Show washington NOTES tho the treasury department today to day pur chasher ounces of silver oil v er at and 0 william williamg 0 gilbert of oregon ana confirmed aa as united states judge in the ninth judicial circuit mckenna of california whose nomination ss as united states circuit judge was confirmed by the senate fec nate will resign his seat scat intha in tha house to take effect monday next 4 milecent heavy disbursements haie have reduced I 1 the treasury rv balance to 29 of which is on deposit depo it with national banks bank ana and in subsidiary and minor miner coins president and mrs harrlson harrison entertained ft a number of guests at dinner thia this evening including senator allison Alli hon senators 1 is squire gasey barren warren white perkins and their their wives ee arout funston perkins johnson storer general and mrs airs flagger ll agger commodore and mrs folger the senate in executive session today to day decided that the testimony taken by tho the judiciary committee in the course of the investigation of the charges against judge wood of indiana should be made public aa as vell as the vote by which the nomination was confirmed the testimony taken b by X the judiciary committee commItte 4 to woods makes a volume of printed d A pages goo including exhibits I 1 senator george of the committee on agriculture ri today to day reported to the tile senate a substitute for mitchells bill dortheen for the encouragement coura gement for silk culture the sub substitute 41 provides for the establishment in different parts of the united states of not riot exceeding ceedie five silk silk experiment stations to bo be part 0 of the agriculture ri culture experiment stations now established af I 1 ed rive five thousand dollars ia is appropriated for each station the diDlo diplomatic matle and consular billas completed by bi the house committee consolidates it tes the mission to peru with that to bolivia and colombia with ecuador with nitha a alary of each guatemala and honduras now ofie one mission mis ion is divided and guatemala is 19 united to venezuela at and honduras is joined to the mis mission 11 onto to nicaragua costa alica llica and sal va dor der the danish mission is joined to that of sweden and norway and the salary left at |