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Show WASHl?TO.. Dnnt Will Have ft t hnuee , Si ti er Col u tii be Shelled Out. j Washington, 10. Previous lo taking tak-ing dual action on the nomination of Richard H. Dana, Jr., lo be minister to England, the senate foreign relations rela-tions committee will hear him in reply re-ply lo charges made against him by Lien. Butler, of literary piracy, etc. Next Tuesday has bet n assigned for the purpose, and Dana lias informed one of i's member to authorize a de-1 nial of the report. Tho committee had requested the president to with-1 draw his nomination. It is believed' the attorney general has sent a man , to Canada for Marsh under a promise of safety, and that he will be back in a day or two. j The bill reported from the senate j committee ou Indian affairs to-day, providing for an agreement, with the Sioux nation for r.ho relinquishment of the Black Hills is, with a few amendments, the measure introduced by Allison. The house committee on puatoftices and post roads has authorized Luttrell , to report for passage a bill designed to. 'prevent straw-bidding, the main features of whih are these : It pro-' vides that in cases of failure of bidders or contractors tlie postmaster general shall not be obliged to run up Ihe list of bidders until he find? some oue able and willing to perform the service; ser-vice; but after giving the second low-fist low-fist bidder the preference, if his bid is not considered too high, Ihe department depart-ment may offer the contract to any outside party at a price not exceeding the next to the bid on the list. The bill will also provide that no bonds shall be accepted which do not explicitly ex-plicitly embody satisfactory answers to the various prescribed interrogatories interrogato-ries relating to location, value and freedom from incumbrances of the real estate alleged to "be owned by the bondsmen. Secretary Bristow and Mint Director Linderman were, by invitation, invita-tion, beforo the houso appropriation committee to day to furniah lurthei information concerning the readi nes; of the treasury department to begir the redemption of fractional currency in eilver oin. Alter hearing then statements the committee voted tc report a bill for this object back tt tho house to-morrow, and ask it; immediate consideration. The house committee on Pac'iCt ! railroads to-day agreed to report anc : recommend tiie passage of a bill ti compel the reduction by tho U. P. R R. Co. of the present ehargei of fiftj cents per passenger and ten doilan per car load for transportation ovei the Omaha bridge. |