Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1901 — SULTAN PAYS 895,000. [ARTICLE]

SULTAN PAYS 895,000.

Uncle Sam Receives Big Draft ae Payment of Indemnity. Drafts for $95,000 handed to Unite 1 States Minister Leisfaman of Constant!-, nople by the Sublime Porte, as payment of the indemnity claims of the United States against the Turkish government, were received Wednesday by Secretary Hny. The payment is regarded by the State Department as a distinct diplomatic victory, as some of the claims bnvc been pending more than eight years. The victory, if such it may he called, is a hollow one, as the totnl of the claims against Turkey greatly exceeds tbe amount actually paid, but the State Departmeneagerly accepted the “marked down” tender of the Sultan, and has agreed to make a distribution of the money anion : the claimants.