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+ BY AN # § UNSEEN @ |HAND 2 § A Story of the Secret Society Known as + the “Ragged = = Thirteen” « « © « By Edward Hughes. & Jodo orf fopodoche- co Foc ke Soho foR CHAPTER XI. (Continued.) “I have made matters all right with eur clerival friend,” said he. “He has sad a good meal, and a glass of doc- tered brandy, by way of a nightcap, and [I think he will have a good, long sleep, and wake without the slightest trace of a headache. And now, Cap- tain, and you, sir, you must let me at- tend to your wants, and then I'll leave you to talk as long as you like.” “You would be doing me a great fa- vor,” said my f ther, “if y u wou'd hear what I have to say. I had thought that I never would tell it to any one— mot even to my son here; but if you will bear with me, I think T can con- vince you that you haven’t done wrong in siding 3 “Suprer firs ‘avtain,” said Manu7l, “and tha I'm your mn fer an all- night sitting, if you Ike. You know Wm a bachetor, and perhaps that will explain to you why things are some- what rovgh.” He clapped his hands, and in a tric> supper was spren?. but I was too eager to hear what my father had to tell tc @o justice to the meal, though the good things rrovided were temnting enough. ‘When the Cishes had besn remove?! and our cigers I'shted I heard at Inst the luistory that I had tw'ce before been 89 near hearing—once when Mr. Travers was smitten dumb, ani a second time when the horrors of remembrance? had upset the balance of Jim Maguire’s rea- son. “Let me see,” my father began, “how eld are you, Jack? Ah, en and twenty. Then it will be well- nigh nineteen years ago since this feud began, and I hope and trust that it wl end to-morrow. Your mother and 1, Jack, were married secretly, for her parents were bttely opposed to tre match, erd when she died, a fow months after your birth, I sent you to live at a farm house. “You can remember me coming for wou one evening wh n you were about eight years old, and I took you away to the Continent, an1 you know how close the ties became that bound us to each other. Had you been old enough to un- derstand things then you would have ween that our ¢eparture from England was very much fn the nature of filght. ¥ had married very young, and wen you were four years old my father, who frad no knowledge of your existence, took it into his head that I must go to Cambridge, though I was a good Ceal elder than most men are when they enter a University. “Tho ido. ploasod mo, and I was clad to go up. and when two years after- wards my father died, leaving me well off, I still stayed on to read for a degree. I must say that I made my life at college as pleasant as possible, but whilst I went in for all the usual amusements I did a fair amount of neading, and this brought me into touch with poor Starleigh, and he anl E struck up a great friendship. “You knew him, Jack, as Travers, and by that name I shall call him, E could seldom get him to my rooms at night, where sometimes we play-d for moderate stakes, for although he was a fine whist player he wouldn't gamble even fo renny points, and some of those with whom I wished to stand well were inclined -to laugh at him for his goodness. “Well, one day he and I were reading quietly, when ell at once a noisy party ‘burst in upon us, for I hadn't sported my oak. “It was a dull afternoon, and with- out any ceremony they tossed my books away. ‘We've come for a hand at cards,’ said one cf them. ‘Here's Paddy with a new game that he's go- img to teach us.’ Little did he think that he wes sounding his own knell, and that of more than one who was stand- fing there with him. ‘A new game,’ I said. ‘What is it, Paddy?’ Now, this man, as his nickname im- plied, was an Irishmaan, as hot-headed and handsome a specimen of the fiery vace as you could well find. His name was Fergus Lennon, and the*passenger who came here with me in the Corisan- de is his brother Maurice. ‘What's this game, Paddy?’ I asked. ‘It’s not a new game at all,’ he said. ‘It’s cribbage.’ ‘Oh! I know it,’ I said. ‘I don’t mind having a hand with you, just to show these Johnnies how to count, but I hhaven’t a board. Somcone must put up the scores for us;’ and, with that, 1 rose to get the cards. “‘Weit awhile!’ said the Irishman, ‘Every one of you come over to my rooms. I’ve got a lovely board, and you all owe me a visit. We can make ourselves comfortable there, and we'll pay for the honor of our countries Horcop! Here's Ireland against Eng- Jand, and bad luck to the one that draws out of it!’ “The men seemed to like the notion, all except Travers, but we got the bet- ter of his scruples, and he came with us. There were five of us in all—Len- mon, Travers, myself and two others, Mayne and ‘Foster. “What shall we play for, and how many cards shall we have?” asked Lennon. “ ‘Anything in reason,’ I said, ‘and let us have six cards. We shall get more to count that way,and if you'll take Mayne beside you, I'll take Foster, and we'll explain the hands as we go along.’ “The first two or three games were elose, and I won them more by luck than skill, and then Foster began jeer- ang Lennon, and I could see the latter’s temper rising. “ ‘Here!’ said he,’ ‘if you have the ‘courage of your opinions, Foster, I'll play Morton—that is our real name, as you know, Jacl ‘I'll play Morton for @ hundred pounds.’ “ ‘Steady, Lennon,’ I said. play for stakes like that.’ “But Foster would not let matters rest. His pride was touched, and he accepted the wager; but I refused to play, and then they all began upon me, for the two principals were at white ‘I don’t heat, and Mayne, was a thoughtless young fellow and rather enjoyed the excitement. “Had I stood to my guns—and would to God that I had—none of these awful crimes would have happened; but at last, something Lennon said so stung me to the quick tht I not only offered to play, but I added that I would put up a hundred as well as Foster, if his (Lennon’s) beggarly Irish estates would stand the racket. I ought not to have said it. I hate and despise myself now for my lack of wit that would not let me devise some better way of answer- ing an angry man than by flinging his poverty in his face. But I did it, and I have only -repented once, and that is ever since. “Travers would have slipped away, but Lennon sprang up and locked the door. ‘No man leaves the room,’ said he, ‘till t affair is settled; and as for you, sir’---this to me---‘when we've done with the cards, I'll have satisfac- tion for the insult you've put upon me.’ This was a sorry beginning for what had a much sorrier ending. “We did not stop at the first game, and at last Lennon was owing us something like £600. ‘I'l play one more game,’ said he, ‘and I'll owe you £1,200 or nothing. We were to go twice round the board. The game was fough out in silence, except when we were counting our hands, and at last it stood in this position. I wanted exact- ly thirteen to win, and had what is called first show—that is, I could count my cards first, and provided I could score by play, and had thirteen points, I won. “The play, however, went all against me, and Lennon actually got within one of the game. I declare, solemnly, that, for my part, I wished him to win. It would have been a comparatively happy ending, for we should have had all the excitement and none of us been losers. But Fate willed it otherwise. I held exactly thirteen in my hand—I held, in fact, what is known as the Ragged Thirteen—-the six, seven, eight and two aces. “I think I never saw a man so pos- sessed with fury as Lennon. For a minute he stood trying to speak, and when at last his words came, he ac- eused Foster, point-blank, of cheating. He swore that Foster had passed me one of the cards I held, for he had seen him do so, and that I knew the game was won by nothing but downright cheating. Then, I think, we all went mad together. Blows were struck and the table overturned, and when we paused for breath the blood was run- ning from Lennon’s face, and Foster had been severely handled. “Before we could come to blows again Lennon rushed into the inner room, and came hurrying back with a pistol in each hand. “Here,” said he to Foster, ‘you've drawn my blood; take the rest, or I'll have yours! And if you don’t fight me here and now, by Heaven I'll shoot you where you stand for the cur you are! If a man of you moves I'll blow his brains out!" And there was that in him which held us back from rushing at him, for, assuredly, at that close range, two of us would have gone un- der. ‘If you don’t fight,’ he shouted, ‘I'll make your heart as ragged as the hand he held, aye, and the heart of every one of you that’s stood by and seen my shame!’ “It was plain that his rage was be- coming more uncontrollable every min- ute. “ ‘How can he fight you here?’ I said. ‘Come out to the meadows, if fight you must,’ and in making the proposal I never for a moment thought they would go so far as I proposed going without some stop being put to the proceedings. Foster caught at the idea, for he was well-nigh as mad as the Irishman. “Come out of this!’ he cried, ‘and the sooner the better. ‘I'll fight you, but only on one condition; if I kill you, there the matter ends.’ “And with that we walked out and away to the river, and it seemed that the Evil One was to have a free hand, for, even on that glorious summer af- ternoon, not a soul did we meet. “We were a mile or so from the town, and I could see that Foster had already begun to realize the awful gravity of the affair, but Lennon was, if anything, worse than ever. ‘I'll go no farther,’ said he. ‘Do you stand there and I’lll stand here, and someone can give the word to fire.” And—would you believe it?—not one of us except Travers had the meral courage to pro- test. “I’ve come this far,” he said, ‘hop- ing that you men would see the mad- ness of what you propose to do. T wash my hands of the affair;' and with this he turned on his heel and walked back towards the town. “For a moment or so I felt that TI must follow him, but the evil spirit within me held me to my ground. “T shall wait one minute,’ said Len- non,’ ‘and then I shall fire, for that coward yonder will tell the police, and maybe that’s what you’re wanting. The pistols are loaded, and I'll kill you if I can. Here, take this,’ and, care- less as to whether it exploded or not, he threw one of the weapons on the turf. Foster picked it up and went and stood about ten paces off. “Mayne made a last attempt to in- tervene, ‘Stand out of the line,’ said Lernon, ‘or I'll shoot you! Give the word—one, two, three, fire! Are you ready?’ In a voice scarcely louder than a whisper, Mayne obeyed. In the rear of Lennon as he stood, were some gorse bushes, and as Mayne gave the word, ‘Fire!’ a man and woman rose from behind them. I heard the crack of the weapons. I noticed that Foster had fired on one side. I saw his hat move, as though it had been touched and then he stood, horror-stricken, pointing in the direetion in which he had fired, and there, lying full strength on the grass, was a woman, and stand- ing beside her, as though stricken to stone, was a tall man. “Lennon turned. He uttered one wild cry, ‘Mary!’ and rushed to the fallen woman. ‘Mary!’ he screamed, and as he lifted the girl’s. head the red stain showed up plainly. How she got there, or who she was, or who the man was that was with her, I have never discovered to this day. The man stood pointing to the bullet mark, and sway- ing to and fro until he fell full-length. Not far from us was an inn, and pick- ing up the girl and carrying her as easily as though she were a child, Len- non strode away, bidding us, by a ges- ture to take up the man, and when he reached the house the Irishman’s ready wit had invented a plausible story of an accident, and the cool way in which he told it impresse dme even more than his rage had done. “One of ‘you fellows,’ said he—and he spoke as though we were his dear- est friends—‘had better get off as fast as you can and bring Dr. Haslett. You can tell him the nature of the wound, and how it has affected our friend. You can go in the landlord's trap, and bring the doctor back in ti.” “T knew by the choice he had made of a medical man that Lennon wished to avoid publicity, for Haslett was a young fellow who often came to our rooms—and unless the case ended fa- tally—and the most superficial exam- ination had shown that the girl was alive—the affair would, most likely, be hushed up. It was near the end of the term, and, except Foster and Lennon, we all went down the next day, and before I started I ascertained, by ask- ing Haslett, that the girl was likely to recover, as the bullet had glanced up- ward, and traveled along under the scalp. “As to the man who was with her, he could give no decided opinion, a shis case’ presented some difficulty, and it was evident that he was in for a long illness, as a consequence of the terrible shock that had been Inflicted upon him. Lennon vouchsafed no information as to the identity of the patients, and I heard, some fortnight later, that the lady had left the inn and the man was expected to follow in a few days. “Now for my part, although Lennon had so outrageously insulted me, I had had enough of the quarrel, and I hoped the other men were in like case; but it was not so, for, when more than a month had passed, I had a telegram from Foster, bidding me lose no time in joining him in Belgium. I was to let nothing stand in the way, and I hur- ried off, with grave misgivings. And my fears were only too well grounded, for as soon as I met my friend, and we were out of earshot, of the bystanders, his first words were: ‘Lennon's here. and he swears that if I don’t go on with the duel he’ll shoot me. The girl has died, and she is some relation of his, and God knows, Morton, I’m so miserable that I don’t care wether he shoots me or not. I've agreed to meet him, and your to go to the Hotel M—— and arrange matters with his brother Maurice.’ “So I went to meet this very Maurice Lennon, and we arranged that the duel should come off the next morning at 5 o'clock ae a lonely spot near the sea shore. “And the first shot came near ending the affair, for Foster’s face was grazed and his bullet cut away a piece of Len- non’s coat. I was for declaring that honor was satisfied; but the Irishman would have none of it; and now, hav- ing begun the fiend’s work, ‘he went on with it, and at the third shot Lennon fell: The bullet dad pierced his heart, and he was stone dead. I forgot to say that two doctors, or rather, supposed doctors, were present, for I believe that Sweeney, the foster-brother of whom you have told me, was one of them. “No sooner had Lennon fallen, and the surgeon pronounced life extinct, than Maurice, scarcely heeding; his brother’s dead body, wanted to take up the quarrel, and‘a more unholy or a more unseemly scene I never took part in. Years have passed, but I shall never forget it. The surgeon had pos- sessed himself of all the pistols, and when Sweeney, if Sweeney he were, tried to take them from him, we sided with the medical man, gnd in a very few seconds a generaF fight ensued, and I beat Maurice Lennon until he was well-nigh insensible. “Sweeney would have killed Foster if we had not hastened to help him, and as We fled from the ill-omened place we | were followed by the curses of the two men, and their vows that they would find us, no matter where we hid our- seives. I came to England and brought you away, Jack, for I was in a very curious position, since I had acted as second to‘the man who had killed an- other, even though the duel was fought fairly. “Within a very short time Travers, who had taken no very particular pre- cautions, was attacked by Sweeney. Then Foster and Mayne were killed, and in each case ‘the cards’ were left with them. Years passed, but by agreement, and through the club to ;Which we belonged, Travers and I cor- responded with each other. I came to England when I considered it safe to do so, and even when I was very cau- tious. “The murder of Dr. James took place, as ycu know in the house that I had hired and partly furnished, and I found the cards and a handkerchief beside him, and these I intended to bring away, but I left them behind me acci- dentally, and it was well that I did so, for otherwise you would never have come by your knowledge, and you would not have béen here to save me. When we left the house that night we were probably followed, though I saw no signs of it, and so, in all likelihood, that was how poor Travers was found. “They lost me, because I purposely left the ship at Brinsidi, and if, when I came out here, I had dropped the name of Tremayne, they would never, except by the merest chance, have found me. To-morrow I shall have a question to put to Maurice Lennon. If he answers it satisfactorily, I shall give him the meeting he has come round the world jfor; if he doesn’t, I shall shoot him where he stands. “I have done wrong, grievous wrong, I know, but I have suffered, for I thought myself bereft of you; and I have been a wanderer all these years, making no lasting friendships, for how’ could I tell in what way, or by whom, my enemy might get at me? But, thank God, I am no longer fighting in the dark, and to-morrow—ah! what will to-morrow bring forth? “And now, Jack, you know all that 1 can tell you, and you, Mr. Manuel, can Gecide as to what you will do. My ene- my enemy is here. Were you to arrest him, it would be at my instigation, and I should also be arrested, and justie: might be hautked. On the other hand. if you would do me the greatest favor that man can possibly do me, let, me settle this matter in my own way.” The Fijian paced the room for sever- al seconds. Then he stood ang fronted us. “You say, Capt. Tremayne, that you have made no lasting friendship. Let me prove that you have. Finish this affair when and how you please. Let me know what you wouldhave me do, and I will do it.” i “Thank you from the bottom of my heart!” said my father, grasping Man- uel’s hand. “You are indeed a friend.” When we had talked for some time longer for points that required elucid- ation would keep cropping up, we were shown to our room. “What is the question that you are going to ask Maurice Lennon?” I said. “Iam going to ask him whether it was he who made the second attempt on Travers’ life.” “And if he denies it?” “If he denies it, and can make good his denial, I shall do as I said.” And then we knelt side by side and prayed that on the morrow the right might triumph. CHAPTER XII. The Duel. I supposé that my father had got his plans cut and dried during the night, for as soon as breakfast was over he laid them before Mr. Manuel. “f want you,” he said, “to induce Lennon to go for a walk with you You know the tree that stands by itself on the second ridge? Close beside it is an open piece of ground. Get him to walk up there with you, and I and my son will meet you, as though by acci- dent. I can then ask Lennon my ques- tion.” “And if he makes a satisfactory re- ply,’ I asked, “will you give him a chance of taking your life? After all that we have suffered at his hands, I think, father, it is Quixotic. If some- one must fight him, let me do it.” “Steady, Jack; you're not at all phil- osophical this morning. In the first place, it is just as Quixotic for you to make a target of yourself as it is for me to do so. In the next, you are look- ing at things from our standpoint, and not considering his side of the question at all. He has lost a near and dear relative, and it was in a great measure, my fault. Moreover, he has a lively recollection of the thrashing I gave him, and no man worth his salt would sit down under that sort of treatment and not make an attempt to return it. I shall give him a chance to explain certain matters, and if his explanation is satisfactory, and he wishes to go on with the quarrel, then, assuredly, one or other of us will be carried home. Now, don’t discuss this point any further, Jack. “] have seen Lennon this morning,” said Manuel, “and he is terribly anx- ious about the Nightingale. I didn’t tell him that she is at the bottom of the sea. I'll leave you to do that, and you may take it for granted that within an hour I shall bring him to the spot you mention.” We slipped away quietly, and climbea the hill by a path that led through the bush, so that we were speedily out of sight of the villagers, and when at last we gained the plateau upon which we hoped the affairs of the Ragged Thir- teen would be wound up, we looked over as peaceful a scene as any upon God's earth. And yet here were we, as evidence that man’s passions can pol- lute a paradise. Here we were waiting for one who would-spill our blood with as little compunction as he would have overturned a glass of water. My heart beat fast when I saw the two figures approaching us, Lennon leaning on Manuel's arm and playing *the blind man to perfection. A GOOQSE THAP SAVED ITS HEAD. It Couldnt Ride in_a Trolley Car. and Its Winner Wouldn't Walk Home. The goose was large and fat; he was small, short, rather the worse for sun- dry drinks, and—Irish. They boarded a car together, the goose in the arms of the raffle-winner. It was a trolley car, and the conductor had not im- bibed the Christmas spirit. “You can’t carry that in here,” he said to the son of Erin. “Pwhy not?’ asked the latter. “Because you can’t,’ was the an- swer. The Irishman and his burden stayed right where they were. About two blocks further the con- ductor made another dash at the pair. “Didn't I tell you you’d have to get out?” he demanded. “Do yez mane me or the goose?’ “The goose, of course.” “Here's the fare for the bird.” “I don’t want it; I wan't the bird oft the car.” “An’ I can’t ride wid me bir-r-d?" “No.” “Tis four moiles to me home.” “IJ don’t care if its forty. Ye can’t ride with the goose. Get off now.” “But Oi kin roide widout me bir-r-d?” “Certainly.” “An’ I won't walk, bedad!” The Irishman navigated with diffi- culty to the rear door, opened it and threw the goose wildly out into the night. It sqauwked a rousing protest but the car sped on. The Irishman re- turned to his seat and muttered: “Oi nivir had no use for a goose bir-r-d, nivir at all at all.” ‘Then he went to sleep. Developing Babyhood. Least and most important, we find the impulse to create, to exnress through one’s activity one’s own inner life. In children this impulse shows itself in the love of “making-up” and acting out stories in which they themselves are heroes and heroines, in the inven- tion of wonderful new designs in build ing, modeling, and in modifying all their actions to suit their personal ideals. In this way the sense of intel- lectual selfhood, the feeling of individ- ual power, grows against a background of imitated activities derivea@from one’s physical and social surroundings. It is interesting to note that in lead- ing up to this highest form of childish play we have followed in correct order the steps which brought mankind from a savere to acivilized condition.—Har per’s Bazar. WIT St. Paul Feb. 6.--Seven pills were recommended to pass by the senate in committee of the whole yesterday, the most important being the Wilson bill for an act proposing a convention to revise the state constitution. Three bills were passed, the substitute bill relating to records of log marks Representative Jackson's bill relating to chattel mortgages and the Wilson bill relating to re-entry by landlords. The senate refused by a vote of 29 to 19, to dispense with the services of J. S. Vandiver as clerk of the senate section of the reapportionment com- mittee. In the House. 5 That the veterans of the soldiers’ home are suffering for the lack of coats, which the board of trustees has not funds to buy them with, was brought to the attention of the house in a resolution by J. A. Peterson of Hennepin, which was passed after some objection by Mr. Jacobson, who wanted it referred to the committee on soldiers’ home. New bills introduced provide for a poll tax on dogs, an in- crease in the bounty paid for female wolves, to abolish days of grace and for a constitutionai amendment mak- ing possible the investment of the state school fund in bonds of school districts. An insurance bill by Mr. Morris provides for the organization of ccmpanies on the stipulated pre- mium. plan, In the Senate. Feb. 7.—Senator Daly of Otter Tail county yesterday intro- duced an anti-trust bill. The bill de- clares illegal all combinations for the purpose of controlling the price of any article, makes prosecution the St. Paul, duty of the attorney general or any’ county attorney, and provides that any one suffering from such a combi- nation shall recover three-fold dam- ages. Senator . Thompson important bill for the entire revision of the state insurance laws, correcting all omissions and _ errors. Senator Somerville presented an insurance bill permitting a district court to appoint three referees to arbitrate disputed adjustments. Senator Halverson presented a bill raising the age of consent from sixteen to eighteen. Senator Snyder presented an impor- tant civil service bill for cities of over 15,000 inhabitants, controlling ap- pointive employes. Senator Miller again introduced a, resolution to dispense with the services of J. S. Vandiver as clerk of the sen- ate reapportionment committee. Un- der the rules the resolution must lay over a day. Senator Daugherty gave notice of debate. Senator~ Coller’s bill establishing standard central time as legal time of Minnesota, was passed. In the House. Representative George R. Laybourn of St. Louis county entered a protest against the shelving of his bill pro- viding for a .3 mill annual tax for normal school purposes. The. action of the committee was sustained by a vote of 46 to 66, on Mr. Laybourn’s motion that the report of the committee be laid on the table. Mr. Deming managed to save one of his three bills pertaining to redemp- tions after delinquent tax sales so far as to have it printed and placed on general orders. Mr. Plowman secured the reference , of his bill for the taxation of non- resident mortgagees to the judiciary committee, but Mr, Deming’s other bills, with the Schurman bill to in- crease the. personal property exemp- tion to $300, fell by the wayside. The new bills include the Hemp- stead.measure for a state sanitarium for consumptives, the new insurance code by Mr. Laybourn, and a civil ser- ‘vice commission to control appoint- ments in cities of over 15,000 popula- tion, to regulate the sale of renovated butter, and to prevent the spread of disease among domestic animals. Mr. Noyes introduced a bill appro- priating $1,000, or as much thereof as might be necessary for the purchase of a portrait of Former Gov. Alexander Ramsey. The bill to abolish the fee system in the state oil inspector's office and fix- ing a salary of $2,400 for that officer was recommended to pass in commit- tee of the whole. In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 8—The question of a convention for the revision of the con- stitution of Minnesota will not be submitted to a vote of the people. Senator Wilson’s bill calling for such action was defeated by the senate. The measure required a two-thirds vote for passage, €nd was voted down, yeas 29 noes 27. The memorial was unanimously passed asking congress to create a na- tional park at Fort Ridgley. Senator McKusick introduced a bill which was referred to the judiciary committee which, if passed, will prac- tically annul the law which permits no person or corporation to hold over 5,000 acres of land, and thus prevents land monopoly. In the House. By a vote of 99 to 14 the house yes- terday morning passed the Hurd bill placing the state oil inspector on a salary, and providing for an illuminat- ing oil inspecting fund, to which the inspection fees shall be paid. ‘The calendar was cleared with the exception of the Burns bill to control the telephone comranies in the rural districts, which was returned to gen- eral orders for further cons‘deration. Ten bills were introduced, including one to reimburse Mr. Mahood for the expense of his contest, one to prohibit minors from playing billiards or pool in saloons or adjoining rooms, arid the biennial effort to secure for county road and bridge funds a share of the receipts from liquor. licenses in vil- lages. In the Honse. St. Paul, Feb. 9.—The house spent an hour in discussion of the Burns bill to compel telephone companies to se- cure the consent of town su ervisors to their use of county roads for their introduced an |} ° ° o e lines. The bill was recommended to pass, The Berg bill to permit counties to issue bonds to fund their floating in- debtedness will be given further con- sideration, and the Anderson bill to | empower cities of from 15,000 to 50,000 | to issue bonds for electric plants was ; Yecommended for passage in commit- tee of the whole. | The calendar was cleared up, only | two bills of little public interest be- | ing on it. One relates to log marks; ; the other to the extension of the term of corporations formed thirty years ago. | Several bills. were introduced, the | only one of importance, except the one | to place surveyors general on a salary, being that of Mr. Wells of Wilkin, | Who proposes to repeal the “corrupt practices act.” In the Senate. The senate devoted most of its time to another discussion of the Vandiver muddle. Senator Miller called for ac- | tion on his resolution to Gispense with | the serviqces of J. S. Vandiver as clerk. A substitute resolution was introduced by Senator Buckman to appoint a com- mittee of five to report in five days the names of senate employes who have ho work to do. The vote to sub- stitute Senator Buckman’s resolution was adopted, 34 to 25, A number of bills were introduced, among them being one by Senator Thompson to submit to a vote of the people of the state a constitutional amendment to remove the 5 per cent limit on inheritance taxation, and one by Senator Jepson establishing a new medical code and creating a state medical board of twelve members from all schools of medicine. Among the bills passed were the fol- lowing: To ailow Minneapolis to issue $186,000 certificates of indebtedness to complete the court house and city hail; | making husband and wife jointly liable for debts for family support, and es tablishing a new probate code. In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 11—Senator Lord in troduced a bill Saturday providing fo shorter legal forms for deeds and mort- gages. expense of filing about three-fourths. Senator Wilson introduced a bill te cut the amounts exempt from gar- nishment ‘and attachment. The bill provides that the exemption shall be $9 when weekly wages are paid and ‘$25 when wages are paid monthly. Senator Jepson introduced a bill look- ing to the protection of union cards and union labels. The senate ad- journed until Wednesday. “In the House, Representative Dening introduced a bill which, if enacted, would permit the board of prison managers to release the Younger brothers on parole. The house passed three unimportant bills. On general orders two union bills were recommended to pass. The house adjourned until Wednesday. such instruments ».THE MARKETS, Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Markets. St. Paul, Feb. 13. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 74 @ 741-2c;* No. 2 North- ern, 701-2 @ 72 1-4c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 37@371-2c; No. 3, 36@363-4c. Oats — No. 3 white, 26 1-2@27c; No. 3, 26@26 1-2c. Seeds—Timothy, $1.75@2; clover, $2.500 6; flax, No. 1, $1.25@1.53. Minneapolis, Feb. 13. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, 75 7-8c;° No. 1 Northern, 73 7-8¢; No. 2 Northern, 68 3-8@713-8c. Corn— No. 3 yellow, 35 1-2@35 3-4c; No. 3, 35@ 351-2c. Oats — No. 3 white, 251-2@ 26c; No, 3, 25@251-2c. Barley — Feed | grades, 40@46c; malting grades, 47@ 58c. Rye—No. 2, 47 1-2@48c, * Duluth, Feb. 13.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 7c; No. 1 Northern, 73c; No. 2 North- ern, 63@69c; No. 3 spring, 54 5-8@60 5-8¢; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 76c; No. 1 North- ern, 74c; May, No. 1 Northern, 76c; July, No. 1 Northern, 76 5-Sc; oats, 268 261-4c; rye, 491-2c; barley, 35@55e; _flax, to arrive and cash, $1.61; May, $1.66; September, $1.15; corn, 37 1-8. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 13. — Flour is steady. Wheat lower; No. 1 Northern, 751-2@76c; No. 2 Northern, 71 3-4@74c. Rye firm; No. 1, 58e. Barley steady; No. 2, 58@60c; sample, 45@561-2c. Oats steady; No. 2 white, 28@28 1-4c. Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 13. — Cattle— Beeves, $4.25 @ 5; cows, bulls and mixed, $2@3.50; stockers and feeders, $3.25@4; calves and yearlings, $3@4.10. Hogs, $5.20@5.30; bulk, $5.22 1-2. Chicago, Feb. 13. — Cattle—Good te | prime steers, $5 @ 6; poor to medi- um, $3.40 @ 4.45; stockers and feeders, $2.80@4.50; cows and heifers, $2.55@4.40; Texas steers, $4@4.70. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $5.20@5.421-2; good te choice heavy, $5.30@5.45; rough heavy, $5.20@5.25; light, $5.20@5.35; bulk of Sales, $5.25@5.371-2. | Sheep, $2.504.60; | lambs, $4.25@5.25. ' South St. Paul, Feb. 13. — Cattle — Good to choice butcher steers, $4.50@ 5.25; fair to good, $3.75@4.25; common to fair, $3.25@3.60; good to choice butcher cows and heifers, $3.40@3.90; fair te , good, $2.50@3.25; thin cows and canners, + $1.50@2.40: good to choice corn-fei bulls, $3@3.75; bologna bulls, $2@2.75; good te choice veals, $4-50@5.75; fair to good, $3.50@4.50; good to choice feeders, $3.5 @32.75; good to choice stock steers, $3.25 @3.60; fair to good, $3@3.25; common, $2.2572.90; good to choice stock heifers, $2.85@3.15; fair to good, $2.50@z.75; good to choice steer calves, $3-25@3.50; fair to good, $°@3.25; good to choice heifer calves, $28503; fair to good. $2.50@ 2.75; stock and feeding bulls $2@2.75; good to choice milkers and springers, 322095; feir to good, $28@20: common, $2025. Togs—Good to choice livht, $5.10 @ 5.25; mixed and butchers. $5.15 @ 5.90: good to prime heavy, $5.20 @ 5.30: common to fair, $5.05 @ 5.15; rough packers, $4.75 @ 5; pigs and ski, s, $2.75¢4.50. Sheep—Good to choice butcher lambs, $4.50%5; fair to good, | $4.2594.40; good to choice fat wethers, $3.6074.95: fair to good, $3.25@3.50: fat ‘ewes, $32543.75: good to choice stock and feeding lambs, $4@4.25; fair to good, $7..503.75: feeding wethers, $3 26 @2.75; stock and feeding ewes, $2.75@ 3.10: thin sheen, $242.25: buck lambs, $2.7543: killing bucks, $2@2.75. hat If the bill passes it will cut the. Hila a aa seninS. ali acacia AA