Arizona republican., 1902-03-25

$to ,!S6,i-t and the United Kingdom. which most nearly approaches the fig ures O; the United States. s911.3I6.150.
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 During his lifetime the late Col!is P. Huntington Was subjected to all ths
 foul abuse of which THE yellow journalism was REAL capable, and the chan HUNTINGTON. ges were rung on nis.
 alleged selfshHcas and De1uri0usness. Every time he vent t. San Francisco. one newspaper of that city made it Q practice to display il 1 bold type Q statement that he had re- marked, T shall never be tracked through life by the quarters | have dropped" and the lie was made to serve every purpose O. the yawping wealth-hating patriots. A-r. Hunting ! ton never troubled himself to deny any i of the islanders set atioat c0ncernin., 1 airn, and the public accordingly formed conclusions in regard to his character which were wholly unjust. The in Ventory Of his estate which is now eo- ii.g Gil in New York. brings out clearly the fact that the great railroad builder and benefactor Of the weet was one of the most charitable and generous 0. men. The dispatches iniorm Is that tha delay fn completing the inventory ! is due in large part to overhaulins claims and notes against the friends o1 MT. Huntington. These amount u --an astonishiagly large sUia." We are tod and are in such shape that it is diff cult for the executors to teii how much they are really wcrth. E-r Char!es N
 Tweed, one Of the executors Of the es- tate, when asked about the claims rep resented by loans to persons and enter prisas which Mir. Hurtinston considered worthy. said: The amout of the claims held by the estate against persons o. companies are things which 2Ir. Hunt ington would not make puolc Were h. alive, anu the executors fer t..4t rea- son 60 rot care to 5as- a.-s -stlinc aDc,;t tilsm q this time" From another source, however. not less autncritltive than Mir. Tweed, it was learned tha; the charity list" would run into th,: millions. Said this authority:
 The scheduling Of the estate shows that EEr. Huntington-s heart promptly responded to appeals for assistance. and that he would not exactly be cslIl=t, a conservative man iu many of his business enterprises. He had largl ;.7acc. was mt mn -,71r,.,-. behind them in order tc exploit them. There are records of leans 10 promoters of enterprises in nearly all the states of the union. Some Of these enterprises never came to anything. Others aI" still in q. formative condition. and may turn out to be vastly remunora tive, l While others are 2 dead loss, the snar2s being entirely w9I Unless. da loaned money to nlen and women wrom h- i1le,y alnosc without stint. Probably the cats l:.d dogs list. 90 called b. financial people, viii 1cot up $3,C03 ,C03 out of this sum the executors can net hope to realize q large amount. Some cf those who borrowed money from MT | iiIatingto-: cannot even be found | They are being traced as well as pos stb!e and the lawyers for the executors are sending some Of their letters to for eisn lands. The heirs, likewise. are widely scattered, and the settlement of the estate is a slow-movins piece cf business.
 Net only was C. ?. Huntington greatly misunderstood by the general public on account of defamato1y an1 blaclmailing newspapers, but it was his fate to pass out of life befcra the time had come for Q proper approcia- tioa of his iIameasurable services U the southwest and the Pacific coast country, Had there been TO IIunting- ton, it is vary probable that the de- velcpmeut Of California. and Arizona would have been postponed several dec adcs. Had he net been possessed of the requisite foresight, courage and genius, the construction oi the great Southern Pacific system might to this day be Q thing Of the future.
 The time is not distant nov, however when the debt which California an i Arizona ovs to Huntington will be ac- slnowleaged by everybody.
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