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TO BE MADE BISHOP TO-DAY.
Rev. Albion W. Knight to- be COnsc-
Grated at Atlanta.
(By the Associated Press.

Atlanta. Ga. Dec. 20.-The impos-
ing conservation services of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church by which
Rev. Albion w. Knight will be eievat-
cd to the list of bishops of the church.
will be observed here tomorrow. Mr..
Knight was elected at the recent gen.
eral convention of the church held
at Boston, to be missionary bishop OF
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MAN AND WIFE DEAD.
\ Bitter Family Quarrel, it is said.
Preceded the Tragedy.
CBy the Associated Press. }

Selma. Ala, Dec. 19.-News has
reached here of a double murder at
McWillams, in Wilcox county. The
victims were Mr.. and Mrs. James An
drews, of that place. Mrs. Andrews
was found lying across the bed with
her throat cut from ear to ear, while
Andrews was found dead on the floor
with several pistol wounds in his body
Years ago Andrews married and has
several children. He is said to have
left his first wife and to have mar
ried again. A few months ago, Il is
said, Andrews persuaded his first wife
to deed to his second wife a farm he
had given 10 wife number one. This
is said to have led to a bitter family
quarrel.
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II am replied the defendant
Are you wife,?
Yes"
Are you a mother?"
II am not"
Then the story of her meeting with
Caesar Young in July, 1908. while on
a train bound for California with a
theatrical company was re-told.
did Mr.. Young give you money
when he came back East?"
Yes
"How much did he give you?"
81 think $2,S00."
Just for two weeks"
Yes"
BY long series of questions Mr..
Rand led up to the time when She
came back to New York last May.
Young continued to call upon her
and they frequently talked of plans
for the future.
Young told you that you were onls
going to pretend to go away?"
Yes
And you had no intention of go
ing away?"
You were only to pretend to do So
as to deceive Young's friends?"
"Yes."
you knew all this time that
Young was a married man.
Yes"
How much money did Young give
! you altogether?"
Il don't know"
Gould you tell if it were abou,
$15,00O?"
Icould not tell He always gave
me money when / wanted it,"
| did he give you as much as forty
thousand or fifty thousand dollars?''
IT cannot say how much"
crnn
wasn't hep"
"Yes."
Trapped and Had to Go.
.'Now. at the race track Young told
you that they had trapped him.?
YES"
| .'What did he mean by trapped?"
THAT his folks hads bought tickets
for him to go away and he could not
get out of it.
Did he speak of his wife's happi-
ness as a reason why he had to go
abroad?'
well, he had been very unhappy
before"
| And Young seemed glad to go?"
"He spoke of his wife as being
happy to CO.
"Did Young ever say his wife might
be 2 murderess?"
Yes
| what did he say
| "He said he was afraid Mrs. Young
would kill him or kill me-
This was the day before he died? p
Eyes, he said she was armed"
| did he say she would slay him,
| put him out of the way?"
No
"Why did you tell the jury then
that the day before he died he said
he was afraid his wife would be a
"Well, the reason was that he re-
called something that happened ir
San Francisco
'And that is the reason you told
the jury that Young said he was
afraid his wife would kill him or
you?"
Il did not mean to say that
GAS matter of fact he had no fear
his wife would kill him?''
| 'I don't know whether he did or
not"
''And he never told you so?'
| NO"
Afraid of an Ocean Trip.
| Miss Patterson said that when she
/ told Young she would follow him to
! Europe she had no idea of doing so.
| She was afraid of the ocean trip. She
would have gone with Young had he
asked her, but would not go alone.
1t seemed best, however. to have
| Young believe that her promise was
made in good faith and beyond telling
! him that she did not fancy an ocean
| trip alone she said nothing to the
contrary. They talked the plans all
| over again while sitting in IL Harlem
restaurant early in the morning OF
June 3. Young drank great quanti-
| ties of whiskey. He gave her 800
| five twenty dollar bills. Her purse
was full Of bills SO she put the money
| III her stockings. She said Young
f, was very angry when she insisted
upon going home, but that his anger
CONTINUED on Page Five.)
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News of the Brayton.
(RY the Associated Press. }

IBy Ihe ASSOCIdItU ITtSS.J
Providence, r. l., Dec. 20.-The
schooner Bayard Barnes, Groucher,
which arrived today from Norfolk
with a cargo of coal, reports having
been in company with the schooner
Lizzie FL. Brayton, Captain Kelly,
which went ashore on the New Jer-
sey coast Sunday. The Barnes nearly
went ashore with the Brayton, but
was saved by her anchors.
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JAMES Il. EAGLE DEAD.
Once Governor Of Arkansas and
President OF Southern Baptist
Convention.
CBy the Associated Press. }

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 20.-Forru-
er Governor James l' Eagle died mere
to-day after an illness of three weeks
He was governor of Arkansas from
1889 to 1898. He had been president
of the Arkansas Baptist State Con-
vention tWenty-one years. AT the last
meeting he declined sre-electon. lie
was also president of the Southern
Baptist Convention. Since leaving
public office he devoted his time 10
plantation interests and to church
work
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BY the Associated Press.) }

New York, Dec. IA special cable
dispatch to the World from PARIS
says that DR.. Leroy S. Chadwick and
his daughter. Miss Mary Chadwick.
of Cleveland. sailed from Dover Eng
land. for New York Sunday night as
second class passengers OH the steam
or Pretoria of the Hamburg American
Line.
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Three Children Burned to Death.
CBv the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated FreSS.)
Macon, Ga. Dec. 20.-A special to
the Telegraph from Elberton. Ga,
says that at Swift's cotton mill three
children lost their lives by fire in the
last two days. Two were children of
Mr.. Smith, an operative and were
burned to death before assistance
could reach them after their clothing
had caught. The next day the chiio
of Mr.. Strickland. another operative.
suffered a similar fate.
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Ginners Oppose Less Acreage.
(Bv the Associated Press. )

(By the Associated Press.)
Dallas, Tex, Dec. 20.-The Nation
al Ginners' Organization which was
formed here yesterday was adjourn
ed subject to the call by the pres'-
dent. A resolution was voted down
to-day providing for a decreased co.,
ton acreage next year.
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Peace in Paraguay.
lBv the Associated Press. J

Iby -tNe AsSOCldttU TrCSS.J
Washington. Dec. 20,--A cablegram
has been received at the State DC
partment from the acting American
consul al Asuncion. Paraguay stating
that the revolution has been SUCCESS
ful and that peace has been pro-
claimed.
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Roosevelt's Order Revoked.
(Bv the Associated Press.

Washington. Dec. 19.----Judge Baker
of the Supreme Court of New Mexicc,
who recently was removed from office
by the President. has received by the
President and the Department of JUS
revocation Of the order of Roosevelt.
Judge Baker subsequently tendersl
his resignation.
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CoIlidcd With Stone QUAY.
(By the Associated Press.)

Bremen, Dec 20.-As a result of a
collision with a stone quay here tnt
British steamer Fernfeld, Captain
Davies from Wilmington, \. c.. has
several plates stove and some frames
broken. After discharging her cargo
the vessel will probably be docked for
an examination.
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SHE SECURES Il DIVORCE.
Mrs. Laura Balm Freed From Her
Husband on Ground Of Aban-
dOnmcnt
(Specfal 10 News and Observer.D

Especial 10 NeWs and ObserNer.D
Greensboro, \. C., Dec 20.-.The
lawyers here are not taking chances
on the action of the coming Legisa-
ture regarding divorce Although the
Superior court here ran out of busi~
ness, or quit, yesterday, Judge Bryan,
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On the jamestown Exposition.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington. Dec. 20.-The sub
committee of the House Committee
on Industrial Arts and Expositions,
met today and decided to hold hear
ings after the holiday recess on the
Jamestown Marine Exposition pro-
iect.
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HOTEL CRUSHED
DURING A GALE
Tons of Brick TOppIe in
a Chaos of Ruin
EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED
One Woman Sleeping in the Second
Story is Rescued from the
Basement, the Broken Walls
Forming an Arch Above
Her Bed
lRx the Associated Press }

Minneapolis, Mimi. Dec. 20.--The
side wall of the o. H. Peck building,
on Fifth street, South, which was left
standing by the great fire of last
Tuesday night. toppled over in a high
gale early today onto the Crocker,
three story structure adjoining. The
tons of brick and mortar crashed COM
pleteIy down through the flimsily con-
structed building carrying floors and
all into a mass of debris In the base
ment. There was no warning of the
disaster and the fourteen persons who
were sleeping in the various apart
ments were caught in the crushed
structure Eight of them were killed.
The dead:
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Hans Anderson.
James Hamilton.
C. Nj. Kenyon.
William Lillybalde.
Mrs. Jennie Murray.
William EmmerSon -. :. ..,.
William Emmernon. laborer
william Brayton, contractor.
Joseph Violet. coachman.
Responsibility for the accident will
be the subject of thorough inyestiga-
ton. J. G. Houghton, city building
inspector had made an inspection of
the standing walls yesterday but had
given the no orders regarding them
The board ordered the demolition
of the parts of walls that seemed like
ly to fall.
The total loss is $4,000. fully in
sured.
C. l.. Smiths premonition of trouble
saved his life. He roomed in the
Crocker building he was nervous and
could not sleep. Twice he arose,
dressed and went outside to see what
the wind was doing. The second time
he told a policeman he thought the
wall unsafe. The officer laughed at
the idea, but his laughter had not
ceased before the wall fell.
Mrs. Anna McNevins had re-
markable escape. She was on the
second floor in bed when the crash
came. The firemen took her out OF
her bed in the basement. The debris
had arched over her in such way
as to preserve her entirely from in
jury.
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trying to talk. Then, as he looked into his
eyes, he saw them shift quickly toward the
foot of the berth in which he was lying,
and caught fieetng glimpselof graceful,
skrted figure which had been standing
there, but which quickly disappeared
through the cabin door.
He made no attempt to comment on it,
but turned over and closed his eyes with
that pleasant sensation which comes to all
of us when we are conscious that we are
about to fall into a restful slumber.
He had small curiosity about anything
just them. He could feel that his right
arm was in splints, but it did not interest
him particularly. He only wished to go to
sleep.
He heard someone say to him that Capt.
Burgee was better and he was very glad
to know it; but he did not feel it necessary
to make the effort which an answer would
require.
The last dim impression that fell unim-
portantly upon his mind was that someone
had stuck a red head into the stateroom
door and said in loud whisper:
1.-THE captains compliments, sir; and
would you step on deck, sir?"
Then he felt a delicious thrill of restful-
ness spread through his body 1t almost
seemed as If the ship must share it, for as
1t stole over him there came that indie
scribable sensation which thrills every part
of a steamship when her engines are re-
duced in speed. He dreamily realized that
the throbbing of the screw became less fire.
duent and finally stopped. Then he went
to sleep, to dream pleasant dreams about
the girl he loved, in which the nightmare of
his flight from London, of his struggles
with the mate on the Lydia SISolfeld, of the
wreck of that gallant barkentine and his
subsequent escape with her helpless cap
tain played no part; but through which
there ran instead a delicious monotone as
of her voice; in which there were dim,
dream-built and delightful visions of her
face, and through which and in which there
was no hint of unpleasantness or pain; but
peace and JOY and restfulness and-her!
Ito Be -Continued)
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into his mouth, no matter how he trleo "
keep it tightly closed. In all his NE ne
had never known so madden1ng seHsae On
Its agonies increased with sicken nS rapioi
ty. 1t was hard for him even TO guess al
tie hour from his rare and feetng gi.mpses
OF the sinking sun. But he knew from 'ne
fading daylight that night would soon ne
on him-night when, even II some snip ny
should pass close TO him, there would pe
almost no possibility that he would be
discovered and picked up
His increasing WEAKNESS and weakness
were becoming SO great that he mad small
hope of being able to support himself until
daylight should come again. He cons.d-
cred the idea of flashing himself to the
grating which supported the captain, but,
testing it, he found that very little FUR
Their pressure would Submerge II, ana tnat
thus neither would be saved
He felt no hesitation in arriving at his
resolution to hang on as long as he couid
without jeopardizing the captains support,
and then to let go and Sip down into the
deep as quietly as he could. He wondered
if he should struggle when the time came
for this final cessation of resistance against
the fate that pursued him with such ap-
parent "reminiscences.
He did not feel at all certain that he
would be able to resist the impulse to tight
death in case there renamed In MIN
strength enough to make it possible.
He tried to summon vitality enough TO
enable him to rise in the water sufficiently
to peer into the face of the silent sailor,
but found it imposs BILE. Even when he
tried to shout to him-he had a strangely
sentimental desire to bid the old man fare
well-he had to give the effort over.
His breath was coming in short, quick
gasps. 1t had been a long time since he
had been able to really fill his lungs with
satisfying inspiration. His lips began to
crack from the action of the salt water and
the fever of the excitement into which the
events of the day had plunged him. He
knew, too, that his fever was increasing for
he continually felt warmer whereas not
long before he had been oppressed by con-
stantly increa sing chilliness.
That the end of his endurance could not
be far away he was convinced because OF
several symptoms which he definitely felt,
sonal. His hands had become so stffened
that when there was a slight addluOnal
strain brought upon him by the heavng OF
a wave he felt his set fingers Slip, each time
a little nearer to the corner of the grating,
and there was no power in them to unloose
and take a new and firmer hold
He felt, too. that his mind was wandering.
Another attempt to rouse the captain with
a shout resulted in the emission of nothing
louder than husky whisper.
HIS consciousness he reflected, did not
seem to be slipping from him, but he felt
certain that it was becoming deranged.
He lowered curiously in a strange border
land between sanity and delirium He knew
that many of the thoughts which fitted
through his throbbng brain were vagaries;
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he was Tending floating wreckage away from
the bows, but did not hit him. Not an ar
tculate sound was uttered on either side
The oar was left floating in PartonS hands
but the boat shot through the smoke and
out of sight. After it had passed Parton
heard a stream of oaths, which he knew
were uttered by the mate and which strug-
gled back to him through the thick air,
gradually becoming less and less distinct as
the distance between him and the boat
became greater.
Perhaps it was anger at the inhuman con-
duct of the mate who had thus abandoned
them; perhaps it was the aid which he got
from the oar which he swung around so
that it rested beneath his chin. At any
rate, Parton put forth new energy, and
moment later emerged from the stream of
smoke with suddenness which made him
feel as if he had been actually thrown out
of it with speed.
The relief to his burning lungs and
streaming, smarting eyes not imme-
date. The eyes he relieved somewhat by
ducking his head beneath the water with
them open, but it was several moments be-
fore the pure air seemed to replace the
acrid, irritating, smoke-laden smother
which he had drawn into his chest.
But an instant later, the relief which he
felt at this eclipsed by another and in
stantly overwhelming amazement From
the gratings to which he had dashed the
apparently inanimate form of the captain
came articulate words. intelligently con-
nected. In a high, weak voice, not exactly
like the captains old. sturdy tones, but
still Enthusiastically his own, he heard:
well! By John Quincy Adams! There
goes tn Lyddy!'
Almost simultaneously with the speaking
of the words there rolled across the water
dull muffled report, as of the firing of a
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THE SECRET SERVICE
An Imuortan Bra ch of the
Treasury Department. :
OPERATES IN QUIET
DETECTING COUNTERFEITERS
WAS BEGINNING OF SYSTEM.
Career of Chief Wi1kie and the Men
Who Work Under Him at
Present Time.

The secret service bureau of the Treas
ury Department is not an old concern. 1t
has not been in operation many years. COM
pared to the existence of other bureaus,
but it grows in Importance each year.
There are now large number of invesd-
gators by some called detectives. in the
field, but the exact number is not known
and will not be made public.
Counterfeiting money is an old offense.
1t was done before the United States be-
came government, but does not seem to
have become so widespread until the United
States began making it's own paper money
during the civil war Prior to that time
tn. offenses had been dealt with by states
and municipalities with such help as the
general government cared to give. The in
crease in the crime. however. caused recog-
milton by Congress in 1850. when $4,000 WAS
al propriated for it's suppression, to be ex-
pended under the direction OF the Secretary
of the Treasury. This sum was paid out
in rewards to private detectives. municipal
officers and others instrumental in bring
ing to trial and punishment those engaged
in making bogus money. With the turning
out of greenbacks by the government an
increase in the appropriation and more
organized fight against counterfeiting Were
necessary. In 1864 Congress appropriated
500 600 and placed upon the solicitor of the
treasury the responsibility and supervision
OF keeping down counterfeiting. This real
ly inaugurated a methodical system of
hunting and Furnishing counterfeters. The
solicitor of the treasury gathered about
him a corps of men experienced in criminal
investiga tons and set them to work. The
plan worked SO we'll that when John Sher-
man was Secretary of the Treasury he
gave his approval to the organization of
separate bureau for suppressing the output
of spurious currency. Under foreign gov
ernments the handling Of counterfeiters Is
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great gun under tons of earth, or the burst
ing of blast in mine, indstinctly heard
above ground. And accompanying 1t, there
came blast of hot, smoke-tainted air, so
severe that it struck Parton on the chest
as might fist blow, and left him almost
breathlesS.
moment later great swell, much
larger than the regular, rhythmic ocean
undulation on which he had risen and fallen
ever since he had been in the water, over
took him and almost overwhelmed him. As
he rose, suffering, above it, he realized
that the Humberite had done its work, and
that the Lydia Skolfeld had blown up.
1t daZed him.
A moment later he was recalled to the
affairs of the passing moment by the sound
of a hoarse, choking sob from the captain s
grating Then there came the words, in
the strange voice which signaled the old
mans marvellous recovery of the power
of intelligent speech:
Goodbye, Lyddy! Goodbye. old grill"
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1--WE can excel you in everything" boast
ed the American.
II don't think you cam" responded the
Englishman.
How about our get-rich-quick con-
Germs? Have you any to equal tn mp
Sure! How about our no5lemen that
marry American girls?'-Chicago News.
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Advisedly.

From the Chicago TriHine.
"Say" whispered the secretary OF the
cub leaning over and speaking TO :he
to stnPe ster in a whisper. you introduced
that old blow-hard to the audience as our
fellow townsman. Besides being unneces-
r ~ cordial, fellow t0wnsman is a repe-
tition
"Not in his case" responded the toast
,r < er. "a towrsnan that | respect L
don't call a fellow.
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-fnwne-"He's quite successful In busi-
mss. lie deserves great credit"
-owne-'N Nonsense! His father was n
,.c- man"
'7owne-"E Exactly. and being The son Of a
rich man he deserves credit for having
counted to something. Philadelphia
PROSE-
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A Picture Gallery.

Hanging on the walls and in racks in the
two rooms that are occupied by the chief
md his assistants are the photographs o.
very known counterfeiter in the country.
Among these the faces of William Z.
Brockway, the veteran dean of the counter
letters who was released from the Trenton,
N. j., prison a few days ago; Emanuel Nm
ger. the most expert penman the service
ever knew, and Taylor and Bredell, who
hold the record as the cleverest counter
feiters in history next to BrockWay. There
are hundreds OF others who have at some
time or other gotten into the clutches of the
service. many of them the most desperate
characters Some of these have taken hu-
man life with the same ease they would
make a paper dollar or a silver coin.
The development of modern processes of
photo photography, photogravure and eich-
ing has revolutioniZed the note counterfe L
ing industry. So famous counterfe.ter as
Brocl,way realized this, he says In the
old lays all counterfeiting plates were hans
engraved, and it took from eight to fifteen
months to complete a set. Now this part ..
the work may be done in few hours. The
famous lphia-Lancaster conspiracy
of 1889 is a rare instance IN recent years OF
the employment of hand engraved plates
but even in this case photography laid tI+
foundation for the work. The counterfeit
erS i'll this case were the most dangerous
the secret service has unearthed in many
years. William NJ. Jacobs was prosperous
cigar manufacturer of Lancaster, Pa, and
in the same town was William l.. kendiS.
highly respected broker and bus ness man
Jacobs concluded that a fortune could Se
made in counterfeiting internal revenue To-
bacco stamps. He began looking around
for some one to do the engraving. In PhIla-
delphia he found Baldwin S. Bredell and
Arthur Taylor, two young engravers who
had only short time before learned the
business. He established them in business
and almost at once they turned out for him
the finest counterfeit tobacco stamp ever
made.
Fooled the Bureau.
Not a single official of the internal rev.
enue bureau ever detected the counterfeit
or knew anything of it until the secret serv-
ice made the discovery In a peculiar way
In the last part of 1898 there appeared n
circulation the celebrated 500 silver certifi-
cate and $50 silver certificate. These bills
had passed through the hands of banks II
Philadelphia without question and were no
detected until they reached the Treasury
Department in Washington. Then tie