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Show UNION STOCK YARDSaOSEO Chicago. Nov 2 The government quarantine at the stock yards was modified this afternoon to permit the receipt and slaughter of cattle, hogs and sheep In this market The effect ef-fect of this Is to place the situation where. It was Saturday The livestock market took the tightening of the quarantine in nervous nerv-ous fashion. The bulk of the trades had been made before rumors of tho order were confirmed, but with con firmation prices for cattle and sheep 'dropped sharply for the moment, but as sharply recovered. Hogs, which had sold 5c to 10c under Saturday, ad vanccd to a level 15c to 20c higher than the previous close. Chicago, Nov. t- The Union Stockyards, Stock-yards, largest In the orld. and the btate of Illinois as well, were quar- antlned against the shipment of cat-tie, cat-tie, hogs and sheep on orders from Washington today according to a statement made by Dr S. E Bennett chief of the local branch of th United Unit-ed States bureau of animal industry at the yards. "This means the practical cessation Of the meat packing business at the yards for the time being,' said !r Bennett. Chicago. Nov 2. A conference of leading Interest? at the I'nlon Stock Yards was held here today to consider con-sider conditions arising from the gov ornment's modified order of quarantine quaran-tine issued last Saturday. A sensational report sent out by -a news service ticker to the effect that the quarantine had been made complete v. as denied l. M B llorlne. chief of the statistical division of the yards. The ticker "t Ebe story from a live stock broker whose name .e withheld When the ticker story was repealed repeal-ed to him llorine said it was "not confirmed' He added that the latest la-test reports showed no developments of the disease In the stock yards. He declined for the time being to elucidate eluci-date rumors that Saturday's orders, prohibiting the shipment of cattle from the yards to other points except for immediate slaughter, was to be expanded to forbid the shipment of any live stock out of the yards for any purpose The Illinois Telegraph News ticker, however declared without with-out stating authority, that this action would be taken Washington. Nov 2. Dr W P El-lenberger. El-lenberger. chief of the field inspection service, bureau of animal industry, said today no new quarantine order against the Union Stockyards at Chicago Chi-cago had been issued, but that an extension of Saturday's order niiht be expected "at any momenL" The Saturday order, forbade shipment of cattle except for immediate slaughter slaugh-ter East St. Louis III, Nov 2 No notice no-tice of a quarantine against the National Na-tional Stock Yards here has been re reived and the yards were In operation opera-tion today as usual. |
