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mam mnmian. VOL. XLIV. 2f0. 13,668. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, -1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOIA THEIR HON Farmers Are Not So Ready to Sell. EXCITED BY HIGH PRICES Buyers Raise Their Offers, But , Find Few Takers, ( ALMOST ON , 30-CENT BASIS English Growers Absolutely Refuse "to Put Their Crop on the Market Brewers' Stocks at Low Ebb. HOP PRICES IN FORMER TEARS. 1903.. 1002 1901 1000 ... $0.23 18O0 $0.05 .za uses iu .11 1890 .45 .14&1S82 1.25 In 1SS2, a large part ol the crop was cold at $1.15, and the highest figure reached in the season "was $1.25. Later the market dropped to 2530c, Then, as now, England's crop was nearly a Jallure, but a good surplus bad been carried over from 1SS1. This year there Is no surplus. In 1889, the. year of the blue mold, hops touched the extreme low marlc of Co. The excitement In the hop market con tinued yesterday. Growers, realizing that tbey have the situation in their own hands, generally asked 30 cents. As the ' buyers must have the hops and are forced to follow the pace set them. It looks very much like a SO-cent market, though that price has not been paid yet California Is practically on a SO-cent basis, and this market Is nearly In accord with that of the southern satte. Buyers had a hard time of it yesterday, but picked up nearly 80D0 bales in this state. Farmers bung-on tighter than they have at any time since the season opened. The report of climbing: prices has spread far and wide by this time, and the grower "Who has any speculative fever in his veins is not going to let go. The sales that have been made do not show lack of faith on the part of farmers in the future of the market, b-.it rather a willingness to take a good thing when it is at hand. Twenty-eight cents looks pretty "big for a crop that only costs 8 cents to produce. Still, there are many growers, and the largest ones among them, who are not going to sell, but will hang on to their bops and see the thing out. The anxiety of dealers and speculators to get hold of the crop shows clearly enough -what the trade -thinks of the prospects. Sales In This State. Most of the 'business done yesterday was up the "Valley. Dealers in the city -were offering 2S cents but could find no takers. Phil Keis said he would pay that figure for a choice hop, but closed the day with out a purchase. Most of the other merry 5ers of the local trade had the same re port to make. At the Belvedere quietness also reigned, though Krebs bought a lot there at 2Sc A (number of sales were reported to have been made up the Valley at 2S& and cents. Carmlchel, of Salem, who buys for export, secured a lot from Joe Har ris, of that place, at 284 cents. Klrkpat rick, of Dallas, bought heavily at Inde pendence, Dallas and other points in that vicinity, getting altogether close to 1000 bales, for some of which he paid 28 cents. He paid the same figure yesterday for hops in Washington. It was currently reported that Livesley & Roberts, of Sa lem ' purchased 1000 bales at 23 cents. Par ticulars were received of one of their transactions, a lot of 104 bales, which they bought of Seavey & Metzler. This last Arm made an offer of 2 cents for 100 bales, hut so far as learned the offer was not taken up. Few Left In California. A telegram yesterday cent to Hout3 & Jewell, at Santa Rosa, Cat, asking for figures on the unsold crop in that state, brought this response: Twenty-five hundred, bales Sonomas, 100 bales Russian Rivers, 3000 bales Sacra menioe." Press reports from San Francisco also Bay the California crop is "closely cleaned up and a SO-cent market is freely pre dicted." New York advices are that three- Jourths of the crop of that state have been sold. The big dealers are buying heavily. many of them on foreign account. S. & F. Uhlman alone have secured 11,000 "bales In the post week. Other big buyers there are Green & Bralnard, of "Waterville, the leading country hop merchants of the state, and George Lavie, of New York City, an exporter. The daily London cable of Herman Kla- ber & Co., of Tacoma, forwarded to this city last night, reads: "English position strong; market ad' vancing; growers absolutely refuse to sell and have situation in their own hands. It is evident that the stubbornness of the English growers is largely the cause of the advancing market on this side, as the brewers over there must get hops somewhere, not only for their own In Tifrnrlvfl nneds but to sunnly the defl- ciency in the European crop. They have turned to Amrelca for their supply, and that means to Oregon, for the largest lot of unsold hops in the "United States Is now in the "Willamette Valley. Should the farmers here refuse to sell, it is hard to say where prices might go. The follow ing table shows approximately the move ment of hops in the four hop states of this country: Crop. Sold. Unsold. Oregon 75.000 53,000 22,000 Washington ......30,000 15,000 15.000 California 60,000 54,000 . 5,600 New Toric oo.ooo -15,000 lo.iwo English Dealer's Views. The annual circulars of the London hop merchants are coming to hand, and all point out a deficiency that it will be hard to fill. Their estimates of the English crop range from 280,000 cwt .to 320,000 cwt Tho circular of Fattenaen 6c famitn says "When the world's total production of hops this year can be more accurately arrived at than Is at present possible, we believe that there will be a deficiency approaching 100,000 cwts.. as compared with the total ofjast year. instead of an Increase, there Is an actual de crease of about 100,000 cwts. on the Continent, in spite of a sood crop In Belgium, but in America this decrease will be made up by an Increase of approximately the same quantity. In England, there is a deficiency of fully 100, 000 cwtt.; our estimate being that this country will produce about -310,000 cwts. All stocks are exhausted beyond what hope oome few of the larger brewers may bold per haps sufficient for three or four months' con sumption. Our annual consumption must cer tainly be 650,000 cwts., and to make good our deficiency it will be seen that we "should re quire to import considerably over 300,000 cwts. But no such Quantity as this can possibly come here, and it. Is very doubtful if even 180,000 cwta. can be supplied altogether certainly not unless our buyers are prepared to pay high prices. Growers may rest assured that all the hops grown this year will be wanted, and In our opinion it will be wise not to put good hops forward until they are asked for. Salmes, Jackson & Gulland report: The English hopgrowers - haTe this year to contend with the most persistent attack of yer mln that has occurred since 1SS2. This, coupled with the excessive wet of last Autumn and "Winter, has, In many parts of the country, caused the crop to be almost a total .failure, and is accountable for a yield which, with the most favorable weather, will probably not ex ceed 160,000 Old duty. As far as we can at present Judge, the Continent and America Joint ly will produce little. If any, more than last year, and ao there are practically no old hops left either here or abroad, the brewers' pur chases for the next 12 months must of neces sity be confined almost entirely to the 1004 growth. These facts Justify one In looking forward to the crop realising higher prices than have been obtained for the last 14 years. The circular of Hook & Field is in part as follows: No Surplus In London. The borough has never been 60 bare of all description and dates as at the present time. Growers, therefore, are fully Justified in de manding remunerative prices for this crop. which will be realized, If they do not force sales before the merchants are prepared to .operate. The total yield on the Continent, in California and New Tork States will be heavier than last year, but everywhere stocks are very low, while their consumption is con- tin a ally increasing, they will therefore require a greater quantity for their own needs, so that we shall probably not have many more sent here during the next 12 months. A very lim ited supply, so far, has been placed on the market, sales being" made at prices ranging from 0 to 10 per cwt. The following Is from the annual circu lar oj "Wests, Jones & Co.: linen has been said and written recaraing foreign competition, but as time advances the prospect of prices being seriously affected by this cause grows less. "Wo doubt if there Is sufficient surplus in the best Continental dis tricts, or in America, to causa dealera to offer their hops here at unnecessarily moderate prices, and. as the seriousness of the position becomes apparent to them, they will no doubt increase their demands. Owing to tho absence of any reserve of old hops In the borough, or other markets of the world, the supply Is, at present, practically all In growers' hands, there fore they hold the key of the position, and cer tainly are Justified in asking for prices which will not only be remunerative this year, out will, la some measure, recompense them for the heavy losses sustained In the many unre- muDcratlve seasons they have lately expe rienced, and which have been tho eole cause of the continuous reduction in the acreage. LEADING- NEBBASKANS C0HING Members of Governor's Party to At tend Launchingjof Battleship. LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. 28. (SpeciaU Surrounded-. toy his. Colonels, Governor Mickey -will depart for Seattle on tho morning of October 3, to attend the cere monies connected with the launching of the new Nebraska, October 7. Miss Marls Nam Mickey will accompany him to chris ten the vessel. Other members of the party will he: Secretary of State George "W. Marsh and Mrs. Marsh, State Auditor Charles "Weston and Mrs. "Weston, State Treasurer Peter Mortens en; State Super intendent "W. K. Fowler, Attorney-Gen eral F. N. Prout and Miss Vera J. Prout, General J. H. Culver and Mrs. Culver, Colonel George F. and Mrs. Jenkins and Miss Emily Jenkins, Colonel J. A. and Mrs. Ehrhardt, Colonel C D. and Mrs. Evans, Colonel J. S. Dew, Colonel H, P. and Mrs. Shumway, Colonel Charles W. Kaley and sister, Colonel S. M. Mellck, Colonel L. "W. and Mrs. Garoutte. BITTERLY OPPOSES DIVORCES. Bishop Potter Predicts State of Bar barism If EyiI Is Not Put Down. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. Bishop Henry C Potter attacked divorce in vigorous terms in his report today in the annual con vention of the Protestant Episcopal dio cese of New York. He declared that unless the church set itself against the spread of the evil, society -would relapse into a state of barbarism, and he urged the cler gy to set Itself against divorce which he characterized a3 a "godless license which flings aside the most sacred vows of vexa tious uncongenlality." . The archbishop of Canterbury was the central figure at the convention. In. the afternoon the archbishop attended tho formal opening exercises of the 151st aca demic year of Columbia Unlversltey and received, the honorary degree of L. L. D. The archbishop, assisted by Bishop Pot ter, consecrated the site for tho new Co lumbia Chapel. WILLS CITY $250,000. Mrs. Sarah Potter's Public Bequest Aggregates $1,000,000. BOSTON, Sept. 28. Public bequests ag gregating over JLOOO.OOO, the largest being a gift of $250,000 to tho City of New Bed ford, are contained in the will of the late Mrs. Sarah Potter, of Boston, which was filed for probate this afternoon. Mrs. Potter died last Friday at her Sum mer home at Beverly. To the Boston Medical Library is bequeathed $150,000; to the Kindergarten for the Blind at Jamaica Plain, $100,000, and $50,000 to each of the following: Harvard University, Boston Home for Incurables. Hospital Cottages for Children at Baldwlnville, Mass.; Free Hospital for "Women at Brookllne, Mass.; College of Pharmacy. EPIDEMIC OP TYPHOID. Greater New York Fears the Worst Seige in Its History. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Greater New York Is at present threatened with what may be the severest epidemic of typhoid fever ln its history. Not only are the number of typhoid cases reported for the three weeks of September ending last Saturday greater than that of any month last year, but since the beginning of the Summer-the death rate has been so much higher than formerly that the Health De partment is now thoroughly alarmed and Is bending every effort toward checking the disease. "When it Is considered that the spread of typhoid fever last year was greater than It has been for many years, the gravity of the present situation is Indicated. PERIL III POWER DemocratsHaveNoFixed Tariff Policy. BUSINESS WOULD SUFFER Beveridge Also Shows Revi sion Is No Easy Task. DISCUSSES ISSUES OF DAY Senator Asks If Man Who, Although a Gold Man, Had Maintained Silence fn 1896 Is a Proper ' Party Leader. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 28. The first Republican meeting of the campaign in Indianapolis was held tonight In Tomlln son Hall. An illuminated procession es corted Senator Albert J. Beveridge and Congressman Overs treet to the hall, which was well filled. Congressman Overstreet presided, and in a brief address introduced Senator Beveridge, who spoke in part as follows: "What is the campaign about? What busi ness man but wishes no election were necessary this year? The Administration's policies are successful at home and abroad. The best that the opposition' ablest man, G rover Cleveland, can eay for it Is that It "shows signs of re turning sanity." Yet this political convales cent demands control of the Government, declaring- It could not now undo much that the Republican party has done if. It would, and would not now undo much that the Republican party has done if It could. The first result of Parker's election would be a tariff agitation without result, since Mr. Parker himself tells us that a Republican Sen ate would prevent legislation. Such agitation spell business uncertainty, and uncertainty 6 pel Is business disaster. Even If the opposition controlled House, Sen ate and President, they themselves could not tell what kind of tariff law they wouhi pass. For some of them, like Mr. Bryan, are free traders; come, like Mr. Gorman, are protec tionists. Think of an engineer trying to run his engine backward and forward at the same time. "What would happen to that engine is what would happen to the country with the opposition in power. Friends Should Revive It. Men talk of tariff revision as though It were a simple thing an easy- task. problem is more Intricate. What is the taritt? It Is not an artificial .structure to be taken apart and put together like tho trick-box of a Juggler. It Is the development of a theory of -statesmanship. It is a growth, and not a creation. Those who prepared the soil of this Nation planted In that soil the seeds of the American Industrial Independence which men can pro tection. If here and there a branch now needs pruning, those who planted the tree and have guarded its growth should do it, not those who resisted Its planting in the first place and who for 100 years nave sought to lay the ax to Its roots. Even the changing of a single schedulo is no work for the prejudiced or ignorant. For other schedules are related to It, and to all these Is adjusted the vast business of the greatest of business nations. Republican revision of any schedule means the thoughtful considera tion of every other schedule. Trust Question. As to the trust question. Senator Bev eridge said: , .The organizations of industry should neither be persecuted, nor favored. They ehould have simple Justice like everybody else. All men, all Interests protected or punished by law, ac cording as they do right or wrong, this Is Republicanism in a sentence, Americanism hi a phrase. How would the opposition's remedy of free trade, as regards trust-made articles, hurt the Standard Oil Company? There is no tariff on oil. Or tho anthracite ccal combination. It there la one? There is no tariff on anthracite coal. If trusts necessarily raise prices, why has the price of sugar steadily fallen for more than 30 years? It is said there is a sugar trust. And why has the price of beans gone up? ffhero is no bean trust. Or the price of wheat? There is no wheat trust. So free trade will not prevent trusts, and prices rise and fall with and without trusts. So far as legislation can remedy the evils of trusts. Republican legislation the Sherman law. the rebate law, the Department of Com merce and Labor law the only legislation ever enacted on the subject, will do It If enforced And Roosevelt s election means enforcement of those laws, and all laws. Only Way to Maintain Gold Standard Discussing at length the financial ques tion, Senator Beveridge said: The way to keep the gold standard out of danger Is to keep It in the hands of those- who put It out of danger. Eighteen hundred and nlnety-slz was "no more a time for silence and hiding than 1861 was a time for cowardice and evasion. It was only a political struggle, but on both sides it was a moral struggle. On both sides men who had for years trimmed and compromised threw aside expediency and spoke and acted on principles. "Was G rover Cleveland silent? Did he, by his vote, condone what he declared with his voice would be a crime? Were Senator Tiller and the band of lifelong Republicans who marched out of the St. Louis Convention silent then? Did tbey condone by their votes what their tongues proclaimed would be a crime? Were John M. Palmer and General Buckner and the host of Gold Democrats silent then? Thousands of lifelong Republicans left their party; thou sands of lifelong Democrats left their party. Among- 80,000,000 of people there was a new alignment, hundreds of thousands changing sides, and all because of a principle which they believed would determine the future of the Republic; yet at this hour, when men were destroying their political future for principle's sake, when brother turned against brother rather than forsake convictions, and even -fam lllee were divided; at this supreme moral hour In the history of the American people, equalled In Its purity only by that other moral awak ening that 'ranged brother against brother on battlefields 40 years ago, In this hour, made . heroic by devotion to beliefs on both sides. Alton B. Parker was silent, but he voted for free sliver. Is that the kind of man In whom Gold Democrats can now find the leader of a cause? Is that the kind of man In whom Silver Democrats can now find the leader of a causa? The Philippines. On the Philippines, Senator Beveridge said: The opposition candidate admits we cannot leave the Philippines now, even if It we're de sirable: admits that we cannot leave them until they are able to stand alone. Ex-Gov ernor Taft. a Republican, present Governor Wright, 'a Democrat, and every man who has examined the situation on the -ground says TERSE SAYINGS BY BEVERIDGE. -TARIFF . The first result of Parker's election would be & tariff agitation without result. Such agitation spells -business uncer tainty, and uncertainty spells business disaster. Those who planted the tree of pro tection and have guarded Its growth ehould do any pruning that Is neces eary; pot those who restated Its plant ing in the first place, and who for 100 years have sought to lay the ax to Its roots. FINANCE Tha, way to keep the gold standard out of ' danger is to keep it in the hands of those who put It oat of danger. In the campaign of 1896, made, he-1 role by devotion to beliefs on both sides, Alton B. Parker 'was silent, but he voted for free silver. Was G rover Cleveland silent? Were Teller and the life-long Re publicans who marchtd out of the St. Louis Convention silent-? TRUSTS t The organizations of Industry should . neither be persecuted nor favored. They ehould have Blmple Justice like everybody else. If frusta necessarily raise prices, why has the price of sugar steadily fallen for more than 30 years. It Js said there Is a sugar trust. And why has the price of beans gone up? There is no bean trust. Or the price of wheat? There is no wheat trust. So free trade will not prevent trusts, and prices rise and fall without . trusts. , PHILIPPINES Mr. Parker admits we canont leave them now, but If we cannot leave them now why promise what we will do after awhile? It Is as bad for a nation to mortgage Its future as It is for a man to mortgage his farm. ROOSEVELT We will save them tha trouble; we ourselves will make Theodore Roose velt an issue. And on that Issue we do not defend; we attack. The election of Theodore Roosevelt means certainty In every policy, for lgn and domestic, and stability is nec essary to sound business. that this will not bo for decades. Mr. Parker admits wo cannot leave them now, but if we cannot leave them now, why- promise what we will do after awhile? It Is as bad for a nation to mortgage Its futuro as It Is for a man to mortgage his farm. Our children will be as wise and righteous as we are; and they will know more. Why not trust the future to them? Evading all Issues, except thoee which they declare aro settled, the opposition are making Theodore Roosevelt the issue. We will save them the trouble; we ourselves will make Theodore Roosevelt an issue. And on that issue we do not defend; we attack. The elec tion of Theodora Roosevelt means certainty in every policy, foreign and domesUc, and sta bility Is necessary to sound business. But above all else, Roosevelt's election means that no power In this Republic, however strong or rich, no organization, however determined, J too great for tho sovereignty; of the law; no citizen, however poor or humble, no Interest. however small or weak t,v inalgitiaeane for' the law's protection. And Is the Urgest iasue of the campaign. LADY CUEZ0N RALLIES. Her Condition Is Considered Less Grave, but Is Still Critical.. WALMER CASTLE, Kent, England, Sept. 28. A bulletin Issued this morning announces that Lady Curzon has distinctly rallied, and that her condition is less grave, although still critical. At i o'clock the condition of the patient -was un changed. Tom Watson Confined to Room. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 28. Thomas E. "Watson, Populist candidate for Presi dent, arrived here today and is confined to his room at the hotel. He left orders that no callers were to be admitted. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Political. Eastern Democrats crowd Taggart out of New York. Page 1. Beiveridge shows that with the varied tariff views of tho Democrats, success of Parker would mean disaster. Page 1. Fairbanks answers charge of Parker that Postal Department was not thoroughly in vestigated. Pago 5. Parker's rooms in New Tork are overrun with visitors. Page 0. Donnelly emphatically declares Roosevelt never wrote him a letter assailing unionism. Pago 0. Russo-Japanese War. PORT ARTHUR Japanese take-several positions and are steadily advancing. Pago 1. Japanese losses In recent engagements are placed at 7000; Russian, only 600. Page 3. Russian supply of ammunition Is running- low. Page 1. MUKDEN CAMPAIGN . Japanese suffered heavy loss In Inpu engage ment. Page 3. Russian reinforcements are rapidly arriving at Mukden. Page 3. Skirmishes and reconnaissances aro -frequent. Page 3. Domestic. Vandals- destroy oil paintings of Czar in Rus sian fxhtbtt at St. Louis Fair. Page 2. British official circles are annoyed at action of diplomat In making such a fum about a small fine. Page 3. 'Paclfla Coast. Seattle Chamber of Commerce gives assurances of aid to Fair to Portland merchant guests. Page 4. Committee for the year named at Methodist Episcopal Conference at Eugene. Page 4. Oregon City macs meeting protests on granting of perpetual rights of city land to Southern Pacific. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Weekly review of local produce and Jobbing markets. Page 13. Little activity in wheat at San Francisco. Page 13. Chicago wheat stronr on report of French shortage. Page 13. Two more ships added to grain fleet. In -port. Page 12. Sports. '" Oakland defeats Portland, 5 to 1. Page 9. Portland and Vicinity. Hops continue to soar. Page L Will of Henry Welnhard. Page 1. Populists plan an aggressive campaign. Page 10. Senator Fulton will meet Senators Fairbanks and Dolllver. Page 8. Lewis and "Clark Fair Commission will let con tracts for three more large buildings. Page 8. Congregational Association discusses needs of the day in the churches. Page 12. Wheat exporters complain of car shortage, and railroads provide remedy. Page 12. Democrats will send speakers through the state in hoie of holding down Republican major ity. Page 8. i CROWD BOSS OUT Eastern Democrats Tri umph Over Taggart HE IS SHIFTED TO WEST From His Hotel He Will Con duct the Indiana Campaign. GORMAN TO MANAGE IN EAST National Chairman Makes the Prom ise of a Good Slice of the Cam paign Fund the Price of His Abdication. NEW TORK, Sept. 23. Special.) The Tribune today prints the following: "William F. Sheehan, August Belmont and Senator Gorman -have at last suc ceeded in crowding Thomas Taggart, chairman of the National Committee, out of New. York. Taggart will soon pack up and go to French Lick Springs, where he has a hotel and 'casino' and will man age the Indiana campaign from that place. ' "The pressure on Taggart to get out and leave the campaign In the East in the hands of Sheehan and Belmont has been so severe that he has at last suc cumbed. He would have been in his home Btate by this time, but for the fact that he did not wish to retire under fire. But he 'came high when ho saw Parker's cold-blooded, bluff. He 'went him one better,' He told 'angels' of the Parker canvass that It would take several hun dred thousand dollars to carry Indiana for Parker and Iavis, as the Parker men had alienated the Bryanltes by their pro- gold literature. It la understood that before Taggart was prevailed on to abdi cate in favor of Gorman he fixed things so that his state committee will have a magnificent campaign fund. "Taggart will be in Indiana before Oc tober 10. As soon as he leaves New Tork Senator Gorman will assume full charge of the campaign in the East and a des perate attempt will be made to carry New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and "West Virginia." PARKER IN SUPREME COMMAND Instead of Advising, He Will Here after Lead and Direct. NEW TORK. Sept. 28. Special.) The "World says: "Judge Parker has taken the manage ment of tho Democratic campaign Into his own hands. He is issuing orders as a General in command. He has made him self absolute. He still has conferences with tho leaders, but instead of saying as he did in the beginning, 'I think it would be- well to do that,' he now says Do that.' He Is supplying the initiative. He has gathered together the ends of the cam paign, has made the plans of battle, and will do all the directing himself. "Judge Parker has not superceded any body. He has not set .anybody down. Evervbodv in the National ormmizaiinn and state organizations will continue In exactly the same relation to tho direction of affairs except that Judge Parker, In stead of being a candidate who advises, will be a candidate who will lead and di rect." CLOSE ONLY ON STATE TICKET Roosevelt and Cortelyou Confident of Carrying New York. NEW TORK, Sept. 28. (Special.) A "Washington dispatch to the Herald says "George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the National Republican Committee in two long conferences with President Roosevelt reported the political situation satisfac tory from a Republican standpoint, except in the State of New Tork. Both agreed that it was too early to appreciate what the real conditions are, hut it Is 'quite evident that Cortelyou, in his talk with the Presldont, was not hopeful for the state ticket, and the situation Is causing Roosevelt and his advisers serious con cern. Cortelyou brought to the Presi dent tho reiterated report that the Na tional Republican ticket was stronger in all doubtful states than the state tickets, and in many cases urgent appeals have been made to the National Commltee for assistance to- pull the local tickets through with the aid of the "Roosevelt prestige, "With the advice and consent of the President, the National Committee will devote much time and money to all close states, especially New Tork, for the sake of the general result, but in no case will any particular local candidate be aided except in his relations to the National ticket. Friends of the President say both he and Chairman Cortelyou fully ex pect to win the electoral vote of New Tork, but whether this will sweep into power the- Republican state ticket Is a Question on which predictions will not be made here until the situation In the state becomes more fully developed." ODELL ASKS FOR $750,000. World Has Him Saying the Situation for State Ticket Is Precarious. NEW TORK. Sept. 2S. (Special.) The World today says: "Governor Odell in his capacity as chairman of the New Tork State Repub 11 can Commlttee.hasdemanded $750,000 of Chairman Cortelyou, of the National Re publican Committee. Odell accompanied his demand with the statement that this amount of money, together with such sums as he wilLbe able to raise, is abso lutely essential If New Tork is to be car ried by Roosevelt and Hlggins. Cortelyou Is inclined to be stingy with the money he has in his campaign chest. When Odell came at him with his demand for three-QUartera of a million he sug gested that $500,000 is a large, sum. Odell was Insistent. Odell said there is a fair chance for Roosevelt to carry the state, but tho situation for the state ticket is precarious. He said he will get all the money he can, but intimated that con tributions are slow, and then said blunt ly that Cortelyou must come to the rescue, or there is no telling what may happen to Roosevelt In view of the slump that may come to the Higgins' end of the ticket. "The President will decide on the amount to be given Odell. Some poll-M ticlans think Odell will get a large sum. Tho President wants to carry .New Tork." Slight Change in the Bettting. NEW TORK. Sept. 2S. (Special.) The following appears in the Herald today: "Offerings of 525.000 to bet at odds at 10 to 4 on Roosevelt, were made In "Waif street yesterday by a curb broker, who said he was acting for a stock exchange house. This shifted the prevailing odds n the National election from 2 to L the rate prevailing on Monday." ORIGINAL "UNCLE BLACK JOE." Milt G. Barlow, Noted Minstrel, Suc cumbs to Cancer. NEW TORK, Sept. 23. Milt G. Barlow, the original "Uncle Black Joe" of the min strel stage for many years known as "Uncle Tom," and later with tho "Texas Steer" company, is dead from canoer, aged 65 years. (MUt G. Barlow was well known in Portland. He first came here In 1879 with tho minstrel company of Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and West, which played at the old Now Market Theater. He was con genial and made many friends; an excel lent raconteur, and all who met him en joyed his pleasing personality and great repertoire of first-class stories. As an Im personator of the old darky monologue and song, Barlow was without an equal in his day. There was a certain unction about his work which placed him in a class to himself, and made of tho minstrel an artist.) TOLSTOI'S BROTHER IS DEAD. He Was the Very Antithesis of the Famous Author. MOSCOW, Sept. 2S. Count Sergls Tol stoi, the brother of Count Leo, Is dead. He was the very antithesis of Count Leo, residing on Mis estate In lordly style and living the life of a veritable self-indulgent epicure. Count Sergis had two daughters, who are passionate admirers of their uncle, and whose ideas they adopted in refusing to marry, one of them selecting a coach man as her mate. Tribute to Memory of Financier. HONOLULU,- Sept 28. There was a gen eral suspension of business here today as a tribute to the memory of S. E. Damon, the prominent local financier, who was murdered by a Porto Rl can near ilauna loa. The assassin, whose name Is Jose Miranda, not Jose Revelra as cabled last night, was this morning indicted for mur der by the grand jury and subsequently arraigned before Judge Gear. The funeral of Mr. Damon took place this afternoon. (B. E. Damon was a graduato of Tale of the class of '96. After his graduation ho went abroad and spent some time In various banking firms. While in Scotland he met Miss Gertrude McKInn, who after ward became his wife, xre was inter ested in many enterprises In the Hawaiian Islands and was also a trustee of Oahu College.) Weil-Known Author. YOKOHAMA. Sept 28. Lafcadlo Hearn, the well-known author, died at Tofelo September 26 of heart trouble. His funeral will take place September 30. General re gret Is expressed among the Japanese at the death of Mr. Hearn. LAND FRAUDS ALL RUN DOWN Agent Greene Is Sure .Oregon Cases Will Result in Conviction. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept 28. Special Agent A. R. Greene, who has been Secretary Hitch cock's trusted lieutenant in running down land frauds in Oregon, is in Washington, conferring with the Secretary. Discuss ing Oregon's affairs, Mr. Greene said: "Wo believe wo have finished up that land-fraud business in Oregon. We have the men responsible under indictment and It Is a safe prediction that there will be some hot news out of Portland within the next month or two, when the trials commence." After describing tho methods of the fraudulent operators, Mr. Greene added: "The usual thing happened. One mem ber of tho gang did not think he was get ting his fair share of the profits and gave the thing away. I was sent out and spent two years working up tho cases. I believe we have now secured sufficient evidence to send all the people concerned to the penitentiary." Can't Be Held for 1905 Fair. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept 28. (Special.) The natives of the Philippines now at St. Louis are un der orders to return homo Immediately, and cannot therefore be held over for the Portland Exposition. If any natives are to participate in that Exposition It must be under specific authority of the Philip pine government. Colonel Edwards, of the Insular Bureau, left today for St Louis, and will give further study to the subject of a Lewis and Clark exhibit for the islands, and hopes a way will yet be found to arrange for their participation in the Fair. FUNST0N BEACHES CHICAGO. He Succeeds Grant as Commander of the Department of the Lakes. CHICAGO, Sept 28. Brigadier-General Funston arrived In Chicago today and suc ceeded. Brigadier-General Fred D. Grant as Commander of the Department of the Lakes. Accompanied by his wife, two sons and Lieutenants Mitchell and Long, General Funston came to Chicago "from Vancou ver, Wash., where for nearly a year he was Commander of -the Department of the Columbia. LQSEIN ONFORT Japanese Steadily Ad vance at Port Arthuh SEVERAL POSITIONS TAKEN Slavs Holding One of Mostlm portant Are Surprised. INFLICT CONSIDERABLE LOSS Togo Will Not Render Aid as Freely as Heretofore, Being Convinced Enemy's Ships Are Almost Incapable of Resistance. Outpost skirmishes constitute the sum total of disclosed activities on the Llao and Taltz Rivers, in Manchuria. Gen eral Kuropatkin Is reported to be keep ing in contact with the entire Japanese front. Russian scouts report that the main Japanese force Is centered In the vicinity of the Tental- mines. Fresh, troops and convalescents aer arriving at Mukden In large numbers. The rail way north from Mukden Is proving of much value to General Kuropatkin in bringing supplies for his army, as well as reinforcements. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN.. CHEFOO, Sept: 29. The news received from Port Arthur continues to show a steady, If slow, advance of the Japanese upon the Russian fortifications. Day by day the remoter positions of the be leaguered fortress are being taken by tho Japanese, and that its fall Is only a matter of a short time is the general belief here. The number of Chinese refugees arriving here increases con stantly, and this is taken to bode no good for the Russians. The last of the Chinese to arrive from Port Arthur report a- still further advance by the Japanese. Tbey assert that sev eral of the most important positions he'd by the Russians, farthest from the- central fortress, have been taken by tho Japan ese, tho latter inflicting considerable loss upon the Russians. The Japanese had tunneled approaches to these positions and finally, with the help of mines, made their way within the fortifications. The Russians were taken by surprise and were able to offer little resistance. Find ing they were unable to hold their own against the Japanese the Russians re treated, leaving their dead and wounded behind them. When the Japanese attack was dis cerned by tho other Russian forts they at once opened fire, and at last accounts this was still being maintained. It Is con sidered doubtful whether the Japanese win be able to retain possession of their newly acquired positions. The greater portion of the Japanese fleet has returned to the Japanese base in the Eliot Islands, the Japanese commander having become convinced that the Russian vessels within the harbor of Port Arthur are almost Incapable of further resistance and of making any sortlo into the open sea. Tho United States warships Cincinnati and Frolic, which have arrived hero, re port having heard continuous firing In the direction of Port Arthur, and it is be lieved that this firing was that of tho engagement told of by the Chinese who arrived here in junks. Ammunition Runs Low. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 29. Practical admission that Port Arthur Is in desperate straits is made in a dispatch received by the War Office from Viceroy Alexieff, who says that the supply of ammunition la running short and that the heavy guns are becoming ineffective, due to the wear ing of their rifling. Viceroy Alexieff admits that Admiral Togo's blockade Is effective, and this, of course, means that the depleted supply of ammunition -cannot be replenished. Vice roy Alexieff states that the supply of food Is still large. RUSSIA ORDERS WARSHIPS. Eleven Torpedo-Boat Destroyers to Be Built at Once. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. PARIS, Sept. 29. A dispatch from Tou lon states that the Russian government has just ordered from the Compagnle des Forges el Chantiers de la Medlterranee 11 torpedo-boat destroyers of the latest pattern, the construction of which is to be begun at once. Four will be built In the dockyards at Havre, four in the Nor man dock yards and three at Laseyne. They will take 15 months to build. Rus sia has also ordered four cruisers of the Bayan type. SAID TO HAVE STRUCK MINES Two Japanese Torpedo-Boats Are Re ported to Have Gone, Down. LONDON, Sept. 23. A dispatch to a news agency from Vladivostok says that according to reports from Port Arthur, two Japanese torpedoboats and a Japanese steamer have been Bunk by mines near Port Arthur during the last few days. A Japanese cruiser of the Nlltaka type, It Is added, was badly damaged. King George Is Much Weaker. DRESDEN, Sept. 28 (2:45 A. M.) King George, of Saxony, Is much weaker. All tho members of tho royal family living in Dresden have -assembled. i