The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-02
THE LATEST EVENTS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY AND TERSE-
 " NARRATED.
FROM EVERYWHERE
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma ton, and Particularly
 From the Great
 Southwest.

AlVarado, the peon mlnlnS King or Chihuahua, Mexico, promises to be duplicated in the case of Juan Flores, a resident of Guanajuato. A few months ago Flores was half naked laborer, earning 75 cents a day; now he is the owner of a bo- nanza mine and a prospective mil lionaire. His find is in the Angus tinos mountains.
 Jose Aguilar, wealthy farmer, driving a team, was killed by a Santa Fe engine while crossing the tracks at Los Vegas, N. M.
 Earl Holderbaum, aged 12, while repairing a fence on the Wichita mountains, near Lawton, Okla, was attacked by big wolf and severely injured.
 Fifty sacred cattle of India are held in quarantine at New York by the bureau of animal industry. They were imported by A. P. Bor- den, of Pierce, Tex, who thought that by breeding with the cattle of his state a species might result that would be immune from the Texas fever.
 Three young men of Tulsa, l. T., were run over near that place by a Frisco passenger train. George Rny- holds, aged 27, sen of F. D. Rey- holds, was instantly killed; Harry Brown, aged 15, son of w. T. Brown, was so badly mangled that physicians say he cannot live, and John Reynolds, aged 12, was knocked unconscious and seriously injured. The boys were going to Oklahoma City and had fallen asleep on the railroad track.
 A three days territorial reunion of Confederate veterans was held at Ardmore, l. IT., the last day being given over to a statehood celebra- tion, in which thousands, including many prominent men of the terri tory, participated.
 Judge E. w. Winfield, of Little Rock, Ark, has been designated to hold circuit court in Perryville, Ark. The greater part of the term will be taken up in the trial of the legislators who were indicted by the Pulaski county grand jury on charges of bribery.
 Two gold medals will be offered by the Lawton (Okla.) chamber of commerce to the best shots in a rifle and pistol contest, to be held at Fort Sill after the regular small arm com petition is over, August IS.
 Dr. s. J. Crumbine, secretary of the Kansas state board of health, re- gently had a conference with pack ing house managers in Kansas City. The result of the conference, Dr. Crumbine said, was that every pack ing house in the state had agreed to follow every rule of the board of health.
 Capt. J. Wesley Conner, of New Albany, Ind, known personally or by reputation to almost every river man on the Mississippi and Ohio, and their tributaries, died of senil- ity at his home in that city. For nearly sixty years he was a steam boat pilot or a captain on the great rivers, and had the distinction of pi- loting the Robert E. Lee when she won the memorable race with the Natchez from New Orleans to St. Louis.
 A fight to destroy the alleged lumber trust in Indian territory has been instituted in the federal court at Muskogee, and dispositions are being taken to disclose the methods alleged to be used in controlling the price of lumber and other building material. A similar attack was made in the territorial courts of Ok lahoma about two years ago, but ow- ing to alleged defects in the law those who were indicted escaped.
 A careful compilation shows the gross amount of insurance involved by all companies ill the San Fran cisco fire to be $222, ,S36,3 6,307; to be recovered from reinsurance, $65,- 246, ,771; salvage, $33, 3,S14, ,46S. Net loss, $132,S23,067.
 The czar's friends say that the immediate impelling cause of the dissolution of the duma was the dis coyery of the existence of a gigantic organization for a general revolu- tionary strike in October next, the plans for which have been perfectly prepared.
 Minister Combs, in Guatemala, informs Washington that the gov ernment of that republic has issued