Show DELAGOA BAY RAILROAD SWISS JURISTS WILL NOT MAKE EARLY AWARD new york jan 2 A special to the new york herald from washington says official information received at the state department from berne switzerland indicates that the award of the swiss tribunal in the claims against portugal arising out of the seizure of the delagoa bay railroad will not be determined for six months or a year in view of the announcement made by the tribunal several months ago that it expected to render its award during the fall the authorities had anticipated that the matter might be settled any alay the dalay attending the award it is said in official circles has no reference whatever to the african war besides attending to his duties as a member of the arbitrational tribunal each of the swiss jurists Is engaged with his private practice and certain public offices the member of the tribunal who has been designated as the reporter to draw up the award oe the tribunal is very busy with private and public matters and has been unable to complete the report the war in africa may hasten rather than retard the delivery of the award even should the portuguese territory in south africa have been transferred to ithe british government ae fore the submission of the award it is said in official circles that portugal would still be liable tor the amount 0 the claim once the award is made no difficulty is expected in collecting the amount due to the claimants IOWAN SICK IN SAN FRANCISCO des jan 2 frank F merriam state auditor of iowa is dangerously gerou sly at san francisco and fears arc entertained for his recovery lie left iowa ten days ago on a business trip to the coast and before arriving in ban francisco was taken ill he is reported to be suffering from typhoid fever |