The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-10-01
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

lists to an Alarming Extent in Chicago
Strong Measures to BE Taken to Stamp
Out the Disease-Sick and Exposed AMI
mails to Be KilIed-About 5000 Head
Observation-Disclosures Value Estimated at
100000.
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-The State Live
Stock Commissioners held a long meeting
with closed doors at the Grand Pacific
Thursday afternoon and discussed the
disposition of the cattle affected with
pleuro-p pneumonia in the Chicago distill-
cries. Governor Oglesby, Attorney General
Hunt and DIR. Rauch, of the State Board
OF Health, took part in the proceedings.
Veterinarians Salmon, Casewell, Hughes,
Baker, Murray, Atkinson and the Iowa
State Veterinarians were also present.
Previous to the meeting a visit was
made to the Phoenix and Shufeldt distil
leries. At each place diseased COW was
killed. The one at the Phenix was we'll
developed case of the plague. The other
suffere from the disease in its incipient
stage.
1t was proposed to hold a post norton
examination OF every animal killed. The
board will probably order the destruction
OF the dstillery stables by fire. The
slaughter houses in which injected cattle
have been killed will also be destroyed. In
the two distillery stables where the disease
is known to exist, the Phoenix and Shu-
ieldt's there are about 1000 cattle.
The State is obliged to pay the owner
for the sound animals. 1t was estimated
that fair average price would be 1888
a head. Ii all the quarantined cattle are
killed-about 5000 head in all-the cost
to the State would approximate 500, 900,
not allowing for those animals found to
be diseased, ON which the owner must
stand the loss. 1t is calculated that it
would take $40, 900 or $50, 900 more for
other expenses. The State fund appro.
priated for the purpose is about $50 900.
1t is thought the Shufeldt people intend
to make a test case of the animal killed in
the distilery Thursday, and perhaps take
the matter into the courts and ask for an
injunction to restrain the board from car
rying out it's proposed work of extermina-
ton. The profits in distillery are said
to be chiefly in the income from feeding the
slop to cattle. The annual profits on
1900 head are about $40, 900. The out
| IOOh 10 tluS OlbllldI IOE Gu0 uiSbllIeTS db VIGIL
as the owners of the animals.
CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-The State Board of
Livestock Commissioners has not yet de-
cided when to begin the slaughter OF the
distillery cattle, known to have been ex-
posed to pleuro pneumonia, nor what dis
position to make of the carcasses. The
quarantine was strengthened yesterday.
DR.. Salmon, ON the part of the National
EOVnPu nnnf UO1nn tpn~nT N haoys
the expense OF maintaining it-about
eighty-seven dollars day. 1t was also
decided that the carcasses of all animals
that die should be disposed OF only by per-
mission from the State Veterinarian It
is calculated that with these precautions
there will be no danger OF the disease
spreading from the quarantine stables.
The commissioners do not seem to have
any fixed idea about the length of time the
quarantine will be maintained, because
they have agreed not to agree upon
date when they will begin the slaughter
which they thought was SO necessary few
days ago. The cause of the delay is at
tributed to the attitude Of the stock-yar6s
packers, who have shown disposition to
resist the placing of the.distillery beef upon
the market. Their claim that the beef
trade of Chicsgo would suffer to the ex-
tent OF hundreds OF thousands OF dollars,
even ii the beef selected for the market
were of the latest and finest quality, has
made a deep impression on Commissioners
Pearson and McChesney and they are now
casting about to see what they can do I'M
der the circumstances to save the State pos
sibly annoyance and expense They are
10th to assume the risk OF Strengthening up.
wards OF 8, 600 sound cattle without MAX
ing provision for their disposition in way
that will remunerate the State for the lia-
bility it assumes to the owner OF the cattle.
The States of Wisconsin, Iowa and Mich
igan Mr.. Pearson expects, will quarantine
against Illinois cattle.
DR.. Salmon telegraphed to Commission
er Colman at Washington yesterday:
'There is no doubt that the cattle disease
here is pleurO-pneumOnia. The authorities
find much difficulty in dealing with IT Seven
ty-tive thousand dollars worth of cattle are to
be slaughtered and less than $4,000 of State
appropriation is available The department
can not pay for diseased cattle, here, because
the State law requires their slaughter With
our compensation. have offered, in behalf
OF the department, to meet the expenses of
slaughter. exclusive of compensation to own
erS, disinfectng, and also to make an inspeo-
ton of suspected districts. Do you approve
of what have done? The State Commission
is now arranging details of slaughter"
Commissioner Colman replied:
Your action is approved. You are also
authorized to take any steps deemed neces-
sary and expedient to still further confirm
your diagnosis and fully establish that the
disease is pleuro pneumonia"
WHAT PLEURo-PNEUMONIA rs.
Contiguous pleuro pneumonia or "lung-
plague has within two centuries spread
from very small area over nearly every part
OF the world. From 1863 to 1TS9 the disease
was more or less limited to the Swiss noun
tains, the Jura Dauphine, the vosges Pied
mont and Upper Silesia Since the revolu-
ton its appearance has been greatly &C.
CELEBRATED. and it has been carried to almost
every country on the globe In conse-
quence of its nsdious invasion, the subtlety
of its contagion, and the great fatality attend
ing it, there can be no doubt that it is one of
the most disastrous plaques that can aiflct q
cattle-producing country. Fortunately, 1t is
entirely confined to the bovine species In