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CABLEGRAMS.

LONDON, March 11.-Bullion gone into
bank to-day, f275,0OO
HAVANA, March 1.-THE Savings Bank
has decided 10 go into liquidation.
BERNE, March 1.-Two German An
archists have been arrested at Fribourg.
LONDON, March 11.-Another bill passed
the Parliament of Queensland restricting Chinese
immigration.
LONDON, March 11.-To-day IL, 746 bales
of Port Phillip and Sydney wool were sold. The
market is firm.
HAVANA, March 1.-THE yacht Alta
lanta has arrived, Jay Gould and family on
then visits other ports on the island.
OTTAWA, March 11.-A rumor is current
that the Governor-General has received threaten
ing letters from the Fenian Brotherhood of Chi
doubled.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 1.-Yesterday
was the Cars birthday. Gen. Won Schweinitz,
German Am6assador, presented @ his N Wwa}esty ;s,s
sonsratulatory ing 70 the Car, f.''' '
PARIS, March l1.-Gounods oratorio
The Redemption, will be performed here under ex
eeptional circumstances, on the 5th of May next
The list of singers will include Nine. Albani and
N. Faure; NJ. Gounod himself will conduct ths
orchestra.
LONDON, March 1.-THE Court o.
Queens Bench decided tina. Lady Aylesford's
molestation cancels her husbands covenant t.
calling her illesitimate son, Lord Guernsey, ths
second title Earl of Aylesford.
LONDON, March 11.-Henry George will
deliver his last lecture March 2lst. After a brie
visit to the continent he will return to America
He considers his tour to have been highly sue
eessful, especially in Scotland, where his lectur,
created a strong antipathy to the land laws.
OTTAWA, March 11.-Charles Campbell
a Nova Scotia Member of Parliament, Will,
under the influence of liquor, made savage on
slaught on David Mills, engaged at the time witt
correspondence in the Commons chamber. HI
endeavored to strike Mills with stick, but wa
prevented by members present.
PARIS, March 10.-The French share
holders of the Suez Canal Company protes
against the convention of De Lesseps and the En-
glish ship-owners- De Lesseps threatens to con
slider the probable converting of the convention a
from the management Of the canal.
LONDON, March I0.-The Irish part,
are organizing political club in London. Mr.
tional Board Of Education to foster the study 0
| the Irish language. The Nationalist papers com
pare this advice with the recent ediet Of the di
rectors at st. Jarlath's College at Tuam, forbid
| ding the teaching of Irish.
LONDON, March 10.-A letter from tn
| Isle Of Skye says that Miss MeLeod's lectures O
| Visit to the Colony of Flora McDonalds De
| scendants' in North Carolina will probably in
4 duce an emigration of several thousand of th
| croffers to that locality. There has been grea
distress in Skye; the people ara. dispoeed to emf
| CRATE, and only want to know where to CO.
LONDON, March l0.-Great oppositiol
/ has been aroused at Manchester and liverpool
the proposed new treaty with Portugal fv5r
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AN Englishman in the New York 7'rib-
une, commenting on the fact that Com
ment in English society on the Queens
book is decidedly unfavorable," says
This is, as an Englishman OF ancient fam
lily remarked to me to-day, the weakness
of the despot of German origin. The
monarch who lives aloof from her nobility
and gentry, and drinks whisky toddy with
Scotch servants, loves the latter as Louis
NJ loved his Scottish guards, as Louis
XVI loved his Swiss, and as Napoleon
liked his Mamelukes. Sovereigns love
the slaves of high or low degree who min
lister unto them. Louis N loved Olivier
de Daim, his barber, and Victoria ap-
parently worshiped her bare-legged gill
lie, John Brown, a crop-eared, crop-head-
ed, insolent old fellow who rejoiced in a
chance OF being impertinent to his betters,
always in the name of Hair Mahjesty.'
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Submitted to the Honse OF Representa-.
tiyes by the Chairman OF the Csn-
mittee of Ways and MCans.
With a Majority and Minority Report,
and HALFWAY Promise That IL
VIII be Called Up
Next Week-Full Text Of the Majority
Report, Setting Ferth Reasons for
Tariff Revision, and
Putting the Democratic Party Squarely
Before the Country, Pledged to the
Relief of the People.

WAsHISGToN, March 1.-THE majority
and minority reports of the Ways and
Means Committee on Morrison's tariff bill
were submitted to the House to-day, The
division in the committee was upon strict
party lines Morrison was asked when
he proposed to call the bill up for action.
He said he did not know, but other mem
bers of the committee have expressed an
opinion that it would come up next week.
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TuE new prohibition law just passed by
the Iowa Legislature appears to be about
as cast-iron, eopper-bottomed, waterproof
a piece of legal mechanism as could well
be devised for making temperance thor
ough and unpopular. The only loophole
left for tipplers is the permission to i'm
port foreign intoxicauts in bulk, though as
the same must be sold in the original
packages, single drinks will be hard to
get. Probably the law will be about as
effective as the famous Maine law, simply
making smugglers and law-breakers of the
inhabitants, and bringing in food of bad
whisky in place OF good.
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THE spirit of the Farm Publishing Com
pauv offers three premiums for corn OF
the crop of this year, 1884. One OF so for
the best 100 ears, one of $50 for the second
best 100 ears, and one of S25 for the
third best 100 ears. The circular from
which we get this information says the
following stipulations must be observed by
all who compete for these for these pre-
miums: a. The contestant must be a
farmer. (2.) The corn entered for pre-
MUM must come from a crop of not less
than five acres and grown by the exhibitor
or on his land. 81 The corn must be
pure white. a. The manner of eultva-
ton must be given in full, in writing, from
time of breaking the ground, up to and
including the last plowing, also give the
dates of plowing, kind of plows used,
quantity and quality of manure, the kind
of season the crop had, character of land
and the kind OF crop, il any, that was
grown upon il last year, also how long the
sand had been in cultivation.
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The Murder of wheat by His Father
insIsaE.

AssOcldted fEess Nepofts1
NASHVILLE. March ll.-This morning at
o'clock VIM. Spence shot and killed his
son-in-law, Ed S. Wheat, at the Mer-
chants Exchange. Spence was formerly
United States marshal for the Middle Dis
trict of Tennessee, and.was succeeded by
Wheat. The trouble arose from a dis
agreement in the settlement of business
matters. Wheat was a member of the
firm of Buford, Thomas & Co., of this city.
Spence is in custody.
AT the coroner's inquest it was devel
eped that Ex-United States Marshal Ed
ward :. Wheat was shot twice and killed
by VIM. Spence, his father-in-law, at S:25
o'clock this morning, as he was in the act
of crossing College street, in FROM OF the
Merchants Exchange. Spence had foi-
lowed Wheat for more than a whole
block He called to Wheat once, and the
! latter turned his head, but did not stop or
reply. Spence overlook him on the street.
crossing aud fred the first and fatal bullet
into Wheat's back, the bullet penetrating
the heart. Wheat fell on his back on the
crossing in front of the Exchange. Spence
walked round him and fired a second shot
into Wheat's breast. the bullet shattering
his watch, in the upper left vest pocket,
and entering the body between the
seventh and eighth ribs. Wheat
groaned after the FIRST shot, but
never spoke, and died almost in
stantly. The body was Immediately
removed 20 the undertaker's and an in
quest held, the jury returninga a verdict in
accordance with the above facts, declaring
the murder malicious and unprovoked.
After firing the second shot Spence made
some such remark as that Wheat had
| choked him. Spence was Immediately
taken into custody, and his pistol, a self
! cooking Smith 4 WeSson with two barrels
discharged, and all the others loaded,
| taken from him by policeman, and he
committed to Jail on a bench warrant.
| Tne trouble is said 70 have originated
| from a business dispute OF some years
standing. Wheat was forty-three years
old and Spence is fifty-five. Wheat
was a native of Michigan and captain
| in a Michigan battery, and afterward
colonel of regiment of cavalry in the
Federal service in the late war. He was
appointed United States marshal under
Grants administration. At the time OF
| his death he was a member of the firm Of
Buford, Thomas & Co., OF this city. He
| leaves wife, who is daughter OF VIM.
| Spence, and daughter and two sons,
| aged respectively seventeen and fifteen.
/ Spence was Wheat's immediate predeces-
sor as United States marshal, being ap-
| pointed in 1875 by Judge Emmons, then
appointed Tor term OF four wears Dy
Grant. He has two sons and three daugh-
1 ters. One son lives in Texas and the other
| in this city. Wheat served as deputy
| marshal under Spence. No Weapon of
any kind was found on Whests person st
, the inquest.
Immigration Association Organized.
| Associated Press Dispatch
NASHVILLE, March 1.-THE Southern
T Al
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AFearful Blizzard,

MINNEAPOLIS, March 1.-THE most
severe blizzard of the season is raging.
Travel of all kind is suspended. People
are keeping indoors. Specials to the
Tribune from various points in Minnesota
and Dakota say the storm is severe every
where. Trains on the various railroads
are either many hours late or abandoned.
In the neighborhood OF st. Vincent the
snow in places has drifted twenty feet
deep. AS yet there are no reports OF any
disasters
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EDNESDAY. MARCH 10. 1884.

less than $75, 900. This is the first memorial
founded in honor of the great Jewish
philanthropist, and was adopted with
great. enthusiasm.
The Convention of the Supreme Lodge
of Kesher Shell Barrel have elected for the
next six years Simon Wolf, OF Washington
City, president; Alfred 7. Jones, of Phila-
delphia. secretary; Lewis Abraham, of
Washington, president of the court of
appeals. The next convention will meet
in Washington.
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Mr.. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, of the As
sociated Press, told ''Gath" that the eight
hour protection or copyright on news is
aimed only at the pstent-outside forms
very recently started in Chicago and seis-
sored at the early morning hours out OF
the papers which have paid for them, set
up in a jiffy, stereotyped by patent, and
started on the morning trains to be taken
off at the stations and made the reverse
side of ill-digested inside pages written
before the news has been ascertained.
The respectable country paper has most to
fear from these unprincipled adventurers.
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FRANCE.
ePlOn PIon- Declares Himself for
keOpIe and for Their CnnSii1ufi0

"PlOn PlOn" Declares Himself for the
People and for Their Constitution.
PARIS, March 11.-Prince Jerome iPlon
Plon) last night addressed the Bonapartist
journalists with favorable revision of the
constitution. He said everything must
bow to necessity again, allowing the peo-
pie to declare their will, inasmuch as they
are our masters. 1 am not rich like the
Orleans princes, but 1 respect the sover-
eighty of the people and will oppose all
attempts to usurp their right" The agita-
ton for the expulsion of Orleans princes
from France is constantly gaining strength.
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THE London correspondent OF the New
York E'rning Post telegraphs that mysti-
cism, spiritualism and the occult sciences
in any form are very popular just now
not only in England, but throughout the
whole continent. 1t seems as if wave o.
thought were passing over Europe favor
ing the supernatural. There are five
newspapers devoted to the subject in
France, four in Belgium, eight in SpaiI
and three in Germany. In fact, mysti
cism is becoming fashionable, and the las
new marvel is discussed in every drawing
room and ct every dinner table.
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THE trustees Of the Presbyterian Hos
pital at Philadelphia decline TO receive
S27OO, their share of the proceeds of the
"charity BALI in that city. This is a prac-
tical proof that they are able to live up to
their convictions that such methods of
raising charity funds are not commend
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View Orleans Races.

New ORLEANS. March 11.-One mile
Brooklyn won; Fair Count second, Billy
Dale third. Time, :454.
Five furlongs-Allanoke won; Jerry
Rlask second, Matrimony third. Time,
40.
Six furlongs-Gilt won; Baronella Sec
ond, Annie L. third. Time, 1:17.
Bonnie Australian second, Brunswick
third Time 2.ll4
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STRONG efforts are being made in the
press and elsewhere to procure the restora-
ton OF Baker Pasha to his ranlsin the En-
glish army, but success is impossible, un-
less the Queen, who insisted on the for
feiture OF his commission, is converted.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The British Forces Under Command of
Gen. Graham Held Well In Hand
Confronting 0sman Digna.
A Conflict May Occur at Any Moment
The German Press on the Las.
ker Resolution.
The College Of Cardinals-Prinee Ma.
poIeon Declares for the People and
Their Constitution.
ROME.

Changes I'm the Sacred CoIlege-LedO.
chowskf Placed Beyond Bismarek's s
ksach.
ROME, March 11.-Cardinal Sacconi has
been appointed dean of the Sacred Col.
lege to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Cardinal Pietro. Cardinal Con-
soline has been made camerlengo. 1t is
probable that Cardinal Ledochowski, the
banished Archbishop of Posen, will be
made Cardinal Bishop of Frascati
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LEATHERoID is new substance manu-
factured in Maine, principally of cotton
paper. 1t looks like leather, but is harder
and very elastic, and no amount of tossing
about or hammering will break it. This
suggests its use for trunks.
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A Brief History of the Case of the De
fauiGing County Trustee.


In view of the recent decision OF the
Supreme Court against the sureties of w.
A. Knight, eX-county trustee, and the re-
ported flight of Knight to California, a
condensed history of the case may not be
unintereStiDg.
Knight was first elected county trustee
in 1874. In 1873 the Legislature passed an
act transferring the collection of city taxes,
both Gd Udt0rem taxes on property, as well
as privilege taxes, to the county trustee.
This act abolished the Office of city tax
collector, and made the county trustee
collector OF all taxes, State, county, munich
pal and railroad. Under this act the city
made settlement with Knight for the taxes
of 1879 and 1876, and no deficiency was
discovered in his accounts. 4 settlement
was also made with him for taxes of 1877
by the City Finance Committee and an
acquittance OF receipt in full was given him.
A short time after this it was discovered
that Mr. Knight had failed to report in
this settlement what is known as an item
of "picked-up tax, amounting to about
$4,000. By a 'pickedup tax is meant a
tax which is not assessed on the tax books,
but is subsequently to the assessment dis
| covered to have been omitted by the as
| SCISSOR. Under the law the county trustee
was authorized to make assessment OF such
i Ili6
of the Supreme Court, Saturday, III one of
the cases, was for this ''picked-up tax, %
| with accumulated interest, amounting in
| all to about $4,000, not reported by w. A.
| Knight in his settlement with the Finance
Committee for the taxes Of 1877. The
| other judgment was for deficiency in his
accounts for 1873 and 1879, he having
failed to report collections made by hin.
| for these years amounting to about SlS 900.
The judgment of the court includes ac-
crued interest, making sum of about
| $4,000. This, with the other judgment
of $4,000, makes total of about S28, 600 for
| which Knights sureties are held liable to
the city of Nashville.
| The sureties on Knights bond have for
| some time been anxious TO effect COM
promise of this indebtedness. Several
| propositions were submitted to the old
city administration to pay various amounts
in cash in full settlement of the deficiency
but the propositions, not being satisfactory
to the city, were rejected. The highest
sum offered was $4,000 in cash. 1t is un-
derstood that the sureties are still desirous
| of settling the matter, and are endeavor
| ing to raise larger amount, which will be
rendered the present administration.
1t will be remembered that several years
ago, and before the suit Of the city just
| terminated in its favor was brought, bill
was filed in the Chancery Court to recover
| $4,000 of State and county taxes, al
legged to have been collected by Knight
and unreported by him. This suit seems
to have died natural death, nothing hay.
| ing been heard of it for some timc.
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THE admission of women to the Toronto
University is a significant step. The uni
versity, the Boston Globe admits, occupies
much the same place in the Dominion
that Harvard does in the United States.
Coeducation has not Jared as well in the
Provinces as it has with US, and when, in
the face of several half-failures in other
colleges, so sudden and decided a step is
taken for the leading university it indi'
Gates strong popular feeling, and sets an
example which certain American colleges
might follow t. the general advantage.
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THE LASKER AFFAIR.
What the German Press Have to Sa,
About I-Bismarck's Article i'm TN
sNOrth German GaZette.S

"NOrtn German GaZette.S
BERLIN, March 1.-THE North German
Gazette, quoting an extract from letter
from an impartial New York correspond
ent, in which the latter says that the Las
ker incident and the pork question are,
by accidental connection, a party in
terest, and were used to further political
objects and as a crusade against foreign
encroachments, and declares the PROCESS
lists and Secessionists to be answerable for
any bitterness between America and Ger
many, states that the reason the Censerv.
atives and members of the Center party
refrained from joining the Conservatives
in opposition to Rickert's thanks in the
name of Lasker's friends for sympathy re-
ceived, was that they considered the
American resolutions in honor of the
German Deputy an act of reverence.
The North German Gazette, in another
article says that Rickert seized the oppor.
tunity at the first sitting of the Reichstae
to encroach upon the constitutional pre-
rogative of the Emperor, as regards the
foreign policy, in manner derogatory to
the authority of the president, and at
tempted to pave the way for a direct con-
tract between the Reichstag and the Amer.
lean House of Representatives.
There is much attention in political cir
cles to the article in the Cologne Gazette
denouncing Rickert's attitude in the
Reichstag. The G1zate says even Ameri'
| cans are recognizing that Bismarck was
| justified in refusing to forward the Laskcl
resolutions to the Reichstag.
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TALK about Secretary Meyers want Of
respect of EX-President Hayes, what do
you think of the mayor of Fremont, o.,
calling the ex-President "tallow candle ?"
He did this not long ago, one night, when
through the streets of Fremont, where
Rutherford B. resides. And yet, says the
Fort Wayne Journal, the mayor of Ere
mont was elected on a temperance plat
form, and, it is said, received the enthu-
siastic support OF Mrs. Hayes and the la
borers OF the temperance association.
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DIED.

HEFFERNAN-Tuesday March IL, 1884, JOIN
p. HEFFKRNAS, aged sixty -nine years.
Funeral from residence. on Dunlap street, north
of Poplar, this WEDNESDAY, morning at 10
o'clock. Friends are invited to attend
BARNARD-Tuesday, March IL, 1891, at the
residence of W. X. Hill, No. l09 Elliott street,
THOMAS P. BARNARD, in the thirty-frst year of
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THE United States says IN effect to Bis
marck: We passed the Lasker resolution
in good faith, and you can take it or leave
il as il suits you. We don't care blank
which. Old Bis. is thus beaten at his own
n.nrr,n Of cr,rrh
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HELENA, ARK.
The Case of e. l.. Thomas VS.. The Iror
Mountain and Helena Railroad.

bpeclhI % tho APpeaI.I
HELENA, March 11.-One of the most
important cases on the law docket of the
United States Court has occupied the
better portion of the courts time o;day.
The case is E. l.. Thomas rs. the Iron
Mountain and Helena railroad, involving
a large amount for money furnished by
Mr.. Thomas for the construction of the
road from here to Forrest City, Ark. Both
sides of the case are ably represented,
Tappan & Homer for the plaintiff, and
Capt. James P. Clark for the defense, by.
the-by prominent candidate for prose.
cutting attorney for this judicial district
Capt. G. A. Obey, OF Mariana, and can
didate for prosecuting attorney, is in the
city attending court.
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Kentucky and Arkansas were present.
Delegates from Mississippi, Texas, Mis-
souri, and other States will arrive on the
evening train. The hall is handsomely
decorated with flags and evergreens. After
the appointment OF a committee on by
laws and constitution the convention ad-
iournad to IN o,clocl. fo r,orrou
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Mr.. JUsTIcE STEPHEN, having decided
that cremation is legally permissible in
England, and the London Times having
declared for it, it is possible crematories
may be established in many parts OF Great
Britain within the year,
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EGYPT.

The British Force Close ON Osman Dig.
mas Army and Preparing for n Fight.
SuAKIM, March 1l.-Heavy firing has
begun at Seraba. Gen. Graham, Col.
Stewart and the whole force has gone
thither, including the guard detailed for
the party here, which consisted of 7S0
British and 600 Egyptian troops. {
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and sovereign rights over adjseent territories.
The treaty, however, permits freedom Of com
merce for the whole world, and secures nc special
in Manchester and Liverpool AZ sotnbin7nk 70
oppose the treaty; The opposition win. no doubt.
Be heard IN the House of Commons, but the gen
eral opinion is that the House win rsfify the
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The French Troops in Tonquin.

PARIS, March 11.-.Tonquin advices re-
port that the French column advancing
upon Bac Mini from Haid Zuong had a
successful engagement with the enemy.
Admiral Courbet has taken the ironclad
to Quinhon and declared that part of the
coast hlookadad