The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-21

he said, was very foul. He thought the
government beef requirements of the con-
tractors were very unrea sonable. Every
body knows, he said, that beef exposed 10
moisture and warmth for twenty four
hours will be very much tried"
Recurring to the transport Panama, he
said most of the beef it carried was re-
frigerated. They had secured a ton of beef
and for this they at first had one and
one-half tons of ice, but later it was in
creased to eleven and one-half tons of ice.
The beef, however, had a decidedly pecu-
liar odor.
Had "A Peculiar OdOr.
cat Ponce" he went on ITO say, "I OBJ
served the refrigerated beef taken from
the transports 1t had a peculiar odor. 1
observed the examination of spoiled beef
on one transport. 1t was done by a butch
er down in the hold. He thrust his arm
in every direction into the putrid meat.
trying to find solid piece. This meat had
the same peculiar odor."
He added that the Panama's beef war
ranted his report and that its odor was
like that of a dead human injected with
preservatives. He also depicted the
strong odors aboard the transport Chester.
Gen. Beaver asked if the witness did
not think his examination purely superb
cial, and without any substantial know
ledge.
4 Chemical Analysis.
mo 1 would not like to say that" he
replied. On the Panama coming over
from Ponce he had made some tea or soup
from the refrigerated beef, the same that
had been condemned, had filtered it and
sealed it Theoretically in can, and when
he reached his home at Pittsburg had an
aIyzed it, From this he got a lightish
brown residuum. This, he said, disclosed
the characteristic of borax and salicylic
acid
Mai. DAILY urged that he be permitted
TO demonstrate the test. DR.. Conner OBJ
iected. insisting that he leave the powder
the witness had brought as the residuum
of this beef with the commission to be
examined by a government chemist
The witness pleaded not to have the
matter taken out of his hands, and a COM
promise was effected by deciding that Maj.
DAILY be present with the official chemist.
II was arranged to have Prof.
Clarke of the geological survey
here. examine the powder tomorrow
morning.
Severely CrOss-Examined.
At the afternoon session Maj Daily
underwent a Taiher severe cross-exa nina
ton. especially on the subject of the date
on which he had reported as TO his sus-
DlCiOnS IN feBdIu 70 the DtGls ana why lie
had not reported sooner
Mai. DAILY said he had never discussed
with any officer the subject of bad beef.
Instead of commenting on such matters
he had rather attempted to allay discon-
tent with the meat. While at Chickamauga
he had found meat which appeared to have
been treated as indicated in his report.
If the government was supplied with chem
ically prepared meat, he was asked did he
not think that the government had been
frauduently dealt with?
Maj DAILY replied that in his judgment
when such beef had been supplied by con-
tractors il had not been with fraudulent
intent. The persons supplying the beef
probably considered the preparations used
no more harmful than salt
stuck to His Statements.
He had not arrived at the conclusions he
did until after tests. Instead of weaken
ing his position. each test made him less
willing to recant any statements he had
made.
Maj. Daily was questioned closely in re-
gard TO the examination of an extract of
beef which ne said he had made and
which, he said, resulted ia a disclosure Of
the characteristics of borax and sallcyllc
acid He stated that the kettle from
which the extract was taken was perfect
ly clean, and the fluid was transferred to