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No. 16,072. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUIGUR' 29, 1904-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. ruSED aM, UZrT suBNDAY. ssm U1th lbt sal Pssasylvaia Attaas T. I..i. Star ..spr O..1s1y. I. E. ZAPNIA, hasutlt $es Yerk Oa. TYsa SIIitg. Simseone: TrIee Bsttiag. e Fvening Star Ia served to subsertbers In the y by carrier. on their own account, at 10 cents r week, or 44 mete per mouth. Copies at the onter, 2 cents each. By maitl-anywhere in the U. or Canada-postage prepaid-50 cents per month. turday Star, 82pag 1 per year; with for postage added .s. Entered at the i'est Omce at Washington. D. 0.. secfod-claas mail matter.) 7All mail aubacriptions must be paid in advane. ts of advertising made known on applicatea. ESUMETHE ADVANCE panese Take the Important Position of Anping. HE BATTLE AGAIN ON EDED BY BOMBARDMENT, IN ANTRY DEPLOY FOR ATTACK. ans Effect Their Retirement With Transport and Artillery on Liao Yang and Await the Assault. IAO YANG, Manchuria, August 29.-The saan army has effected its retirement, th transport and artillery, on Liao Yang, d is now in position awaiting the advanc g Japanese. The progress of the latter a been rapid and determined, sparing of sacrifice. n the attack on the Slaolindzy position e Japanese battalion lost all its officers. he retirement of the Russian transport rps yesterday evening across the plain, iile the artillery and troops in the rear Id off the Japanese, afforded a magnificent .ctacle. All along the extended lines ere was an incessant roar of batteries, e Russians working their gun.s with great olness, and not retiring until the trans rt was in safety. ,en. Rontowsky was among the killed. Battle Resumed This Morning. he Japanese artillery resumed the bat at 6 o'clock this morning, the point of essure again being the Russian south n t. he Japanese infantry is now advancing attack, the regiments deployed in open der. he Japanese have transferred their ac ity to the Russian eastern and southern nts. A rear guard battle is proceeding. e weather has improved and the roads drying. Events, therefore, are likely to preclitated. The Retreat From Anping. ISIAOTI'N (eleven miles east of Liao ng). August 29.-The Russian army from ping this afternoon dehouched upon the to Yang plain, after fighting a rear guard lion for nearly two miles from Anping, nging its wounded and burying its dead the way. Six guns are reported to have en lost, but a number of Japanese were )tured. showing signs of great fatigue d hardships. he enormous army, the last of which ssed out on the Lan valley at 5 o'clock s afternoon, seemed to fill the entire in from the foothills to the ancient walls d was disposed in an orderly manner ugh the vast fields of l'hin"se corn, the diere singing as they went into camp, pite their unbroken series of reverses, ile the baggage and transport trains ght in the muddy rivulets attracted the rful assistance of everybody. Noth apparently affects the heartiness of the n in the ranks. The line of wounded n which reached the great east gate this ning passed silently through the streets, deserted as the aisles of the catacombs. e litter bearers, with their solitary Ian ns, presented an impressive spectacle, ing the Chinese, who today for the first e realized the imminence of a battle. Russians Abandon Anping. T. PETERSBURG, August 20.-General ropatkin since yesterday morning has an drawing in all his forces from his stern and southern fronts toward Liao ng. nping, Tsegow, Liandiansian and An anshan. constituting the main positions of 3outer defense line of Liao Yang, have aabandoned. The heaviest lighting oc rred on the extreme left where the Jap ese advanced to the assault again and an with bayonets. The positions at Tse-, w and Anping were held by the 10th aropean corps. The attacks were de ered with fanatical bravery. The Run na lost a large proportion of officers, ten as and from 1,500 to 2,000 men, but the asians had bcen generally successful in ating off the assaults all along the long. e, and the Russians declare that the or r to retire came as a surprise, just when 3y were expecting orders for a general vance. 'his is considered to be proof that Gen. tropatkin, finding his main positions men ad on the flank and anticipating difficul aIn withdrawing owing to the condition the roads which have suddenly been ,nsformed into mud bogs by the rain, isidered that a retreat was imperative. e retirement from the east front was matly Impeded by the conversion of the n river into a mountain torrent, and this obably also accounts for the failure of a Japatnese to follow up the retiring Rus As. Japanese Menace on the West. rhe Japanese column moving up the ao river and threatening General Kuro tkin on the west, was regarded as ex 3mely dangerous and General Kuroki's treme right seems also to be wor'ting ound General Iterscheilmann's posItion at sping and to be moving toward Mukde'z. The strength of tho enveloping Japanese mies may be judged from the fnct that aneral (Oku alone, who is coming up from o south, is ottilally reported to have .tYm) men. Whether General lKuropatkin tends to accept battle at Liao Yang may tbe known positively for several days. t the biellef several times indicated in * e dispatches prevails here that ho will ~hdraw northward, having found that he. not strong enough to cope with the paneso amnd realizing that Liao Yang 1s ade no longer tenable on account of the Japanese threats at his west rear. His retirement undoubtedly will cause keen public disappointment. as it was generally believed that he at last had sufficient re inforcements to accept a decisive engage ment ,and by the military critics his re treat is interpreted to mean a great pra longation of the war. Report From Gen. Kuropatkin. Owing to the delay in the concentration of Gen. Kuropatkin's army, as a result of the terrible condition of the roads, the Japanese seized the opportunity to attack the slow-moving corps and severe fighting occurred August 27-28, in which the Rus sians lost another thousand men, and they now probably will have to accept a gen eral engagement. Gen. Kuropatkin him self describes the latest phase of the hos tilities in a long dispatch to the emperor from a point on the railroad a few miles south of Liao Yang, where practically thie whole army was assembled and awaiting battle. The telegram, which was filed early this morning, says: "The Japanese began at dawn August 27 two movements designed to cut off .the 1st and 4th corps. The first, stationed at An shenshan, half way between Haicheng and Liao Yang, experienced the most serious d'fficulty, owing to bad roads. The Jap anese under Gen. Oku tried to flank this corps from the east. In the meanwhile Gen. Kuroki, abandoning his pressure of Gens. Ivanoff and Herschelmann, drove a wedge between the 2d and 4th corps, which were stationed west of Liandiansian, a strong defensive position in the hills twen ty-four miles southeast of Liao Yang. Dear Guard Actions. "The Russians, greatly impeded by their artillery and commissariat, fought a series of rear guard actions, in order to cover the retreat of their impedimenta to Liao Yang, in which they were successful. "The 1st Corps, which figured at the battle of the Yalu and in the fighting at Motien Pass, again sustained the brunt of the fighting, and suffered the majority of the losses, including General Roulkovsky and Colonel von Raaben. "The 1st, 2d and 4th corps, combined un der the command of General Zaroubaleff, and the 10th, 17th and 3d corps, under Gen eral Ivanoff, forming the eastern contin gent, succeeded in effecting a concentra Lion at Liao Yang without further loss. "The whole six corps, of which two are European troops, have now formed a semi circle within a radius of six or eight miles of Liao Yang." General Kuropatkin has not far short of 170,000 men. The Railway Not Cut. The Tokyo report that General Kuroki had succeeded in cutting the railroad south of Mukden Is not confirmed by the tele graph department, where it is said that no reports have been received of an in terruption of communications. Of course, it is realized here that if the railroad north of Liao Yang is cut the position of the Russian army would be rendered serious, if not desperate, as it would probably com pel General Kuropatkin to accept an en gagement against his will. - The department of telegraphs informs the Associated Press that the lines are working direct to Liao Yang, thus refuting deinitely the report that General Kuroki had cut the railroad. The rain, which has again began falling in Manchuria,will probably serve the Russians much more than the Japanese, as their re tirement as soon as they reach the railroad will not be impeded, whereas it is likely to almost completely stop the Japanese for ward movement. Beinforcements for Europatkin. Four more regiments will be raised In the Caucasus. An official announcement to this effect is expected tomorrow. The first contingent of the 1st Army Corps has arrived at Harbin. This corps was destined for Vladivostok, but upon the urgent request of General Kuropatkin It will be diverted to Mukden. An official dispatch from Liao Yang, dat ed yesterday, to the general staff, reporting the continued Japanese advance, confirms the report that General Routkovsky was killed during the rear guard engagements, and adds that Colonel von Raaben was also killed. The total of Russian losses on Sunday is not knr wn, but 400 wounded have passed through the first aid stations. The losses of the Japanese were considerable. Lieutenant General Routkovsky for a number of years has been attache to the staff of the governor general of the Cau casus as chief of the engineer corps. He belonged to a prominent family of the Novgorod district. Colonel von Raaben was a well known character in St. Petersburg. He was a man of great wealth and was very popular socially. Russian Losses 3,000. HARBIN, Manchuria, August 29.-The Russian losses in the fighting of August 25 and August 26, east and south of the Liao Yang, were 3,000 killed or wounded. The great majority of the casualties were sustained at Anping. The withdrawals of the Russians from their front at Anshan shan and from their eastern position were made simultaneously for strategic reasons. -Japanese Right Outflnked. MUKDEN, Manchuria, August 29.-In the fighting of August 26 the 139th araisk Regiment, with a battery, executed a particularly successful flank ing movement on the Japanese ex treme right. The Russians, unperceived. got In the rear of the Japanese, whole col umns of whom were mowred down before they were able to extricate themselves. Eye-witnesses agree In admiring the fan atical bravery of the Japanese. Many of the wounded committed suicide rather than fall Into the bands of the Russians. An additional detachment of 600 Russian wounded was sent northward Sunday. Evacuation of Anping. LONDON. August 29.-A dispatch to a news agency from Tokyo under today's date, in reporting the Japanese occupation of Anping and Tanghoyen, says: "On the Japanese advancing to attack Anping the Russians evacuated the place, abandoning large quantIties of stores. "It is roughly computed that the Russian force around Llao Yang consists of thirteen divisions." -A 1' AMI ARTTuhwam MI Is DEAF EAR TO STRIKERS Beef Packers Decline to Grant Conference. NO GOOD FROM OUTCOME VIEWS OF THE BOSSES AFTER TALKING OVER MATTER. Executive Board of Employes Holds a Meeting-No Indication of Break in the Ranks. CHICAGO, August 29.-Application was made to the packers by the stock yards strikers today for a conference, the pur pose being to bring about peace in the in dustrial conflict waging at packing town. The conference was refused by the packers. The application was in the form of a communication from the Allied Trades Council. and was signed by President Mat thew Carr of the Allied Trades. The re quest was sent Immediately after the close of a joint meeting of the national executive board of Butcher Workmen and the Allied Trades conference board, and was address ed to J. Ogden Armour and his asso ciates. Mr. Armour. upon receipt of the com [nunicatioa. at once called the heads of the other big packing plants into session. When the meeting of the packers ended a communication was addressed to President Donrelly and his associates declining the conference the strikers had asked for. The reason given was that no good could come from such a conference. Representatives of the packers held a long secret meeting this forenoon. They decline to make any state:nent concerning ts purpose. Arrange for Settlement. The executive board of the Amalgamated eat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's nion adjourned after a short session, and he members went to confer with the Al led Trades Council. It was admitted that a proposition for settling the strike had een arranged and would be presented to he council for action, but the details were withheld. There was no indication of the immedi te realization of the break in the ranks of he strikers anticipated by the packers. Early trains arriving at the stock yards were thronged, about 13,000 men and wo en being taken in. 'The crowd, however, proved to be the usual throng of strike reakers, and there was no suggestion of isorder. Desertions from the ranks of the strikers were no greater than usual on Monday. They approximated about one undred. The failure of .the anticipated stampede to ma.terialize, it is claimed, proved a disappointment to the packers. The peace proposition was discussed by he Allied Trades Council, but on account f the complicated nature of the proposi tion the council adjourned without taking ction. The labor representatives will meet he aldermanic mediation committee today, nd the peace proposition will be taken up gain tomorrow. Teamsters to Meet Tonight. The packing house teamsters will meet tonight to discuss the advisability of de aring the strike off, so far as they are concerned. George F. Goldon, president of the Teamsters' Union, said that they would refuse to constribute any more to the sup port of the 20.000 stock yards strikers. Crowds of Hungry Kena. With the strike relief funds depleted and rowds of hungry men vainly scrambling for food at the commissary store., it taxed the labor leaders to find a way to prevent a stampede from the union ranks today. "Wait until tomorrow and we shall present to the packers a pease proposal which they annot denlie to accept,"' they told the men. *"There is nothig.left ftor the men but unconditional surrender," meid a paek or. *"The loaders should not hesitate in calling ties strike off so~ that the amen'who are anxious to do so cduld find work.. Many. of thiem will he rehired in ,the packing house. but there are thouspnds who maans look elsewhere for employment and they should be released so they can begin their hunt for work outside of,the,.stoek yards. "It doe net make aey 8ltfeee what peae proposal the strikers have to inubmit; we shall not deal wfith the =utnios The ea.y tar.,.. of ufmer. w.e saM an d..=. THIS A 'LAST FAREWELI will be the return of the men as indi riduals." It is understood that the peace p-'-osi ion which the strike leaders have pre )ared provides that the men shall be taken >ack as union men and the wage scale in ffect before the strike be recognized. Two hundred employes of the -Enerican an factory are said to have gone on strike )ecause cans were turnished the packers. the management refused to say whether here had be-n a strike or not. The American Can Company. Only the employes of the meat depart nent of the American Can Compa.? were ailed out. A great many of them ar gris who operate machines. The strikW ;y :he company billed cans to westi tnd delivered them to packers con to he agreement not to do so while the ke )f the butchers lasted. Investigating Charges. Men have been sent to the various plants f the American Can Company in this city to.investigate charges that other factories :esides the Deisel are making canafor the )ackers. If such proves to be the case, It a said, a general strike of all the employes )f the American Can Company throughout he country will be called. A development of the day was the walk ng out of 200 employes at a plant of the Amerlcan Can Company, they being or lered to quit because the company was [urnishing cans to the packers. Investiga Ions are making at the other Chicago fac tories of the company, and the leaders say f the company is supplying cans to the )ackers, in violation of their agreement not to do so during the continuanpe of the outchers' strike, the employes of the-com )any all over the country will be called out. Ordered to Report for Work. PITTSBURG, Pa., August 29.-Ndtices were posted at the Rankin plant of the American Steel and Wire Company today )rdering all employes to report for work to put the plant in shape for immediate re 3umption. The - resumption will affect Lbout 1,200 employes. 12,000 Return to Work in Russia. NIZHNINOVGOROD, Russia, August 29. -Twelve thousand iron workers of Bormo ro, province of Nizhninovgorod,i1ho ktruck August 25 resumer work today. There were ao disturbances. MUST DEPOSIT A BOND. Regulating the Entry of Chinese Mer chants Into Cuba. Commissioner General of Immigration Sar gent received today a copy of a decree re ::ently Issued by the Cuban government regulating the immigration of Chinese merchants, tourists, etc. The decree, which is signed by President Palma, makes It 30mpulsory for each Chinese merchants lesiring to enter Cuba for the purpose of angaging in business to present a certifi date bearing his potograph and 8 general description by which he may at any time be identified, such s Is required under the Laws of the United States.. .1i dn a feature of the decree, iV?rcim ih*~~ts self. upon officials of the' Uqig4 Sth im migration bureau Is a reqirenpex that tach merchint' so entering the country shall put up a bond of $1,.000 In gold, or else give security in the same amount through some recognized security company. Should It be found at a later date that the. Chinaman has made any false statemesa In his certificate of entry, or fr g* rea son It becomes necessary to deport him for A violation of the law the cost of tis de portation Is taken from the $1,000 bad and the balance Is confiscated for th :benefit af the Cuban treasury. Such a provision, officials of the United States Immigration bureau say, ahouM& be Incorporated In the laws of ewy, for It is believed it will prove b4~Ilin preventing fraudulent entry o thg Ci nese. Navy Department bhages. Changes In the Nayy Dqpartment have been announced as follows; Appointments-Huglh P. Oraim hISct ir at $4.00 per diem, bureau ofmd~t and surgery, for duty at naval hospIdh; pio. T. Kennedy, clerk at $900 per annui , ec. of ludge advocate general; Wmn Vu *hlp lra.tman at $5.52 per diem, bur4uI eon struction and repai. Resignation -. R. Wooth, eh~at $900 per annum, office of judge a~ete gen Capt.fN.H.W t~. Capt. Henor H. Whitney4bk Coat Artillery, $=amdp lybee TaIam G.T . inl tIu gays, on hi. way to R.~ pate in the maneuvers. Cas well known in this esy jsery lee on the staff of Lleut. QGe the latter bad comnmand of aeompanied Gen. Mifles on trip,,t te flpulnma. FAIRBANS ON ISSUES alks to Vermonters This Afternoon. HOME OF FOREFATHERS CA'PAIGN IS OF FAR-REACHING MOMENT. Tells of What Has Been Accomplished Under Republican Administra tion-Return to Policies. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt., August 29.-The republican candidate for Vice Pres ident. Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, delivered his first formal speech of the campaign here this afternoon. Large numbers of people from all parts of Wind sor county and from western New Hamp shire were present. The demonstration was arranged particu larly as a welcome from the people of Windsor county to the Indiana senator, whose father was born within its limits. Chairman Alfred E. Watson of the state committee and Lieutenant Governor C. S. Stanton, at the head of the delegation, rep resenting other parts of the state, met Senator Fairbanks as he alighted from the train and welcomed him to the state. After a luncheon in the state building the party was driven to the High- School grounds, where hundreds of persons had assembled. At the conclusion of a brief address by Senator Proctor, the candidate for Vice President was - presented. He was given an enthusiastic reception. Senator. Fair banks' address is as follows: Senator Fairbanks' Address. Senator Proctor and Fellow Citizens: I wish to thank you for your most generous welcome. I do not, of course, feel that it is personal, but regard it 'rather as a mani festation of your interest in the public questions which are now engaging~ the at tention of the American people. We are inspired by. a common purpose. We have a like interest -in good govern ment, for its blessings are not restricted by the narrow litnits of state lines. This spot possesses a special interest for me, for near here my father was born. He left. this~-county in his early youth and took up the arduous work of a pioneer in the' .wilderne'ss of the great Mississippi valley, - but he retained always for this state .a profound affection. ."I .wish- to congratulate you upon your representation in the United States Senate and in the lower house- of Congress. No state is better represented in either branch. It is gratifying to see in your tribute of re'spect to him that you have resolved in your hearts to return Senator Proctor to the seat he so much honors. "L.evel-headed, patriotic and incorruptible as fate, he has been one of the trusted ad visers of three Presidents. Your junior senator. Mr. Dillingham, is upholding the' bsat traditions of the state in the senatorialI office. An administration which leans upon such advisers cannot go far astray. A state which follows their leadership cannot go far wrong." -The Vermont Patriotism. There is something in this high latitude which leeds to right thinking and right doing, for Vermont has been invariably aligned with the beat judgment and the patriotic conscience of the American peo ple. In every crisis from the revolution until now, her sons have proven them selves worthy of their priceless inheri tance. They wrote a splendid record of heroic service in the revolution and in the severe hour when our national life was in periL.- To a son of Vermont, in the lottery of fate, fell the opportunity to make for ever luminous the, achievements of the American navy in the harbor of anila, To the grand old commonwealth of New laitng elloshi 'wt ermont, we are Inete or loa and e intservice 8I vr ainle.gp~. he has vei~rieh cotiuin her country in f ecs and war. We have entered upon a eampaign ef tar remahing massent We qe-to determine the pa.eles that shall be in foree and the g1 masaaeg'w hih qg be- appower low sur iesa t o e. ihe aaddates and rebefore the pubflo. The reo partiemAr A ¶t o r bmi far history, and we should be able to judge what policies and what administration will best advance our welfare. We should consider the questions before us and de termine them in light of the fireside with out passion and without prejudice. One of the uppermost questions is. Does the administration of President Roosevtlt merit a vote of confidence? This question confronts us at the very threshold of de bate. The President took up the duties of his office at a serious moment in the history of the republic. He assumed his great responsibilties with a due appreciation of their gravity and gave assurance to his countrymen that he Would carry out the policies of his predecessor. The people were familiar with them. They were the policies of the republican party. They had brought the country immeasurable pros perity, and they naturally desired their continuance. Administrations Compared. Let us see what republican administra tion and republican policies have accom plished. We may compare democratic and republican administrations with profit. For tunately we have before us the records of both parties during the last twelve years. Twelve years ago the country was in en joyment of an unusual degree of prosperity. There was work to be had on every hand and at good wages. The farmer received remunerative prices for the products of the farm. Benjamin Harrison was then Pres ident-one of the ablest men who has held the chief executive office. The public busi ness was well transacted. The McKinley tariff law was in full operation. In the face of all this, the democratic party de nounced "republican prosperity as a fraud and robbery of the great majority of the people for the benefit of the few." It was declared to be unconstitutional and the re peal of the McKinley tariff law was de manded. The people, in an unguarded mo ment, in the exercise of their sovereign rights, voted out of power the republican administration and expressed their judg ment in favor of a repeal of the McKinley law, democratic promise was accepted in place of republican fulfillment. General Harrison, in submitting his an nual message to Congress, directed atten tion to the availing prosperity throughout the country. Defeat Brought a Reaction. The defeat of the republican party and the consequent change in the economic policy of the government, started a sharp reaction in the industrial world. It is Im possible to overthrow great economical monopolies without changes in industrial and commercial conditions. It could not be done in 1te2 and it cannot be successfully accomplished today. The four years succeeding General Harri son's defeat will not be soon forgotten. They stand in sharp contrast with the years of republican administration, both before and after. They were four years of ar rested development; of panic and distress without a parallel in American history. Field. factory and mine suffered alike. Vast armies of unemployed marched through the country, hopelessly seeking for an opportunity to work, regardless alike of either the number of hours or the rate of wage. To many from foreign shores who have since then sought our hospitality, and to many of the young men of our coun try, who for the first time will exercise the highest privilege of an American freeman this may be an overdrawn picture. There are many of our countrymen who will con firm it with testimony gathered in their own hard experience. Return to Bepublican Policies. In 1806 the American people resolved to return to republican administration and to republican policies. We came into power pledged to overthrow the democratic tariff law and to enact in lieu of it a genuine protective measure. President McKinley. real!zing full well the public needs, convened Congress as speedily as possible after his inauguration to carry out our pledge. Months were spent in an exhaustive consideration of the entire sub ject, and in due time we put upon the stat ute books the Dingley law. The republican adm:nistration and this measure gave con fidence to the country. Fires were started In the great industrial centers. A profitable market was created for the products of the farms of Vermont, New Hampshire and elsewhere. Prosperity returned and spread her blessings among all sections and all peoples within the ample limits of the re public. The Martyred McKinley. Three years ago our great and beloved leader In the national contests of 1896 and 1900 fell at his post of duty. His successor has since administered our national af fairs with conspicuous ability. He has been an earnest student of the country's needs. He has been conscientious and un tiring in the discharge of his great respon sibilities. He has been inspired by but one purpose, and that has been to do well the work committed to his hands. Judged by any test we may apply, the administration of President Roosevelt has been eminently successful. The last three years have been years of exceptional pros perity. Business has been active in the market places. Industry has flourished and the farmer has prospered in an n usual degree. Prosperity has not been con fined to limited areas, but has extended throughout the country. It has not been restricted. to a few, but has been enjoyed .by the many. Domestic trade has expanded to propor tiohs never before attained, and our ex ports have reached the highest figures In our history. -In short, the past three years have been years of commercial growth, of domestic peace and expanding power. As in 1892, the democratic party now de nounces "protection as a robbery of the many to enrich the few," and pledges itself to overthrow the Dingley law, through a re vision and reduction of the tariff. What will be the result of such a policy? We will find a most conclusive answer in the four years of the last democratic admin istration. Let the American people take the demo cratic platform and the record of the last democratic administration in one hand and the republican platform and the record of the republican administration during the last three years in the other, and pronounce their potential judgment. Personal Mention. Messrs. William F. Hunt and Samuel 0. Wendel are among the Knights Templar who left Wednesday for California and St. Louis. Dr. Chas W. Cuthbertson has left for a two-weeks' stay in St. Louis, where he goes as a delegate to the National Dental Association and to attend the sessions of the International Dental Congress, which convenes In that city August 29. Milton C. Thompson of 1006 D street southeast has returned from Virginia Beach and Portsmouth, Va. Dr. Gleo. H. Townsend has gone to Cali fornia with the Knights Templar of the District. Departed for Nanass=== The War Department has been advised by telegram of the departure of Companies I, K and II. 1st Infantry; L and K, 8th In fantry, 320 men, fifteen officers, from Fort Porter for Manassas, Va., August 27, .and headquarters band. Companies A, D,E,.. F, G, I, K, L and M, 5th Infantry, thirty eight officers, 584 enlisted men front Platta burg barracks, New York, for Manassas, Virginia, August 27. Imad Withdrawa Prom~ leiemat dlovernmnent lands to the amount of 8U,60 acres in the Durango distrot of Colo rado, andl 26,46 acres in the .Great Fails distrist of Montana, have en withdrawn fr all forms of diuposal by ore of the secretary of the Interior. The Retion wasn take= at the romaint. of the smansgal ant Les Asnse, N. U., tan at Beame 4Gee =2 ITAB ST WAT The star will be =afled to any ad-s> drass in the United states or Canad" for 13 cents per week. 7 eats sr two weeks or 00 cents per month, postage prepaid. Payment t@ be made INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The address may be changed as fre quently as desired. Always give the .d. well as the ew addes HILL'S WITHDRAWAL Effect of Announcement of His Intentions. RELIEF TO DEMOCRATS IS SUPPOSED TO RAVE A CAND?r DATE. Bank and Pile Look Askance at the Choice of the Booms-Why Boot and Lamont Refused. Mr. David B. Hill's expressed determi. nation to retire from politics after Janu ary 1, will disarm a number of critics of the present management of the democratie party-critics both without and within the party lines. His assertion that in case of the success of the democratic ticket he would not be an aspirant for honors, national or state, nor official emoluments, r presumably will reassure the people who are disturbed over his influence in the na tional councils of the party. The New York World, which is backing the democratic campaign after its own pe culiar fashion-and more or less to the comfort of some democrats-asked editori ally today why Mr. Hill, if he is deter mined to retire from politics, should not retire immediately? They would like to see him out of the fight before he indulges in any more mud-slinging against Roose velt, which the World fears did not make a hit, and before he gets his man Stanch field nominated for governor. A Load for the Democrats. There is no question that Mr. Hill is In many quarters regarded as an incubus on the democratic national ticket. As bad as the rust in a Dakota wheat field is the blight of his influence upon the promising crop of democratic hopes in the state cam paign, according to the view of some demo crats. It is recalled that he "busted" the democratic gubernatorial campaign of two years ago by the insertion of his coal plank in the state platform. Many demo crate look with fear and trembling upon his prospective choice of a gubernatorial candidate this year. Hence the World's remark, as the lady said to the over-stayed caller. "Must you go?' It is admitted by the democratic man agers that everything depends upon the outcome in New- York. The democrats must have New York-the republicans can get along without that state-In the presl dential contest. It is conceded that the state campaign will have imperaat ben,' ing on the national camiaign. Democr.' " and republicans alike are watehing w+t the utmost anxiety the d6lberation' if the party bosses in their choosing of gub.r natorial candidates. It will make a di1 ference to the democrats whom the if. publicans select and the choice of the democratic candidate will adset the nrPv lican campaign. The Choice of the Dom e. It is remarkable that the rank and die of both parties in New York fear the insuence of their respective state bosses on the gubernatorial choice. If the republicans nominate a man distinctly of Gov. Odell's selection there is said to be little doubt that the opposing faction will hold aloof. At this time Mr. Tim Woodruf, former lieutenant governor, and present Lieut. 0ev. Higgins are the two most likely candidates. Mr. Higgins is understood to be Gov. Odell's preference. Mr. David B. Hill's favorite is understood to be Mr. Stanchfield, and some of the old line democrats are looking very mouch askance upon any man who Mr. Hill should force upon the party. It would not make much difference, in the long run, they say, whether Mr. 11111 retired January 1 or not from active politics if he had a devoted fol lower in the gubernatorial chair. Lamont and Boot. Root and Lamont would have put up the best and moat clean-cut fight as opposing candidates for governor, but, of course, that is not possible now, since both have de clined to run. A Star man who was in New York last week was given the following reason for the declination of these two much-sought-after candidates: "As a matter of fact," said The 8tar's informant, "both famont and Root were afraid of each other. Lament said: 'Woulsin't I make a pretty spectacle trying to run a gubernatorial speaking campaign, when I cannot even make an after-dner talk to a tableful qf friends T "Root said: 'I can talk to a gathering at the Union League Club, but bow would I appear before the up-state farmers, upon whose vote we must depend, with all of my record as a corporation and trust lawyer? That would be a fine eight, wouldn't itT ' Woodruff and Higgins. Many republicans like Tim Woodruff, and although he does not draw as much water as the Cedric in the lower end of Manhattas Island, It is admitted that he would make a good showing up-state, as he is a good talker, a good "mixer" and a genial fellow. He has unbounded ambition, as was shown by his little flurry for the vice presidential nomination in 1900, and he has self-confi dence enough to face any kind of a situ ation. Nothing daunts him. There was a good deal of talk in New York about Mr. Higgins, however, and many republicans said that If Gov. Odeli determines to push him to the front he can probably do it. Then if Mr. Hill puts in a man of his choosing it will be a stand-off EfEect of Hill's WithdrawaL. Mr. Hill's forthcoming abdication, if it comes, will undoubtedly be due to the at vice of Judge Parker. It has been maae plain to Judge Parker long before this thas Mr. Hill was a handicap both to him and to the national party. Hill was a handlesp to Parker at St. Louis, when the nn.nin= tion was at stake,1n politicians from tas west and south shook their heads ever Hill's predominance and influsee in tae councils. If Hill gets out, it will take an other shaft from Bryan's quiver and pei, hap. result in asing Mr. Bryas to warm up a little to the national tichet. Bryas has been Invited to hous, but evury time he looks that way be sees Hill' shadow em the Hudson and abaiddrs. The net result of Mr. Hill's announee ment, polUticians may, )will undosbtedly be beneficial to the demecratie eampaigu. Judge Parker has announed that he wemig not if elected. be a candiate fsr anothe nonantion. Mr. Hill Is regarded new a the possessor of the iresidential goods and chattels of the democracy, and os bS says he has no covetous eye on the futBEft democrats right and left will beaue a sgm of Welief. It will be plaignews to use tameea demnocrats, wh dislike 111ll for his eppee.. n to the Icome tan-end he gave h testevienc tothat eppositios 4P pre vesting the incorporation of as ineometa plank in the platforma at St. Louis. It wui deight the Clevelandltesoets, who doat like Hill for a deaen reasos, end lt wIS eguse ,the peuing of iauaserable soW4 S5e ties and th etig o many S'uu amnen the to w'om 1.1