New Ulm review., 1901-10-30
PROGRESS SATISFACTORY
Negotiations with Brigands for
the Release of Miss Stone
Are Proceeding.
ANTICIPATE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.
No Word at State Department Re-
garding Opening of Communica-
tions Reports Concerning Kid
napers' Movements-Statem of
Bulgarian Minister of Interior.

Bulgarian Minister of Interior.
Constantinople, Oct. 2S.-Negotia
tions with the brigands from Melnik,
in the province of Salonica, for the re-
lease of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the
American missionary. and her COM
panion, Nine. Tsilka, are progressing
satisfactorily and the officials here
hourly anticipate important develop
ments.
Says Both Are Alive.
Constantinople, Oct. 2s.-Miss Stone
and her companion were alive and,
well five days ago. Consequently the
reported death of Nine Tsilka is un-
true. This news comes through a
sure channel, which is kept secret be-
cause it is the one through which the
negotiations with the brigands are
conducted.
No Word at State Department.
Washington, Oct. 2s.-The state de-
partment has not heard of the re-
ported opening of communication be-
tween the missionary agents in Tur-
key and the brigands who kidnapped
Miss Stone. In fact there has been
no word from Mr.. Eddy or Consul
General Dickinson since Friday morn
ing when their messages were of
negative character, SO far as news is
concerned. Nevertheless the depart
ment is satisfied from the reports
that have reached it that it's agents
are acting with energy combined with
prudence. Especially does it credit
Mr. Eddy with display of zeal in the
effort to relieve the condition of the
unfortunate captive.
Movements of Brigands.
New York, Oct. 2s.-Three reports,
each corrOborative of the other, have
been received from widely different
sources, concerning the movements of
the brigands who hold Miss Ellen M.
Stone and Nine. Tsilka captives, ac-
cording to the Sofia, Bulgaria, corre-
spondent of the World. One is that the
band, which consisted of 1S men, has
been dissolved in the mountains near
Jeltepe and that Is of the members
have returned to their homes. The re-
have been made custodians of the pris-
oners, and it is claimed that they are
holding them in the wooded recesses of
Jeltepe, which is in Turkish territory,
about 20 miles into the mountains
from the Bulgarian frontier. Another
version of the situation is that, be-
cause of the early and heavy fall of
fosr a..
with their prisoners, have come down
from the mountains and are now To-
Gated near Nevrokup, which is in the
foothills of the mountains in which Jel-
tepei is located. The third report comes
from Constantinople and is to the eff
feet that communica ton has been
opened with brigands from points in
Turkish territory.
Says Turks Hold Her.
New York, Oct. 2S.-Minister of In
terror Sarakoff, of Bulgaria, has made
the following statement to the Sofia,
Bulgaria, correspondent of the Jour
nal and Advertiser concerning the case
of Miss Stone:
''If I could send my troops across the
TURKISH Dorder ! would hnd MISS stone
within two days. I have just received word
from the commander of our troops that
Miss Stone Is not in Bulgarian territory.
We have three military cordons moving
toward the frontier and on the frontier it
self l have placed a military guard If
the brigands were on our territory the cor
dons would certainly find them. Ours and
the Turkish troops are now searching in
the Perrin mountains, where. unlike Bull
garia proper, there are no villages, and
only few scattered houses in the noun
tains. II my troops find the brigands. we
will make short work Of them"