Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-10-17 | Page 7 | Pious Fund Claim

PIOUS FUND CLAIM San Francisco Believes Payment Should Be in Gold Not Silver San Francisco Oct 1GJohn T Doyle of this city who collaborated with Archbishop Arch-bishop Rlordan In collecting evidence to put before The Hague tribunal In Its hear Ing of tho Pious fund elnlmfl thinks thut an error ha been made by tho tribunal In decreeing that the payment by Mexico shall bo In silver Mr Doyle takes the position that an the original decision by the umpire Sir Edward Thornton Brit ah I Minister to tho United States In 1S7S held that piym Mit wa to be In Mexican gold dollar The present award which It Is stated follows the Thornton decision 1 deci-sion should be In gold Instead of diver Mr Doylo han cabled Mr llalston ono of tho representatives of the United states before The Hague tribunal calling his attention to this fact