The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-10-11


ment's Machinery at Work.
Paris, Oct. "a letter received by
the Havas agency from SaIonica,
dated October 4, says: The American
consul here has just received orders
to make the arrangements with the
vail (gOvernor) for the payment of
the ransom for Miss Stone. The
United States will advance the money,
afterward settling with Turkey. The
Turkish authorities have made nu-
merOus arrests among the Bulgarian
population without distinction Of re-
igiOn, and nearly all have been put
to torture in the hope of abstracting
Information. A prisoner named Dimi-
tri said an understanding existed be-
tween the PrOtestants and the Mace
DOMAIN committee and that Miss Stone
was even acting in concert with them,
with the view of obtaining funds for
a poitical-religious propaganda.
These declarations, wru1g from Dimi-
tri under torture, are VaIueIess. What
IS certain is that the captain of the
band designated for the payment of
the ransom a place in proximity to
that he hopes to escape the Turkish
police, and that the Bulgarian police
do not cause him anxiety.
Patriotic BuIgarIans Incensed.
PhilippopoEs, Bulgaria, Oct. g.
Public interest in the fate Of Miss FL
len NJ. Stone, the kidnapped American
missionary, intensifes here There is
widespread condemnation of the gov
eminent for allowing such freedom
to the Macedonian committee as to
enable 1t to engineer the outrage
Miss Stone resided here before she
went to Salonica and she is well
known throughout the country. The
patriotic Bulgarians are incensed, as
they recognize that Miss Stone and
her colleagues of the American mis-
sions in Bulgaria and Macedonia have
been their best friends throughout
the troubles. There is no lack of in
dications that Prince Ferdinand is i'm
periling his own position by permit
ting such license to the committee as
to enable it to blackmail prominent
people in support of the Macedonian
cause.
He May Be Right
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 9.-Df. NJ.
MesrOpian, of this city. a physician
and native of Armenia, who has
lectured considerably in the eastern |
cities on the atrocities practiced |
upon his people by the Turks, declares
that to pay the ransom demanded by |
brigands for the return of Miss Stor@. |
the American missionary, would be "a |
great mistake fSThat abduction
said the doctor, sis the work of the |
sultan of Turkey. I am sure that it |
was he who ordered the brigands to |
carry off Miss Stone He ordered |
her taken across the Bulgarian border |
so as to distract suspicion from him !
self. 1t is a move in retaliation for /
the enforced payment of the 100000 |
indemnity that the United States ex-
acted of Abdul Hamid for the burn |
ing of American missionary buildings |
I believe that the people of America |
will pay this money, but it would |
be far better If the government pro-
tested and sent a warship over |
there"
Washington OmcIaIs Active.
Washington, Oct. 9-Not since the /
successful attempt to save the life of |
John Hays Hammond, the American /
engineer implicated in the Jameson
raid, has the state department. put /
forth such energetic efforts to save a
human life as it is now exerting in
behalf of Miss Stone, the American
missionary who was captured by Bull
garian bandits. A sum Of money has
been forwarded by the agency of the /
cable to Spencer Eddy, the United |
States secretary of legation at Con-
stantinople, who has shown remarka- /
bic energy and ability in unearthing
the ramifcatiOns of the plot which
resulted in the kidnapping of Miss
Stone.
Negotiations to Reduce the Ransom.
Constantinople, Oct. 9.-Ar. Haskell, |
the American missionary at Samo-
koff, Bulgaria, is opening negotiations
with the brigands with the view Of re-
ducing the amount of the ransom de-
manded for the release of Miss /
Stone
Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart Gives $3.50.
New York, Oct. 9.-Mrs. Hobart,
wife of the late vice president, Gar
ret A. Hobart, has sent her check for
$3.50 toward the ransom for Miss
Stones release.
AND STILL THFY C0MF