The record-union., 1899-04-05

woul0 not be injurious.
Replying, Dr. Daily asserted that the
chemicals were detrimental to health
and they could only be used at the
peril of those taking them. NO matter
what authority says these chemicals are
safe, they are not safe" said DR.. DAILY,
emphatically.
Here DR.. Daily introduced a joint re-
port made by DIR. Clark, chief chemist,
and DIR. Hildebrandt, chemist of the
Geological Survey, on an analysis made
by them of the residll1m from the beef
Used on the PanaI-.<.- IL ass report
they said they had examined the pow
der furnished by DR.. Daily.
both the flame test and the turmer1c
PAPER test gave distinct evidences of
the presence of boric acid" they said.
1--WE also obtained good reactions with
ferric chloride, showing the presence OF
salycilcide acid
In response to a general question Dr.
DAILY said he had come into much in
formation conf1rmatory of what he had
testified TO, but which had come to him
in confidential way, rendering 1t I'M
proper for him to give the names OF
those supplying the facts. In truth, a
ban had been placed upon the Informal
ton. He thought that some forty or
fifty persons had spoken to him in cor
roboration of what he had said These
were the proprietors of slaughtering
houses and the manufacturers of cheml-
Gals. One manufacturer had told him
that he would have been compelled to
go out of business but for the patron
age of the beef men.
He said after some questioning that
he would ascertain whether he could
give the names of those people to the
court.
In a cross examination by Colonel
Davis, DR.. DAILY said he had heard moth
ing when he had made his first observa-
ton at Tampa in response to Colonel
Weston's remark to the effect that any
chemical had been used on the beef
which the Colonel had hung in the sun.
He said he had preserved the specimen
from the beef ON tie Panama, locking
it up in bottle in portmanteau. He
had given the specimen no treatment
except to remove the. fat by fltering
through raw cotton. Asked If he was
still as much convinced as when he
MADE his report of the quality of the
beef, he said: 81 am stronger in my
conviction than I ever was, from the
unsolicited evidence that has come to
me since the report was made"
After DR.. Daily had completed his tes-
timony Major Lee submitted a. written
request from General Miles for admis-
sion Of the official reports of 147 men,
representing twenty-six regiments, as
testimony. 1t was stated that these re-
ports all bore upon the question of the
character of beef supplied to the army
and were pertinent to the inquiry. 1t
was also stated by Major Lee that Gen
eral Miles had at yesterdays session of
the court submitted the names of 125
officers and enlisted men whom he de-
sired to have the court summon as wit
nesses.
The following is the text of General
Miles proposition for supplying new
witnesses:
L have the honor to inclose a list
of witnesses, ali of whom will give ma
tertaa and pertinent testimony in the
matter now being inquired into, and
TO the end that the whole truth may be
arrived at, l respectfully but urgently
request that these witnesses be called
and examined in the order in which
their names appear, or, if it is found
impossible to secure their presence, that
their testimony be obtained by other
usual methods.
AS far as it can be now determined.
in view of the facts that have already
been presented and will soon be pre-
sented, it is not that any additional
testimony Will be required; I reserve,
however, the privilege of adding to the
above mentioned list such other wit
nesses as may be necessary hereafter
in case of new developments
NELSON A. MILES,
DR.. Edwin I. Nicodemus of Philadel-
phia, a surgeon in the Porto Rican cam
paign, testified that both the canned
roast and refrigerator beef was very
satisfactory. The latter beef on the
transport Mississippi was suggestive of
the dissecting room, the odor being
characteristic of an embalmed body.
Some OF the men after eating it had
manifested symptoms of ptomaine pois-
oning. He inferred that the beef had
undergone chemical treatment because
the taste and smell were different from
the normal taste and smell of meat.
during the afternoon the board sent
reply to General Miles, saying it
would take the matter of his proposition
TO supply more witnesses under consid-
Grafton, but intimating that the board
did not require further testimony re-
Iating to the canned beef.
General Miles sent another letter in
answer to this. in which he called at
tention to the letter he wrote early in
the proceedings of the board. saving
that the inquiry was not only of great
Importance, involving the health and
life of the army, but that the honor
Oh the service was at stake. He added
lhat zo,UO men, and, no doubt, more
could give evidence substantiating the
assertion that the meat was unfit to
eat, and he expressed the hope that out
OF this number 131 men whose names
ne had submitted would be allowed to
testify General Miles suggested that
men who had evidence to give might
answer a set of interrogatories prepar-
ed by the board. If it was found i'm
practicable to hear them orally.
Capt. May Arrived at Hongkong.
HONGKONG, April 4-Captain Fran
els Henry May, Superintendent of the
Hongkong police, who, it was reported
yesterday, had been captured by the
chinese, has arrived here unmolested
The Government does not apprehend
any trouble in taking over the Kow
Loon Hinterland. although placards
have been posted melting the people to
stop the British from surveying there
although the British officials have re-
turned to Hongkong owing to the
threatening attitude of the Chinese
Captain May reports that a number Of
surveyors sheds have been burned and
that the villagers were 90 a erc,.ass..A