The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
WILL PLEAD GUILTY
Gen, Eagan Will Throw Himself on
the Mercy of the Court.
TIE "EMBALMED BEEF" CHARGES.
Gen. Miies' Assertions said to Be Supported
by Prof CIarke-Chemiutw wiIev speaks
Well OF sample. OF Canned Beef
He Examined.

Washington, Jan. %. Gen. Eagan
will plead guilty. His trial will not
last more than two days IL, indeed, IL
lasts that long In pleading guilty to
the charges Gen. Eagan will plead in
extenuation that he was so much ex-
asperated and mentally distressed by
the statements of Gen. Miles as to be
scarcely responsible for the language
he used in reply. He will refer to the
newspaper criticisms resulting from
the "embalmed beef" charges made
by Gen. Miles, as the primary cause of
his undue excitement lie will prac-
tically throw himself on the mercy of
the court, which, he hopes may result
in recon mendation for executive
clemency, thus giving the president
an opportunity to mitigate a sentence
of dismissal to suspension.
Chemical analysis of the residuum
of the beef tea made from the refrig-
orator beef supplied to the army in
Porto Rico bears out the charge made
by Gen. Miles that the beef was chemi
cally preserved. Prof. f. w. Clarke,
chemist of the geological survey, the
expert selected by the war investiga-
tion commission, testified Saturday that
he found evidences of boracic acid and
salicvlic acid in the residuum of the
tea submitted by Maj Daily.
As the case now stands IL is proved
by the testimony of government eN-
pert not connected with the army and
selected 10y the Investigation commits
sion that the beef tea submitted by
Mai Daily contained boracic and
salicylic acids, and il the beef tea was
made from refrigerated beef sent to
Porto Rico for the use of the troops,
as Mai. Daily swears it was, Gen. Miles
is vindicated and his case is proven.
This has a direct bearing on the case
of Commissary General Eagan, whose
only defense is that he was driven to
the use of harsh language against
Gen. Miles by the generals criticism
of his department and false statements
| that chemically prepared beef had
been fed to the soldiers. The testi-
monv of Mai Daily and Prof Clarke
/ will go far toward iustifying all that
Gen. Miles said and will thus break
down the only defense Gen. Eagan
| has.
PavmaSter II. II. Hicks, Of the navy,
who had much to do with the purchase
of supplies for the navy during the
war, testified as to the good quality OF
the canned beef supplied 10 the navy.
I 1t was not shown, however, that the
navy beef was the same quality that
was uuught for the army.
SAMPLES OF CANNED BEEF EXAMINED.
Washington, Jan. %. Chemist Wiley,
of ,hc deDartmeut of agriculture. has
reported 10 secretary Wilson that an
examination of samples Of canned
meats secured both in the open mar
| Set and from the war department, to
| determine the presence of any chem
/ ical preservatives, failed To disclose
any traces of boraN. boric acid, sui
| phitcs, sulphurous acid, salicylic or
| bcnzoic acids. The presence of salt
/ peter was confirmed in all the samples
/ of corned beef and so-called luncheon
| beef, but no trace of it was discovered
in the roast beef, though common salt
was present to considerable eX tent.
! The test was made under an order of
Secretary Wilson, and Is samples were
inspected, II purchased in the open
market and two obtained from the
war department