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Show Washington Advices. Washington, 21. The senate confirmed con-firmed the nomination of Alexander Cree for postmaster of Georgetown, Colorado, vice McKenna, removed. After five hours' debate on the nomination of Don A. Pardee as district dis-trict judge of Louisiana, the senate, by a votejaf -o to 15, laid it on the table on motion ot i-dmuntis. me senate having adjourned sine die, the judgeship, which is now vacant, must remain so till the next session ol congress,, con-gress,, as the president's power to make appointments to fill vacancies is restricted to such as occur during a recess of the senate. The tabling of Pardee's nomination places litigation in Louisiana in an embarrasing postposition, post-position, as the district judge alone' has jurisdiction in bankruptcy and admiralty cases. There is now in the hands of the register ol the district dis-trict court, for distribution by order of the judge, about $72,000. Other suits in bankruptcy, involving over $-.0,000, are pending and will have to await the appointment of a successor suc-cessor to DuRell. Pardee has: unconditionally uncon-ditionally withdrawn from the contest. Several " other nominations failed, among them those of William M. Mogdern and Cassiua K.Brennan, to be paymasters of the army under the new law. A clerk iu the postoffice department depart-ment was requested to resign to-day by the postmaster general, because through his carelessness a railroad, whose contract for carrying the mail provides for six times a week, has been for the past three quarters, reporting re-porting its carriage only three times a week, but drawing pay for six times. United States Treasarer Spinner had a long interview with the president presi-dent to-day. There arc rumors that unless certain conterup'atcd appointments appoint-ments to subordinate places in General Gen-eral Spinner's bureau are made iu accordance with his views, he will fee! it incumbent on him to resign. |