Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-21
TWO CENTS.
Foreign Events Of Interest.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

Foreign Events of Interest.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
| VIENNA. July 21.-The Political Correspond
ence says: Several states of South America are
thinking of adopting the principle of arbitration
| IN their various differences. Colombia. which
assumes the initiative i'm this movement. has in
vited the Several friendly republics to send dele
gates 10 a conference for the purpose of discuss
ing the subject. Some of the other republics.
including the Argentine Confederation. have al
ready adhered to the proposal.
| PHENOMENAL WEATHER IN EUROPE
LONDON, July 2l.-The weather this morning
is cool. clear and very pleasant There has been
| no ram here. but there was some i'm Paris again
last evening, causing much relief and the at
| mospnere is agreeably cool. There were three
deaths from sunstroke in Paris on Tuesday The
| director OF the observatory declares that there
Is no authentic record of such heat. Two deaths
| from lightning occurred near Argentan. Twen-
ty-five hectares of the forest of Pierreen i'm the
department of the Var. were burned. and two
children perished in the flames
The municipality of Paris has voted , 200 600
francs Tor the improvement of the water works.
letter from Paris dated yesterday. says:
I'm all my visits TO Paris this is the worst sum-
mer by far have ever known. Old residents
say they have never seen its like. On Tuesday
| the thermometer touched 10l degrees i'm the
shade. and it has been 96 to IS nearly every day
since the 10th instant The sun has been awful.
and horses and men have wilted. The streets
nave been scantily washed and sprinkled some
of them not at all. The dust rises i'm fo~gy
clouds and bad smells ill the air indoors and
outdoors If Paris escapes an epidemic it will
be lucky. There are very few American tourists
mere. All who could have gone seeking cooler
spot. 1t is said that the wheat and other crops
are suffering from the heat. and that i'm the alb
sence of rain the product will be much below
that of last year. General Noyes who has been
in Brittany with his family. is expected back to-
morrow. He leaves for home as soon as Mr.
Morton. his successor, arrives here.
BERLIN, July 21.-The heat here Tuesday and
Wednesday was almost intolerable. and several
cases of sunstrOke occurred. A violent thunder
storm, on Wednesday evening, brought some
| relief.
NO BLUsTER AND NO CRUSADE
PARIS. July Ella France replying to the
article of the Rfp,,bbque Frdnc0ise i'm regard to
the action of the Porte i'm Tripoli. and charging
the Sultan with keeping agents on the frontier
and in the interior of Tuns for the purpose of
stirring up Mussulman fanaticism. says:--It is
unworthy OF great country to indulge i'm vig
orous language which it cannot follow up. The
sole result of such articles is to add to the diff
culties of an already acute situation. There
must be no buster and no crusade.
DEAN STANLEY's FUNERAL.
LONDON, July 81 The date of the funeral of
the late Dean Stanley has been fixed for next
Monday afternoon.
TO ECLIPSE THE ELBE.
GLASGOW. July 2l.-The North German Llo:d
steamship company has Just contracted with
John Elder & Co.. for the construction of
another steamer, which is intended to eclipse
the Elbe. of the same line in size and speed
The Pistol i'm New Mexico.
SHOT IN QUARREL.
LAS VEGAS. NM. July 21.-A special to the
Gazette, from FlOrieke. dated yesterday saws:
This afternoon Frank Mcpherson. shot and
Killed Mexican named ROmers. and another
whose name is unknown. The shooting was the
result of a quarrel over a tie contract The
murderer has escaped"
SHOT DEAD BY A DEPUTY MARSHAL.
A special to the Gdzette from Silver city saws:
Monday night. S. I. Harvey a cook at a hotel
kicked Chinese dishwasher. The latter COM
planned to deputy marshal who immediately
went to the hotel to arrest Harvey. who asked
to see the warrant for his arrest The dpputv
marshal instantly ordered Harvey to follow him.
and Harvey not needing the order was shot dead
on the spot
The New Iron Steamship.
CHESTER. PA. July 21.-The new iron steamer.
Umatilla. built here for the Oregon Steamship
Company, left this morning for New York
Wall Street To-day.
NEW YORK. July 21.-The Posts financial
article says:-The stock market opened Las
higher than it closed yesterday. except for Col
orado Coal and Iron. which was 1s lower: Me-
tr0poiitan Elevated and Manhattan railway
which were each 4 lower. Soon after the open
ing. the general list advanced Isa15 but before
the first board the whole market began to de-
cline, and by II. 80 O'Clock had fallen Lals< Der
cent the latter Milwaukee and St Paul which
sold as low as Ill: North N pac pref declined -
to 1S Jersey Central II 8, to 92$I: Northwest /
per cent Ito 1231a Denver and Rio Grande a.
to 1O2: Western Union Telegraph "a to 81; New
York Central Z. to 1929; Metropolitan Elevated
! per cent. to 97$4: Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western q. to ll9s4; and Texas and Pacific o.
to COS. In the mining list Central Arizona has
been active at 3a315. Since L 30 o'clock there
has been an advance of 1sal Is the latter Jersey
Central Milwaukee AMIDST. Paul has advanced
q; Northern Pacific preferred - Union Pa
cifc q; Western Union Telegraph x. and
delaware. Lackawanna and Western "a.
Foreign exchange continues very dull and i'm
the absence of demand the market shows a de-
Ginning tendency. Money has been in SUPER
abundant supply at 2a21s per cent on govern
ments and 21sa3 per cent on stocks. Time loans
and prime mercantile paper are unchanged
Government bonds have been firm and fraction
higher. except for the A s's, which declined Is
per cent. State bonds were steady, and rail-
road bonds dull and irregular.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE, July s1.-virginia 6s deferred,
Is; do. cOnsols, 3d. do. second series 4OFs; do.
past due coupons, 9l1.; new ten-forties. 55is bid
BALTIMORE, July sl.-Cotton steady-mid
ding, llh. Flour firm but unchanged. Wheat.
SoutucIH Stcauy. western unsettled. closing
weak-southern red l24al 2S do amber. LA
l.as No. western winter red spot and July.
!2l4al.2ik; August, l.2, 2,1sa1.2.sa: September
12S 2s's; October. l.30al BON. Corn southern
easier western higher, closing steady-southern
white, 6la6s do. yellow, IS: western mixed.
ber. 5Sl4a5e; steamer. 49ll asked. Oats very
strong-wostern white. 42a43 do. mixed. Saai6
Rye nominally 80. Hay unchanged. Provisions
unchanged. Butter dull-western grass l3aiS
Eggs lower and dub. L.. Petroleum unchanged
Coffee quiet-RiO cargoes. ordinary to fair 9I.a
III. Sugar quiet-A soft. 10. Whisky firm Liz
a1.l2. Freights unchanged. Recepts-hour LEO
bushels; wheat 14.S2 bushels; corn. 65.2H
bushels; rye, 100 bushels. Shipments-wheat
81 900 bushels; corn. 4774O bushels SaIes-wheat,
sos: :0G bushels; corn, 81. .064 bushels.
NEW YORK. July 21.-Stocks firm. Money
3a3k. Exchange-long, 4S3; short, 4S5. Gov
ernments quiet and firm.
NEW YORK, July 2l.-Flour firm and quiet
Wheat, cash and July lower and later months
higher. Corn shade easier.
LONDON. July q. l2:3o p m.-Consols. l0l lie
for both. L. S. bonds, 4k's, 1ls1s: SIS extended.
lO4sl Atlantic and Great Wesfern first mort