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please God, you shall be our Lady and
Queen"
Queen Isabella stood at a little dis
lance. curious and anxious, no doubt. to
know how her little daughter would an
swer the formal address. TO her great
pleasure, and the great surprise of la
present, the Princess Isabella replied:
"Sir, if it please God and my father
that be Queen of England, / shall be
we'll pleased, for am told | shall then
be great lady"
Then, giving the Marshall her tiny
hand to kiss, she babe him rise from his
knees, and, leading him to her mother,
she presented him to her with the grace
and ease of "a mature woman.
According to the fashion of the time,
Princess Isabella was Immediately mar
ried by proxy, and received the title OF
the Queen of England. Froissart, the
celebrated historian living at that epoch,
says: ut was very pretty to see her,
young as she was, practicing how to act
the Queen"
In few days King Richard arrived
from England with gay and numerous
retinue of tilted ladies TO attend his little
bride. After many grand festivities
they were married, and were taken in
state to England, where the Baby Queen
was crowned in the famous Westminster
Abbey
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THE CONFLICT in THE OLD WORLD

A Russian official dispatch contains the
following: A squadron OF our cavalry has oc-
eupied the road from Rahova TO Widdin
Rahoya wasbeeupied by 50OiTurkish infantry,
part OF whom, with the inhabitants, withdrew
on the approach of our accommodating force.
On the night of the 4th, Gen. Skobeloff pushed
OH to Breshayo, south of Pleyna, threw up bat
ferries there, and after violent cannonade
attacked the Turkish positions with infantry
The result of the attack is not stated.
An official telegram from Mukhtar "a
sha admits that the Russians compelled him
to retrest from Deveboyun. 1t says some
officers who became panic stricken and aban-
dOned several guns will be court martieled
The dispatch concludes: We ere now occupy
ing the Notifications OF ErZeroum and prepar-
ing means of defence. At the close of nine
hours hard lighting on the 4th, at Deyeboyun
the Turks fled in complete disorder, abandon
ing their camp, arms and provision. Loss not
known. V III tg.
Detailed reports of the battle near Err
zeroum on the 9th show that the fighting
lasted eleven hours. Two Russian columns
attacked the redoubts southeast of Erzeroum.
One column succeeded in occupying abioek-
house, but was dislodged. The other column,
perceiving the enormous loss of the former,
retrested. The Turks pursued them as
far as DeveA Begun, were driven hack from
there ,rallieda and drove the Russians back again
toDeve Begun. The Russians lost large guam
tity of arms and ammunition, but only few
prisoners
All the officers in Kars down to major
unanimously voted to reject the summons to
surrender made by the Russians, and resolved
TO defend the city to the last extremity. The
Russians abandoned Opaka and Epalmaska
with much booty. The Russians have com
menced a vigorous bombardment OF Batoum.
Constautinople dispatches deny the report that
Mukahtar pasha was wounded in the fighting
near ErzerOum Monday the 5th inst. The
Arabian column joined Gen. Heimann after
he battle of Eeye- Begun. The Turks lost there
$500 killed, wounded and prisoners, and
part Of their artillery.
A telegram from Dubuik says in con-
sequence of the evacuation of this place by
the Turks, the Russians have contracted the
circle around Plevna to thirty miles. The Rus
slams have 10000 men, sufficient to fill two
continuous lines of trenches around the
whole position. Five or six thousand cattle
are visible in 0sman Pasha's position, and
ether indications show it probable be can
hold out thirty or forty days.
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A Change In the Cast.

A curious piece of gossip, which is well
authenticated, comes here from Newport
in regard to a recent marriage in high
life" at that aristocratic resort. The facts
are, according to those in a position to
know, that the groom who was to have
served, when the wedding-day was fixed
and the bridesmaids invited to oficiate,
was almost at the last moment replaced
by another gentleman, the bride having
made up her mind just before it was too
late that she loved the naval officer,
whom she met in Europe while on a tour
around the world about two years before,
better than the Washington gentleman,
whom she met in California while near
ing the conclusion of the same journey.
The latter was on his way to Newport TO
terminate III marriage an engagement
which had lasted year or more, and every
preparation was rapidly progressing for
the wedding, when suddenly the naval
officer appeared and accidentally renew
ed the acquaintance with the bride elect.
She reconsidered her pledges to the other
and accepted the naval gentleman's de-
claration of love. avowing that her heart
had only then betrayed its true inclina
tons. The wedding took place on the day
originally fixed and exactly as at first
arranged in all respects save substitute
for the groom first selected took the lead
ing masculine role on the occasion. The
rejected bridegroom received telegram
en- route of the change in the cast, and re-
turned to California without the lady he
had hoped to place ct the head OF the es-
adjustment he had made ready tor his
bride. 1t is soothing, while glsncing at his
side of" the romance Il real life, ITO re-
member Shakespesr's consolatory words:
"Men have died ant worms have eaten
them, but not for love"-N.Y. Graphic
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Chicago.
A Child Queen.

st. Nicholas.
am sure that you will like the story
am about to tell you, of little French
Princess, who was married and crowned
Queen of England when only years old,
and who became a widow at 10.
This child-sovereign was born many
hundred years ago--in 1887 at the Palace
of the Louvre in Paris, of whose noble
picture gallery l am sure you have all
heard, if, indeed, many of you have not
seen it yourselves. She was the daughter
of the poor King Charles VI, whose mis-
fortunes made him insane, and for whose
amusement playing-eards were invented,
and of his Queen, Isabeau of Bavaria, a
beautiful but very wicked woman. Lit
tie Princess Isabella was the eldest of
twelve children. She inherited her
mothers beauty, and was petted by her
parents and the entire Court of France.
King Richard III. of England, who was
a widower about 30 years old, was urged
to marry again; and, instead OF select
ing wife near his own age, his choice
fell upon little Princes Isabella.
''She is much too young" he was told.
Even In five or six years SHE will not be
old enough TO be married. The King,
however, thought this objection too
trifing to stand in the way of his mar
riage, and saying, THE ladys age is a
fault that every day win remedy he
sent a magnificent embassy to the Court
of France, headed by the Archbishop of
Dublin, and consisting of Earls, Mar
shals, Knights, and Squires of Honor I'M
counted, with attendants to the number
of 500.
When the Embassy reached Paris, and
the offer of marriage had been formally
accepted, the Archbishop and the Earls
asked to see the little Princess who was
so soon to become their Queen. AT first
the French Council refused, saying so
young child was not prepared to appear
on public occasions, and they could not
tel how she might behave. The English
nob!emen were so SOLICITORS, however,
that at last she was brought before them.
The Earl Marshal Immediately kneIt be-
fore her, and said, in the old-fashioned
language of the time: MADAM. if it
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hall, Bohm was observed to follow close
behind them. They had barely gone
down the steps and turned the corner
and fired at his wife's head. He must
have been close to her when he commit
ted the deed. Sheshrieked, II am shoe.
Charlie has killed me,n but after that
managed TO walk with her sister and
brother-in-law to the Stadt Hamburg,
where she was placed upon lounge.
The blood flowed profusely from the
wound in the head, but ON examination
by a physician showed that the injury
was not dangerous one. In his opinion
the heavy plsits of hair which the lady
wore did much to save her life. The
pistol had been aimed at the back of the
head, but the bullet took an upward
course, cutting a wound about two inches
deep in the scalp and causing a slight
abrasion of the skull. Mrs. Bohm was
removed to her home in a short time, and
has since been getting along very CON-
fortably.
After hearing the exclamation of his
wife, and believing, doubtless, that he had
killed her, as he intended, Bohm placed
the muzzle of his revolver to his forehead
and in an instant bullet was imbedded
in his brain. Death must have been in
Simultaneous. He was found in two OF
three minutes afterwards lying near the
entrance of the alley in the rear of Phil
harmonic Hall. Near him lay the re-
volver-one of the Smith & Wesson make
while in his left hand he clasped the
glove OF his right hand. which he had re-
moved when he prepared to do his muir
derous work. In his pocket was found
note addressed to Jack Bohm, Winona
Minnesota. 1t was written in German
and read as follows :"Dear Friend-Write
to my parents. Address Christian BONN
Sheboygan, Wis. Your friend. Charles
Bohm." A small amount of money
about dollar and sixty cents was found
in is pocket.
Bohm leaves two girls, one about five
or six years old and the other eight OF
nine years old. For some time he did q
prosperous business at the Mississippi
House, but dissipation and debauchery
brought him to ruin. His parents are
said to be well to-do and respectable
people and the dreadful deed of their son
will cause them to sorrow for the remain
der of their lives.
A reporter called at the house of Mr.
and Mrs. Brandt, this morning, to inquire
after Mrs. Bohm. She is still confined
TO the bed but is doing as well as could
be expected in view of her injury and the
severe shock to her nervous system.
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The Vanderbilt VIII AgaIa.

The case of Mrs. Leban who sues to
break the will Of Cornelius Yanderbilt,is again
before Surrogate Calvin, of New York The
amount for which she sues is one million, and
the amount Of The estate one hundred millions.
Mr.. Lord, for Mrs. Leban, daughter of the tes-
tatOr, said s95,OOO,OOO was given to one son by
the indulgence Of decisions or diseases. The
testator's mind was unduly influenced and his
desire to perpetuate his great wealth in the
name Of Vanderbilt Oyerruled his Judgment
Daniel p. Allen, sOn-in-law of the late commo-
dOre, testified that the commodore had spoken
Of his wife as neat physically and mentally,
and then sent her to a lunatic asylum; that
William III. Vanderbilt said, when talking of
the gOyerness who had gone away and been
written for, ~The old man is bound TO fall I'M
der the influence of some woman, and if size
don't come back, l am bound to replace her -
He, William III. Vanderbilt named a woman
who came to the house and remained until
Mrs. Vanderbilt returned from the ASYLUM
Witness further testified that the commodore
would speak desparingly of William and that
the latter would speak Of his, The commodOre's
stinginess.
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Naxemher EIectinns.

The result of the elections on the 9th
at this writing Indicate the following results:
Minnesota, Republican by about 1900 ma
jority.
In Wisconsin the Republican State ticket
majority for Governor will be over 5000. The
legislature, as nearly as can be ascertained,
stands as follows: Senate-Republicans, 81
Democrats IL. neutrality-suspicious. 81;
Democrats 40; Greenbackers, s.
New York Democratic on State ticket by
about 1900, but the Republicans have a ma
ority of 10 on joint ballot which probably Sc
cures the reelection of Senator Conkling.
In New Jersey the latest returns give Nc
Clellan IL 500 majority for Governor The
senate stands 12 Democrats, Republicans
house. 81 Democrats, 2 Independents, q Re-
publicans.
Nebraska is reported to give Republican
majority Of 5000 but some time will elapse be-
fore returns are complete.
Pennsylvania gives the Democrats from nine
to the thousand majority.
In Massachusetts,, returns from all but seven
towns in the State are received. The vote
is as follows: Rice, 90,496; CASTOR, &, 100,
Pitman, 1921; Phillips, 3,671. The senate
stands, IS Republicans and five Democrats,
gain of two senators for the Republicans.
The house stands 173 Republicans, ca Dem
ocrats, 10 liberal Republicans and two indie
pendents.
Maryland gives $4,000 to 10000 Demo-
cratic majority. Virginia and Mississippi are
Democratic as usually. No regular Republi-
can ticket in the field.
In Connecticut a Legislature and county
officers were elected but no State ticket The
Republicans carry the Legislature by small
majority.
In Kansas the Republicans elected their
Chief Justice by majority not reported.
In Illinois the election was confined 10
county officers: Chicago gives Republican
majorities rangingfro three TO ten thous-
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Every Body's Canoe.

''Try to please every body and you will
please nobody is well-known truth, and
brings to mind the following story: A
man in forest was building a canoe,
along came a traveller, and told him no
was shaping the bow altogether wrong,
and advised him how to fix it. The man
changed it and the traveller passed on.
Presently along came another traveller,
and, stopping to watch progress suggest
ed some other Improvements, which the
man made. Not long after, third came
and also rendered his advice, which was
accepted. The man having finished the
canoe after the wishes of the travellers,
suspended it from a tree and commenced
to make another after his own ideas; so
when the fourth traveller came along and
asked him why he did this and that, the
man looked up quietly, and said, See
here, stranger this is my canoe; there's
every body's canoe up in that tree"
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Tragedy in WinOna.

From the winona Republican Nov. 5th.
For some time past ithas been known
that ain unhappy state of domestic affairs
existed between Charles Bohm,. formerly
connected with the Mississippi House,
corner of front and Washington streets,
and his wife. The truth of the matter is
that Bohm, when under the influence of
liquor used his wife in mnnner too cruel
and inhuman for endurance. Once he
attacked her with knife and threatened
to kill her. At last the fellows brutality,
and worst of all his debauchery and i'm
morality, forced his wife to leave him,
which occurred some two years ago
Since then Mrs. Bohm has continued to
work at the Mississippi House with her
sister, Mrs. Kossum, whose husband,
Christian KoSsum, is proprietor OF the
place, making her home however, with
her parents, who live adjoining the hotel.
Bohm has repeatedly made overtures
for reconciliation, but the bitter expe-
rience that his wife had suffered could
not easily be forgotten, and she remained
firm in her determination not to live
with him again. While his friends were
well aware of his dangerous character
when under the Influence of liquor, they
little dreamed of the terrible tragedy
that he had deliberately planned &c exc
cute on Saturday night, by which the
lives of both himself and wife were to be
terminated.
On Saturday evening Mr.. Kossunl, ac-
companied by his wine and her sister,
Mrs. Bohm, went to the Sharpshooters
ball at Philharmonic Hall. Bohm also
attended the dance, and during the even
ing. as he got near his wife, be said to
her in an undcrtone, Take care, some
thing will happen tonight" When Dir.
Kossum and the ladies went down to
supper, Bohm managed to sit near the
PARTY, the two ladies being on one side
of Mr.. Kossum and Bohm on the other.
At length the hour grew late, and
shortly after three o'clock Mr.. kossum
and the two ladies started to leave the
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The Times Bismarck special says the
Sitting Bull commissioners ~ho returning TO
Fort Benton from Fort Walsh, took passage
on mackinaw boats to make the journey
down the Missouri, had hazardous trip, on
account Of the impending probability that the
river would freeze and pen the party in above
Fort BufOrd. They arrived at the latter place
however, on the End inst, having completed
the entire distance, $40 miles, in 10 days The
day after their arrival the river froze over and
from BufOId TO Bismarck the journey was
made overland by ambulance.
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SUMMARY OF THE GENERAL NEWS.
sitting Bun speaks and Weeps.

A Fort Walsh letter, dated Nov. Ist,
says Sitting Bulls future home is TO be on
Red Deer river. IL is said his band viii be Sc
eretly guarded by police, but the most eff
eient guard over him will be that Of his neigh
bOrs, the Blackfeet and Crees. Red Deerriyer
Is much favored by buffalo and smaller game,
and Sitting Bull viii find good market for
his skins with the Hudson Bay Co. Three
days ago he was told by Col Mcleod TO hold
himself in readiness TO move to his new quar-
tiers; that the queen had through her servant
at Ottawa provided a good home for him,
where he could live at peace. Sitting Bull
made an eloquent reply, saving: Il came to
you in the first place becal e / was being hard
driven by the Americans. They broke their
treaties with my people, and when / rose up
and fought, not against them, but for our
rights as the first people on this part Of the
earth, they pursued me like dogs, and would
have hung me TO a tree. They are not just.
They drove US into war and then seek 10 pun
ish me for lighting. That Is not honest. The
queen would not do that" After thanking
the queen, he said: "TeIl her that my people
will be good. / viii take my people to lie
Red Deer country, and now | declare before
you that will not make any trouble, or annoy
you, OF give any pain to the queen viii be
be quiet. viii never fight on your soil, I'M
less you ask me to help you; then viii fight.
Place me where you Ike. viii be At peace
In Canada, but yOu-whO are brave soldiers
and not treaty-breakers, thieves, murderers-
you would think me a coward If did not die
lighting the Americans. Therefore while
70 to Red Deer TO live in peace, there the
speaker almost shrieked,l | will come back
when my braves are stronger. II they VIII
not come with me, / viii come alone, and
fight the Americans until death, You / love
and respect Them hate; and your queens
soldiers would despise me if / did not hate
them. That is all / am ready to 20 with
you 10 the Red Deer" The Blackfeet Indians
say they won't stand any nonsense from the
Sioux. The Nez Perces who fed here before
JOseph's surrender have nearly all returned.
They attempted to squat between this post and
and the Buttes, but were warned off Some
OF them crossed the mountains into British
Columbia probably with the intention Of join
ing their old allies, the Okanagans. On leav-
ing the fort Sitting Bull wept
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A Welsh Rabbit.

A sturdy, hungry looking individual
stepped into Fulton Street restaurant,
and, after consulting the bill of fare. call
ed for a Welsh rabbit. After a short
time they brought the peace of bread
neatly toasted, reposing in its bed of
cheese. and, after looking at it intently
for a moment. he asked:
us that a Welsh rabbit
at is" was the answer.
He lifted it with fork and looked I'M
der it.
ut isl" he echoed.
''Yes, sir. it's just what you called fora
Welsh rabbit"
"Well," replied the man, moving slow
Iy back from the table, 'you can take it
q way Just the same, and bring me some
merican beef, and remember that when
want fried cheese I'll call for it."
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moI.t by his own Petard.

On the night OF the nth at Franklin,
H., John II. Duncan, being refused liquor at
the drug store Of Wright Bros, returned after
the store was closed, entered through the back
window, distributed key Of powder over the
floor, turned the taps Of the coal oil barrels
and set the whole on fire and attempted TO
escape, but before he had succeeded a terrific
explosion occurred, entirely demolishing the
drug store and setting fire to an adjoining groc
cry store which was also destroyed and prob
ably fatally burning Duncan. Loss on stock,
$1,000; insured for IS 5000. Loss on buildings,
5000; no, insurance.
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The SILVER Bill.

Senator Stanley Matthews says he has
made no assertion that the President will sign
he silver bill. He has merely expressed his
individual opinion that in the event ofthe bilr.
passage hy the Senate the President will ap-
prove it, and he adds that this expression Of
opinion was made by him without any in
formation derived from the President as 10 his
intentions on this subject, and he neither pro-
fessed, nor was In fact the statement based on
the Presidents authority. 1t was based upon
the assumption that the bill would pass by a
large majority, and that the President would
consider IL such an expression Of the public
will as he could not properly disregard,
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The Ring Prosecutions.

The case against Robert SmaIls mem
Der of Congress from South Carolina charged
with accepting bride while member of the
legislature, was taken up at Columbia imme-
diately after the verdict against Cardoza.
Judge Melton, his counsel, has moved for the
removal of the case to the United States court,
on the ground of prejudice and political feel
ing, which is yet to be argued. The grand
jury has returned an indictment against Ben
Whittemore, accused of accepting a bride
when a member of the senate. Whittemore
was in Canada when last heard from.
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where Joseph viii Hybernat-,

Chief Joseph will stay with Miles on
the Yellowstone this winter. as the weather is
too cold, and transportation facilities too lim-
tied for his shipment to Bismarck. The 9TH
cavalry left Musselshell river Nov. 1st and
will march via Buford to Fort A. Lincoln.
They have been equipped for the frosty jaunt.
The St. Louis workmcn, on Wolf Rapids, yell
lowstone, have been frozen in above Buford
while enrOute to Bismark. Same true Of Capt.
Maguire's party, recently at work on Dauphin
rapids, upper Missouri.
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Latest Markets.
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GRAIN-Wheat No hard 81. IA; No. 1 81 10;
No. 81 .0S1S; seller November $1.0G1I; seller
December, S1053s No. 3, $1.0314. Corn, No.
2 4311c. Oats, No. 2419c. Rye, No. 55c.
Barley, No. 2, 6219c.
PRovIsIoNs.-Mess pork, $130O@i3.25.
Lard. prime steam, sS.12119 kettle $3.50.
Chicago.
FLoUR-Western extras, $5.00@6.0O; Mime
sofa extras, S5.6215@6.5O; patent, SG.50@900;
superfine, s225@4OO; western extra, S5.5O@
725.
GRAIN.-Wheat No. /, Chicago s11O; No. 2,
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cash; $3.50 seller November; SS05 seller De-
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