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Show IiVaTinurova TKaTiauNY. aeualer alerxaa anil I'r.Mlna 11 lea ler Meull.0 te UUaelleae. WAaiiiNuniN, Feb. 21. Tba Hauata Comnilltaeoo feolllo rellroada wae lo tvaaiou tuday wllb C. i'. Huntington atlll oo tbe ilaod, Huualor Morgan eoU lug aa Itilerrogalur lo chief, "lue In. qulry waa ooutlnued on the Itnea of the report made by tde 1'alllaoo outu-miaalou. outu-miaalou. Huntington aaaarlad that many alaleuieute made lu Ihe report were tne reault uf mere atreet talk ol Hen Franclaao. He wae aakad If II wai Hue ai lilted lu lb lata dautlut Bleu- furd'e Itallmuny bafora that commie lull, met Huntington, Htaiifnrd, II p-Una p-Una aud Crocker eeoh received fill,. tiiKJ.Oiill alook after Ih completion o' he Central I'aclflr. Ha replied to. I bla itatemaul did not aocord wild bl r oolteclion. Tne lour receiv.il It1,,. iki,iKh Hock lo the aggregate aud II dad been divided equally. Henatur Morgan i reeeej bli Inquiry regarding tba oeetruclluo ol Ida booke ol tde Contract and Fleauce eonipei.y and quoted Ida etatemeate of wllneeeee wno told Ida 1'attlaou eommlaalua thai the booka were Idea lo eilelonce. riunttngion declared they were riot, end aald the wllneeeee who hid given thla leatlnuny were unrellebie. "Are you," naked Henetor Morgan, "Iniilflereol lo public opinion?" "I em letterled," Huntington re. piled, "If one man Idluka well of mr, and Ibat la C. 1'. Huntington." Huntiging eald lo reply lo a quel-lluu quel-lluu llial Ida Central 1'aclflo paid ill-vtdende ill-vtdende for aeveral yean ailer in. ouoipleilon and eooordtug to hla raoul-lactluu raoul-lactluu the four prlnolpal aluckool.ieri, (hlmaelf, Hlenlord, Crocker and Hop. line) eacu received about f 2,UiiO,Oilii tu dlviuendi. Thee dlvldeude were I-gilimeleaud I-gilimeleaud lu no way foroet. Hpeaklng ul Ihe Hau Franulaco niaaa meeting January IS laat, at wdlcd a trung memunai lo Cuogreee againit tne Huutlugloo management wae doplrd eod at wblob It waa laid there were 111,000 people prevent, Hunting-tun Hunting-tun deoiared mere were oaly tliii-twu peraoni there. The oommhlea adlourned until next Friday lo give Huntington au opportunity oppor-tunity lo examine lue i'aitiion report with a view ol making bla iiaieuieut ou tde polnu deval.ped. Morgan remarked mat be wauled to give Huollngiun ao opportunity tu aniwer tne eaeertlune oaei bpou dim, but Mr. HuniiugUio r.plljd it would laka a huudred yeara lo reply lu all bla enemlee aald abjut dim. "i davee great many enemloi,' ha Id, "aud 1 am proud ot Ihetu, lor I aiwayi bowed to the Hue and where there Wei liugvra In Id way, they w.r pretiyaure to be cut." He waa aaltafltd tue publlo at large would ludgo blm by the work b'e bad done reiuer tden by Ida repent put out agaiuit dim. Moigan tuld Uuullngloo In reply to thla mat ba lelt confident Cougreee Would acoept tde ilatemeata made by the i'allleuu oommlaeloli, unleee he cou'd refute them. Huutlugluu prom-leedturiad prom-leedturiad Ida report and make dla report at Ide uexl altfug. aileenpied aulelde. Ciiicaou, Feb. 21. Almul Butler-field, Butler-field, 66 yeara old, a eemmlaaloa mar-ohaot, mar-ohaot, reported worth t-dii.iHKI, attempted at-tempted te oominlt aulclue today by outtlng bielbrual. He Inlllclej poaai-bly poaai-bly a latal Wjuod. 'ide deed waa doua tu tne aleeplug roum over hie itore, where be bee lived for a d. I.u yeara without the ordinary domicile uf lite, iiulierlleld died a tew douia later. |