The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-08-16
SENSATION AT MONTREAL.
A NUMBER OF Importing Firms Dete
In Frauds on the Revenue

Number of Importing Firms Detected
In Frauds on the Revenue.
MONTREAL, Aug. 2.-The customs
officers have made seizures of valuable
goods imported from the United States
and entered under value, with the in
tention of defrauding the revenue, from
some of the wealthiest and largest
wholesale firms in Montreal. The first
descent was on +. & A. Eaves, where a
seizure was effected to the amount of
$4,000, and the warehouse of Schwobb
Bros, diamond and watch importers.
VIM. Eaves and II. A. Saunders, whole
| sale jewelers., were next visited. Large
seizures We're made, the value of which
is at present unknown. The affair
created sensation in the jewelry trade.
Other seizures were expected. 1t is
rumored that several large seizures we're
made out of Montreal, but nothing
definite can be learned. Only few
months since A. & f. Eaves had to pay
$4,000 and VIM. Eaves $5, 900 for en-
tering goods for eighteen months pre-
viously under an exactly similar charge.
Diseased Cattle.
CHICAGO, Aug. Am outbreak OF
Texas cattle fever has caused much ex-
citement among cattle men in the
Southwest. Kansas City officials state
that consignment of cattle was re-
celved there from the Indian Territory
which were affected with Spanish or
Texas fever, though it was not known
at the time. A portion of them were
shipped to Manhattan, Kas., the re-
mainder to Chicago. A Manhattan
dispatch says fifteen of the herd died
after they arrived from Kansas City.
About seventy in all died. Texas or
Spanish fever appeared in the vicinity
of Hiawatha, Kas. A number
of animals have died and sew
eral have been shot. Some weeks
ago train loaded with Texas cattle
passing north was partially wrecked
near Hiawatha and some stray animals
left behind. 1t is supposed they COM
municated the disease, which began to
spread rapidly. Reports from North
Platte state that Texas fever
has broken out among the herds
at and near Brady Island in West
ern Nebraska that 100 head have died,
and that others are in dying condi-
condition. Last May bunch of Texas
cattle was herded at Ogalalla, TIA miles
east of Cheyenne. The place where
they were bedded afterward was fenced
in, and there small herd of native cat
tie contracted the disease. About 200
have died. A bunch of native bulls,
which have been grazed at Ogalalla, are
now affected at RawLns. Twenty five
have died and the remaining seventy
five are expected to. The diseased cat
tie that reached Chicago were killed and
the meat condemned.
BURLINGTON, n. j., July 30.-The ap-
pearance of the cattle disease among
the herds in Mercer and Burlington
Counties has caused considerable alarm,
and it is feared that the disease is
spreading rapidly. Five deaths have
already occurred in the herds of John
V. Ely, near Hightstown, and two other
animals showing symptoms have been
ordered killed. A post-mortem exam
inatlon of large steer that had died
showed that the lungs were enlarged
beyond their natural size. The cells
were filed with solid matter and the
weight of each lung increased tenfold
An examination of the other infected
cattle showed one lung entirely closed
by the disease, while the other was en-
tirely healthy