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NOTES OF INTEREST.

Fourteen persons were killed and
twenty-five hurt in a Southern railway
wreck near Greensboro, ~ c.
President Zelaya of Nicaragua will
abdicate in Madriz's favor on Satur-
day, says his New Orleans consul gen
eral
An American civil engineer is re-
ported killed in Bolivia The state de-
pargment at Washington is appealed
to.
The house passed a bill requiring
railways to report accidents to the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
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WERE KILLED
Railway Wreck on the Southern
Near Greensboro, N. c.-Broken
Rail the Cause.

Greensboro, N. c., Dec. 15.-Local
passenger train No. II on the South
ern Railway, known as the Richmond
and Atlanta train, was wrecked this
morning at 6:32 at Reedy Fork trestle,
ten miles north of here, and at G
O'Clock this evening eleven dead
bodies had been removed from the
wreckage. Fourteen are reported
dead and twenty-five injured are be,
ing cared for at st. Leos Hospital
here.
The dead so far identified are: C.
7. Broadfeld, Americas, Ga; A. P.
Gone, Richmond, superintendent of
tie Richmond and Danville division of
the Southern Railway; H. C. White,
travelling auditor, Washington; c. B.
Nolen, Pullman conductor, Green's
boro; Frank w. Kilby, Admission, Ala. j;
Virgil E. Holcomb, Mount Airy, N. c.;
Ed Sexton, Denton, N. c.; Richard
Games, a prominent mining engineer
Of Salisbury, N c.; John G. Broad
max, Richmond, Va; Ed Babdy, Rich
mond, Va; Isaac Dammats, colOred,
porter on Richmond sleeper.
Among the passengers at the hos
pital who are fatally injured are H. L.
Stribbling of Decatur, Ga, and F.
Smith of Spencer, N. C.
The others injured at the hospital
include: Thomas w. Elridge, Rich
mond; John w. Phillips, Petersburg,
Va; David P McBrayer, Anderson, S.
&C.; A. L. Harris, Reidsville, N. c.;
viii Kinnon, Davidson College, N. c.;
Sutral Watson, Baskerville, N c.; Ar
thur Watson, Baskerville; Robt. Rus
sell, New York; Burton Marye, Rich
mond; Mrs. H T. Cook, Norfolk, Va;
Thomas V. Charley, Greensboro, N.
e.; Phillip Nelson, Greensboro, N c.;
Richard Dobie, Norfolk; W. T. Carter,
DanYille; w. T. Carroll, Norfolk; H.
IL w -Norlolh' MIS- RopI' Hu-
w Orleans; G. H. Coble,
e injured were brought to this
d Is as rapidly as they could be extri-
GATED from the wreck and placed in
the hospital Geo, ]. Gould, who with
his son, Jay Gould, was in one of the
Pullmans when the train jumped the
track and who was reported dead, es-
capped uninjured. He, with his son,
Jay, and friend, R. H Russell of New
York, former editor of the Metropoli-
tan Magazine, had just gotten out of
their berths when the wreck occur
red. Mr.. Russell was badly hurt by
coming in contact with a stove, and is
at the hospital Mr.. Gould and his
son came in on the special bearing
the dead and injured. They left this
afternoon for Mr.. Gould's hunting
lodge, fifteen miles from here.
The derailment of the train was
caused by a broken rail about two
hundred feet from the trestle that
spans the small stream.
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Decline any engagements and hold
yourself In readiness"
"Yes."
II may send my friend s. to explain
things at 1920 in the morning. If he
does not arrive at that time, telephone
me at 1885 sharp You know where
Understand? l have put off going to
Philadelphia tonight"
yes
"That is ALL goodby."
something very important" she
murmured nervously as she turned
from the desk.
81 don't like his tone of voice; sounds
strained and Notwithstanding I'M
usual for the cold fiinty gentleman
from Pennsylvania And his friend
S. of course. means Stevens! Great
heavens, then Stevens must now have
knowledge of my-my-businesS!'
She Gained herself and Strengthened
a dainty, slender finger against her
cheek.
at must be something about thai
naval base bill. I'm sure. That's been
worrying Peabody all session." she
unused as she pressed button to sum
mon her maid.
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"No," grunted the lobbyist; ''don't
drink durin' business hours; only durin'
the day."
"Wen, jake" said the Pennsylvania.
you probably know something Of
what's going ON in the naval affairs
committee
'You mean the biggest job Of the
session."
'Yes."
of an artist
"The boss Of the senate" smiled
grimly.
Now, suppose committeeman
named Langdon absolutely refused to
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writing ia bic III clio! VINO Is ttY
near a window She had two tele-
phones, one in the lower hall and one
In her boudoir-to save walking down
stairs unnecessarily. she explained to
her woman friends. But the number
of this upstairs telephone was not in
the public book. 1t had a private
number, known to but two people ex-
cept herself.
Taking down the receiver, she asked
Ia low voice, Hello, who is it?'
mfr. Wall"
1t was the name Senator Peabody
used In telephone conversation with
her.
Eyes, congressman she responded.
She always said "Yes, congress
man." in replying to "Mr. WALL"
prearranged manner of indicating that
he was talking to the desired person.
Il will need your services tomor-
row." Senator Peabody said, ION
very important matter. am afraid.
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carriage, a closed asylum.
carriage, call that night to take him
to see the president, for he was told
the president sent the carriage for him.
When he got out he was at the insane
asylum, an / can tell you he was bun
died into a padded cell in jig time,
where he stayed for three days. He
thinks he's member of congress-
told the two huskies that handled him
an gave 'em each twenty case note.
The doctor that signed the necessary
papers got considerable more"
Stevens gasp of amazement caused
the narrator genuine enjoyment
81 know of certain senator who
was drunk an laid away In Turkish
bath when the roll was called on GER
tain BILL He was q friend of Pea
body's," laughed the lobbyist to the
Mississippian.
But in his CASE" said Stevens, 1--WE
must be very careful. Possibly some
of your methods in handling the men
you go after
know l don't do all pursuin, all the
goin' after. any more than Others in
my business. Why, senator. som, of
these congressman worry the life .,ut
of us folks that sprinkle the sugar.
They accuse us of not lettin' 'em in
In some time. They come down the
trail like greyhounds coursin' a COW
ote."
The speaker raused and glanced
across at Peabody, who. however. was
too busily engaged in writing in a
memorandum book to notice him.
'Why, Senator Stevens" went on
the lobbyist, ''only today down east
member held me up to tell me that he
was strong for that proposition to
give the A. X. and L. railroad grants
of government timber land in Oregon.
He says to me. he says: What N hi
do my constituents in New England
care about things way out on the Pa
cific coast? I'd give 'em Yellowstone
National park for a freight sidin' If
you see
Il must GO broke in Stevens, ris-
ing and glancing at his watch. ut
will soon be daylight"
'If you must have sleep, GO but you
must be here ut 8 o'clock sharp in the
morning" said Peabody. ''Steinert
will sleep here with me. Wen all
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barriers. Stevens would fiutter about
and gather up the leavings.
Equally as mercenary as 'the boss Of
the senate" he lacked PeabOdy's iron
nerve. determination, resOurcefulness
and daring. He needed many hours
of sleep. Peabody could work twenty
hours at a stretch. He had to have
his meals regularly or else suffer from
indigestion. Peabody sometimes did
a days work on two boiled eggs and
a cup Of coffee.
The senior senator from Mississippi
had been the first to point out to Pea
body the possibilities for profit in the
ing following the conference with
Steinert when he reioined them for
breakfast at the Louis Napoleon he
was far from comfortable. He did
not mind fighting brain against brain,
wen though unprincipled methods
were resorted to, but indications were
that more violent agencies would be
called into play owing to the complica-
tons that had arisen.
Stevens ate heartily TO strengthen
his courage. Steinert ate hugely to
strengthen his body Peabody ate
scarcely anything at ALTO strengthen
his brain.
Waving away the hotel waiter who
had brought the breakfast to his
apartment. Senator Peabody outlined
the probable campaign of the day.
"If our best efforts to weaken and
scare off Langdon fail today" he said
sit will naturally develop that we must
render it impossible In some way for
him to appear in the senate st all. or
we must delay his arrival Until after
the report of the committee on naval
affairs has been made. In either
event he would not have another OPP
portunity to speak on that subject.
''Of course later, at 1880, We will
know his plan of action. Then we can
act to the very point, but we must be
prepared for any situation that can
arise"
Cannot the president of the senate
be persuaded not to recognize Lang
don on the floor? Then we could ad-
journ and shut him off, asked Ste
vens.
NO" responded Peabody; "he has
already promised Langdon to recog-
nize him, and the president of the sen
ate cannot be persuaded to break his
word. l am painfully aware Of this
fact
But Stevens was not yet dissuaded
from the hone of defeating the Junior
senator from Mississippi by wit alone.
Can we not have a speaker get the
floor before Langdon and have him
talk for hours-tire out the old kicker
and await a time when he leaves the
senate chamber to eat or talk to some
visitor we could have call on him,
then shove the blu through summa-
rily?" he suggested.
1--WE gone over all that" answered
Peabody quickly. 1T would only be
delaying the evil hour. You wouldn't
be able to move that old codger away
from the senate chamber with team
Of oxen-once he gets to his seat. His
secretary, Haines-another oversight
Of yours, Stevens"-the latter WINGED
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W a S gOin' to
squeal about a
bond issue. He
had his speech
all ready to warn
the country that
he t b 0 u & h t a
row d of the
pluto-cracy was
goin' to get the
bonds TO resell
to the public at
advanced rates.
Well, sir, ! ar
ranged to have a
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A Gentleman
From Mississippi
By THOMAS A. tx,ISE
Nox,eIzed From Play by Frederick r. Toomhs
COPYRIGHT. THOMAS A. WISE
COPYRIGHT. 1909. BY THOMAS A. WISE

Of undisputed rank. Senator Peabody
was never invited to her home, had
never attended a single dinner. recep-
ton or musicale she had given, all of
which was a part Of the policy they
had mutually agreed on to deaden any
suspicion that might some time arise
as to her relation to the Standard
Steel company 1t was well known
that Peabody had been put into the
senate by Standard Steel to look after
it's interests.
He had found Mrs. Spangler chiefly
valuable thus far as source of infor-
nation regarding the members of con-
gress, which she obtained largely from
their families. He was thus able to
gain an idea of their associations,
their particular interests and their as
pirations in coming to congress, which
proved Of much use to him in forming
and promoting acquaintance. all for
the glory of Standard Steel.
Senator Holcomb OF Missouri told
Mrs. Spangler at an afternoon tea con-
fidentially that he was going to vote
against the ship subsidy bill. Senator
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is going TO do
what it can be
that he says he
will tell us to-
morrow at 1890
If we appear. He
must have some
thing very star
thing up h / S
S | We if he
makes good his
sSertiOns. l
can't see how
Nor l." frown-
ed Stevens. land
my political eye
sight is far bet
terthan that fool
Langdon's. I'm
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1.-THE BOSS OF THE SENATE" GAINS A
NEW ALLY.
Il YRS. SPANGLER would have
MI fattered herself on guessing
correctly as to Senator Pea
4 L body's uneasiness had she
heard and seen all that had taken
place in his apartment at the Louis
Napoleon hotel, where he had hurried
ly taken Senator Stevens on leaving
the Langdon house.
Not only would the two senators
lose their immense profits on the Alta
coola transaction if I.angdon persisted
in his opposition, but they would lose
as we'll the thousands of dollars spent
by their agents in purchasing options
on hundreds Of acres and, where they
could not get options, the land itself.
This land would be on their hands, I'M
salable. if the base went somewhere
else. Moreover, they feared that Lang
don's revolt would bring unpleasant
newspaper publicity to their opera
tons.
There's only one course TO pursue,
Stevens snapped Peabody as they
took off their overcOatS. THAT is to
be prepared as best we can for the
very worst and meet it in some way
yet to be determined. But first we
must try to figure out what LangdOn
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SIN going to send for der ordinary cir
Jake Stctncrt." cumstances we
could let him go ahead with his minor
ity report for Gulf City. but as things
stand he'll have every newspaper re-
porter in Washington buzzing around
and asking impertinent questions
Eyes, and you and / would have to
go to Paris to live with our life insur-
ance friends from New York, wouldn't
we?" laughed Peabody sarcastically.
"I'm going to send for Jake Steinert."
he added.
"Steinert?" Stevens calculated.
"What"-
ooh, that's all right. Maybe he can
suggest something" said Peabody, 60
ing to the telephone. We've too much
at stake to make a mistake and Jake
may see point that we've overlooked.
Luckily l saw him downstairs in the
grill room as we came through to the
elevator"
"Steinert is all right himself con
tinued Stevens, "but his methods
"Can't be too particular now about
his methods-or ours, Stevens, when a
bull like Langdon breaks loose in the
political china shop. Fortune and rep
utatiOn are both fragile"
A ring of bell announced the arriv-
al of Jake Steinert, whose reputation
as lobbyist of advanced ability had
spread wide in the twenty years he
had spent in Washington. OF medium
height sallow complexion, dark hair
and dark eyes, his broad shoulders fill
ed the doorway as he entered. An lily
kept mustache almost hid thin lip
ped, forceful mouth. almost as forceful
as some of the language he used. His
eyes darted first to Peabody and then
to Stevens. waiting for either of them
to open the conversation.
The highest class lobbyists, those
who swing the biggest deals" con-
Germ themselves only with men who
can handle" or who control lawmak-
ers. They get regular reports and out
line the campaign. Like crafty spiders
they hide in the center of great web
web of bribery, threat, cajolery and
intrigue, intent on every victim that is
lured into the glistening meshes.
Only the small fry mingle freely with
the legislators in the open, in the ho-
tells and cafes and in the capitol CORR
doris.
Jake Steinert did not belong in either
of these classes; he ranked somewhere
between the biggest and the smallest
He coupled colossal boldness with the
most expert knowledge of all the intri-
cate workings of the congressional
mechanism. Given money to spend
among members to secure the defeat of
bill, he would frequently put most of
the money in his own pocket and for
comparatively small sum defeat it
by influencing the employees through
whose hands it must pass.
"Sit down, Jake. Something TO
drink" asked Peabody. reaching for a
decanter.
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riedly helped him
into his coat.
Go in a closed
carriage" was
Peabody's fin al
warning. BE
sure to tell her to
get hold of his
two daughters on
some pretext at
once. She knows
them well. May
be we can inf1u-
ence the old man
through his girls.
don't you see?"
And while Sep
ator Peabody and
Jake Steinert re
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CHAPTER XIV.
The HONEYBIRD.

IN the African jungle dwells pretty
little bird that lives on honey.
The saccharine dainty is there
i found i'm the hollows of trees and
under the bark, where what is known
as the carpenter bee bores and depos-
its his extract from the buds and
blossoms of the tropical forest.
The bird is called the "hOneybird'
because it is a sure guide to the de-
posits of the delicacy. The bird dis
likes the laborious task Of pecking its
way through the bark to reach the
honey, and so. wise i'm the ways of
men, it procures help. 1t locates a
nest of honey, then flies about until it
sees some natives or hunters, to whom
it shows itself. They know the honey
bird and know that it will lead them
to the treasure store. Following the
bird. which fits just in advance, they
reach the cache of dripping sweetness
and readily lay it open with hatchets
or knives Taking what they want,
there is always enough left clinging
to the tree and easily accessible to sat
isfy the appetite of the clever little
bird.
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CHttSo you JOt dtt It.Fet "ttet ~ uoiHtH.'
don's in his committee room before
goin' to the senate send him a tele-
gram signed by some of his frien's'
name that one of his daughters is
dyin' from injuries in a automobile
collision a few miles out a-town.
That I'd
Ridiculous" snorted Peabody. He'd
know where they were. They're al
Ways
Huh. then put in more tine-esse."
How, what?"
"Hev some'un take 'em out a-au-
TOM
NO. no. man. snapped Peabody.
They'd stick in town to hear their
fathers wonderful speech"
We'll" went on the lobbyist, III hey
Langd'n watched by a careful picked
man. Niger tibet won't talk. He'll
pick row with the colonel on some
street say. Wen he's comm from his
home after lunch. The coon kin bump
into Langd'n an call him names Then
wen ole fireworks sails into i'm, yellin'
about what ed do in Mississippi, the
coon pulls a gun on the colonel an
fires a couple o shots random. Cops
come up, an our pertickeler copper II
lug Langd'n away as a witness, refus
il to believe 'es a senator. l kin ar
range to hev him kept in the cooler a
couple o hours without gettin' any
word out, or I'll hev i'm entered up
as drunk an disorderly. He'll look
drunk, he'll be so mad"
But the negro-how could you get
a man to undergo arrest on such a
serious charge, attempted murderw ex-
claimed Stevens.
There, there" said Steinert patron
izingly; "coOns has more genteel home
life in Jail than they does out. An
don't forget the District of Columbia Is
governed by folks that amt residents
Of 1t. only durin' the session. TIL poll
ticians don't leave their fr'en's in the
cooler very long. Say. Senator Ste
vens, are you kiddin me? Is it any
different down in your
The Mississippian choked and splut-
tered over a gulp Of unusually hot cot
fee. and Peabody again decided Stem
ert to be on the wrong tack.
THAT proceeding would attract too
much attention from the newspapers"
he added.
"Well, thought you wanted to win,"
grunted Steinert. I've been offerh'
you good stuff, too-new stuff. None
of yer druggin' with chloroform or
ticklin' with blackjacks. Why, I've
gone from flne-esse to common sense.
But, come to think of it, how abont
duce to-
This is the wrong kind of man.
interrupted Peabody.
Unless you got the right kind of
woman" went on Steinert.
Senator Stevens chOked some more
1.-The boss of the senate" sank down
In his chair. crossed one knee over the
other and drummed his fingers lightly
on the table. He gazed thoughtfuDy
at Stevens.
YES" he observed slowly. unless
you've got the right sort of woman
Rising. he led the MississipDian to
one side.
The lobbyist heard the seutherner
give short exclamation of asronish-
ment as Peabody whispered to him.
tits all right. It's all right" he then
heard the Pensylvanian say irritably
She'll understand. She can be trust
ed. She expects you''
Stevens gave violent start at the
last assurance, but his colleague hur
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Cured to pre-
vious discussion concerning one ]. u.
Teller. mayor of Gulf City. Senator
Stevens started On the most memorable
drive of his career on this bright win
ter morning, to the house of the fasci-
mating Mrs. Spangler--who for the past
week had been considering his proposal
of marriage
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He UdS going TO cote Indiana. remark
oyttens1 tfte sup SUD ed to Mrs Span
sjdy bill. 49, .-,
ton that she was 80 glad Jimmie is
going to do something for us women at
last He says we ought to get silk gowns
ever SO much cheaper next year."
Jimmie Windsor was member Of the
house committee on ways and means
and was busily engaged in the matter
Of tariff revision. When President
Anders of the Federal Silk company
heard from Senator Peabody that
Windsor favored lowering the tariff on
silk a way was found to convince the
congressman that the American silk in
dustry was Il weakling and many in
yestors would suffer if the foreign
goods should he admitted any cheaper
than at present.
President Anders would be willing
to do Senator Peabody q favor some
day.
Sometimes Cora Spangler shuddered
at the thought of what would become
Of her if she should make some slip.
some fatal error. and be discovered to
her friends as a betrayer of condolences
for money. A secret agent Of Stand
ard Steel! What a newspaper story
she would makc-"Society FavOrite a
Paid Spy" woman Lobbyist Flees
>apital." The sensational headlines
1tted through her mind. Then she
would grit her teeth and dig her finger
nails into her palms. She had to have
money to carry on the life she loved SO
well. She must continue as she had
begun. After all. she reasoned. moth
ing definite could ever be proved re-
garding the past. Let the future care
for itself. She might marry again and
free herself from this mode Of life
who knows?
SO reasoned Cora Spangler for the
hundredth time during the last two
years as she sat in her BOULDER at her
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room S and a
final cOnSulta-
ton"
"YOu w on t
plan anything
really desperate.
Peabody, W ii !
you? / think I'd
rather
Nonsense, Ste
vens, of course
not. Our game
will be to try
to weaken Lang
don, to prove to
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Peabody was IN
formed of this
two hours later
by a note writ
ten in C Up b e L.
When the vote
was called two
days later Sena-
tor HolcOmb vot-
ed for the bill.
Standard S t e e |
supplies steel for
ocean liners, and
t b ir building
must be encOur-
aged.
Mrs. Windsor,
wife of Congress
man Windsor of
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home. She had
s p Yen t part of
the day with
Carolina and
Hope Langdon
and in the even
ing had attend
ed the musicale
at their house.
But she had
been forced to
leave early Ow-
ing to a severe
headache. Now,
after an hour or
two OF rest, she
felt better and
was about to re-
tire. Suddenly
the telepho ne
bell rang at a
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will warn him. Langdon would
stick pins through his eyelids to keep
from falling asleep"
ave been thinkin'," put in Steinert
slowly, '.that little fine-esse like this
might keep him away: When Lang
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him in the morn
ing that he alone
will suffer. be-
suppose Ldngdon
does not aCedken 2"

Ing that he alone
will suffer. be-
"Suppose Ldngdon causa our namae
does not tCedken?" - =.
the land deals. The options were
signed and the deeds signed by our
agents. Don't you see? Whereas his
daughter and son and future son-in-law
actually took land In their own
names"
"How clumsy
Eyes. Such amateurism lowers the
dignity of the United States senate"
Peabody answered dryly.
But suppose Langdon does not
weaken" asked Stevens anxiously as
he picked up his hat and coat.
''Then we will go into action with
our guns loaded" was the reply.