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A 4.A A A AAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAA | V HVWEATHIB TO-DAY: | t For North Carolina: | FAIR. | VOL. LIV. NO. 12 8. Leads ail North Carolina Dailies in Mews a:-«d TO ©ulation THE SEVENTEENTH OF MARCH THE DAT Mr. S immons to Call the State Committee. BILL FOR LIGHT HOUSE The House Committee Will Report This Measure Favorably. Sena tor Simmons Bill Favoring Immigration. Col. Cun ingham's Work. (Special to News and Observer ) Washington. D. C., Feb. 5 —Chairman Simmons expects to call a meeting of the Democratic State Committee in Raleigh on Thursday, March 17th. No call has yet been issued, but it is Mr. Simmons’ purpose Just now to name the above day when he does issue it. The committee will fix the time and place for the next com vention, at which delegates to the na tional convention will be named, and more than likely, a State ticket will be nomi nated, as not to do so would necessitate two State conventions. Senator Overman today introduced an amendment to the Indiana Appropriation Bill, appropriating SIO,OOO to pay wit nesses and court fees in establishing the identity of claimants to funds to be dis tributed among the Eastern band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. There is a large trust fund to be distribut ed by the government among these In dians and there are several hundred claim ants whose right to participate in the fund is disputed. Hence suits involving titie are now pending before Special Master Clement Manly, and it is to provide the necessary fees for testing these titles that this appropriation is asked. It was to settle .cases of precisely this kind that the court was created over which Judge Spencer B. Adams, formerly of Greens noro, now presiding in Indian Territory. Col. John 3- Cuningham is here and has secured the endorsement and recommenda tion of the North Carolina Senators and Representatives for his appointment to secure specimens for the tobacco exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition. Being the largest tobacco grower in the world, and acquainted with the w r eed in all its forms, Colonel Cuningham is deemed peculiarly fitted for this task. While here he has also gone before the Ways and Means Committee in behalf of legislation in behalf o f the tobacco farm ers of the country. He advocated the Gaines bill or some similar measure, that will permit farmers to stem and twist their own tobacco the six cents tax. He said the tobawfe. slewing section of the country was in pressed condition just now and urgeW^^B some relief be granted by Congress. A meeting of iha sub-committec that lies’ the Mt. Airy postoffice appointment un der considei aticn was called to/ today, but on account of the absence of Sena tor Scott, who is u membor of it, noth ing was done. House Committee on Com merce today practically decided to report favorably the bill for the lighthouse on Outer Diamond Shoals, off Hatteras, and sub committee was appointed to draw U7. detailed specifications for it. The bill authorizes Captain Albert P. Eels, of Boston, to build the lighthouse and makes appropriation of $390,900 to be paid to him on following conditions' Work to be done without cost to the gov ernment and light to be maintained at Captain Eels’ expense for the year, then turned over to lighthouse board. It at the end of four more years the board of army engineers find the lighthouse stand ing and suited to the purposes for which it was erected. Captain Eels is to be [/. d $300,000 for building it and maintaining il for a year and $90,000 interest for fire years. ... The bill has pased the Senate ar.cl v. 1:1 be pushed in the House, since it is nece wary for it to become a law within tae next thirty days if the work is to be done laiore the tropical storms of midsummer at Hatteras make it impossible ior armh til* year. Senator Hanna is reported tonight a renting easy with no material change in lws condition. Fourth Assistant Post master General Bristow is a very sick j man and his friends are becommg sonH what alarmed about his condition, though they do not fear fatal results. Pension Commissioner Ware is sick a. his home with grippe. Rear Admiral Francis A. Cooke is se ricusly ill at the Naval Home in Philadel phia, with heart trouble. * * * Senator Simmons has introduced the following bill designed to encourage im migration of desirable sort and pr iperly distribute the immigrants throughout the , c untry. The labor problem has become quite a serious <>ne in the South and Mr Simmons believes a law of this sort will bring a desirable class of laborers to this section.t by the genate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, “That the Commissioner General of Im migration under the direction of the Sec retary of Commerce and Labor, be, and be is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cause to be established in connection with the immigrantrstation at Ellis Island in the State of New York, a bureau of information and display for iur njghing information to immigrants upon The News and Observer. their arrival in this country, to aid them in determining where they should locate. That said bureau shall furnish immigrants with information, oral, and printed, and by display where practicable, as to the re sources. products, and physical character istics of each State and territory, the character of the climate and soil, the prices of land, the routes of travel and cost of transportation, the opportunities of employment in the various skilled and unskilled occupations, the prevailing rates of wages, and the costs of living in said States and territories, respectively, and all other information that might tend to enlighten immigrants as to the induce ments to settlements therein offered re spectively by the said States and terri tories. “Section 2- That each State and ter ritory may appoint and maintain at its own expense an agent to represent it at said immigration station at Ellis Island, and the Commissioner General of Immi gration shall furnish said agent with suitable quarters and accommodations convenient and appurtenant to the said Government Bureau of Information and display. Said State agent shall have ac cess to all immigrants after they have been duly admitted for the purpose of of fering such inducements as they may have to present said immigrants to settle in Their respective States and territories, and so far as may be consistent with the discharge of the duties assigned to them, the various immigration officers of the United States shall be required to aid said agents under appropriate regula tions prescribed by said Commissioner General of Immigration. That each State and territory shall be furnished with space (Continued on Second Page.) DIDHEHIIHEfi? Patrol Man Suspended While Grave Charges are Investigated. (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., Fqb. 5. —There was considerable stir in police circles this morning when it became known that a patrolman had been suspended charged with conduct unbecoming an officer in connection with a married woman of this cily. The charge is that the officer har bored tho woman after he had been asked to aid the husband in finding her. This, the patrolman denies, saying that the woman had come to him for protection, and that lie was guilty of the charge. Awaiting an investigation which will be held tomorrow morning, the chairman ot the police committee ordered that the officer be suspended and that he be given time to secure evidence as to his inno ccnce. At the investigation it is expected that testimony of a rather sensational nature will be introduced, and the police committee will probe to the bottom of the affair. To Buy More Land for Navy Yard. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. s.—Rear Admiral Endi cott, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and has received a telegram from the HHfeolk Navy Yard announcing that the of the property adjoining the yard government has been endeav erinswKlsGSLUrchasc for some time, hav anthor*fc# |(s sab for $400,000, provide*. ize.s the appropriation a this proceeding', have twice for the acqu'r ing of the the last board hav ing fixed the the property a: $-172,000. This v , as announced a week ago, but the^BJr aV y Department officials regarded it as and made a tentative offer of vvhieh h<> , been accepted. Secretai y w ju ca:l on Congress to make a- fm^ p p r0 pria tion for the purchase o *yLerty. Fired Him and His Fire Walk (Special to News and Observer.) Nashville N. C., Feb. 5,-Conductor Lancaster bad a warm tussle w.tb a negro named Hunt, who loaded up on mean whiskey in Spring Hope and boarded the train for Batchelor’s Siding. When C apt. I ancaster approached him for his tare the negro refused to pay and became very abusive The train was stopped and help summoned to put him off. The negro showed fight and was finally knocked off the train by Clyde Gupton, whom he was trying to cut with a knife. Finally the train moved off leaving the drunken and much used up scamp by the roadside. Arranging for Wrestling Match. i ~ (By the Associated Press.) Richmond. Va.. Feb. s.—Articles of agreement for a wrestling match for the middleweight championship honors have been sent to Leo Pardelli, the Italian champion, who is now meeting all at the London Theatre, New' York, by M. J. IYwyer, the middleweight champion now in this city. The articles call for a straight match, best two in three falls, a wrestle to the finish with the strangle lock barred. The match, it is thought, will be held in this city February 15 or 16th. Morton for Lieut. Governor. (Wilson Times.) Mr. Ceo. L. Morton, a former postmaster of Wilmington, and a leading Democrat of that city announces his candidacy for the position of lieutenant governor. Our people will remember Mr. Morton as having attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute here while Elder Sylvester Has sell was principal. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING. FEB. «. 1904 BATTLE AGIST LOAN FOR NAUGHT The Exposition Wins, the Bill Passes. SPEECH BY MALLORY He Drags Roosevelt Over the Coals for His Course in the Panama Matter. But Says He Will Vote for Ratification of Canal Treaty. (By the Associated Pres .) Washington, D. C., Feb. 5 —The political debate in the Senate on the proposed lean of $4,600,000 to the St. Louis Exposi tion which has been in progress on a point of order for the past three days came to a close today through a vo’e, which failed to sustain the point of or der and which had the effect of leaving the provision in the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Bill, which was pa a sed. The only speech of the day on this provision was made by Mr. Patterson, of Colorado, who, while he charged the panic oi 1893 to the anti-silver agitation in this and other countries, announced that he was not in favor of another Demo cratic pronouncement for silver. Mr. Pat terson said that even the people of Col jrado realized that the issue of 10 to 1 nad been decided against them, but it did not, he said, follow that they would throw themselves into the arms of tfc rusts. He. referred to Mr. Bryan, say •ng: “I am glad that there is one man In t ho party with power and influence enough to make himself felt who enters ais protest against surrendering the party _o those who go from one end of the -olitical tether to the other as their in terests seem to require.’’ >lr. Patterson then announced his inten sion not to press for a further recognition of free coinage by the Democratic, party. . ying that “tVie party is worse than in sane which continues to advocate a policy .vhich the country has declared against.’ Such a course would destroy the usefu!- less of any party. After the vote on the Deficiency Pill he Panama Canal question wee lalten ai» and speeches in support of canal lcaty were made by Mr. Mallory, ot Florida, and Mr. Ileyburn, of Idaho. Mr. Mallory reviewed the events lead ng up to the negotiation of the treaty k daring that Colombia had not acte d in good faith in connection with tie iay-Hcrran treaty. Mr. Mallory accept 'd as final and conclusive the Presid-nt’s ienial of tho charge of complicity in the secession of Panama. He took issue with bese who criticised the President ior not mining to Nicaragua after tho failure of he negotiation with Colombia. lie tailed o find justification for the plea tint here had been a violation of international aw in recognizing the independence o* Manama, although he,considered that here had been precipitancy in that nc* He asserted that the recognition given >y the United States under the circutn •trnces was a just provocation for war >y Colombia against the United State-. He said he found the orders issued bv he United States to our naval command rs in isthmian waters were unjustifiable inder the circumstances. Mr. Mallory denounced the action of the executive in preventing the landing of Colombian troops as “a gross violation if the law of nations.’’ But notwithstanding these objections he announced his intention to vote for the trea'.r. Mr. Hepburn made a brief argument in t.support of his resolution for the aequisi rigbb of San Domingo, which was, he said, ours 't at our door, and which if it were rhe caWould enable us to protect not only The Se?. 1 but P° lto Rico as well. Washingtfcte adjourned until Monday. (Dem. Tenn.).n, Feb. s.—Mr. Sheppard, tiers of the H one of the youngest raein ind wersistent efouse, made a determined a reform ir. the sort today to bring about tion of seeds by totter of the tiistribu eontended that the pree government- He Mr. Sheppard’s first iraent system is bad. struck from the Agriculture was to have tion Bill certain sections iral Appropria machinery for the distribuiroviding the seeds authorized to be purcKion of the the bill. In this he was suec«sed under point of order being sustainectssiul, his chair, but by an overwhelming \by the House promptly added the sections-otg the bill byway of amendment. Only \ 0 t Ue members voted in opposition to tht#hree storatiim. Mr. Sheppard’s further eftv re . was to secure an amendment to the stored sections which would provide for ‘he purchase of rare and untried seeds, ! but despite his earnest appeal for this amendment it failed, and the bill was left iust as the committee brought it into the House so far as seeds for free distribu tion were concerned. Mr. Maynard (Va.), urged that provis ion be made for the publication of statis tics relative to rice, tobacco and truck ing products of the same character as are now published concerning other agricul tural products. The bill was passed and the House ad journed until Monday. A woman who wants but little here below should get married and let it go •at that. SUB-COMMITTEE FOR GiJDGER Unanimous Report in Fa vor Democratic Sit ting Member. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, D. C-, Feb. 5. —A sub-com mittee of the House Committee on Elec tions No. 1, composed of Bate and Young. Republicans, and James, Democrat, today made a unanimous report to the full coi'.>- rnittee deciding the .Moody-Gudger contest from North Carolina in favor of Gudger, the Democratic sitting member. This decision is in accord with predic tions made ever since the case was argued. The contest was founded on general charges of fraud, few if any of which were proven, but on which the contestant asked that the vote of whole counties be thrown j out. The case was of particular interest, j also in that it was carried on after J. M | Moody, the contestant, died. The elec j tion was close, Gudger receiving 12,700 votes to 12.517 for Moody. After Mr. Moody’s death the contest i was carried on by two Asheville lawyers, i Thomas Settle and V. S. Lusk, in the j hope that the seat might be declared va cant. Then they would have had a chance to elect a member of the party, as a new election would have had to be called. FRED L. MERRITT. ! MRS. POST TAKES THE STAND. * She Makes a Good Witness for Her self and Her Treatment. (By the Associated Press ) Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 5. —Nineteen witnesses testified in behalf of the de fendant, Mrs. Helen Wilman Post, the mental science healer. All of their testi mony went to show that the defendant had been very sue< v Fiji in hep treatment of patients by the mental science method, i even at a great distance. Mrs Post was placed on the stand to testify in her own behalf. She stated that she was 73 years of, age and that she had studied Christian Science and men tal treatment ever since she was 30 years cf age. She is, and has been for a num ber of years, a firm believer in the power to cure by mental science. She claimed that w hen a mind has been regularly and thoroughly trained in the science of men tal healing its power to overcome the ills of tho flesh is beyond computation. She said that since she began her mental science healing treatment she had treated between 7,000 and 10.000 patients, and that her records show that at least 80 per cent have reported themselves as be ing cured, or at least greatly improved by the treatment. The defendant denied the statements made by her former clerks to the effect that she kept no record of the people applying to her for treatment ! She claimed to know all about each case. She said that it was just as easy for her to treat a thousand persons as one. She sent out her thought to her patients and the thought not only went where it was sent, blit it was charged with a work to do and it did it. She claimed that the thought was charged with a message of nealing and that it always fulfilled its mission with absolute certainty. She de n’ed emphatically that she had ever stated that people liked to be fooled, or liked to be humbugged, when speaking of men tal science treatment. The defense closed its ease late in the afternoon and the prosecution will offer rebuttal evidence omorrow. The case will not go to the jury this week. Total Net Receipts of Cotton. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 5. —The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September Ist: Galveston, 2,072.971; New Orleans, 1.609,578; Mobile, 181,782: Savannah, 1,017,531: Charleston, 144,173; Wilmington, 312,089; Norfolk, 394,538; Baltimore, 19,145; New York, 29,- 584; Boston, 12,642; Newport News, 6,- 819; Philadelphia, 7.785; Brunswick, 86,- 066; Pensacola, 105.061; P >rt Arthur, 53,- 921; Port Townsend, 25£07; San Francis co, 9,632; El Paso, 400; Eagle Pass, 4,143; Laredo, 4,440; total 6.096,630 bales. Death in Tarboro. (Special to News and Observer.) Tarboro, N. C.. Feb. s.—Mr. Forest Strn ciU, who has been with Mr. Will Part for’several months, died here of pneu monia. He was about twenty-one years old. His parents live about fifteen mile.-. t ‘n the country where his remains were ken yesterday for interment. leath of an Old Postmaster. Vi e Associated Press.l Laurens, S n c„ Feb. 5. —A special from says J. MilteJ- to the News and Observer, under Grant, Robertson, postmaster here, dents until all Republican Presi neic this afien>Kin]ey’s last term died a widow and tj oon aged 55. He leaves vo daughters. Mr. C. D. Fre_ visitor here. ch, of Wilmington, i- 3 Many a meek m. stepper when thei n develops into a high /elevator isn’t running. SWINGS OF THE GREAT STAPLES These Have Been Feat ures of the Week. NEW LOFTY RECORDS. These Were Attained and Then Lost by Cotton and Coffee. The Rapid Fall of Cotton Makes Buyers Hesitate in Placing Ordsrs. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Feb. 5 —R. G. Dun & Com pany’s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Sensational fluctuations in the great staples were the features of the week, cotton and colfee attaining new high rec ords for the season, but subsequently de clining sharply, while grain advanced. Trade reports are irregular, improve ment at the South and West finding little response at the large Eastern cities. Per sistent low temperature is providing a good demand for heavy wearing apparel and increasing the difficulties of transporta tion. Spring buyers are arriving in large numbers, with noteworthy eagerness to secure cotton goods, even at the enhanced prices. Railway earnings for January averaged seven per cent larger than in 1903. Just when buyers of cotton goods were beginning to exhibit a pronounced dispo sition to place more liberal orders the collapse in the raw material produced hesitation. Consumers have reduced sup plies in the hands of dealers to a point that necessitates replenishing, and the in quiries for prompt shipment were expand ing. but it is natural that the market should become uncertain when the prices for goods are very high and raw cotton declines $6 a bale in a single day. Not withstanding this interruption, a better trade is m progress, and it is recognized that goods were by no means on a parity v/ith raw material at its zenith. Commercial failures this week are 246. against 264 the corresponding week last year. MOVEMENTS OF COTTON. New York, Feb. 5. —The following sla tistics on the movement of cotton for the week ending Friday, February sth., 1904, were compiled by the New York Cotton Exchange: This Last Weekly movement — Year. Year. Port receipts 160,561 203,508 Overland to mills and Canada 23,649 30,456 Southern mill takings (estimated) 55,000 51,500 Gain of stock at inte rior towns 20,672 29,070 ♦ ' Brought into sight for the week 218,538 256,394 Total crop movement — Poll receipts 6,124,004 6,095,503 Overland to Mills and Canada 629,046 756,403 Southern mill takings (estimated) 1,123,000 1,081,000 Stock at interior towns in excess of Septem ber Ist 362,851 340,071 Brought into sight thus far for season 8,238,901 8,272,977 COMPARATIVE COTTON STATE MENT. New York, Feb. s.—For the week end ing Friday, February sth, net receipts at all U. S. ports during week, 157,449; net receipts at all U. S. ports same ■week last year, 192,677; total net receipts since September Ist, 6,096,630; total receipts to same date last year, 6,051,012; exports for the week, 174,936; exports for same week last year, 207,662; total exports since September Ist, 4,602.676; total exports same date last year, 4,486.134; stock at all United States ports, 698,847; stock at all United States ports same time last year, 953,509; stock at all interior towns, 391,- CBS; stock at all interior towns same time last year, 420,085; stock at Liverpool same time last year, 680,000; stock of American afloat for Great Britain same time last year. 157..000. Hester’s Cotton Statement. (By the Associated Press.) New Orleans, La., Feb. 5. —Secretary Hester’s weekly cotton statement, issued today, shows for the first days of Febru ary a decrease under last year of 6,000, and an increase over the same period year before last of 71,000. For the 158 days of the season that have elapsed the aggre gate is behind the same days of last year 4,000, and ahead of the same days year before last 26,000. The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 206,948 bales, against 263.171 for the same seven days last year, and 189,699 year before last. The movement since September first shows receipts at all United States ports 6,121,695 last year. Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac Rivers to northern mills and Canada 612,844., against 763,394 last year, interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commer cial year 359,100, against 349,962 last year, and Southern mill takings 1,056,000, against 1040,927 last year. Total move ment for the- 158 days since September Ist. 8.149,639, against 8,153,746 last year, and 8,123,318 year before last. Foreign exports for the week have been 175,930, against 208,559 last year, making the total thus far for the season 4,679.290, against 4.520,695 last year. The total takings of American mills, North. South and Canada thus far for the season have been 2,547,442, against 2,477,- 731 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 lead ing Southern interior centres have de creased during the week 7,883 bales, against a decrease during the correspond ing period last season of 35,316 and are now 279.658 less than at this date in 1903. Including stocks left over at puts and interior towns from the lass crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop, the supply to date is 8,317,438, against 8,3C5,820 for the same period last year. Secretary Hester’s statement of the world's visible supply of cotton issued to day shows the total visible is 3,846.832, against 3,851,202 last week (x x) 3,965,- 638 last year, and 4.408.718 year before last- Os this the total of American cot ton is 2,934,832, against 2,996,202 last week and (x x) 3,036,638 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, In dia, etc., 912,000, against 855,000 last week and 929,000 last year. Os the world's visible supply of cotton as above, there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 2.176,000, against 1,989,000 last year; in Egypt 235.000, against 190.000 last year; in India 323.000, against 427,000 last year, and in the United States 1,113,000 against 1.360,000 last year. xx—Corrected by Galveston minus cor rection to date 56,625. SEN! BfIISKEY Ball That May End In offensive Young Ne gro's Life, (Special to News and Observer.) Marion, N. C., Feb. 5. —Ivey Callicut, colored, was shot last night by a white man named Garland from Mitchell coun ty- This occurred about 11 o’clock at the Southern depot. Garland, a friend, two colored boys and two white boys were all that were present. Garland told Callicut to make the colored porter light a fire in the r-tove. Callicut said he was afraid it would make the porter mad. At that moment Garland caught him in the col lar, drew a pistol without another word and shot him. The ball entered the top part of his nose and ranged to the left and lodged under the left eyeball. His face is badly burned with powder. A 38 calibre weapon was used. Callicut is a very inoffensive quiet boy. The wound is considered dangerous. Garland was drinking. He made his escape. Commissions were sent yesterday from the National Guard headquarters here to the new officers of th: Lumber Bridge- Light Infantry, Cant. Hall, and Lieuten ants Hall and Malloy. Copyrighted. PRINCE MINHUI CHO. Ever since the first mutterings of an impending crisis in the Far East Prince Minhui Cho, Korean minister to the United States, has been one of the busiest men in America, and with the danger of a revoluion in Korea his responsibili ties were further increased. The Prince is not only one of the most prominent men oi Korea, being the brother of the late Empress and brother-in-law of the present ruler, but he lias had under his care the Crown Prince of Korea, who has been in America acquiring an education. Inasmuch as the Crown Prince will succeed to the throne should his father be deposed, Prince Minhui Cho at the fust rumor oi trouble prepared to leave America with his royal charge at short notice. ' 4 P WEATMPI» TO-OAY.4 P«r Raleigh) ♦ l FAIR. I PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALEXIEFF HOLDS RUSSIA'S REPLY A Russian Diplomat Sums Up the Situation. STUMBLING ON KOREA If Japan Sincerely Desires Peace a Basis for an Arrangement May be Found. Otherwise the Worst May Follow. Japs Flying Kfonie. By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Feb. s.—As announced in the Associated Press dispatches, the draft of tlie Russian response, tentatively approved by the Czar, was telegraphed to Viceroy Alexieff last night. In this re spect the document follows the course of its predecessors. The -viceroy, being on the ground, will have an opportunity to examine the phraseology and return any objections he may have, before receiving fina Instructions to deliver the reply to 1 Baron De Rosen. Russian Minister at Tokio, for presentation to Baron Komura, Japanese Foreign Minister. It is expect ed that Viceroy Alexieff will respond without any delay and 3end the answer to reach Japan on Monday. While the con tents of the responses are carefully guard ed they are known to be in a conciliatory spirit and form, and to contain what are regarded here as important concessions, although maintaining Russia’s former po sition on siine of the main points covering Manchuria and Korea. A diplomat who probably is in closer touch with the Russian side of.the ne gotiations than any other person, inform ed the Associated Press that Korea had again become the most diflcult matter for adjustment. Russia, he said, could not agree to Japanese fortifications in South ern Korea. » “If the Japanese government is sin cerely desirous of avoiding a w T ar,’’ he added, it will find in the reply, when it arrives, a basis for an arrangement, but if the authorities have made up their minds to remain unyielding the negotia tions must end in an impasse. If anv event I do not see how Japan can break off the negotiations without replying to the Russian note, and setting forth her minimum demands.” The news that the note had been sent to Viceroy Alexieff became public here this morning, and caused an appreciable increase of anxiety over the future. On the bourse this was reflected by a further fall in the prices of imperial four per cents, and lottery bonds, in which the (Continued on Page Five.)