The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-30
new PLAGUE SCARE
At CHICAGO YARDS
Closed Against Cattle Receipts
Except for Slaughter.
THREE STATES HIT BY ORDER
Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas Herds
Said to Be Affected by MaIady--
May Not Be Hoof-and-
Mouth Disease.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-To forestall pos
sible recurrence of the disastrous hoof-
and-mouth disease, State Veterinarian
o. Il. Dyson ordered the Union stock
yards at Chicago and the National
stockyards in East st. Louis closed
against the acceptance of any cattle,
sheep or swine from Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Missouri. or markets in the Missou-
ri river valley, and forbade the ship
ment of any stock except for immedi-
ate slaughter.
Earlier, the Union Stockyards and
Transit company acted in cooperation
with government inspectors in at
X tempting to prevent the contagion,
which was rumored TO have originated
i'm Kansas or Nebraska, from sweep
ing into Illinois.
They issued quarantine embargo
order to prevent any cattle from the
reported areas of disease entering Chi
cago and notified all railroads to hold
up for revised orders any trains COM
ing in from those states.
Third of Supply Cut OFF.
quarantine orders, it was estimated,
cut off one-third of Chicago's meat
supply temporarily.
DIR. s. Il. Bennett, head of the. fed
eral meat inspectors in the United
States bureau of animal huSbandry in
Chicago, and state inspector from
Springfield FASTENED to Kansas City to
10 a of tn,
of the stockyards there, where the ru-
mOred disease was first reported The
suspected cattle were said OF have been
shipped from Chase county, Nebraska.
Believed to Be New Malady.
AT st. Joseph, Mo-, where the dis
ease likewise was reported to have de-
velOped, the federal expert, Doctor An
derson, who had some of the cattle
under observation, said he did not be-
, lieve the infection was hoOf-and-mouth
disease, but was some other malady
the nature of which would be deter
mined by further experiment.
In Cincinnati aI%embargo was de-
i clarsd Ssainst 81 ST. : from Chicago
and EnSC st. louis, 7TiTCf(TtTIngs aJitli-
tional order against the acceptance of
cattle, sheep and hogs from all points
west of the Mississippi river until def
mite word is received of the character
of the infection in Nebraska, Kansas
and Missouri.
President Frank Gault of the state
board of agriculture in Oklahoma fol-
lowed the lead of Chicago later in the
day by similar order relative to the
state of Oklahoma.
Suspected Case in Kansas City.
News Of the suspected recurrence of
the disease came from J. II. Murphy,
secretary of the National Live Stock
association of Kansas City. Mr.. Muir
ply reported to President A. G. Leo
nard of the Union Stock Yards and
Transit company in Chicago that one
animal in pen there was suspected"
At Denver, Colo, an embargo also
was placed against cattle from Kun
sas, Nebraska or Missouri until the
character of the disease is determined.
p. ii. Heide, director of the Internal
tiOnal Live Stock show which opens in
Chicago next week, declared the en-
barge would have no effect upon the
opening of the big exhibition.
Complying with the embargo order,
officials of the Northwestern railway
telegraphed local agents in Clinton, Ia.
to hold a train of 60 cars of cattle from
Missouri and Kansas, and nine cars
from Nebraska, until revised orders
are sent for their disposal. Other
railroads took similar action.
Fourteen cars of cattle were also
held up at Galesburg,. Ill.
DR.. J. S. Jenison, veterinarian, was
left in charge of the Chicago federal
inspectors during the absence of Doc
tor Bennett.
1--WE can do nothing here" said Doc
tor JenisOn, until the report of the
disease is confirmed"