Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-15
WASHINGTON.

| WAsHIN0roN.S Aug. II "A statement o
the facts concerning the Texas cattle dis
ease. made by j. II. Dodge, statistician q
the Department of Agriculture, as the result
OF an extended invests CATION, makes the fol
lowing points,
First. That the disease is communicated
by cattle FROM Texas. Florida, and other
portions Of the Gulf coast
Second, That such disease itself is un
known in Texas or on the Cult coast
Third, Taat the cattle communicating il
are not only apparently healthy. but gene
rally improving III condition.
Ath That while local herds receiving the
infection nearly all die. they neveri com
municaic the disease 10 others.
9th. That either a considerable increase
in elevation at distance OF :onr or I've
degrees Of latitude from the starting point
Is necessary to develop the virus into activ
itv and virulency, ant further progress ol
two degrees Of latitude and a few weeks ere
the time is sutllcient TO eliminate the poison
from the system.
9th. That Texas cattle removed 10 other
miasmatic sections, as the Mississippi lot
toms up the 10th parallel, communicate no
infection 10 local herds.
'ih. Medication has thus far been II no
avail. ], concludes that the disease cannot
become general; that il can exist only with
Y movement ut Texan cattle, viii I'll sls.n d
= 'csuated and suppressed. and that /,
Spes not result from climatic causes.
" ASHlSeToH. Aug. 1.-THE .unor. Il,
iha,slcus stevens took place this morning
at nine O'Clock The Ger. monies were cor
Quoted IN iac Eotunda Of the Capitol. auu
The remains left Tor. Lancaster in "a sreeM..
car at ten o'clock
The iotrrda vas oeen sll last night. All
lN1Id 81 hnnor. composed of twenty We
~ tAasts Of Tie Butler Z5Gaves rcmalnr,,
WIN zee corpse. TIE crowd of visitors.
o9'r h'efk Snc whit. kept streaming H.
AL u ~ y. M. w.snihe plumber grew
I y a'i ~ midnight pc;rt feiene,l IN the
IH.'t By this rnoeGinc the crowd be-
AZ - assemble rear the Capi.a'. Visitors
~ trle'iae Tx r5landa passed around
lle sci'4 10 nave a last look u The Separ,ed
nSv, being posted II each corner 81
The ct islque 10 di,ec, persons and prevent
I'D crowd from assembling about tho coffin
Geo L. Brown, Sergeant-a.-arms OF the
Senate. who bad Charge os TIE funeral man.
agrmcns. ard Gen Eakiu who con,,nr,cd
the ar'aug.m, nj. on The part OF III. tamilv
oi the deceased, nd Gen Michlen, Co.,-
msssi',tr 81 Public Buildings. were ~,
hni.: ~ a. c,ty hour p-ri, ctiag all ~.
'ar' tmsnis 1T tbs services. The pan.
u, ,tsrf. s'v''t rr''ltmcn from lancaster
connt,. Mo .ee, sn:.@Ei,a,le remains were
j. NJ Ia,k., samuel iiou~,.n. i. ; S,aJ.
| ION. ] .IslAsa JAca's. Jr4 eass. T.. s
Proe;oi. VI. /. Isiua an q Eastcn.
They wi.ltcl aa l,-ii fsr',r. ,9sil the body
Reaches Liasa>s.r.
a. five minutes ins; ei-i.. =, lock they
were ranged upon egier si''e ~ The ,fin
and iininediately IN re-r q. ;,,u, was the
guard ui Butler Z3u .y.s with side aims
~ tie head 81 the G. lin ci.iis we're NJ
! rarstd ior the inmi'v - the i. csxs.~. = n
s'o's rrnmbuil Sad ctn.er srl the C. N
u"''se 81 tie W1s.nuesua cst. c-nrsl
were rrt sent and joined Ia the procession
aud saciily after. the minis;es. attending
physician. the family and Servants III The
deceased entered, when the services were
commenced BY reading from the 9th Psalu