Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1898 — Heavy Claims Against Spain. [ARTICLE]

Heavy Claims Against Spain.

Washington, April 5. —Claims against Spain aggrcgatingsl6,o(X),ooo for injury and loss incident to the war in Cuba have been filed witli the state department by citizens of the United States residing in that country. They cover claims for personal injury, imprisonment, loss of stock, burning of sugar plantation, etc. All are properly indexed at the state department and then sent to Minister Woodford at Madrid, where they are presented to the Spanish government for adjudication.