Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-31
THE DISEASED yArrLE.
sl.ugnI OF Condemned dAuImsIs-ChicaEo
Local Butchers Purchases

At the Union stookyards, Chicago, there
have been no further developments re.
garding the Texas fever. The diseased
cattle have been slaughtered and CON-
demned. Those unaffected in the lot have
been sold 10 local butchers subject TO rigid
inspection. No other cattle In the yards
have been affected in the least. Sick cat
tie, it Is asserted, do not communicate the
disease known as Texas fever. That
malady comes from Through Texas cat.
tie, which are never affected themselves.
AS the disease was brought here by i'm.
proved cattle, and not by stock direct
from Texas, no further trouble 80 far "a
other oI.tle are concerned IS apprehsnded.
A dispatch from tha stookyards au-
nounces that nine carloads more Of af-
fected cettle have arrived there. They
came over the Burlington railway from
Kansas City, and belonged to the same
parties who sent in the others. They
were treated 10 the slme way. Those af.
fected with the disease were shO: and the
others isolated.
Governor Hamilton arrived ~ Chicago
from Springfield yesterday. state Vetcri
marian Paaren called upon him 10 talk
about the disease discovered at the stock
yards, which is supposed to bo Texas
fever. DR.. Paaren told the governor that
information had been received this morn
iIg that another carload OF cattle suffer
ing from the fever was on the way to
Chicago, and that while en- route the men
in charge Of the stock heard Of the killing
Of diseased auimals by the health de
partment, and thGTeupOn attempted to
drop the animals at way stations, but the
citizens objected. The cattle were then
carried on aud left at jacksonville, where
they are now.
The conference between DR. Paaron and
tho governor lasted one hour. The doctor
was instructed TO proceed to Jacksonville
and investigate the disease and to conduct
minute and technical investigation at
the stockyards. The governor says that
if the malady proves To b3 Texas
fever he will Immediately institute a
rigid quarantine. As long as tho infected
cattle arc killed within twelve hours after
their arrival in town tho health commits
Gioner thinks there is no danger Of the
disease spreading. 1t would DO different il
the cattle were shipped of to fatten. There
would then be a possibility Of tho disease
spreading.
The commissioner says IL is we'll that the
infected cattle was brought To Chicago,
instead of being dropped along the way on
the prairie or in small villages, FOR hero
the suspected animals can DO killed and
carted to largo rendering establishment.
Only Kansas City and Chicago have such
facilities for disposing OF sick cattle
without danger. There is no occasion, the
commissioner states, for the public at large
to feel at all alarmed
Information that tho cattle disease, said
to DO Texas fever, Is prevalent at Max
well, Neb., has been received. Governor
Dawes Of Texas, Immediately dispatched a
commission TO investigate. C0mmissioner
Loring has also ordered DR.. Trambower,
of Illinois. to Maxwell.
Tho outbreak docs not excite alarm. 1t
is regarded as purely local, and due to bad
wator or too much orowdiDg,