Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-03
Affairs Abroad.

PANS, February 3-Mr. Morton, the American
IninSter, win give banquet tonight 60 the French
deieSat 5 10 the YORKTOWN celebration.
TIE r6NPrIAs QUESTION
loShoN, FeoruaTy 3-1he Paris correspondent
~ the f1ttcs states That on handing 10 NJ DE
freycinet the portfolio or prime minister NJ Cam
oetta reminded him that England had accepted
the project NJ armed Intervention in the event OF
Egs pr falling into anarchy. Tae correspondent of
the Ad1ifofd Il Cairo >ays tie notahlsS contend
that the country IL being devour'd by European 81.
necur.sis, place-huRterS and place-holiers. The
Consia nraople correspondent OF the TIsaes SAYS:
The DraCcI1ans q; TIE Russian. German Austrian
and Italian .mh sssies MADE n verbal commuutca-
, non to AsSim Pacha. minister II foreign affairs,
thst t3eir governments desired the maintenance
OF The status quo IN Egypt, any modification OF
which would require the assent OF all the great
powcrs
CAIRO February s-The KfetIiye has refused IA
entruSt the formation OF z new ministry 20 any
BODY at present. He viii wal; TN the notables
nave submitted "A ministerial list 10 him.
LoNpoS. February 2-The Times Paris dispatch
says: ". GsRhetta informed N. Dcfpycinc; that
ranged 10 as u avoid al possibility OF conflict be-
tween England and France: that the troops in.
tended for that purpose We're s'att red among dr.
lerTnt garriSons in the south az France, and We're
ready To be sent To Egypt directly, where they
would form sufficient contingent Ia cooperate
with English troops The two powers. he said,
had also Ngreel as 10 what should DE- regarded "a
an anarchicai situation such the fail OF Cherff
Pacha, the prime minister, in resisting the de-
mandS "a the notables or his Maintenance In
power after submitting 10 their demands.
RUSSIA ACQUIRES PERSIAN TERRITORY
ST. PETERSBURG, February SIT Is stated That
Russia has signed treaty with Persia. by which
she acquires the Akhol Tekke Osss
WaH Street To-day.
NEW YORK, February 3-The pDSfs financial ar
lcle q 10 pm. edtion) SayS:-The stock exchange
markets are rather quiet to-day. United States
bonds are strong at yesterdays highest prices
h.lifOad bonds ara irregular. hut generally higher
southern state bonds are iirm. Speculative shares
opened NJ an advance or sa1. then advanced
sal per cent. Then declined IA ~ per cent of which
part has been recovered. The net result IA
an irregular showing. the active stocks like Nnrth-
"eSt Denver, Milwaukee and 81. Paul, and Delt-
ware, Lackawanna and Western being a fraction
lower. excepting Northwest, which is down Il. pcr
cent The stocks which are higher and which
nave been at all active. are Union Pacific, Lake
Shore, Pac ic Mail. New lorls,entral and Illinois
Central The specialties are IL per cent higher
Tor Memphis and Charleston: 1 per cent for
Pullman Palace Car; 2q lower for Columbia,
ana Greenyile preferred called by the brokers
liail Columba,l and per cent lower for san Fran
cisco FIRST preferred. Hannibal and ~. Joseph IL
down I on sales or 3f0 shares The money mar
kSt Is easter Tor call loans, which quoted az 5a6
per cent on stocks, and 2a2is per cent on United
states bonds and active for time loans on stocks at
b Her cent and commission. Prime mercantile
paper Is SEQ per cent The market for foreign ex-
change still rules at figures which warrant gold
exports. but there Is no great activity In the
market.