davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
A VIGOROUS POLICY
To be- Adopted by tho United
States Government
In Future Dealings with Turkey Ciaims
of American Citizens. Long standing
and Treated with Contempt. To he
Pushed Ia FINAL settlement.

WASHINGTON. April THE adoption
of a vigorous policy To secure from the
Turkish government a settlement OF
thcclaim> preferred by the tnited states
on account of the destruction of Ameri-
can missionary property and outrages
To American missionaries committed
during the uprising against the Ar
menians in the fall Of 1895 is being con-
sidered 10y the new administration. and
probably will be put into operation
soon. President McKinley's programme
contemplates the sending to Constan-
tinoplc Of Hon. John W. Foster, for
mer secretary Of state, rs a spe-
cial envoy. with the rank of am.
bassador. to secure from h
sultan the payment OF the claims
which have been filed. and the speedy
trial of those American citizens against
whom charges have been made by
Turkish officials. The president will
send To congress a message requesting
that authority be given him to com
mission a special ambassador 10 Tur.
key for this purpose, and While nc
name will be proposed by the message.
Mr.. Foster will be intrusted with the
mission. in the event hat congress
gives to the president the power which
he desires. Mr.. Foster has already
beer asked to undertake It's. mission
and. although he was at first reluctant
10 accept, he finally consented to do so.
The programme has been under on
sideration for several days, and meets
the approval of leaders in congress of
both parties who have been consulted,
among them senators Hoar and Lodge,
of Massachusetts. and Proctor. of Yer
mont, who have interested themselves
actively IN the matter: Senator'S Nor
gan. of Alabama. and Mills. of Texas;
Speaker Reed and Representative Hit,
the leader in the house in diplomatic
matters.
President Mckinley and Secretary
Sherman discussed the unsatisfa ctory
touching American claims soon after
the administration came into power.
1t was suggested first that the repre-
sentative of the United States in Con-
stantinople be raised to the rank
of ambassador and Mr.. Foster be
given the Office. but this prop
osition had several drawbacks.
one of them that a mission once adj
vanced 20 ambassadorial rank could
not well be reduced afterward. This
government would not maintain an
ambassador at Constantinople, nor was
il known that the sultan would recip-
oca by accrediting an ambassador
To the United States. Moreover. Mr..
Foster did not care to accept such an
office.
Under the proposed arrangement
Mr.. Foster may be sent to Turkey
when the resignation of Minister Ter
rell is accepted. to servethere as envoy
extraordinary. with the rank of am
bassador. until his work has been per-
formed, and then give place to the
minister. vino will be appointed as Mr..
Terrell's successor.
Several questions are at issue be-
tween the United States and Turkey
as a result of the Armenian troubles,
the satisfactory adjustment of which
the sultan has refused or postponed
from time to time. and which the adj
ministration desires to settle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
Two Hundred Negroes Rescued.

JACKSON, Miss, April THE repre-
tentative of the Associated Press at
Grcenville. Miss, wires at noon as fol-
lows. A telegram from Stos,cville, IL
miles east of here, brought news last
night that 200 negroes We're isolated
OF a piece of railroad cmbankment
hes Bogue Phalia, without food or
shelter. Relief was Immediately sent
them and they are now being cared for.
Yesterday evening the trestie on the
Yazoo q Mississippi Valley road, four
miles north Of Greenville, was sud
denly swept away. and two men, VIII o
had sought shelter on IL, were precip-
itatcd into the rushing torrents be-
meath. One was drowned, the other
rescued. Planters. citizens generally,
and all charitable organizations are
doing everything possible TO relieve
the sufferers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

A STORY.
A Chicago Two-Year-Oid Burns Out the
Eyes OF Ills Baby brother.

CHICAGO, April Russell Freer, III
years of age. son Of Richard Freer,
burned out both eyes of his ten-months-
old baby brother Edward. Monday
night.
The children We're playing together
in the basement. Russell procured a
poker. and holding it in the stove until
il was red hot. pokcd it into the infants
eyes. The baby was terribly burned and
cried aloud in pain. The mother. hear
ing the cries of the infant. ran into the
basement, where she found Russell
standing over the baby with the red
hot poker in his hands laughing. On
the floor lay the infant with both eyes
burned out. The little one will prob.
ably die from the injuries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
Not Well Day
Did sho See For Months-can Now
Sleep Well, Eat Well, and Paine
havo Oisappearod.

"For several months my health had
been failing, and l did not have a well
day in this time. I had severe pains
In my back, my limlv ached and | was
restless at night. / suffered with loss
of appetite and sever nervous head
aches. A friend advised me To try
Hoods s%arsaparilla. After taking this
medicine for IA while | found l was
gaining in health rapidly. i now have
a good appetite, a sleep well, and the
pains with which | suffered have al
most entirely disappeared. / am gain
ing in flesh. / am still taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla and | recommend il wher-
ever l 60" Miss SARAH SMITH. 81
North Park Street, Chillicothe, Ohio.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
THE RAGING WATERS.
special River Bulletin issued by
Weather Bureau Officials.
The Crucial Test of the Levees Two Hun
dred Negroes Rescued The Flood In
has Red River Ice Houses Flood
cd and stocks Destroyed.


WASHINGTON, April THE follow
Ing reports have been received to-day
from the department of agriculture
weather bureau officials in charge of
river districts:
coming out very slowly. Little change
nj St Louis for the next two or three
days. Upper Mississippi also about
stationary. The water is getting close
to the top of the levee at Missouri
Point. near Alton.
Cairo, lll.-River falling at a slightly
increased rate; will continue falling for
at least thirty-six hours.
Memphis, Tenn. The river has fallen
one-tenth of a foot at this place and
four-tcnths ut Helena and IA con-
siderable fall is noted in the st Fran
els The flood situation in the delta
shows no marked change. except that
the waters from the Flower lake
crevasse are threatening Clarksdale,
and are rapidly swelling the Sun
flower river.
Helena, Ark.-Not much change in
situation. Gauge 49.1. Town filing
slowly. No new breaks. but breaks
enlarging.
Vicksburg, Miss.-River continues
rising slightly at Vicksburg from wa
ter from returning TO the
Mississippi through the Yazoo. No
new breaks reported. Situation below
here causing much anxiety, and levees
being raised and strengthened rapidly.
New Orleans.-River stationary at
Natchez and New Orleans, and a rise
of one-tenth of a foot at Bayou Sara
and Donaldsonville. Levees continue
Intact, forces along the levee lines be-
ing augmented in anticipation of the
higher water expected. and all precau-
tons being taken to avoid breaks.
( The Mississippi has fallen ove half
a foot at St Paul and risen slightly
from Lacrosse to keokuk. 1t has
fallen slightly from ~. Louis to its
mouth. except a rise Of one-tenth of a
foot at Vicksburg. and stationary al
New Orleans. Only slight changes
have occurred In the tributaries, and
little or no rain has fallen over their
watersheds during the past "a hours.
One and one-tenth inches of rain fell
ut New Orleans.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
PROMPT ACTION.
Congress Responds Promptly to the Presi-
dents Message.

WASHINGTON. April SENATOR Jones,
Of Arkansas, in response to a message
from the president, offered a joint res
olution in the senate appropriating
$3.50, 900 for supplies to the Mississippi
river sufferers, and il was at once taken
up and adopted bv the senate.
Mr.. Catchings, of Mississippi, offered
a resolution in the house appropriate
ing 5000. 600 for the relief of the Missis-
sippi food suffers. including also those
of the Red River of the North, and il
was promptly passed.
The senate yielded precedence to the
house and recalled its resolution. and
then promptly passed the house resolu-
ton, which a at once sent to the
president 1t appropriates $500, 900.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
A private performance at the Theater

a p~rivate performance at the Theater
Mondain was stopped recently by the
police. The play "Unc Mutt de Venisc'
showed up George Sand. Alfred de Mus.
set and DIR. Pagello. The families OF
the two authors had obtained an in.
junction to prevent its performance
but the manager was ready 10 be fined
for contempt Of court and would hare
given the play IL the police had not
stepped in.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
A SPANISH
Insurgents Routed with Enormous Lcs-es
In the Philippine Islands.

MADRID, April s.-An official dispatch
from Manila. capital of the Philippine
islands. received here announces that
the Spanish troops captured san Fran.
cisco and Malabong, where the majority
of the armed insurgents had sought
refuge after a fierce conflict. The in
s%urgcnts, II is further stated. were
routed with enormous losses. Seven
hundred houses have been destroyed al
Touvo by a fire which was accidental,
lv started.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
FULL IMPERIAL CONFIDENCE.
Francis Joseph Declines to Accept Ills
Ministers Rcsigpationr.

VIENNA, April = Emperor Francis
Joseph has sent an autograph letter to
Count Badcni. president 81 the cuugcil
Of ministers. declining TO accept
the resignation of the cabinet.
His majesty says that the
government ought 10 devote itself 10
the general interests of the state. un.
deferred by temporary party differ
ences, and he assures the cabinet of a
continuance Il his full AID implicit
confidence.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
The Relief Resolution.

WAsmSGroS, April s.-The text Oh
the relief resolution as it passed and
goes to the president is as follows:
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Resolved. That the sum OF ssO0. 900 is here.
by appropriated out OF any money IN
the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated. to be expended by and under
the direction Of the secretary OF war in the
purchase and distribution Of subsistence stores
TO such destitute persons as may require as
sistancc in the district overlooked by the
Mississippi river and It's tributaries. and
by the Red River OF the North, by
the recent flood; and the secretary Of war is
authorized to use the steamers and other boats
and vessels belonging to or now employed by
the government upon the Mississippi river and
it's tributaries In the transportation and dis
tribution OF the supplies furnished by the
United States or individuals to and among said
destitute and suffering people. and may employ
such other means OF transportation as he may
deem necessary TO carry the purpose OF this
Joint resolution into effect.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
Stocks Of Ice Destroy ed Wool In the
Water.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. April s.-The water
began to recede at South st. Paul Tues
day night. and the fears of a break in
the levee are at an end. Not a pound
of ice remains in Staples 4 Kings ice
house and the loss will be "A great
inconvenience TO killing operations
this summer, necessitating the hauling
of ice from the cit. The two ice
houses belonging to +. Gardie, con-
tanning 8. 300 IONS are beginning to give
way, the north ends of both being
bulged out
The Dakota Packing Co.'S ice house
is still intact and will probably stand
the strain. Considerable wool from O.
l. Franklin's sheep is in the water, the
two lower tiers of the shearing of
1900 sheep being wet. All the other
wool is above water line.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
WILLIS l.. MOORE,
Chief of Weather Bureau.
The Crucial Test Of the Levees South of
yicksburg Fast Approaching.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, April THE SUI
preme test of the levees south of Vicks-
burg and Arkansas City is fast APP
preaching. The river at Vicksburg
has been falling for some days on ac-
count of the rush of waters from the
main channel through the crevasse
above into the Yazoo delta. This wa
ter is again returning TO the chan
mel through the mouth Of the Yazoo
river, and its influence is being
felt at Vicksburg where the gauge is
now marking higher figures. Within
a few days the crest of the rise will be
opposite Vieksburg and the channel
will continue to deepen unless the
scvecs break.
The Louisiana people Keenly realize
the gravity of the situation. The de-
strlction wrought by the water in the
St Francis basin and the Yazoo delta
may be repeated in the Tensas basin,
which begins in southeastern Arkansas
and extends through the northeastern
counties of Louisiana.
Material and men are being hurried
forward. and the effort that had
allkl y llt vi tlp0A III 1llllkt III
the lower levee has been doubled.
The news Of the action of the ma
tional congress in appropriating a
large sum for the relief of the sufferers
was gratefully received here and
throughout the overlooked districts.
The prompt action of the president and
the secretary of war is especially com
mended.
The tax on the energies Of the peo-
pie of Memphis has been great, pre-
vious demands having been fully met.
The river at Memphis is slightly fall
ing and the gauge at Cairo shows a
gratifying decline. For the first time
In several weeks the Kansas City, Fort
: Scott & Memphis sent its trains out
over the line passing through the St
Francis basin.
The citizens relief committee.
through w. A. Gage. chairman, issued
the following tonight:
The citizens relief committee Of the city OF
Memphis, having received Official information
from Washington that the government has ap-
,propriatcd SaD.0D for the relief OF the food
sufferers. and that said appropriation is imme-
diately available, beg 10 announce that their
recent call on the public is hereby withdrawn.
The citizens relief committee take this
method OF thanking a most generous public for
the many donations received and to assure each
and all that their contributions have done an
Immense amount OF good and have been highly
appreciated
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

WAsmSoroy, April s.-Thc presi-
dent signed the resolution for the re-
lief of the food sufferers at 1:55 p. IN.
He also authorized the secretary of the
TO secure a ship for the trans
portation of grain to the famine suffer
ers in India.
Soon afterward the presidential party
the Dolphin for a few days outing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
THE WAR IN CUBA.
The Campaign to he Pushed Until the Re
beIIion IL Crushed.

MADRID, April TT is semi-oficially
denied here that the Spanish authori
ties have entered into negotiations for
the submission of the Cuban insur-
gents.
The government has ordered a vigor-
N campaign to be pushed until the re
bcllion is crushed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
PAUL RAYMOND KENDALL.
Death of a weiI-Known Soldier and Edu-
Gator.

WATERFOWL. \. ~. April Pau
Raymond Kendall is dead at Canton,
ST. Lawrence county. aged IS years.
He was the first president of Lombard
university at Galesburg. Ill. At
the outbreak of the civil war he
raised several regiments in Illinois
He served as quartermaster of a Mis-
souri, cavalry regiment under Gen.
Hatch. For a year after the war he
was stationed at Fort Leavenworth.
kas. lie was at one time principal o'
the Clinton, fky.,) Liberal institute.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

Jackson. Miss, April IA dispatch
from Vicksburg. dated i:l5 =. m. says:
The rise here Is increasing. owing TO
the outflow from the nelta, and from
ehis date the fight TO hold the Louisi-
N levees begins. 1t will be made
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16
with the utmost courage and resols

with the utmost courage and reeoIu'
ton.
To-day the commissioners OF the
fifth Louisiana district resolved 70 Dor
row $50, 600 for the campaign. They
are promised $40. 600 more by the gov
eminent. besides material.
The Delta overflow is progressing
more rapidly, but the Valley route
hopes TO get trains to Arcola to-day.
The Flood la the Red River Of the North.
ST. PAUL. Mimi. April s.-A Grand
Forks N. d. special To the Dispatch
SAYS: The flood il rapidly making its
presence manifest in this city as a rec
ord breaker. The Red rose two feet
ten inches. making 80 feet above low
water mark at six o'clock this morning
which indicates that there will be
serious disaster To this city. At noon
the river was within ?. IL feet of the
highest point reached in 1898 and ass
feet Of the highest point in 1852.
Within the next "a hours the flood will
have passed the lsS2 mark and will be
submerging everything.
Great anxiety is being felt regarding
the Third street paving. The north
end of the south pier of the Northern
Pacific bridge was struck by heavy ice,
doing some injury to the bridge. An
other piece of floating ice struck the
west end of the pier of the Demors-ave-
nue. bridge and gave it "A terrible shak-
ing. Avast volume of water is max
ing its way from Fargo TO Grand
Forks from both sides of the Red
river, helping to augment the
immense flood which has been doing
SO much damage up the river. Red
lake, Goose, Wild Rice, Cheyenne and
numerous smaller streams are contrib
uting a torrent of water which is now
rushing into the greatly swolled Red.
The immense gorge formed at the bend
north of the city has beer broken. The
fires in all the large blocks have been
put out. Elevators have been stopped.
stoves and furnaces are being erected
on the ground floors.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

No great man ever had time to play check
ers in the middle OF the day Atchlson
Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

The Hungarian Academy Of Sciences
has lately taken up Ruskin's The
Stones Of Venice" aud is Publishing .
translation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

Birds are supposed to have, in common
with all living creatures, certain reasoning
faculties, and yet they are the most Tightly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

Over 800. 900 cured. Why not let TO. Bac
regulate or remove your desire tor tobacco
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed. soc and sl.OO. al druggists.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

Piso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medi.
cine.-Mrs. w. Pickert, Van >iclen and
Blake Ayes, BROOKLYN, \. ~, Oct. %, ".
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

The proof of it is thousands say &.
Jacobs OIL cured US of neuralgia.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

For a world in which there Is nothing
new under the sun there are a lot OF dIseov-
erers.-Truth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

The man who rides a hobby thinks nobody
Else is making any Roadway.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

\ dull, racking pain-neuralgia. Its sure
cure. St. Jacobs OIL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

He-"lNhy are you so sad. darling?" She
81 was just thinking. dearest. that this is
the last evening we can be together tail to
Comic Cuts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

If a man works. hard and gets along. lazy
people say he is lucky"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

Ali sorts of aches and pains-nothing
better thar st. Jacobs Oil. IL cures.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret,
candy cathartic. cure guaranteed. l0c. 25c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

The giants who brighten Us most. often
turn out TO be ommon-sized men on suits.
Rams Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

is the sail the only thing that guides a
ship asked the green passenger. NO"
said the mate; there are rudders. - la
%dianapolis journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-16

: VFI " TT H-NIENTf TT
Halls Family Pills are the best.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24
ROMAN CATHOLICS Not IGNORED.

A STATEMENT FROM GEORGE II. PULLMAN. OF
THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
George H. Pullman. financial secretary OF the
American National Red Cross has sent Inc follow
ing statement from Washington for publication IN
The Tribune:
The statement which appeared in some publications
in June and comes TO the surface again TO me
effect that the Catholics were ignored by the amer
Unfair that the following facts are made public: 49,
Five Red Cross expeditions were In Armenia me
leader OF the first, DR.. Hubbe Is Protestant his
first assistant Mason, Is Cathohc; the nrst inter-
second expedition. is prominent member OF the 80.
ciety OF Friends. His dragomans religious fath u
he had any is not known. c. X. Wood. who led tho
third party is a Catholic; his Interpreter is Prot
Is Protestant his assistants are Syrians. faith not
knovn All the members OF the NTH refer parry
we're Gregorans At Red Cross headquarters In
Constantlnople OF Miss Bdrtons two assistants ono
Catholics four: Protes,ans. four. Was this dis
elimination? ,.,,
The strict treaty principles Of the International
Red Cross were rigdly adhered 10 In Armenia. as
Ian branch Two letters OF introduction were car.
ried bv the Red Cross 10 Turkey-one from Cardinal
cato,i n the Popes Nuncio Monsignor Bonetti the
other from the American Proisstant board TO " "
arose from the fact tina; among the many letters
given the Red in Constantinop!e for use in Ar
nrena the Catholic Patriarch gave more than q
score No letters from any one were asked or d.
ceived as the suffering person demands no letters OF
tn,roducton and Red Cross officer requires none.
According TO the law promulgated by the Geneva
Conference in which conference tne hsd cross vas
volt her race political utilization nor religion hence no
d,ecvimina ton can be USED
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24
ARCHBISHOP MARTINELL HERE.

HE WILL OFFICTATE TO-DAY AT THE PONTIFI-
CAL. MASS IN ST. AGNEs's CHURCH.
,rcbbishop Mantelli. the Apostolic Delegate. ar
,,.ed in this city yesterday afternoon from Wash
,rgtor The Rev. DR.. Henry A. Brann. pastor q
8, Agnes's Church. net the Archbishop. who was
oocompanied by his secretary. the Rev. Dr. F. T..
pooker Mt the Jersey city railroad station. The
or,v crossed over by the Desbrosses-st. ferry and
nrocoaded TO Dr. Brann's house. No. 1i3 East Forty
thrd-st
Tho delegate will be DR.. Branns guest while he
,r,a,ns in the city He will oficiate to-day at the
so,emn Pontifcal mass in 81. Agness Church at II
.c,ock in the forenoon. The feast OF st. Agnes Is
ho,ry celebrated In the church. The deacon OF the
r,,es will be the Rev. DR.. Insolvency. OF st.
pr,,,ds church. and the sub-deacon. the Rev DR..
o. briel A Vcaly. OF 81. Barnards The deacons or
h"nnr will be the Re-. {. H. Cotton, OF ST. Ste
,bnn's and the Rev DR.. Rocker. Archbishop Cor
r'm.n Rishop Mcdonnell Bishop Farley. Monsignor
1870 and other well-known clergymen VIII be In
The sanctuary during the mass. ~
vi" T, The afternoon a reception will be held AT Dr.
prnrn's house and the distinguished clergy and
iotw ~ the diocese will pay their respects 10 the
ixannaos,oiic Delegate. The Rev. Dr. Alexander =.
i,p,,io u preach the sermon OF the Pontifca mass.
80 ON ola orate musical programme VIII be given
nh raltcs OF 81. Agnes will be exposed TO tn"
Iteration OF the faithful after vespers and every
evening In the week