Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-31
EASTERN NEWS.
.soc,.rEp PRESS DISPATCHES
- r.x., Fever scare

e.
csftie "A ,bsra are no fresh arrivals.
dsWn, eff4ssed in ths lot have been
1n.7e iocaI butchers, subject 70 rigid
solo No other cattle Ia the yard
insP'0san affected in the least. tn.
~ ~ cattle. it ia asserted. % not com
A,;cate the disease known a5 leAS
ILL., That malady comes from mo-
psn Teams, which are never aHec so
vss-.s.lyas. As the disease Vas Drought
to bv improved cattle, and not ny
IT, .k direst from Texas, M tur'hsr
ss ,,a 40 far as other cattle are coa-
s.,ned. il sppre1ended-
oerro.eo. July 30-A dispatch lust re-
ed from the stock yards, ammo Inces
-. nine carloads more OF cattle affect
I1 va rexss fever. have arrived. They
49, over the Burlington railway from
49, go. City. and BELONGED TO the same
It. who sent IN the others. Ihey
20, ,eatsd in the same way, those al
800 nth the disease being shot, and
The others isolated
"" Covsruor Hamilton arrived IN Chica 20
Sn;nofieId today. State Veteri
10 .;an Paaren called upon him u talk
ns The diseased cattle discovered at
- s.oek wards, and supposed to have
VIZ Taxas f.vef The veterinarian told
w 6ova,nor that information had besn
.N.s.s;vsd that another carload OF cattle
aa,;no from fever were on the way to
SA.saao While ca route last night the
s IN charge heard of the killing yes
.".s,y nv the Health Department. Inc
20 then attempted 10 drop the cattle
s.sv,v station. bat the eitiZsns obIeit-
- Tha cattle we're then carried on
"a isft at jacksonville. where they are
The conference bet xeen the Gov
s,,o, and DIR. Paaren lasted an hour.
Pasren received Instructions To proceed
a. Jacksonville and investigate the dIs-
ssss He Was aISO ordered To conduct a
minute and technical investigation at
,hs stock Yards and the Governor says
thai if the naIady proves to be the
Tsras fever, he will immediately Instl-
tuts A rigid quarantine. so long as the
,cfes,ed cattle are killed within twelve
hoors after their arrival In town tho
Hsalth Commissioner thinks there IL no
Danger of the disease spreading. Tue
CommisIouer Saws 1t Vas we'll tn It the
infac,ed cattle were brolght TO Chicago
iastsad OF being shipped along upon
ths prairie or IN small villages. Here
The suspected animals can bs killed and
sartsd TO the big rendering establish
meots. Only Kansas City and Chicago
have sueh facilities for disposin2 of sick
cattle without danger There is no 90
easion whatever, the Commissioner says,
for the public at large to feel at all
alarmed.
KANSAS CrTF, July 30.-There are no
Developments here today concerning
tae supposed cattle fever. There have
been about the usual NUMBER of re
celpts
Docs Not Excite Alarm.
LINCOLN (Neb.), July 30.-rhs out
break of disease among cattle ~ Max
we'll does not excite alarm, being re-
garded As purely local and due to bad
ssier or to too much crowding. Tue
commission appointed by Governor
Dawes has not reported yet, but may be-
beard from today.
Disease
WASHINGTON, July 30" Have YOU
received anv reports regarding the out
break of cattle disease in tue West p
ssksd an Associated Press reporter Of
DE-. Salmon, Veterinarian of the DE.
partmeLt of Agriculture.
YES, wa have a few kilograms from
Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado, notify
ing us of the outbreak of the disc ,se
and asking assistance. We can, how
ever, give them nothing but advice.
The law provides that the Commiss oner
Of Agriculture may expend the appro-
piatiOn, in co operati n With the State
authorities, only when necessary To pre-
vent disease from spreading To other
States, The disease affects only native
cattle, and Is not communicable from
them. They take II from places where
Southern animals have pastured. South
eru animals do not sicken, but they
alone communicate the disease. The
disease is Texas fever. | have no doubt
Of IL. IL does not come from Texas
alons, however. but from many por-
tons Of the South"
"Is not the outbreak in Chicago esi-
dence that the disease il carried fron
State to State ~
81 think not, "a contagious cattle
which are affected in Chicago probably
took II from pens where Southern cattle
had been fed. The affected cattle will
II Ia surprising" continued DIR. salmon,
that people do not learu the nature of
this thing. Here We have this out
break year after year, but vet NO
measures 10 prevent it are taken"
What steps are necessary to pre-
vent IL p
Southern cattle should only be
movsd in winter. They may be moved
then without danger of communicating
the disease. Southern cattle, ~ | have
said, do not suffer frem the disease.
and 10 Is only discovered in their SIS.
ten by close post Diorfea examina-
tion. Thsy ara not injured as beef
The provisions of the new law, | AN
inclined to think, will prohibit any in-
teffereuce with the shipment Of cattle
direct 10 market. Tbs danger is rot so
great In that CASE as when they are sent
Nssh ts be hvrded for Q time"
Morrison IL Avenged.
COLUMBUS (O) July 30.-Joseph H.
Osthawalte, on the seventh ballot, was
nominated by the Dem ,cratic Couven
uoa. 10 succeed George l.. G inverse.
Attempted Suicide Of Congressman
Calbertsoa
WASHINGTON. July 3e.-Coagressms An
Vuoertson, of Kentucky, VINO repre-
Snts the Ashland Dldsic,. of thN
nate, attempted suicide today at the
National Hotel. He fired several shot I,
Que Of which entered the right temple,
coming out near the ear on the oppo-
s'se side Of the head. He IN still lIv-
ing, but II in \ oriticd condition. The
oaly eAass assigned for his attemp, at
suicide Is the nervous depression rs-
sait'ng from little too free use Oh
Mnalants Daring the hot weather.
The Life saving service.
WARRINGTON July @.-Special Agent
burma, Of the Treasury Department,
snsfeed with the investigation of Ger
vain charges against the management Of
700 NE saving service, and against Su-
psflntendent kimoall of that service,
ssico we're made in nm article publish
q 70 an Erie, Pennsylvania, newspaper
- January last. has made a report 10
.1s Secretary of the Treasury. He finds
sse Charges TO have been instioated by
uepsNn Ottinger, and published with
W. malice by the newspaper, and that
seu material alleg alton contained in
as cnafees as published Ia false. The
e1v'ce was right in adopting the Lyle
suns as u Is superior to any guns
ssaent TO his notice during the inves
asson. and fills all the requirements
esser man any of them. Every station