THE OMAHA DALLY BEE: SATURDAY. DEOEMBETt 20, 1900.
5
ALGER IN HIS OWN DEFENSE
Ei"SQMUrj Ecvlswi at Length Army
Canned Beof Scandal.
VERACITY OF GENERAL MILES IMPUGNED
Deolare That All the 1'ooit Supplied
to the Soldier Wmn ood and Thnt
No Hmlialtnlnir Flnld or Other
Preservative AVna Used.
NEW YOItK, Dec. 2S. The North Ameri
can Rovlow In Us next Issue will contain
an nrtlclo on "Tho Food of the Army Dur
ing the Spanish Wnr," by Former Secretary
of War Kussoll A. Alger. The article says
In part'
Tho commission appointed by tho presi
dent at my rcquost to Investigate the con
duct of (ho War department during tho
war with Spain, mot on September 14, 1893.
On nnrnmtxir 21 tho malor general com-
1 mending tho army appeared beforo the corn-
i -" r " ... ,,, ,l In I
;muBoa men muitiR ia waB",ufl" 1 '""'V
nm Biniomcnm wmi ii." , -"V""
rronh an.l rcmgoraicci neei i'"'""" highest rank In tho commissary depart
tho army. General Miles refused to be sworn mml iQ h ambU,on coud Mprft
or iimrmed, as every omcr oi iu yo
nesscs nail been declaring, i
that ho would make his statements with-
out being sworn and was responsible ror
wnat no nam.
Although tho, commission nd.i ucm
ling nearly tnrto monms, in k.
respect to canned and refrigerated Dcei
were now made for the first time, and
trangor find more lnexcusablo nnd more
unsoldlorly still, during all thoso montns.
with this pretended knowledge of facts,
which, If they existed, should ha vo been mado
known to tho secretary of war for tho
protection or tno army, ucnerm nines uc.u
montioncu tno nuujeci. nor um i
hoar a rumor of chemically-treated bosf
being purchasod for tho army until tho
g onoral'a testimony was given before the
commission.
Alleged Anawrrra of Mile.
In answer to Inquiries bb to how canned
beof became a part of tho army ration.
General Miles said:
You had better ask tho itecrctaty of war
can tell you. I know It was sent to tho
army ua food, and thp pretense Is that It
or tho commissary general, l ininn iney
wa sent ns an Mpenmeni., .
There wo sent tn Porto Wco 337 tons of
bMicnSu1
Now, If you want to ascertain tho cost to
the gover;nment of this so-called refrigera
tor uect emoaimeu neei iukb mo original
cost.
I do not know what may havo been In
lectcd Into It.
p
Tho understanding Is that this Is a sc
prut proccsH,'of preserving" beof.
-tltTo;hherltydonn't klm!w.Cm,lnB U,B
-
If It. was furnished for nnv expedition
in iniB tuu iu), v' '."'J '""-' ""V"
Btuff I would prohibit tlio men from taK-
Ing It
I don't think that beef such as was sent
, MR. AYERS NOT DEAD.
(Very Mnch Alive and Ont With n Let
ter Tclllnit How He Wai Naved.
MINNBAPOU8, Minn., December 28th,
(Special.) Few who knew how 111 Mr. A
S. Ayors of this city had been with Brlght's
"u Liuuoi:a vftin.-vit.-ii uo
o01"'1 4!S&55iJ ?ViSl!l'n
threo or four days to live. Ho recovered
tnrougn tno prompt and continued use oi
Well known remody and has given tho
following letter for publication. It Is dated
u jiaiu, . ., niiciu .ui. nun -
Ides.
Soldiers and Sailors Home,
Bath, N. Y.
Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo; N. Y,
Dear Slrs't
I wish to tell you what Dbdd s Kidney
Jills havo done for me. Ab far as 1 am con-
corned thoy aro tho best In tho world, for
moy nut uuijr nuvrauuj mi.-, uui. i..u,
given mo now liro nnu nope, i nveu in
Minneapolis for forty-nlno years, and am
wen Known tnero ny many peopie. i hih-
ifrcd sevcroiy wnu urigiu s uikwo uui
Diabetes. Four well known physicians
gavo me up to die. In fact they gavo mo
only threo or four days nt tho longest to
live. I had spont nearly every thing I
had In tho effort to Have my life, but see
ing nn advertisement of Dodd's Kldnoy
Pills, I scraped what was nearly my lust
half dollar, sent to tho drug Btoro and
bought a box. I hnd very little hopo of
anything ever doing me any good, ns from
what tho four doctors had told me, It wns
now a mater of hours with me. I com-
.inenced to take tho Pills, and from the
very first thoy helped me. I took In nil
hmit. fortv boxes. I doubtless did not
need so many, but I wanted to mako sure,
and .after all J20.00 Is a small amount of
monv to removo the sentence of death
and save ones life.
I bnvo slnco recommended uouu a i.uv
noy Pllla to hundreds of people, and I have
yot to hear to tho first omi that did not Of these charges and specifications ho wns
find them nil thai you claim for them. 1 found guilty nnd recommended to bi dls
fnn rnmomber of two people to whom I had misted from tho service. The sentence of
recommended Dodd's Kldnoy Pills, and who
afterwards said to me that they received no
bnneM. I asked to see their Pill boxes, and
bohold. Instead of Dodd's Kldnoy Pills, It
wa 's Kidney Pills, nn Imitation of
tho genutno Dodd's, ,nnd not tho real thing
nt all that they hail been using. I gave
each of them an empty pill box that Dodd's
Kidney Pills had been put ui In, so that
thev could mako no moro mistakes, and
they afterwards enme to mo an! told me that
thoy hnd bought and used tho genulno
podd's Kldnoy Pills, nnd wero cured.
I still continued to uso tho Pills off and
on, and would not bo without them It they
wero JSO.OO a box. I think that every old
gentleman In tho world would be healthier
,aod better, If ho would take ono after each
meal.
I wish I could think of words strong
enough to express to you my gratltudo for
what your mcaicino nas uono ror. me. it
Is not often, I suppose, thnt a man who Is
storing death, right n thn face, Is per
mitted to llvo and tell of tho means which
caved him, and as that Is my position, my
heart Is overwhelmed with thankfulness to
'Qod for His mercy to me In permitting me
to see tlio advertisement ot Dodd's Kidney
Tills, when It seemed thnt 1 wob beyond nil
earthly power to save, that I cannot ex-
press my rc.il feelings.
If anyono doubts the statement I have
made, thoy may write to mo, nnd I will
try and prove to them that all I have aald
In this letter Is true, and moro than true.
There aro hundreds of people In Mlnneapo-
lis who know all about my case and the
wnv Dodd's Kidney Pills pulled me through,
when I had been given un by the four doc-
tors, of Brlght's Disease and Diabetes, and
hurt nr.mticallv lost all bono. You am
nr llhrtv to nubllsh this testimonial which
I glvo you from tbo bottom of my heart,
and I sincerely wtsh that I could find the
right words to exprers my feelings of grat
itude to you nnd to Dodd's Kidney Pills,
for my restoration to life and health.
(Blgned) A. B. AYEilS.
Lnto of Minneapolis, now at Soldiers and
Sailors Home, Hath. N. Y.
Mr, Avers s only ono of thousands of
aged gentlemen who say that their lives
bave been prolonged and their declining
years raado worth living by tbo use of
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Cuba and I'orto Rlro would be good In
country In tho stomach, or any man.
Thrv could iret noine bacon, but that 1a
not considered nultable food for the tropics.
Viiii nW nlmtit food In mv ludsment
thnt won niiH of the Berloun cutlftra of no
much alckndfji and dlstresn on thn part of
our troops.
Not content wim ineso grave ana scan
daloua chargefl thus raado public for the
first time beforo the war Investigating
commission, General Miles permitted him
self to be Interviewed on the following day
at Cincinnati, O., when he made similar
charges
The allegations that unsuitable food, not
a part of tho legal ration, had been fur
nlshcd to tho army under pretense of an
experiment anil that refrigerated beef
treated with poisonous chemicals had been
and was being supplied to our army of
275,000 men, were Indeed serious, Implying,
ng they did, criminal Incompetence on the
parl 0f the Commissary department, If
not wilful nogllgcnco and dishonesty.
Mrfya KnRnn Wnn Struck AnNnmilii-I.lke
Upon Commissary Oeneral Charles 1',
Kngnn the charges fell with the suddon-
ness and sharpness of a blow from an an
sassln's knlfo out of the dark.
"HIOIOI I.KUII I1HI1 DCCD HI1 OII1CI
General Kgan had been an officer of tho
regular army for thtrtystx years. He had
risen from a second lieutenancy to the
Gallant and fearless on tho battlefields
of tll0 clvl, wnr ,, ,no nostlIo imllBn
p,aln8 o (ho wpjt hg haJ R recorJ fgr
gol(,lerljr quamieg of which any officer
might well be proud. With energy, hon
CBty Rml ZCR, ho nad admn8tcrcd his de
partment during tho war with Spain, a fit
ting climax to a long and honorablo career
In tho service of his country. No other
supply bureau of tho army had excelled
tho commissary department In promptness,
efficiency and successful administration
durln tno war. I never entered tho War
,iopartment. whether early In tho day or
Int0 nt nKltt nna caC(1 for the commls
Bnry general that he did not report at
onc0i , noVer gave him nn order that was
not Immediately carried nut to thn lnttpr.
indeed his zeal and anxiety for the soldiers
In camp and field wero so great that his
efforts In their behalf during tho Ion
nnd weary days and nights of tho hot sum
mer nearly resulted In his prostration from
ovorwork. The charges of General Miles,
raado oo publicly nnd so positively and tlio
manner In which they were for the first
tlmo made known, seemed to General Egan
his nervous condition the more maB.nl-
ne(1 horr,ble Upon henr)nK
he pitifully exclaimed: "General Miles has
croM ot fnl8ch00i, Bn"
1-K" Unruled to Uenperntlon.
General Kagan had already boon exam
ined by tho war Investigation commission
when (icncral Miles' hearing occurred, but
wnen tho testimony of tho latter appeared
in tne newspapers General Eagan imme
uiateiy requested a rehoarlng. General
Eagan read his rnnlv'tn th rammi..Ln
J f . typewritten manuscript. lushed to
.., uncKiiiiuiia coniaincd.in
General Miles' tcstlmnnv nn.i in i,ia
minnt Intnrv nnv uihfM. ., --.I
" . , " . ' " w
cembor 23 In n Now York nowsDaner. his
inuignation passed tho limits of his self
control anu in his efforts to deny the
charges mado his language becomo vitu
perative, extravagant and highly Imnronor.
I bellevo thnt hod General Eaean's health
not boen seriously Impaired by overwork
nnu anxiety the two objectionable nara-
graphs of 300 words out of on nggregato
oi .'.uuu words contained In his renlv-
would never have bcon written or uttered
Even yet, divested of Us offensive adjec
hives In tho two ..),. -..- .
ins renly to Gennrnl Mllnt nm.ln. ,.
flworablo., In Its logic aridihctjntrovcrtable
n js facts.
The allegation that I had Inspired or had
ny knowledge of nnnnmi v.n. i.J...
attack upon the statement of General Miles
S aBSOIUtOly Untrue. Hn rllil nn
make
Known to mo tho nature of his nronosed
answer. Neither did he consult mo In the
matter. I never saw tho renlv nor did
know Its character until a copy of It was
nanueu to mo by a member or tho nress
Hod General Eagan submitted his manu-
Bcrpt t0 mo ho wouId un(oubteay De at
this tmB , un posscsnlon of his office,
As u wngi tU6 self.prejudlclal reply mado
By uoneral Eagan convinced the commls
Bon that there was no foundation for the
chllTKea anil mslnuotlons dcduclblo from tho
terms "pretenso or experiment" and
balmed beef.'
Mortified at Knuan'd Ontburat.
As soon as I learnod of General Eagan'a
stntement beforo the commission I sent for
him. I Informed him of my aurprlso and
mortification nt his conduct
"Why did you not permit your friends to
read your testimony why did you not show
It to mo nnd thereby have prevented the dls
graco that Is now sure to como upon you
nnd tho uniform you woar? You had no
right," I continued, "to mako use of such
unbridled language at such a time and under
such circumstances, which will assuredly re
suit In associating the president's name and
my own with a disgraceful episode."
Tho language of General Eagan could not
bn overlooked. He was tried by court-mar
Hal for conduct unbecoming an officer nnd
a gentleman and for conduct to' tho preju
dlco of good order and military discipline.
tho court, however, wns commuted to bus
pension from rank nnd duty for six years
until uls retirement.
Tho suspension ot General Eagan from
tho functions ot his office until his rotlre'
mcnt stripped tho service of an honest nnd
able officer. His court-martial was not tho
outcome of General Miles' charges, but tho
result of Intemperate and unmllitary Ian
guago conceived In an Indignation, pardon
able, perhaps, In Its excess, hut unpardon
nblo In Its mode ot expression.
Another Thruat nt Miles
General Miles seemed to bo pleased with
tho notoriety which his startling statement
before tho commission nnd In his subsequent
nowsimper Interviews gave him", for ngal
on tbo 31st of March, 189'.i, tn New York
City, he published additional charge. I
this Interview, which appeared on tho morn
ng it February 1, General Miles was called
upon to deny under oath, and as no was un
nblo to do so, part of his statements In It
were used by tho court of Inquiry ns a basl
tor Investigation.
It Is proposed to treat General Miles
allegations specifically nnd In detail.' His
charges with respect to canned roast beef
were that It was not a part of the army
rntlon and (by Inference) had been Issued
to tho .army by tho secretary of war and
the commissary general without authority
of law and that It was n meat residue,
bref pulp left after the extract had been
taken from It. With respecct to rcfrlger
ntod beef he alleged that It was "embalmed
beef," which hnd baen artificially preserved
by Injecting chemicals Into It; that ho
had overwhelming evidence that tho "em
balmed beet" was treated with chemicals
to preserve It and that the refrigerated
beet would not bo good In any country, In
tho stomach of any man. Ho also said
generally, that bacon was not considered
suitable rntlon for tho tropics and that the
beof furnished the army was the cause of
much sickness and distress; that It was
largoly responsible for the sickness In the
nrmy and that he had medical authority
for this statement.
Canned Freuli Href I'art of Hut Inn
Uoneral Miles should have known that
neither the secretary of war nor th
commissary could legally alter the ration
Its components can be changed only by
the president ol the United States. If
&
General Miles did not know that canned
fresh beef wns a part of the army ration,
then he displayed an Ignorance In an Im
portant matter ot his profession that Is, to
say tho Itest, most remarkable. It he did
know that canned fresh beef was a recog
nized part of the ration, then his allegation
to the contrary Is so much more reprehen-
lble.
On August 1, 1878, canned fresh beef first
becarao a part of the travel ration of the
United States army, then under the com
mand of General Sherman, and while Hon.
Oeorgo W. McCreary was secretary of
war. Canned fresh beef wns again spe
cifically referred to In general orders un
der dates of November 1, 1879, of Septem
ber 28, 1881, January 19, 1888, and February
1888. The last mentioned ordor changed
tho nrmy regulations and Included In thoso
regulations n refcrenco to canned fresh
beef. The allegatlos of General Miles that
ennned fresh beef wns not a part of tho
army ration and that It was Issued ns
'the pretenso of an experiment" were not
only contrary to fact, but wero made abso
lutely without n partlclo of evidence or
excuse. If General Blues roauy believed
his serious charges his conduct Is all the
moro blameworthy In that ho apparently
mado no effort to assuro himself of their
truthfulness nor to report them to the
ccretary of war beforo publicly uttterlng
them.
Mllen' 1'loncnty Uurstloned.
If wo are to bcllovo written evidence to
tho contrary, It does not appear that Gen
eral Miles was even honest In making his
dilatory charges that the canned beet was
lssuod as the pretense ot nn experiment
and that It was not a part of tho ration.
On Juno 17, 1898, his most confidential staff
officer signed a lotter by "direction ot the
major general commanding tho army" In
structing tho depot commissary nt Tampa,
to furnish to General Nunez 10,644 pounds
of canned roast beef to bo Issued from tho
'subsistence stores of tho nrmy." If wo aro
to accept tho reading ot this letter as correct
It proves that General Miles knew that
canned fresh beef wns n pnrt ot tho ra
tion; that bo knew there was a largo
quantity of It at Tampa for Issuo to tho
troops nnd thut ho so far approved ot Its
uso to direct that tho ration bo furnished
In largo quantities to our allies.
It was never Intended by tho commissary
department that canned beet should be used
other than as an emergency or travol ra
tion. Goncral Egan's predecessors In office
had twenty years before the Spanlsh-Amorl-can
wnr, highly recommencded Its uso nnd
It had been officially Included tn tho regu
lar ration. Canned fresh beet has, ever
slnco tho civil wnr, been a part of the regu
lar army ration, 500,000 pounds ot this food
being used annually In our navy beforo
tho war with Spain. For yoars large
quantities ot canned fresh beet havo been
shipped to tho European armies. With a
legal warrant for Its uso, the approval of
at least two previous commissaries general,
Its general uso abroad nnd Its large con
sumption In our own navy. General Egan
wns certatuly fortified In his bollcf that It
could bo efficaciously used by our troops.
Mcreover, tho present commissary general,
then Colonel J. F. Weston, In a letter to
General Egnn under date ot March 24, 1898,
favors Its uso.
Objection tn Corned Ileef.
Fresh canned beef was preferred over
corned beef, becauso of tho fact that tho salt
In the lattor produced thirst, n decided ob
jection In a tropical country, but the tinned
beef should have been used only when
cooked with vegetables and properly seas
oned. In this statement lies tho secret of
tho sourco of complaint against canned
fresh beef. Tho only fault with tho rntlon
that It wa unpalateable when served with
out additional cooking and without vege-
iuuit.- aim conuimenis. 'ino ration was
not used to any great extent In tho nrmy
In tho United States, but only on trans.
ports to Porto Illco and Cuba, and a short
part of tho time, by Shatter's nrmy In tho
trenches, whero objection could bo raised
owing to tho Inability to oook It. Few errors
were mado In Porto Itlco, and yet despite
the improper precautions of tho food, owing
to unavoidable consequences resulting from
military necessity, no complaints of Its un
palatablllty reached tho War department.
Alter tho charges raado by General Miles
the most expert and scientific men In tho
country wore thercforo employed by the
government to runner tho Investigation,
bucu chemists as Prof. R. II. Chittenden of
Yalo and Prof. W. O. Atwater of Wcsloynn.
as well as Dr. D. W. Blgolow, a chemist in
tho bureau of animal Industry In tho De
partment of Agriculture.
The court of Inquiry visited several of
the large packing houses, accompanied by
Dr. Blgolow. Tho results of porsonal exam
inations by the experts employed conclu
Blvely showed that thero was not ono Jot or
titio of evldenco for tho clnlm thnt canned
fresh beef was the pulp after tho beef ex
tract had been removed.
Matter Ilefore Two Trllinnnln.
The Imputations with regard to canned
fresh beef were most carefully and tbor
oughly examined and reported upon by two
impartial tribunals, ono being composed ot
eminent citizens, soldiers and a (listing
ulshed general officer of tho regular army (I
rotor to tho war investigation commission)
the other of the court of Inquiry, consisting
wholly of officers of tbo regular urmy of
high rank and of unimpeachable Integrity,
especially assembled to Investigate this
question. There was no subject to which
tho Dodge commission devoted moro tlmo to
Invcstlgato thoroughly than tho allegations
of the senior major general of the army
What did this tribunal find? That thero
was no foundation for tbo roport that canned
fresh beef was not n part of tho rations or
that It had been turnlshod on tho pretenso
of experiment, or that It wns the pulp of
beef. Tho court of Inquiry found that'
canned fresh beef was nn unpalpnblo rntlon
without condiments, when not cooked nnd
when not servod with vegetnbles. In the
hasto under which the Santlngo expedition
left Tampa proper provision for cooking the
food of tho men on the transports seems to
havo been neglected or have been Impossible
on account ot tho lack of time.
Say Mile Wits Derelict tn III Tint)-.
General Miles arrived at Tampa on June
I for the purpose ot rendering such assist
ance, to the commanding general ot tho ex
pedition as hlB military experience nnd high
rank could glvo. Ho was the special rep
resentative of the War department, dele
gated to overlook that expedition, to ub
stst In Its embarkation. If Oeneral Miles
did not look Into tho question of food for
the expedition ho was as culpable as it ho
had failed to inspect all other Important
matters. There was aio shortage In vege
tables. The unexpected delay ot eight days
resulting from the fright of tho bostllo fleet
prolonged the use of the canned beef on the
transports and Intensified the dislike for It,
which was created by Improper cooking fa
cilities and lack of accessibility to tho veg
etables. Besides finding that canned fresh beet
was unsuitable when not cooked with vege
tables, the court of Inquiry also expressed
tho opinion that tho purchase of 1,000,000
rations by the commissary general during
tbo first two months of tho wnr with Spain
was a "colossal error for "'hlch there Is
no palliation." This, of course, Is a ques
tion far Judgment bb between the court of
inquiry and Oeneral Egan.
Tho ration was not a perishable article
and 1 do not think thnt the expression
"colossal error" as applied to this pur
chase was warranted. Moreover, the Navy
department purchased annually COO, 000
pounds or 667,000 rations ot this same
canned beef. Again the War department
Is now sending to the Philippines 160,000
rations ot canned fresh beef a month for
the force of less than 70,000. This Is at
tbo rate ot approximately 2,000,000 rations
a year for a force one-third the size of the
army for which General Egan provided
1,000,000 rations during the war with Spain,
when he expected to feed and did teed
also our Cuban allies, besides many starv
ing Cuban reconccntrndos.
An tn HefrlKeratrd Ileef.
General Miles' charges with respect to
refrigerated beef wero much more serious
than his Imputations regarding canned
beef. His allegations In substanco were
that tho beet furnished tho army had been
artificially preserved by Injecting Into It
chemicals which wero injurious to health;
that ho had overwhelming proof that this
"embalmed beet" had been treated with
chemicals. It Is significant to observe what
the wnr Investigation commission says:
Of tho witnesses examined by the com
mission, General Miles nnd Dr. Daly are
tho only ones who mako this chargo ot
chemically treated beet. Astounding as
this statement may seem, General Miles
did not baso his allegations upon personal
cxpcrlcnco or submit any proof In support
of them. His startling and scandalous ac
cusations nppenr to bavo been based en
tirely upon tho verbal statements ot Dr.
W. II. Daly, a volunteer major and Bur
geon, upon his staff during the war with
Spain, nnd'upon a stnglo lctcr subsequently
sent him by this volunteer.
Tho processed beef at Tampa exhibited
by n Mr. Powell, referred to In Dr. Daly's
letter, was brought to Tampa by the In
ventor of tho method by which It was
treated, on his own responsibility nnd at
his own expense. Neither the process nor
tho meat ho furnished, nor the Inventor,
Mr. Powell himself, boro any relation to
tho contractors who supplied tho nrmy
with beef, then or since. The Inventor re
quested permission to exhibit his artifi
cially preserved beef nnd was allowed to do
so In hU prlvntno capacity. Ho requested
aud received permission to put two quar
ters of his own beef, on ono of tho trans
ports. It Bpolled when at Hca, a few days
later, and was thrown overboard. None of
It wns ever Issued to tho troons. Mr.
Powell nover again approachfl tho gov
ernment In tho matter and he testified
under oath that his secret process was
neither used then nor since by the con
tractors who furnished refrigerated beef
to tho army.
Dr. Dniy I Arraigned.
"Upon this single exhibit his Individual
experlcuco In eating of this meat at Tampa
and somo refrlgcruted beef in Porto Illco,
and upon tho nllegcd chemical tests mado
by himself of ment claimed to bo refriger
ated beef, this volunteer doctor based his
opinions nnd his ovldoncc. As a matter of
fact, the inventor of tho Powell process of
treating meat sworo that tho beef exhibited
by him at Tampa and eaten by Dr. Daly
was treated by fumigation, and that neither
boric nor salicylic .acid was used at nil In
tho operation. Dr. Daly mado himself
further ridiculous, In bis letter to General
Miles, by referring to tho taste and smell
ot decomposed boruclo acid In tho meat
condemned by tho board on tho Panama.
Scientific evldenco was submitted to tho
effect that borate acid docs not decomposo
when used as a mcnt preservative; that It
has neither tasto nor odor.
"At tho time when tho Panama Incident
occurred Dr. Daly himself admits that his
observances had been in progress tor three
months. Ho did not communlcato his sus
picions to tho board which condemned and
threw overboard tho spoiled meat which ha
claims to have suspected of being treated
with chemicals, although tho opportunity
was an excellent ono to havo conclusively
proven cither the truth or error of his opin
ion. Neither did ho submit his alleged
samples of that meat to tho government ex
perte for examination and test, but secretly
took them to his home and made an analysis
himself, to which-bo did not even refer In
his official report on thismattcr to General
Miles. Ho did bring to'Washlngton n resi
due claimed to havo been taken from tho
Panama, but not proven to bo refrlgerntod
beef, which contained traces of borate and
sallcycltc nclds. Tho circumstances Is
suspicious nnd does not reflect credit upon
Gcnernl Miles only witness.
"Tho allegation that tho food furnished
tho nrmy wns tho cause of much sickness
seems to havo been as little Investigated or
to bnvo had as little warrant for Its utter
ance ns tho other disapproved, charges."
Mil cm Veracity Impugned.
In conclusion, ex-Secretary Alger says:
"Tho army had won Its battles In Cuba
and the Philippines; Porto Illco had peace
fully como Into our bnndn after a few
skirmishes, tho protocol had been In opera
Hon for over tour months and even the
ticaty4 of peace had been signed at Paris.
Then comes tho major general commanding
tho army of tho United StateB with his
chargos. Whllo tho allegations ot General
Miles wero not based upon fact, and wero
conclusively disproved by two separate
tribunals, unlmpcachablo In their compost
tlon nnd methods of Investigation, tho lr
ropnrablo damage had been done. A brave
honest and fntthful officer, suffering under
tho lnsh of cruel, unwarranted and un
justified Imputations, whllo exonerated from
tho heavy odium ot thoso charges was, as
a result of them, sacrificed on tho nltar of
his own passion, righteous In its existence
but inoxccusnblo In Its expression. Bo
sides this, a fnlso impression had been
crentcd throughout tho country as to tho
food furnished tho army, which rauy nevev
bo removed. Tho charges of General Miles
twlco proven falsa In spirit and In sub
stance, aro thereforo the moro heinous In
their effect. Yot tho present congress pro
moted General Miles to lieutenant general
and has thus far failed to glvo General
Shartcr tho rank of major general to retire
upon In his old age, and this alter his
magnificent campaign at Santiago, ns well
as his former distinguished Borvlces."
For n Cold In the Ilend.
LAXATIVE DROMO QUININE TABLETS.
WHICH HORSE IS THE BEST?
Dlaciimloii of Ilrcedn and ftylea from
the Slnndpolnt of Farm
Utility.
I say unhesitatingly that the draft horse
Is the best and most profltablo horse for
the farmer to raise. I say so, first, bo
cause my experience and observation has
proven that a larger per cent ot draft
horses raised aro marketable than other
breeds.
My estimation Is that by breeding to a
good draft slro the farrnor will raise 90
per cent marketable horses, whllo breed
Ing to harness sires ho does well If he
produces 2S per cent of them marketable
I say to tho farmer, leave the so-called
specialist to breed nnd raise the harness
horse. No farmer can or will do his farm
Justice by taking the time that Is neces
eary and putting his mind on educating,
shoeing nnd fitting tho harness horso for
market. Whllo I admit that In breeding
the harness horse a chanco trotter or n
high "kneeactor" Is secured, the average
farmer docs not realize It, nor does in
reap tho benefit. The horse Is sold to thu
"middleman" or to tho specialist, who
fltB him and makes him valuable. Thero
Is not a farmer In 1,000 who could train and
fit him and It ho could and did so he would
take his time and his mind from tho farm
work. I havo In mind a farmer of my ac
qualntanco who did train nnd fit a trotter
for the market, for which he received $3,
000, but In doing It he lost n $10,000 farm
So, I repeat ngatn to tho farmer, leave
this to tho specialist keep right on brood
tng tho good quality draft horse, I havo
shipped many draft colts 3 and 4 years old
to Chicago and othor eastern markets that
hnd never ''looked through a collar," sold
them for "greon wnrkera" and never had
one rejected on account of not working,
I remember well a 3-year-old I bought In
Montgomery county, this state, that nover
was haltered, sold him In Chicago for $!2S.
I havo been engaged In tho horso busi
ness slnco 1373, so wero my tathor nnd
uncles befoto me. I havo boen In all tho
principal eastern markets, ns well as the
European markets and today I am unset
tled how to advise tho farmer lu breeding
the harness horse or kneeactor that Is,
any specific line to follow. I have owned
them, bred In line nnd out ot line. Tho
best pair of roach horses I ever owned 1
purchased In Taylor county, this stnte.
They were bred from trottlng-bred dams
and an Imported shlro stallion, the latter
weighing 2,100 pounds. Tho next pair of
horses bred from the satuo sourco were
mongrels and not marketable. So, I say
again, tho draft horse Is the best and most
profltablo horso for the farmer to raise.
Great care should be exercised In ticlcctlng
sires. Just hero a word. Farmers should
bo very cautious In Joining the so-called
farmer's stallion companies and purchas
ing from parties peddling them through tho
country. Thcso parties nro shrewd com
mission men, who often pay ?60 to $200 to
one or moro of the company to Induce his
neighbor to go In. lu this wny many in
ferior stallions nro sold to farmers at n
very high price. Get up your own com
panies, send a committee who ennnot be
bought to mako your selections. In this
way often $1,000 or moro can bo saved and
besides sccuro a bettor horso nnd you will
cscnpo being Induced to buy through n
paid neighbor or nn unscrupulous salesman.
I am often asked which is tho safest and
best draft breed to mate with your marcs.
I answer ench of tho recognized draft
breeds havo their respectlvo merits. WMlo
I ora a great admirer of tho porchcron
horso, especially to raise In this grcnt agri
cultural state. In lieu of the grcnt foreign
demand that has grown up In tho past few
years for tho heavy draft horse, I am forced
to bellevo that the shlro horso 1b tho best
and safest sire. Threo-fourths of tho for
eign demand for draft horses comes from
England nnd they must have the bono and
"feather," as thoy call It. Many times on
tho greatest horso market In tho world
namely, Chicago I have had such promi
nent EnglUh buyers ns Albert Hawks,
John Dainty nnd Mr. Simons Bay: "Can't
uso that horse; ho Is too Frcnchy. "Wo
farmers may say that ho Is too "clannish"
with all that wo must not let our own
prejudices run away with our pockotbooks.
liaise tho kind that can bo Bold to tho for
eign nnd homo buyer as well for tho highest
price. It Is a well known fact that every
draft horeo sold In Chicago for J300 and
over In tho Inst threo years Shlro and
Clydo blood predominated In his veins. Of
courso wo farmers cannot nil raise $300
horses, but wo can try nnd nro wnrrnntcd
In tho effort so long ns tho foreign do
mnnd lasts und I bellevo It has como to
stay.
When In Chicago recently I wns told by
a commission wan that out of the twenty-
ono foreign buyers thero nt that tlmo six
teen of them wero buying for tho English
markets. Certainly there Is a great futuro
ror t.no breeder of first-class draft horses.
In selecting your mares to breed bo caro-
ful you do not get them too flno or light
boned, but rather on tho coarser and moro
open order; mato with a heavy-boned, good
quality and stylish slro nnd you will reap
tho best results. This Is my theory and
It has given me best results. Always look
ing out for tho bono In a draft horse wo
can usually put on tho rest, but wo can
not feed on bone. It Ie n fact that as long
ns a Shlro horso feeds nnd gains pounds
ho gains dollars. It Is not so with many
of tho other draft breeds. Many of the
draft breeds do not havo tho bone and
feather to go Into our best feeding stnblcs
to bo finished out as well as my good
friend, Mr. McGregor of Tlngley, does It.
Mr. McGregor is unquestionably tho best
feeder in our great stnto. You will find
In his barns nt this writing that tho Shlro
blood predominates In nlno ont of ten ot
his horses. I say stick to tho text and
breed draft horses.
OUIl JWKW OLYMPIA.
otalile
Jlecnrntloim on
Urwoj'n
I'liilitlnir Shin.
Thn TTnllr.l Rhitnu fii.nl.An nl..mtn i.f.u
Is under ovcrhntil nnd repairs at tho H' H
ton now van oHtlmntnH tn i,.u nhn,i, trm
000 nnd tp be completed in June, Is to carry
tho handsomest figurehead in tho servlcn
a work nf nrr Hint Mill i,n v..n,.nni i,.
inn limy mm iiuhhchsou u goou ileal ot His
toric value. It In tn be for tho most rwrt
a reproduction of tho classic statue. "Tho
Vlnged Victory," cast lu bronze from tho
aoove-water torpedo porta of Admlr.il
Dewey's flagship In tho battle of Manila
bny.
Tho Olympla boro no figurehead lu the
Manila bay tight. It had on Us prow sim
ply tho national shield. In red, white ami
blue, with gilded scroll work the Uevlco
on vessels of recent construction. Tho
principal foreign vnrshln? have ulwuyn
had ornato tlgurnhoails, but no vessel In
our navy, or probably In any navy, has a
bow ornuiuuent to bo comared with tho
monumental design for tho Olympln.
Tho figurehead and scroll work will con
tain nbout 3.000 pounds of the historic
bronze. Tho llgureplcce. which will bo llfo
islzc, represents a heroic young woman In
flowing drapery, holding over her head nn
eagle nbout to tnke lllght. Tho wings of
"Victory" nro thrown back against tho
sides of tho pnw. Her fret rest upon n
nchool of dolphins. The figurehead, from
tho pedestal to the eagle's bend, will mens
uro about bovoii feet. Scroll work contain
ing tho national coat ot arms on clthor
side will run aft and underneath tho
hnwso piped nbout twelve feet. When tho
whole ornament Is put In place it wilt bi
pnlntpil anil glided. It will bo decorative,
imposing, beautiful nnd Inspiring.
For tho Htern ornament It Is designed to
havo nn open wpneo, lu scroll frame, for tho
name "Olympla." surmounted by tho na
tional shlelrt. with an eagle perched on It,
and on either sleli, running forward nbout
six feet to tho Hlx-pounder BponRons, scroll
work, dolphins and figures cmblcmntlc of
wnr.
PAIN IN THE BAUl
is. the most conspicuous symptom of
Bright's Disease or other Kidney Com
plnint. It should not be permitted to
continue, as that means u growth of tho
disease.
MOItllOW'S
KID-NE-OIDS
are guaranteed under solemn oath an
a cash forfeit of $50 to euro any case of
Pain in the Back or Kidney or Bladder
Trouble. This great remedy is safe,
sure and prompt.
NEDKAJSKA
peoplornrrdby Kldn-old. In writing theaa
pleaie enclose lumped uddreitrd envelope,
J. II. Illicit. Painter. 1031 T ut Lincoln
It. (J. Wood. 82 H. ih t IJnroln
Mm. A. H. Powell. 1 10 K ft. Lincoln
M. K. Nuttlntr, Carpenter! 3U5 S. 11th t, Lincoln
Mrs. J. K. Klik. 12 O J. Lincoln
C U. Otis, Prop. Morton Hotel, Nebraska City
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids aro not pllli,
but Yellow Tublcts and sell at fifty
cents a box at drug stores.
4QHH MORROW OO., PHINQPIIUD, ,
DR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN
Medical Examiner United States
Treasury Department.
CURED BY PERUNA AFTER FIFTEEN
MONTHS' SUFFERING.
DR. LLKWKLLYN JORDAN IS TUB MEDICAL TiXAMlNKR OF THE
U. H. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON. D. C. DR. JORDAN 18
A GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE AND SERVED THREE YEARS
AT WEST POINT.
DR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN, Medical
Examiner of the U. S. Treasury De
partment, Washington, D. C gradu
ato of Columbia College, and who served
threo years nt West Point, has tho follow
ing to say of Peruna:
Tho Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen Allow mc to express
my gratitude to you tor the benefit
derived from your wonderful rem
edy. One short month has brought
forth n vast change and I now con
sider myself n well innn after fif
teen months of suffering. Fellow
sufferers, Perunu will cure you.
Llewellyn Jordan.
Cbas. D. Smith, Angel's Camp, C.ala.,
says: "Chronic catarrh In tho head, nose
and throat has been a sourco of troublo nnd
grcnt nnnoyanco to mo for moro than ten
years.
"I havo used all such medicines ns camo
under my notice ns a catarrh euro without
any help to mo except at times by some,
only a temporary rcllof, but no cure. My
physician, to whom I applied, did not do
any better.
"My troubles becamo worso and my suf
ferings lncrcnscd Instead of improving. Loss
of appollto, sleep and flesh, besides contin
ual coughing and pain showed too plnlnly
thnt my case was a despcrato one.
TUESDAY, JAN.
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"I lost almost all fnltb In tho so-called
catarrh cures wuon I rend of Peruna nnd
concluded to try this ns a last resort.
Thanks to Dr. Hartman's Invention I now
enjoy as good health as I over did, sleep
soundly, havo excellent appetite and havo
gained In -"eight moro than I over did In
my llfo." Chus. D. Smith.
Catarrhal affections may bo acuta or
chronic, mild or severe, cphcmoral or atub
born, lasting or fleeting, pnlntul or trivial,
but they all havo ono origin, ono nature
catarrh. Thoy all bavo ono euro Peruna.
A HOST OF AVITXESSBS.
l'ernnn n Cntnrrli Cure thnt Itest un
the Uimollclteil Tentlmony of
Tliouaiuiilii,
This Is nn ngo when theories have llttlo
or no weight on tho avcrago mind, but
actual demonstration Ih demanded. Tbo
busy pcoplo ot today havo neither time nor
inclination to speculate, and turn with dis
trust from everything that does not plainly
bear tho stamp of fact.
Tho reason Peruna baa gained such uni
versal hold ot tho confldcnco of tho pcoplo
as a catarrh euro Is becauso all statements
concerning It are accompanied by facts.
A book containing specimens seloctod at
random from a cloud of witnesses who havo
been cured of chronic catarrh by Femna
sent freo by Tho Peruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, O.
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