El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 63, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 15, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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HINETEENTH YEAR. NO. 63.
EL PASO, TEXAS, WEDNESAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1899.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Henry Pfaff
Successor to R. F. Johnson & Co.
WHOLESALER OF
Liquors, Brandies, Wines & Cigars.
HOLE AUE'T FOB
Aaheurser-Bnsch Brewing Association, St. Louis, Mo.
Jeeeph Schlitz Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
Maniton Mineral Water Company, Mani on, Colorado.
Italian-Swiss Agricultural Colony, Asti, Cal., Fine Wine*.
Q. H. Mnmm&Co., Reims Champagnes.
P. A. Mnmm, Frankfort, O. M. Rhine Wine*.
Landan Fils, Bordaux Cognac.
Sergnonret Freres, Bordanx Clarets,
Dr. Alexander, .Ciudad Juarez, Mex., Native Wine*.
THE COURT
OF INQUIRY.
A Number of Witnesses
Give Important Testi-
mony to the Court.
THAT BEEF CONTRACT.
C. R. MOREHEAD, President. I J. C. LACKLAND, Cashier.
JOSEPH MAGOFFIN, V.-Prest. | J. H, RUSSELL, Asst. Cash.
State National Bank.
ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1881.
A Legitimate Banking Business Transacted in all its Branches.
Highest Price Paid for Mexican Dollars.
Pew & Son, Dealers in Fine Shoes, El Paso, Texas.
The First National Bank,
EL PASO, TEXAS.
Capital and Surplus, $150,000.00.
Joshua S. Raynolds, President. Ulyses S. Stewart, Cashier.
H. W. Flournoy, Vice-Prest. Jos. F. Williams, Asst. Cast.
*. UMIHBKT, A. SOLOMON, B. P. MICHBL80N, 8. J. PRBUDBNTHAL.
President Vloe-presldent. Secretary. General Manager
Wholesale Grocers,
AND JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS.
Ate carry a complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, and guar-
antee all our goods first class.
We solicit the trade of dealers only, and give especial attention to
nail orders.
JUAREZ BRANCH
-OF THB-
BANCO COMERCIAL OF CHIHDAHOA.
CAPITAL, $600,000.
and sell Mexican money and Exchange on all the principal cities ot
the Republic of Mexico, the United States and Europe.
A General Banking Business Transacted
iBS:
LUIS TERRAZAS. ENRRIQUE 0. CREEL. JOSE M. SALOMIE.
MAXIMO KRAKAUER. LUIS TERRAZAS, Jr.
CIUDAD JUAREZ. ADOLPH KRAKAUER, Manager.
Agency of the “Banco Mlnero of Chihuahua.'*
DIETER & SAUER,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
Fine Groceries, Wines and Liquors.
Havana and Mexican Cigars and Cigarettes. Ciudad Juarez, Mex.
FASSETT & KELLY,
Hardware, Stoves, Tinware
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Cutlery, Guns, Pistols, Mining Supplies and
Ammunition of all Kinds.
tySole agents for Bucke e Mowers and Reapers, Fairbanks' Scales, Buffalo
•oales, Charter Oak Stoves, Giant Powder. Aermoter Wind Mills, Studebaker
Wagon* and Carriages.
Thera Seem, to be Some Difference of
Opinion hi to how Long Hr frig era ted
Beef wm to Keep—t ommlseary General
Eagan Made Direct Purchase* of Can-
ned Beef—Only Inspected by Sample.
-AGENTS FOR-
WM. J. LEM P'S BREWING COMPANY.
••EXTRA PALE.”
PABST BREWING COMPANY.
••SELECT A DOPPELBRAU. ‘
Teday we beg to draw your attention to < jr large stock of genuine imported
Rhine and Moselle Wines,
Bordeaux Clarets and Sauternes,
Spanish Madera,Sherry and Port Wines
These wines were carefully selected in person—bought at what they
are worth—no middle man to pay—and we give this benefit to the con-
turner! Connoisseurs desiring pure and wholesome wines for table use
•t reasonable cost wil< do well to give u„ a trial order.
HOUCK & DIETER,
Telap/mi 5\. 220-222 El Past Street.
Chicago, March 14—Colonel O. M
Smith, purchasing agent for the gov-
ernment at Chicago since 1895, testified
today before the government court of
iuqniry that stores of cauued roast beef
bought by him during the Spanish war
were ail upon the direct order of Gen-
eral Eagan, commissary general. He
also stated some purchases of canned
beef were made without his knowledge
by the commissary general.
Another of the day’s important wit-
nesses was Gustavos F. Swift, head of
the Swift packing house of Swift & Co.
Good progress was made by the court
today but the end of the list of wit-
nesses to be examined in Chicago, is not
yet in sight.
Captain Homer F. Aspinwall, assist-
ant quartermaster dnring the Spanish
war, in command of the transport Mani
toba, testified that he took on board at
Newport News 1,500 quarters of refrig-
erated beef. The Manitobo left New-
port News August 5 and arrived off
Ponce, Porto Rico, Augnst 10. Upon ar-
riving at Ponce witness reported the
meat to General Gilmore. Gen* ral
Gilmore looked np smiling and said:
“You had better throw it overboard;
we have no use for it; we can get all the
beef we want here and if necessary I
will give you an order to that effect.”
Witness said the beef issned to the
army gave satisfaction except in one or
two instances, where it was sent sever-
al miles in the interior in hot weather.
The recorder then called Gastavns F.
Swift, president of Swift & Co. He
testified the two contracts had been en-
tered into between his company and
the Uuited ~tates government for sup-
plying refrigerated beef to the troops in
Cuba and P .rto Rico, saying they had
been made with General Eagan. Swift
was questioned at length as to the in-
terpretation of his firm's contract with
the government, and this qnestioning
developed a marked difference of opin-
ion between Switt and former Commis-
sary General Eagan as to the length of
time the beef had been guaranteed to
keep alter being removed from the re-
frigerator ship.
General Eagan had testified the beef
was to keep, nnder normal conditions,
remaining sweet and proper food, seven-
ty-two hours after it had left the re-
frigerator ship Swift maintained his
firm contracted to furnish beef that
would keep seventy-two hours in refrig-
erators ashore, after its delivery from
refrigerator ships, or twenty-four hours
after being issued from refrigerator
buildings on shore, and maintained the
contractors were not liable for meat
condemned after having been seventy-
two hoars away from the ship. Where
there were no refrigerators on shore, he
maintained, the contractors' liability
ceased after twenty-fonr hours.
Witnesses stated that chemicals was
not in any way used as a preservation
He heard of the Powerful process and
other chemical experiments but never
tried them. Borax was used, he said,
in packing and shipping cured joints of
pork but nof on beef. He said, his
company did no canning, but furnished
the beef used by Libby. McNeill & Lib-
by for canning.
Major Lee a.-ked if the larger propor-
tion of the poorer beef did not go to the
canners. Ssvift replied it did not.
Horace C Gardner, manager of the
oon- traction and chemical depai tun ntof
Swift & Co., William Van Woddie, re-
frigerator engineer in the employ of
Swift & Co , and F. W. Wider, general
superintendent of Swift & Co., gave
corroborating testimony.
George E. Van Norman, commission
merchant, with office at Milwaukee and
Chicago, testified in detail as to gov-
ernmental, state and municipal inspec-
tion of cattle slaughtered at the stock
yards.
Major Lee asked if, as a rule, a pbr-
tion of the poorest class of cattle was
not used for canning.
"Yes, sir. But people have a wrong
idea about emaciated cows going in for
canners: they are not economical for
that purpose; they are all bones and no
flesh.” I
Col. 0 N. Smith, who had been pur-
chasing commis-arv for the government
at Chicago since 1895, was the next wit-
ness. He said he had pnrcbased be-
tween May 1 and July 19, 1898, 2.759.-
272 pounds of canned roast beef Orders
for the pnri-hase came from Commis-
sary dent-rnl Egan in every case.
At the request of Colonel Davis, wit-
ness produced copies of the orders. He
aid jjhe orders were al! rush orders. !
The recorder read a large namber of (
telegrams between General Eagan and
other officers of the subsistence depart-
ment at Washington and Col. Smith,
with reference to the purchase of can-
ned roast beef last year.
“What inspection were these pur-
chases subjected to?” asked Col. Davis.
“They are only inspected by sample.”
“Iu some oases I see price of deliver-
ies on the same day varies one or two
cents a pound. What is the reason for
that?"
“These are not my purchases. They
were made from Washington ”
“Did you make auy purchases of Lib-
by, Mitobell & Libby ’s second grade,
known as 'Emery Draud?’ ”
“I myself never bought any second
grade of Libby’s meat; this was pur-
chased direct horn Washington.”
“Did you buy auy canned meat of the
second grade?”
"Well, Hammond company submitted
to me some samples which seemed good
and I bought them, not knowing nntil
afterwards it was what they call second
grade.”
“What method was pursued as com-
paring the samples with stores pur-
chased ?”
“None, I took it for granted they sup-
plied the same stores as represented by
samples. I was satiefied the beef was
all inspected by the government inspec-
tors and relied upon the responsibility
of th- packing houses.
Colonel Gillespie:—“What reason
was there for the commissary general
making purchases in this market with-
out vour knowledge?”
"I’m sure I don’t know. He notified
me he purchased it and asked me to
ship it.”
Major Lee:—“That purchase was not
subjected to inspection.”
“No, I was simply ordered to ship
it.”
Witness stated that when he got
samples heopem-d the cans and in every
instance examined the contents. Some
meat was eaten by clerks and also by
himself.
Court adjourned until 10 o’clock to-
morrow morning
fiOT FILL MIL’* REMAINS.
OUT ON
A STRIKE.
Sheriff May Call * for
Troops to Maintain
Order.
MINERS ARE ARMED.
Italian Miner. Prevented Other MlDera
Prom Inking Their Plaeae — Armory
Hrokeu Open and all the Arm. and Am-
munition were Htnlen-Bherlff will En
deavor to Protect Tboee Who WUh to
Work.
Na.j Department Helleves That HU Bod;
Is at the Bottom of the -xa
Washington, March 14—The secre
tary of the navy this afternoon received
the following telegram:
"Portland, Ore., March 14—The re
mains found in a chair about four miles
west of Santiago as reported in today's
papers, are not those of Villamil, bat of
a Spanish seaman. Report follows by
mail ’’ This is signed by Proctor, as
sistant engineer.
The officer from whom this message
was received was engineer on board the
Gloucester, which was the instrument
that destroyed the ill-fated Pluton, on
board of which Admiral Villamil start-
ed from Santiago. He was in charge
of the landing party which went to
succor the Spanish sailors who managed
'o reach shore from the sinking vessel,
and were being fired upon by Cubans.
While bringing this particular seaman
down to shore to take him aboard the
Gloucester, be died and his remains
were allowed to sit in the chair in which
his body had been conveyed.
Department officials believe Villamil’s
body lies at tbe Lottom of the sea.
Meittl Mmkei
New York March 14—With tbe ex-
cap ion of copper the various depart-
ments of the metal market show a dis-
position to do better on an increased
demand, aud a more abitrary brand of
sellers. The changes scored today were
devoid of special significance. Advices
from the English market averaged np
in favor of sellers and did much to in-
vigorate consumers At the close of the
metal exchange called pig iron war-
rants were qnietatflO 95 nominal; lake
copper was easy at $17.75 nominal for
spot and $7,624 on sellers for March de-
livery. Lead was qniet and firm with
$4,414 bid and $4 45 asked; brokers
price of lead $4.80 aud copper $17,824.
Silver 59Jc.
Additional NtailoiiM Established.
Washington, March 14—For the
purpose of enlisting men to till the reg-
ular army up to the maximum of 65,-
000, allowed bv the army law, addition-
al recruiting stat'ons have been estab-
lished at Chicago, Seattle. Washington,
St Paul, Minnesota. Minneapolis, Min-
nesota, and several other points.
In addition to these stations the war
department will have officers in eve:y
place where volunteers are mustered
out to enlist such men as may wisn to
remain in the armv.
LalkCity, Colo., March 14—Armed
Italian strikers prevented other miuers
from taking their places this morning
at the Hidden Treasure and Ute and
Ulay mines.
The sheriff may call on the governor
for troops to maintain order. The
strike was declared on account of an
order requiring all miners without fam-
ilies to take their meals at the mine
boarding honse.
The armory was broken open last
night and all tbe arms and ammnnitiou
there were stolen, presumably by strik-
ers or sympathizers.
The comity commissioner* will hold
a conference tomorrow with the mi-e
superintendents, and will notify them
that unless they will agree to discharge
all the Italians thev will be left to settle
their difficolties as best they can.
The mines have employed 200 Ital-
ians. If these are discharged Sheriff
Beck will endeavor to protect other
men who wish to work iu the Hidden
Treasure and Ute and Ulav mines.
Chicago Markets.
Chicago, March 14—The unexpected
small increase iu the world’s stock of
wheat, together with claims of crop
damage, caused a rally of one point in
wheat, and May closed with a net gain
of 8 "Ho.
Pork and ribs advanced 24®5e each.
May wheat opened at 691((t69|o; fell
off to 094c. advanced to 704(#|o aud
closed at 70|c.
May corn opened jfcbje lower at 354@
}c, aud advanced to 551 o, sellers at the
close.
May oats opened at 261c, rose to 264 @
268c, and closed at 264c.
The Fmperor Hold* Hupreiuo ('omuitnd.
Berlin, March 14—The official naval
gazette published an imperial order to-
day re orgauiziug the high administra-
tion of the navy. Henceforth the em-
peror h Ids supreme command aud the
office of commander-in chief.
A Texas Appoint ui.mt.
Washington, March 14—John B.
Railey, assistant United States attorney
for the Eastern district of Teias haa re-
signed, and Frank Lee, ol Paris, Texas,
has been appointed his successor.
Yesterday
we unloaded
a ear of California
Dried Fruits, consisting
et the ehoieest
evaporated prunes,
eprieote, peaches, plums,
lgs, pears, apples,
raisins and muscatels
and'London layers. We
will sell them at enormously
low prices
Pillsbury’s Best
»the best flour
in the world, it is
the World's standard
We have just received
» earload ef it.
El Paso Grocery Co
Comer Overland and Oregon fit*.
All the
MARCH
Maxazlnes at
DELLQUEST & ANDREWS*
ECLECTIC BOOK STORE.
IM«.
for quality and price, no need to look further
W U. WAUZ COMPANY, Mole Ageata.
SEWING MACHINES.
DOMESTIC nnd 8rANDAUD, the Lost In Mu
world. M0 mid ffO. W U. Wa'x tin.. Hole Art*.
Mexican Cigars
Readied Weekly from
BA1AA IINOS., VEKA OKUZ.
Mexican Leather Carver
To bo toon wurkliuj at W. G. Will/ t’oinpanjr
Ourlooealort*, I'uulttd Juarez, Mexico, oppo-
site custom houHOs
UhLhM Wheel 18B8.
Incorporated IB8&.
Eaat^LaH Ve^as^N. M.
Browne & Manzanares Co.
EL PASO, TEXAS.
Wholesale Grocers.
WOOL, HIDES AND PELTS.
Phone 213. Cor. Fifth and El Paso Sts.
We sell to Dealers only.
Seasonable Goods at Reasonable Prices
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OFFICE, STAIR AND BANK
FIXTURES.
but'Mill Work of ail Kinds.
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# Best Locution in the City for Fine Residences. Best Streets in the City. The Line of the Proponed Electric
® Street Car also Rons Through this Addition. Buy Now while Lots are Cheap.
From $100 to $200 per Lot. EASY TERMS.
Call on
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No Trouble to Show the Lots and Give Particulars.
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