Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-03

cago g. Northwestern and west of B. q NJ.
railroad TO state lines. Most fatalities
southwest Fall River county, Dakota, and
Wyoming.
marck, saying:
Outbreak of anthrax in northwestern Me-
braska reported by government veterinarian.
Upon receipt of the telegram from Sioux
county Governor Sheldon at once wired the
county judge, as follows:
Have county attorney and sheriff issue
quarantine against counties in South Da-
kota and Wyoming where anthrax exists.
Also infected Nebraska herds.
Quarantine Proclamation.
The governor then issued the following
quarantine proclamation:
Whereas, 1 have reason to believe that a
contagious, communicable. and transmissi-
BILE disease, known as anthrax, has become
prevalent among live stock in the follow
Ing sections Of South Dakota, to-wit:
All of Clay, and that part of Yankton
county lying east Of the James river and
Fall River county also Laramie and Con-
verse counties in Wyoming.
state OF Nebraska and for the protection
of the live stock interests of the said state
from said disease, from such localities out
side of the state. 1t is ordered:
That the importation of any live stock
from any Of these localities above named,
outside Of said state, shall be. and is
ICICOI PlOlllDltNN IllG ny q
certificate of health given by the state
veterinarian or hisd uly authorized dep
uty or veterinary inspectors of the bureau
of animal industry. who shall have ex-
amined or inspected all such live stock
prior to its leaving a point in localities
above mentioned.
Provided that no live stock from an in
fected area or part Of a diseased herd OF
bunch may be imported into the said state.
All persons, companies or corporations
are hereby prohibited from driving. ship
ping or permitting any live stock to
wander or drift into any portion. Of the
state OF Nebraska without first complying
with the provisions OF this proclamation
and notifying the state veteripaianof Ne
braska at Lincoln OF such proposed inn
II is further provided that any and ali
herds or punches of live stock and the
premises wherein they may be kept IN that
portion Of Sioux county, Nebraska lying
west Of the Chicago g. Burlington railroad
and north OF the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad, that may be diseased or infected
or that may become diseased or infected
are and shall be under quarantine until
released by the state veterinarian
This proclamation shall take effect and
be in force from and after October 2, 1908
to such time as may hereafter be deter
In witness whereof I have h~ereunto sci
my name and caused the great seal Of the
state OF Nebraska to be affixed at Lincoln
Neb., this I'd day OF October.
Fees of Secretary OF state.
The fees Of the office of Secretary of
State Junkin for the month of September
amounted to $4,000. OF this amount
&2.6S5.15 was from filing articles of In
corporation. For registering automobiles
there was received S74.20.
CIOuEh stiIl Has Majority.
The recount OF the vote in Garfield
county in the contest filed by G. w.
Fitzsimmons, defeated for the republican
nomination for representative in the Forty
ninth district by F. w. Clough, failed to
change the result though F~1tzsimmons
gained three votes. The official returns
for the district before the recount gave
Clough 1856 and Fitzsimmons 2s2. The re-
count still leaves Clough a majority of
one vote in the district.
PODuIint Pulls Out.
c. A. Skoong of Holdrege. populist nomi-
nee for the state senate from the Twenty
eighth district, today declined 10 accept
the nomination, though he took oath that
he would abide by the result OF the pri-
mary when he got his name on the ticket.
He got out OF the way for the democratic
nominee in order to help aut the Bryan
plan OF killing off the populists.
So far George W. Berge has not brought
himself around to the point where he feels
like violating his scored oath in the inter
est ( Mr.. Shallenberger. Tom Allen and
his bunch are losing some sleep over the
slowness with which Mr.. Berge Is declin-
ing the populist nomination for governor,
but there are friends OF the populist nomi-
nee who say that an oath counts for some