Show HYDROPHOBIA IN ANIMALS Great Loss of Cattle Injury to Man and MutIi Anxiety Omaha June 16A special to the Bee from Grand Island Neb says In the northwestern part of Adams county in the vicinityof the farm of Fred Ernst hydrophobia in animals has caused a great loss of cattle injury in-jury to man and much anxiety Two men have been bitten and compelled to go to Weymour where a madstone was supplied and over forty cattle belonging be-longing to Ernst have been shot after showing symptoms of hydrophobia In January a cow was bitten by a mad dog I died and was not buried being hauled to some out of the tsvay place The dogs in the neighborhood consumed the carcass About May 11 i was noticed other cattle showed symptoms of hydrophobia Then i I was that Ernsts first bovine showed the disease and was shot A war was commenced on the dogs in the district Only one dog is left and he will soon join his companions Three hogs belonging to Ernst were bitten One of these has extensive tusks and Frank Ernst a son about 24 years of age was scratched by one of the tusks As a consequence he was compelled to go to Wymour where the poison was extracted A neighbor while burying a cow which he had shot allowed some of the animals ani-mals saliva to touch a scratch on his I hand and he went to Weymour He remained there until he was thought to be safe and then returned home I He has since shown signs of hydrophobia hydro-phobia and serious consequences are feared II Desperate efforts have been made to clear the neighborhood of all animals I affected I I |