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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , , , K * \TIMtlJ \ K' A 1'i'KlAV I I ' I \ ' V \ TWO KILLED , NINE SHOT , BUT NEGRO LYNCHED : HUNG TO ELECTmC LIGHT POLE Two Members of Florida Mob Were Killed , Three Officers and Six Other Men Shot In Battle to Secure Negro , Revenge Terrible Crime. PoiiBiicola , Flo , July 110 Two men woto killed and nine othoia more or k'Hs BCiloiiHly Hliot dining a Ilurco light between tlio authorities and a mob which finally succeeded In lynching Loandor Slims , u negio. Shaw had fatally assaulted a highly respected white \\onian and had dangerously hurt her child. Ills ctliuc was ono of the most brutal which over tried the tompur of the south. The mob gathered early In the evenIng - Ing but wan foiced to disperse. There were angiy muttcrlngs. Later the mob gathoted ngaln. After a gun light with the olllceia thouoiro ; waa becured and diagged to a. near by park , where ho was hung to an electric light pole. Two members of the mob were killed. Three officers \\cie snot and six otheia iccelved bullets. STANTON ISJROSPEROUS Growth and Improvement Is Marked In Stnnton County Seat. Stanton , Neb , July 30. Fiom a ataft coiiespondent : Stanton grows uud Impioves. A poison who hasn't seen Stanton In Unco years might know It was the same town , but there surely aie marked changes. New sub stantial bilck buildings h.ivo replaced shacks , cement walks have gone in where- planks lay before. Trees have attained that degieo of maturity whore many of them have to bo cut out. k Stanton Is piosperous. Flno homcti adorn the stieots In the residence portion. There's something doing down town. Like other notth Nehiaska towns , Stanton Is showing a rapid and sub stantial Improvement. THE ROSEBUD CIRCUIT Fine Racing Sport Is Promised In Four Town Circuit. Henlck and Dallas having declined to enter the Rosebud racing circuit , the circuit this summer will Include the towns of Gregory , Boncstecl , Butte - to and Spencer. The Rosebud racing season opens at Spencer. The circuit dates are : Spencer , August 2G-2S. Unite , September 2-1. Bonestcel , September S-ll. Giegoiy , September 1C IS. The active wa > In which race and fosthal events aic can led out in the Rosebud land assuics the success of the lacing to the north. A large num ber of horses will be in sight and the puises put up aie of a sUe to bring out fast animals. In a land of fast horses , the run ning races aio a real feature of the Rosobml circuit. A. 13. Kull is secretary of the cir cuit. cuit.There are some flue race tracks in Gregory and Bojd counties , and ball games and various tournament sports will bo features. WAS FARMERS' DAY. Wayne Chautauqua Set Aside Special Day For the Farm. Wayne , Neb. , July 29. Special to The News : Yesterday was farmers' day at the Wajno Chantauqua. Deputy State Superintendent Bishop , who is out for the state su pcrlntendency , spoke on the agrlcul tural work of Nebraska boys and girls. Bob Seeds of Pennsylvania on "How God Made the Soil , " however , gave the address of the day , making the amphitheater ring with laughter. The Dunbar bell ringers were good. Death of Mrs. McLeod. Wayne , Neb. , July 30 Special to The News : Mrs McLeod , the mother of Mrs. Spear of Wayne , died Tuesday evening. The fnueial was held from Mrs. Spear's home at noon today. Rlley Held for Murder. Bonesteel , S. D , July 30. The pro llmlnary hearing of W. A. Rlley , charge with the murder of J. E. Rltz at Burke on July 18 was held before Judge Biggins in this city. The evi dence was regarded as sufficient against Rlley to bind him over to the circuit court which convenes In Sep tember at Fairfax. The court refused to give him ball , but a recommend ation to the circuit judge to fix a reasonable ball for the prisoner , to give him his liberty until court con venes. The murdered man's son was in the city In attendance at the trial. He Is engaged on a newspaper at Wayne , Neb. , and denies that the family IB in stringent circumstances , and says that they have sufficient to prosecute the slayer of their husband and father to the bitter end. Rlloy's wife and baby were in attendance at the court today during the trial. Cli.irlle Dnrrltt of Norfolk Dies. Charlie llairltl , a little bovlioRO fathoi WIIH kllloil HIeuil montlm ago l > \ lalltiiK fiom a laddoi at Mu > Junc tion catliiK IIOIIHO , died of dlphthotla1 Wednesday I'U'litiig nt the George ( faun near Poster. MIH liar- iltl and hei children were lit Foster foi a vlHlt on the Fourth and the little ho.lomalncd . The mother was culled to his bed Hide Wednesday. The fun eral was held ThuiHdny hut , on nc- count of the eonlnglotiH nature of the disease was private. IX L Hairltt foil to Ills death on April 21) ) last Thri-o months later his nlno year old BOH died Geoigo Daw- HOII , at whoso home the little fellow dlod , was the boy's uncle MILITIA DETACHMENT ' ' " .cv\CK RFOM ASHLAND. \ > & \ s W \ C. L. . / . , < < . -SON WAS PROMOTED * V Norfolk's fyifif 'reasurer Now a Second end Lleut j , , Won Second Place In the Shart. , > t5hootlng Tournament. Norfolk Cooks Make Hit. Back from the hot sands of Ashland where they did fierce buttle with the heat a do/.en Norfolk boys , members of the Norfolk detachment of the Stanton company , aie homo from the state rlllo encampment. The cruel war Is over and Norfolk is one officer to the good. C. L Ander son was promoted during the encamp ment to a second lieutenancy. Company "B , " as a result , bears the distinction of being the only company In the state containing four officers. Andeison , who has been the first sergeant of the company was lalsed to the rank of second lieutenant dur ing the encampment , giving Norfolk a commissioned officer Lieutenant Anderson also gave Norfolk honors by taking second place In the shaip shooter touinamont , which places him In a good position for being picked ns one of the twelve illlenienvho will ho sent to the national shoot at Camp Poiry , Ohio. The boys spent ten days camping , most of the time being used at rifle practice and at piactico in military tactics. "Tho camp was situated near the Platte river and most of the practicing was done in the old ilvcr bed , " said Lieutenant Anderson in commenting on the camp. "The heat of the sand was almost unbearable. But wo all had a good tlmo and gained knowledge of military life. " Dick Washington and Will Washing ton , two cooks who wont to the en campment to serve as cooks , weio so well liked that their services were seemed for the lemalnlng twenty days ol tlie encampment Those who went from Norfolk and camped the Ion days from July 20 to 29 Inclusive vneie : Second Lieutenant C L Andeison , Soigeant E. A. Evan- son , Corpoial II M. Andeison , David T Hodsou , Lam en ? Jurgonson , Cllf- foid Parish , Fern Glldea , F. G. Koes- tor , Lorln Brueggeman , John Car- berry and Leo Horlskey. ICE CREAM NIGHT. Three Ice Cream Socials Billed for One Night. Tonight Norfolk will eat Ice cream after enjoying the band concert at the now chautauqua park by the cereal mills site. Three ice cream socials are billed. The ladles of St Johannes Lutheran church will serve ice cream at the O. N. Stukey homo G01 South Fifth street , the Second Congregational Sunday school at the Do Witt lawn and the joung people of the Baptist church at the church law n. The First Congregational church had been In on tonight's ice cream social list but on account of the con cert at the chautaii'iua giounds tha torinl was postponed until tomorrow night when It will bo given on the lawn of the parsonage. The Methodist Sunday school held Its annual Sunday school picnic at Spilng Branch during the day. Chautauqua Carry-Alls. A chautauqua carry-all system has been mapped out for the benefit of chautauqua patrons. A cat ry-all w 111 start nt Ninth street and Koenlgsteln avenue , go west to Thirteenth street , then south to Nor folk avenue and then east to the chau tauqua grounds. A carry-all for The Heights will go down South Eighth street to Paso- walk avenue , then to Ninth street and then to Norfolk avenue and the park , t A Junction carry-all will go down j Third street and come back First t street. The conveyances will start each day I t at 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. The west end carry-all will also make a trip at 7:30 : p. m. There will bo no detentions. I 1 Return trips will bo made. A faro of a ten cents will bo charged. The people of Norfolk and vicinity are respectfully Invited to visit the i chautauqua grounds any tlmo during E the days before the opening next Satt t urday. Campers are requested to ( select their locations as soon as pos sible. No charge is made for campIng - Ing If you furnish your own tent a WEDNESDAY WAS HOTTEST DAY ; THURSDAY WAS CHILLY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT A TORTURE Up , Up and Up the Mercury Went Wednesday Afternoon Until the Government Thermometer Mark ed off J9 Degrees. It was 99 degrees. It was the hot- lost day in the year. It was the hot test night In the year. My , but it was awfully warm. It was Wednesday afternoon that the government theimometer sl//.led and climbed till It got up to 99 de- giees. | Up till Wednesday the best It had done was 98 degrees. Last year It got to the 100 mark on the Fourth. All the heat was used up Wednes day. Thursda } was poBltlvcly chilly. Cool winds and protecting clouds came up early Thursday moiulng. FUESLER BETTER. Third Ward Councilman Was Taken Seriously III Yesterday. Councilman P J Fuosler , who was seriously 111 yesterday , was consider ably bettor today. MID-SUMMER JUBILEE , RACE MEET AND BALL TOURNAMENT. WHY NELIGH GETS STAR ACTS Want Norfolk and O'Neill ' In Base Ball Tournament Nellgh Connections Induce Several Star Troupes to Sign for Mid-Summer Festival. Nellgh , Neb. , July HO. Fiom a staff coiiospondent : Nollgh has had some mighty fine nice meets and midsum mer festivals during the last four or five years. But none , they say , to equal that which is being planned at the present time , and which comes August 25 , 20 and 27. The name has been changed. "The Nellgh Mid summer Jubilee , Race Meet and Base Ball Tournament" Is the now name. It's a long name , all right , all right , but Noligh will back it up when the time comes. Tor instance , the Rcncllos , sensa- tlonal bicycle riders , have already been secured. The star actor used to live in Neligh , and that's how he happened to sign up Ho rides a wheel down an incllno and then , turn ing a complete somersault in the air , lights light side up with care and tin- hint. It looks , on the pictines , like a mlghtj sensational act. Then Teddy brothers , the Omaha Y M C A aciobats who pel formed so crcdltablj before the state conven tion in Norfolk last winter , are com ing. They'ie nephews of Mis. W. W. Cole of this city. The races aie in charge of M B Huffman , chairman , W. W. Cole , secre tary ; C. L. Wattles , treasurer ; and a lather good hand to draw to. M. B. Hauffman will probably act as starter at the O'Neill races and J. S. Weekes of O'Neill will act as starter here. Mr. Weekes has just recently returned to O'Neill from the ) I west and is said to have gone into 'I ' business at O'Neill. Starters' licenses will be secured for them. No circuit official starter will bo emplojed this season. During the base ball tournament It Is probable Norfolk and O'Neill teams will meet here. That is the hope of E. B. Bockwlth , who has charge of that end of the fireworks. Changes In Commands. Washington , July 30. Orders have been issued by the navy department making a change in the command of the Asiatic squadron of the Pacific licet. Rear Admiral Hemphlll Is re lieved of the command and is sue cecded by Captain Charles B. Harbor , commander of the battleship Maine of the special service squadron. In turn Captain Harbor will be succeeded as commander of the Maine by Cap tain W B. Caperton , now in com mand of the cruiser Denver. Admiral Hemphill will return immediately to the United States Ho will not retire from active service , however , until noit June. Found Dead In Sleeping Car Berth. Plttsburg , Pa , July 30. H. I. Me- Crea of Washington , formerly pay master of the United States navy on the Pacific coast , was found dead in a Pennsylvania Pullman car as the train reached hero from Washington , Valvular disease of the heart is thought to have caused death. Ha was a son of the late Captain McCrea of the United States navy , who died in the Brooklyn hospital recently , and nephew of I > resident James McCroo of the Pennsylvania railroad. To Re-cstabllah Three-Cent Rate , Lincoln , Neb. , July 30. W. D. Mo Hugh of Omaha appeared before the state railway commission In behalf of the Missouri Pacific , which has requested - quested the board to place its pusen- ter schedule back to the old 3-cent rate and to raise the freight ichoduloi considerable figure. SENATOR DOLLIVER WILL OPEN TEN DAYS' PROGRAM. WHERE TO TAKE THE CHILDREN Ticket Sale Is Now Brisk Season Ticket Is a Money Saver Norfolk Will Hear Two Men of Nation Wide Fame Dolllver and La Follette. What to do with the chlldien ? That is one question that the Nor folk chantauqua has solved. And the answer Is to hi ing them to the chau- tauqiin. Apart fiom the Auditorium tent Is another big lent It Is the children's piny tent. It is far enough fiom the main tent that the happy laughter of the chlldien will not dlstutb the chau- tanqua speakeis. It will not ho all play that time spent In the chlldien's tent. It will bo more than phi ) . The young lady In charge of the tent is Miss Mabel Rilling , physical dliector of the DCS Molnes Y. W. C. A. She Is a college woman and a woman specially trained lor her woik. Chlldien , old enough to piny games , but who would not be Interested in the piogram , can bo taken to Miss Hilling's department. She will teach them children's exoiclscs , now games , physical cnltnie. And they will spend a happy hour or two Band Concert. All arrangements weio completed Thursday nfteinoon for the evening's band concert at chautauqua park. Hundreds I of Norfolk people wore ex pected I to take advantage of the op ' portunity ' to Inspect the giounds. Ticket Sale. x As the chautauqua draws near and it is just a day or so away the sale of season tickets is showing a brisk advance The season ticket costs $2 I' and is tiansfernble. Economy should dictate the pin chase of a season ticket as the saving is very great. And a season ticket gives fiee access to the giounds for ton da.vs. Program High Class. It is a piogiam of unusual moilt , this chautauqua progiam which opens In Noifolk next Satin day with an ad- diess by Senator Dollivor of Iowa. For a balanced program the ten days should appeal to every Norfolk citlmi and to every poison within access of Norfolk. Two Great Men. Chantauqua patrons will be given an oppoitunity to hear two great men. Senator Dollivei is One. of the leaders in the federal senate. Ho Is a na tional figuio. Ho could have been Tnft's running mate at Chicago. Sen I' ator ' La Follette Is one of the live wires In American politics. He has been a candidate for the piesldential nomination. It is no secret that his friends are looking to 1912 or 1910. Many Will Camp. Mtinj chautauqua vlsltois will camp out Theio has been a gteat demand for tents but a few choice spots still icmaiii to be taken. Noifolk meichants have been uiged to hold special sales during the chau- tanqua. TOWN RAISED CASH FOR LIBRARY SITE IN TWO DAYS. PROSPERITY IS IN THE AIR Neligh's Park , the Pride of the North State Country , Grows Better With Age Barring the Dogs Nellgh Has No Trouble. Nollgh , Neb. , July 30. From a staff correspondent : Nellgh is a corking good town. Always was. Always will be. Three years have seen marked improvements. New brick buildings have gone in. Cement sidewalks have gone down. There is prosperity in the air. Tlie park , pride of Neligh , grows better with age. It is really the pride of north Nebraska. Neligh people are live ones and , though thej may have their internal differences , the ) all get together when it comes to boosting- Nellgh. There aren't any knockers bete or if they are , they aren't at home. The other day somebody decided Neligh wanted a library. Judge Bojd wont out on the street and they do saj he raised $1,300 cash in two daye for a coiner site down town. Nellgh is an orderly town barring the dogs. And they're slaughtering the dogs. The dogs that survive aio muzzled. De Reus Asked to Explain. The Hague , July 30. According to an official communication , M de Reua will be given an opportunity ta justify , If ho can , his public utter ances and writings which caused President Castro to tell him to leave Venezuela. The act which gave of fense to Castro was the writing of a letter published In a bulletin of a com merclal association of Amsterdam severely criticising commercial and political conditions in Venezuela The present disposition of the government is to defer representations to Vuno zucla until the personal explanations of M. de Reus enable it to fully re view and judge the true situation ID West Indian waters. WILL MAINTAIN ITS RECORD IN CHAUTAUQUA CROWDS. NORFOLK WILL RETURN FAVOR Elaborate Preparations Being Made for the Stanton Fair .and Races. John S. Hancock , Stanton Horse Enthusiast , Looks for Best Meets. Stanton , Neb , July 30 Fiom a staff coiiospondont : Stanton is going to the Noifolk chautauqua on masse Stanton always tin us out well for Noifolk doings And Noifolk Is going to i etui u the compliment at the Stanton - ton iiices and fair. Piepaiatlons me being made for the best fair mid nice meet stauton coun ty over saw. Alieady there aio some fust hoises here. And there mo al ways horsemen hero wno MIOVV good steppeis. John S. Hancock , one of the greatest hoi so enthusiasts In this country , lives In Stanton. Ho has a couple of stunning looking fast horses on his own account Mr Han cock says the North Nebraska Short Shipment Circuit , which begins In Noifolk August 12 , will see the best bunch of hoiscs that ever started In those parts. He looks for mi ex- tiaoidlimiy good meet at Noifolk , and an extiaoidlnary good ono nt Stanton in tmn. GOULD AND HARRIMAN HOLD CONFERENCE. SIMILAR MEETINGS TO FOLLOW Results of Which Are Expected to Be the Financing of $8,000,000 , of Note : of Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad , Will Share In Pittsburg Tonnage. New York , July 30. A conference between George J Gould , head of the Gould railroad system ; E H. HarrIman - man , president of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads , and representatives of the banking firms of Kuhn , Loeb & Co. and Blair & Co. , was accepted as given substance to the report that Mr. Harriman and his associates are about to enter upon a friendly arrangement with Mr Gould which will harmonize the relations of the Gould and Harriman railroad Interests. One of the immediate re sults of this and other similar confer ences is expected to bo the financing of the $8,000,000 of notes of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad company which fall due next Satur day and which are guaranteed by tha Wabash railroad. Both of these roads are Gould properties. Blair & Co , who paitlclpated In the conference , have financed the Gould piopertles pxtonslvelv in recent years , while Kuhn , I > jeb & Co also have been as- oclatod with Mr Harriman In some large financial undertakings. One ol the financial Interests stated that the Wheeling and I ake Erie situation would be settled In a satisfactory manner Rumor further has it that Harriman Influence will bo used to improve the physical condition of the Gould road , In return for which the Crlo will got a large share of Plttsburg tonnage now carried by the Wheeling and Lake Erie. BRYAN REPLIES TO TAFT Statement Called Forth Because ol Allegation Made by Ohio Man. Falrvlew , Lincoln , Nob. , July 30. Charging that Judge W. H. Taft wai not satisfied with the work of the Chicago cage convention which nominated him as the republican candidate for the presidency and that in consequence he Is deeply impressed with the work ol the democratic convention at Denver William Jennings Bryan issued a statement in which he expresses the opinion that Judge Taft "fears th uprising which republican abuses have caused and yet hesitates to adopt hi : real and substantial reforms. " The statement was called forth because ol the allegation made by Judge Taft in his speech of acceptance at Cincinnati that Mr Br > an was a destroyer ol business The actual writing of his speech ol acceptance has not yet been bfgjn by Mr Bryan but ho stated that his ideas were about formulated and he woulO enter upon the work of preparation In a dav or two. American Pilgrims at Naples. Naples , July 30 Nearly 200 Amer ican pilgrims , under the leadership of John J. McCrane of Brooklii , arrived here from New York on board tlw Carpathla They were mot by Mgr Kennedy , rector of the American col lege at Rome , whoso sister was among the pilgrims. The party will await the arrival of Cardlrfal Gibbons , who is expected today , and will proceed to Rome on Saturday. Paris Threatened With Strike. Paris , July 30. A three da > s gen eral strike of the workmen of the building and allied trades , including electricians , Is threatened here as u rotnonatratlon and protest against the killing of workmen by troops at Vlg- neux. The authorities announce that they are prepared to protect shops , yards and factories wbera non-union men desire to work. THE CONDITION Of THF WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hours , forecast for NtuuuKa. Condition of lliuMMitHT n * record d fnr the twenty-four hours cuidltiK " ni ' K n m today Maximum 99 Minimum 07 [ Average SD Haiomotor 1 30 12 Chicago , Julj 30 The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago million of the United Slates weather bureau gives the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Gonoiiill } fair tonight and Friday Coolot south and oust poitlon tonight Waimor west poitlon Fihla.v. DEATH WAS CAUSED BY A CUT ACROSS THE THROAT. FACE DISFIGURED BY ACID Victim Wrapped In Oil-Soaked Mat tress , Oil Poured Over Her Clothing and Bundle Set on Ftro Identifies tlon Imposolble , New York , July 30. In the finding ot the halt-charred body of n youim woman In an Isolated section of Will iarnsburg , Hrooklyn , one of the most atrocious i and cunningly-planned mur dcrs i that has been given to the police to solve In ninny years was revealed Death was caused by a cut across the throat mid then In an endeavor to ut terly destroy all evidences of the crime , the murderer or murderers wrapped the body in an oil soaked mattress , poured oil over the victim's clothing and sot fire to the bundle A powertul acid had previously been pouted over the luce to obliterate the won.ans features and make identifica tion Impossible Although two arrests have been made , the police do not believe they have In custody any one who can shed any light on the mystery The prls oners are James Ruddlck , an old man who lived In the stable not far awuyf | from where the body was found , and his son. FOUR INDICTMENTS RETURNED Former Loan Company Officials Held In $10,000 Bail. New York , July 30. Two proml nent Brookljnites , Edward Britton , president until recently of the ICaglo Savings and Loan company of that boroagh , and Quarantine Commls bloner Ftetlerlck H. Schroeder , former second vice president of the same in stitution , were arrested alter beliiu indicted on a chaige of grand larceny. They weio iinalgued bctore Judga Dike , who held each In $10,000 ball. There mo lour indictments against each man. Both admit that they took approximately $44,001) ) of the cash ot the company and used the money to keep the llomestako South Extension Mining company , a South Dakota con cern , upon its feet This company was orgiinl/cd b > Britton and Schioe dor about three jeais ago The ar rest ot the bankets tollowed a grand jury investigation. Bank Examiner Young last week found that Joseph Wood , secretary and treasurer of the company , was carrying in the bank numbers of checks slgnofl by Britton and Schroeder - der These rhocks were for varying amounts , aggregating $47,980. When the examiner demanded an oxplana tlon , he was told by Wood that ho had been instructed by his superior officers to hold the chocks and not to send them for collection to the banks on which they were drawn. But meantime , ho explained , ho had paid out the company'a money on them Further probing showed that prac Itcally all the checks In question were worthless. The two bankers obtained bondsmen. Berry Will nun for Judge. Des Molnes , la. , July 30 The Bar association of Warren county has taken formal action In placing the name of ex-State Senator W. B Berry of Indlanola in the race for judge of the supreme court. It Is believed now that Colonel Clarke of Cedar Rapids will not bp a candidate Senator Tom H < > alr of Fort Dodge will b a rarull date and Judge TOWHT of Corning may < MiU'r the race It Is br-lu-vfil that the.SH thiep are the strongest can didktes In tln > fl"ld YESTERDAY'S ' BASEBALL RESULTS National League. 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NO TIME IS SET FOR ACTION Application for Reargument of the Case and Motion for Modification of Opinion Will Be Submitted to the Court of Appeals. l.onov , Mass. , July 30 After an all- day conluoiK'o of the loading govoiu- inont piosocutlng olllceis and Prank B Kellogg ot Minnesota , one of llio npodnl counsel for ( he gov eminent In I'oiuilu chll Milts , It \\iis announced by Allot ney General Honapiirto that evoty oftoit would be made to EOCIIIO a levlslou of the teieiit decision and opinion of the United States couit of appeals In the case of the Standaid Oil company of Indiana niul that an application for a leaigumont ol the CIIHO and a motion for a modllkatlon ol the opinion would be submitted to the coutt. Although no time Is fixul , this action will bo taken at the earll- , est possible moment , while the pending ing prosecution against the Standaid Oil mid all other prosecutions In which the giving or receiving of re bates Is charged will bo pressed to trial The decision to take this action was unanimous on the pint of the llvo men who participated in the confer once. Attorney Genoial Bonaparte i ailed to the conloronc'o Solicitor Geneial H. M. Hoyt ol Washington , Edwin M Sims ol Chicago , United States dis trict attorney for the not them tllstiht ot Illinois , Jumes \VllaMson ! of Chicago , Mr KluiH' Hist assistant , and Frank II. Kellogg of Mlinietota Alter two coniuionces the following statement was made by the attorney geneiiil : "The government will make every effoit In Its power to secure a revi sion of the locont decision and opin ion of the circuit court of appeals lor the Seventh circuit In the case of the Standard Oil company of Indiana either by the court of appeals itself or by the supieine court of the United States. The gentlemen who have been in consultation with me all unlto in tlie opinion that in the Interest of the Impartial and effective administration of our laws such action by the govern mcnt is demanded by the circum stances of the case and the possible consequences If this opinion should Bland as authority by the govern ment. To this end an application for rcargiiment and modification of the opinion will bo submitted to the circuit court of appeals nt the earliest possible moment. Other appropriate stops will be taken aftciwind , their chai actor to bo determined by the court's action upon this application. The pending prosecutions In which the giving or receiving of rebates or offenses of like character will bo pressed to tilal and judgment by the government with all accessible enoigy and as prominently as may be piac- tlcable In the view of the govern ment's legal advisers , the reversal of the judgment in the case recently de cided In no way affects the moiits of that contioveisy or the necessity and duty of bringing to punishment if pos sible in this and any other cases any Individual or corporation shown to have evaded or defied the laws ' In discussing the case Attorney General Bonaparte took occasion to refer to the report published In cer tain newspapers that W. Parmaleo Prentice , the son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller , had given or was to give a dinner to the attorney general , Mr. Rockefeller and Judge Grosscup , Mr. Bonaparte said : "I have not the pleas ure of Mr. Prentice's acquaintance. I did not know that Judge Grosscup was here until he had left , and the dinner Is entirely a figment of n live ly Imagination. During a political campaign one must expect s'orles of this character and It would be unnec essary and perhaps indecorous to properly characterize them Barring its other merits , the tale is wholly free from any taint of truth " Make Big Lumber Deal. Marlnetto , WIs , July 30 The big- g -st lumber deal of the year in the United States was consummated in this city when the Edward Hlnes Lumber company of Chir ago pur chased the entire cut of three saw mills two of the N. Ludlngton com pany of this city and the Ford river mill of the Isaac Stcphenson company. The total amount of lumber sold was over 05,000 000 feet and lnelu < l ° s a large amount of laths ami shlncI"3. ; as well as lumber The consideration , although not as high as last year for a similar amount of lumber , is not less than $750,000 The deal was made by Senator Isaac Stephenson of this city and Edward Hlnes of Chi cago. Will Hire 7,000 Harvesters. St Paul , Minn. July 30 The See railroad placed an order with the Elate free employment bureau for 7.000 men. They are wanted as har- \esl hands in Minnesota and North Dakota , and the wages offered run from $2 to $ ( a day , with board Under the order several hundred men have already been placed Sergeant C. H. Kuntz High Gun. Chicago , July 30 The high scor In me three days' competitive shootIng - Ing thus far In the annual competition of the department of the Lakes at Fort Sheridan was held by First Ser geant T C H. Kuntz of the Eighth cavalry His score was 673 out of a possible 700.