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No. 16,085. WASHINGTON, D. 0, TUESDAY9 E 1 1, 190--SIES.TWTCENS THEI EUNW 8TAJ. PM.1ISUMD DAILY, RO W SUNDAT. eas. "ae, 11 k sed . tswoIk Ave nhe 1maing Sb Nsws" Ormpy. 5.1E EAUWTEANN, heelit. New Terk 08m. TAse .ng. Cheip an: trib 201sg The Evening Star is served to subsribers in the cIt7 by carriers, on their own account at 10 cents per week. or 44 cents per mouth. opes at the counter. 2 cents each. By =al-anywbere in the U. S. or Canada-postage prepai-50 cents per mosth. Saturday Star, 82 01 per year; with eie eign added, . (Rnte at the Post Ofiee at W..ilgtoa, D. C.. an second-class mal matter.) g7AHl mail subscriptions - t be paid i advas. .ates t ad.erti.ig . .e known app ati . MERELY SKIRMISHING No Important Military Ope rations in Manchuria. RQADS IMPASSABLE 1EPOETED CAPTUBE OF ZASSA LITCH'S CORPS DENIED. A Number of Other Statements Origi nating in the British and Euro pean Press Denied. Today has brought no news of a positive character from either the Russian or Jap anese armies. There has been no fighting. and if nay movements are being carried out they are'thoroughly veiled. The rains continue, and it is probable that with impassable roads and the exhausted condition of both armies, no ektended operations are immediately probable. The sensational report received by the London Morning Post to the effect that Gen. Zassalitch's corps had been captured and Zassalitch wounded. proves to be false. Authoritative denial Is given to that report, as well as to various others originating in the-British and European press, particular ly the London Daily Mail's statement that Gen. Linevitch had marched into eastern Korea and cut Kuroki's communications with Fengwancheng, and the Paris report that Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky had been tried by court martial, sentenced to death and shot for diqpbedience of orders In returning to Port Arthur after the sortie of August 10. No Change in the Situation. ST. PETERSBURG, September 13.-No change is reported in the situation at the front, and no confirmation is obtainable here of the report that General Kuroki is moving northeast of Miukden, but the au thorities are noticeably more reticent than usual. The emperor received a dispatch from General Kuropatkin. announcing that a considerable force of Japanese has been seen about twenty-five miles southwest ot Mukden. Later it was learned that the Japanese were seen southward of the viU lage of Bian:upuza, thirty-sIx kilometers southeastward of Mukden, not twenty-flve miles southwkst of the latter place, as at first reported. The report published in ParIs today that Fear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky had been tried by court-martial, sentenced to death and shot for disobeying the order not to return to Port Arthur after the sortie or the Ru.ian squadron. August 10, is untrue. lie has not been tried by court-martial, but will be recalled. Report of Big Capture False. The war office authorizes the Associated Press to deny the report circulated by the Morning Post of London to the effect that 3.000 men of Lieutenant General Zassa litch's corps have been captured; to deny the report from the same source that he has been wounded, and to also deny the statement from Tokyo that dum-dum bul lets were used by the Russians at Liao yang. The general staff denies that General Linevitch has marched into northeastern Korea from Vladivostok and cut General Kuroki's communications with Fengwang cheng, as reported in a dispatch from Tien Tsin to the London Daily Mail. Concerned About the Chinese. The reports that Chinese troops are concentrating in the valley of the Liao river are causing considerable concern here. The Bourse Gazette thinks It is entirely probable that the Chinese government will formally propose to undertake to guard and administer the territory actually occupied by the Japanese, adding: "To this Japan doubtless will readily ac quiesce, as it will relieve Japan of guarding her lines of communication. In other words, regular Chinese troops will become auxil iaries of the Japanese and the Japanese army, thus relieved of the necessity of pro tecting its lines, stores and land transport, will set free all the strength of the Japanese forces to operate against Russia. China thus would become actually the ally of Japan. If the reports are confirmed, not only Russia but other powers must inter vene to show China what the limi-ts of 'strict neutrality' mean." A General Battle Expected. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 1.-The follow ing cable dispatch regarding the war has been received here today: London dispatches from Gen. Kuroki'. headquarters state that skirmishes between the Russian And Japanese advanc, guards are taking place with increasing frequency. Although the troops are stale, a general battle is expected. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that unoffBcial estimates place the Russian loss at Liaoyang and in retreat at 40.000. St. Petersburg reports from Mukden to day state that the rain continues. The re gorts add that the Russians quartered about Mukden are in danger of starvation. FRAUD ORDERS ISSUED. Two B-nnss= Sehemes That Have Been Barred From the Mails A fraud order has been issued against the Le Roy Manufacturing Company of Uoston, Mass., which is charged with con ducting a fraudulent scheme to make money. The plan of the company was al most identical with those of other con eerns in Boston and New York against which fraud orders have been recently is sued. The method of operating was to advertise for women to do pronitable work at home. The company upon receipt of 31 would send to the applicant for work material with which to make a garment, which must be returned to the company for Inspection be fore any more would be sent. The opinion of the Post Office Department is that the scheme was to make the work as diffRcult and unprofitable as possible, and the fraud order was issued accordingly. The People's Contract and Guaranty Coin. pany of Philadelphia has had a fraud order Issued against it and C. W. Ryder, president of the concern, for what the as aistant attorney general for the Post Offici Department declares to be "a lottery arnd a fraud." The scheme was to agree to de Nver to the holder of a contract mnerchan dise to the value of #t17.50 after 31 a weed for 135 weeks had been paid to the com pany. The Post Office Department de riares the plan to be a scheme for the dis trbution of prises, and that it is, therefore, a fraud and a lottery. PROUD OF THE RNSuLANg. Uam. Chafee Praises the Ueview e +Liestenant General Vi..a, etaier of 5tat wa kenl interested in the grand vrvie of the regular troops and Natlonna Gustie om einged in the iaauver5 .em a p g~MJeisid he: "The :evse was high organized militia made a fine appearance. Of course their ranks were somewhat thin ned because many of the men were foot sore as the result of their hard week's work. I would not undertake to discriminate in a case where all of the men did so well. But through the fact that the Connecticut com mands were massed in one compact body they made an excellent appearance on the field. New York did well also, though laboring under the disadvantage of having its force divided between Grant and Bell's command. As to the regulars, well, I never saw better soldiers. They marched al9ng with an erect carriage and a springy, swinging step that spoke volumes for their endurance after what they had gone through. I was proud of them." WILL BESUME DUTIS MONDAY. The Postmaster General Expected the xatter Part of This Week. Postmaster General Payne will be In Washington the end of this week and will be at his office, next Monday. It is ex pected that soon after his return Mr. Payne will take up the selection of a superin tendent of the dead letter office in place of the late Capt. Lelbhardt. Among the more Important of the Items which will be brought to his attention is that of the report of the committee which has been considering the bids In relation to the contracts for supplying mail pack: age boxes for the free delivery system. The report of this committee has been filed with Fourth Assistant Bristow, and will be by him laid before the Postmaster General for final action. THIEE OmYICERS DISMISM. Action on the Cases of Lieuts. Collins, White and Smith. The President has approved the sentences of dismissal Imposed by courts-martial in the cases of Second Lleuts. William W. White and Charles F. Smith, 13th Infantry, and of First Lieut. Harry J. Collins, 28th Infantry, and their names will be dropped from the army register. Lieuts. White and Smith were convicted of scandalous conduct while stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco. Lieut. Smith Is a grandson of Maj. Gen. Charles F. Smith of civil war fame, and was graduated from the Military Academy last year. Lieut. White was a captain in the 3d Ohio Infantry during the Spanish war, and was appointed a second lieutenant in the 13th Regular Infantry in January, 1902. Lieut. Collins is a native of Colorado, and entered the military service as a pri vate in the 1st Colorado Infantry during the Spanish war, and was honorably mustered out of the volunteer service as captain of the 32d United States Volunteer Infantry in June, 1901. He was appointed first lieu tenant of the 9th Regular Infantry in Sep tember, 1901. The charges upon which he was court-martialed arose out of alleged Irregularities in connection with the pay accounts of enlisted men In the Philippines. Personal Mention. Mr. Garfield Charles, secretary to Senator Cullom, after spending the greater part of thb summer at Atlantic City, has join.ed the senator In Chicago, where he will re main until after the presidential election. Mr. J. G. Durfey of Langdon, being a past grand master and a member of the Odd Fellows' drill team, left Friday night for California to attend the annual session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. Dr. William A. White, the superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, has returned to the city after a trip to Binghamton, N. Y. Francis H. Whitney, private secretary to the Postmaster General, has returned from an outing in Wisconsin, where he was one of a party of campers. Grand Representative Thomas W. Fowler, accompanied by Rev. Fred D. Heisse of Baltimore, Md., left on the 11 o'clock train this morning for San Fran cisco, Cal., to attend the meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. Selected for Miitary Instruction. Under the provisions of the Dick militia law Capt. James T. Burns, 3d Infantry, Illinois National Guard, has been author ized by the Prrsident to attend and pursue the regular course of instruction at the gerrison school at Fort Sheridan, Ill. Capt. Walter M. Lindsay and Second Lieutenant Charles E. Akeley, 6th Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, have been similarly authorized to attend and pursue a regular course of instruction at the In fantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leaven worth, Kan. These are the first officers of the National Guard to take advantage of this instruction at regular army posts. Ordered to This City for Instruction. The following-named assistant surgeons at the posts indicated have been ordered to this city Octooer 1 next for a course of instruction at the Army Medical School: First Lieutenants William R. Davis at San Francisco, Cal.; Leartus J. Owen at Fort Myer; Va.; Stanley G. Zinke at Fort Riley, Kan.; Robert M. Culler at Fort Jay, N. Y.; Frank W. Weed at Fort McHenry, Md.; William A. Wichine at Fort Etlaan. Allen, Vt.; Henry L. Brown, Columbus barracks, Ohio; Howard H. Bailey, Plattsburg bar racks, N. Y.; Harry 0. Humphreys, Fort Totten, N. Y., and Paul L. Freeman at Fort Slocum, N. Y. A Marriage Requiremnent Suspended. A. S. M. Gottscbalkr United States- consul at Callao, Peru, stated in a recent report that the decree of February last requiring that before celebrating a marriage between foreigners, or between a Peruvian and a foreigner, the civil and ecclesiastle author itles should exact, In additIon to the testi mony of two witnesses, a certinecate of bacheierhood or splnsternoed ha. bee. in definitel|y suspended by the Peruvian gee ernament. Besignation of Lient. Wells. The President has accepted the -resigna tion of Second Lieut. Charles Wells, 1st In fantry, to take effect at once. Lieutenant Wells is a native of Ohio and served as an enlieted man in the Yolunteer antsitahannt during the 8panish war. He was appointed second lieutenant in the regular army is May, 1902. Nesting ef General CEcers. A board of officers. consisting of General, Grant, Bell, Wint, Bliss and Story, met at the War Department today to recommend a principal and alternate, for detail, to 11ll as anticipated vacancy in the grade of lieu. tenant colonel on the general staff, 'result ing from the promotion of Lieut.. Cot Charles Shaler, ordnance department, tc the grade of coloneL. New BMse Range Near the Presidio. The War Departmnent has been advised of the compl.etion of the protected riSe range near the Presidio of San Fransiscn which was eons under the supers visio of Cpt. . Hopiand, 3isi Infantry, Tne abeseerye aseta.ss invitation of thetrst -kiinIsia peae eegress to b~s*~t*~s i in feston an odne ao ' IN BEI A REDUCED -PLURALITY REPUBLICANS C ARRY 1hfAINE ELECTION BY7APOUT 30,000. Probably 3,300 Smaller Than Their Victory Four Years Agco-Demo cratic Legislative Gains. PORTLAND, Me., September. 13.-The re publicans of Maine were successful In the state election yesterday, their candidate for governor, William T. Cobb of Rockland; be ing elected by a plurality which probably will be as high as 30,000. This estimate In based upon returns tabulated today from 350 cities, towns and plantations out of a total of 522, which give Cobb 71,04-5 and Cyrus W. Daivis of Waterville, demyocrat,. 46,162. This probable plurality* toi about 3,300 smaller than that by which the republican ticket was successful In Maine four years ago. The democratic leaders. who. previous to the election declared that any redu.-Ton from the plurality of 1L900 would be a demo cratic gain. are therefore claiming that the vote Indicates an increase In party strength in the state. On the other hand the repub lican leaders had declared that they ex pected only from 15,000 to 20,000 plurality. Present Representatives Re.-Elected. All the present representatives, who are republicans, were re-elected by pluralities ranging from 5,000 to 8,000. They are Amon L. Allen, Chales E. Littlefield, Edwin C. Burleigh and Llewellyn Powers. Mr. Pow ers had the gTeatest opposition, defeating Mr. R. Pattangall of Machias, his demo cratic opponent, by 6,500 votes, a reductior of his plurality from 8,800 two years ago. Incomplete retrns Indicate that the dem ocrats will have several state senators, whereasthey now have only one, and that they will make a -alight gain over their present twenty members of the state house of representatives. rhe noticeable feature of the election so far as the voting In the cities was con cerned was the falling off In the republican plurality In Portland from 2,62 four years ago to 1,389 yesterday. This republican.lose In Portland, together with the election f a democratic sheriff and a democratic senator, was held by the democrats to be a virtual sweep of Cumberland county. GOV ni to Boosevelt cendT he fwngtlngrm o wnte repsentlate laigt inPrlnf romgut by66 four yeal: "The toPr8 esn,ter. Bais repblian.: s inPoand, etpretssher witppr ection of th demoric achivementd of deocradicsnastr twon held by your deforts o the advantue mweep of evermierestd countyentonb plurality o ao to,0 Roosevelt an proherfolowin tel Oram wer sentLa." last nig fro Cugutay, Chial: "TPesint,oa Ommettea, N York "Raietun eapressedye aeceieiato oa pt spletydof ahieveents,f0yo. Haveeletor tfouran cofreurmeffortsajorithes aranin ment ofeveto 1i,0teerymbe of theb pluralityr of thoute o0reoresetna trosert. JOHN F. HILL." "Mrntaeoe . Cortyu t Cdayrne hBfl "To.ithn Preient, omiteea, New Y:k "Returns araycie indicate a rpblcnpi roft of,0aboWe 30,000 ae eleten and fourb congresen by mhe riencuties ein tae seatoran hexp four,e an fivesiwhs. the membrs of the houe ofa Oupr vetor is coJOH n sepN F. tILt' ofvitryih ovebRooev-t aestai"E . C. ."htoa e& h "Tohe rpresienttiveste tor N . the sameU ec hto catdfure. phiblma en of t eb sxenactis 90 teste ando. hav elec0k,-th ovrwem at Newjork.y o the ellater. be iet ou vitry ar Noembeed. r st n The erestalate aby tegaped ti The same effect to Gdw foryar mitts ll( n, and t .W ~J,theaLsmig oferepublican rliyonrsoalom ts atNew YOrkBE te atrbewrd . Ou. ictr a ecestu os a - I "If this is a dream, let me sleep 'ti AFFAIRS A' OSTER BAY PPAMIDENT E" A ;O,G CONFEE ENCE WIT 1AyRRANXL Vice Presidential.amdidat Well Bati fled Over the *d* =eCtion XcCumbir 4 Cq4r. OYSTER BAY, IT. L,q Vober, A-Atter a long conferened .vitjlokent Roosevelt last night, Senator-iCbLrW. Tafrbiks, the President's runtig p,on the repub lican national ticket,;4aft 13M to day in time to catch;, 0 =- , York. While declinin to 44 details of his conference with r Fairbanks sai4 they factory talk. It isr li to consideration 4y the era] olitical sit uation, they disoa"4 Me Atat ot atr in both New York an& Unk The sena tor assured the-Pre4idW he Ud no doubt that Indiana -would gives heavry republicaji plurality. xaine 9#Un2estWlts. Senator ]fairbanki saW h- expected to leave New York at # o'.eck this afternoon for Saratoga, wher* tomorrow he -will ad dress the republican state convention. The news from the Maine eletion, he said, was "fxceedingly gratifling.* President Roosevelt received today-'mes sages -from Maine, which were sent late Last night. Representative W C. Burleigh tele graphed from AugUsta. No Comment Pro* President. Beyond expressivA his gratification at the results of the elecon the President made no public comment ipon it. He telegraphed today his congratulations to the state com mittee and to the leaders in Maine. Senator P. J. McCumber of North Dakota arrived here today and was a guest of the President for an hour or two. He said he desired merely to talk over some campaign matters, with Mr. Roosevelt. . He gave as surances that his own state would give the republican ticket "pretty comfortable sup port." BIBMARCK I VERY ILL Scion et~ the hueUorH Beported FRIERICH.RUgg, "geptember 18. Prince Herbert algc~ condition Is most grave. His aist~r ~f~ao5TeI Rant mau, has been -to- Join the rest of the family, ~ re-glrada at Fried richaruhe. it swas- an 5 Friedrichsvh had bee,b osse time re less n ashL hinted. at-. Prince- r on of the e da. 5010015S O0W 0 MAN I spring." A SUCCESSFUL HOLD-UP FIVE BANDITS BOARDED BOCK ISLAND TRATM IN IOWA. :xpress Safe Blown, but No Money Secured - Mounted Men With Bloodhounds in-Pursuit. _DXS MOINES, Iowa, September 13.-Five bazdits perpetrated a successful hold-up of a passenger train on the Chicago. Rock Is -bid and Pacific railway near Letts, Iowa, j*Xk.thIp. morning. The statements o! ex are (hat the robbers secured no '06ftt. though the safe was blown open and the contents taken. - The offers assert that ~~t~x-boise- ol nows Te pecial trains, on one of which are qse of railroad and express employes and a number of officers, were rushed to the scene4k the robbery Immediately upon re eqipt of the news, the trains going from Muscatine, West Liberty and Davenport. Horses were procured at Columbus Junc tion, near which point the robbers left the rdilroad. - Prn Scouring the country. -,Mounted men with bloodhounds are now scourifg the country for miles in every di rection In an effort to apprehend the rob bers, while all the railways that passed through Columbus Junction or nearby pdints from the time of the robbery are being held up by the officers and carefully Inspected by them to.ascertain if the ban dits are undertaking to escape in this way. Thq engineer and fireman of the train fur nished good descriptions of three of the men. The officials seem to be of the opinlon that the robbers, when they left the englue two miles east of Columbus Junction, n stead of going into that place, where the robbery had already been reported by wire from Fruitland, started off to the east into the marsh country lying between the Iowa and the- Mississippi rivers, where the railway forms a delta and where the coun try is overgrown by stunted timber. Watching ]Uver Banks. Believing the bandits will keep under cover for the time being, the officers di recting the search have arranged to keep a sharp lookout along the Mississippi and Iowpa rivers, and at Wapello, Keithebburg and other points. The robbery qeeurred at a place known as "Whisky Hollow," about six miles out of Muscatine and near Fruitland. The train known as No. 11 is a through Chicago and Kranss City train. The rob bery was at the end of a sharp curve- and ~exactl y where a similar holdup was engi neere twq years ago by Marx, NIeder meier and Vandine, the so-called Chicago "oar-barn bandits." The engineer, as the train rounded the curve, saw a red lantern on the track and stopped the train. Imme diately the engine, express car and flaggage car were boarded by the robbe'ds, appar ently five in number. - numWae of Shots. A fusillade of shots was fired along the sides of the train to preventiniiene hy =s==ngers. The measenger if the -* -rs ear- was oon.Isd to- open the deb T'he ear safe was dp amnited and the con - pnts enamn aftet wich the engine crew ps, comlpellt return to the passenger oaches. The engine was then cut off and the riobbers ran its quickly through Letts and to within two miles .of, Columbus luno tion, where it was lefttanlg The manner in which the imait andled the -engine, -their Swejof the facta. that -Letto .was a oledeainat night and the .pleetion of a point ney Celnabs Junctiona t* aeatwhieh to ab.an the %geal he Oeers that s.eof - en Tsa 1 haih Intt har-reaching possibilities. It had already aused heated debate In the council, and its Mhraseology was decided upon only after a lompronise, in which American wording preponiderated. Congressnan Burton of Cleveland was the spokesman of the council on The Hague resolution. The proposition to undertake to secure Intervention In the far east was presented by Lecomte Goblet dAlviella of Belgium. and Dr. Gobat of Switzerland submitted a report dealing~with the international agree ment. At the opening of the session Dr. Gobat, the secretary, proposed that a salutation be telegraphed to President Roosevelt, and the following telegram was sent: "The twelfth Interparliamentary confer ence. composed of representatives of III teen parliaments, at the commencement of Its deliberations sends its respectful and cordial salutations to the President of the great American republic. It considers itself most fortunate In having the oppor tunity of holding its sessions In a cour try whose chief magistrate is considered by all the nations a champion of International justice. (Signed) "RICHARD BARTHOLDr , "Presndent. "Dr. GOBAT. Secretary." CEERS FOR ]OOSEVELT. Encident at Public Meeting of Locomo tive Firemen. BUFFALO, N. Y., September 13.-The public meeting held last night In conven tion hall by the Brotherhoodof Locomotive FIremen of America, now in convention in this city, wound up in a demonstration for President Roosevelt. The hall was filled. Grand Master Hannahan of the brother hood was just drawing his address to a close, and he had caHed attention to the fact that a New York newspaper had criti eised the President because he had accepted an honorary membership In the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen. "Let me say," said the grand master. "that If the President of the United States or any other of Its citizens does nothing worse than accept membership in this or ganization he will neither merit the Ill will nor deserve the censure of any of his fel low men. "If the rest of the public and particularly those who are Intrusted with the direction of our government and the management of the nation's greatest enterprises would do as the President and meet us upon a com mon level, there would be fewer strikes and less strife and more of peace and good will In the Industrial world." "What has the President done for you?" shouted a man. "The President," the grand master re plied, "has proven to the organised work Ingmen of this country that he has an in terest in their welfare by accepting an hon.. orary membership in an organization of nen whose faces are begrimed by smoke and dust, and who daily and hourly face the gravest dangers." An outburst of cheers followed. During the demonstration the men on the stage sat silent. AT DEMOCRATIC ".A QUAETzxa ASatant Treasurer Appointed-Tag g*rt ~to Go West-Jones Advises. NEW YOtK. September 13.-Charles R. Hall, attorney-at-law, of 45 Broadway, New York, was today appointed assistant treas urer of the nationa depso"We "1nnialte, VXSi)s thsfio rne~i t tbe lacs $n4 O the na25n01af may be o=*nft*ne hand, fs it is hhpotf for Treasurer Pea body to*00-is -metire t sn, th wt 6asa r ocnapent were hed be 6 C ir 4igort and his lieutea 4h t peand o '~~departre of Mr. Taggart for the wesl tomorrow. Mr Tag gart goes to'fndAiWiplW, French Lick Springs and.Chicago, to be gone until the first of next week. The Maine election .was declared by Mr. Taggart today to be a very favorable sign f6r the democrats. He said that any falling off in the republican vote could not be re garded in any other light' Jix-Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, former chairman of the national democratic committee, had an extended conference with Mr. Taggart during the morning. Mr. Jones is taking much- interest In the cam paign and his experience as chairman places him in a position to offer many sug gestions, which he.is doing, keeping con stantil in touch with the situation. MOUNTAIN A MASS OF FLAXES. Valuable Property Endangered by Rag ing Forest Fires in Montana. ANACONDA, Mont., September 13.-A large forest fire Is raging In the mountains west of here, and a hoisting works and shaft house, together -with a bunk and boarding house, have been destroyed. A number of prospectors' cabins have been burned. The timber In the vicinity of the Blue-,Eyed Nellie mines is dense, and much valuable timber is being destroyed. The whole mountain is a mass of flames. and at night the sight is a spectacular one, the long lines of flaming pines being visible for miles around. ADMITS A SETTWW, IT Phippss Divorce Trouble to 3. Settled on Flunacal Esels, DENVER, Col., September 1.--The News today says that Mrs. Lawrence C. Pilpps, wife of the Pittsburg millionaire, who is suing for divorce admits that a settlement of the case has been reached. According to her statement Mr. and Mrs. Phippa are to have equal rights as to cus tody of the children; Mrs. Phippe is to transfer all property held in her name, in eluding the Denver and Pittsburg resi dences, to Mr. Phippe for a consideration of PUMN,I0; Mrs. Phippa is to retain her* eteeks and bonds,. Today Mrs. Phippa, through her attorneys, will ie an answer to Mr. Phipps' divorce 1~tion, in's which she wijlsdeny the afrl o desertion. NO 181N3ADQ1TA3TEgg Result of Confereisce at itemenunt With Leaders. ESQPUS, N. Y., September 18.-Judge Pairker 14as up early today and spent. an hour .with the newspapers before break fast. ,-e made no comment for jgab&ication regarding the result of the Maine elections. As a result of recent conferences between Waty ladems who have Visite wsemonnt, it hsas been decided not to oisen western -edures CharmnTaegartwilpr s~ urvey the westernstutnad lereturns to Newr York wtil take uesra40 put more life into the work in Inatana. Wimns and .rntan. - og iuassa14 a.-at the ma,Ssa sa The Stat Wi be Muned to AMV Ad. dref in the United Sates or Caad* for N cents per week, 0 sents IM two weeks or .M..t. ,r .me ,tte prepai, PaMt to be made INVARIA3LY IN ADVANCE The addres. may be eaaged s be ftly as dued. Always gise ald s Weal a" the amw adwu&. ODELL IS PERIER Unique Podition of the Ma Who Control ituation. ACTING WITH CAUTION YOUTE AND OLD AGE PLAY 703 VANTAGE AT SARATOGA. Great Political Game of Checker In Progrese-Result JeIas MsQ to Odell and Party. Special Fran a Staff orrespoodent. SARATOGA, N. Y., September I.-Gov ernor Odell has been a much perplexed man -for the past twenty-four hours, and this morning his dark and somber visage still bears the frown of anxiety and con cern. The governor knows what he wants, known that he can get It, but also is aware that If he in not careful in the manner of working his will the result will be die astrous Here Is the spectacle of this absolute boss of the republican party of New York, holding the. machinery of the party under such perfect control that it, will register his command- to the last extremity, yet foiled temporarily of his purpose by the fact that the ruthless exercise of hig leadership will defeat his own purpose. - Across the narrow hallway that separ ates his cottage from Senator Platt'r sits a feeble old, man, his frame wasted with age and the fatigue of many years of har4 work for his party. whose voice is so tem ulous that his listeners must lean to hims to hear his words, yet whose word of ac quiescence is all necessary to the virile, ruthless young leader who has supplanted him. The point Is this: If Senator Platt should nod his head to the governor's suggestion. the governor's choice, Frank W. Higgins, could be nominated without a protest from any quarter. The nomination would be harmonious and the charge could not be made that Higgins bore the tag of Odell. The senator has been withholding that nod, that word of acquiescence. Could Force Nomination. The governor could override the objection of the senator and force the nomination on the first ballot. He has more than a majority of the delegates safely, tagged, ticketed and ready for delivery, but what would be the result? The croy would be raised that the nominee was! "tagged with Odellism," Senator Platt's friends would flush under another blow in' the face. Ia portant interests In the republican party would be alienated from the support of the state ticket. The question naturally comes up, "W . should there be any more objectmp to t%w non""o hearing the Ool tb" t Ia the. Wl to that Yok state poliptes, and the faumes are -at The-' fat tft tho.goerpor refrains U0ing his power aalL tn1g screws is evidence eno that he that his tag would be a blight upoN 00 pospects of the candidate whom he upon the party. Whatever humiliation thot thought may bring to the governor. if it brings any, and whatever responsibility be feels for such a condition of aftir, in knows It in a fact that he must move cau tiously. H'e has realised that fact mere and more as his lieutenants have come in from their several districts, bringing re ports of the status of the Odell administra tion. Odell Moving With Caution. So he has been moving with caution and using diplomacy in an effort to accomplish his purpose and at the same time divert It of sinister Import. He is trying to induce the senator to join him and place the cloak of Platt's greet prestige over his candi date's shoulders. The governor Is outward ly all attention and consideration to the aged senator, whose leadership is but an empty honor and fraught with no element of accomplishment. A dozen times a day he goes Into the sen atoE's cottage, and his bearing Is that of one who sits at the feet of GamalieL. But he insists upon having his way. He cog'us and reasons with the senator, taking to him the Odell lieutenants to tell the sea tor of the wonderful adaptability of the governor's cand:date. I am not prepared to say that these tac tics will fall In the end. Indeed, it is rumored in the early hours of the day that before the convention meets tomorrow the senator will have withdrawn Mr. Wood. ruEt an.d yielded to tige governor's imper tunities. AU the negotiations for the sele. tion of the candidate are being conducted by those two men. Eiggest Nent in the Party Present. Saratoga is filed with the biggest men is thme republicsn party of New York, repre sentatives. federal oles holders, stats oS cdaIs, lay- workers and local leaders. But they alt idly around the pla==m. of the United States Hotel talking mostly us subjects other than political and awaiting the word from the boss. They go to the cottage on the opposite side of the great court when they are sent for and only then. They are here to execute the wiB of the party "machine" and to give thsir advice and counsei when It Is asked. The discipline i. perfect, and if they barber any thoughts of revolt they do not exDrs There is the ponderous Sereno Payne, the mighty man in Congress, at whose frown the new mem.bter of the House trembles and whose word is weighty in legislative coos seL. But the lion at Washington is a lamb at Saratosa, and Mr. Payne sits mitki the othes awaiting the signal from the state leader; Judges, commissioners, olicile high In flederal oce in the big cities line up wlth him in denieaspect. LOw N000t or Shambles. Some time during the day the governor and -tie master wHil meet and the aNI maatums will he delivered. Then it wHi he decideR whsether tomorrow's oonventilos Is to be a love feast or'sa shainbles. Thse governor gave the screw a little-ture tisinrlwghuh asnt for Mr. Hi=e diatety eonstr!ed that as a Mlatss * the governor was tightening M helds i. ~e ~Sm wusg~ sees n