Show German Galbertn8 Berlin 13A committee of merchants mer-chants has decided to convoke a confer enc of delegates from all German cham bers of commerce to organize a united action against the taxation of bourse transactions Suicides are alarmingly frequent in the Prussian army Recently a cadet shot himself Kichterfeldoa lieutenant killed himself with a pistol ball at Pandan and another Prussian officer committed suicide sui-cide in Paris Deaths by duelling have also been frequent of late In the Reichstag today Herr Boet tichsr imperial minister of the interior in reply to a question by Herr Wend thorol ultramontane said the Bundes rath had decided not to give effect to the decision of the Reichstag in favor of the abolition of the jaw upon the authorized exercise of ecclesiastical functions The government could not explain the reasons rea-sons for this refusal They declined on principle to give the Reichstag the reasons rea-sons for their decision i Q |