The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 16, 1905, Image 3
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Comprehensive Consl
Cctton Associate
MOST LIBERAL PLAN!
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Purposes of New Organization
Sets Forth Fully.
Will Have Extensive
Powers.
The sub-6ommitt?e on constitution
of the Southern Cotton Association, in
session at Atlanta, G-a., completed its
work in connection with constitutions,
Wednesday night, and began the consideration
of by-laws.
It adopted separate constitutions for
the main organization, for state organizations
and for county organiza- i
tions. The reason for this is that the
organization in the county and in the
tate or division, will be different from
the main organization and will require
cmerent macnmery, ytsi iut muutuucu- j
tai law must conform to that of the j
main association. For this reason the j
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ruh-oommittee adopted constitutions i
for these sub-organizations.
The fundamental law is a broad and
comprehensive one, as may be gathered
from the first article and section,
which state the purposes for
which the association was organized.
It is proposed, as will be seen, to deal
not only with the cotton situation, but
with other features as well, and, in
fact, to lend a helping hand in the
upbuilding of the whole commerC>.
aouth.
The sub-committee, to which the
matter of formulating the constitution
was entrusted is composed of
John MScC. Martin of Port Gibson,
Miss., chairman; J. A. Browne of
Ch*dt}Ounie, N. C.; E. D. Smith of i
Magnolia, S. C.; H. Y. Brooke of
ljuY?rne, Ala., and R. R. Dancy of
Dallas, Texas.
With the committee were President
Harris Jordan and Secretary Richard
Cheatham of the association, who are
m.t nresenr makinc their headauarters
C Monticello, Ga.
Chairman Martin is the member of
thecMBiaittee, It is understood, who
la most responsible for the constitution
of the association. Mr. Mlartin
is a prominent and able lawyer of
j Port Gibson, Miss., and he has given
much of his time and attention to the
' details of this work.
Purposes of Organization.
There are twelve articles in the con-"
etitution, which is a lengthy document
The first sets forth the purposes, of
, the organization as follows:
^Section 1?The purposes of this
* organization are:
1. Systematic organization to protect
and develop the cotton and agricultural
interests of tne cotton growing
states and territories.
' 3. To regulate, by all legal means, j
cocton, corn and grain production, diversification
of crops, stock breeding
fruit growing and all such matters ]
ae pertain to agriculture in said states i
and territories, or the cotton growing
counties and parishes of same.
8. To regulate, by all legal means, j
cotton supply and cotton financing.
4. To facilitate, enlarge, extend and
ayatematize cotton marketing, using
very available means to secure broader
and more extensive markets, and
to limit production at demand at re%
munerative prices.
5. To reduce to a minimum all ex- !
r pense* of handling and transporting;
cotton and its products, from the time!
It leaves the field until it reaches the i
consumer.
. To promote, stimulate and seek i
more varied uses for raw and menu- j
tactured cotton.
7. To encourage, aid and secure i
building and operation of cotton and {
other manufactories, throughout the!
cotton growing states and territories.
& To- bring together and in cooperation
all the various cotton interests,
cotton manufacturers and agencies,
with a view to such regulations j
as will protect, stimulate and promote ;
all.
9. To use all agencies and means
which will improve, perfect, enlarge
and increase all southern ports and
the business done at each.
10. To bring before the proper au- j
thoritles and use all legal means to '
secure establishment of docks in com-'
STATE FAIR FOR ATLANTA.
Capital City Wins Out Before Commit
tee 31 Itmtun in?ciiiiy.
The city of Atlanta captured the
Georgia State Fair at a meeting of
the State Agricultural Society held in
Macon Wednesday.
Macon bid $18,000 for the State
.Fair this year. Atlanta bid 528,000.
Members of the committee stated that
If Mincon had bid as much as $20,000
?he would have retained the fair.
IE GROWERS
titution for Southern
on Promulgated.
modious and available southern harbors,
or shipbuildin, ship repairs
and naval stations.
11. To urge, encourage and advance
any and all measures which will bring
about commercial treaties between the
United States, China, Japan and the
entire eastern world, whereby American
commerce is extended and new
fields are opened to the productions
of the cotton growing states and territories.
12. To further all measures and.
evolve plans to turn to the United
States, Cent^ and South American
trade and for extending the use of
the products of the cotton growing
states and territories as well as those
of the entire union to the people of
those countries.
13. To formulate a policy, prepare
plans and get ready for the great opportunities
which will come to the cotton
growing states and territories with
the opening of the isthmian canal.
14. To effectuate and make operative
closer business relations between cotton
manufacturers and cotton producers
and dealers in manufactured cotton,
whereby neither shall have their
business interests jeopardized by sudden
and unreasonable depression in
prices cr by unnatural and entirely
speculative advances in value of raw
material. Neither of which are based
on supply and demand.
15. To mature plans and methods for
securing accurate statistics from ginneries,
private and public from manfactories
of cotton, so as to furnish
correct information as to annual consumption,
from farmers, so as to know
general acreage, devoted, from year to
year, to any specific agricultural product
in the cotton growing states and
territories; and for securing such-other
statistics as may be of value to the
general purposes of this organization.
16. To prepare and furnish each ginner,
under sanction of law, a uniform
system of gin books, for use by all
gins, private and public, as will get
accurate information from, all such
gins, private and public, as will get
accurate information from all such
gins, of cotton ginned, from month to
month, during ginning season, with
actual weight of each bale, so that
such weights may be aggregated, di?
vided by 500, and the number of bales
given by states and counties and territories,
on~ the fixed basis of 600
pounds each.
17. To use every proper effort to secure
adequate constitutional legislation
to put into force and effect, where
necessary, the methods and plans
adopted by this organization.
Constitution for State Organization.
The constitution for state organizar
tion, .which is separate and distinct
from the regular constitution of the
association, sets forth the purposes in
article 1- Article 2 deals with the
powers*of the organization. Article3
provides that the organization shall
not violate any state or federal laws.
Article 4 provides that the organization
shall be non-political. Article 5
provides that the members of the
state organization shall consist of
two members chosen by each county
organization. Article 6 provides for
the eleotion of a president; vice president,
secretary, treasurer and such
j minor officers as are needed. Article
I 7 sets forth the duties of the officers,
jand Article 8 provides for raising revenue.
Each county organization is rej
quired to turn over half of its revenue
from all sources to the state organI
ization. Article 9 provides for amendi
ments.
All of the constitutions distinctly
provide that the organization shall be
strictly non-political. So strict is this
feature that arfy person holding office
or who contemplates running fcr office
is ineligible to become en officer
of the Southern Cotton Association or
to serve on its executive committee.
Following is the section prohibiting
politics as it appears in the state constitution:
"Article IV, Section 4.?This organization
shall in no manner lend its Influence
to party politics or party organization.
Should any officer of this
organization publicly announce himself
as a candidate for any national, state
or county office, such announcement
shall immediately vacate his position
as an officer, and no person offering
for. or holding any of the above named
political offices, shall be eligible to
any official position in this association.
WANTED A WIHITE WIFE.
(North Carolina Negro Gets Into Trouble
for False Swearing.
Andrew Martin, colored, has been
arrested in Stokes county, N. C., on
the charge of perjury, while endeavoring
to secure license to marry a
white girl 17 years old. To all appearance,
he is white, but his mother
is a mulatto and lives in an adjoining
county. She has stood his bon,d, and
lie will be tried next month.
A PUBLICITY BUREAU
j To Be Opened by Cotton Association.'
i Sub-committee Finishes Its Work.
President Jordan Talks.
j A decision to open at once a bu
j reau of publicity in Atlanta, the appointment
of two more financial
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I agents to secure iunas, me compie!
tion or the by-laws and other details
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i constitute the work accomplished on
Thursday by the sub-committee on constitution
of the Southern Cotton As-;
sociation, in session at Atlanta, at the
conclusion of which labors it adjourned
sine die.
President Harvie Jordan will at
[ once arrange for the establishment
I of the bureau of publicity. He will
| secure offices in Atlanta and will ap-:
j point a chief of the bureau who will
| have charge not only of all the newsj
paper matter to be sent out to the j
I press of the entire south, but also of j
all documents and communications of j
an official nature which will be sent j
to the various sub-organizations of the i
Southern Cotton Association in the various
counties throughout the cotton
states.
president Jordan Thursday appointed
two more financial agents to repre- j
sent the association in the matter of
securing funds in the territory west
of the Mississippi river.
Hon. R. R. Dancy of Dallas, Texas,
a member of the sub-committee was
named as financial agent for the wesfr
i ern territory, and Judge C. H. Jen!
kins of Brownsville, Texas, was ap|
pointed to assist him in the work,
j Hon. Ellison D. Smith of Magnolia,
| S. C., had previously been appoint
ed financial agent for the eastern terI
ritory.
The financial agents will .travel all
j over the territory assigned to them
! with a view to securing contributions
from commercial bodies in all parts
of the south, and from any others
who desire to contribute to the move
ment.
President Harvie Jordan of the association,
before leaving Atlanta, gave
out a lengthy statement covering the
whole work of the sub-committee. He
said, in part:
"We did not have a full meeting
of the executive committee in Atlanta
during the past two days, but a
sub-committee, whose duties were tc
complete the constitution and by-laws '
j of the association. This work has
been accomplished after a great deal
of hard work, and I feel assured that
the constitution of the association, as
finally prepared, is broad enough in
its scope to cover all of the objects
and purposes of our association a* intended
by the splendid convention of
representative business men and farmers
who were recently assembled in
the great convention at New Orleans.
I feel asshred that the constitution
and by-laws will meet the cordial an
proval of the various states, counties
and sub-divisions where the different
sub-organizations of our association
will be perfected.
"I sincerely trust that the cotton
acreage will be reduced at least 25
per cent, and that the extra land here
trtfnro nlnntf^d ill cotton will be CUl
tivated in food' supply crops, and that .
in the years to come the producers
will become strong enough, as individuals,
to protect themselves against
the bearish and speculative influences
which so seriously depress the price
01 their money product,
i "While the sub-committee has fin
ished their labors, and feel that theii
duties are completed, so far as providing
the machinery for the future
work of our association is concerned,
they, nevertheless, recognize the fact
that the enormous business of the asj
sociation has just commenced. We
j will not be satisfied until we have sej
cured back to the south on this crop
i the entire $60,000,000 which was so
j unrighteously stricken from the legit!
imate value of our staple during the
j early part of last December.
"I am satisfied that the organization
! of the various civil sub-divisions, counj
ties and states will be perfected as
! rapidly as possible, and that the far|
mers throughout the south will take
a deep and active Interest in the objects
and purposes of the Southern
Cotton Association."
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BETTER MARKET IS SOUGHT. |
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A Memorial from Recent Cotton Convention
is Presented in Senate.
A Washington dispatch says: Senator
Clay read in the senate Friday a
memorial from the Cotton Growers'
convention forwarded to congress by
W. L. Peek of Georgia.
The object of the pst'tloa is 10 s*
cure for the south better markets for
cotton in foreign countries. It asks
for an appropriation to employ agents
to be sent to foreign markets with a
1 - 5 *1 nnlarcra Cliph !
Tiew lO investigate ana cuia>3u w??
markets and securing better prices for
cotton.
FLOOD STAGE REACHED.
Several Alabama Rivers Are Reported
on the Rampage.
A Mobile special says: The floood
stage is reported on several rivers
in Alabama. The Warrior at Tuacumbia
is 55 feet deep and 60 feet are
expected later. People living in the
lowlands are moving out Mhch damage
is already reported at interior
landings.
M'CUE CONFESSES
On Trap Ex-Mayor of Charlottesville
Admits Crime.
HIS HAND SLEW WIPE !
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Declared Evil Spirit Drove Him to 1
Commit Deed ? Went to Gallows
With Steady Steps and Without
a Tremor.
Advices from Sosnovila, Russian ?
Poland, state that on Thursday a mob
invaded the Kathernin works, demand- ;
ing that the workmen in charge of the
electrical machinery there join in t?e
strike. A company of soldiers intervened,
and a Polish officer repeatedly ]
called upon the people to disperse. 1
They refused to leave unless they
were accompanied by the workmen. It ;
is said that a rioter menaced the of- j
fleer with a knife, whereupon he gave
the order to fire, with the result that 1
twenty-eight persons, including a high
3chool pupil who happened to be
passing, fell dead, and thirty-six were
seriously wounded. These latter were
removed to a hospital, where five of
them have since died.
A special from Warsaw says: Over
one hundred strikers were killed or
wounded in front of the big iron works
Thursday night at Sosnovice.
The strikers attemptd to put out
the fires in the furnace, when the
troops fired several shots.
It is reported in Lodez that a gen
eral railroad strike will commence
February 14 throughout Poland. An
official report received Friday from
Sosnovice says twenty strikers were
killed and twenty-one wounded in the
conflict of Friday.
Four persons were killed and sixty
wounded in a riot at Cheibleir factory
and seven killed and forty wounded
at Marcus Kohn factory.
A conflict between troops and
strikers took place in Locz. Friday'
afternoon. According to one report,
strikers fired on a detachment of soldiers
from windows. The latter then
fired a volley into the crowd in the
streets. Another report says that one
striker was killed and four wounded.
Other reports estimate the number i
killed at twenty and say fifty were
wounded.
The conflict occurred at Louis Geyer's
factory, where troops were lined
up to prevent the men from entering
to demand their pay. Strikers generally
are enraged at the refusal of the
manufacturers to give them their pay,
MORE TROUBLE FOR CASSIE.
Mrs. Chad wick May be Subject to Indictment
on New Count.
The united states grana jury was
in session at Cleveland, Ohio, Friday,
and it is reported heard additional
charges against Mrs. Cas3ie L. Chadwick
and Cashier Spear of the closed
Citizens' bank of Oberlin.
United States Marshal Chandler
gave the jury a copy of the confession
of-the late President Beckwith,
secured from the latter after Mrs.
Chadwick's arrest.
It is said the case before the grand
jury has been reopened with a view of
returning another indictment against
Mrs. Chadwick.
No Statehood This Congress.
The republicans of the house of
representatives Saturday decided in
caucus that the house statehood provision
shall prevail and that no statehood
legislation will be made by the
present congress.
Chadwick Trial March 6th.
The trial of Mirs. Cassie L. Chadwick
in the United States district
court at Cleveland, Ohio, ITaa been
set for Monday, MJarch 6. She will
be tried before Judge R. W. Taylor.
Looks Bright for Mirsky.
Persistent rumor is in circulation
at St. Petersburg to the effect that
former Interior Minister Sviatopol
Miirsky will shortly return to power. '
EX-MAYOR McCUE DOOMED.
United States Supreme Court Denies
Condemned Man's Petition.
Justice Harlan of the United States
supreme court denied the application
for & writ of error in the McCue case.
Edward McCue and Mrs. Rhodes,
brother and sister of J. Samuel McCue,
and the latter's daughter, Ruby,
visited the governor of Virginia on
Thursday, but the result is not announced.
It -is not thought the executive
will interfere. McCue's attorney
is waiting for the report of three
physicians, sent from Alexandria,
Washington and Fredericksburg, to examine
McCue as to sanity.
STRIKE BREAKS OUT Attain.
Our Consul at St. Petersburg Arv
nourvces Resumption of Trouble.
A Washington special says: Consul
General Watts cabled the state department
from St Petersburg Thursday
as follows:
"Laborers several principal shops
here are striking again today. Military
active; ample precautions."
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STRIKERS SHOT DOWN.
rroubles in Russian Poland on the Increase
and Blood Flow's as Result
of Frequent Conflicts.
At Charlottesville, Va.. J. Samuel
McCue, former mayor of the city, was
landed Friday for the murder of his
wife.
He confessed before ascending the
icaffold, saying he was impelled to I
die crime by an evil genius, over
which he had no control.
Up to the very last the idea cf a
xinfession was discredited.
McCue listened calmly to the death
warrant, and when Sergeant Rogers
isked:
"Do you think that if I were to give
you my arm you would be able to /
walk to the scaffold?"
He replied calmly:
"I can walk without your aid."
Watched by a silent crowd of, perhaps,
thirty people, McC ie mounted
the scaffold. By this time, sunlight
was coming across the house tops
around him. Not a muscle of his
face moved.
Rogers and two guards ascended
the scaffold with him. The prisoner
wa3 placed over the trap, his arms
were pinioned and bis ankle3 strapped.
The black gown was folded around
him and the noose was adjusted.
All this while McCue stood without
moving. Hope that he might make
some statement before he died passed
away. The cowl dropped over his
head, and he had seen his last of the
world. Not a word had he uttered.
A guard took hold of the rope that
was to release the trap. Rogers, standing
along upon the scafToId beside McCue,
turned his back and lifted his
hand. The trap fell. His neck was
broken.
In order to thwart the curiosity of
the morbidly inclined, the sheriff kept!
secret the time of the execution.
History of the Case.
Mrs. McCue was murdered in the j
MlcCue home in Charlottesville on j
Sunday evening, September 4.
McCue claimed- that an intruder had
Sntered their bedroom just after their
return from church, and while they
were preparing to retire.
Later, the wife.was found beaten
and shot to death in the bath tub.
MlcCue offered a liberal reward.
A coroner's jury immediately began
an inquisition. Before it concluded
its wora McCue was arrested, charged
with the murder of his wife. The
accused retained brilliant counsel. He
was Indicted at the September term
of court, was arraigned and pleaded
MA mt.
not gunty. me case woo ?oc U>1 U X(M j
at the October term.
Great difficulty was experienced in
getting a jury. Just 163 veniremen
were summoned before twelve jurors
were accepted. The cost for jurors
and mileage was $1,866.09.
Hearing testimony was begun October
25. Instructions were offered and
argued, the case elaborately argued
and given to the jury before noon November
5. In less than thirty minutes
the jury reported a verdict of
guilty! Motion to set aside the verfl
diet was refused. An appeal was all
lowed the petition and record prepar
ed and forwarded to the .appellate
court January 3, 1905. The court refused
the writ of error.
Subsequently counsel for McCue filed
a supplementary petition, urging thel
importance of the issue presented.
The court, after due consideration,
handed down an exhaustive written
opinion,% denying the writ and emphatically
declaring the verdict a just
amd a justifiable one.
VARDAMAN AGAIN TO FORE.
Mississippi Governor Wilt Have Nona
of the inauguration Ceremonies.
A Washington dispetch says: Governor
Vardaman of Mississippi has
on in
WTllieil I'J LUC SUM
augural, indicating that he will have
nothing to do with the inauguration,
aifd will not send a delegation of high
school students or any other delegation
to participate in the exercises.
The letter was addressed to L. Q.
C. L^mar, a former Mlississipplan, now
a resident of Washington, and is in
response to an invitation to send a
delegation of representative high I
echool students.
CROSSTIES FOR CANAL WORK.
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Brunswick, Georgia, Firm Lands a
$75,000 Contract j
Brown & Co., the largest crosstie |
dealers of Brunswick, Ga., closed a
contract with the isthmian canal com- i
mission Friday for eight cargoes of (
crossties, valued at upwards of $75,?
000. j
The company were bidders against
crosstie firms of the Pacific, Atlantic
and Gulf coast.
This shipment of crossties will be
used in the construction of the Panama
canal, and is the largest yet made
by the company.
WAR AGAINST POLYGAMISTS. j
Idaho May Provide Penalty for Illegal
Marriages.
The Idaho house of representatives
has passed the senate bills providing
for fines and imprisonment as punishment
for polygamy and adultery.
Much sentiment has developed in
favor of a move against adultery since
it is claimed a polygamy law cannot
be enforced because of the difficulty
of proving marriage.
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REBUKE PRESIDENT
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Senators Decide Against Him
Anent Arbitration Treaties.
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HiS PROTEST IGNORED 1
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Treaties Not Only Parsed in Amended
Form, But President's Attitude
Was Severely Scored- by
Republican Members.
A Washington special saye: President
Roosevelt was Saturday admini*
tered a severe and sensational rebuke
by republican members of -the seaate.
The clash which political proph- . *
eta have predicted has come and the
senators got first blood. Despite every
influence he could bring to bear, but *p
nine republican senators stood with
the president on the issue he forced, _ ^
but it was not in the vote alone that ,?
his republioan brethren paid forceful
respects to their chief.
They scored him right and left In - |
their speeches. These were delivered c'-3j
in secret session, it is true, but whet ''- iM
occurred there is public property. He >>
was scored In unmistakable terms by such
men as Spooner and Foraker, .,jSS
both heretofore ranked as strong ad
ministration supporters, irhile even
Senator Lodge joined with them and .-0
give utterance to his extreme grief
that the president should have taken
the grounds he did. The fight started
early. Shortly after convening, Senator
Cullom, chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, called If an
executive session. Everybody knew
that this meant consideration of the ^
arbitration treaties, this being taken - J
up where It was left off Friday after- - jgS
noon.
The senators did not know that Sen- >$g'
ator Cullom had in his possession a >^2
letter from the president urging him
to ratify these treaties ask negotiated, ||ji
that is without the amendment unanimously
reported by the committee, ?1*||
which changed the word "agreement"
to "treaty," so as to provide that no
matter should be submitted to arbi- v'$|
tration unless it was provided for In.a
separate executive "agreement" as _'-M
the original draft seta forth.
But while the senators did not know
of this letter, which was regarded by 'f'M
Chairman Cullom as necessarily con-.
fldential in Its nature and only to be f
presented in secret seesion, very many
other people did know of the letter
and had read it, as copies were given
out at the white house before the ?||g
senate convened. This action added $gS
fuel to the fire of disapproval. /
As the arbitration treaties have thus / ;
been amended by the senate commit- *^1
tee on foreign relations, the interests
of the southern states have been com* ''ycM
pletely safeguarded.
The democrats of the committee did
not insist upon an amendment speed- '*Jg
fically referring to the repudiated bond
matter or to claims against states la -/. *
just those words, for "they found a ';$H
way to bring about the desired end, '
and at the same time secure the aid . j
, of the republican members of the-com- v||
mittee In doing It This is done by v
the amendment providing that in each
case submitted to arbitration there
shall be a separate treaty. ^111
TAFT WINS BEFORE COMMUTES. vl|j
Philippine Tariff Bill Favorably Re-N
ported to the House.
The house committee on ways and
means Friday authorized a favorable
report on the tariff bill for the Phil- >-. I
ippines. The bill is a complete rert
ion of the duties collected by the
Philippine government on Imports
from all countries.
The schedule as prepared by See?1
i*-#, nr.f ?mPn f\c*A In AST
retarjr iiui ncio **??. ?***??? ,g_
material particular.
American-Japanese Treaty Signed.
Secretary Hay has signed with Mr.
Takahira, the Japanese minister, an '
arbitration treaty between the United
States and Japan, Identical with those
signed with other nations.
S1GSBEE IS ON GUARD.
Warns Dominicans Against Harming \/M
Lieutenant Commander Leiper.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee, commanding
the Caribbean squadron, has notified 5
the Dominican authorities, cables the , ^
Puerto Plata, Santo Don/hgo, corre- ^
spondent of The New York Herald, v;|
that if any harm is done to Lieutenant }:l$
Commander Leiper, the cruiser Detroit's
executive offilcer, who la in Qjj
charge of the custom house in Monte ^
Cristo, they will be held reeponsible
for consequences.
He landed alone without arma aad
some persons threatened him. *
TRAIN SMASHEf A SLED.
As Result Man and Three Boys Were a
Hurled to Death. , ?.
A man and three boyo were killed;
one boy fatally hurt and three more ~".jl
! were slightly Injured as the result ^
of a bob-sled carrying sixteen boyi
dashing into a train at New Brighton, ;j 'M
Pa., Saturday night. All the others r 3
on the sled miraculously escaped with -1
hardly a scratch.
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