Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-21
At THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
State Department Notified by Ambas-
sad0r Eustis That France Has
Released Waller.
HUNTINGTON EXHIBITS MUCH NERVE
Gold Reserve in Treasury Passes the
$1OO,OOO,OOOM OMark-House Rush
ing Business-Populist Senators
Said to Be Weakening.

Washington, Feb. 2l.-Secretary Olney
received cablegram to-day from Ambas-
sador Enstis announcing that John L..
Waller, ex-consul to Madagascar, was re-
leased to-day.
PACIFIC RAILROADS INVESTIGATION.
The senate committee on Pacific rail-
roads was in session to-day with G. p.
Huntington on the stand and Senator
Morgan acting as interrogation in chief.
The inquiry was continued on the lines
of the report made by the Pattison COM
mission. Huntington asserted that many
of the statements in the report we're the
result of mere street talk in San Fran
cisco.
Huntington was asked if it was true, as
stated in the late Senator Stanford's testi
mony, that Huntington, Stanford, Hop.
kins and Crocker each received $l3,000,-
900 of stock after the completion of the
Central Pacific.
He replied that the statement did not
accord with his recollection. The four
received $45,OOO,OOO in stock in the ag-
gregate and it had been divided equal
ly.
Senator Morgan pressed the inquiry
regarding the destruction of the books of
the Contract & Finance company and
quoted the statements of the witnesses
who told the Pattison commission that
the books were then in existence.
Huntington declared that they were
not
HUNTINGToN's NERVE.
'Are you," asked Senator Morgan, sin
different tc public opinion?"
II am satisfied" Huntington replied,
''if one man thinks we'll of me, that is q.
p. Huntington.
PASSED THE HUNDRED MILLION MARK.
For the fret time since September s,
1895, the gold reserve to-day passed the
$1OO,OOO,OOO point, the exact figures being
$105092,S43. Deducting yesterdays with
drawals, the true amount would be ap-
proximately $1O4,OOO,0O0. The total
amount of gold 80 far received on account
of bond purchases is $65,OOO,OOO
WEST CREEK REJoIoEs.
The president has signed the bills ex-
tendening the operation of the mineral
land laws to the north half of the Colville
Indian reservation IN Washington, and to
open the forest reservations of Colorado
to the location of mining claims.
KENTuoKIAN AFTER CARLISLE.
Representative Colson, Republican, of
Kentucky, to-day introduced in the house
resolution to investigate the action of
Secretary Carlisle in refusing to accept
the bid Of William Graves for $4,5O0,O00
of bonds at 115,3391,
ALLEGED poPuL1sT FUNK.
Populist senators have now decided
that when the motion is renewed for the
reconsideration of the tariff bill they will
cast their votes in the affirmative. They
may be able to turn the result from the
negative to the affirmative. The Populist
senators say they have never been OPP
posed to the consideration of the bill,
but they were taken by surprise by the
tirst motion.
RUSHING BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE.
In the house to-day, the senate amend
ments to the military academy appropria-
tion bill were concurred in.
The senate bill to amend section 1894
Of the revised statutes, relative to the
power of the secretary of the treasury to
remit or mitigate fines, penalties or for
FIXTURES, was passed.; also the senate
bill relating to final proof in timber
cnlture entries.
Mr.. MCMILLAN, Democrat, of Tennessee,
inquired whether the latter bill had been
Endorsed by the commissioner of the gen
eral land office.
81 do not want to appear captious in
these matters" said he, "but a few days
ago an innocent looking bill, carrying
$4,000, was brought up here and I was
assured it had the approval of the interior
department. Upon that I withdrew my
opposition. I have since learned that it
did not have the approval of the depart
ment and it will cost $500,000 to carry
ont its PROVISIONS
"The committee gave no such assur-
ance," said Mr.. Lacey, chairman of the
committee on public lands.
"Some one whom supposed had au-
thority to speak did give it," replied Mr..
Mcmillan.