The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-16

against the estate Of the late C. J. Devlin for the sum of $620, ,661 was disallowed by N. H. Loomis, special referee in bankruptcy, at Topeka, Kas.
 The large lumber yards of c. N. Deitz & Co.,, Omaha, Neb.. were de- stroved by fire, resulting in loss of $160,OOO; fully covered by in- 3rrapee.
 n the l;ght of developments, the general strike called in Russia may almost be regarded as fiasco. The railroad men and others refused to respond.
 It is said that a deputy sheriff will be on the pier at New York to secure service on John Rockefel- Ter for violation of the Ohio stat utss.
 At Cardelas, Mexico, six Ameri- can railroad men-were attacked by Mexicans. W. B. Sneed, conductor, killed the leader, Angel Holguin. Sneed and another American con- ductor are confined incommunicado. The other Americans have not been captured.
 Five years ago the Kiowa-Com- anche country, designated as the ''new country" was opened to set tlement, and the sale of the Lawton, Okla, town lots was begun. In order to commemorate the occasion Law ton prepared a great celebration, which, despite extremely heavy rains, caused large crowds to assemble there
 The independent oil producers of Texas and Kansas have combined for the construction of an eight- inch pipe line from or near Chanute, Kas., to Port Arthur, via the Indian territory, a distance of $50 miles. The basis is said to be 10000 bar- rels day of production for the com- pany in return for $200 barrel cash and $20O a barrel in stock of the corporation representing an outlay of $7,000,O00. The steady decline in production of the Texas-Louisi- ana fields and the rapid increase in the demand for crude oil for re- fining purposes prompts this project. Kansas and the territory fields are producing a surplus of the grade for refined oils which will supply the independent refneries of Texas and create market with which to compete with the Standard, which is now forced to pay 48 cents for the high gravity oil of the territory.
 The big balloon Nirvana, carry ing Dr. Julian Thomas, of New York, and Roy Knabenshue, aero- naut and airship expert, ascended from a point on the East river in New York city and landed their pas sengers in the middle of Noank, Conn.,, after one of the longest flights ever taken by a passenger balloon in this country.
 Major and Paymaster William B. Scofeld, of the regular army, son of the late Lieut.-Gen. Scofeld, U. $. A., shot and killed himself in San Francisco. He feared permanent ill., ness.
 Frank Mullins was shot and in- stantly killed by his 10-year-old son at Bowerton, Miss. It is said Mul- lins was whipping another of his children, and that his wife, when she attempted to interfere, was struck with the strap in her husbands hand. The 10-year-old boy shot his father with a revolver, after his mother had been struck.
 An executive order signed by the president has been issued from the general land office, changing the boundaries of the Fl Reno and Law ton land districts in Oklahoma. The order is issued as a part of the prep arations for the opening of the Xii owa, Comanche and Apache reserva- tion. The change is effective Octo- Der 1, and is for the purpose of in- cluding all of the pasture lands i'll the Lawton district, so that sales may be conducted in one district. This arrangement will simplify mat ters. The two northernmost pas lures of the reservation are taken into the Lawton district, which con- tains the two other grazing tracts. The lands are to be disposed of at public auction to the highest bidder, although the sealed bid plan has been adopted by Secretary Hitch- cock under the act of congress open ing the reservation.