Mr. Terrell to Mr.
Olney.
Legation of the United States.
Constantinople, February 5,
1896. (Received Feb. 24.)
No. 799.]Sir: I have to inform you that the inclosed is
an extract taken from a letter just received from the Rev. C. F. Gates,
mailed at Harpoot on January 15, in which he states that his original
estimate of loss by fire, which was $100,000, was more accurate than the
one subsequently sent me.
I will inform the Porte that more recent information may increase the
claim for indemnity already made.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
799.—Extract.]
Mr. Gates to
Mr. Terrell.
Harpoot, Turkey, January 15, 1896.
Dear Sir: Your valued letter came
yesterday, and I wish to say on behalf of my associates as well as
myself that we feel exceedingly grateful to you for your efforts in
our behalf. When we were shut up in the college building, uncertain
what a day might bring forth, it was your telegram of inquiry which
first brought a ray of hope to us, and we said, “Now we can
act.”
The telegrams we sent were in Dr. Barnum’s name, and the Turks said
in regard to them, “What courage! That man is not afraid of
death.”
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Dr. Barnum wishes me to say a word about our estimate for indemnity.
He says that so many things have been forgotten that our original
estimate of $100,000 is more nearly accurate than the one we sent
you.
It is difficult to sit down and recall all that has been carried away
and destroyed at such a time as this.
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Sincerely, yours,
