Show FEDERAL FLASHES haw now senate committee john 0 new now resigns supreme court adjourns nicaragua I 1 canal failure br by western asad pre to the herald AV washington ABINGTON janla the senate conferees receded fro from in the senate S en a to amendment to the greeley relief bill and the bill be reported tomor to mor row the new cods code of senate rules creates two new standing committees and enlarges several old ones axes the committee of the senate republican malican caucus is is engaged in making selections for the republican membership of the new committees and filling new puces auces upon n the old ones it is understood ta that senator lapham has been selected as chairman of the committee on fisheries and senator wilson chairman of the committee ee on expenditures of pubic lic moneys tie senators harrison arrison II plu plumb w boother and platt have been selected Eele cled as t lie other republican members of this committee is now chairman of the committees on minea and mining ain 1 ng and senator lapham on that of N woman V a i suffrage aKe theisac their ac extance ep tance ce of shenew the new chairmanship beaves their present positions vacant senator bowen haa has been selected for be the chairmanship on mine and min ing ng no selection hus has yet been mado made for or the chairmanship of the committee on woman suffrage put hoar on ED en chief Justic waite eWait e announced tho the supreme court would take a recess from monday fonday feb ath until monday march 3 the thi CAM case of col emilio nu e 31 tobacco importer of Philadel philadelphia Ehla 1 is rev row being investigated by the t a department part ment of stale state the tile tea resignation of bohu U new as assistant Sec secretary of the treasury was received here today to day and will be delivered to tho the president in a day or two the indiana delegation held beld u meeting this evening and und decided tu to recommend the appointment of A D linen linch of indianapolis t to 0 fill the vacancy A prominent washington friend of t the I 1 ca r agul aca us I 1 company haa revived a aletter letter from Ila managua nicaragua ca car agua ragus whitted by a native citizen of that country in which the failure of the canal project is spoken of as deplorable but recognizes the fact f for or t the he represent present the writer expresses 1 n hope for the future believing bel ievins i a canal would be built through some other uns unspecified billed instrumentality than the e existing fe i in 9 company the concession from the nicaraguan government nex tand tana requires t the e previous previous expenditure of two million dollars on work to make it permanently valid the ilia democratic senators held a caucus immediately after the ad Journ ment went of the senate sinate today to day for the purpose of deciding upon the golley policy to be adopted in reference to senator benator shermans Sher mans resolution calling for an investigation of alleged out bages at the elections in virtinia anil and mississippi and also for the pur purpose 05 0 of cons considering ering the tile selection of if democratic members of the new senate on committees the session which lasted listed about three hours was mainly devoted to the former forme f the these theia two subjects |