Show BY TE TELEGRAPH FORTY FIFTH se nale 1 washington ta T 13 Bayard vayard and hamlin were vidio appointed a committee to arrange for the funeral of 01 representative licher and ac acl aci i company the remains to texas ahe tue TUB bill was passed without dia dla cuBio nj appropriating fon foi a it fore fire proof bul Joing for the national htwa J museum s tb to attend the funeral of mr hob Sob leischer and r recess P was taken from the pension committee reported without eane fane amendment nd the house bill relating soldiers while in the civil service bervice in tho the united state states placed on theca londar it provides for thi the e payment of their pensions to any persons who were deprived thereof griffig bpi api any portion of the time from the iha sih of kif march 1865 1665 to the ath 3 luncy luney by reason of their being in the civil bervice service of the united ignited ti tates i ithe the senate proceeded in a bod apdy to the hall of the house to attend the teeb funeral and upon returning to abe chamber i hber adjourn adjourned ed until tomorrow louse HOUSE lat lar ju i the ithe report of the committee one ore foreign affairs affair was unanimously adopted recommending payment of the remainder of ahe the salary of the late representative beb Seb leischer as a member of the forty fifth congress to u his hia bereaved family the next congress to tomake make a abi ahi similar appropriation of gf his bia salary as a member of the tho forty fifth Coi col congress agress the funeral services eg to took bh place at 3 ocio oclo oc locki old olt to which time a recess was waa taken uong jong before the termination I 1 of the the galleries were filled by people and at the appointed time senators and supreme court judges entered the hall soon af warder the body of mr wasi borne in and the funeral services were read by the chaplains of ol the house and senate at the conclusion of oi the funeral een eer services vices at trw trl zw t and cabinet were present presents the te mains were removed from t he the hall ball by the committee and escorted to the depot where rethey they will be sent serit F t to san antonia by this evenings h train house vda burned alm AMERICAN ER I 1 cdx 1 NEW yore YORK 13 madame an derson concluded the task of walk I 1 ing 2700 quarter miles in aa many f quarter guarter hours tonight to night consider able money Is said to have changed hands bands on the result she comi fenced the last quarter of a mile at oci and made it in 2 minutes seconds during the last four quarters she was the recipient of set sev several beveral presents bhe she appeared greatly exhausted after her last quarter arter lle lie mile mlle ile had been accomplish ed and was wag taken to her physician where she will be under treatment for a week or two at first bhe she will not be allowed to sleep more than thin 15 minutes at a time it is said bhe she would probably never wake if it not disturbed in a day or two she will be allowed to sleep two hours at a time ild rid and l lid the time of rest will be gradually increased until she nan take taira all the bleen aleen she desires without fear of injury washington 13 the compact tee appointed by the women of the suffrage convention held in III this city last week weeks consisted of mrs gage mrs spencer mrs wells and mrs williams the two iatter latter ef of utah called callejon cal cai ledon on thea the resident president this morning and presented a memorial and arid other papers in relation to female suffrage and charging that the president had bad ignored tho the women of the country in his anual message they also called the attention of the president to the recent decision of the supreme court relative to polygamous marriages and to the effect of enforcing tile the act ef of 1862 and said it would make thousands of women outcasts and abd their children illegitimate the president said he was deeply impressed by what had been said and requested mrs williams and mrs wells wella to make out state ments in writing and submit them to him he wanted all the information on the subject he could procure they promised to do this and the president tb then on asked them how he could serve them thim the reply was wite by vetold vetoing any bill to en on foree force lige life act of 1862 ISM in answer to and remarks made in iii relation to female suffrage the president eadd you say I 1 have ignored the women women of tho I 1 in my annual meg message sage I 1 will care ddlly consider what you have paid and the papers you hav have havo presented to me pie in i i my next messaged message 1 will wiil totne dictates 0 tyny finy tiny conscience aud and the best beat ji light I 1 have chief joseph jodeph of the nez nek percey perces haa hao of Jn indian dlana diana accompanied by arr ari interpreter and h nd yellow wolf another nez perce chief arrived in irl this his city today to 6 dby day and will have an interview with lle tle the commissioner of indian a rs tomorrow to morrow the thel object 61 of 61 joseph oseph iti io itt coming doming to yV Vis hington ashington Is tb be allowed alved to senk beak speak for himself concerning his views as to how he should be treated by I 1 uhe the a afie lepor report from the department of agriculture re tor rot for december baye says the tho corn cord crop propof of 1878 is thirty million bushels iru iri excess of 1877 oats somewhat larger crop than the heavy yield t he ile largest ever raised in thi country NO mafer laT change in barley barlev ryo bye one x th larzer larger th than n in 77 potatoes fall dil off bus bushel lidIs faiq is receiving A attention tt X t anand and the result of this year la fu culture tu re is ils it fy i k grapes grapis p j ii apples V I 1 a A ti nd d P pars para abow a g greatly C 4 de decreased crded creed y I 1 grover r er kreisell pr presented eisell ted a of dt the legia lathro gr 9 oregon asling asking congress to cdake au n appropriation for the improvement me nt of tild the lower willemett WilU emett annit columbia rivers also aiso a meb ihie fonal E from front the same legislature asking congress to throw opan open tiie tile umatilla nm atilla indian reservation to public settlement en on the tue ground that the indians sare aro are deteriorating by contact with the whites senator thurman today to dayi day addressed the following letter ietter q tei T teller a f chairman of the select committee on investigation dear sir again agaid coMp complying lyng with h the request of your committee L re ja or for information I 1 have the honor to send fiend you installment 0 o 3 31 to wit vire fire an official certified copy khe 0 XV IV of lot lof of james H paine showing misconduct and violation of law by federal officials at the late elec elections tiona tlona in duval county in that state second Bec sec onda ouda a like certified copy of the affidavit of james W and to the intimidation of voters by armed republicans third a like certified copy of an affidavit by S C tucker proving that at the chelate late election at precinct number 12 10 2 alachua alacqua county the united states supervisor of elections tio na N P gruelle insisted that be ballots ilot liot 9 as they were cast should to correspond with the number of ea each ch voters name mama that appeared on the registration list anu and that in compliance with hla hia demand the larger part of the the ballots were BO so numbered and the secrecy of the ballot thus destroyed st fourtha fourth a like certified amm aff affidavit davit of ot robert M ri county judge of madison county in said states state showing his bis illegal arrest and detention detent ign by the united states i commissioner and the marshal in order to prevent the discharge of bis duties as one of tb tue the board of canvassers sera sers of the thu late election elect lon ion in I 1 paid eaid county fifth an affidavit of edward B S F francis franeis r nc is a colored citizen of duval county florida and a member of the board f county commissioners of said county proving that antl loat dation I 1 on was waa practiced in that r gi tate ate to prevent colored citizens from voting the democratic ticket sixth an affidavit of james jamea 0 williamson a colored citizen athe of the same county to the bam sam i seventh a certificate ot of the sheriff and the county judge of said county and of the president of the city council of Jackson sIlle and of the city clerk and city marshal attesting the good character and standing of said francis ardd arid wil li amson ambon eighth an affidavit na daviu davit of johnb marshall madison county florida showing misconduct on the part of the united states deputy marshals and the intimidation practiced by them at the last election of said county I 1 have a number of letters from the north and west making specific charges of intimidation and abrib i ery that it may be proper that I 1 should lay before your committee buts but withhold with hold them until the wishes of the writers writena in thim thil thia respect can be ascertained bignel A G 13 the military court couf t of In inquiry quirl responsibility of major fai the custer massacre convened here herg today to day with open doors but reporters ilerd wena wera art not allowed to tako take tho the proceedings the only notion action of the tue first session iwas a decision to summon whittaker who made madg the charges against reno raleighh BA LEiaH nelor ni cf 0 13 senator bier bler merrimon rimon has haa addressed a letter to the caucus of the 06 legislature withdrawing arom from the contest for th the 6 senate governor vance will hilbe be reno n the caucus on e first ballot NEW ORLEANS A 13 gf B U hi New newmann mald mari eblo colored redi redl clerk of bt st marys marya pariah testified before ther teller committee concerning the destruction destruct jog log odthe of the ba ballot bailot boxes abd bd the effort made bade by the them democrats to get of bf the duplicate returns ibbia iq possession assion es sion slon the attack made on his pis hoja seat kat nigh iud ibb p confirmed the he news neis pi paper par i publia published hed at af the time W b 1 of y sheriff testified concerning althe 1 ke caledon baledon caledonian ta i n affair corroborating borko br aina aipa norwood No les ies lesti moby the witness wit ners found a dozen stand of ot arms at house and ana a e deflect effect that groes arod in all MI were killed but oay ody fay when and where esch ench each begio hwa iwa wa billed hilled witness bervell served in tha federal army david wise of vf tennessee testified that the tho election was peaceable and quiet I 1 live within a quarter of a mile oe fairfax but knew know nothing until the affair w was waa as avei over oter and did not see the men never beard heard ard the reason of the visit my gin gln in was burned by the negroes following dont know the reason ener hever eyer rava gave them any cause saw armed men marching through waterproof the day before was burned and consequently tas when hen ben it was burning was afraid to go out to bee see about if think the armed bodies of negroes came from catahoula parish some of them next day another crowd lof armed negroes came in town made 1 euc kuc 1 l A X r alf ju f L they were going to burn the town fairfax was the leader of the ner ne groes it wasi was understood thab that he was keeping up the color lide line line ilde mading speeches and advising the negroes to preserve a bold front I 1 sold ammunition at my store to any aay one who wanted it the negroes did not buy any unusual quantity at this time H moses of testified that he gave negroes the assur assurance bince that the waterproof people had nothing to do with the fairfax affair that the inte interests rests of the negroes ife groes and thi the white people were common that W we would pr them thein in their rights provided they acted aa as they hould Should saw aw negroes pass by hundreds through the town thero there may have been thousands of them thoy they were all armed the negroes di dispersed when the sheriff of saint joseph arrived arri Vedi they also aiso heard that white men from mississippi were coming cobil couil ng I 1 dont think there were more than 20 white anen i d en in waterproof we were very much frightened the negroes threatened to kill the children and outrage the women think they would have burned the town on tuesday if the tho sheriff posse bad not arrived cincinnati 13 pm iee tee gorge here started but it soon stopped until 4 pm when it again broke I 1 loose and has bee been n running strong ever since A large number of empty arid loaded coal barges have been carried away about 9 tonight to night the new steamer guiding star which had tad taken refuge below the newport bridge behind one of the piers piera on the ohio sid ewas ewaa torn loose and swept down in the ice passing down the covington bridge one of her chimneys was wa knocked overboard and she lost the other at the southern bouthern railroad bridge she has gone down the butream with the ice and nothing ino aioo loon l ohn oon from the ice now passing is said to bo be from the gorge at fou four mile A gazette special reports the breaking of the gorge in inK ing anaw ha at 6 am amr it A ran an hour broke again at 10 aej moving with tremendous force several steamers and wharf boats harbored in the mouth month of jilb ik river were thrust against keystone bridge and knook knock i ed it down the steamer liberty no awas ao s badly damaged that t she sunk in 24 feet of water the ice lee continued running u until n tit ain when it gorged frankfort ky reports 11 feet teet of ico ica in the kentucky river with a prospect of its breaking in that stream tonight to ta night dight as hs a heavy rise ia is reported from froni above that point the guiding slaps one of the finest running from this point hag has made but one trip between this city and new now orleans eight loaded coal barges were ward swept away from willow bun hun harbor west covington one was sunk at the adu southern bouthern thern bridge tho others othera passed on dowil down nashville 13 A somerset ky v 1 special reports that the river s h i e h has risen 55 feet altogether is now falling three inches per hour seventeen coal barges have bunk sunk above smitha smiths shoals all the bottom landi lands are under water the destruction to property is heavy newark N M J 13 at 1230 this morning a fire broke out at hanks brewery at eat newark alj all the tho buildings connected with it ji yare fare were totally destroyed steamers were sent bent from thia this city but could render no assistance for want of jor water the tire fire domman communicated dated to the adjoining buildings and ac ia am was still raging laging 13 it is feared the steamer samer is lost loft she has ha not nob been heard froni from rince since leaving here hero ba jon december for ler laveri veri I 1 san gan frandisco 13 A boise city dispatch says the territorial legislature met today to day the counell council failed to effect a temporary organization owing to the refusal of the enne chief clerk of the previous session to recognize the credentials of members which were certificates frond front the county boards and ohp ter secretary and that body adjourned journ edtill till tomorrow to morrow the council stands seven republicans and six democrats tho republican and members of the assem assem i bly effected separate temporary organizations neither party has a quorum standi standing fic fig 12 each besides two conte contestants s ants from oneida onelda a county NEW york 14 wm H van der bilts fast fasti dri driving yIng proclivities nies ries have caused him another accident yesterday afternoon he be was out i driving on central Aven avenue tib in a ino vil iho L two fast trotting borses horses v whence on I 1 a aitu another sleigh driven by patrick buquor br or avenue anu and street completely wrecking tha lat lattera vehicle and throwing out five occupants one of them named miss herman was |