Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-22
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isfied,
From the Veao York Tribune,

From the Ye10 York Tribune.
A Gale dispatch from Paris, received
, thiscity day or two ago, relates an
| lter@ting piece of gossip which deals
withthe affairs of two men we'll known
/ in mis- country. Although no names
J were given in the dispatch, those who
real between its lines would have no
difficulty III identifying the persons re-
| fened TO az Louis A. Won Hoffman, the
banker, OF No. so Wall street, and his SON.
Inlaw, the Marquis de Mores, the young
| A'agonese nobleman who is known in
this country through his connection with
! the cattle ranch business in Dakota and
the scheme to furnish Eastern consumers
with meats brought directly from the
feeding grounds of the cattle in the lar
| West.
The story told is to the effect that there
mas been serious disagreement between
MIR. Won Hoffman and his son-in-law over
the latter's investments in the meat busi-
ness, which Is said to have proved I'M
prohtable. and that the banker has de-
cGed TO withdraw the financial support
which ne has hitherto given the Marquis
IN ms ventures. 1t is furthermore said that
nj. Won Hoffman intends to close up his
business affairs in this country and to
take up his permanent abode in Paris.
seems TO cast doubt upon the identity of
one OF the persons referred to is that the
young nGbleman has been in France dur
ing the last month and is just about to
sail for America. The Marquis de Mores
is now at Medora, Dakota, and has not
been in France this year.
An intimate friend OF the Marquis, to
whom the contents of the dispatch were
related Yesterday, said: lit is true that
there q a nof haT yga1,
the Marquis and MIR. Won Hoffman, but
do not consider 1T matter in which the
pubic is interested, aud | prefer not to
20 into the details. If the difficulty should
result III embarrassing the Marquis,
which Is extremely doubtful, it is posi-
tive tnat it would nave no effect upon the
National Consumers Meat Company.
1.-The public has obtained false i'm
preston as to De Mores' connection with
that company. He was not the Origina-
tor OF the scheme, nor the organizer of
the company, and is not by any means so
largely Interested financially as many
suppose. The National Consumers Meat
Company of New Jersey was IDcorpo-
rated in October, 1885, and on January
last opened twelve markets in Baltimore.
The Western Dressed Beef Company, the
Northwest Dres sed Beet and Land Com
pany, the Southwest Dressed Reef Com
pdUg3 Inc ouuLuW west h9lTIg6EdIOT COn-
pany, and finally the National Consum-
ers' Meat Company of New York were
OutgrOwths of the New Jersey company,
and have about the same stockholders
and about the same boards Of officers. De
MOres' first connection with any or these
companies was In March last when he be-
came interested in the Northwest Dressed
Beet and Land Company. 1t was not I'M
til August q that he acquired an interest
In the New York National Consumers
Meat Company, and he now acts as Wes-
tern agent.
While the business in which the va
riOus companies ! have named has not
been as profitable as at first
anticipated, 1T has nevertheless
been sufficiently large to induce
the stockholders 10 furnish capital Tor eX-
tending it. Within a month three large
markets have been fitted up in this city,
one of them the mammoth skating rlRk
building on Broadway and seventh ave-
nue., between Fnty-6 aud Z 'fty-secOnd
streets. The New York company has a
contract with Ven Hoffman for furnish
ing meats from the West which expires
on October 10 and will not be renewed"