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THE MOBNING OREGOtflAK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1903.
SCHOOLS OF FUTURE
Period of Transition in Edu
cational Training.
BETTER THINGS IN STORE
Professor Campbell's Address at the
Eastern Oregon Teachers' Institute-Professor
Winship Pro
poses a New Arithmetic.
BAKER CITY, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.)
The fifth annual convention of the East
cm Division of the Oregon State .Teach
ers' Association convened In this city this
morning. Professor J. A. Payton of this
city presiding and Miss Helen M. Stack,
principal of the Baker City high school,
at he secretary's desk. The roll call
showed almost 200 teachers In attend
ance After the formal opening exercises the
conentlon listened to papers by Pro
fessor E. E. Brag, entitled "Leaves Prom
a Superintendent's Note Book"; "Socratlc
Questioning," by Professor P. I Camp
bell of tlie State University, and "The
Boy," by Professor A. E. "Winship of Bos
ton In the afternoon Professor Campbell
epoke on "The Secret of Discipline" and
Professor "Winship made a most able
address on "The New Arithmetic."
What Mr. "Winship said in regard to
teaching arithmetic caused a sensation,
3 et he was able to substantiate every dec
laration he made in a manner so direct
and simple that his hearers were con
vinced that his method is not only prac
tical, but sensible. In brief -he said:
"Arithmetic as commonly taught in our
schools is a great obstacle to the develop
ment of the child. It should be consid
ered simply as a convenience. The essen
tials should be taught with absolute ac
curacy. Too much time on the subject
hinders progress. Twenty minutes a day
three times a week should be sufficient.
Do not use the word 'drill'; say 'prac
tice ' Practice makes perfect; drill makes
dunces. Teach the child to 'look Into' the
problem, and not to work for the answer
as such Take the boy when he Is at his
bet. and five minutes practice a day
will make him perfect."
"Geography" was the subject of a very
able address by Maria I Ferguson. A
short address by Professor "Winship closed
the day session.
This evening the opera-house was
crowded with a large audience to hear the
address of Professor Campbell. "W. S.
Lelns delivered an address of welcome,
which was responded to by B. I. Mllligan,
cf Malheur County. Misses Loretta Sttw
nrt and Belie May each sang solos.
"A Period of Transition."
The subject of Professor Campbell's ad
dress was "A Period of Transition." He
prefaced his address with-the remark that
li the olden time the man of brawn and
muscle was the leader among his fellows,
that brute force controlled in the affairs
of men, but with Intellectual develop
ment came a superior force and brain
dominated brawn. TJie professor took
Issue with those who contend that the
schoolboys and girls of the present day
are overcrowded with their school work
end contended that It was possible to re
duce the school period and at the same
time permit the pupils to make even
greater progress than they were making
today He declared that the boys and
girls m. school wore healthy and did not
phow any signs of overwork. Professor
Campbell advocated manual training in
vthc schools as the means of advancing the
best Interests of the pupils by fitting them
to take their places In the world as work
ers capable of accampllshing something by
reason of their superior Intelligence. He
deplored the fact that only one-half of 1
per cent of the pupils who attended the
jubllc schools attained a higher educa
tion. H would chanjje the grading of
the schools, the first eight grades leading
to the High School, then grades nine. ten.
11 and 12 carrying the pupil through the
(High School, and grades 13. 14, 15 and 16
completing the college or university
course.
Professor Campbell's address was the
feature of the day's proceedings and awak
ened a deep Interest In the subject of
higher education, which, according to the
Theory he advances, will be one of the
results of the period of transition to newer
and better things which he confidently
predicts the signs of the times indicate
lire in store for the youth of the land.
State Superintendent Ackerman said this
evening that this was one of the most In
teresting sessions of the State Institute
ver held. Greater Interest Is manifested
by the teachers and the general public
than in any previous session. The church
Is crowded to Its full capacity at each
eesslon.
PROMINENT WOMAN DEAD.
Antoinette Cleveland Aiken, Promi
nent in Sanitary Commission.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 23. Antoinette
Cleveland Aiken, a pioneer of Cleveland,
O and a resident of Napa County and
Los Angeles, died here today aged S3.
She -was a granddaughter of General
Erastus Cleveland, of Madison. N. Y.; a
cousin of the late Bishop Arthur Cleve
land Coxe. of ex-President Grover Cleve
land, and of General John Sedgewlck. Her
kin also Include the "Wadsworth, Gould.
Lcngfollow. Douglass, Rogers and Sedg
wick families, of New England. She was
a prominent worker in the United States
Sanitary Commission during the Civil
"War; was the author of several volumes
of verse and prose, and one poem "Save
the Old Ship." which was a widely
quoted patriotic appeal, helping to pre
vent the breaking up of the Hartford,
Farragut's old flagship. She was a sister
or the late Judge James D. Cleveland, of
Cleveland. O., and of Edward R. Cleve
land, of Spokane. "Wash. She leaves three
children, residents here.
John F. Maschke.
VANCOUVER, "Wash., Nov. 23. (Spe
cial John F. Maschke, a resident of this
county, died at the home of his brother-in-law,
T. E. McNutt, who lives on the
River road. Saturday. He was a victim of
consumption. The deceased was 29 years
cf age, a native of Clark County, and
wrll known In this vicinity.
Mrs. Lena Baskette.
SAN MAaF.0. Cal., Nov. 23. Mrs. Lena
Baskette. wife of Dr. "W. H. Baskette,
professor of Central University, Tenn.,
has Just died here of heart failure. De
ceased, who came to California for her
health, was a daughter of Dr. Copeland,
of Tennessee, a well-known author of
medical works.
NO HOPE FOR DISCOVERY.
Steamer Probably Went to Pieces the
Night of November 2.
SEATTLE. Nov. 23. That the Nome
steamer Discovery waa lost w'th all on
board in the storm of November 2 Is
now undoubted by local marine and
landsmen. It Is learned definitely that the
Discovery left Yakutat the afternoon of
November 2. instead of October 29, as pre
viously thought. On that afternoon the
tug Tyee left Sitka about an hour after
the Discovery left Yakutat, and they
probably passed during the night The
Nome City was also out in the waters of
that vicinity at the same time, and had a
terrible experience.
The date of the departure of the Discov
ery from Yakutat Is fixed by Captain Z.
S. Moore, of the Nome City, who received
his Information from the people of that
place when he called there. He was also
told by them that when the vessel left she
had aboard nine passengers, which, with
her crew of 14, and possibly one or two
stowaways, would make In the neighbor
hood of 25 souls' aboard the boat. Among
these was Captain Charles Mockler, of
this city, who boarded the Discovery at
Kadlak after leaving the steamer New
port, of which he was an officer.
It Is believed by marine men that the
Discovers' went to pieces shortly after she
left Yakutat, for the storm which raged
that night was one of the WOTst that has
ever been known In that part of Alaskan
waters.
TRAGEDY ON THE HIGH SEAS.
Sailors Engage in Drunken Quarrel
Some Swallow Poison for Liquor.
LOS ANGELES, CaL, Nov. 24. The Ger
man ship Octavia, 143 days out from Ant
werp, with a cargo of cement and steel
rails to Port Los Angeles, dropped anchor
a mile off shore of the 'latter port late
today. The captain of the vessel brought
ashore his first officer in a dying condi
tion, and had him conveyed to a hospital
In this city.
The Octavia arrived In port with the
sallmaker in irons, charged with murder
and the vessel's log showed three sailors
burled at sea. The story, so far as It
can be learned, portends an unusual
tragedy on the high seas. It seems that
shortly after rounding Cape Horn, the
sallmaker. who, it Is said, was drinking
heavily, began making trouble among the
crew, and induced three sailors to Join
him in a raid upon the whisky portion of
the cargo.
I n an ensuing drunken fight the three
sailors assaulted and severely beat the
sallmaker. Subsequently the sallmaker in
duced the same three men to make a
second raid on the cargo and It Is said,
purposely caused them to drink of some
carbolic acid and they died..
It Is supposed that the first officer also
drank of the poison and that his present
dying condition Is resultant. It is Impos
sible at this time to give names, inas
much as the vessel has not been officially
declared in port. The captain, it is un
derstood, has communlsated with the
German "Vice-Consul at San Francisco
and with the consignees of the Octavla's
cargo.
WAR ON BAY CITY CRIMPS.
British Embassy Wants Numerous
Desertions Brought to an End.
"WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. Because of the
large number of desertions from British
vessels while in port at San Francisco,
the British Embassy has furnished to the
State Department evidence against alleged
"crimps" In "San Francisco that will, it is
believed, result In a rigid Investigation
and possibly a number of prosecutions.
The Embassy officials assert that the so
called "Sailors' Home" at San Francisco
is headquarters for crimpers.
Statistics collected by the Commissioner
of Navigation show that there were 63S
desertions from 64 British vessels carrying
J.77S men. British ships from Australia
have suffered desertions amounting to 27
per cent, and those from Europe 43 per
cent. In the opinion of the Commissioner
of Navigation, Congress has the power to
remedy the present conditions by provid
ing that only regularly licensed agents
shall be allowed to supply seamen ta ves
sels. The State Department, It Is under
stood, has sounded the British Govern
ment on this point.
The Commissioner, who has prepared an
exhaustive report on the question for sub
mission to Congress, does not find that
the Sailors' Home is responsible for de
sertions, but he suggests that the British
Consul-General at San Francisco, if put
on the executive committee of the Home,
would be in a better position to prevent
crimping.
ACTED UNDER INSTRUCTIONS.
Why Postmaster Montague Held Up
the Mail of Letson Balllet.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23. Postmaster
Montague today filed with U. S. Circuit
Judge Morrow his return to the order to
show cause why he should not be enjoined
from holding up the mall of Letson Bal
llet and the "White Swan Mining Com
pany. He showed he was acting under
Instructions of the Postmaster-General.
Balllet's attorney filed a large number of
affidavits from stockholders in the "White
Swan and Niagara Mining Companies, In
which they stated they were perfectly
satisfied with he management of the
concern, and with the conduct of the re
spective boards of directors. These affi
davits stated that the business was legit
imate, and was being diligently carried
on.
MINING CAMP TRAGEDY.
Two Men Killed, a Third Wounded
and Murderer Kills Himeslf.
AUBURN, Cal., Nov. 23. Two men were
killed and a third wounded "In a shooting
affray which occurred at Oregon Bar, El
dorado County, last night. The murderer
afterwards committed suicide. From the
accounts of the affair received here. It
appears that some eight or ten men were
drinking together In a wine shop kept
by a man named Eckhardt, when one of
the number, known locally as "Dutch
Tony," became angry at Eckhardt, and
began shooting at him with his Win
chester. Eokhardt and another man
were killed outright and a third man was
wounded. Tony then went away and when
about a mile distant sent a bullet through
his own brain.
Bad Freight Wreck in Montana.
BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 24. A special to
the Miner from Kallspell, Mont., says;
A bad freight wreck occurred at Athens,
20 miles west of Kallspell, yesterday. Two
trains going east In a rock cut Just west
of the siding collided causing the engine,
caboose, snowplow and a score of freight
cars to be a total wreck and entirely
blocking traffic.
Harry Kruse, who had been with a Gov
ernment survey p arty surveying the In
ternational line was badly injured, his
hips and legs being crushed as well as
two ribs broken and his head and face
badly bruised. Kruse was sent to the
hospital In Kallspell. He will recover.
Fiery Talk of a Convict.
COLFAX, Wash., Nov. 23. (Special.)
George Smith, John Collins and James
Bell were today taken to Walla Walla to
begin serving sentences of three years
each for burglarizing the Northern Pa
cific depot at Unlontown In September.
George Smith declared today that as soon
as his sentence expires he will return to
Colfax and kill both Sheriff Canutt and
Deputy Sheriff Nessly, after which he said
he will be willing to be hanged.
Ex-Comm1ss!oner's Suit.
COLFAX, Wash., Nov. 23. (Special.)
Frank Huber, ex-County Commissioner of
Asotin County, Is suing the City of Col
fax for $10,000 for personal injuries al
leged to have been sustained by him last
Summer when he fell into the South Pa
louse River one dark night. The city
claims Huber was drunk at the time.
Serious Charge Against a Rancher.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 23.r-(Spe-dal.)
B. F. Wiseman, a small Tancher,
living five miles southeast of here, was
arrested tonight, charged with criminal
assault, the complaint having been made
by Wiseman's brother and slster-ln-law.
who allege that their 14-year-old daugh
ter was assaulted.
No route across the continent offers bo
many atractlons as does the Denver &
Rio Grande. Write the Portland Agents,
VU Third street, for Illustrated booklets.
DESTITUTION AT BUTTE
FREE SOUPHOUSE IS OPENED BY
SENATOR CLARK.
Town Is Full of Scores of Unem
ployed Miners, and the Suf
fering Is Great.
BUTTE, Mont., Nov. . 23. (Special.)
Under the direction of United States Sen
ator "W. A. Clark and the directors of the
Paul Clark Home, established by the son
of the Senator, "William A. Clark, Jr., a
free souphouse was opened to the desti
tute of Butte. Early this forenoon poor
families stood in line with buckets, shiv
ering in the cold, and awaiting their turn.
A substantial meal was also served. Sen
ator Clark Is standing all the expense,
and his orders are to serve soup to every
one.
The charity boards report more desti
tution in Butte this year tnan In many
years. Employment bureaus are besieged
by the unemployed. The opening of the
mines attracted scores of men to the city,
in the hope of getting work, and suffer
ing is intense among the army unable to
find work. Strikes in Utah and Colorado
also have had the effect of sending a
great number of miners here.
AMALGAMATED CASE ARGUED
Decision Not Expeced In Less Than
Two Weeks.
HELENA, Mont, Nov. 23. McHatton &
Denny, representing John MacGInnlss,
vice-president of Helnze's Montana Ora
Purchasing Company, appeared before .the
Supreme Court this morning and argued
at some length in support of the correct
ness of the decision of Judge Clancy In
the Boston & Montana receivership case,
which resulted in the closing down of the
Amalgamated Copper Company's various
properties in this state. They contended
that the law was" clear on the point of
one corporation holding stock In another,
and that Judge Clancy could have ren
dered no other decision.
In opposition to this contention, A. J.
Shores and A. F. Kelly, representing the
Amalgamated Company, argued that Mac
GInnlss held less than 1 per cent stock In
the Boston & Montana Company upon
which he received dividends regularly,
while the Amalgamated, holding the bal-.
ance of the Boston & Montana stock, had'
been paid not a penny for more than two
years on Its investment. They also con
tended that there was no violation of the
lawj either direct or implied, because of
this holding.
In his argument. Attorney Shores, chief
counsel for the Amalgamated, attacked
the right of John McGlnnls to bring suits
for the injunction, contending that the
plaintiff, suing as a shareholder, could not
obtain relief such as was essential to pro
tect his Interests as a shareholder, actual
misconduct not being shown on the part
of the Amalgamated Copper Company In
the administration of the affairs of the
Boston & Montana Company. Attorney
Shores also contended MacGlnnls could
not raise the question of the right of the
Amalgamated to become the owner of the
Boston & Montana Company stock, as he
did not claim to have any right to any
part of the stock alleged to have been
acquired by the Amalgamated, and he did
not claim to have been deprived of any of
his stock, or the rights It entitled him.
The Amalgamated Copper Company, Mr.
Shores declared, was not a trust and act
ing under a charter granted by the State
of New Jersey, was outside of the Juris
diction of Judge Clancy's court.
Judge McHatton, chief of the counsel
for the Helnze Interests, held that the
Amalgamated Copper Company was a
trust, acting In violation of the laws of
Montana, and could not legally hold the
stock of the Boston & Montana Company.
KAt the conclusion of the arguments, the
court took the case under advisement.
It Is not regarded as probable that a
decision will be rendered within two
weeks, and possibly not for a month.
Carnahan Proposes Legislation.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 23. In accordance
with the call for a special session of the
Legislature, County Clerk Clinton today
Instructed his deputies to go ahead with
the work of extending the 1903 tax roll.
Representative Carnahan said today no
local legislation Is contemplated at the
special session. He believes the bill for
protection of forests', which was killed at
the last session, should be brought up at
the special session and enacted, but he
will not call up the measure. He thinks
also, a law should be enacted providing
for fees for recording deeds. The law was
repealed in 1SS5 by an amendment, and the
statement has been made that all fees
paid the several counties could be recov
ered if suit were instituted. This condi
tion makes Clatsop County liable to a
loss of fully $20,000.
Damages From Mining Company.
CANYON CITY, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.)
In the suit brought before this term of
the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial
District by S. "W. Guttridge, administra
tor for the estate of "W. S. Stapleton,
against the Portland Reduction & Mining
Company, damages were awarded the
plaintiff in the sum of $2500.
The case grew out of an accident in
the Monumental mine January 7 last, in
which "W. S. Stapleton lost his life. The
company was held to have been negli
gent and suit was brought for $5000.
An Interesting Advertisement.
Baltimore Sun.
A GREAT SPEECH. :
: THE FAREWELL SPEECH OP :
: JUDAH P. BENJAMIN". :
: THE DISTINGUISHED JURIST AND :
: POLISHED SENATOR OP :
: ANTE-BELLUM DAYS. :
On the eve of the Civil War the South
ern Senators retired from the United
States Senate and surrendered their com
missions, .pach Senator delivering a fare
well speech. These speeches are the finest
specimens of FORENSIC ORATORY.
Some are really classic. The magnificent
oration of John P.' Breckinridge, who had
graced the Vice-President's chair, Is a
MASTERPIECE.' Another remarkable
production Is the thrilling, address of Ju
dah P. Benjamin, delivered in "words
that burn and thoughts that breathe."
Judah P. Benjamin was the mo3t finished
orator of ante-bellum days. Handsome,
graceful, courteous, he held entranced
every audience that came under tne spell
of. the sweet, musical tones of his elo
quence. Nature had given him a voice
that would hold the enraptured ear of all
who would hear him speak, a memory
that never failed and a power of produc
tion that was perhaps not equaled by any
compeer of his day. Coupled with these
speeches will be some of the replies of
the Northern Senators, notably that of
General Baker, of Oregon, who in mili
tary dress, with sword on his desk, made
a powerful reply to Breckinridge, whom
he accused of treason to his country un
der the very dome of the Capitol. It
weaves a story full of tragedy. These
were great actors. Breckinridge died of a
broken heart In the blue-grass region of
Kentucky. Judah P. Benjamin became
an exile from his Southland, and Baker
was killed In the front of his army, fight
ing for his country, at the battle of Ball's
Bluff. These speeches are all carefully
compiled and embrace In full the farewell
speeches, also character sketches, of that
magnificent coterie of Senators who rep
resented the South before the Rebellion.
As each Senator retired he surrendered
his commission with a brilliant speech, an
nouncing his final retirement from the
"United States Senate to embrace the
Southern cause. The speeches are pub
lished for the first time. Address
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A miniature battleship, modeled after
one of Uncle Sam's fighting monitors j
and christened the "Terror," the product
of the handiwork of two clever public .
school pupils, was one of the principal !
features of. the exhibition, of the work'
done by the pupils of public school 166, In
West Eighty-ninth street, recently.
The vessel, bristling with cannon that
projected Irom stationary and revolving
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If the eye happened to be cast in an
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me .craii appeaiea to tne ear Dy nnng
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smoke roll up from the mouths of the
diminutive cannon and would detect an
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young shipbuilders Imagine that they
were In the vicinity of a naval engage
ment. The boat was constructed not In the
classroom and under the supervision of
and In consultation with the Instructor of I
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boys' homes. There they plodded away
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ing out the features of construction and
the arrangements of Its fine mechanical
parts and fitting out the vessel.
It was a proud moment for them when
the product of their Independent labors
was taken to the workshop and placed
conspicuously among the exhibits there,
and it was also somewhat of a surprise
to the Instructors and principal of the
school, from whom the boys had kept
their secret.
These boys are "Willie P. Jones and
Harold Trimm. Each of them is 13 years
old. They are pupils of public school No.
166, and have done a great deal of work
In the manual training department, begin
ning as all other boys who take that
course begin, with the simplest drawings
and constructive work. From tha't, like
their schoolmates, they broadened and ex
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A large number of the pupils a"t that
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Independence and permits the develop
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Among the exhibits were a large num
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crude adaptations of all sorts of Instru
ments, such as the telegraph key and
sounder, derricks and current detectors.
Many of these had been fitted out with
electrical connections.
Other features of the exhibition were
burnt wood designs, things of beauty
and utility. Part of these things were
made with the aid of mechanical Instru
ments, particularly the portraits, but
Charles Sprlngstead, a boy of 13, had on
exhibition a beautiful clock, the frame of
which, constructed by himself, had been
cleverly ornated with the aid of a piece of
wire stuck In a cork and a gas Jet. The
boy who labored for many hours In his
little workshop at his home, heating the
wire and making the burnings according
to a pretty design he had outlined.
These boys who are sufficiently indus
trious and abltlous to do more than tho
work scheduled by the workshop Instruc
tor have an honorary organization which
Is known as "The Home Arts and Crafts
Club." Each term they select as presi
dent" of the organization the boy who
brings In the first good piece of con
structive work done by him outside of
school hours.
The present president ls Burtls Miles.
His product was a very email automobllo
model, built entirely of wood and by him
self. It Is a miniature of one of the long,
heavy machines, and the boy fitted It
with a steering wheel that connected with
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and turned the wheels from right to left,
and with other equipment. The wheels
were so colored with graphite that they
looked as though they had rubber tires.
The other boys as they brought home
constructed things Into the workshop
were rewarded with offices In the club.
The boys of the manual training de
partment of the school also boast a news
paper, and It Is a very creditable pur
veyor of Information and humor and rid
dles, too. They call It The Eagle, and
publish It on.ee a month during the school
year. All of the mechanical work Is done
by the pupils, the typesetting and the
printing on a small hand press.
The paper Is only 3x3& Inches In size,
and has only eight pages, but it has a
colored supplement that is really pretty
and artistic. The boys whittle out the
cuts on pieces of wood, and do the color
ing by hand. To stimulate interest in the
publication they publish riddles that are
really hard to solve and offer prizes to
the first who tells the right answer.
Some of these boys who have been
taking advantage of the opportunity to
get manual training already are realizing
on their efforts. One of the little men
has sold book designs to a prominent
publisher, and has In a New York store
some things he constructed. He has great
ambitions which he confidently believes
he will achieve eventually. At least he
Is joins to work hard to that end, he
says.
The homes of almost every one of the
children have been adorned by their ef
forts In the workshop. The Instructor,
J. B. Stelnert, makes It his object to have
most of the things the boys construct
useful as well as ornamental.
New Chart3 for Navigators.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Commander
W. H. Southerland, Chief Hydrographer of
the Navy, In his annual report says the
office Is preparing a series of charts ln-
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of our being unable to obtain an article
adequately safe for the vessels.
Italian Ship Arrives on Scene.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The State De
partment has been advised that an Ital
ian warship has arrived at San Domingo.
It also was notified that a German war
ship had started from St. Thomas for the
same place.
LUCKY FOR GEORGE
That He Carried a Weapon of
Defense.
Mr. George T. Jones, of Waltham, Mass.,
has been wearing his hand In a sling.
A live wire bit him.
But It might have been worse, says the
Waltham Press-Tribune, for he was walk
ing on rubber at the time, consequently
the electric current was killed Instead of
Jone3.
So many Instances of this kind are oc
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