Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1896 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

William Eustis Russell, ex-Governor of Massachusetts, died Thursday morning (it B. F. Dutton's-eamp nt St. Adelaide, Pabos, Quebec. He went to lied Wednesday etenihg as well as ever, so far as 's known, apd was found,dead in bed in the morning. Heart disease is thought to ih;jve bi-en the cause. His brother, Col. Harry E. Russell, and Col. Francis Peabody. Ji-., were with him, the only other occupants of the camp. . American farmers may be confronted with another t-nublesonie weed somewhat similar to the Russian thistle in its destructive 1 extent unless immediate steps are taken to check the further progress of tumbling rimstard. Tumbling mustard has bepn most obnoxious in tjte Canadian Northwest provinces during the last five years, ami recently has been reported, fropi nine different localities,in the United St a tes,So ,£a r t lie _yre ! has been confined to a small area in this country. It is especially likely to be contained in. timothy-seeil; a large proportion of yrhieh :s grown in the Xioux Valley of tlie eastern part of South Dakota. The ty.eed has not yet infested this valley, bitt the statement is made that if it should spread in these fields for two consecutive yca-s it would probably ruin tlie timothy-SOcd industry of the entire section. Statistician l>ord, of the Treasury Department, Ims been asked by a Chicago inquirer if thv wheat brought into the United States trom Manitoba and shipped out ngniu s included in the year's total exports. According to the Chicago party this is an important proposition, and he advances th? statement that she wheat brought in from across the border during the last fiscal year aggregated 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 bushels, against next to nothing in previous years, and that it is of value to the trade to know all about it. Mr. Ford says the Manitoba and Canadian wheat is kept separate front United States wheat, merely going through the country in bond anil not being included in the year’s total of export. According to the treasury figures the total is omy a, little over 2,000,000 bushels anyway, instead of over 10,000.000, as stated by the Chicagoan. Manitoba wheat, if it went into our home consumption. would have to pay 20 per cent, duty, ejual to about S cents a bushel. ExiWs for the year in wheat and corn aggregate 125,000,000 bushels, against 143,000,000 bushels two years ago.