| Show StTTLIN Till AWARD lWillelent JIRnlI Earl roy rot or tho Jn Washington Jan nTho President today uomlltcd to Congress the award it olnl tepolt oC the commission appointed under the term oC thC treaty oC lbliol to adjust the claim oC British subjects rr losses sustained thrulgh the seizure oC their scaling vePIn lehrlng sea In tits letter of trans it ttal the President soy 1 Tile report or the eutary oC late Iesnt a clear epitome of the owonl and renders unnecessary any extended ohcrnlton on 1 part for ther than to say that I cordially coin elite with the recommendation and that our treaty obligations dehuind prompt allot favoralje action by Congress which I urgently hopo may be taken to the end that these longpending lines tlons may be finally and satisfactorily terminated I The total amount necessary tn Mt sC the nward of the commissioners Is I U1315t2G which I recommend be 01 preprinted Signed WM McKINLEY Secretary Shermans report sets out tho orlepolniment oC the commissioners to adjust the claims and umlt a list of the awards made showing In detail the amount allowed on account oC each of the named vessels Carolina Thornton Onward Favorite Saywnid Anna Rock Alfred Adams Grace Jolphll Ada Triumph Juanlta Path Ilnder Illnck Diamond Lilly Ariel Kate Minnie Wlnnlfred Ile nrlitU and Oscar and Hattle There were al so allowed fourteen peonol Plot MR tot to-t following named persons Moore Margotlch Ciittcrmsen Norman Orll vie lnkc Warrl lelY Fesey Ill Ing Olsen Kcefc Petit and Lund berg The principal of the claim for VPs rels I allowed amount to 26U88DI and Interest on this sum is allowed to the amount of H1710H making the total pl krleleg 1l1aI allowed 141317927 Th personal claims with Interest swell this total to U 5V 15427 Then the correspondence shown a Clrtbe allowance was made on account ac-count of the Dlark Diamond I and on the Oahu oC Jlne Oalllie mate of the Aao two claim which had been orIginal thrown put hy the cnmml sloneis on the ground oC lack oC JurI diction I but which were afterwards ad milled to consideration on the joint application oC Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote The admission oC these two claims raised Ihe total of the claims and Interest allowed to the sun rmtritlonott by the Ireoldcnt namely 1147315126 S fj Sherman mattes the point In his letter that the treaty under which the awn rd ere made requires that the appropriation shrill he mod to Prey them within six 1 month fitter the ascertaining of the full amount i |
