| Show BERING SEA CLAIMS I IrjMtols In the Case of the Schooner i Caroline i JUD TiitiTiifcxr OP riii OSEItS Oasof limn Liuim anil li I iricrirnrds round Dead lu the Uoili ViCTOntA DC DiagThe preliminaries pre-liminaries having been veil eetiled Ibo t Baring lea claims commission cot down to builnm yesterday Wbon the actual trial ol the claims Lsjsu wllh Ibe case of the schooner rrollerHOD Mr Peters senior counsel coun-sel llor the Brlllib opened by reading tbe pleadings I at lorlb In tile claim already filed These pleadings dale 1 that the icbooner ll I a British veaatl registered at Victoria that ibo nailed benco Mar 201880 la Bering tea Tba schooner was aelZd August 1 In Bttlon sea by the United states I revenue cutter Coawin towed InOuna iaska and condemned by tbe Uulted liters district court at Bltka on a charge ol violation Ibo municipal lam ol the United Stores relating to I tell flihloci bet ibo was detained under much condemnation until alter Decembers Decem-bers 1SSO when her return was eBored but relusod en the ground film tbe vt set hd bn rUelly wrecked In the meantime Byrosson 01 the lol arising out of this Illegal seizure 30000 li I aiked and lutereil at 7 perCent per-Cent flat annum Mr Peters said that lor The time being be would not deal with personal claims lie then proceeded ID read the reply of the United States claim log J thai the vessel was al the lime oft of-t I a seizure I wholly I or In parcownCd by United Stages citizens and tint In any ease the dmUu claimed wr exceE lie 1 The Btlllah poster to this was bat t Ibo Paris tribunal had alrea jy decided I de-cided ai to tbe finding ol fact that the vtttel 1 was British ond that all the resent commission had to do was to 11 eel do the mounl Of ompnlallon 10 lie paid Mr 1elera remarked That with retard re-tard to the Issue railed by the Dulled A rates that the Tease was In whole 1 or In part owned by cltlzius ol the United Sores he dId not at present Intend to deal with letter the onus to show otherwise other-wise lay on the United states counsel rue British claim was that the schooner was British register at the time of tile seizure and that was already admitted Mr Peters thou laid before the com mission the diplomatic correspondence plating to The olulm and quoted from Metal documents evidence go to tbe seizure given on behalf ol the Unlt l matoa al the UuUrd States court In Alaiia His luientlon be staled woo to pruent the evidence given there on behalf ol the United mater Mr Dlckersuo for the United States objected thai II was not necessary lo bow that fur 1arlBlrlbunal had already decldid that It the Caroline who a 1IIIIh vessel Rho was already seized II the vestal was Pod 10 be British then the qulIoo of compoa lion was all that rmlod 10 bIIId Mr Peters replied that he considered the ovlaooo lie hJ quoted bd a direct blaring on the matter ol com rDllon anti that II was quite proper lotionato bow by the uvidenceo carted by to United states courts Istwthaveseel bd boo condmDed ftJnitlce Putiism asked 11 Mr Peter I did not think bo wa craving rather a wide door by Iuollog what was record edlnllie I rlou I trial for delermln I wbt was now bolero the present conmlrilon Mr Peters In reply maintained that really the case now in hand was a pall I 01 the em action Justice Puinsm lo this remarked that at course the evidence to be tub milled lo a great extent depended upon the counsel for the respective govern merits but II remained with to com 101151onerstosay whether II w as U ralreable 1 or not Mr Peters proceeding quoted al leoglb Irom a P10113611scoflemponasuce and handed In We Moral gomnl book as evidence I Before going on the Caroline can he requeued leave I lo examilleswig fen Ili the Ooword claim a man who lived ontho well coast being oblige to love lor home tonight lull request re-quest wai printed and John Margolloh Wit placed In the box lie had ben ratio on the Onward when abe was > < > lled In Bering lea by the United Blitea Cutter on August 1831 The icbooner was lowed to Oun ln ka and tile crew kept abod for taxi I days Ibouab t a I Owed on bore on leave four At Is time They were then transferred 10 an American schooner Ban Diego which was 10 under olzuro aDd fait on In SIMS BltkTb The men were allowed 1 lo bring blankets from Ihe vessel but bad no ted sod there were eight men In one room blob was only ten loot square They were 0lInd 10 I Ibl is OOIU on I IDotb 1 ODd thin tried at mot a JUda addressing Ibom its roblon The jQillani ol the crew came outside l ti toe window saying they had nothing to eat and the wltncsa eve them all lue money be bad some 15 captain llanienof I the Thornton Captain onJ lOgllvIe ol Ihe Caroline I ant iiirry Norman were among hAte li Ill at tbo Bltka with him Utemorn lag Captain O llvle got I away and ht over Raw him again Captain 011 y1e ll will be remembered WAR fact wards found dead lu Ibe woods I I slug DbJCI1 10 rigid crew face Initiation he oy jdr Dickinsous the admitted were allowed to walk I about Silks ins uny before blD9 filed The room they wers coafhaw i l 1 ° we the j Jury ro4lu Pat the court ItcusesLut ILIougtl rue door Wnot il > lIab 13ckej liters lIabg we a guard 1 over them b Captain OgllI when begot away I I tottlo been atoppold tj the guard 1tottlo nlcb Inlbe the atteinoon ° ° eviacueD I ° was b ° un In 1 blill Carolina cafe Isvilliatir Mount I was this first wit I It Much 10 b is testimony consisted IopUo UUrlBIII I nil to coconuts palJ OUtlfOt r4thiz out anti rJI ° 8lbe crew The lb ol commlialon then uutouroeJ I |
