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Show WASIIVKITOX JiOTES. The I'reneh ami the JfeKlnley- Washixgtos, Dec. 19. F. B. LoomlJ, commercial agent of the United States at SLEtleune,France, sajs in a letter to tue State Department Depart-ment that the French press Is trying try-ing to excite its readers iDto a state of revengeful fury over what it talis the injustice of the McKlnley tariff act. This sentimeut is not, it Is true, strong enougn at present lobe formidable," says Mr. loml, "but if a continuation of this press fanning be kert up, no oue can say what Its ultimate development will be- The cry for specific retaliation was raised by the Jfcmorfof, an influential in-fluential paper published here, and circulating In a laboring community commun-ity of aW.oOO souls. TbeAmerican Interests which have been marked for attack by the papers are those represented by United btites in- isurau.-e companies doiDg business in France. The volume of business of this otttransAcled here amounts i to S3! 000,000 anuually, sotbatthe Amcrle-au interest threatened are I very considerable, and I have i thought it w;ell to roakr thl report. re-port. TO SCCCEEO CONGEB. The House coinage committee to- dsy elected Wlckliara cf Ohio, cbalniTsU;, n succeed Conger, who resigned to beccrrw. mlnUter to Ilra-zll. Ilra-zll. EAl'LORATIOy OK AL.ISK. Tlie bill providing for a systematic system-atic exploration ot the Interior of Alaska is likely to receive couider-atlon couider-atlon tiy Consrcs soon. It provides that the Secretary of War shall send a parly into the interior of Alaska, and appropriates 100,000 to defray the expenses of the expedition. expedi-tion. Itlsprrpojed tmt the party remain three years, iu order that the observations may be absolutely trutworthy and finally ret at rest the fa'rrotrs. and conUietlsg reports regarding the Ahtsian Territory. A SEW LINE OF SfisAEES. Information is recti veil at ifi "Bureau cf American B-publlcs" ot the f taMIsbment of a. ce.v line of steamers on the west coast of South America, in opposition to the Pacific steam Navigation Com-luy. Com-luy. The capital Is mostly furnished fur-nished by merchants and bankers of Valparaiso and Sintiago, Chill, and 1,000,000 1 already subscribed. Tlii minister of interior of Chili recommended Uic ymeut of a subsidy similar to that now paM to the South American Steamship Compauy. Tlie bureau has also received Information In-formation that the government of Ecuador, wbic'i hitherto had no coinage, has recently arranged for the production of a supply of silver r&TEeytto be coined at tlie National MIntofCiiiU LTE 1MIUX IIESEKYATH13. In the House today the Senate bill was reported with amendments, changing tlie boundary line of the Uncuuiaghre Ute Indian reservation, reserva-tion, and restoring to the public domain certain (xirtlons of Utah, to be disposed of under the homestead law?. A bill having similar pur-pt3 pur-pt3 vs-s vtoed by the President lait eesifof. TOLD AKD bltVES,. Hopkins (UL) introduced n l.'il making lt unlawful and punishable by fine and imprisonment fur any person to agree to sell and delh er at a future time any gold or silver bullion bul-lion or certificates representing deposits de-posits of the sime with any trust company or bank, wheu at the time of making the agreement the party is not owner of the proiivny. lt also prohibits any stock exchange from li-ting any gold or sliver certificates. cer-tificates. Til B SUB-TKEASCKY KESOLLTION. 1'iercc (Tenn.) introduced in the House a resolution instructing the wajs and means committee to re-portto re-portto lhHoue by Jauuary 5th, the sub-treasury bill. Congressmen Lfeefetf. Si. PZUL, Dec. 10. The re port of the Slate eanva--ing lird show the follow iiigcoi'gre-sraen elected' First district, Harris dem.1; Second, Sec-ond, Llnd trep.: 'Ihlrd, Halt Mem.); Fourth, CaJUe idem. , Fifth, Hnlvorvm (alllaurei. Jlet-riam Jlet-riam (rep.), plurality for governor, 2267. |