Show TELEGRAPH TIDINGS by W U telegraph to the herald lerald I j after the deaun tte 11 WASHINGTO dec dee 21 tle the secre tar of state and an a secretary secret of the navy had a conference this afternoon as to the best method to bo be kursu pursued ed in reference to the steamer jeannette Jean neUe and agreed the only thing to be done at pr present se nl w was as to telegraph to the united td states t te minister at st petersburg to request tho the russian government to furnish furni sli all assistance in their po power and otherwise towards bringing the survivors to a place of communication tic so that they might bo be enabled to reach home the question of sending the U S steamer II odgers now in winter quarters at st lawrence bay in search of the missing crew odthe of the steamer jeannette was discussed at the navy department today and a conclusion was reached that such an expedit expedition lon would be impracticable until spring Ml od washington dec 21 21 the sent senate ate confirmed the following nominations alonzo J edgerton El gerton chief justice of dakota jcsse jesse spalding collector of customs at chicago pierre C van wyck superintendent of the assay office new york J 11 eckfelt aa As bayer at the philadelphia mint congressional committee committees 21 the speaker speake r announced the committee on ways and means constituted as follows ae kelley a chairman n kasson dunnell dannell mckinley McKin B ay iy n lcy I I bubb haskell blask ell russell tc errett r e t t It andall 11 icken rison spear ga on banking and currency crapo crap 31 mass ass Chai chairman smith sinith ills W ber dingley Ding lev Al moore carnell rn I i bower ermentrout on appropriations Ilis cock NY isy chairman robeson cannon burrows raws butterworth caswell it ryan yan e I ketcham blackburn cox cobat at kins forney korney lefevre ellison of la the chairmanships of the other committees are as follows elec elections eions calkins ind judiciary heed reed me coinage weights and measures fisher Fi slier pa commerce rage page cal agriculture valentine neb I foreign affairs williams wis military affairs henderson enderson JI ills naval affairs harris mass post offices and post roads bingham pa public lands pound poud wis indian affairs fa rs haskell kas Terri territories torim burrows midi P railways and canals townsend olibo ohio Ol iio I manufactories Manu Alarin fac factories tories pa mines and mining van voorhees N Y public bu buildings it and grounds Sha baj pa pacific railroads Il azelton wis chairman farmer camp campp robinson IIa min na V Y paul darrell farwell iowa mckenzie bliss house nolan mississippi levees thomas ills 1119 education and labor updegraff militia strait minn patents young oln OIn valid pensions brewr and ind pensions marsh claims crowley NY war claims ilou tenn Ten nJ public Expend expenditures es randall pa public land clai claims pa a chieco cal district of columbia lu bia neal revision of laws law mckinley I in expenditures in the department jentof of state deering iowa expenditures tures in the treasury depart ment merit belford colo expenditures of the war department brigg briggan gs sN N IQ II 11 expenditures of the navy department dopart part ment R Robes nn N J expenditures of the post office department cannon ills 1118 expenditures of the interior r department Hubbell MiA expenditures of the department of or justice willetts Mi mich cb expenditures of public buildings Buil dines errett pa rules of the speaker venner md aid U mileage jorgensen va vt library cook N N Y joint committee on printing van home horne mo joint committee on enrolled I bills aldrich ill joint committee on ce cen n N NY Y public health van daman N Y reform in fed eral service orth inn law respecting the ejection election of Nes president ident and vice president updegraff iowa alcoholic liquor traffic waite wait conn payment of pensions and back payment joyce vermont additional Addition il mccomm accommodations ovations for the public library rice mass mam tilde tilden CHICAGO dec 21 the tribunes cleveland correspondent lias has talked with prominent buckeye demo democrats brats and obtained t a ed information that there is a growing sentiment in favor of Til tiddens dens nomination in 1884 that Pendle tons loom is of no account and that it is expected that president arthur will divide divido the Ile republican publican party in ohio congress condole condoles washington TOx dec 21 mckinley IcK nley from the garfield memorial committee reported tho the following resolution which was unanimously ap opted by the house whereat the melancholy event of the violent and tragic death of jas A garfield late president of the uni ted states havin having occulted occult ed during the recess of congress and the two houses of con congress aers rs sharing in the general grief 14 and de desiring to manifest their sensibility on the occasion odthe of the public bereavement resolved He solved that the two houses of Con congress eress will assemble in the hall of of representatives on a day and hour to be fixed and announced it and nd in tho the presence of the two houses there assembled an address on the lifo life and cliar character acter of james A garfield late president of the united states be pronounced by hon lion james G blaine and that the president of the senate pro tern tem and S speaker ealer of the house of represent representatives tip ve be requested to invite the president and ex presidents of the united states the heads of the sere several ra I departments part ments judges of the supreme court representatives of foreign governments ern ments the governors of the several states the general of the army admiral of the navy and such officers as have received the thanks of congress Reso resolved leed further that the president of the united slavs be requested to transmit a copy f these these resolutions to mrs lucretia I U garfield and assure her of the pr profound found byrn sympathy aaby of i the two houses of W con congress for her deepers deep personal onal afla i tion T and d t their I beir sincere condolence dol ence I r the late national irea bereavement pulling pullman 21 tho the authorities captured capture upward of thirty of the tile most c costly t y pullman ua I pa palace cc care cars and all its pr property perty books qt etc to satisfy the claim of the dominion government kofl of of which it claims to have been d defrauded by the pullman company all the arlor parlor and sleeping leeni cars in I the dom dominion n on are pull pullmans where the alleged fraud cornea comes in is in sending canadian built cars into inlo the states in having them thoroughly gily repaired and brought back for service this can bo be done chea cheaper in america than in canada it aper is stated that a discharged conductor gave the information to the authorities which is very conclusive |