Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-27
Telegrams to The Star.
PRIZE FIGHT TO-DAY.
Chambers Against Clark.
LYNCH LAW IN KANSAS.
A VuLAINOUS OUTRAGE.
The Perpetrator Hanged and Burned.

Financial Affairs I'm England.
LONDON, March 2l.-The Times In its financial
article says:-"A better demand for money has
Deen experienced In connection with the usual
quarterly requirements and the approach OF
the fortnightly settlement. The supply OF
money In the open market is now daily dimin-
lshed through the effort made to get In the rest
OF the years revenue, and the result OF these
influences is that the rate has hardened nearly
II not quite up to per cent. for three months
on bank bills. Anxiety is felt by dealers about
the approaching settlement In regard to the Erie
second mortgage bonds. The convertible gold
bonds will then be deliverable as second mort
gage bonds and will involve very large payments
by recent buyers who have hitherto found IL
easy to carry the stock on from account to &C
count should these buyers prove, as is dread
be thrown on the market. A combination OF
several circumstances chief being heavy
demand for India and the Improved rate for
council drafts-led to quite Unusual rise in
silver. Money is, besides, very much wanted
In India, for the Bank of Bombay has raised its
sight EXCHANGES on per LONDON 99n ana wsS as inaan Saa
graphed firm at Is. 7ssd. per rupee, the
market for bars received an extraordinary
business was done at 4ss1 d. and su5seouentiV AZ
49,. ID, while In the afternoon the price advanced
suddenly TO sod, and the market left on with a
hands were In no case large. The available
supplies are such as TO preclude the possibility
OF any large sums being placed at one time
Bearlng in mind the substantial rise which has
occurred since the beginning Uf the week. and
looking to the fact that there was next to moth
Ing in the market, 1t was thought in some quar-.
ters that the current value was sufficiently nigh
to tempt supplies Of German silver hither. For
the first time In several weeks the India council
was able to sell all the bills offered and besides
OBTAIN fuily one and one-half per cent more
vorab,e result is attributed to the belief that an
Indian loan Will be brought on here almost inn
mediately and TO the strlngency OF the money
SnAAo~ nn>>p> ~ - ~s
BERLIN, March N.-P1nce Waldemar, ffth
Child and third son OF Prince Frederick VIII
nam, crown Prince OF Germany, aud grandson
OF Queen Victoria, died suddenly OF heart dis
ease at $50 O'Clock this morning.
Depression Of English Mining I'm.
LONDON, March 2!.-A telegram from wolver-
hampton han m On says: .At special meeting yester-
fordsh1re mines, the drainage commission de.
termined to give fortnight's notice to stop
working all the commissioners pumping en-
slnes, Inc Lnc0me oeng insumcient to meet the
Unless the wealthy iron masters assist the
commissioners or take Independent action, nu-
and there Will be serious displacement OF
labor, which viii increase as the area OF subter.
raIean food extends,
A Nihilist Assa ssinatiOn.
LONDON: March IA telegram from Mos
has occurre4there.
Queen Victoria i'm Paris.
Paris dispatch to Reuters Telegram Com
paDy says that Queen Victoria, who is now In
hat city. with receive President Grevy at 1O:3O
O'Clock pm. TO day, and leave for Italy at 4:3o
o'clock p. m. Also, that the Duke OF AoSta.
brother OF the king OF Italy and ex-king OF
spain, has left Rome for Raveno, on Lake Mag.
gtore, to welcome the Queen. Possibly the
death Of the Queens grandchild may modify
these arrangements.
The African War Question I'm Par.
lfament.
LONDON, March a7-In the House OF Commons
tonight Col. William Mure QiberaD, member
for Renfrewsh1re, will move to add to Sir ChaS
Dilks resolution, censuring the acts OF the Brit.
ish colonial officials In South Africa In precepi-
tating the war with the Zulus without authori.
" from the responsible advisers OF the crown,
the followtng:-"And that q war OF invasion
was undertaken with insufficient forces NOT
withstanding the full information In the pos
session of Her Matesty's government Of the
they had received from Sir Bartle Frere and
Lord CHELMSFORD that hOSttlittes were unayoid.
able" The debate Is expected to last several
days, and division will probably take place
Monday night, which is expected to show about
rather less than the governments usual
strength on questions OF foreign policy