The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28


sptnasn dat ~ tssls e n. CuR1se sAousd
tn ahssnce a. tAesa aesdk Or. Currie hAd
feensnea he0s. and vas noe here IN ee0ff
% nsek tAese who sought 10 dtscrs6lt his
tes9imony. d. Curxis y : 9snf3ema1 of
eu1nent renpec&nhilfty Che Was not On tr1AU.
and tAa2 there wao 9oune3hing Wrung Win
H. bee4 ethar than 1eeo0pee1e1en ssssns
ov11en8 ao1 0nly fru0 - taGelmouy - 10
the general sickness az his detail. but nom
other circumstances - well
John Ruch q. &seD. Tie head cock from
whom Dr. Curfie obtained the beef for an
alvsaa, tastiAes that be ~hsard that the
meat was embalmed, which caused e 70
look % red after n wAs cooked. Il Was the
general tAlk that the beef was emna1med-s
Randolph K spicer Opp. 4see Am testi-
- that in Porfo Rico he observed that
beef brought from transport had green.
scaly CRYSTALS on it; noticed this because
~ has observed nke results In IL use OF
embalming fluids. when engaged - IN en-
halmer."
Capt. Galbrasth (pp. 33ee-s.sss) noticed At
Santiago that some Of the beef snelled
suspiciously. and he thought he detected
the odor OF drugs when helping to load
ana unload it while going to camp"
On board the Chester. en- route with his
regiment 70 Porto Rico. Ar. George L
Taylor. sanitary engineer and chemist opp.
4sso4seD. detected slight odor OF formal
dehyde on the fresh heef After eating the
beef he himself and others suffered from
acute indigessioa. and this could be caused
By the chemical named"
All the beef referred to BY the foregoing
witnesses appears t. have besn furpishsd
By Swift 4 Co. Incidentally, II may be
stated that last year-l89e-Dr. e. p. Muir
dock (pp. 1see-1klO made laboratory ex-
animation In Chicago Of canned and fresh
beef and found that eIt Was preserved
with boracac acid. nitrate Of potash and
coIoring matter ADDED
Chemaealisea Beef ~ Tanpo ana
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oes AIou. ~. Ss =, -
TIA s.ct nv ,he ciesr ana conciusive tent
NOM ~ r.nns.1le 7v,tneese. thaf ehemi-
~s1irsa heef -. fnrni.he6 tia trcor,.-
notahiv fhose s.ationed ~ IakeIand- FLA
I'm. ros-tthsts r6ir~ ths te.t,n,onv ~ a
c,n-A a. the ccntr.csor.. visne.s~s from
Nansrer Neeker dovn- that fhey have
.ever knovn ~ heard ~ anv Chemical
nreservatiye beinr used The remarkable
testimony az the contractorz, vftnexse. In
face OF the prior bid of Armour Co.
based ON the use Of the Powell process. n
beyond comprehension.
Moorehouoe, Armour Z Goa agent, swore
unreservealy, IL not repeatedly, that he had
no knowledge or information whatever that
any chemical process was used. Three wit
nessss, without an iota Of interest in sup
pressing the truth. state a. follows:
/. SergG Edward Mason p. 34sD. that
upon objecttng TO, or refusing, certain beef
in car ct Lakeland, Armour's agent stat
ed. In express terms. that ''the beel had
been chemically treated"
Z A. ]. Gampher (pp. 4sn, etc.), then
lieutenant and commissary. testified that
at Lakeland. Fla. In August, Moorehouse.
Armour's agent, informed him that there
was nothing the matter with the beef:
that the spots on Il were due to chemicals
used In the preservation OF the meat: that
this had been done to prevent deteriorar
ton"
4. DIR. CharlAs II r.astla INN erks ste1
then assisfant s,,rrenn va. nrassnf 81
Lake,ana NH cant fssymiche., .rA T.sa,st
Gampner ana Armours agent described ~
Moo. sa , ano tes ~. wAln c'I asan
the bee. was chemicaIly treated. 81 : secret
process which vas unknnvn To him fhe
aren't" DIR Castle n,rtbsr tesfinee That
.sfhe beef haa an .romafsr eerfd sour
smelI sus~estiva ~ 90. eorm.iaahvaa q,
~. .oinfior yorr.urs.s 80
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DECK.
Witnesses Requested, and Number
Testifyfux IN Person.
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