Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-19
Foreign Events Of Interest.
STRIKE IN THE ENGLISH IRON DISTRICT.

Idle. The stoppages Of these furnaces will re-
duce the total make Of pig iron in Cleveland by
ABOUT !, 1OS tons daily. and will throw 1900 men
out OF employment. III the strike is not settled
IN lew GAYS. the consequences will be serious
as some OF the furnaces will be blown out.
THE REVOLUTIONARY CONGRESS- IN LONDON
meeting calling itself "The reyolu-
| tionary congress- was held in Iondon
last night. Delegates from various parts of
Europe and America. representing the extreme
| democratic party identified with Herr Most. the
imprisoned socialist, were present About 700
aitended mostly workmen. Red flags were dis
played. Mrs Lecompte, an American lady dele
gate. described the disappointments in small
farmers going west, depending on the illusory
promises of an emigrant agent, and how the
great capitalists in possession of the railways
oppress the laborers and raise the price Of food
In the seabOard states Louis Michael the am
nested French communist then spoke and male
delegates from America, Switzerland, Italy and
Germany followed. Prince Krafotine the Rus
sian socialist. applauded the assassination of
several Russian generals. 1t transpred during
the proceedings that the socialist congress pro-
hlbited at Zurich, is sitting secretly in London
PROPOSED GERMAN CABLE
The Morning Post saws: By an arrancement
Just concluded between the German Telegraph
Company OF Berlin and the German Union Tele-
graph Company an Independent cable will be
iaid from Germany to Valencia. and thence to
the United States, at a cost of l65. 600 pounds.
The capital will be raised by an issue of prefer
ence shares, bearing five and half per cent in
terest.
THE IRISH PARTY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
LONDoN. July 19.-The Irish party i'm the
House OF Commons seem not quite SO hostile to
the commissioners under the land bill ON a
second thought as it first appeared to be. though
MI. ODonnell. who is sometimes more eX-
treme than even Parnell declares all of them
unacceptable, and says the home rulers will
obstruct the appointing clause The conserya-
dissatisfied Ac Mr Lob Won
non. who is the business member is the conf
dental agent of two conservative peers il is
believed that the appointments will smooth the
way for the bill in the House of Lords. The
salaries Of the commissioners will be 5000
pounds each. Sergeant Ofiagan. the judicial
member, will have rank equal to that
of prime judge of the common law division
of the high court of Justice.
ARAB HIGHwAYMEN ROBBING THE BEY OF
TUNIS.
LONDON, July ia dispatch from Tuns an
nounces that large body Of Arab horsemen
have audaciously carried off number of camels
belonging to the Bey from a farm close to Tunis
and dispatch from Tunis to the Paris Temps
says that they also carried off cattle and other
property belonging to an Italian.
HOT DRY WEATHER IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, July 19.-The weather continues dry
and hot. but the heat is not excessive as it was
last week. The Morning Post calls attention to
Pail Mall and Regent streets, which are choked
with dust. The water carts, SO active when
needless. have altogether disappeared The
excuse is the scarcity of water. The Post ad-
viseS pumping water out of the Thames. Several
private citizens and representatives of business
firms complained at a police court yesterday
against the water companies for shortening
or cutting Off the supply. The magistrate ad-
yised summOnses against the companies. which
are heavily liable, and summonses were taken
accordingly.
DANGEROUS STATE OF THE FRENCH MONEY
MARKET.
LONDON, Jaly 19.-The Pal Mall Gazette this
evening. in a leader on the dangerous state of
the French money market, says" For a long
time thoughtful men in the city have looked
with anxiety toward Paris. They feel that Paris
is the weakest great money market in the world
at the present time. as well as the intensity of
the next credit Storm The Pail Mall Gdzette
attributes this state of things to the daring and
persistent gambling of the past two or three
years. and says the time must come when the
rate of money will have advanced to a point
which Will force the spectators to unload. But
extent never known before. 1t is impossible for
one to relieve the other. Wild buying cannot
go on forever without somebody suffering.
IRISH GOVERNMENT CHANGES
LONDON, July 19.-t is reported that Lord
O'Hagan, the Lord Chancellor of ireland. will re-
tire and that Right Hon. Hugh Law, the
present Attorney General for Ireland. will sue
ceed him. Mr.. Edmund Deamy, member of Par
Lament for Waterford city, will succeed Captain
Nolan, member for Galway county, as the home
rule whip in the house Of commons
SPANISH SUFFERERS IN ORAN
MADRID. July 19-The governments Of France
and Spain have agreed upon a principle for the
settlement of the claims of Spanish sufferers i'm
Oran. A commission will be appointed to fix
the amounts.
DON CARLOS IN LONDON.
Don Carlos. the Spanish pretender who was
llaA frAr hoe, -,
London.
ATTEMPTS TO AssAssINATE GRECIAN EDITORS
ATHENS, July 19.-An unsuccessful attempt
was made last evening to shoot two editors of
anti-ministerlal papers on the public promen-
ade. The perpetratOr was arrested, but two
supposed accomplices escaped.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE, July l9-virginia 6's deferred,
15N; do. consols. Ssk: do second series 20. do,
BALTIMoRE, July 1s.-Cotton steady-mid
unchanged. Wheat. southern very firm; western i
higher: spot strong and futures easy-southern
winter red, spot and July, I.seaI.264 August,
125al 251s; September. 26a .26}s; October I27K
a12at. Corn, southern higher for white: western
firm but lnactive-southern white, 6la692 do.
yellow, 57a5194; western mixed, spot and July,
55a4; August, 561sa563s; September. 57ssa57is;
ke sss HaS a ii ana md
unchanged. Provisions firm and unchanged.
Butter quiet-western fresh grass BALI Eggs
dull and weak, IA. Petroleum unchanged Coffee
firm-Rio cargoes. ordinary to fair, s4allH.
Freights unchanged. Receipts-four, 2.o95
bushels; wheat. 1926 bushels; corn, las, 100
bushels; oats 100 bushels; rye, 200 bushels
Shipments wheat. $500 bushels; corn, 2. .236
bushels. Sales-wheat. 62S.350 bushels; corn,
135 100 bushels.
NEW YORK. July 19.-Stocks firmer Money,
3a3K. Exchange-long. 4S3H; short, 4S5X. Gov
ernments quiet and steady.
LONDON, July 49, 1890 p. m.-U. S. bonds.
SIS extended to 3H's, 10l4. New Jersey Central
consOs, 121. Erie, 4sss; do. second cOnsOls. lO4k
New York Central, 147H. Atlantic and Great
2K. Illinois Central l43H. Pennsylvania Cen
trail, 66,s. Reading, 30A. New York, Ontario and
Western, SO. p. m.-Milwaukie and st. Paul
common. I3.
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON.
The following quotations were current in New
York to-day at s:30 pm.. as reported by H. H.
Dodge. of $50 18th street. by special wirc:-
Western Union. 90a; do. new stock, -: New
York Central, l43K; Lake Shore, Els; Michigan
Central, 97%; New York. Lake Erie and Western,
43H; do. preferred, S2k; do. seconds. l0lh;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, LOS; New
Jersey Central, 81; Delaware and Hudson. 10S;
Reading, So; Northwestern. 123as; do. preferred,
=; St Paul, Il15s; do. preferred. =; Wabash
and Pacific. 55N; do. preferred. elH; Union
Pacific. l2SA: NJ. X and T.. 45ss: Hannibal