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ROADERS. THEY FIGURE ON BEATING THE POPULIST TICKET. REPUBLICAN PASSES. The Meeting la Handled By Sharp Shrewd Managers-vf tha Re- , publican Machine, ' Grand Inland, Neb. July 23 Special.) fne barefaced Imposition attempted In (onnectlon with the getting togeth-T of the delegates to the middle-of-the-road convention held here Friday the 2oth, Is without parallel In the list of rann frauda that have found place In Ne braska politic. Nothing could hare more clear'y shown the part taken by the republi cans In the mid-road populist conven tion than was shtiwn tonight when the hungry patriots who have been" busy working up the scheme In return for re publican cash tried to cry down a Webster county populist when he of fered to point out republicans who were sitting as delegates on the floor of the convention, and gave the name of the republican banker In Webster county who distributed the passes pro vided for the use of the delegates to the convention that was to "protest against corporation Interference and domination In Nebraska politics." It was at once a novel and instruct ive spectacle. Men who had admitted privately that they were running this thing for boodle and had apparently gloried in their ability in the line of political grafting, now openly lifted up their voices and demanded that the republicans who had been smuggled Into the convention In the guise of pop ulist delegates be let alone, and sought to force out instead the populists of known standing, who jnadu the expo aure on the floor of the convention and who offered to present the names of Ihe parties who had endeavored to have . the names of republicans Inserted in the list of populist delegates. And all this and more occurred while nuch eturdy advocates of political In tegrity and noble pur pr.se a I). Clem Deaver. Jerome Shamp, Alfred Fawk- rier and Ed F. Moreaity were yelling t ome on, lioys! Make way for lib erty." They Insisted that they were working for "principle." It was a lucky thing for the owner cf the Grand Island opera house that they were satisfied with anything short of the principal and interest. Other wise not a brick of his property would be returned to him in tha morning. ALL THAT WAS LACKING. The wretched exposure was all that was lacking to make the so-called pop. tillst convention a monumental farce. It was not only the product of repub lican money, but It wa actually nimle up In part of republican delegates, who declined to make their presence known when the chair was partlclally forced to request them to walk out, and who were Induced to remain by the popu lists In the employ of the republicans, when their location whs pointed out and their identity made known. Among the republicans who wre mixing with the delegates tod ty were Frd J. Snckett of Omaha ind A. K. t'ady of J-'t. I'huI. Hak"'tt was sport ing a Barker and Donnelly bad-e. and when he was linked how- It happon?d, he replied without hesitation and with refreshing c-uidor- "Why there isn't liny difference between this and a re publican gathering." lioth Sackett and Cmly Insisted that they were here on "business" and it Is a fact that they conversed with lh dc!i?ats in a thoroughly Industrious nd businesslike manner. ITS REPRESENTATION. The convention representation Is not now and may never be known. The manipulators tried to have It accepted that there were iM delegates, but finally got down to 312. It is a serious question whether there were really over 150 persons who were entitled to pose as populist delegates to the con vention. That the persons managing the deal was somewhat shaky as to the situation was shown by the at tempt to turn It from a delegate to a mass convention, which scheme was only abandoned because It made dam aging disclosures and threatened to expose the whole rotten fabric underly ing the deal. Among the spectators was Dewitt Eager of Seward county, who was th free pass distributor for the repub lican machine in that neck of th woods. Seward county was represented by Just one delegate, and he came to Grand Island to visit relatives. In stead of participating in the conven tion. HE HAD MANY PASSES. From Information received from some of the Seward county populists who were besought by Eager to come to the convention, It is learned that Eager bad a bunch of passes and made strenuous efforts to get rid of them. Parties who were solicited state that he had about twenty-five passes In the bunch. In view of Fawkner statement re garding assistance received for persons . wh- were anxious to alt'-nd, but could not afford It, this statement of persist ent dragooning to decidedly interest ing. What kind of a certificate will be made by the convention officers Is problematical. Chairman Hhamp slated that there were over 4'H) dele gates In the convention, but the cre dentials committee dlil not pretend t llnd but 3.".2. This number Included credentials from certain counties that were made to order on the spot. Among the early spe-eehmaking. A. . Gal's 'if Twutrlas, w ho Is one of Ilea ver s lieutenants, and who officiated as ttergeant-at-arms of the convention, stenned up to the secretary table r nil demanded to know If Cass county whs represented. He was Informed that It was not and thereupon Imparted the whispered information lhat he could fix that and handed In a set of ere dcntlals, which stood as the Cass coun ty list and which was voted In a lump tiy someone during the convention. THEY ARE- DISGUSTED. After the Webster county episode it .as freely predicted that the middle, of-thc-road play would re-act on Its originators. The twipullst who were tln-ere in their position, and these rep. resented a large maorliy of those pres ent, wep plainly disgusted and It waa apparent that It would require but little more to ctuso them to bteak out In open revolt. Before the convention adoiirned the situation took on many of the symp toms of a howling farce. Th move had been an thoroughly worked up as a republican play that It showed Itself at every turn. Hpeaker after speaker put In hi time roasting the democrats and an palpably favoring the republi cans that delegates Anally Interrupted the speaker and consuled them to "touch up the republican just for a "A Ticket" Put Up and tha ftepub. Means Ara Rejoicing. Ctrand Island, July 2J. (Special. - The real purpose of the move result ing In the mid-road convention wai disclosed by Temporary Chairman Boyce. who urged the necessity ol "seeing that a full ticket la placed in the stale." That the object of the re publicans in starting the move, was to assist in securing control of the leg islature. Is not to be doubted. . The talk about taking the state away from Bryan gave way to talk about defeating Poynter and the state ticket, but the real milk In the political gourd was the legislative. AFTER THE LEGISLATURE. Republicans but little more of defeat ing Poynter in Nebraska, than they have In defeating Bryan in this state, but hey have serious designs on the legislature and are already concetra ing their fight there. The mid-road state convention wat worked up as a preliminary to getting a third ticket In the field in the legis lative district and that is the scheme that is to be pushed from this tlin forward. A bluff is also to be made at placing candidates in the Held for congress and all other offices, but the real chase-will be after a majority ol the body that will fill two senatorial vacancies. CALLED TO ORDER. It was nearly 3 o'clock when Chair man Fawkner of the state central c om mittee called the convention to order At that hour the opera hnuse. which seats 7uO people, was a little more thar half filled. It was Impossible to tell from appearances who were delegatei and who were not, as badges bearlni the names of Barker and Donnelly had been piled up on hotel counters ever since the preceding evening. There were a number 'of republican! in the audience, and they were seated not only in the gallery, but among th supposed delegates on the tower floor. These republicans Included not only some frcm Grand Island, but a number of the alleged delegates from outside counties were men who were never anything but republicans, and who had been drafted for this very service assist in making a bhowlnj and carry ing out the Imposition that was De Ing systematically worked under the direction of De-aver and the republican committee. Secretary Morearty was Introduced to read the call, and he did so after mak lng a short speech In which lie eulo gized his own courage and patriotism In signing the call, which act lie said he knew at the time would meet with the approval of every "true and honest populist In the state." A LITTLE ASSISTANCE. Fawkner of Omaha seemed to feel that some explanation of the free dis. tribution fit railroad passes was In or der, and l.e declared modest lv tl.iit "we had a little assistance from the na tional committee." Purely through oversight he neg lected to state what national commit tee had furnished the assistance. Prof. J. C. Boyce of Otoe was intro duced as temporary chairman, and as he felt like talking- he held the floor for some time. His speech was very largely devoted to roasting the demo crats, v.-1 i m he characterized as the tniray of every reform, "old hypo crites" and much r'f a slmiljr argumen tative nature. He took a little twist at the republicans for the sake of ai peamnct'8. but this was not relished by the republican delegates, one of whom protested to his neighbor that, he had not consented to come : the guise of a populist delegate to hear his own partv r-'fsted. However, Mr. Boyce was comleVrate of the fact that republicans were In on the deal, and l.e passed ov.-f ' pain "ul duty very quickly. He declared that the only thing jf in imperialistic nature he had ever se-n in t hi euuntry was democratic; that tN- only ones who could be accuted of government without the consent of the governed were democrats, and arraUnvd he populist convention that met ir Lin coln as a lot of officeholders, and said they i ."t-nt lh;-re riding on paases. A lot of the delegates before the speaker felt In thir pockets V ee if their free tickets were o. i) there, and when they found then", so't they ap .-.lauded freely. FOOTS CP TO 170. Bill Dech moved that the delegates from the various congressional dis tricts be rounded up in different cor ners and authorized to name a con gressional committee of each district, which committee should name a can didate for congress after reaching home. This was done and the delegates after being thus parceled out showed up In the following numbers: First dis trict, 2; Third district. 22; Fourth dis trict, 7; Fifth district. 42; Sixth dis trict. 14. The second district did not participate, stating that It desired to make dlfT'-rent arrangements. FUCK FOR GOVERNOR. Nominations were called for and Ma jor Flick of Custer county was named for governor. No other name was pre sented and the nomination was made by acclamation. Nobody seemed to know or care who he was and the various counties sc ond the nomination of Flick and Gllck and Dick and Stick. Some of the del egates Insisted on seeing him and de manded to know if he was a lawyer. Some of the Custer men denied It, but Flick arose and pleaded guilty. F -r lieutenant governor the only name heard was that of William O. Woolman of Clay. The chair was about to declare the nomination, when an Otoe delegate discovered that Woolman was a lawyer and protested against "loading down the ticket." J. A. Boyce, J. K. Stevens, J. W. Whitney, Luclan Stebblns, J. C. Star key and H. O. Relter were suggested, but they all declined. The roll was finally called and Belter of Buffalo was nominated by an overwhelming vote. W. C. Starkey of Pawnee warfnam-l for secretary f state In the same man ner and Samuel Ll'hty of Richardson was nominated for auditor. John Stevens, Jr., of Furnas was nom inated for attorney general, n ball t being necessary to determine the re spective claims of Stevens, Berryman and Woolman. John Salmon of Houth Omaha was named for bind commis sioner, Absolom Tipton of Otoe for treasurer, and Mrs. J. T. Kelly of Kear ney for superintendent of instruction. For presidential electors, Jerome Shamp of Lancaster and A. A. Perry of Ixiuglas were named at large anil the following for each of the sixth con gressional districts In their order: D. W. Pb-rson of Nemaha. O, W, Raworth of Douglas, James Brooks of Stanton, Dewitt Eager of Seward, W. O. Woolman of Clay and James Stock man of Custer. The state committee was authorized to fill the vacancies. Prof, J. A. Iloyce was made chairman of the state com mittee and L. V. Guye of Douglas, sec retary. The chairman promised to effect an organization In every county In the state and see that a candidate was put up for every office Including the legis lature. The cormnlttee was Instructed to meet immediately and at 1 o'clock the convention adjourned, having been In session seven hours. The convention adopted the name of "populist." One delegare moved to make It "straight populist," but he was Immediately howled down and tna motion was not put CHINESE STRIVING TO PROTECT THE LEGATIONS. ALL MINISTERS ALIVE. Soyal Dacraa la laauad Providing Maaauraa for Suppresalon of tha Rebellion. Washington. D. C, July 22. The Chi nese minister, Wu Ting Fang, commu nicated to the secretary of state this morning two important telegrams. The first TH from Shang, the director cf posts and telegraphs in Shanghai, and says: "Fortunate that Minister dinger's telegraphic reply has come. Imperial I decree of the 22d, this moon (corres ponding to July 18), stated that all ( ministers were eaf. Insurgents are , fighting and killing each other. Li I Hung Chang is proceeding northward to suppress riot, will find It difficult to go." The second telegram Is from LI Kul YI. viceroy of Nanking, dated the 21st of July, and received by Minister Wu at 10 o'clock the same day. It Is as fol lows: "According to edict of 22d of this moon (July IS), with the exception of the German minister, who was killed by anarchists, with regard to which rigorous measures are being taken to Investigate and punish the guilty par ties, all the other ministers, for whom strenuous efforts are being made for their protection, are fortunately un harmed." LI Kul YI, the viceroy of Nanking, ;s one of the great officers of China, and stands next to rank among the diplomats to Li Hung Chang. CRT FROM MINISTER C0N6ER. Quick Rallef Only Can Prevent a Oenaral Massacre. Washington, D. C, July 23. The fol lowing n.t-ssage from Minister Conger, presumably dated Pekln, July IS, was received through Minister Wu by the state department: "In British legation. Under contin ued shot and shell from Chinese troops. Quick relief only can previ-nt general massacre. CONGER." Secretary Hay has repented Mr. Conger's telegram to all our ambassa dors, Instructing them to urge the re spective governments to which they are accredited to co-ope-rat in the im mediate re-lief of Pekln. Secretary Long has sent the follow Ina cablegram to Admiral Remey: "Conger telegraphs that he is under flra in British legation, Pekln. Csf and urge- every means possible, for Imme diate relief. LONG." . Special to Chicago Record: Washington, D. C, July 22. Mlnlsw longer and his associate In the diplo matic) corps In Pr-kln were alive on July IS. Of this SeeTetary Hay and tli ather members of the cabinet feel cer tain. That they are still ailve Is be lievod probable, and they will be able . to hold out until rescued by the for eign troops from Taku Is sincerely hoped. The evidence t,het the ministers were still safe on July 18, though hard pressed, in the British legation, is so ttrong as to leave very little room for doubt. It Is contained in a cipher dls ' patch from Minister Conger himself, . and Is confirmed by two dispatches from Consul Fowlsr at Che Foo. MINISTER CONGER'S DISPATCH. Minister Conger's dispatch, as trans lated from the cipher code and made public by the state department, says: "In British legation, under continu ous shot and shell fire from Chinese troops. Quick relief only can prevent jeneral massacre. CONGER." From Consul Fowler at Che Fop came two dispatches. The last received, but the first seut, transmitted this dispatch s-hlch he had received from the gov srnor of, Hhantunfr: "Received flying express from tsuns- jll-yamen forwarding cipher tolugram, iated July 18, from American minister ! at Pekln, which I have transmitted and by which you will nee the newspaper accounts are entirely rumors." Tills dispatch was dated the after noon of July 20. The other dispatch ' from Consul Fowler, dated July 20, at , night, fen-warded this mosuge, sltn id by Yuan, governor of fhantung: "I huve Just received definite Infor mation that the various ministers in Pekln are well and the proper Chlnev authorities are devising measures (or their rescue and protection." ACCEPTED BY COLONEL HAY AS GENUINE. Secretary Hav accepted Minister Conger's dispatch as genuine at one, It was In the state department cipher, and was on its face a reply to the ci pher dispatch which he had sent to the minister through Minister Wu. The secretary believed the possibility of forging to be so remote as to be un worthy of consideration. The dispatch was undated, but the secretary did not believe any suspicion was thrown on Its genuineness "by this fact. He ac cepted the date of Its dispatch from Pekln, July 18, given by the governor cf Shantung in his communications to Consul General Qoodnow at Shanghai, and Consul Fowler at Che Foo. Marshall, Mich., July 23,-Snow fell here last evening for a few minutes during the course of a hard wind storm. The wind did much damage, blowing down orchards and barns, unroofing bouses and breaking glaaa. rUTcrranurcsi. Plan Contemplated An Uprising In tha City of Manila. Washington, D. C, July 23. Secre tary of war has been furnished with copies of some interesting documents relating to an alleged plot against the authorities in Manila, which were dis covered in the district of San Miguel. The secret service department, under Lieutenant Charles R. Trowbridge, Eleventh cavalry, early in June, stum bled upon an insurgent recruiting office, situated in an isolated locality, where the work might be carried on without attracting notice. One room of the house was fitted up as an office, and a large quantity of blank forma bearin3 the heudllne, "Republiqua Filiplna," were found. In a cupboard, which had been securely fastesed, Trowbridge and his men discovered a large quantity of papers, all of recent date, the latest being dated June 7. They consisted ol orders from Aguinaldo and letters of encouragement and Instructions from that leader and other Insurgent chiefs. A document which excited a great deal of Interest was one which con tained the details of a plot, arranged evidently early in June, to excite an uprising In Manila. The plan contem plated an attack upon the force in the city and the seizure of arms and am muniticn, Another paper which is of interest, Is translated as follows: "We will not be slaves. Let the Fil ipinos stand together and battle for their liberties. Already they have laid the cornerstone of their liberties, and it will not be long before the nations of the world will recognize their strength. The blood of innumerable martyrs bears ample testimony to the Filipinos' love of freedom, and their determined purpose not to cease struggling for it. Shall they allow the Americans to ex ercise uncontested sway over the fair Philippines. If they do, then the fate of the American red men Is theirs, and eventually a reservation will be assign ed to them. Brothers, our cause is Just; therefore, let us continue as a thorn in the side of our oppressors and strike where we dare, sparing neither men, women, children nor old people. Those who stay by each other in hours of adversity are sure to conquer In the end." B16 BATTLE IS IN PROGRESS. Lord Roberts Attacks Position of Boers at Middleburg. London, July 22. A special dispatch from Capetown dated today, says: "Lord Roberts has attacked Middle burg In force and a big battle is In progress. President Kruger Is with the burghers, directing the defense." The war office has received the fol lowing from Lord Roberts: "Prt-t ria, July 21. Little, tempora rily commanding the Third brogade, reports that on July 19 he came in con tact near Llndley with Dewet'a force. which broke through Hunter's cordon. The fighting lasted until dusk, when Dewet's force, being repulsed, broke into two parties. Little's casualties were slight. He' buried five Boers. "Hamilton and Mahon continued their eastward march yesterday and should Join hands with Pole-Carew today near Ersten Fubriken station. 'A body of the enemy wrecked a train carrying sick between Krugers- dorp and Potchefstroom, July 19." Lourenzo Marquez, July 21. A dis patch from Machadodorp says lhat heavy artillery firing has been reported from the relghborhood of Mlddleburp, w.here it was reported the 'Boers ha ve prepared to retire on the aproach of the British. Among the prisoners passing through Noolt Gachcht this week were a number of Canadlas captured at Greyllngstad. Four German officers, who have been acting as President Kruger's military advisers, have Just arrived, having re ceived orders from Berlin to proceed to active service in China. Kingston, Jamaica, July 21. The roy al mall steamer Derwent, which has Just arrived, has been ordered to pro ceed Immediately to Bermuda to con vey the West Indian regiment to the west coast of Africa to reinforce tha Ashanti expedition. WILL OPEN UP IN A FEW DAYS. Democrata will Start Campaign in a Few Days. Minneapolis, Minn., July 23. Chair man Jones of the democratic national committee will leave Mlnnetonka Beach tomorrow night for Chicago and early next week will open the democratic national headquarters in that city. During the last two days Senator Jones has had several long conferences with Adlui E. Stevenson, the demo cratic nominee for vice president, arid also with several of the leaders In tills state. Senator Jones said the cam paign would be fairly Inaugurated by the- middle of next week. Senator Jones said today: "1 am perfectly satisfied with the conditions with which we are to enter upon the campaign. Differences have been arid are being settled and ibi different factions of the party have pntihed up their differences and are now wot king in harmony. "Regarding China there Is a gpner 1 feeling that the president should use all means In his power to protect thi United States citizens and property there, but I do not believe fhat the H-ople will accept the situation, as an excuse to acquire territory there, Hi has been done In the Philippines." London, July 23. (New York WorH Cablegram Special Telegram.) A lock of Grace Darling's hair sold here at auction this week for $9. Cromwell! baby clothes, Including a cop embroid ered with the words, "Sweet Babe, Don't Cry," dated the year of hi birth, brought 16., Tl TSIN. DETAILS OF THE ATTACK ON THE CHINESE CITY. COL LISCUM'S DEATH. rhe Alllee Meat With Terrible Loss and the Americans Bear the Brunt of Fighting. Chee Foo, July 19, via Shanghai, July 23. The attack on the native city of Tien Tsin on July 13 was the narrow est escape from what seemed up to midnight would be a terrible disaster to the allies. The plan was for the Russians to swing Into line on north wing and the other allies at south at daybreak, ttw Russians to take the forts near the na tive city wall and trfe allies the city Itself. The Japanese general Fukus:ii na agreed that the Japanese engineers would take all the guns and cross the bridge over the mote before the wall and blowing up the great south gate make breach for the infantry to enter. L'pon this depended everything. General Fukushina had not scouted thu bridge in twenty-feur hours and had rot anticipated a serious resist ance by the Chinese. The Chinese destroyed the bridge and flooded the land around It. The ailiea shelifliv in no wise subdued the Chi nese rifle fire from the loopholed wall, which was thirty feet high with a moat twenty feet in depth around It. An outer wall of mud made it impos sible for the infantry and marines soming up the field to reply to the Chinese fire. They lost fifty men in ten minutes, then rushed back from the mud v.-all which they had reached. Cent ral Dorward, the British com mander, hastened forward with a frag mentary instead of an Integral skirm ish line. The American marines and Welsh fusiliers together, under command of Waller, were on the extreme left. Then the British marines and the French advanced with the Japanese along the road toward the gate in the mud wall. Dorward's plan for the Americans to surport the Japanese -was not made clear to Colonel Llscum. Dorward lays the blame of the blunder and the sac rifice to Colonel Llscum, but I heard Dorward's chief of staff say when Lis cum asked, "Get In down the road anywhere, quick!" The co!onel led his men through the gate In open order as quickly a.s pos sible, immediately under fire. The chief of staff saw them pass over the bridge leading to the field, which proved a cul de sac. Before they could be extended, these '.wo battalions, numbering 426 men, were subjected to fire not only from Iho loopholes of the fort, but from the embrasures In the line of fortified mud nouses at their flank. Probably 3,000 rifles were turned on them with an accuracy which has imazed every officer of the allies. The Americans' blue shirts made them distinct marks where the khaki was not seen. Instinctively Colonel Llscum, extend ing, guiding and walking, not even ducking, with his men charged the flank fire over ground marshy and ditches. Evidently It was Colonel Llscum's Intention to rush the houses with flank fire and thus get in position behind the flanking wall. At 12:30 his line had Just reached the shore of the ca nal, thirty yards wide, separating them from the houses, when the color bearer fell. Colonel Llscum, with grand daring and composure, picked up the colors and standing looking around appar ently for a ford, when Major Regan re marked: "You had better get down. They will hit you." "I guess not," was his happy re ply. The next Instant a sharpshooter's bullet went through . the colonel's ab domen. "We got ft," Colonel Llscum said, and added his last words: "Give it to them if you can. but don't retreat." All day long the allies' line lay with out tny cover, realizing that they were running out of ammunition and being forced to drink salty marsh water. The Japanse began their advance, hugging the cover of houses on the road while the wounded came strug gling and crawling through the gate of the mud wall. No order was sent anyv(here without two men to carry II. Litter men and rtoctors were hit by the sharpshooters while trying to get In the wounded of Hie Nlnlh. No attempt was made to carry off the wounded from their po sition. Noyrs, who was acting as an aid, was hit In the arm before going In and then was hit in the leg as he crawled back over the ditch through water up to his neck to report the po sitions to General Dorward. At 1 o'clock General Fukushina re ported In writing to General Dorward that the Japanese were In the city, while I could see through the loop holes the blazing of bullets, fire raging and could hear the lyddite bombs ex ploding. From 2 to B o'clock, though acting conjointly, neither General Dorwird nor General Fukushina knew each oth er's whereabouts. Under cover of dark ness the Ninth United States crept In bearing the wounded with loss of ,jne killed and with casualties of nlnety om men and flvt officers out of Hi. k sain rarrri Chinee In ManohurU Mv tare Well In Han. Berlin. July S. The Chtneae aitsaw tlon takes on a radically different snap from news which has reached here from Russia. What Europe hitherto new about the troubles in Manchuria was what the Russian government chose to let pass. Now a number of re ports, some of them official, but a ma jority private, have reached here from St. Petersburg, which tally In the main and paint the situation In Chinese Man churia and along the 1,500 kilometers of borderland, on the Siberian side of which the Amur river forms a fron tier, as much more dangerous for Rus sia than has hitherto been supposed. The Associated Press' correspondent has obtained at the Russian embassy here a partial, though cautious, con firmation of the above statement. A military contributor to the Tag? Wat says official Russian news showed that Chinese regular troops, aided by irregulars, in all numbering about 120. 000, are in open war against Russia. Then not only demanded the with drawal of the Russians from Chinese territory, but after the Russian refusal to withdraw, the Chinese assumed tho offensive and drove off the Russians from the railroad construction and are undertaking hostile .operations. Against Harbin, Blagovestchensk and other' towns, shelling the last named place. What makes the Chinese hostilities extremely dangerous, however, is the fact that the Chinese, by a series cf recently constructed forts and redoubts, absolutely command the navigation of the Amur river for a distance of twenty versts, thus preventing Russian troop transports on the only route open at least until those fortifications shall have been taken by the Rusians. Though the Russian censorship la again most severe regarding telegrams, news reached here today from St. Pet ersburg that Blagovestchensk had been taken by the Chinese, who seized the large sums of money in the Russo-Chl-nese bank there. All reports agree that the Russian government now consider that Russia is actually at war with, China; that the shllly shally policy hitherto maintained will be dropped for a serious campaign in north China, separate from the other powers, anI that Russia will not be able or willing under these altered circumstances to bear an adequate share in the Tien Tsln-Pekin campaign. APPEAL TO ALL WA6E WORKERS. The American Federatlou of Labor Calls Upon the Tollers Denver, Colo., July 23. The executfva council of the American Federation of Labor today issued an appeal to all wage workers to organize and federate. It says: v "Throughout the country a struggle is going on between the oppressor and the oppressed, the possessors of wealth and the laborers; the concentration of industry and wealth is the order of the day. Everywhere the workers must suffer disastrious results unless they organize and federate to protect and promote their mutual Interests. "In this combination and concentra tion of wealth the possessors permit no sectional or state lines to interfere with their power and it, therefore, behoove the tollers, the wealth producers, t unite and federate, regardless of wheth er they are located east, west, north or south; Irrespective of sex, politics, color or religion. The hope of the workers, the prayer of all our people, for Jus tice and right, and the perpetuation of republican institutions lies in organised laoor. "Recognizing these essential truths; the executive council of the Ameri can Federation of Labor appeals to all wage workers of whatever trade or call ing to organize unions where such do not now exist to Join those already or ganized to form unions and interna tional unions of their respective trades) and callings, and to affiliate in one common bond of labor upon the broad platform and under the proud banner of the Federation of Labor. "In calling upon the workers to unite and federate, we aim to do no on wrong, but to establish Justice for alL SOME BI6 FINDS IN ALASKA. More Gold and Some Fleldsof Val uable Fossil. Victoria, B. C, July 23. The steamer Bristol arrived from St. Michael today after a passage of nine and a half days. The passengers report new discoveries in Tanana. On Urak creek claims are giving from 25 to 40 cents to the pan. A stampede to the diggings is ex pected. On Little Mlnook what is thought to be a good yard of mammalian has been found. Tusks weighing twenty pounds and over ten feet long and teeth weigh ing ten pounds have been found. Alan what are thought to be the skulls of aurlochs, big skulls with horns twenty feet long and measuring two feet across. On nearly every claim on tha creek some parts of the skeletons have been found. ' "f ' On June 15 a cavoln of the bank of the Yukon buried a boat crewi which Is believed to number from three to five. Three were discovered but nons have been'ldentlfled. - ' On June 20 a boat containing fire per sons drifted out to sea from the mouth of the Yukon and all ara believed ta have lost Four bodies of ; miners ' drowning from the capsizing of boats have been picked up on tbe Yukon flats. i A son of C. D. Lane Is reported ta have been shot at Nome In a clalns Jumplng quarrel. Passengers re pert over 100, If not more, cases f ssnalsoz at Nome. The steamers Discovery Utopia and Morning Stat wt tlned at St Michaels, v..