Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-10
MANY GOATS KILLED.
The Meat Sold in Kansas City and
Chicago Markets as Mutton.
PROPOSED CATTLE COMBINE IN TEXAS
Matters Said to Be Progressing Slowly,
but Satisfactorily - Grasshoppers De-
clsred to he Not 10 Bad ~ Reported =
Against Christian Scientists.

Chicago, Aug. BIT has just been dis.
covered at Kansas City that the big
packers there bring in thousands Of
Mexican goats each year and slaughter
them, selling the meat for mutton. In.
vestigation reveals the fact that the
same condition exists here. Thousands
Of goats are bought, slaughtered and
placed upon the markets Of Chicago
and sold as mutton by some packers
at the stock yards. This traffic is
carried on most extensively dur
ing the winter and early spring
up to and including the month
Of April. The goats and kids are
principally Of the Angora kind and
come from the northwest, while a few
are shipped in from the south. The
latter are Of the common goat species
and do not find as ready sale as the
Angoras DR.. W. S. Devoe chief OF
the bureau of animal industry, when
asked in regard to goats being sold for
mutton said "They certainly are quite
free from disease, are fat and make ex-
cellent eating. OF course the very com
mon Billy goat would have tendency
to be strong and would have bad
odor There Is no law to prevent them
being sold, and when we find them in
the packing-houses they are inspected
the same as any other carcass"
PROPOSED CATTLE COMBINE IN TEXAS.
New York, Aug, 5.-"The dispatch
from Austin Tex, to the effect that
Attorney General Smith has not given
consent to the forming of the cattle
combination II it constituted a trust Is
correct so far as It goes" said George
B. Loving, Of Fort Worth last night.
Mr.. Loving is in New York seeking to
interest capitalists in the establish
lnent Of an immense ranch in Texas
and New Mexico on which 900, 900 cat
tie can be rounded up. He said:
We do not intend TO create trust had |
some correspondence with Attorney General |
smith and he indorsos the scheme on the lines |
We propose to pursue cattle trust Is imprac- |
,icable and, therefore, could not DO successful.
Matters are progressing slowly but satisfacto- |
lily, and have received on option to-day from
me person alone Of one ranch Of several |
hundred thousand acres and $1,000 cattle in New
Mexico.
,RAssHorPERs NOT SO BAD AS REPORTED
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 5.-Union Pacific
'fiicials take issue with Prof. Bruner,
ntomologlst Of the University Of Ne
,raska, in his statement that grass
loppers are destroying grain in the
Western part OF Nebraska, eastern
colorado and portions of Kansas. One
'fficial said.
The Union Pacific has just finished running
his report down and 1t Is found that Prof
'runer Is mistaken, at least so fur as the terri
Dry surrounding the main line or branches OF
no Union Pacific Is concerned While there
re Il few 'hoppers, as there always are, there
no damage being done and no indications OBJ
,rvablo OF any quantity In the air.
AGAINST CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.
indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 5.-Attorney
General Taylor, at the request of the
tate medical board, yesterday deliv-
red an opinion that it is illegal for
aith curists, Christian scientists and
ther unlicensed persons, who assume
he title Of doctor, to minister to the
lex, particularly where fee is
harped,