Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1898-09-09 | Page 3 | Duty on Supplies

I DUrY Spash Atempt to Jb the Amer ca Goverent WahIngton Sevt 8The order di rectng the pa ment of the S1anlsh duty on the ratons cried b the Co mel to Havana for the starving inhab Iants of Cuba ha been held up pending pend-ing further Inormaton on the sUbject In answer to a cble messale as to hat the duty would be a reply was rceived statlnl tat I would be ac cardinI to the SDanlsnJates 60000 in gold No agent of the Unied States government has any such money on hand at Havana and It may be that the Unied Sttes government wi tke a diferent course than that decided upon last evening By the ters of the Drotocol Spain relnquishes her right to Cuba and the United Sttes government may decide that I wi not par dutes on such cargoes car-goes a sent In the Comel