Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-13

TO the record runs at Kansas city, where
10000 head of cattle have been received
within the last few days.
Mutton Holds Up.
At the local market 900 hogs sold at
$40 to S.S5 for bulk and s7.6 toppers.
Eleven thousand sheep held the market
steady with an upward trend Of &c.
Lambs sold at 0Ac and ewes at &c. This is
getting back to the $3.50 lambs of Mon
day. which fell off Tuesday and Wednes-
day about 10 cents. Short fed cattle was
off % cents and the market slow.
or all the packers Armour & Co. was
the only one that tried to hold
the market up when II threatened to
tumble Monday. Armour bought most OF
the Monday offerings. Today, however.
the packers all were more or less laggard
in offering. and when they did bid the
price was at much as 70 cents off, with
but few takers.
At that. however, the packers contend
that they are fighting to keep the price
Of meat down. The farmers and stock
men arc getting the best Of the mar
ket. while the packers. when they buy
high must sell high. This is exemplified
in the recent raise on sheep, which
showed UP at once in the retail market.
Spectators who have been out of the
yards for some days were doing a little
business yesterday. with the expectation
OF being in. strong when the market
opens next Monday. Short fed cattle,
which are regarded as not reliable from
the killers standpoint, were not much In
demand today, buyers being suspicious
that the weight and fat would not stand
Up as we'll as the corn-fed stuff.
! Five Chicago Plants Disinfected.
: CHICAGO. Nov. 12.-Five more packing
houses doing business outside the Chicago
stock yards have completed dislnfectiou
against the foot and mouth disease. and
tonight will make formal application to
have the quarantine lifted. The ban wa'
lifted from one concern yesterday. Un-
der the terms of the agreement none OF
the packers will resume slaughtering unit
all join. This is expected next Monday.
East st. Louis Yards Reopen.
EAST ST. LOUIS. ILL.,. Nov. 12.-The st
Louis National stock yards were reopened
I here this morning for the receipt of ma
tive cattle and hogs, after having beer
closed since last Saturday in compliance
with the federal quarantine order result
ing from the spread OF the foot and
mouth disease. Cattle and hogs only will
/ be accepted from states now not quar-.
antined. and will be slaughtered as. rap.
| idly as they can be sent to the packing
/ houses. The quarantine order partially
! lifted by the state veterinarian does not
yet permit the East st. Louis yards to
hold cattle or to reship them.
More Cases Discovered.
! WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.-Spread OF the
foot and mouth disease to four NOR,
| counties in Illinois-Hancock, LaSalle
Warren and Mercer-and from Built
county to Henry county, Kentucky, wal
reported to the Department of Agricul
ture today by field inspectors. Reinfec
ton of two herds of cattle in Allegheny
county. Pennsylvania. also was reported
i Children Possibly Infected.
l PROVIDENCE. r, l., Nov. H.-Fea
that the foot and mouth disease haC
spread to human beings was expressed
by federal and state authorities today
Four children OF a Providence man whit
owned infected cattle were found to hav,
sores in their mouths. A boy of II witt
had taken care of cows had the mos
pronounced symptoms. The children hav
! been examined by several doctors, blu
the nature OF the disease has not beel
} determined definitely.