Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-22
Government Meat inspectors Chosen from
Beef Trust Employees Under the
New inspection Law.
Everything to Be Sold in Cans to
the Public Without Any
Restraint.


state what the package contained and
this the packers refused to accept,
therefore. by way Of compromise the
secretary did not insist upon stating
the percentages Of different meats con.
tanned In any canned article put out
under one name.
Kalamazoo. Mich. Sept. lO.-1cn per.
sons In three different families Of this
city have been lying ut the point of
death for over twelve hours. suffering
from the effects of eating dried beef de-
livered to their houses Saturday. A
partial investigation has revealed the
fact that the meat came originally from
one of the large packing houses.
The physicians are Of the opinion
that some sort Of embalming nuid. used
a. a preservative. was used In the beef
and was the cause Of the poisoning.
Sterling. ILL.,. Sept. 1.-THE physl.
clans Of this city report that during
last night there were forty cases Of
ptomaine poisoning. and that several OF
the patients are still In q precarious
condition. The poisoning was caused
by eating pressed corn beef purchased
ut local market. The food came orig.
inally from q Chicago packing. house.
The families Of Henry Burmeister. Rev.
Louis Gressens. Henry Aument, Will.
lam T.. Myers. Fred Avery and Harry
Dennison were among the sufferers.
London, Sept. 1?.-Lieutenant Colo.
mel Percy Eyra Hobbs. who was select.
cd by War Secretary lIaldane to 60 to
the United states and inspect the pack.
Ing Of beef intended for the British
army. has returned to this country. It
Ii understood that he will In n few
days present voluminous report, the
gist Of which Ii that the sanitary con.
ditiOns ut the stOckyards have been un.
satisfactory.
The report will condemn methods In
vogue.
Great Indignation is felt In England
over the action Of the beef Trust In
hiring English butchers who handle Its
goods. to 70 to America and bring buck
u report withdrawing the Beef Trust
and It's methods.
Washington, Aug. 3O.-A secret con.
ference II being held here by represen.
tatives Of the packers and officials OF
the Agricultural Department tn deter.
mine what labels will he satisfactory
under the law. The conference IL be-
hind closed doors with Dr. Melvin.
chief Of the bureau Of animal indus.
try, acting as bouncer. The secrecy
observed, the determination Of the
packers to exclude the public from
their confidence and the cooperation
OF the officials OF the Agricultural DE.
partment In Withholding the formulas
used In the preparation Of articles Of
food have created much concern here.
Washington. ID. c., Aug. 30.--Secre-
tary Wilson returned from the West
satisfied for the most part AZ to the
progress Of the packers In cleaning and
improving their plants In readiness for
the enforcement Of the meat-inspection
law after Oct. I. lie said some. how.
ever. are making little effort to comply
with the law, and after Oct. / any
packer whose products are not stamped
with the government label will be rig.
idly excluded from Interstate trade.
One OF the largest packing companies
in the Chicago and Kansas City field
has 10 far done little or nothing to
comply with the law. To shut out its
business from interstate shipment
would have marked effect ON the
meat business Of the West, but no ex.
ception will be made in Its favor when
Oct. comes IL 1t does not yield. ON.
Gals refuse to give the name Of this
concern.
Indianapolis. Aug. 3O.-Tainted meat
delivered at the camp Of regulars at
Fort Benjamin Harrison nearly caused
a riot this morning when ratiOns We're
issued to the soldiers. The regulars
demanded that the meat be taken from
the camp at once. a board Of inspec.
ton was appointed and recommended
that only part Of the meat be
thrown away, as the rest, II held, was
good. This report was far from salts.
factory, and there was considerable
murmurlng over 1t, but General Carter
ordered It all destroyed and a new
issue made.
Burlington, VT, Sept Following
closely on the affidavit made by +. r.
Hutchinson, of Worcester, that he saw
his condemned cattle slaughtered In
this city with every indication that
they were 10 10 sold as meat, comes a
statement made today by W, q. and
a. :, White, Of Richmond, which Is
even more startling.
That Of the elder Mr., White is to the
effect that last October the State Cat.
| Tie Commission condemned iifty-scven
animals Of his herd as being affected
with tuberculosis; that he was paid
50 per cent Of the appraised value
that the ffty-seycn head OF cattle, in
company with cattle condemned from
the herd Of NJ. $. Richmond, We're
| shipped away from Richmond, and
that his son followed them to see what
| final disposition was made of them.
The son states that he followed the
cattle 10 Haverhill and Boston, one
carload being set of at IIaverhill and
the remainder shipped to Boston; that