Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-04
HELEN M. STONE
MAY Be DEAD.
A Macedonian Brlgand Instructed
To Ascertain.
HITCHINTHE NEGOTIATIONS
cou,ui-Gea. Dickinson and Minister
Balxhmsted Antagonistic 10
Each Other.

Nav York. Nov. 4.-Accordlng to the
vienna Politische Correspondent quot
al by the correspondent Of the London
Times and the New York Times In the
Austrian capital, well known Mace
DOMAIN brigand has been instructed 10
obtain information as to whether
Misc Helen M. Stone is still alive. TWO
other brigands, well acquainted with
the country. have been commissioned
NV United States Consul-Gen. pichn-
,an 10 try to get In touch with the
missionaries captors. The prefect Oh
the Sofia police has also sent TWO mes
senRers Miss Stones release Is again
represented as being imminent.
THINKS MISS STONE IS DEAD.
New York, Nov. 4.--The positive con-
v,ctIon that Miss Helen III. Stoneis dead
is contained In u letter whish mas just
been received In Boston from ivan
RaduIoff student who was with the
American missionary when she was
captured by brigands In Turkey, TO-
gether with Nine. Tsilka. says the Bos-
ton correspondent of the Press. Ac-
cord,ng TO this letter the snow In the
mountains into which Miss Stone and
her companion were taken by their
captors was three feet deep three
weeks ago at the time the letter was
written. Even In the summer time
the snow upon the highest SUBMITS OF
these mountains does not melt. the
first snowfall usually comes at about
the middle of September, and by the
middle Of October, the mountain passes
are absolutely closed 10 travel.
Il was the conviction among Miss
stones friends In Samakov, Bulgaria.
three weeks ago that she could not
possibly have survived the rigors OF
her captivity until that date. There
was a hope that Miss Stone might have
been concealed by her cantors In the
monastery Of st. Twin Of Ella, which is
near the Bulgarian-Turldsh frontier
and on the Bulgarian side of It. SO
great was the anxiety of the Bulgar-
ian government TO do every thing In
its power to assist the United States
representatives In their effort to find
the missionary that they adopted the
exceedingly unpopular method OF
searching the monastery. This search
disclosed the fact that Miss Stone had
not been there. The discovery was
disappointing to Miss stones friends
in samakov, According to the letter
OF Ivan Raduloff. Consul Gen. Dlckn-
son has retarded the release Of Miss
Stone seriously. 1t Is said that Mr..
Dickinson, by his criticism Of the Bull
garian government has antagonized
the government.
II Is understood In Samakov that the
brigands who were In immediate
charge Of the captive were under POSI-
tive instructions 10 take her life at the
first indication of the possibility OF q
skirmish with the troops.
HITCH IN NEGOTIATIONS.
New York, Nov. 4.-The hitch In the
negotiations for Miss Stones release
arises from two causes First, the
terce antagonism between United
States Diplomatic Agent Dickinson
and Russian Minister Bakhmeteff;
Second, the missionary and diplomatic
Discrimination to accede to the brigands'
terms, though moderated, says the
samalSov correspondent of the Journal
and Advertiser The relations between.
M. Bakhmeteff and Mr.. Dickinson are
strained TO the breaking point The
former, being friendly TO Bulgaria,
does not want his agent to finish the
!lnal transaction on Bulgarian soil. Mr..
Berth, n Macedonian student at the
American institute at Samakov one
OF the agents sent to negotiate with
the brigands, has returned from Ras-
'og. lie reports that the brigands con-
slider Mr.. Dickinsons money offer as
too small. They say that they don't
want TO agree to terms that would
disgrace them with their brethren.
Discussing the amount Of ransom
Missionary Baird. purser of the Sauna
kov Institute, says: II the brlgands
get a quarter OF what they still ask,
bands VIII spring up like mushrooms.
Samakov itself viii furnish many and
bulgaria Will be ruined. The brlgands
began negotiations with us by asking
twice Miss Stones weight in gold. Even
q fourth Of this sum Is preposteruus III
the Bulgarians had either trackers OF
bloodhounds. Miss Stone would not be
spending her sixty-frst day with the
lrigands"