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Alfonso Ill, the little King of Spain.
is now beginning to walk by the hand
of his mother or his nurse. To look
at him dressed i'm his short frock and
a hat with feathers stuck on his
head, it is hard to realize that he is
the commander-in-chief of the Span
ish armies, grandmaster of all the
military orders in the kingdom, and
that the future hope of the Spanish
monarchy is centered in the little
fellow
Such being the case, it is no won-
der that the Queen scarcely ever loses
sight of him. Moreover, besides the
governess andthe nurse whole host
ofservants are in constant attend
anee upon him; yet, Notwithstanding
all these precautions, few days ago
the King was nowhere to be found
The Queen Regent was holding a
council with her ministers while the
royal children played in an adjoining
room. During their play the little
princesses went out, leaving His Ma
On NliC HUT SUIT
rounded by his toys. Shortly after
wards the Queen was sent for, and on
going out she found all the attendants
of the palace in the greatest conster-
nation: the King was not to be seen
anywhere. The princesses, on being
questioned, replied that they did not
know what had becomeof their broth
er. The whole palace was searched
from top to bottom. The Queen, in
her agitation, hurried from one apart
ment to another without discovering
a trace of her child. At length a
noise and the sound of kicking was
heard to proceed from cupboard,
and on opening the door, there, sure
enough, sat the king, trying to make
himself heard. He had been in search
of his little sisters, who were playing
hide and seek, and on getting into
the cupboard to look il they were
there, the door had suddenly closed
and fastened him in.
The sun., 1888-08-23
He Pulled off His Boots p. D. @.
From, the Kansas City Times.


'On my train recently coming up
from ST. Louis" said Conductor
James Merrifield, of the Missouri
Pacific, to the Gossiper last night,
twas a party of men who had been
having a good time all the way up.
When we came to Pleasant Hill one
of the men came to me and told me
he had been robbed of $35, and that
he believed he could pick out theman
who robbed him. asked him if he
wanted the man arrested. No. said
he, you just watch me fix him. l
went forward to where the man sat
and the man who had been robbed
tapped him on the shoulder and
said: you live in St Louis, don't
YOU? yes Friends, all live there,
don't they?' Yes 1fahything should
happen you where would you want
your remains to be sent for burial?
ITO st. Louis, of course; but why do
you ask?' Now, look here; you give
me my $35 or you will go back to St.
Louis o corpse, and inside very few
hours Il haven't got your $35,
protested he. 'Don'tparley over this
: ,y longer, but give me that money.
q. q an business Well, sir, that fell
1a ! M ,lled off his boot and shelled
,Um om,, that $35jn q hurry, / can tell
you."
The sun., 1888-08-23
The Record of Casualties.

The body of Joseph Humpert, who was
drowned in Lake Pepin, OF the excursion
steamer Sea Wing, was recovered.
4 sixteen year-old son OF Erick Selim, eight
miles southwest of Canton, Oak. accidentally
shot himself in the shoulder few days ago.
He was driving harvester, and shotgun
he was carving was discharged. the contents
nearly blowing his arm off near the shoulder.
The physiciaus say lie will not recover.
Sherman Mathies and family were return
ing 10 Fergus Fails. Mimi, from picnic ut
Swan lake. when the team ran away. There
were six in the wagon. all of whom were
thrown out. Mr. Mathies had two ribs
broken and was otherwise bruised. Mrs.
Mathies and one little girl was also injured
quite badly.
While several boys we're picking berries on
the hill about one mile from the city of Du-
luth. Mimi. half dozen shots We're fired by
some one unknown. one took effect in the
groin OF Hans t'eusolf aged fourteen. intiict-
ing a fatal wound. 1t is supposed boys were
shooting at mark, and the boy was acci-
dentally hit.
Mrs. F. Walter was badly burned al Brook
ings, Oak. She was painting the floor, and
was told to put the can on the stove and
make the paint hot. as it would wear better.
She did ST.. and the paint took fire. and in
throwing il into the street she was badly
burned about the hands and arms, and lost
Tnost OF her hair.
Julius johnson and John Popp. while en-
gagged in repairing wire fence, were instant
" killed by u thunderholt near Elk
Point. Oak johnson was married man
and leaves a widow and three children. and
Popp was in his employ Neither were
marked in any way, except that J ohuson had
a small black spot burned on his neck.
A fire in the vestibule of the old Germania
hall at La Crosse. Wis. caused 5000 damages.
In the vestibule were found broken jug. a
half-burned box of sawdust and strong
smell of kerosene Shortly after fire broke
out in z. Lehnens grocery store. All the
contents were ruined by water. fire and
smoke. and the building badly damaged. In
suranee 1880 Last fall fire caught in
the same store in the same way and caused
about the same loss. Lehnens thinks iniam
mable substances were thrown in through
the window.
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Criminal DOings.

DR.. C. C. Givens shot and killed Webb
Stewart at Centerville, Indiana. Givens claims
he shot in self-defense and that Stewart had
threatened to kill him.
Ole Iverson. who attempted suicide by cut
ting his throat in the county Jail at Austin.
Mimi. some weeks ago, has been adjudged
insane and taken to the Rochester asylum.
John l. Sullivan. the pugilist, appeared in
the Brighton police court in Boston to answer
q charge OF drunkenness. He pleaded guilty
and was fined So and costs, which be paid and
was discharged.
A young man named Geo. B Spencer, clerk
for II. F. Evans. of Morris. Mimi, is missing,
together with $500 belonging to his employ
er The young man has been traced to
Wahpeton, where it is said he was spending
money freely. Some believe the young man
is demented.
Through skillftll detective work OF a citizen
the parties who burglarized Gallards store
at Aberdeen. d. T.. were detected. l.. Burns,
who is suspected of being one of the gang OF
petty thieves which has infected the city OF
late is under arrest. and other suspected
parties are closely watched.
Three tramps giving their names as John
Howard Martin Lenard and James Murray,
near Northfield. Mimi. stole q purse
containing twelve dollars which be
Ionged to Barney Eishen, farmer. They
started for Faribault, but were overtaken at
Dundas by Chief Johnson and brought back
and placed in the lookup, where they await
Justice.
c. c. Lane, proprietor of the Jim Cook
house at Bcmdale Mimi, took q load of blue
Berries to Alexandria. There he met Frank
Riggs. whom he had known for years. Riggs
wished to ride home with him, and Lane
charges that when about six miles out Riggs
knocked him out of the wagon with a board,
hammered him up in bad shape. stole his
watch and S75 in money, left him lying on the
ground insensible and left with the team.
What the Chicago police think was an at
tempt at the wholesale destruction of prop
erty on the Burlington road was discovered.
A policeman's attention was attracted to
an object on the so track on Sixteenth
street. near the viaduct. On picking 1T up
he found that it Was gas-pipe bomb, con-
tanning enough dynamite to blow up an en-
tire train. The bomb was six inches long.
and one and half inches in diameter-ene OF
the largest size made by the anarchists.
The police have no clue as to who placed the
bomb upon the track, but are inclined to
suspect some of the Burlington strikers or
their sympathizers the dynamite was al
most nnder the viaduct, and if exploded, it
would have resulted in a heavy loss OF prop
erty. if not in the destruction of life.
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Foreign Cuttings.

',perinfenaent Heycrnft and special con-
5. - arrived at Victoria y. T., from
stabi. When they arrived at Hazelton, on
Skeena. v found the news of their arrival
Aug. l, tn, them and the Indians lad fled
b., had preceded hooking starved and III from
The whites wert of rest, and were glad TO
anxiety and want vents, Everything was
see the reinforceL
quiet.
Larry Donovan,
The facts IN the case o. -sd1ajy become
the bridge jumper, as they g. s.si 6f sympa-
known, are exciting great q. ~ previous
thy in London. On the Satura. drunken
to his death Donovan got into II had
quarrel and in the fight which ensu, '>adIy
both his eyes blaekened and his body L q
bruised He continued his spree until tn.
day morning, meanwhile visiting the viIest
resorts and Dragging about his daring feats.
Finally he accepted challenge to jump from
Hungerford bridge for SO, with the stipula-
tion that should he fail to perform the icab
without injury to himself he should receive
nothing. He removed nothing but his coat
and hurriedly leaped from the footpath into
The sun., 1888-08-23

The mouse pest in Australia is
much worse than the rabbit pest.
The climate is so soft that they have
thrived enormously, and there is said
to be hardly a residence or store that
is not pestered by the plague. In
some places they are SO thick that,
in order to get. the stock properly
fed, men have to watch while they
are eating their provender.
The sun., 1888-08-23
MARKETS..
CHICAGO.


No. 2 spring wheat, s2Ac.: No. 2 red.
S61ac; No. 2 corn, 451sc; No. 2 oats
25a4c.; No. 2 rye, 45ls@461sc; No. 2 barley,
55c; No. 1 fax seed, Sill; prime
timothy seed, 81. mess pork, per bbl..
S13.90@13.95 lard per 100 lbs, SS.121a:
short rib sides Qoose), $S15MS.20; dry
salted shoulders tboxed), S7.4O@7.50 short
clear sides (boxed), SS.90@925: sugars, cut,
loaf. S5sc; butter. creamery, J31a@1 &c; dairy,
131a@16c; eggs, 131a@1419c.
MINNEAPOLIS.
Wheat: No. 1 hard S5Ac No. 1, North
ern s3Ac; No. 2, Northern, sO1ae Corn
mixed, 31c; No. 3, white. 32c: rejected
27@30c. Barley 3s@4Sc; Flax, $1.O3d1 05
Mixed feed $16@1S per ton. Hay $3.50.
Eggs, fresh 15c; Mutton, dressed 7@S13c.
Potatoes 40 per bu.; spring chickens per doz.
S1.7o@200: Wool, medium, 21 a 27; coarse
unwashed 17@19; Butter, creamery, 1O@1Sc;
dairy, 12@14c; grease butter 4@5c.
ST. PAUL.
Wheat No. l hard, SEC; No. 1 North
ern, s5e: No, 2 Northern. s2c. Corn,
No. 2, 4se Oats, No. 2, mixed, soc
No. 8, 311ac Milstuffs, Ground feed, SIT;
corn meal. unbolted, s17.25; Hay, No;
l, $3.50; No. l upland prairie Sc OO@S6. 80
timothy, $3.50; Flax Seed-$1 .02; potatoes;
per bu. 45c; eggs, 151ac.
MILWAUKEE.
Flour steady. Wheat closed firm: Septem-
ber, Sic: October, S1ssc. Corn quiet: No. 3,
451sc. Oats firm; No. 2, white, 371ac. Rye
dull; No. l, 4Sc. Barley lower; No. 2, 66c for
old. Provisions lower. Pork-Cash and
August, $13.95. Lard-Cash, 1915; Sep
tember, ss.77h. Butter-Choice firm; poor
weak; dairy, 15@16c. Eggs, fresh, 14c
Cheese quiet; cheddars, S@S1ac Receipts
Flour, 6,600bbls; wheat. 1000 bu.; barley
TOO bu Shipments-Flour, 21.5OO bbls;
wheat, $4,000 bu.
DULUTH.
Wheat, Cash S4Ac; August, Sic, Septem-
Der, S4ssc.; October S41sc.; December, S47sc.
The sun., 1888-08-23

After hours of quar-
reling, the conven-
tion finally got to q
vote for IL candidate
for governor. +. NJ.
got Wilson 223 votes
out of359. giving him
a majority of ST.
THE PLATFORM.
Resolutions were
adopted as follows:
The Democrats of
Minnesota congratu-
late the taxpayers
of this state and the
the nation upon
unanimous nominal
ton and the as
The sun., 1888-08-23

attempt to depose
Doran and Kelly
was n failure, and
they were masters
of the situation
from the first;
the regular RAM
sey county dele
gates were al
lowed to take
their seats, but
they were humili-
ated and morti-
fed at their posi-
ton; DR.. Ames
and the Henne-
pin county dele
potas were de-
feated and dis
The sun., 1888-08-23

the water which he struck on his side or
stomach. He immediately sank and was
seen no more until his body was picked up at
Deptford. No boat was provided for his as
sistance or rescue, and his companions dis
appeared as soon as they discovered that
the jumper was beyond the reach of help.
The sun., 1888-08-23

The battle opened in a fight for the tempo
rary chairmanship. Mr.. Doran and his
friends running II. w. Lamberton. of Vino
ma, and the anti-Doranites, Daniel Buck, of
Mankato. Mr.. Lamberton was elected-the
vote being 1872, against 165 east for Buck.
The sun., 1888-08-23
Minnesota DemOCraCy.
Their Lively Convention at st. Paul
Results In Doran Victory and the
Nomination Of Eugene Wilson for
p Governor.

The Minnesota democratic State Conven-
ton met in st. Paul, and, as was anticipated,
. stormy and exciting time followed. The
The sun., 1888-08-23
A SCENE OF TERROR.
Frightfnl Mortality Caused by xn Electrical
Storm in the Vicinity Of Quebec.

The thunder storm that passed over East
ern Ontario and the whole of Quebec de-
stroyed hundreds of houses and barns.
Horses and cattle by the hundred have been
killed, and many people are lost. At small
village called st. Louis de Conzague,
Capt Louis Sauve, his wife and son were
killed instantly. A Iaborer, name unknown
on the Sauve farm, was also killed by bolt
that struck the barn, half an hour after
the house was struck. At st. Ignaee
George s. Lorimer was killed by tree which
had been struck by lightning falling upon
him. In st. Hyacinthe, the son of the pro-
prietor of small hotel was killed while
closing the window of his room. A report
comes from Chandler that two lumber
men were swept over the falls, while they
were crossing the river. Lightning struck
their canoe, and they were swept to death
in the raging river. The hotel at Smiths
Falls was set on fire, and it is reported
that the wife of the proprietor died
from fright From all over Quebec come re-
ports of houses being set on fire and whole
families left destitute, and at a little place
called L'Onginal the parish church was
struck by lightning. The place was full of
people ut the time, 10 p. m, praying for
protection from the storm. A panic ensned,
and many people were seriously injured by
being trnmpled upon. 1t is estimated That
the damage done by the storm i'm this prov
ince alone will reach over 81 SOC, 900. Later
reports have just come in from Valleyfeld,
Beauharnos county, stating that FIVE men
have been killed by lightning in that vicinity.
The sun., 1888-08-23

Jennie Woolver, q domestic employed on
the farm of William Sletzer, near Reedsburg,
Wis.,, was shot and killed by George Moon,
twenty years Of age. Jennie was returning
to the house from hanging out the washing,
when Moon, who was standing in the door
way, took revolver from his pocket and
shot her. The ball entered her heart. After
he shot her Moon rushed to where Jennie lay,
picked up the revolver, kissed her, and placed
the revolver to his right temple and blew his
brains out. Moon had lately returned from
Colorado, and it is supposed that he killed
the girl because she was soon to be married
to another man and refused his suit.
Bradstreet's in reviewing the foreign bread
stuffs situation says that the crop reports in
France are growing worse and worse. The
injury to the wheat crop is irreparables and
future good weather may affect the quality,
although it does not the quantity. Thecrop
is now estimated at 255, 600 900 bushels,
against 312, 400, 900 bushels in 1887. In
Hungary the wheat acreage is somewhat un-
der that of last year. On the left bank OF
the Danube rainy, cold weather has checked
the development Of wheat, and while in GER
tain districts the crop is good. in others it
has been attacked by rust. On the right bank
~of the Danub~ wheat has suffered some
from unfav4 weather, although an
average yieN ticipated.
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them to Mrs. Stewart, with seven per cent.
interest on the money. Could anything be
more delightful or thrifty9 Three millions
is rather large sum for a single woman to
spend In three or four years. And several
millions Of her own money besides. But
there is the account and "What are you
going TO do about it?'' Some Of the old
ledgers are destroyed, and dead men tell no
tales. l suppose it is the same of dead
women.
/ recollect now / was shocked when the
news reached me that the thrifty Judge
contemplated selling all of the poor old
lady's nlghtcaps, stockings, underware,
gowns and seventy-two blonde wigs. did
not then suspect that she had got SO deep
ly into the Judges debt, and now under
stand his natural anxiety to get back his
own. Mr.. Stewart died worth fifty millions
of dollars. Where haye they gomez To-
day bones are deniedIthe right of Christian
sepulture, and the ashes of his wife, who il
now appears died bankrupt, may only
rest by sufferance of Judge Hilton beneath
the splendid mausolem at Garden City.
But while the Stewarts disappear. Judge
Hilton blooms perennial. "Vanity of yani-
ties, saith the preacher; all is vanity"
BROADBRIM.
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER



To THE EDITHR OF THE ADvocATE;-N
that both OF the great National Conventions have
completed their labors and the member of Con
gress have returned to washington and resumed
their official duties a vast amount of work is be
ing accomplished In the way of legislation
OF course the tariff bill Is considered of para
mount Importance and Is receiving most of the
attention in the House of Representatives, and
its discussion has been exceedingly interesting
during the past week.
The several Presidential asprants In the Sen
ate have returned to their work and there is
nothing in the appearance of any of them to in
didate the keen disappointment which they
doubtless feel over their defeat In the conven
ton, excepting perhaps a look of quiet sadness
which displays itself upon the countenance Of
Senator Sherman, despite his efforts to appear
unconcerned. Mr. Sherman had fully expected
to receive the nomination at Chicago, and pro
badly none of the disappointed candidates feels
his defeat more keenly than he.
Gen. Sheridan continues to improve, though
the exceedingly warm weather that has prevail
ed of late has been preventing him from gaining
strength rapidly, and II has been decided to re-
move the invalid to Nonqultt, Mass, where 1t Is
hoped that he will be benefited by the fresh sea
breezes, and quiet of the sea-shore. The U. $.
steamer, Swatara, will be used for the purpose,
and has been fitted out with every convenience
that 1t is thought will contribute to the comfort
Of the invalid during the voyage. II
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Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE.
BROADBRIM'S N. Y. LETTER

The torrid heat of the past week has
sent people flying out of town by thousands,
and the poor wretehes, like editors, re-
porters and such folks, wish that, when
they were selecting their respective lots in
life, instead Of rushing into newspaper
Office they had studied for the ministry
then, in place Of being sent off in July OF
August to report prize fight, or describe
q steamboat or railroad disaster, or base
ball match, grateful congregation would
have made him up nice little purse OF
q couple Of thousand dollars, and haYe
sent him of TO Palestine for his health,
taking in London and Paris by the way.
l like to read about these things, like to
write about them, and / admire the lucky
fellows who are the recipients of them; but
l can only admire them, as Moses did the
Promised Land, afar of.
It was q corker. 1 know that 1t is moi
polite, and that II does not look pretty in
print. but In all the Saxon vocabulary
with the Thermometer at 100 in the shade
there Is no other word that now occurs tc
me that so completely cover the ground
There must be an intimate connection be
tween hot weather and profanity, and ,that
is the reason, expect, why we suppose
profanity to be the rule in that extremely
warm place which Bob Ingersoll declares
exists only in the heated imaglnations Of
George VIM. Curtis and his friend Brother
Sheppard of the mail and Express" By
the way, Brother Sheppard's blooming
candidate. ChauAcey N. Depew, came tC
grief before the Chicago Convention, anC
the only wonder is that SO bright and in
telligent man, and one occupying such
splendid position, could have allowed him
self to be fooled in the manner that h,
was, when 1t was apparent to every think
ing Republican and Democrat that h,
stood no more chance of nomination thar
he did of being Pope of Rome. The scale
have fallen from his eyes at last, and h,
sees 1t now himself. One thing is tolerabll
certaln-no more Presidential bees will
buzz in Chauncey's bonnet The Preslden
cy of the New York Central Railroad 4
good enough Tor him. He fills that posit
ion up TO the handle; his salary is as gooC
as that Of President of the United States
in point of fact he makes fully three time
as much as much as the President, and h
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METHop1sr NUNS A1lE TO BE A NOVEL;


METHODIST NUNS ALE TO BE NOVELTY
in feminine experience. They were created
by the Methodist Gene Conference, after
a careful consideration of the subject by
the Committee on Missions. The connie
tee reported favorably, and the Conference
inserted in the Discipline of the Church a
section regulating them. They are to be
called deaconesses, and they. will be very
similar to the nun of the Roman Catholic
Church, except th at they are not to take
VOWS of life service or of celibacy. Every
annual Conferen ,e in which these deacon
esses are established will have a Board OF
nine members tt control this kind of work
Nothing more d .finite than that was done
by the Conferer ce, but the impression |:
that the Metho list nuns will wear distinct
i've costumes, sn nd live in houses by them
selves. They will minister to the poor ant
sick, care fol orphans, and do other worl
of charity. They will be required to serv'
a probation of continual service of tive
years before being made deaconesses, anC
they will h ave to be at least 25 years o
age.--Jourf al.
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