The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-21
The PleurO.P Pneumonia Makes
Its Appearance in
Illinois.
Account of New DisCoseiIes la
Alaska, Made by ib. Tiune-'
sppCiai Expedition.
seizure of Vessels POnChIug
Upon American Reserves.
Penalties PAID.
Opening or the Great TeIe-
phone Case tapsiZe OI IA
Yacht other News.


CnuCAdo sept ~ New aud start.
liug discoveries were made YESTERDAY
hy the state vctei marian In conuec-
ttOn with the ru-pncumuuin cases
IN this vicinity. and it is believed that
live stock are generally affected. The
commissioners who meet thi, week
will ilnl the problem o. stamping ont
tho disease u serious one. As stated
Ia these dispatches yesterday, COW
which looked diseased came to
karns Place aud caused the slaughter
ui tour other h"ad Of cattle there tina;
came from the Harvey farm The
quarantine notice was served there
after five eases were fuurd and two
Killed. Dr. kilwcll, the state yctorin.
hrian, in the course of his iuve-tiga-
ions there came to the conclusion
that the disease WAS brought to the
farm In u herd of cows belonging to a
mi'kman named quinn. who srpt
them before That at the
phsuiX dis,lllcry, ON the
corner of ClAyburne Place aud
the North Branch. That place was
tho scene OF n work yesterday aud
the eleven hundred head of cattle
there were all inspected. OF this
number about three hundred were
steers, fattcning for the market, aud
the remainder were mlch COWS.
three cases of plcuro were found and
isolated, and the yards aud cattle
then quarantiued. Ii now appears
that the milkmcn who feed the COWS
NJ the CistilIery on sWill -lup ARE IN
the habit ut cl nns ing them from one
distillcry To another quite frequently
and of course there J., 10 telling how
TAR the disease may have spread III
his manner. All the cows aud cattle
of all Kinds et each di,-
iillery ARE fed ia stalls undcr shed
roof, aud ono case in the sheds
would coutrminntc every creature IN
the place ~ well as the buildings.
The three isolated cR-cs AT the phoc-
nix sheds VIII be watched and
slaughtered. aud the remainder of the
l,lUO viii bc Kept In quarantine until
The commissioners take up the case,
II was tOund that the same custom
prevailed among the milk men board.
ing their cattle at the disllllerics ~
upon the Harvey farm. As soon Hs n
cow grew too III tn give mix she was
at once disposed uf without any IN
yestigation being made NJ 10 her con-
iitiOn The men ia charge admitted
that they knew that there had been
some sickness about the sheds, but
-aid no veterinarian hsd been callud
IN ~ they thought that 1t WAS Just
4 plsin lung disease. From
tho testimony of those persons
IL WAS evident that disease
has been hanging about the PhWuiN
-Leds all last winter and summer, aud
II j. evident that the Quinn herd cam,
there from the Empire distillcty ri
the corner OF West knIic and Soy
mOur streets, and that the cattle mad
zone from the phuuiN sheds during
he last few months 10 tho Chicago
distillery at the corner OF lilAckhawh
street aud Elstun avenue. ndcr tht
rule OF constant changes 10y these mill
herds there Is absolutely no telling
where the contagiOn may have reach
ed. Dr. CR-cWcll made visit To- butl
the ChicagO and Empire di-iillcric-
but did not have time to make any
thing more than hasty examination
But with the testimony II
-ight la regard 10 the change
olQuun'- cattle aud other herds h,
could do nothing else than to quar-
antine both places Fave hundred
head are uHdcr bar in the Chicago
Distillerv yards aud 2O6 nj the Elm
pire. Taking in the III
head at the Harvey iarn
the commission will lind when
meets that It has 1000 head ot cattl
un It's hands which have been full
exposed to Ilruro.pneumonia, and
rests with the commission as to WIN
shall be done.
Tho conmisBioucrs have power I
quarantine Hnd slaughter all animal
ia IN, injected district, aud apprals
the animals slaughtered Except thOs
already attacked by the di-ea-rl an
on their order the owners may ro
cover their value from the state.