The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-10-19
WHAT MORA WILL GET
Dividing Up the Money Which
Was Paid by Spain.
FAT FEES OF HIS ATTORNEYS
General Land Once In the Mar
guam Case mrmed.

guam sose ~ mbme0s
Washington. Oct lot is expected
that the state department, which is
custodian Of the funds paid by Spain
on the Mora claim, will pay the money
to the different parties in interest
Thursday. The amount finally agreed
on for Antonio Maxine Mora. princi.
pal in the claim, is $780,, 0S5. This
sum has been reduced somewhat by as.
signments. and the actual amount to
be paid Mr.. Mora will be slightly
above 500, 900.
The next payment OF importance will
be t2s7 900 70 Jose L Rodriguez, who
has been the attorney Of Mr.. Mora
since the inception Of the case in 1870.
A further amount, approximately
1888. 900, will be devoted to the pay.
ment Of Mr.. Nathaniel Page, who was
At one time attorney in the case or to
those to whom he may have assigned
his interest
In the original agreement between
Mora and his attorneys, he was to re.
tain 60 per cent and they were to have
40 per cent, the latter sum to cover all
legal expenses.
Mrs. Waller, wife of ex-United
States Consul-Gener Waller, now i'm
2risoned by the French government,
will arrive in New York Saturday. and
steps are being made TO have her met
by representatives Of the state depart.
menr Her son, Paul Bray, will also
go to meet her. She is accompanied by
her young children, the family having
made the long journey from Msdagas-
car by way of Paris. Relief funds for
her have been raised in Kansas. Iowa
and Washington, and will be available
for her support after landing. Thus
far she has been helped homeward by
private contributions, the state depart.
ment aiding her from Madagascar to
France, and Ambassador Enstis ad.
vsncing her funds for her trip TO New
York. Ethelbert Woodford, young
American in Madagascar, supplied her
immediate needs until assistance was
rendered by the state department. l,
is expected she will settle in Iowa.
Secretary Smith has affirmed the de.
eral land Office awarding to p. A. Mar.
guam land in the Oregon City distric,
which he has purchased from the state
AS swamp land. Peter Snomela enter.
ed the land as homestead, and hi.
entry is denied, ON the ground that the
land was a swamp at the time Of the
grant.
In the case of Almon V. Brown
against George w. Hinkle, for a trac
Of land in the La Grande district, the
secretary decides in favor Of Hinkle.
In the case Of Henry Z. Wilcox. b
ID. Mullens, II. J. Hunt and John W
Manning. grantees of the state of Ore
gon, against the Oregon Central Wag
onRoad Company, Lakeview district
the secretary decides in favor of tn,
company.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin has writ
ten a letter in which he states that tn,
attorney general has rendered an opin
ion which hereafter will govern the de
partment's action, holding that whit
lead manufactured from pig-lead pro
duced in bonded smelling and refining
establishments from a mixture Of do
nestle and imported ores. is not en-
titled to the drawback under the pro
visions of section % of the new tariff
act This decision, it is said, is bases
upon the fact that the amount Of i'm
ported ores entering into the whit
lead product cannot be ascertained b.
chemical analysis nor will the manu-
facturers be permitted to show by othe
evidence the proportions of domesti
and imported ores used.