Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-14
THE MONEY NOW PAID
Settlement of the Long Standing Claim Of
Antonio Maxine Mora.
The Spanish Minister Delivers "a Draft
for the Amount to Acting
Secretary Adee.

Senior Depuy de LONE, the Spanish minis
ter, called at the State Department shortly
after noon today and had an important
conference with Mr.. Adee, the acting secra-
tary 1t was the closing act in the celA-
brated case of Antonio Maximo Mora, and
involved the payment of the Gum of Isl, ,5OO.-
900 In settlement of that long standing
claim against the Spanish government. The
payment was made in the form of draft
drawn on the Spanish financial agent at
London, payable to the order of the Secre-
tary of State of the United States. 1t calls
for the equivalent in English pounds ster-
ling of $l.449cO0. The less of s51,O00 from
the amount of s1,5O0.OOO, originally agreed
upon. is due to the difference in value be-
tween the Spanish peso and the American
gold dollar.
No Cer cmony About the Proceeding.
There was no ceremony about the pro-
oeeding at the department today that
marked the close of this international
question that has dragged along for twen-
ty-six years, giving rise to fiery debates
in the Spanish cortes and protracted com
mittee INQUIRIES in both branches of our
own Congress. The Spanish minister came
to The State Department alone, and ais
interview with Acting Secretary Adee
lasted only about ten minutes. The meth
Cd of collecting the draft has not been de-
termined yet and Mr.. Adee will advise
Secretary Olney of its receipt and await
his instructions in the matter.
Disturbing the Money.
Having settled the international feature
Of The case the State Department is now
likely to encounter some difficulty az home
in disbursing the money, and much litlga-
tion is threatened as was evidenced by the
nf
assgnees yesterday to restrain the State
Department from paying over all of the
money to the claimant Mora. During all
of the years of the pcndency of this great
claim Mr.. Mora has been obliged to make
many assignments, the larger items being
on account of legal expense.
Some OF these assignments have been
recorded in the State Department., but their
number and aggregate amount cannot be
learned at present. OF these the depart
ment must take notice in settling the claim
and it is probable that there are others
informed. To insure n proper distribution
the department Will give official notice by
the usual channels, SO that proper claims
may be presented, and as this VIII neces~
sarily consume some time, there will be no
haste III closing up the matter.
A Bailif's Call.
This morning bailiff from one of the
y
Adee ard attempted to serve an injunction
in behalf of Mrs. A. w. Frazer, restrain
ing him from paying $1,000 of the claim
which sne alleges to be her interest in an
assignment held by DR.. James E. Dexter
Mr.. Adee refused to accept service, because
the injunction was directed against Rich
ard Olney, Secretary of State" and the
papers were returned to court for an
amendment to issue against the Secretary
of State. An attorney named Willoughby
was also at the department in the interest
OF an assignment he holds from Attorney
Page, formerly Mora's lawyer, and there is
reason to believe that these are but the
forerunners of numerous claims under as
signments, some of which will doubtless
be contested by Mora.
How to Cash the Draft
The exact manner of cashing the draft
has not yet been settled. 1t may be for
warded to Ambassador Bayard for collec-
ton in person. or it may be deposited with
one of our local banks for collection Act
ing Secretary Adee gave Minister DeLome
his personal receipt for the draft 1t is
believed that the draft will require Secre-
tary Olney's Endorsement before it can be
collected, and in that event it will be for
Warded to him in Massachusetts for that
purpose. In case the acting secretary can
legally indo-se the draft it will probably
bear the name of Alvin a. Adee as the
representative of the United States govern
ment.