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Show FAMOUS COLORED WOMAN IS DYING Auburn, N. Y , Marc h lu Harriet Tubman, a colored woman, 95 years old, who Is said to have been a friend of Abraham Lincoln and who was as soclatcd with John Brown in anti-slavery anti-slavery work, is dying here of pneu nuinia She Is an inmate of the Harriet Har-riet Tubman home for Indigent aged negroes, which she founded here on land given her by former Secretary oi" State Seward Harriet Tubman is said to have been connected with the "underground railway system" by which fleeing Slaves were aided In eluding pursuit It Is said she herself piloted over 800 slaves Into Canada. The "underground railroad" consisted consist-ed of stations In the homes of antl slavery sympathizers, where day and night the fleeing negroes were recelv-ed, recelv-ed, given food and shelter and concealed con-cealed until the time wus propritious to pass them north |