Deseret Evening News | 1901-05-07 | Page 1 | Claims of the Maine Survivors

Claims or tho Maine I New York May 7 Claims aggregating I ing more moie than OO O will wi bo he filed ell oil on behalf of ot h of o the bat battleship batte te Maine all by I tho next of ot kin In of ot those seamen who lost their lea In Havana harbor on the evening of Feb February eb 15 Hi according to Attorney of ot tho firm Urn of o Hutler Buter wood of or this city cl While I 1 hap no doubt said Ild Mr tl lost last night Hint the course COUr token taken by y our clients will wi surprise the court rout of claims my r faith In the equity of or the cause Is R unshaken While the Maine not mentioned menton In the treaty trent between this country Spain It expressly provisioned that thai the United States and Spain mutually relinquish nil 01 claims for Indemnity na national la Individual of at every cIer kind or of Its I citizens or subjects against the theother th other government that may havo arisen since e the tho beginning of o the late In Cuba Culm The States will 1 adjudicate settle petI the claims ot Its Is citizen against Spain The only thing we 11 have hf to prove la lathat li that prior to the ratification of ot the treaty treat containing this article our citi citizens ell zens had valid claims tho Span Spanish pan ish Ih crown for Injuries suffered In Ha Havana lB vana harbor on tho night of ot February 15