The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

mony of Gov. Theo. Roosevelt will there
be received, after which the court will
proceed to Governors island. The evil
dence adduced today was largely cumuls-
tive in Its character, consisting mainly
of criticisms Of the canned beef and re-
frigerated beef from soldiers, who ate IL
and watched Its effects in Cuba and Por-
TO Rico David Fleischmann, bell boy
in the Hotel Morrison, told of a visit TO
the stock yards in the company OF an un-
known man, whose purpose, he supposed.
to be an experiment in the matter of pre-
serving beef by chemical treatment.
W. CLARK Marshall. the provision
specialist, whose testimony was expected
to be sensational. threw no additionai
light on the question, his evidence being
principally the expression Of the opinion
that canned beef as now put on the
market is totally unfit for human food.
Chicago, March 22.--Before the court in
vestigating army beef today, David A.
Fleischman testified that he was employed
as bell boy at the Hotel Morrison. Chica-
90, during the month of June. 1898. One
day in June" he said, "a gentleman in
room 131 asked me II would be at leis-
ure to go to the stock yards with him. l
went out there with him and had to carry
two boxes, tin or galvanized iron boxes
He went out TO see some man about some
meat, he told me. We took the boxes and
went to car where there were three or
four rows of meat. In each of the boxes
there were four smaller packages, contain
ing as recall 1t, black or rather u light
colored substance. He put this into per-
forated trays made for that purpose, set
ire to 1t and placed it under the meat
He said 1t was done as an experiment to
preserve the meat. Next day was to 60
back and get the cans. l asked him
whether it was to Kill germs or anything
like that, but he said no, simply to pre-
serve the meat. put my finger on the
meat and tasted 1t, and 1t burned the end
of my tongue. called attention to the
fact that the meat looked rather larger
tnan when we were thcre before. He
said that was simply an enlargement of
the meat from the ice. There WAS sui
phurous smell in the car. noticed In
one end of the car there was cal d
marked Tampa, Florida.
''This was ut Armour's packing house.
asked the man who he was and If am
not mistaken he told me he was quar-
teImaster or Il quartermaster general, OF
something like that"
At the beef inquiry today, Dr. h. K.
Murdock, an analytical chemist, testified
that in juno last some refrigerated beei
was given him for examination. In two
specimens he found Boracic acid and
one salicylic acid.
Lieut. j. ID. l.. Hartman of the First
cavalry, who was acting regimental quar-
termaster while the regiment was sta
toned at Lakeland Fla, testified that
refrigerated beef was received from Ar
mour 81 Co. 1t was brought to Lakeland
in cars. At first it was very good and
there was no objection to it, but In three
or four days IL began to set poorer IN
quality. In two instances board OF sur
yey rejected the beef. In one case the wit
ness releoted whole car load. The stench
WAS observable before the Car was opened.
The beef was not received because de-
composition had set in. he had no recol-
lection of any conversation between ser
geant Mason, his clerk, and the represen
tatives of Armour q Go: Mason hau
charge OF the oeilVerJ OF the meat u
troops. The witness had no recoliectlon
Of saying anything TO MIN with reIerenGs
to meat preservatives. lie hau no reooi
lection OF any conversation WIN armour
representative on that supJsot. he nau
no reason to believe or suspect that the
beef had been treated with preservatives
or chemicals. The spolling was due, ne
thought to the TACT that the meae hau M
been chilled and would net hoia up ai.ei
exposure to the excessive nea0 az LaAe
land. After the felec1ion ot q oAr-iunI
the agen1 oI ArnIo"r sa!u % "r whint
not do, referring 10 tho way IN wnlcI
the meat had been furnished. The agen'
tried TO get the meat shipped IN ice. IL
some cases Ice was put In with the bee