The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-17
DANGER.
The Devastating emiie Disease
Making Ecai,uI taeadNaS
Millions ~ stake,
4 Nunificent Offer ny One ~ the
CattIe ktnSs OF the west To
tEraJic,'e The Disease.

llhul INC kNushN Ivy new tNptu II.
y News reporter wa, introduced
TO MIR. \. j. Snidcr, one OF kan~a,
tity's milionaircs and one of the
leading stochmen in The west, at the
stock Exchange tins afternoon.
"Mr Snider' asked the reporter,
NWhat do YOU know of the cattle dis
ease i'll Galloway county,
Governor Marmadukc was in Kan
Sas city ON "Wednesday aud met
number nt siochmcu in regard to- the
matter"
ibid not IA committee of Kansas
City stoCkmcu 60 TO the capital to see
the governor about the matter"
Eyes, Mcssrs. Il. plait. j. Il. StollGr,
and l.. l.. thilds, superintendent
stock yards. \. Il. Matthews and my
self went To the state capital ut the
request of Governor Murmaduhc.
whore we met the governor and the
nthcr state officers. We also met the
commissioner of agriculture, Mr. Col
luau, and the United States vctcrina-
ny surgeons, together with II commit
tee of fifty other prominent stuckmcn
of the state
What WAS the result of your meet
ing?'
"Wcll. they agreed that it was adj
Nisahlc to rccouNcne the Legislature
and pass an appropriation To cradi-
cate the disease from the infected dis
triCt in galloway county,
"lloW many ARE infected
"trum 900 to 300 are affected and
have been uNposcd To the disease
"Iln- the state suffered from the
disease 50 iar:'
"lIIk sToUK INTERESTS
have already been deprecated by
over S3oOOU, and if the disease is not
speedily crndicatcd the cutirc state
will be more or less affected, and to
the extent of millions of dollars
1 w hat do YOU call the disease
/ "plcuru-pncumonin in its muI viz
.ulcnt form and the danger is very
great. 1t cost Massachusetts ak mil
lion dollars to eradicate ii and six
years of hard work. Colorado and
New Mexico are already qnarantincd
against Missouri, and il it is not
speedily cradicatcd the entire west
will quarantine against Us.
~ AUSTRALIA.
In Australia the entire stock was
destroyed by the disease. This will
give M idea OF it, ruvag"s.'
"Our markets are already suffering,
Ia, no cattle can he sold on account of
this disease. The bankers of Gala
way county who have advanced mon
cy are appealing To the people to adj
vance sin more money to eradicate
the disease. The infected stock should
be killed There are 500 Injected
cattle, or cattle that have been expos
ed mostly blood"d. The expense of
ciadirnting the disease Will not hc
lo~- than S5O0oN, and such nm Hppru.
priatiou should be made ny the state.
4 Mr'Snider's appIl hcnsiom ~ 10 the
disease may best be Judged by the
following Telegram sent to the Gov
crnor TODAY;
Kmsns city. Aptii ii.-liou John 5 Marina
duke Governor STATE OF Missouri Jefferson
tity, Mo.
Rcnliling the critical condition Of
the cattle Interests of not only thi'
state. but that of the entire west, from
contagious ru-pucumOnia, now
existing in Galloway county, md
vicinity, aud approaching the neccssl-
Nv on prompt HtllbH III lnt nlhLltls az
so the fact that under existing law
Won have not the power To order the
killing of the cattle which have been
exposed, | hereby offer my credit To
the extent of onG-tGnth of Whatever
amount may he necessary to buy and
destroy all cattle that have been cN-
posed in any manner, the expenditure
not to exceed $4,000 Trusting my
action MAY be the means of aiding
YOU in stamping out This fearful dis
case from the west. remain, your
truly, ANDN j. SNIpFH.
Mr. ~Didcr SAYS that the di-aa-'
wa, brought here about one montl
ngo from Illinois. through n hloodcd
bull that was imported.
EJcry ilrst-class dealer sells Opera
Pun cigarettes. VIII not stick TO The
lips
The best smoking tobacco is Little
Joker"
Harry 4. Whitman furnishes tho
following, TO swell the long list oI
siuular testimonials "Ihc under
signed. "A resident of Fort WAYNE. Ind