Omaha daily bee., 1884-03-17
Lowell Tells of Foot and Mouth
Ravages in England,
Further Relative to the Scourgt
in Louisa County, Iowa.
A General Feeling that the Contagion
Has Been Exaggerated.
THE CATTLE PLAGU
KILLING AND BURNING.

Reports no aphtny tnere, Dut iounu some
cows suffering from milk leg. A case is
reported near Halls Summit, Coffey
county, and the committee have gone
there to investigate. Two Denver sur
geons are here experimenting with reme-
dies.
The secretary of the quarantine COM
mittee has been instructed to correspond
with the superintendent of roads near
here, asking them to require a health
bill from the committee, before receiving
cattle for shipment. Quarantine is rigid
ly enforced, with the destruction of five
infected herds, and through the disinfec-
ton of the premises. All danger is over
Lieutenant Governor Finney and other
members of the quarantine committee 90
to Topeka tomorrow for the purpose of
giving testimony before the legislature
is denied.
NO DISEASE IN ILLINOIS.
SrRINoFIELD, ILL.,, March 16.-Gov-
ernor Hamilton to-day received dispatches
from Professor Morrow, of the State
Agricultural university, and DR.. N. H.
Paaren, the state veterinarian, saying
there were no cases of foot and mouth
disease in Efingham county, this state.
AN ILLINOIS EXPERTS TESTIMONY.
EFFINGHAM, Ills, March 16.-Simon
Beattie, an expert sent here by The
Breeders Gazette, to investigate the cat
tie plague supposed to be prevailing in
this vicinity, and a person who has given
the foot and mouth disease careful study,
not only in this country, but in Canada
and Scotland, after making a close in
vestigation of the afflicted herds here
makes the following statement to the
Associated Press: "The foot and mouth
disease reported to be prevalent In
Efiingham and adjoining counties proves,
upon investigation to be
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
In fact, l visited the largest herd in
Etlingham county to-day that was said to
be afflicted with foot and mouth disease,
the herd belonging to Robert +. Heating
who resides seven miles north of Ehing-
ham, and found his cattle suffering from
lOul Ill Viz iOOU VI luOt EObs Dub tlOU IL Bill
gle indication of the other disease. Mr..
Heating had a herd of 81 cattle, part OF
which became afflicted with foul in the
foot about January LIST, and having nc
attention paid to them, the disease has
grown steadily worse until some of them
lost their hoof and feet. The disease ia
confined to calves or the younger portion
of the herd. The old cattle and sheep
that run in the same pasture having
NO SIGNS OF THE DISEASE.
whatever. Of the twenty which have
been affected, six were said to have been
killed, leaving fourteen in various stages
of the disease, not one of whichhave any
indication of a diseased mouth, and every
one of which have ravenous appetites,
indicating poor feeding. / have had
over thirty years experience in the foot
and mouth disease, having seen hundreds
| of cases, and, from careful examination Of
| these cases, am quite certain that these
| cattle are not affected with foot and
mouth disease. From information gath
cred here in regard to other cases re
ported in this and adjoining counties, ]
am convinced they are similar, and that
no foot and mouth disease exists In thii
section of the state"
II DISEASE IN ENGLAND.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Ministel
Lowell has written to the department Of
state regarding the prevalence of foo
and mouth disease among the cattle il
England He says the prevalence of thu
disease has been adroitly used by thu
friends of protection and the enemies o
the party in power for the purpose o
bringing to the surface and making &C
tive a certain amount of political discon
tent. 1t has not been difficult to per
suade the agricultural classes that thei,
losses have been due to the
UNwIsE AND EVEN CULPABLE LAXITy.
of the government in the admission o
foreign cattle. The question has assum
ed so much of political Importance as t.
give some anxiety to the government
Mr.. Low ell refers to the bill passed b,
the house of lords with respect to tn
importation of cattle, and says it nov
goes to the house of commons, with
probability of passing. The wish of thu
farmers. Lowell says, is for absolute ex
fusion hut this is difficult TO obtain
The privy council may, on account @
this claim, find themselves compelled Il
oiopt measures which, in principle, the.
disapprove, Should the protectionist
and farmers succeed in bringing abou
anything like the
EXCLUSION OF FOREIGN CATTLE,
there will soon be even a more powerful
reaction brought about by the highe
prices of meat that would inevitable fol
low. Mr.. Lowell recommends a vigor
Gus inspection and answering resolution
in stamping out every spark of the ex
sting contagion. Were such q cours
~persevered in, he says it would produce
conviction in England as nothing, especd
ally no mount Of argument, ever coul'
or will.
THE sC0URGE IN IOWA.
DIES MONIES, March I5.-Gov. Shel
man is in receipt of the following lette
from the board of trustees in Louis
county, where the cattle disease ha
broken out:
TO His Eecdieacy, Coz Sherman:
At a meeting of the township trustee
called for the purpose Of taking action in n
gard 10 the epidemic believed to be what
called foot and mouth disease, which ha
broken out In tho herd Of Jonathan Drake