, 1884-03-09
THE KANSAS EPIDEMIC.
Efforts Being Put Forth to Stamp Out
and Prevent the Spread Of the
Mouth and Foot Disease.

Click has just returned from Woodson
county. where he has been investigat-
ing the new mouth and foot disease
among the cattle, and he says that he
found the situation bad enough, indeed.
In answer to the reporters inquiry,
the governor said that an immense
meeting of citizens was held on
Wednesday evening at Neosho Falls.
At that meeting a committee of six
was appointed, with Lieutenant Gov
ernor Finney as chairman. 1t was
decided to adopt quarantine regulations
at once, establish a dead line, and see
what can be lone toward raising
money enough to buy up all the diseased
cattle and kill them. The governor
further stated that he made a PROPOSE
ton at the meeting that IL Lieutenant
Governor Fiuney, the state senators,
legislators and prominent stockmen
would give their names as security. he
would execute a state note to them for
the amount Of money required, with
the understanding that he would
recommend at the next session of the
legislature that the amount be appro-
priated by the state. He also advised
that the commissioners OF Woodson
county make a similar note. and appro-
pirate it out of the money in the county
treasury. The committee was to have
u meeting, and his excellency felt conf
dent that they would act upon his suR-
g~estion. AS yet the disease is confined
to one neighborhood, about five miles
square, and one hundred head of cattle
are afflicted, but 1t is spreading very
rapidly, and unless it is checked soon,
1t is likely to become q serious cpl
demic.
LEGIsLATIvE AID INVOKED.
Emporia, March Sat a largely at
tended meeting Of cattle men, business
men and other citizens, to take action
regarding the mouth-and-foot disease,
the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has been clearly estab-
lished that the disease known as the
foot-and-moIth disease prevails in an
epidemic form among the cattle and
other domestic animals in certain
localities of the state, and
WHEREAS, There is no law existing
in the state to stamp out or quarantine
such dangerous disease among our do
nestle animals, therefore
Resolved, That the governor of the
state be requested to convene a special
session of the legislature for the pur-
pose Of at once taking such action as
the present exigency demands.
1t was further resolved that the
stock interest of the state be requested
to organize in each county and request
the governor to convene a special ses-
sion at an early date.
The meeting adjourned subject to
call of the executive committee.
Affairs on the cattle ranches are
about as reported yesterday. No new
developments.
osAGE COUNTY IN LINE.
Usage, hanbds, "dICu o.-1uo CdtLio
men Of this county at a meeting here
tonight, adopted a resolution requir-
ing the governor to call a special session
Of the legislature to take action regard
ing the mouth-and-foot disease nov af-
ficting the cattle in some localities in
this state. also providing for a mass
meeting of the stock men to be held
here next Saturday, to perfect a thor
ough county organization. There are
no diseases In this county, vet cattle
men propose to prevent its introduc-
ticn.
QUARANTINE
Pueblo, March o.-ln consideration
OF the TACT that the dreaded 100 and
mouth disease mas MADE its appearance
among the Cattle herds OF KANSAS, the
Cattle Growers association should ap-
instructions to see that no cattle from
that state shall be driven or shipped in
to Colorado. 1t is perfectly natural,