Show TVasbJnston Advices v i I WASHINGTON January 26A large number of consuls district attorneys and postmasters were confirmed Among the consuls are J L Dooty New York to Tahiti and G 0 Prince to Moscow District attorneys J B Hoge Di8irrict of Columbia G S Peters of Ohio for Utah Wm Grant Alaska T E Haydou for Nevada G E Pritchett for Nebraska Among other nominations were the following E T Bingham of Ohio cniet justiceof the Supreme Court of the District of Colurnoia JW Mcconnell of Tennessee Ten-nessee chief juttji o Mo tana S DeWolfe assouau j < < of Montana For postmaster Wee it H lioppin Kingston New Mexico and oarah Hog den Deming New Mexico NICABAGUA CAKAL BILL tOn t-On Mr Norwoods motion today the House committee on foreign affairs decided to request the House to refer to the commerce committee the Nicaragua Nica-ragua Canal bill which had been sent to the committee on foreign affairs Chairman Belmont opposed the motion to transfer the subject to the comrnjht tee on commerce and an acrlmonidus debate was had before the committee finally decided to sustain Norwood in his motion J > t < 7 POSTAL CONVENTION APPROVED The Presldentrtoday approved fee postal convention recently concluded between the United States and Canada FUNERAL SERVICES The funeraL ervices over the remains of the late PortugueseMinist r Nogui rais took place jtbis morning at St Mathews Catholic church The church was thronged by a distinguished gathering All pie members of the diplomatic corps were present Secretary Secre-tary Bayar and the assistant secretary occupied a seat General Sheridan and officers of the riny1 and representatives represent-atives of the navy were in attendance The casket containing the remains the dead were covered with flowers |