The morning times., 1895-09-15
MR.. MORA ISPAID AT LAST
Spain Gives Up Sl,44e,ooo for
Damages I'd His Property.
Temporary Restraining Order Did
Not otPrevent Acting Secretary Adee
From Transferring the Draft.

i Loiift, tne oIdD1sh minister 20 washington,
handing to Acting Secretary Adee a draft
on the Spanish fiscal agent at London for
Sl,449,OOO in gold. Mr.. Adee gave the
minister receipt for the draft, as stated In
The Evening Times.
Antonio Maxine Mora, feeble man.
eighty-seven years of age. who has devoted
nearly quarter OF a century To attempting
the collection Of the claim against the
| Spanish government for the destruction OF
his property in Cuba, Friday night arrived in
the cHy and Is now the guest of DIR. jose
L. Rodriguez, at No. 1 $40 Vermont avenue.
i Mr.. Mora expects to remain in the city
4 several days and Will probably devote a
| portion OF his time to selecting a suitable
| residence here i'll which to speEd his re-
mining years.
Being native Cuban he fluids the climate
| OF New York too rigorous ana has long
contemplated locating in Washington.
Neither Mr.. Mona nor any OF his attor-
Deys were present yesterday when the Span
ish minister transferred to Acting Secretary
Adee the amount agRed upon as eonsti
| tuting final settlement.
Crammond Kennedy, chief counsel for
| Mr. Mora, said to tile Times reporter that
he did not apprehend any delay in 3pp0r-
tioping the funds among the beneficiaries
| OF the claim.
| order secured from Justice Cox by Mrs.
Frazer viii under no circumstances serve
as bar TO the distribution of the money.
He says IL is an Injunction issued against
Richard Oiney as an Individual and can
not affect his act;uns In an official ca
pacity.
On the contrary. AIRS. Frazer intimates
that she has assurances which convince
her that Mr.. Olney viii transfer no por-
ton of the money until ali legal ques-
tons involving any part of IL have been
settled in the courts
Mr.. Kennedy. however, holds that no
other assignments can be affected except
those made by DR. Dexter, against whom
suit is brought by Mrs. Frazer
Secretary oiney is not expected TO re-
turn until a week from this time, and in
the meantime Mr.. Adee. as ActIDg Secre-
tary of state, will have replied Un next
Wednesday as TO the temporary jDiunc-
ton. and this question Will be cleared
away, so that Mr. Oincy can act without
fear of becoming entangled in legal com
piications.
There was no ceremony about the paying
of the Mora claim. Sennr de LONE appeared
at the state Department 4 fe minutes after
noon.
He handed to Mr.. Adee drafi, signed
by himself, on the London financial agent
of the Spanish government, fur e295. 5.4I2
100000 Spanish pesos, and Mr.. Adee
delivered in return formal receipt for
the amount signed by himself as Acting
Secretary of State.
What steps viii be taken to collect the
amount OF the draft, have not been deter
mined. Mr.. Adee has left that to Secretary
oiney. There is apparently no hurry in
the matter, rs it may take some time TO
arrange the assignments.
Yesterday a morning q ba lifftried to serve
the injunction papers on Mr. Adee, but as
they were directed TO Richard Olney, Mr..
Adee refused to accept the service. and, at
his suggestion, the bailiff returned to the
court to have them made serviceable on the
Secretary OF State.' which would fit Mr..
Adee's present position.
MRS FRAZERS STATEMENT.
reporter saw Mrs. Frazer last night
and she said: s,at
~ can not consistently permit a state
ment so grossly misrepresenting the facts
as that made by DR.. James l.. Dexter. of
No 453 c street northwest, in the Satur-
day morning Times to be accepted by
the public in any sense.
mo better estimate of DR.. DeXter's
veracity can be given than a simple refer
ence TO the wording of his own volun-
tary affidavit, made last December, the
original of which S now on file at the
city han, a copy signed in duplicate at the
State Department, and other copies with
my attorneys, in which he explicitly
states that accompanied him to the State
Department, investigated the Mora Claim
and accepted the same; adding that he
owes me 81 800 in the said claim, being
double the amount of an $500 obligation.
balance due for purchase of Virginia
properties. and guaranteed by him to be
SO paid in the Mora Claim accepted from
him at the rate of two for one.
II have now in my possession an auto
graphic statement from DR.. Dexter. fur
nished to my former attorney, Mr.. George
K French. and which has been seen and
examined by The Times representative,
where the following words occur: This
balance of Ss26 10 to be paid by an
assignment in the Mora Claim of double
the amount
"Since Dr. Dexter has seen fit to refer
to the diamond incident, 1 will say that
I have given him full credit in my general
statement of account for all moneys ad-
yanced me by him; therefore the diamond
transaction is closed and wholly irrele-
want to the balance due me by Dr. Dexter
in the Mora Claim