the Columbian Government begins. There all trace
 of the dispatches was lest, and inquiry
 on the part of the cable company, in ! the form of d tracer, brought no satis- l faction.
 For some unexpected reason Dr.. Her
 ran is avoiding the State Department. i X day or so ago, when it was announced 1 that Secretary Hay intended to call
 upon him for an explanation of an in-
 terview in which Minister Baupre was severely criticised. Dr. Herran said
 that he would visit Hay atonce. He | failed to do so, however, and has not called at the State Department since. The truth is that there Is some feel ! ing between the department and Dr. | Herran, though outwardly a show of
 civility is maintained. Secretary Hay . mas been exhausted by the methods
 employed by Columbia in attempting to ne lipulate canal negotiations.
 Dr.. Hcrran remarked that Secretary
 Hay note concerning the diSpatche.
 was extremely polite, but that it wounC
 up with the statement that, 1t is need less to say that you appreciate the , gravity of this matter.'
 That the United States Government has given up hope of favorable acti0I by the Columbian Cong ress on tho Panama canal treaty was made blair tonight, when high official of the State Department declared that the treaty was practically dead, although the Columbian Congress had until the ] 22d of this month to act upon it. Of ticial advices received here convey tho intelligence that the friends of th, treaty at Bogota have abandoned thei ] efforts in the interest of ratification and some of them have departed fL their homes.
 New York, Sept. 5.-Advices iron Bogota report that all of the Senator and Representative from the Depart ment of Panama left Bogota on Au gust p and are bound for home. ! This news would seem to imply tha Congress will soon adjourn. There ha been no new action in regard to tn canal treaty, according to the lates reports from the capital.
 Kiln dried flooring, ceiling and rus tic. House-building lumber of all kind has finally arrived. Tanner & Clark.