Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1901 — LOST CHILD IS FOUND [ARTICLE]

LOST CHILD IS FOUND

LITTLE ACTRESS AND FATHER UNITED IN CHICAGO. Girl Taken from Heme in Brazil, Ind., Ten Tears Age and Whereabout* Concealed from Relative* —Mild Weather a Check to Bnaineas. “Unfavorable signs are rare In the business outlook. Manufacturing industries enjoy exceptional activity and most jobbers and retailers find no occasion for complaint Mild weather is the one influence that may be charged with retard"lng retail merchandise distribution, yet there is general confidence that any sales thus postponed will be made up later. The same influence is invaluable in facilitating the handling of crops, erecting buildings and other outdoor work, Although a fifth of the year is still to be heard from, including the usual interruption of elections and possible disturbance of legislation, there is ample evidence that the volume of legitimate business will largely exceed all previous records,” according to Dun’s review of trade. Con tinning, the report says: “Fluctuations in cereals were small, with markets dull and featureless. Corn receded a little further, influenced unfavorably by the insignificant shipments from Atlantic ports only 501,555 bushels for the week, cor2* pared with 2,799,887 last year and 4,747,258 in 1899. FATHER FINDS LOST CHILD. Chicago Man Rej-ain* Hi, haughter After Ten Years* Separation. Little Dolly Richards, a brunette beauty of fourteen summers, has recently gone to Chicago to join her father, whom she had not seen for ten years. Mrs. Chase, an actress, in whose charge Dolly was given, disappeared from Brazil, Ind., ten years ago and never sent her address to Chicago. Strangely enough, she located at Kansas City, Kan., with her father, a Mr. Schaefer, while Richards himself was for a time in Kansas City, Mo., just across the river. Finally (Mrs. Chase went to Omaha last spring. She had become infatuated with her black-eyed little charge and saw a great future for her on the stage. Mrs. Chase died suddenly five years ago, leaving the little ward alone in a city full of strangers. The attention of the child savings' institute was brought to the case and the girl was taken into the hospital shelter. Through the co-operation of the Chicago Children's Aid Society the girl’s father was found to be living on Colorado avenue in a brownstone front, having married again and being in good circumstances. He at once sent word to Omaha asking that his daughter be returned to him. KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF GAS. D. P. Pattis Loses His Life and Machine Shop* Are Destroyed. D. P. Pattin, one of the principal owners of the machine shops of Pattin Brothers & Co., at Marietta, Ohio, remarked that he smelled escaping gas and started to Investigate the plant. A few minutes later there was a terrific explosion. Fire subsequently broke out and the building was destroyed. Mr. Pattin lost his life and a fireman rescued his body, which was burned beyond recognition. The supposition is that he lighted a match, causing the explosion. The loss to the Pattin company is $20,000, with insurance of $12,000. Battle with Safe Blowers. Armed robbers attacked the Berlin Heights Bank, Ohio, at 2 o'clock Friday morning end blew off the door of the safe. People were aroused by the explosion, and a battle followed, during which the bandits fled. Many shots were fired, but so far as known no one was injured. .There was a large amount of money in the safe. Fire at the Buffalo Fair. New England's building at the PanAmerican Exposition has been destroyed by fire. The contents, consisting of rich furnishings of historic value, costly oil paintings and other articles of great value, were also entirely destroyed. The building cost $30,000, and the loss on the contents is estimated at SIOO,OOO. Study Cause* of Suicide. David Arnett, aged 21, a senior end Instructor at Kentucky State College, whose home was at Troy, Ky., sought the seclusion of a friend’s room on the third floor of the dormitory at noon and sent a pistol ball into his brain. Melancholia from overstudy is the only explanation offered. Filipino Conspiracy Balked. The vigilance of a guard in Carbiga, Island of Samar, disclosed a plot whereby the garrison was to be slaughtered by bolomen. The conspiracy was hatched by the local presidente and a priest, both of whom are under arrest. Coat of Isthmian Canal. The Isthmian canal commission will estimate the cost of the waterway at $200,000,000. Panama route is found cheaper, but advisability -of recommending its purchase is not yet determined. Collision in Detroit River. The steamer City of Cleveland, carrying 176 passengers, struck a sunken anchor in Detroit river and sank, all on board being rescued. Bear Admiral Bunce Dead. Rear Admiral Francis Marvin Bunce, U. 8. N. (retired), died at his home in Hartford, Conn., of cancer of the tongue. Cashier’s Queer Action. The National Bank of Boyertown, Pa„ suspended because of the disappearance of the cashier and $165,000 in seeurities. He wrote where the securities were, they were recovered and the bank resumed, but he is still missing and his mind is thought to be affected. Heath Buys Salt Lake Paper. Perry 8. Heath, former First Assistant Poetmaster General, and at present Sec-

retary of the Republican national committee, has purchased the Salt Lake City Tribune.