The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-09
THE LATEST EVENTS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY AND TERSE
 " NARRATED.
FROM EVERYWHERE
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma ton, and Particularly
 From the Great
 Southwest.

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 In the libel suit of Oklahoma vs. Frank c. Davis, editor of the Ok lahoma Farm News of Lawton, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. A deal has been closed for the erection of the largest sugar refinery in the world near Wharton, Tex, the | buildings alone to cost $1 100000 and the equipments as much more. Texas and Georgia capitalists, with two or three refinery men from New York, are the promoters, and 1t will be an independent concern. About 16,OOO acres of land have been pur- chased for the cultivation of sugar cane. The company will grow enough sugar on its own land to keep the refinery in operation for nine months in the year. The success of the other independent refinery at Sugarland and its rescue from the trust by the federal court prompted the $3,OOO,000 investment for a sec ond refinery.
 At Mulhall, Okla, Floyd Craven, aged six, son of J. W. Craven, fell from a loaded wagon, one of the wheels crushing his skull and caus- ing death.
 The Commercial Club Gas Co.,, with a capitalization of $5Oo,OOO, has been organized at Tulsa, l. T.
 F. A. Wise, editor of the Doniphan (Mo.) Republican, has written a poem on Current or Ripley river which he says should be carried by Missouri fishermen for good luck.
 Another gambling crusade is on at Oklahoma City, Okla, and gam ing houses have been closed and in functions issued restraining the pro prietors from re-opening. Locai gamblers who have been in the city for years are preparing to leave, and they consider the case hopeless.
 Six miles west of Muskogee, l.. T., York Sango, negro, was as- sassinated while on his way home from picnic.
 Ben Friday, colored, was shot and killed near Beggs, Okla.
 At Dehnis, Medina county, Tex, Joe Hamburger fell into well and was killed.
 The packing houses at Fort Worth, Tex, are shipping dressed meat to Chicago by the solid train load.
 The creditors of the c. J. Devlir estate met at Topeka, Kas., and took action authorizing the trustees to sell by public auction all of the properties in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. The sale will take place in 30 days, as that length of time is required for publication. The valu- ation of the property is estimated al $600,000
 Following a cloudburst whicl flooded the old Fort Supply military reservation near Woodward, Okla, lightning struck the West building, a landmark, and consumed it with all its contents; loss, $500. The building was practically swimming in water while being destroyed by fire.
 While Mrs. Anna Haynes, wid- ow, residing near Vining, Kas., was at a funeral, her 12-year-old daugh- ter, Edith, started a fire with coal oil, and an explosion followed, burn ing the child so badly that she died. The house and contents were de- stroyed.
 After evading the police and de- tective forces of the country for more than year, c. W. Bowman, charged with embezzlement from the treasury of Phillips county, Kas., was arrested at Boulder, Col. A missing finger on the left hand served to identify the man.
 Louis Mcknight, of Anadarko Okla, assistant United States dis trict attorney, will be assigned by John Embry, his chief, to take up the Indian guardianship matters which heretofore have been looked after by Cassius R. Peck, who re- gently resigned.
 Near Canonsburg, Pa., Elmer Dempster, a 19-year-old farm hand, has confessed the murder of Mrs. Samuel Pierce, the wife of his em- ployer, and her two children, and the fatal wounding of a third. The murderer was saved from lynching with difficulty.
 E. A. Gage, son of former Sec. retary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, shot himself through the heart