Show SHORT STORIES The Senate ha confirmed tim nomination nomina-tion oi1 Charles P McClellan of Nov Vok ia general appraiser of merchandlne George Ciinimhtt a pioneer of Cum mliiRS valley California wits burned 1 to dtath yesterday In a lIre which destroyed Iho Kern hotel On the petition of creditors a receiver has been appointed for tho Oil Seeds Pressing company of New York H la claimed that the company owoa JCj000 A petition In bankruptcy was file jH toiday by Frank U Coburn contractor and builder of TJrookllno Muui with liabilities lia-bilities estimated at 22lvlS and no assets The Government will tnko possession of Its coaling station site at California City on January 1st Thp pioperly Is siluated about ion miles from San Eafaul on San Francisco bay JuncH M Edge a former note teller of 1 the FIrSt J National bank of I Paterson N J who disappeared August 0 1t j 2 and Abo was lafjr necuncd oi toallnj SlOOuOO from tl t lip bank lus been nrreattd at Mem this 1111 The United Slates Supreme court yes tordsty denied the motion zo dlsmfes the cast of thf Slate of Minnesota va the Northern SoeuiltUs company anti jiost j oneil > further roncldcratlon of the juos lion until It ball he heard on its merits The trial before the mixed court at Shanghai of the employees of the Chinese local newspaper Supno charged with writing RCdltlouu artlclis was concludci yesterday One of the prlnoncr was rc l loisrd and In the ClutCH of three others JudRinonL wis rtForvcd RearAdmiral Roblcy D Evans com manclirlnclilnf of the Aslatlu fleet has dispatched the gunboat Annapolis to Ta niusl I Formosa to malI a t borough In veaMfaUon Into the attack on tho crew ol tin Amcilciln Hhlp Benjamin Suwall which was abaiuloiuil October th abou 1 forty mIles noutheunl of the Island l ot Hotel Tobago |