Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1907 — STOLEN BOY RETURNS [ARTICLE]

STOLEN BOY RETURNS

HAS BEEN HELD AMONG GYP. SIES FOUR YEARS. Walter Cutler,.AO Years Old, Kin da Hi* lirandraodirr In S#n(h f hl,eaßro— Trump Evil la Cosily I>u%lfor Kaitroada. With the exclamation. “llon't yon know me, grandma ?” Walter Cutler, 10 years old. missing for four years, appeared the othfTNlfly at the home of his grandmother. MrsOßetdier, in South CWjyago. T#e boy arrived in a dirty, ragged condition, and told a story of being kidnaped by gypsies from his home in South Bond, Ind., four years ago. Since that time he has been traveling with the gypsies from one place to another. Last Monday the gypsies camped at Koby, Ind., and the lad. remembering that lie had a grandanother at South t'hicago, made his escape. Since Monday he roamed around jBanUL-Cbieago until he located herl She did .not recognize him until she had washed him up. The boy's father, who still resides in South Bend, has been notified. The gypsy cauip left Roby. the same day.

- . BASH BALL STANDINGS. Gann Won and Lost by Clubs la Principal l.ensnra. NATIONAL LEAGUE. A ■' W. ... L. W. L. Chicago ~..52 31 Brooklyn” .. .54 GO Pittsburg . .65 45 Cincinnati ..48° GO New York..G4 40 Boston .....41 GO Philadelphia 60 49 St. Louis.... 35 S 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE. . W. L. W. ICbieago ....70,47 New York.. .51 59 Phil'delphia 07 45 Boston .-. .49 G 4 Detroit ....65 44 St. L0ui5....47 65 Cleveland ..00 48 Washington. ?12 75 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L. Toledo 77 50 Indianapolis 61 08 Columbus ..73 52 Kansas City;Go 07 Minneapolis 07 01 Milwaukee ..57 07 Louisville ..06 63 St. Taul... .49 81 WESTERN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Omaha ....72 48 Denver 53 57 Des Moines. 03 49 Pueblo ..... 47 01 Lincoln ....60 55 Sioux City..4o 05

TRAMP EVIL. COSTLY TO ROADS. Ho boa Coat Railways of Country g-CV,000,000 a Year. The Pennsylvania railroad, from its Pittsburg office, has sent out an official communication calling on county justices of the peace, borough Burgesses, and all other officers- of the law to assist in putting down the tramp evil by punishing those caught stealing rides on trains. Some startling figures are shown, among them that vagrancy is costing the railroads of the country not less than $23,000,000 yearly. „ $1,000,000 Fire In Cincinnati. Fire which threatened the block bounded by Hunt, Broadway and East Court •treets in Cincinnati caused damage estimated at $1,000,000. The fire started at the plant of the Eagle White Lead Company at 1030 Broadway street, . and ■pread rapidly to adjoining buildings. Among the buildings destroyed were the B. H. Krenger grocery warehouse, Edna Smelting Company, Morrison & Snodgrass Planing Company, and E. Roberts Lumber Company. Furnace Explode*) Two Killed. As the result of an explosion* in open hearth mill No. 3 of the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead. Pa., John lvramski and John Poslow, laborers, are dead and Michael Salenkie and John Gross are so seriously injured that their recovery is -doubtful Doctor Calls Mrs. Eddy Sane. Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, noted alienist of New York, has asserted the firm belief in the sanity and mental vigor of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy as fesult of examination. Brasil Dislikes American Plan. The anger of Brazil has been aroused by the American plan for a permanent court of arbitration at The Hague, in which Brazil is rated as a third-class power.

Boiler Eiplwloa Fatal to SeTrn. A boiler on the coal barge Patterson, which plies between New York and Bos ton, exploded at Lang's docks in Hoboken, killing M. Hopkins of Boston, the engineer, and six other men. SOldler Shot Wife and Self. N. Bernard Delaney, first sergeant of Company H, Sixty-ninth regiment, shot his wife in their apartment in New York and then killed himself. She will recover. Drink caused the tragedy. Secretary- Takes Treat meat. Secretary of State Root is taking a course of exercise under William Muldoon to restore his health, which was much broken down from overwork. B. and O. War* on Drinkers. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has issued orders that all employes who drink liquor while on duty will be discharged. Broker and Ckasfeir Killed. A Boston stock broker and a chauffeur were killed and four other persons were injured near Narragansett Pier, R. 1., the automobile in which they were riding overturning and striking a stone wall. Ranawnr Car Kills Fonr Men. A runaway box car caused the death of four men and serious injury of another ■nan near Bt. Louis. The car collided with throe loaded cars on a spur tnu± of the Missouri Pacific railway. The loaded «d cars then ran into a hand car on which the fire men were riding.