Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-03-07

The Great Pacinc railroad nags.i. siiii
an the HR-k.
Washington. March G.--The senate com
miitee on Pacific railroads to-day resumed
consideration Of the Pacific railway debt
question.
Senator Morgan asked Huntington his
objections ~ the Pattison report.
Huntington replied that he objected ~
II ~ n whole. lie admitted that he had
been before the commission. bat contend
ed that the commission hal certain theO-
ries 10 work cut. aud did not pay much
attention u his statements.
II know, he said. "all about the build
ing ~ the Central Pacific"
Il, il not ~ much about the building
of the road. we want a. know" replied
Senator Morgan. "as about what was made
out of It,"
I'VE did not, replied Huntington make
any more than We were allowed ~ make
under the statutes"
Continuing. ~ a. the division 0f the
proceeds. he Said he could divide thing
In which two were interested, exactly In
the middle.
Senator Morgan Tan you do that when
you are on one side aud people an the
other side;
linntington-l can.
senator Morganl am going b give
you a chance. before We get through.
Referring to the construction ~ the
Southern Pacific road to Yuma. Ariz.,
Huntington said Cotton was interested In
that transaction, and he had nothing to
do with the disposal Of C0lton's estate.
Did you not" asked senator Morgan,
"buy Mrs Colton's house In san Fran.
cisco"
Il did"
And did you not tlnd Coltons papers
In the house,"
II found wall paper ther""
But did you not hnd his private papers
there and burn them up"
III you charge mo with that, | will an.
swer."
1t IL charged. b, men who have writ.
ten 10 me, neh a. g"d ~ | am"
Then they are g'zh men"
Huntington then asserted. with much
emphasis. that he neither found any Of
Colt0n's papers in the houSe. nor destroyed
any VI them.
IInn,lngtnn uua axun,inal a.. a. tha
partnership with Mark Hopkins In the
hardware business In san Francisco.
lie declared that the hardware business
WAS In no way connected. as = partner
ship, with the railway business. The
tirm luaned money 10 railroads. and
bought railroad securities. which were
divided between them ~ individuals.
lie said Senator Morgan was asking
t0n much when he asked him u give the
details ~ business transactions thirty
i'" years ago. There had been no gen
erai settlement of his and Hopkins &C.
count. upon the latirr's death. hut Mrs.
Hopkins hal goAe On ~ the representa-.
tive oi her husbands interests In the
railroads.
ChirAgo sio"s Market,
Chicago, March Il. Cattle recei ,,ta,
$50. Market dull aud weak at yrstcr.
days decline.
Reeves. o. 2iti'L'; COWS aud heifrrs,
ti H'aASi, Texans, t2SOaa9j: stock.
~, aud f,sdrr-, ts.7Gu375.
Sheep. receipts, 7.uD. Market quiet,
hut STEADY, Common choice. tsJa
s.G5; westerns, t3.i5aa.G5. LamtS,
ti.Jm ii5.
~. Ia New York.
New York, March 6.-Rully tsJOnD
l,r.S was caused by q frs to-day In the
Ganin building. on I.aight street. York
street and So Johns Place. The lOps on
the building Is t75.U0. The Gavin ma
chine company. manufacturing bicycles.
typewriters and other machines, loe
tl75,uo, and BERNARD l'llman. manufac.
turer of embroidery. SstIn
His ra,ris,isna Bsbbiss Over.
Kansas city. March Al. u. Archer, q
well-to-do business man. showed his sym.
pAthy for Cuba BY publicly burning Q