Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-15
WASHINGTON.
Capt. L-0y Ordered To- Command tho So.
FrancI~cn-Tubcrc Among Cattle at
the Kansas state College.


Franci~cn-ru Tuberculosis Among Cattle at
the Kansas state College.
WAsmINGroN, sept o The agricul-
turai department Wednesday received
the first information that has come 10
u la regard 10 the report several days
al", of the existence OF tuberculosis
among the cattle at the state college
at Manhattan HAS. The Information
came from the regents OF the
Kansas state agricultural college and
Vas IN degree couiirmatory OF
the publishes reports II Was stated,
however that a thorough test II con
Sidcrcd necessary. This viii be made
at the agricultural college on the goth
OF October and the cooperation 81 the
agricultural depar tmcnt iu making the
test - requested The request will
probably bc favorably considered
capt. /. Lcary has been detached
from the Richmond. ordered 70 com
mand the San Francisco. aud Capt NJ
l. Johnson detached FROM san Fran
cisco and granted two month leave.
Lieut. Commander f. j Drake has been
ordered ~ Mare island a. ordnance Of
iiccr; Lieut. = Cook detached from
Puritan September % and granted one
months leave. after which lac will
take change Of photographic office "a
Chicago
surgeon General Wvmau has made
application go the civil SERVER cnmmis-
sion for authority to appoint "A number
of persons ,n addition 10 the regular
force Of thc marine hospital service for
duty IN connection with the reported
outbreak of yellow fever on the Gulf
coast and the request has been granted
under the proviNo OF paragraph - Of
rule vtiI. of the civil service rcguia-
tons This rule provide, for tempo
rary appointments tor period not rx-
CCcdlng 30 day. IN case OF emergency
and the surgeon general has been in
formed that under this regulation his
appuinttvc powers are not crcum-
Ncribrd
The treasury department has re
crivcd information from Eagle Pass.
TeN.. of the importation of jOT head eff
cattle from Mexico II is said That this
is the first entry of Importance s.. ace
the new tariff law went into effect and
the treasury officials call attention 10
1T, a. il was contcudcd bv opponents Of
the bill that the Increase OF ~ per
found To bc prohibitorv Another
large entry il expected soon al Laredo,
Ten
WAsHINGToN. sept d. Surgeon Gen
cral Wyman says the yellow fever sit
uation looked decidedly more hopeful
Wednesday No new eases have been
officially reported To him. although
there were newspaper reports Of three
new eases at Biloxi. lie has wired DR.
j. j Lemon at Biloxi concerning this
report DIR GuiteraS. the yellow ftA-
yer expert from the University OF
Pennsylvania. reported his arrival at
Ocean Springs Wednesday morning lie
viii investigate the cause and nature
Of the outbreak The surgeon gen
cral has formally rendered the aid OF
the Marine hospital service 10 tho
state and health authorities Of Louis
lana and Mississippi, and DR. Oliphant
president of the Louisiana state board
Of hca. tl has been requested to tclc-
graph daily the fever situation i'm New
Orleans. He photographed Wednesday
morning the fact OF the death at New
Orleans Tuesday and added that there
had been NO new cases since.