Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 12, 1903, Page 7

( iu + EXPERT RAISES JONES FIGURES D. Frank Howard’s Estimate of Wheat Crop for the Three States Places Yield at 180,380,000 Bushels. Acording to B. Frank Howard of the Chicago Daily Trade Buljetin, the ag- gregate crop of the states of Minesota, North and South Dakota this year will be 180,380,000 Gushels, or 6,000,000 bushels less than last year’s yield, and 33,000,000 more than H. V. Jones’ esti- mate. Mr. Howard's estimate is based upon an acreage of 13,300,000 being devoted to wheat in the three states, while Mr. Jones says there were only 12,600,000 acres, and without explaining what has become of the 1,500,000 acres or more which were formerly in wheat, averring it is a secret and part of his stock in trade. The census of 1900 put the aggregate wheat area of the three states at 14.- 966,000 acres, which Mr. Howard says may be regarded as slightly excessive. “In the agregate,” says Mr. Howard, “it may be safe to calculate on a re- duction in the wheat area of the North- west from the census figures—outside of the new area cultivated—of about 8 per cent, 1,200,000 acres. Private es- timates of the wheat area of the three states vary from 11,500,000 to 14,500,- 000 acres. “Of the reduction suggested, about 950,000 acres may be credited to Min- nesota and 300,000 to South Dakota, while North Dakota may exhibit an in- crease of possibly 50,000 acres. The decrease in Minnesota may be attrib- uted to the increase in live stock and dairy interests and to the greater at- tention given to the raising of corn, oats and barley. “In South Dakota the same reasons will apply in connection with the in- creased attention given to fiax. In North Dakota and Northern Minesota the area of flaxseed, barley and oats has been increased, but this has prob- ably been offset by the breaking of new land. “The immigration to the Northwest during the past two or three years has been unusually large, and the develop- ment of new country greatly encour- aged by railroad interests. Estimate of Acreage. “In view of these circumstances the area of wheat in the Northwest tor 1903 may be calculated as follows: Minnesota, 5,600,000 acres; North Da- kota, 4,500,000 acres; South Dakota, 3,700,000 acres; total, 13,800,000 acres. ‘The area reported by the department of agriculture in 1902 was 13,296,000 acres.” © Mr. Howard's estimate of the yield of the three states is based upon re- plies to 500 circulars sent to county officials, millers and warehousemen, requesting an estimate of the area in each county and the probable average yield. The result is thus summarized in the Bulletin: “The replies as to the average yields | per acre were quite full and generally satisfactory. Estimates were received from 141 counties and the average yield credited is an average of the cor- respondents of each county. In many cases they substantially agreed. Of the remaining counties, eight were credited with the yields received by the Northwestern Miller, whose _ re- ports varied slightly from ours, and the balance—eleven—estimated by comparison with the \ yields of sur- rounding counties. The average yield per acre in Minnesota varies less than in other states, and the extreme light yield may be attributed to local storms. “In North Dakota the yields at a glance look comparatively light in com- parison with the average yield cred- ited for the whole state. It will be ob- served, however, that the counties with very large areas—Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Richland, Steele, Traill and Walsh—show quite good yields. Cass county has about one- tenth of the area of the state, and the yield is about one-seventh of the ag- gregate crop. Good in South Dakota. “In South Dakota the yields were quite good, except where local storms, unseasonable weather and some insect damage reduced the production. The county average yields as applied to the census returns would result in a slightly lafger figure than used to rep- resent the state, and if applied to the assessor’s returns would be somewhat léss. Therefore, the aggregate yield given may be accepted as a ‘happy me- dium,’ and representing a fair and equitable calculation. “In addition to the counties named below, there are a few counties repre- senting very small areas, in the aggre- gate probably 18,000 acres, which have been omitted. “The average yield applied to the AARRARARRAR Reesor 2STE0 eeeeranernereeeeeereeererererereeereese aes A Shrewd Client. Lawyer—1 must know the whole! truth before I can successfully defend ; you, Have you told me everything? _ Prisoner—Yes, everything, ‘cept where I hid the money, and I want | that for myself—Glasgow Evening | Times. That Held Him. — , The Widower—I think it is not good even for a widower to be alone. Ruth—Well, I’ don’t know. -I think good many of them don’t give it a) fair trial—Puck. area estimated gives an aggregate yield of about 180,000,000 bushels, and if ap- plied to the area reported by the de- partment of agriculture would repre- sent an aggregate yield of about 173,- 000,000 bushels. According to the cen- sus of 1900, the aggregate yield was 197,000,000 bushels, and the average yield 13.14 bushels. "i Flour Mill Needs. “The wants of interior flour mills of the three states during the year will probably reach 50,000,000 bushels, and the quantity required for seeding about 20,000,000 bushels. “The aggregate yield reported by the department of agriculture in 1902 was 186,597,000 bushels. “The great majority of the reports state that the quality of the new crop is quite good, especially where the yields were fairly large. Recent rains may do some damage and lower the quality, but the quantity will remain the same. The following table exhibits the de- tailed ‘reports of the estimates of yield in the counties in the different states: Minnesota. . County— Bushels. Anoka .. -11.0 Becker . -10.0 Beltrami . 17.0 Benton .. « 90 Big Stone 20.0 Blue Earth 15.0 Brown .. 145 Carver . -14.0 + 10.0 Chippewa .. Chisago Clay Cottonwood Crow Wing . Dakota . Dodge ». Douglas Faribault . Fillmore . Freeborn . Goodhue . Grant .... Hennepin Houston . Hubbard . Isanti ... Jackson . Kandiyohi Kittson .... Lac qui Parle Le. Sueur Lincoln . Lyon . McLeod . Marshall . Martin .. Meeker . Mile Lacs Morrison . Mower .. Murtay . Nicollet . Nobles .. Norman . Olmsted Otter Tail . Pine .. Pipestone Polk .. Pope .. Ramsey .... Red Lake . Redwood Renville. Rice .... Rock .. Roseau Scott .. Sherburne Sibley .. Stearns . Steele Stevens . Swift . Todd ... Traverse .... Wabasha . Wadena . Waseca . Washington Watonwan Wilkin .. Winona . Wright ... Yelow Medicine. . South Dakota. eee e eee Bushels. County— Aurora . Beadle .. Bonhomme Brookings . Brown .. Brule ... Buffalo ... Campbell . Charles Mix .. Clark ... Clay .. Codington . Dayison . Day . Deuel . Douglas . Edmunds Faulk .. A Desperate Cure. Helen—Poor Jack! Just because i| rejected him he has joined an expedi- tion that starts for the North pole. What do you suppose he did it for? Dorothy—He probably wanted ' to get warmed up again.—Detroit Free | Press. Pa’s Experience. Little Willie—Say, pa, what makes a man give a woman a diamond en- } gagement ring?” | Pa—The woman, my son.—Chicago News. County— Gregory . Hamlin . Hand . Hanson. Hutchinson . Roberts . Sanborn Spink . Sully .. Turner .. Union ... Walworth . Yankton 7 North Dakota. County— Barnes Benson . . Bottineau . Burleigh Cass .... Cavalier . Dickey Eddy .. Emmons Foster ... Grand Forks . Griggs .. Kidder .. La Moure . Logan ... McHenry McIntosh McLean . Mercer Morton Nelson . Oliver ... Pembina Pierce ... Ramsey . Ransom . Richland Rolette .. Sargent . Stark .. Steele . Stutsman Towner ... Traill ... Walsh . Ward Wells .. Recapitulation. Minnesota... 5,600,000 13.10 73,360,000 S. Dakota.. 3,700,000 13.60 N. Dakota.. 4,500,000 12.60 50,320,000 56,7 00,000 Gd total. . 13,800,000 13.07 180,380,006 Two Good Highlanders. During the Crimean war a Scotca officer was appointed to command a regiment recruited in Glasgow, Scotland, and, being a Highlander, took a vote of the regiment to deter: mine whether the men favored the adoption of the Highland costume. In due time the regimental orderly appeared before the colpnel with the result of the vote. ‘ “Well, orderly,” said he, “How many of the men favored the adoption of the Highland plaids?” ¥ “Only two, sir.” “Only two! Well, I am glad I have at least two good Highlanders in my regiment Who are they?” “Corporal Flaherty and Private Mil- ligan, sir.”—Philadelphia Ledger. A Servian Idiom. “Greenlee says that when he was abroad he courted a Servian giyl.” “Custom any different from curs?” “I guess not. Greenlee says when he called on her they usually sat vis- a-vis.” “I don’t believe a word that Green- lee says.” “Why not?” “There’s no such expression as vis- a-vis in the Servian language. It’s vitch-a-vitch.”—Cleveland Plain Deal- er. Tip Born of Experience. “Oh, you ought to meet my fiance!” exclaimed the newly engaged girl. He is truly a demigod, if there ever was one.” “That's all right, dear,” rejoined her lady friend, who had worn a wed- ding ring for five long years. “I hope he won't evolute down to a demijohn after the honeymoon wanes.”—Chi- cago News. Cause for Rejoicing. “Mother writes that she is coming to spend a few weeks with us,’ re- marked the bride of three short months, as she glanced over a letter at the breakfast table. “The saints be praised!” exclaimed the man who had once declared that he could not live with her. “x1our mother, at least, is a splendid cook.” —Chicago News. Room for Improvement. “What a perfect fright!” exclaimed the youthful mouse, as the woman jumped upon a chair’ and madly clutched her skirts. ' “Oh, I don’t know,’ replied the o14 mouse, who had seen something of the werid. “I fancy I’ve seen it done more artistically.”—Chicago News. Why? . She—He can’t bear to have girls gel ahead of him. ! He—Then why doesn’t he stop run- ning after them?—Harvard Lampoon. SHOOTING. AFTRAY SLEEPY EYE AROUSED TO HIGH PITCH OF EXCITEMENT BY TRAGEDY. JEALOUS BOARDER USES A GUN SHOOTS WOMAN, FIRES AT CITY MARSHAL ¢.. DEFIES THE CROWD. TRAMP THRESHER THE HERO LAYS FRENZIED MAN LOW WITH A BULLET — BOTH WILL RECOVER, Sleepy Eye, Minn., Sept. 10—Charles Kimball and Mrs. M. J. Toomey were the central figures in a tragedy en- acted here yesterday afternoon. Kim- ball is a member of the barber firm of Hammond & Kimball. Mrs. Toomey is an attractive divorced woman about thirty years of age, and is the daugh- ter of a well-to-do farmer. Kimball, for two years, has been boarding at the home of Mrs, Toomey, and was, it is said, very much infatuated with her. Instead of going to his barber shop as usual yesterday morning he remained at the house of Mrs. Toomey, and it was at this time it is reported the trouble began. Kimball accused her of paying attentions to another man. The quarreling continued until noon when some of the boarders came home to dinner. Mrs. Toomey, it is said, nodded her head at one of the men, motioning toward Kimball and wink- ing, meaning to infer that Kimball was Very Angry and Ugly. Kimball saw this and_ evidently thought a flirtation was going on, for he jumped out of the chair.and or- dered all the boarders out of ,the house, threatening to shoot any one’ who dared to remain. A second invi- tation was unnecessary for immediate- ly boarders were streaming from every door. The quarreling, it is said, continued until about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, when Mrs. Toomey ran out of her house and started for the house of a neighbor, Kimball following her with a revolver in hand and ordering her to return. She rushed into the house of her neighbor and secreted herself in a bedroom. Kimball followed and be- gan firing his revolver at Mrs. Toomey, two bullets taking effect, one in the shoulder and one in the arm. He then took her in his left arm and with the revolver in his right hand started to cross the street to her home. By this time a crowd had gathered, attracted by the shooting and excite- ment. City Marshal Franz ordered Kimball to Throw Up His Hands, and Kimball replied with two shots av the marshal, neither of which reached their intended victim, but came very near hitting some women in the crowd. The marshal started for one of the hardware stores three blocks distant to get a rifle. ‘In the meantime Kim- ball had become perfectly crazed, ana threatened to shoot the first person that made a move toward him. Dur- ing the excitement Mrs. Toomey suc- ceeded in getting away from him and ais into her house, locking the loors. | j By this time the marshal returned ‘with the rifle and ordered Kimball to surrender. Kimball again shot at the officer, this time nearly ending his life with a well-directed bullet. Franz was too exhausted to take effective aim, and offered the rifle to several men standing behind trees and or- dered them to shoot. No one seemed anxious to take chances with Kimball, until an Inoffensive-Looking Stranger, who proved to be a tramp thresher, stepped up and took the weapon. He walked straight toward Kimball and commanded him to surrender. Kim- ball shot again, the bullet passing through the rim of the stranger’s hat. The thresher kept on walking, and when within twenty feet of his op- ponent he saw Kimball once more take aim to fire. Kimball never pulled the trigger, for quicker than a flash the stranger raised the gun and fired — Kimball dropping instantly to the ground. The bullet had taken effect in the top of Kimball’s head. Mrs. Toomey, who was nearly dead from loss of blood, and Kimball were taken to a doctor’s office for examina- tion, and excitement being high, the city officers thought best to remové him to the hospital at New Ulm, and he was hurried away. He may live, and it is expected Mrs. Toomey will recover. Destructive Hailstorm. Sauk Center, Minn., Sept. 10.—A de- structive hailstorm passed three miles east of town yesterday afternoon. Corn was damaged, but the territory was not large. * THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Sept. 9. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern. 84@87c; No, 2 Northern, 82@83c; No. 3, 70@811-2c; rejected, 73@80c; no grade, 70@79¢e. Corn— No. 3 yellow, 53c; No. 3, on track, 511-2c; No. 4 on track, 51¢; no grade, 47@48c. Rye—No. 2, 49@49 1-2c. Minneapolis, Sept. 9.—Wheat — No. 1 hard, 871-2c; No. 1 Northern, 86 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 84 1-2c. Duluth, Sept. 9. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, 87 3-4c; No, 1 Northern, 87 3-4c; No. 2 Northern, 82 3-4c; flax, $1.00 1-2; ‘oats. 35 1-8c; rye, 52c; barley, 35@57c. Milwaukee, Sept. 9. — Wheat — No, 1 Northern, 86@90¢; No. 2 Northern, 84@86c. Rye — No. 1, 54 @ 54 1-zc. Barley—No. 2, 65c. Oats—Standard, 36 1-2@37c. Corn—December, 611-4c. Chicago, Sept. 9. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 821-2@831-2c; No. 3 red, 81@ 83c; No. 2 hard winter, 81@83c; No. 3 hard winter, 78@821-2c; No. 3 spring, 82 @ 89c, Cash Corn—No. 2. 523-4 @ 58c; No. 3, 521-2 @ 523-4c. Cash Oats—No. 2, 34c; No. 8, 33 1-2c. Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 9. — Cattle — Beeves, $4 @ 5; cows, bulls and mixed,$2.50@4; stockers and feeders, $2.50@3.70; calves and yearlings, $2.50 @3.60. Hogs, $5.05@5.25; bulk, 35.15 @5.20. m Chicago, Sept. 9. — Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.30@6; stockers and feeders, $2.50@4.25; calves, $3@6.75; Texas steers, $3.25@5.15; Western steers, $3.25@4.80. Hogs—Mixed ana butchers, $5.20@5.90; good to choice heavy, $5.30@5.65; light, $5.60@6.10; bulk of gales, $5.30@5.60. .Sheep — Good to choice wethers, $3@3.70; fair to choice mixed, $2.25 @ 3; Western sheep, $2.75@3.60; native lambs, $3.50 @4.75: Western lambs, $4@5. South St. Paul, Sept. 9. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $4.25@5; good to choice cows and heifers, $3 @ 4; steer calves. $1.75 @ 2.25; good to choice ‘stock cows and heifers, $2.15@ 2.35; good to choice milch cows, $25@ 45; common to fair, $18@25. Hogs— Price range, $4.60@5.75; bulk, $5.20@ 5.30. Sheep — to choice shorn lambs, $5@5.35; culls and stock lambs, $2.75@4; good to choice ewes, medium weight, $3.15@3.35; heavy, $3@3.25; culls and stock ewes, $2.50@2.75. POTHUNTERS KILL DEER. Game Is Served Freely in Chicago Restaurants. Milwaukee, Sept. 9. — Wisconsin game wardens assert that a party of ten pothurtters has been at work kill- ing deer in large numbers along the Northern Wisconsin line and shipping them to Chicago by boat. The hunters are said to have shipped their game across the Menominee river into Mich- igan, evading the game wardens, and put it on board a small sailing craft, whence it was taken direct to Chicago without passage through Wisconsin. The game wardens were unable to find the game in transit, though they knew that many Chicago restaurants were serving it freely. A stretch of country 200 miles long on the northern borders of the state has been practically stripped of deer within the ‘ast two weeks. SENATOR FERRIS DEAD. Brainerd Bank President and Legis- lator Victim of Appendicitis. Brainerd, Minn., Sept. 9.—A. F. Fer- ris, state senator, representing Crow Wing and Morrison counties, died yes terday morning at 8:15. An operation was performed upon him the previous night for appendicitis, and it was found then that his condition was so far gone that he could not live. The senator was the most prominent busi- ness man in the city. He was president of the First*National bank, besides be- ing interested in various other finan- cial enterprises. WILL NOT BUILD LINE. Road From Janesville to Madison Is Abandoned. Janesville, Wis., Sept. 9—The Janes- ville Traction company yesterday of- ficially announced that it would not build the proposed $1,000,000 | line from Janesville to Madison owing to the condition of the franchise, which made its life thirty-five years instead of fifty years. The company is backed by a Cleveland syndicate. DRINKS CARBOLIC ACID. Despondency Over Death of Wife Causes Suicide, Superior, Wis., Sept. 9—After being dead a week Ole Johnson, a well-to-do carpenter, was found in the barn at the rear of his home, where he had ev- idently committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. Despondency over the loss of his wife a year ago is supposed to have driven him to the deed. He leaves five children. Nine Horses Burned. DEFECTIVE PAGE Fort Dodge, Iowa, Sept. 9.—The liv- ery barn of Fricke Bros. of this city was destroyed by fire in a mysterious manner. A strong smell of kerosene leads to the belief of incendiarism. Nine horses were burned. Charged With Horse Theft. : % Argyle, Minn., Sept. 9.—J. W. Cum- mings was bound over to the district court here, charged with stealing a horse and buggy and $50 in cash from a farmer. He was taken to the county ijail to await thrial. JUDGE FLANDRAU DYING. Prominent Pioneer Minnesotan Is Crit ically 1. St. Paul, Sept. 10. — Judge Charles E. Flandrau is at the point of death at his home, 385 Pleasant avenue. The end is expected at any momept, and the members of his family are at his | bedside. Judge Flandrau has been in poor health for two years suffering from kidney trouble which has slowly undermined his constitution. He had a serious attack three weeks ago, and ‘was compelled to take to his bed. He felt his health rapidly failing-and was compelled last spring to give up his law practice which he had carried on up to that time. In the death of Judge Flandrau St. Paul loses one of its most respected and prominent citi- zens, Minnesota one ‘of her earliest settlers. MAY BE WILD WOMAN. Reputed Mountain Lion Possibly a Human Being. Miller, S. D., Sept. 10—John Reg- genberg, who lives near Campbell’s gulch, says that what is reputed to be the mountain lion that attacked Prof. Snoddy has a voice like a crying or wailing woman, and that it is fre- quently heard at night. The professor said at the time of the attack that the voice was different from anything he had ever heard, the darkness of the night preventing him from obtaining a good view of the beast, except that it was as tall as a man when it stood up to fight. , Accounts of‘ wild men in wooded countries are not infrequent. It is possible that investigation may disclose in this prairie region a wild woman. CONVICT GETS NEW TRIAL. Supreme Court Finds Error in the Former Trial. Madison, Wis., Sept. 10. — The su- preme court has granted a new trial to James Lowe, sent to prison from Neillsville in 1900 for eight years for an attempt to kill his wife. The new trial is granted on the ground of er- rors in the former trial. Lowe set up the plea of insanity, on which the jury disagreed, and legal complications fol- lowed, Lowe’s case was argued at the January term of the supreme court, but the decision, with about twenty others, went over the summer vaca- tion. TRAIN ROBBERS FRUSTRATED. Attempt to Hold Up a Train Prevented by Vigilance of the Crew. Stevensville, Mont., Sept. 10—A bold attempt to hold up the Bitter Root ex- press just east of here yesterday morning was frustrated by the vigil- ance of the crew. A pile of ties had been placed on the tracks. The engi- neer slowed up and backed away as soon as he could. Three men concealed in the bushes jumped out and ran af- ter the train but soon fell behind. The © crew secured arms and returned and threw the ties to one side, after which the express went through unmolested. TRAMPS GET A BATH. Reclining Under Railway Water Tank When It Bursts. Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 10. — Five tramps had an involuntary path at Madison the other day and got a shock to their nervous system. They were reclining under a railroad water tank when, without warning, six of the hoops on the huge raservoir gave way with @ report like a cannon. The ho- boes Who were thus rudely aroused from their midday meditations jumped to their feet and made a wild dash for safety, but not before they were thor- oughly soaked. Killed While Hunting. Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 10.—S. P. Green ‘of Winnebago was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun carried by Frank Wilds, son of a farmer liy- ing near Osnabrock, whom Green was visiting. The two were out hunting and Wilds stepped into a gopher hole and his gun was discharged. The shot took effect in the back of Green’s head. Green leaves a wife and two children. Missing Man Returns. 4 Fort Dodge, Iowa, Sept. 10. — G. C. Perfater, the missing Minneapolis & St. Louis agent at Burnside, who has been causing the railroad company and friends considerable apprehension in the belief that he had been foully dealt with, has at last been located at Plainfield, Ill, at the home of his parents. He has returned to his posi- tion. Woman Dead on Prairie. Sturgis, S. D., Sept. 10. — An un- known woman was found dead on the prairie away from all roads on the alkali sixteen miles east of here. The body was discovered by some children. Railroad Man Killed. “ Washburn,, Wis., Sept. 10.—William Heats, superintendent of construction on the Washburn & Northwestern rail- road, was killed by an Omaha passen- ger train in this city last night. He was walking on the track. Heavy Rain in Wisconsin. Ashland, Wis., Sept. 10. — Within the past twenty-four hours there has been nearly three inches of rainfall in Northern Wisconsin. In many places the roads are flooded and impassable ~ and streams are badly swollen.