The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-27
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A NOTORIOUS DuRdL4R AsR, ,HuhlEfER.

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Manchester policeman at Whalley Range
In 1876, for which crime q man namet
Habron was sentenced 10 death. The sen
tenee, however was cotnrnuted on accoun
Of Habrons youth and he b now under
going imprisonment for Aie. Peace sal,
he was surprised by the officers while at
tempting the burglary and fired upoI
them IN self defense. He was In cour
when Habron was sentenced to death
Manchester newspapers find discrepancies
between the statement OF Peace and thu
circumstances Of tho "Whally Range
murder. 1t is believed Peace sought Il
prolong his life pending examination o
bis statement Of the Manchester murder
TREMENDOUS STORMS on THE CONTINENT.
Tremendous storms continue in the
southern part OF France, where hundredso
people are thrown on public charity bS
the destruction or inundation Of thefl
homes. In Spain the tempest lasted ioul
days, and there was much damage done
and loss Of life. Various villages and
farms in Navarees Aturra were destroyed
A bark, name unknown, was wrecked al
Corunna, and thirtypersons irdNned.S
a heavy storm prevailed throughout
Italy. A dispatch from Rome fepOrtslthit
the sea inundated ailarge portion OF We
nice. In Prazza Stanmarco the water was
80 inches deep.
The coast from Genoa to Naples Is
strewn with wrecks. Parma, pioeenza,
Milan and Florence, were damaged by the
storm. The English steamer Silistria has
been wrecked at Saleino and eighteen per.
sons drowned. There has been an eruption
Of ashes from Mt. Yesuvius.
=. THE GLASGOW pASE.
It is understood that there will be A
meeting Of the creditors OF the City of
Glasgow Bank ii q fortnight, followed by
a call for four or Eve thousands pounds
per share, SO as TO place the estates Of all
Of the shareholders Immediately under
the control OF the liQuidator and obviate
il necessary any further call. The report
from the liquidGtor anticipates that all the
creditors will be paid in full, il as Is be-.
lieved, the House of Lords confirm the
decision of the Scotch Judges concerning
the liability Of the Trustees for the shares
that are registered in their names.
FRANCE AND THE AMNESTY QUESTION.
A correspondent ut Paris reviewing the
French Governments recent concessions
on the amnesty question to the extreme
Lett, by the acceptance OF the moiillca.
tons introduced by the committee, says:
Tie Cabinet must clearly say whether it
abandons Dutaure's programme, and il so,
what its programme is. Otherwise it's In
danger of losing the support oiits old
friends, without securing new.ones; The
wishes to be governed, and though
the Cabinet does not appear to understand
this Gambetta does. II when the inevita-
Bile struggle comes between those who
support and those who chafe under the
the Government makes danger
Gus concessions in exchange for fictitious
(as on the amnesty bilD, GAM
hetta will Substitute his tirmness for the
Governments weakness, and Mt a single
stroke glin that direction oyer. .timOrOus
minds which leads 10 ths'highestposition
to whieh'a publicman an RSPire5
BERLIN ASD ALSATIAI
A Berlin special says: 4 brisk official
correspondence is progressing between
Germany and Denmark, Birmarck reply
Ing to the deputation. The Alsatian mem
bers Of the Reichshg who presented the
petition for the extension OF self govern
ment, admitted the justice Of their claim,
and intimated that further concessions
may o,. soon pe e,tSIp,,,. expected; On a,,.,,, r.
n LGSpoE, Eenraqry z0:-A special from
smIt of tbeir ;ninrviow viii, R;sp,nr,I yos.
terday the AIsatian autonomists are Bro.
pairing to Introduce a motion in the Reich
stag i that Alsace and Lorraine he
federal State, and appcaran-
ces favor itsiadopt:oh. HTiZRf