Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-14
IN WASHINGTON.
M,uv Claims For Damages in
Cuba During War.
O,.s;dent Roosevelt as Visitor to
the Theatre.
-. o,d washington ArsenaI-Good Reports
From Our Samoan Island.

hundred and ninetN-INc per
~" ,s and corpora tionS want S3.,-
~ ooo from the United States for dam
dome 10 their property IN 'upa
tho last insurrection against
~ w., The last claims have been
,.;th the Cuban claims commits
Sn and an examination OF 1nem
that most Of them think I the
,.n;,ed States Will pay high prices foI
Ia, commodities.
rba largest single one is Sill" ,o'S;S",
s,oh was presented by a cuban sugar
,nany Incorporated under the laws
~ state of New York; From This
fac claims run down TO $1,000 or
.a"l .snoo although such small amounts
ars The exception. the average claim.
no, M counting those filed on account OF
.no disaster TO the ebattleship Maine,
NC between S200.o00 and s25o,o0o.
Mas, II the claimants evidently think
,.nalo sam is about the easiest pick
;,r, the world ever knew. The state
Us they have filed With the COM
saission setting forth the damages
NAV nave suffered might we'll rank as
humorous lltcrdlul T. -N'i 'N"i'i'Ai'' A't'
# rouc of them furnishes more enter
,ainment than Mark Twain :
sketches.
TIA cnhan mule must have been 4
,.hlo deIicscv before and during the
rs,o insurrection Judging from the
ralue nlaccd ou him by the patriots
,rbo Wish 10 dip their hands into
r,ce Sans pockets. Every COW
r,ust have made an American Jersey
look mean if we are toaccept the values
n,oc,1 nm them. The fences S-parat-
inr one Plantation from another must
have been silver plated. The huts
which The native workmen inha bited
must have been furnished with Rrus-
sells carpets and mahogany bedsteads
and equipped with ONYX mantelpieces
and porcelain hathtubs. although the
Cubans were not notorious for their
bathing propensities.
And the sugar cane-it was the finest
Quality. just ready To be harvested
ana marketed at handsome profit. It
must have contained chocolate creams
and honbOns placed there by the lavish
hand Of hountitul nature.
But valuable as were the crops, the
hcasts Of burden ana the ether ad-
UnctS Of a well-kept Cuban plantation.
they were cheap compared with other
things for which damages We're
claimed For example. a man who
vas arrested during tn insurrectiOn
because hc could not give a Satisfac-
tory account Of himself To the Spanish
authorities calculates that the wear and
tear on his dignity ana peace Of mind
rOuld not b. remciiad nr repaired for
less than >l00.Oa0 OF ,ourS.. the
Spanish PRISONS where American sus-
poets Were lodged pending an inVesti-
cation Of their cases were not models
.: comfort ana luxury. hut many a
respectable ,itiZen can h.. found who
would sleel' there and keep company
With few cuban rats ana bats for less
than $500" night
Many claims hay. been filed for al
legged false imprisonment. and one for
less than $I..roo is an exception.
Here j. ~ it"miz q statement ri a
claim flied ~ an American oit.zen
Who was arrested because h. vas sus-
rected OF being IN oollllsi n with the in
sr'Sents outside Of HAVANA Il short
Tine before thu United States and
spain went 10 vd.. tn. Imprisonment
dAd refusal to i.cld communication n
with the American consul general,
N'''"'. lor mental ana physical st:i-
i'fing ana inliGritie-. S25 coo. for per
WAnnnt mental and pIv<iraI iniu, ipS.