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Newspaper Page TextColumbus Hails Cturaker~0tttt , r. ■ . <£*' 9 Vrv*-;- yOL, XXVUI - -> O 41 FORlT-NlMTH CONGRESS The His John For <r BUI D scnssed In th» Honse, WB*el«r *»*»•• !■ Uir nw ol Porter .gr, Brown Hitfera n ItatentU on the IttJ *• of oil* 1 - Dlinnln or Ibe Blnli Education Bill In ibr an bis =F Bpaelal li> Bnoulrsr.lnn. WNBHINGTON, Feb 16 -James, of New Y uk, from the committee or. coinage* weights and measures, re ported adversely Bland’s bill for the free coinage of silver, and It was placed on Ibe house calendar'. Bland, of Missouri, obtained cod sent to file a minority report and stated tbat tie house would be seked to consid* r the bill at the earliest op portunity. Begge, of Illinois, from the ootri tnittee on pnetr ffloes and post roads, reported back the bill compelling all vessels oi the United States to oarry mails to and from foreign ports when rfl-red ' ; to them by officers of the Uuited States. House calendar. [In the oommittee the vote on repnrune this bill favorably stood 11 to 3 Messrs Blount, Barry, Dockery. Merriman. Jones, Warner, Guenther, Taylor, Wakfflld, Ward and R ggs voted in the affirma'lve. aud Messrs Piters, Burrows and Miller in the negative. Burrows will submit a minority report ] Iu the morning hoar the h use resumed consideration of the bill to authorise the various executive de partments of the government to ex hibit certain articles at the New O- leans 'xprsUion. Cannou, of Illinois opposed the bill. Ha thought the strongest pro vision might be put iu relieving tba government from any responsibility In couneotion with the exposition, if the exhibit of the United B ates went to New Orleans tbe prr Jectors of the enterprise would bold that it bad received the endorsement of the gov ernment and that me honor of the nation required that an approprla Uon should be made by congress. B-a ell, of Illinois, did not think that the government could have any thing to do with the exposition with out dlsgraoing itself. Hepburn, of lowo, announced bis opposition to the g vernment aiding a purely private enterprise Hahn, of Louisiana, supported tbe bill, and pointed oot tbat the exprsl- tion re'erred to was an entirely dif ferent one from the cotton centennial exposition. N gley, of Pennsylvania, hoped that there would be no hesitancy to support so proper a resolution. O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, and Dun ham, of Illinois, favored the policy of government aid to state and m> tic rial expositions, and Butterworth, of Ohio, pointed out that the object of the resolution in no sense commit-’ ted the government to the payment ol a farthing. Cannon u oved to lay the Joint res olution on the table. Pending a yea snd nay vote, the division standing 87 to 67 iu favor of ibe motion, the morning hour expired. The house then went Into a committee of the Wb le on the Fi z J hu Porter bill Wheeler, of A uoama, speaking in support of the inc-i sure, raid that when the last congress adjourned if seemed that 'he members were thoroughly informed regarding tbe eventful osmplga or August, 1832 Not they slo. e, but tbe reading pub- lio bad become very familiar with time historical events Since tbat time much official correspondence, orde s, reports, e‘e, relating to tho campaign had been published by tbe government, aud every new fact de veloped added strength to the now almes universal om elusion that the sentence of the court n aMial by whloh Major General F. z J bn Porter was di-mi. sed from the army was one of those atrocities which at long Intervals dis grace the records of even the tm s honorable aud chivalrio nations H then proceeded to give a detailed his tory of the military ojeratiorts ir. Virginia during the summer of 1862 and referring to the battles of Me chanicsville. Chiep-bominy, Savage Station, Peach Orchard and Malvern Hill, described Porter as tbe princi pal actor in most of these engage ments, and deolared that by bis skill Porter had won more distinction than any other offloer of the Poto mao. He quoted from the order of Pope of August 29 h, directing Por- i ter to push forward into aotion at once on the enemy’s fl ink. This, he said, would be recognised as tbe famous 430 order, i he alleged non compliance with which bai for 24 years been telied upon by the sup porters of General Pope a? the grand central fact which supported and verified all the reckless charge- sgalnst (he honor and patriotism of P irter, and to which they now ap pealed to prevent tardy j jstioe to a gallant soldier,which is coutemelated ly this bill. As this alleged failure to comply with this order constituted the very core, s-ul and life of all the charges against P .rter, it wa j evi dent that h's complete vindication must follow the ej.sblishmeot of the faot that such compliance was simply impossible, aud that it was issued by Pope in lg orance of Ibe actual situation iu which his army was placed. A'“y commanding offlosr must have real ised at once that the order Jus' do hveed to him bad beeD issued under * total miBanprebenslon of tbe aolual state of effitra upon the federals’ Ml. P-pt dkiiuJUj ih-; Porter's line of march would brit g him on the euemy’a right fl*uk, bu Porter knew Ihit be was already op posed to a superior force immediately tn his front, The order and Popth. evldeUBff already quoted shows it to have been ieeu d in the belief t' a' Jinkson bad received uo reinforcements whatever P rter knew that Lee’s whole army whs united and that while the com manding general ai 6:30 p m fane ei himself to be opposed only by an isolated friction of the confederate forces, he was In fact, at the date of the order, and bad been siuoe 12 o’clock, opposed by Lte's entirearmy most advantageously posted in a for midable position. The order direc e i Por.hr to fall back to bis right and rear iu case a retrograde move meat been ms necessary P >rtei knew to attempt an attack on the enemy’s right flank cou'd have no other result than to out him ofl from a possibility of retiring by his right aud rear, as it would Inevitably interpose the greatly superior force of tbq enemy between himself aud the line of retreat. He was directed to pursue the duty of a- corps com mandqr.which was the same as the duty of an army commander, and the / duty of eaoh was to hic cuuotry and to his men, and’ as bis men corstitutert the instrument which stone eusbled him to dtsoharge his duty to hi- country, it was sure that he had no right to decline the responsibiliiy of exercising his discretion, wh n forced to choose whether he would sacrifice success and jeopard s • his country, or fail to comply literally with an order evidently issued in ignorance or mt- » apprehension of iiis situation. Porter knew frman actual contact with the foe that tbe very presumption ol b : s commander was erroneous, and he was fully Justified in using the discretion inseparable from his posi lion to preserve his command as the only means of averting au irreparable catastrophe, which he saw was prob ably impending as the re-ult of his commanding general’s erroneou impressions Wheeler then ran over briefly the onstitutiou and the findings of tbe cour martial and board of review, and spoke In terms of warmest cminon dation of tbe action of President I n coin and the greatest of generals, Schofl-ld, Terry aud Gftty, who, having examined the case in'ellect ualiy, bad been convino d of their error aud had immediately sought to do Pi rter Justice. He made copious quotations from the correspondence of Gen Grant on the subjock ending with the letter of July 4 1884, when after baviDg been financially ruined, apparently forgetful of bis own trou bles, he expressed his regret that President Arthur had vetoed the Ft z John P -rter bill and his b lkf that Porter bad beeo dismissed un ju-tl.y and was entitled to restoration Wheeler then reviewed thegrounds taken by President Arthur in bis veto message, and declared that the objro ions of tbe president bad been satisfao'orlly disposed of to tb- minds of all unprejudiced people by General Grant, who had characteriz.d the ve*o message as the ‘‘merest soph istry ” He (Wheeler) did not wish to be understood as impugning or in any way assailing the integrity or fairness of the cour's martial; on the contrary, he maintained and wts prepared to d'-Te d and uphold the proposition that as a rule the courts of our army have been dis'lngulsbed for their anxiety to arrive at a thorough amt accurate knowledge of 'he fads which were to influence or govern their de liberations and for iqual and impar tial justice of their decisions, and yet partial as he was by education aud association to the ge itiemea engaged in the military serv oe ol our coun try, vigilant and eager as he was to defend them against aud to repel un just criticisms, he must unwillingly admit that there hud been cbseb where the verdict cf the cour! martial appeared to have been die tated by the personal fie ings of tts members rather than a desire to learn the truth and administer Jus tice This might sound like a harsh judgment, hut it was w rrauted by he facta. I*, was true, and the truth did not cease to be truth bto tuse o' concealment or strenuous denial. Iu conclusion Wheeler said: "Do not misunderstand tbe attitude of myself and other ex-con federate soldiers who vote for this bill. D > not misinterpret our interest in this ease. Tbe necessity for our aotion would not exist were it not tbat some exponents of tbe bill still appeal to a character of party passion which has long since been repudiated by the republicans wbo are most esteemed by their political adherents. I regret and de plore the efl rts to degrade a Judic al question to a party cor fl o’, but we are free from responsibility of th<- pcsition those gentlemen have vol unterily assumed, and no taunts from mts’aken z j al will drive u- from a plain duty. W advocate and support this bill because we eee in it •he oDly oceans to repair crut-l wroutB, to atone for gross, though perhaps unintentional, injustice, to relieve a ga'lanc soldier aud honor- able gentlemen from grlev us mar tyrdom, long and notily endured A« soldiers we are b urnl to spare no rftirt to relieve this brave commander from unmerited disgraoe. A men we feel called upon to do all in our pow r 'o euco >r the weak and Buttering A< gentle men we are obliged todo frankly and fearlessly what we conceive to be honorable and right. A'servants of the peoplo we must strive to eeoure this tardy Justloe to one wbo so ably served Ji.j. v? ’.hi. COIiD MBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY HE—~ 17, 1886 TRICE FIVE CENlS great republio it is our duty and our pride to cherish and defend its honor, aud we therefore seek to tfl ice (his bint upon the fair fame of "ur coun try ’’ Co nheon, of Michigan, began bis sp-ech In oppusiu »n to ih>- bill by ay tig: “Mi Chan mb i , r t erlxips I should rather any, I lie --.ur pleasi,’ the supreme o urt martial >f me army Is now iu session,” Cntch- eoii held that it wi s an open question whether the bill as it now stood would not give P liter pay from ti e d ue of di-missal, as well as restore him to'he army H l (Cd'che-’i ) did not believe that cougr 8 1 had the onusti-utioual power ti) revise the fl dings of a general court martial when oo'iflimed by tue president and txe-uted by bis order. * H- was opposed io the bill for tbe additional reas' n ibat he was prof u mi ly convinced that the court martial bad arrived at a just couclu sion a! the one time when the facts had been jiutiy presented, that the verdict bad been righteous and the ssutenoe merciful. Cuioheon made a long and impassioned sigumeut, in the course ol which he es'd he was lully aware that, the verdict was already made up and that nothing that could he said would change one vote The committee then rose ami the hou^e ai 6 ’dock inok a recces until 7 o’clock, tbe evening session to be '•'r Mie further consideration of the F■ z John Porter bill. When the house met at 7 o’clock, Mersts Springer and Eden, of Illi nois, were the only gentlemen who were oalltd to order by the speaker’s gavd, and a recess was taken for half *n hour. At 7:30 a d> ztn members nad put iu an appearance and me house went into committee ol tbe wh 1 on tbe Fit* J >hu Porier bill Br dy, of V rgtnia, took thi fl 'or, aud turning aside from the suojec’. under discu-slou, devoted himssH to a review of the political situation iu V rginia. He then proceeded to re ply to the speeon of Wiss made when the B 'titelle resolution was up some time ago, and to di-cuss inai resoiu- io n. B o .vti brought the debate b ,ck to U e Fi z John Porter case aud op posed ibe pending bill, admitting that if it were merely a measure of amuesty he would have favored it. R -well, of Illinois, and Puiktus, of K „usus, opposed 'he bill. Haiti) 'Ck, of K-ni-as, premised his speech with tue declaration that the democratic pt.rty have never built school houses and never would. On Lhe fly wheel of progress it bud ever been an air brake wi h Pun E'ectrlo attachments It w s not strange, therefore, that It would cast a s lid column ol votes in favor of one of (be most pro nonricd failures of the war. He also opposed the bill. Pou rs, oi K meas, confessed to a strin g feeling of prejudice against Porter for the reason that oue if his boyhood’s warmest friends had laid down bis life on 'he 29th of Augus , 1882, while if Potter had obeyed orders, that Irtend ought have been 1 ving to-day It was vain lo attempt o prove to him that there had been oo bailie on the 29 b, for be knew to the contrary, having taken part iu the engagement on that day. Theommittee then roseacdtbe troupe, at 10:10, adjourned. Mum A petition of bankets, merchants and lawyers, etc , of Savannah, Ga , was presented by Mr Brown, pray ing for the repeal of the silver coin age sot. He felt it bis duty, Browu said, to piesent this petition of euoh highly in e'ligejt gentlemen, but also felt it his duty to say that he could not agree with tbe statements of the petirion to the eifcO' that the law had been injurious to the coun try, etc. Tbe form of the petition being a printed oue, Brown presumed it was one of a considerable oumoer emanating from s me moueyed ceu- tie On this account be felt more Jusoflel in expressing his dissent from tbe views expressed in the peti tion. Mr Brown added that if it were desirable he oould secure peti tions signed by hundreds of theu't- -rods of people of that state sgsltist a repeal of tbe coinage act. The peti tion was referred. The education bill was taken np. Jackson said that inasmuch as the design of tne measure was not to es tablish national schools, but to give temporary aid to the statea for the purposes of education, he would sup port it. The chief objection to the bill, ne said, was that it was uncons titutional If th'B objection were well founded, further discussion would be useless and the states now having large illiteracy would have to oontend alone with that gr ai evil If the bill pe-mitted any cons 'rol by the general g vernment over the sohools of tue stare, he (Jack- son ) would oppose it NeLhsr d.d it comoei a state to take the money E oh state oould decide for itselr wiiether to lake the money or not Instead of tending ’o a consolidation of the power in the general govern meet, it would teud t > build up thi trength and power of the separate states The objection that congrea--, ad not thee i s i u innal powt t to appropriate public funds to pur..osMa of education w *san obsolete o e, tong lines made, hut abandoned ai « oo ;s made by the objjotors themselves J ok-ton took up and di-tcussed the historical relations of the question of na ional aid to cdu -a'.ton, showing ih*t millions had from time to time been appropriated by enugre-s for education in the states. I wa* not alone the proceeds of the silo of puo- 1 io lands tb»t could be applied to educa’Joo as had b'en the measure. There waa no distinction between money in the treasury which came from public lands and that Wbiob came from other sources of revenue None id the great authorities of the govern ment had ever seen any such dis tinction. Jackson w s willing to stand In this ma er on the faith of the fathers, or what then was the faith of the fathers. Thomas Jeffer son In theory denied the right of congress to appropriate money for purposes such as the purchase of the Louisiana territory, but waived his theory out of consideration for the general welfare, approved the appro priation and exrou.ed the provision of the act ai> tbonatug ihe purchase. It Was that measure that !e up to thesub- v-q ieut purchase of Florida from Snain iu further adva’ioemeul of the general welfare. J-. ff.-rson himsell in dUcutslug the obj o's to which the treasury surplus might be ap plied, enumerated education as one of these objects. Madison in 1791 Oppos'd as unconstitutional the chartering of a Unl ed B’a'es bank, but in 1817, as president, anproved a bill reouarteriDg a bank, at.d also recommended the establishment of a great national university to be sup ported out of the public moneys, Jackson also cited instances from the state papers of Presidents J >bu Adams, James Monroe, J 'in Q liuoy Adams Andrew Jackson anti oil)els, gleo from those cf Hamilton aud other authorities to show that since the foundation of the govern ment deserving objects that were not. purely local,, but were national In ilbeir character, were regarded as fl bbj-ots to be aided by appropriations of the public moneys. This principle had been recogulz -J from the time of tie appropriation in aid of the Ban Domingo sufferers in 1792 o he. appropriation of a million oi dollars in aid of the Now O leans exposi tion. The greaterstiei g h aud glory of the U tiled States were to be se cured by the increased strength of tbe s vend states and the more har monious development of education and otherwise of the severul stau-s for the greater cer tainty that we wuld make a giv-.ai.tr oueceus of the political ex perme't hythis republ’c against the former txpenenos oi history. Jack- son dwelt briefly on the q testion of HuffVagein the south aud the indis peusable necessity of education everywhere in order that eufirage m»y not be corrupted. Corrupt suf frige he would regard as the most fatal ol all misfortunes that c uld af fect the republic, and as sure as night followed day, we wou d reach sue!) suffrage if we did not secure.Intelli gence in our voters If i' was con stitutional for the general govern ment io do anything whatever io aid of a measure which was beyond individual ur slate control, surely the education of those who by suffrage were to < xercise the government pose of the republio was constitutional Education ought to be as free as the air, and Jacks m would Invoke no narrow technical and long abandoned construction of tbe constitution on a measure to aid education. Tala measure might f.til, but J mkson esteemed it a grea' p >r- social privilege, us will as a nigh and patriotic do y. to give It bissuppon, for he was impus-cd with tho con viction that if w - would provide against the dangers w>>>ch no fr-a government had yet survived, we must take wiser precautions than an* nation had ever yet taken by diffusing far and wide among our people that intelligence which a one will constitute a sa't guard and pro be ion of our political lneiliu'ionM Maxey followed, taking the ground iu opposition to Jackson upon the question of the ooustiiuiionality o' the bill. He rr c gn z :d the right of congress to apt ly to education the proceeds of (ho public domain, be oaoie hat was property belonging to the whole people and was by express grant in the oonstitu'ion made sub ject to the disposition of congress. He had several times favored such a deposition of euoh proceeds. Out side of the gtueral welfare clause, ue added, me pending bill hail confessedly no foothold whatever in the constitution He yielded to no man in his regard for education, but he would never consent to trans fer to the general government duty of the states, especially as there was no warrant in the constitution for this departure tn the government’s policy. Ho admitted the force of the argument made by tbe friends of the bill, that the whole oountry ought to assist iu the expense of educating the oolored people, and in order to carry out that idea Maxey would be willing to vote for the appropriation of the proceeds of the public lands to be devoted to this purpose. He ‘leemud it necessary to warn the oou o- iry against the da. gers of centralize lion. It had been said by the advo cates of the pending mossure that congress had not tne power o 'ol’ow this appropriation ami see that i was ex cuted. M x y insisted this was an error, for it cot cress had the power to mike an Appropriation, it tad the powei to foil >w the appro priation aud direct its execution. It w s b c-uto this was true that ho warned his brethren that they were lavorlng a measure that centraliz'd a vust p< wer In tne hands of the general government >.t the expense of the stares. Pugh said he had voted for this bill in obedience to tbe in-ttrucMonstif hia legislature, His colleague (Morgan) to it. "The only part I bad taken in the preparation of the bill Was to make Its machinery c nfortn to the Morrill bill, iVhlcn hill hud pes-ed Mis sedate by tv vote o'41 to 6 and which had the votes of his onlleiigiu- (M ";g»n)nadthesnu- alnr from Texas (Maxey). .| Blair believd the question of cons titutionality to have been settled by such overwhelming authority that a- y man presenting that point and disco sing H was simply whiling away his time. Toe only merit in making the point was (hat it kept ee ators’ consisten cy clear on the records The average 'e tgth of the school period In the southern states, B air said, was only about, tl,iree months The maintenance of a school for this period cost the southern people $16, 000,000 annually. The $7,000,000 pro posed to be given for schools under the present hill would only prolong those sohoole to five months at thb utmost, so that the provision instead of being liberal was ra'.her parsi monious. B’air read a number of letters from southern ptopie favor ing the bill Hampton remarked that some of the sou 1 hern !• gislatures had request ed ttie bill lie passed. Blair add-d that it was u eVas for anybody to say mat he people ol tbe south did not want this bill passed. He hud received letters from 'eaohere in Texas favoring the bill. Coke said the teachers did not rep- re. e it the people of Texas. Tbe state wus almoet solidly democratic, at.d the lust domnera'ln convention tie uouuceJ 'his bill Blair thought ti e aotion of the teacners, in tneir c invention, more expressive of the feeling of tile people on the school question than the ao tion of a democratic convention Men who stood up here, he said, and con tested the constitutionality of ibis bill ri presented a state of i lungs tbat wore passing away. The legislatures of Louisiana, M>->8isgtppi, Alabama and other southern states bad pro nnunced una'ilmously for this bill, and the people behind them demand ed It. We must have our voters educated in order inut tbs p-ople of the republic might beiv-me thor oughly homogeneous. Every duty wnrt every obliga'I-in, cors'ttu'ionsi and moral, called upon us to help our friends at the son'll temporarily in their work of education. He read from the New O leans Pioayune an article in favor of the bill Morgan inquired If tbe Picyuue was the paper that supported woiu-i sufl age. Blair replied (hat yerhapslt wa u , but though! tba' no obj mum. H'.w'ay s-id ibe sta'e board of edu cation of Connecticut believed this bill to beunconsti'utiooal. He crltl e : e d Blair’- coune in having report ed iu the Record speeches formerly ile'iveie I ny him on this subj o', and said there sh uhl b some limitation of the “letwe >o print” privilege. Here the debate clo“ea for the d y. Mabone’s resolution heretofore submitted, calling on tbe attorney general for mformadon as to the dis trict attorneys in Virginia, was laid nefore tbe senate and agreed to. Adj urntd. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Renfro M»t« th« A lion Ik P«»t ©lll ^ — ©orlienJ Will H«ft Limo ibe t'eb ■ Ml. Hmutimi U fln«4wr-l«B. Washington, February 16.-Tin presiueur to-day nominated to be postmasters J W R-nfro at Atlanta and MO Buwdoin at Grlfflo, Ga. WHAT THUY SAID The tepurt on me silver question submitted In the bouse by Repre sentative Junes to-day, in accord anoe with the vote of the colnag>- ooaimi’tee yesterday upon Retire ecn.a ive Bland’s bill, ctmidy says: Trie committee on coinage, weights and measures np.:r; tba: tl ev have carefully con-ddered ihe same, and s ur .Jnrity m of tbe opinion tbat the pa sage of such bill would be lrjuri- ous to tbe public interest, and with an expression of their unqualified condemnation they report the same adversely and ask tnat it be put upon the calendar WHAT GARLAND WILL DO, In an interview with the Washing ton agent of tbe Associa'eil Press to day, At'orney General Garland fores shade wed a severance of his relations with the Pan E'ectrlo oompany at no distant day, but he declined to say what bis action would re until tbe pending investigation is concluded, further than that he did not contem plate leaving 'he cabinet. An Emb> ■*! nr trrnns. t- J£;.<i<ur THbaQ. Pensacola, Fla, February 16.— It J Mar-tiall, alias Morton, post master a : F r Dade, Fla, wan arrest ed here y'-sterday, charged with em- bizz'.ing money order funds, by P s' Office inspector Brird, who cune h-re in answer to telegrams from Pistmns'er Young, who had located Marshall the d;-y before. Marshall absent (led las' July, leav ing a wife and two children at Fort Da ie, and .he p s ai authorities nave noet: at er him since that time. An KariliquiilKf*. Mobile, Ala, February 10 -a slight shock of earthquake was f it Haturdaynt daybreak along the Tom- higbee river iu Humler, Marengo and C >ootaw oountirs, greatly alarming , the inhabitants, but little damage having alluded to the fact tbat a part j was done. of tbe paternity of the bill lay with »-♦ him (Push), be wished o make a re-! far* *i»tu» 'he new arrangements tirade between (he car drivers aud the FouAh kve- noe sfreet cor lice went into effect yesterday, the men toward evening rouhd that (he oompany was not act ing iu good fsith aud this morning 'hey struck for an enforcement of the agreement N t a car left the depot, and as » result the Third avenue and Broadway lines were cowded. The men complained that company, (hough promising to pay them $2 a day for twelve hours’ work with half an hour for dinner, bad violated tbeir agreement by pay*- iDg only half of the drivers aud con ductors that amount, Ihe other half receiving only from $1 20 to $1 80 eaoh. L was auuouuoed ibis evening that, the company had conceded the demand of the men and that travel on the road would at once be re sumed. TURF NEWS- The Sit w Orlsah. Kama. AaMtal M Jhwerar-eaa. Mbw Orleans, February 16 —The weather to-day was olear and pleas ant and the attendance good. The track wasiu fair condition. First race, for.all ages, to oarry 100 pounds, lj miles, Kiahba won* Alice oeoood, Peacock third Time, 2:08 Second race, selling race, usual oon- ditiooa, j of a mile; K’ng Arthur wan, L o"l'las second, Bee Joy third. T'mo, l:34j Third race, selllnir race, usua! con ditions, onemtle- L'gon won, Fletch Taylor 2d, Rio Grande 3d. Time, 1:48) Fourth race, for three-year olds, winning penalties, thren-f >ur!h of a mile—Leonora won, Made O.rbetl 2J, R 'setta 3d Time, 1:20. ■uaou'i rnunl. *•»<»to Jtmrutror Sun* Utica, N Y. F-bruary 16—The funeral of ex G >v Horatio geymour took place frtm old Trinity church at 2 o’clock to-day. Rev A B Good rich, of Calvary church, offered a prayer at Beuatm R isooe Cookllng’s residence with tbe family and rela tives of (he deceased at 1:30 p ul After tie funeral services In the church the lematnn were taken to F irea'vlUe (••'metery and placed in ibeOhaDelol R 'see, wticr» Hculptor Divld R'obar s, of New Y >rk, took, a cast cf the face propitiatory to making a marble bus of the ex-gov- ernor. A Fumtly ttupand M» Death. Speo'aI io K quire' San. Milwaukee Wis F'hruorv 16 — A sp'-uiul fmm Plyin )Uth, Wis, to the Evening Wisconsin says J<m«a Ehie, his wife, f.'ber, 'hree children and Mrp K nn-y nenshed in the burning "f (be E i.'e ’•psidence in the town of G'eenbu-b early this morn- irg. He idamn A Ison escaped and tie is IbougDt to have fl r ed the house. The remains of some of the members of the family have been taken from the ruins. Vlfgluia, ttuiiroad RtanlnlM Bill, •rrotu - Nmiuwmr-tnm. Richmond Va February 16 —The railroad oommiHsiouers’ bill, provid ing h r three commissioners instead of one, v* the law now stands, and making ihe railroads amenable to the circuit courts on complaint ot d's rlminatlons, which ha* occupied the attention of the legislature for Mjp pas fifteen days, was dually de feated to day In 'he hou<o of dele gates by a vote of 45 to 43. I* I’HTororArbltrullaa. to ®B««ir«r mm. Richmond, Va, Februsry 16.—A cnffcrei.ee of tne business men *f R chmond, the knights of labor and the typographical union was hold to night Af er some discussion » reso lution wan adepted to endeavor to have at. act pa.aud by the general as s' mbly to ri quire ad differences be tween employes and employera to be submitted to arbitration. Witiirninn’a C«n4l!laR« 3p*ef*l to Engair^r-^an Louisville. Ky, February 16. ~ Mr WauetBun’s condition at 9 o’clock tnie morning was much more satis factory to his p iysieians than It has been slice Thuislay. His temperas 'urc Is reduced from 102 at mldnignt to 97 4 5 His pulse is still 114, out his rmeileo. seems perfectly olear. A Hcniaailua H*d«. Amo<«I ft HmttUrtt-hwm. Hhebuygan, Wis, February 16.— At the republican congressional con vention last evening Charles Liling, of Mnnitowoc, was nominated m a candidate for tbe congressional va* lancy caused by the death of Han J seph Rmkin. Tin* Fond! lacremilai. UptoiaJ to Enquirer'tiun. New York, February 18 —The fund fir Mr- H >ncnr:k was increase I co-day to $25,565 The G ant m mu- nrent fund stands to»u'g ita: (>115 191, i'hreo hundred and mmi'y djtlani was added to the lecul fund to-day. Toe Vi 14- OlflioM. U) Ft q lrdf-f-uu. New York, Feb 15. —A private ■'i.-qin ch r. cciv ii by Archbishop C irrigan from Jt me yesterday an- ru unetd the transfer of Bishop B eker, cf Wilmington, D 1, to tha vacant see of Hivannab, G*. A PMiaagfir Drpol Barmfl. 9po<Hal to Kugnlrer-ttnn. Chattanooga, February 16 —The Times' Dalton special says tire union passenger depot at that place was -. *o tb° gr- and last night,