Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

terested in the removal OF the cattle auaranr
tine from Wsltham to Littleton, Mass.
An Associated press reporter ssked the com.
missioner of agriculture to-day for information
respecting the outbreak Of pleuro pneumonia
In Missouri. He said in reply that the dis.
ease had thus far been confined to q single
county, and that the people of the state were
acting theoretically and i~ntelligently for its
eradication. Their great difficulty was q lack
Of funds. He thought the legislature Of Mis-
souri, ought to be called together to
make more liberal provisions TO meet
this emergency. But there was doubts
whether its members had been edu-
Gated up to the point of taking the
only efficient means possible for the suppress
that no outbreak of this disease, either in the
United States or abroad, had ever been sup
pressed without government aid. The bureau
of animal industry Of the department, while
rendering invaluable services, still lacked the
power, under former interpretations of the
law, to take steps which experience proved to
be most effective in cases of this
kind. There was 40 known way of
suppressing pleuro pneumonia but by killing
every animal which has been either affected
or exposed. Having been killed they should
be buried deeply, hides and all, for the dis
order was communicable after death. Tho
original law establishing the bureau of animal
Industry gives authority for the expenditure
of such q portion of the animal appropriation
as may be necessary for investigations and
guarantees, but does not in direct terms
authorize the expenditures Of money to help
pay for cattle to be killed. Mr.. Colman is of
the opinion that inasmuch as death is the
only means OF disinfection where pleuro-
pneumonia is concerned q fair Interpretation
OF the law would sanction the expenditure of
a portion OF the appropriations for that pur-
npaa Ha intapAo a., lac al, ,.aN- u-.
Attorney .general Garland for an opinion, The
insiduous and alarming nature of the infec-
ton was, he said, illustrated by the origin of
the present outbreak. A young bull was pur-
chased in Ohio or Illinois and taken to Mis-.
souii. 1t was suggested as a possibility at
time Of purchase that the animal had been
exposed to pleuro.pneumonia, and for this
reason it was quarantined, three months after
which it was allowed to run with the herd
belonging to the insane asylum, and almost
Immediately the herd became infected. The
entl,e herd has been slaughtered. About 100
animals have been killed. but the commits
sloner thinks many more should be sacrificed.
The expenditure, said the commissioner, of
$4,000 now may save US an epidemic which
will perhaps cost half q million to suppress in
two or three weeks hence.
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS.
The collection of internal revenue during
WIG III oiSuI muubLb Oh Une n6cal year ending
June 80, 1885, show a decrease of SIS. 296, S27,
in collections for the same period of the pre-.
vious fiscal year. There was O a decrease of
81, 1865, 81 in spirits and $3.50, 09S in tobacco
and an Increase of S137, G75 in feruented
liquors.
LAW CLERK OF THE PosToFFICR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, April 14.-Joseph w. Mich.
OILS, OF indianapolis, was appointed law clerk
of the postoffice department.
P~osTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
The president appointed the following post
masters: +. M. Householder, Noblesville,
Ind; J: S. Catherwood, Hopestown, Ills;
Alex Mckennon, Crookston, Mimi; e. R,
DERRY. Clyde, Kansas; George Tracy, Will
lard, Neb.
Col. McCawley, commandment Of the marine
corps, received the following telegram from
Col. Haywood, dated Panama, April 10:
Transit opened by the marine battalion in
camp at Panama station. All well.
ACTING SECRETARY F%AIRCHlLD's REFORMS,
The special committee of experts, called by
Acting. Secretary Fairchild to examine the
methods of doing business in the office of the
second comptroller, has reported that the
work of the bureau is about three months in
arrears, and can only be brought up to date
by extra diligence on the part of the clerical
force, and by vigilance and care in the mum.
Der of clerks. Acting Secretary Fairchild
said to day that his idea was co secure in fu-
ture a more prompt settlement of the accounts
of government officers than has been obtained
in the past,