Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1905 — FARMERS HOLD GRAIN [ARTICLE]

FARMERS HOLD GRAIN

STILL HAVE ONE-FIFTH OF 1904 WHEAT CROP. Large Proportion of Year’s Yield of Corn and Oat? Also in Hands of Those Who Raised It Young; Gould Finally Hazed. The monthly report of the chief of the bureau of statistics of the Department of Agriculture shows the amount of wheat remaining, in farmers’ hands March 1 to have been about 111,000,000 bushels, or 20.1 per cent of last, year's crop, as compared with 20.8 per cent of tlie..crop of 1903 on hand March 1. I'oo4, and 24.5 per cent of the crop of 11*02 on hand at the corresponding date in 1003. The corn in farmers’ hands is estimated at about 954,000,000 bushels, or 38.7 per cent of last year’s crop, against 37.4 per cent of the crop of 1903 on hand March 1, 1904, and 41.6 per cent of the crop of 1902 on hand at the corresponding date in 1903. Of oats there are reported to be about 347,0**0,(XX) bushels, or 38.8 per cent of last year's crop, still in farmers hands, as compared with 34.9 per cent of the crop of 1903 on hand March 1. 1904, and 36.9 per cent of the crop of 1902 on hand at the corresponding date in 1903. KINGDON GOULD IS HAZED.

Rich Scion Who Used Revolver Is at Last a Victim. Kingdon Gould has been hazed. Not many nights ago, when it was known that Dr. Butler was about to leave for Montana. Kingdon Gould was accosted as he was going from the university grounds in New York to his fraternity house by a young man. They were scarcely out of the shadow of the university buildings when two other students joined them. Gould was informed that he had his choice of accompanying them or giving his parole to meet them at a stated place any hour that night, and he accepted the latter. The black avengers always work at night and their favorite scene is a hidden corner of South field. Exactly the procedure adopted in avenging the honor of their class on Gould is not knowm. It is said, however, that a lecture on the proper conduct for freshmen was administered to Gould. Must Blow Up Sea Derelicts. Some idea of the severity of the winter season just drawing to a close may be gathered from the fact that the Navy Department is now confronted with the necessity of seeking out and promptly destroying no fewer than twenty-seven ocean derelicts which are lying in the great ocean lanes from Santiago to Newfoundland and endangering shipping entering or departing from Atlantic ports. Leaves $1,000,000 to Harvard. The will of William F. Milton, tiled for probate in I’ittsfieid. Mass., leaves to Harvard a sum estimated at considerably above $1,000,000. After making specific bequests to his wife Ytiid other near relatives, he directs that the residue be held in trust for the benefit of the widow until her death, when the money is to be paid over to Harvard. Baltic Fleet Unable to Proceed. A dispatch from Durban,.Natal, says the captain of a collier which has arrived there from Nossi Be Island, off the coast of Madagascar, where the Russian warships arrived several days ago, reports that the warships are so covered with sea weed that he does not think it possible for them to proceed; Disputes Garfield's Figures. Commissioner Garfield’s report upon the earnings of the beef trust is contradicted by Cuthbert Powell, a Missouri editor, who gives figures to prove the profit on cattle averages $7.41 per head, instead of 99 cents, as estimated by the commissioner, and that the stock of the packing industry earns 43 per cent. Denver Murderer Is Shot. George Sltissfej; in Denver killed his neighbor and wife, burned their lionit and then stood off the police and a posse until he was shot to death. Mrs. Shissier, on hearing the news, collapsed and is in a critical condition. A quarrel over a fence line caused the tragedy. Two Wives Die of Lockjaw. Mrs. Mary P. Carlton, wife of the chief commissary of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, died at the Long Island College Hospital of lockjaw. She pricked her finger with a needle last December. Mr. Carlton’s first wife also died of lockjaw. Must Return Excess in Duties. The Government must pay $5,000,000 to the sugar trust, according to the decree of the Federal court, that amount representing excess in duties charged in 11*03. Wasrcs of 4,000 Men Increased. The Copper Range Consolidated mills nt Houghton, Mich., announced tin increase in the wages of all the 4,01*0 men employed. The advance averages 10 per • cent. *

Big Grocery Hoiihc Destroyed. The wholesale grocery house of Williamson. Hallsell. Frazer A Co. was destroyed by tire iu Chickasha, I. T. Loss 1100,000. Ineren.ed Volume of Trude. The weekly trade reviews show nn increased volume of business, due to improved transportation and the lessening of the weather handicap. Royal Wedding for June (I. According to a seini-offleial statement given out at Schwerin, the marriage of Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany and Duchess Cecilia will taka place in Berlin June 0. Made Cripple by Hazing. A helpless cripple from hazing, young Albert de Rome made his way into Police Judge Morgan's court in San Francisco on crutches and swore out warrants for the arrest of several students who made him the victim of their sport. Judge Morgan issued the warrants.