Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-06
Recommendations Of the Cattle
Commission Onth0 Subject Of
PleurO-P Pneumonia.
The Secretary Of the Interior
Censured for Proposing to
Lease the Park.
Lively Debate In tho Senate on tho
Presidential SUGGESTION.
CAPITAL DIE
Dispatch to TIN Bss.
CATTLE PLAGUE.

WASHINGTON, d. c., January o.
In discussing the question of the
admission of American store cattle to
Great Britain, the cattle commission
report says: II Is vain to hope that
England will remove restrictions as
loug Rs We fsil to chow that the last
vestige of infection has been wiped
out from our land, and nothing short
of absolute and undeniable extinction
Of this disease In the United States
will open the British market to our
live cattle q nd a Is those millions
we are ROW every year prodigally, We
might almost say insanely, throwing
away The report estimates the
yearly losses from the lung plague in
the United S ates Nat from 1000, 900
to- 5000, 900 head. The capital rep
resented by the present yearly losses at
8 per CEN would be from $40, 900, 900
to $50, 600, 600, and that represented
by prospective Losses at the same rate,
81, 900, 900, 900. The governing prin.
ciple In all these recommendations is
that the federal government shall for.
bid the movement Of store cattle out
Of any infected state, except after
quarantine, such 40 is now Imposed on
cattle imported from infected foreign
countries. The report recommends
that tho secretary of tho treasury b.
empowered to order the instant de
structlon of all animals which In
quarantine give any evidences
of q dangerous contagious disease.
LEASING YELLOWSTONE PARK.
On the frat OF September last ACT
ing Secretary of the Interior Joslyn
agreed to ]oGse to Csnol T. Hobart
and Honry +, Douglass u territory of
4 440 ACRES within the Yellowstone
national park for hotel purpos %. Ho.
bart and Douglass associated with
them Rufue Hatch and the lerss wls
drawn ready for signature, On Do,
cember 1th the senate at the instance
of Senator Vest inalructed the aecre.
tary Of the interior to furnish the SEN
ate with copies of the agreement and
proposed lease. The matter was re-.
ferred to the committees on territorie,
to investigate and the committee in.
olines to the conolusion that the in.
terror department. has transcended it,
authority in making tho agreement
! and agreed to report the bill clearly
defining the duty of the department
and also extending the are
Of the park TO the cas-
to a line north and south tbrougl
Cedar mountain and south ward to tn
44th parallel, north latitude, an add
ton of 1884 square miles, whole are,
of which would be 6.G44 square miles
1 The bill provides that all terrltor,
within the limits of the park shall b.
withdrawn from settlement, occu
1 psnoy or sale, and set apart as a publ
, park or pleasure ground for the peopl
Of the United States. Tho presen
treGpsssers will be removed an,
further trespass prevented, troops t,
. be used if necessary. Fish shall onl.
be taken with u hook and line ant
; killing of game prohibited. The score
: tary Of the Interior may grant leases I o
terms not exceeding ten years of small
; parcels of ground, but no more groun,
y shall DO leased than is necessary TO
/ hotels or storehouaes for the accom-
m~ouation OF visitors, and the necer
sary outhouaes, and for gardening o
{ grazing land in connection with tn
: hotels, but NJ exclusive privilege O
u monopoly Of any kind shall DO granite
which shall In any manner interior
o with free and unrestrained access O
I the public to all portions of the park
The extension Of the limits Of tn
park was recommended by the con-
mittee upon the suggestion of Ger
eral Sheridan, who has, as command
er the military department embracin
the park, made a careful study Of tn
!, country and was convinced that tn
q reservation should include the pre-
posed eItention on account of gee
!, graphical and other physical cUnd
tlonH.
WAR CLAIMS.
The house committee on war claim
a agreed to report favorably the claim
q of Cap. Nicholas Bigley Tor $2l0
coo, tina alleged value of the steamC
Hercules aud tow If coal d~eBtroye
on tho Mississippi at Memphis
1868 and Of Mary Jane Veazle fl
So, 600 for property taken BY II
y United State, troops a. NatchI2 du
81 Ing tho war.
u OLD WAR CLAIMS.
=. The house committee on war clair
~ to-day agreed to report flvorably {
y the r osencraps bill allowing tho STA
of California $50, 600 for the mon,
psld by the state on account of G
penses in the Indian wars and autho
izlng the treasury department TO Sc
a., tie also favorably the claim of Ca
- tain Nicholas j, Bigley for $21,2l
~ the value OF the steamer Hercules a
- a tow of coal destroyed at MempI
~ in 1868.
The house committee on naval affa
ogread 70 ask In appropriation 81.
cient to build two heavy armor
cruiFera, one cruiser Of 4 600 and thI
cruisers Of $500 tone; also for q Z
TER patch boat 9nd u torpedo boat, all
o' Oe If steel. II was agreed further,
the event Of tho appropriation bel
,m made in q bulk, to urge that half of
~ work be let at public contract
, FRUIT FOR III FLUSKEY5.
The senate naval committees
w. day agreed on a general bill, viii
,us will allow tho government officers
.od tho United States TO receive med
ny from foreign governments,
sJ The house Judiciary committee
day, after discussing Knott's resol
tion declaring all Northern Pac