Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-07

They we're branded the same as the
/ herd which was found to be diseased yester-
DAY, and are from Southwestern Kansas.
fifteen were found dead In the cars, fifty
i've had been thrown out dead on the way
and great many others we're sick and had
been tramped on. DR.. POaren, State Veter-
marian, and DR.. De Wolfe, City Health
commissioner, declare the trouble to be
bloody muTriSn.
The entire herd, including those of yes
terday, were ordered 10 be killed making
ABOUT 600 head in all. Officials declare that
the cattle were evidently diseased before
shipment, and from all that can be learned,
the entire herd was in the Kansas City
Stock Y Yards thirty days before their ship
ment to this city. In view of the fact that
the cattle were thoroughly qUaTantined be-
fore being killed, it is not believed the trOu-
Die, Whetherit is Texas fever or bloody
murrain, viii extend any further.
HLAwATHA.
Hiawatha, Kansas, special says: Texas or
| Spanish lever has appeared in this vicinity.
A number Of animals have died and several
have been shot. Some weeks ago a train
/ loaded with Texas cattle passing north was
! partially wrecked, nea-. this place, and
some stray animals were left behind. 1t is
supposed they communicated the disease
which was first observed within the past
few days and began 10 spread rapidly. Ev-
cry effort is being made to check its pro
gress.
MANHATTAN.
A Manhattan, Kansas, special says there
have been fifteen additional deaths from
| Texas fever in the shipment of cattle re-
/ ceiVed here from Kansas City. The herd
4 had been driven from Cimarron river to
! Caldwell, crossing the Texas cattle trail on
/ the way. From Caldwell they were sent
! to Kansas City by rail, where they were
bought by Major Adams and at once ship
/ ped here. The sickness OF the animals hrSt
! appeared on their way 10 this place. Vet
| erinarian Holcombe is expected soon
! Experts here do not anticipate an epidemic
/ believing the disease is not communicable
/ except through Texas cattle.
NEBRASKA.
/ Information of the cattle disease, said tc
/ be Texas fever, prevalent at Maxwell, Neb.
| was read here the 18th, Gov. Dawes i'm
| investigate, which will report tomorrow
! Commissioners LOring has also ordered Dr.
| TrumboWer, of Illinois, to Maxwell.
OMAHA.
! Omaha, Neb., special says the Texas fevel
! has broken out among the cattle in that vi
! cinity, At Brady Island, in Western Ne
/ braska, 100 animals are dead and hundred!
more will probably die. Experts are OF
the ground investigating, and Gov. Dawes
/ has promised to send a commission of Yete
! rinarians. Steps will be taken to proven
| the further importation of cattle from thu
| injected regions OF Ie1aS W1GnOuG q JnOr
| ough quarantine.
ILLINOIS.
! A dispatch from Roodhouse, Ill, says six
teen car loads of cattle from the IndiaI
| Territory arrived at the Chicago & AltO1
Stock Yards there Sunday night
Nineteen head died on the road from
| Kansas City, and it was believed the whOl
lot were infected with Texas fever. Al
that could stand up, twelve car loads, wer
forwarded to Chicago. The remainder
seVentv-tWO in number, were dead Mon
day morning. Andy Jacobs, OF Kansa
City, in charge of the cattle, denied tina
| they had Texas fever, and said that they
were poisoned by eating loco weeds on thu
trail, but L. G. Tiffany, veterinary surgeon
from Jacksonville, pronounces the diseas,
Texas fever. The stock yards at RoOdhOust
have been disinfeCted with lime, and cattI
for Chicago by this route were unloaded a
Jacksonville last night instead OF a
ROOdhouse. The matter caused grea
excitement among the cattle and railroad
men.
THURSDAY.
The disease is being investigated in al
States where it has made its appearance
and the temporary scare it OccasiOned ha
abated. 1t is now thought that it can easil,
be eradicated.