Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1896 — STARVED IN A CAR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STARVED IN A CAR.

A. Tv-afw i> Who Was Seven Days W’lthout Foofl or Drink. At Plainfield, N. J., the other (lay. when a box ear containing lumber was opened a, tramp was found therein. The fellow liad crawled into the ear while it stood on a siding in Ottawa. Canada, seven days before, and while he slept th»

enr was locked and made up In a train. When the tramp awoke the ear was in motion and lie was fr prifbner. When found the poof fellow was unnblo to abov.e a whisper, and he was so weak that he ootild not raise his arms. He looked something like ltip Van Winkle'. Secretary Olney has received a cablegram nnnointrtng that Brasil has accepted the rules for the prevention of collisions at framed at the maritime conference held at Washington. The chief maritime nations of the world now have givVrt'their assent TO the Internmtipnnl rules and they will go into effect the Ist oJ J uly next yeax.

IN A FREIGHT CAR FOR SEVEN DAYS.