Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1897 — THE SEALING AWARD. [ARTICLE]

THE SEALING AWARD.

CANADIAN PAPERS MISSTATE ITS AMOUNT. Don M. Dickinson, of Detroit, Mich., Says. Our Neighbors Over the Border Are in Error—Attempt to Wreck a Burlington Train in lowa. What Must Uncle Sam Pay? Hon. Don M, Dickinson of Detroit, Mich., senior counsel for the United States in the Bering Sea seal commission, says the Canadian newspapers are clearly in error when they claim to pub-> lis\i the amount awarded the sealers. “The compromise offered in 1894 by the Cleveland administration,” says Mr. Dickinson, “was $425,000 of principal. If the commissioners adopted that as a basis their award must have been for that amount plus interest at 7 per cent from the date of the seizures. In that event the awnrd would amount to more than $700,000. If the Canadian claim is taken ns basis, then the amount would aggregate over $1.(508,412. ” Mr. Dickinson, however, declined to state the actual amount of the award. V ■ r'n. Attempted Train Wrecking. Unknown miscreants attempted to wreck Burlington train No. 2, from Omaha, between Thayer, lowa, and Murray. The engine alone left the track. Upon examination it was found that the spikes had been pulled put of the ties for three rail lengths. The company has offered a S3OO reward. Large Cargo of Wheat. The mammoth tramp steamer Algoa sailed from Tacoma with the largest cargo of grain ever loaded in a single vessel, carrying 377,509 bushels of wheat, valued at $312,000. The Algoa is bound for the northwest coast of Africa.