Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-09
THE TURKS DID IT.
Macedonian Committee Denies
Miss Stones Abduction.
Bulgarians Claim to Have 5000 So,-
diers Searching for Her.
Ransom Fund Growing Washington Working
Hard TO Secure Release.

London. oct. 3 The Daily Mail has
received the following dispatch from
its Vienna correspondents In reply to
4 Telegram | addressed to him. today.
Gneral Zontschew. president Of the
Macedonian committee, denies that the
committee had any hand in the abduc-
ton Of Miss Stone. He adds: The
committee desires the support of the
civilized world for the Macedonian
cause and. therefore, would not en-
nit such folly. The Turks did the
deed and Turkey must be made re-
spOnsibe.
M. Danew. the bulgarian foreign
minister. Indignantly denies the Sug-
Sestion that the bulgarian government
is not doing its best to rescue Miss
Stone. He says 5000 troops are engaged
in the search for her
Boston. oct S.-NO additional state
ment Of money received for the ran
som fund for Miss Stone was given out
by kidder. Peabody K Co.. after the
one of the late afternoon showing Si9.-
J1i.Sl in cash and $1,000 in unpaid
pledges. This made the total So6.51461.
to which will be added in the morning
the sums received over night The rush
Of contributors is over. because of the
general opinion that the critical mo-
ment has been avertcd and that a
months time offers ample opportunity
to add to the fund.
Charles A. Stone. brother Of the cap
tive missionary, wishes activity for the
fund to continue for a few days longer.
He hopes that the cable dispatches in
dicatinE that the brigandS have grant
cd a months time are right, although
he has no personal confirmation of that
fact. although having repeatedly sent
messages to both Constantinoplc and
Samakov. He says the idea in the
West that he had stated that no money
is needed because enough has been
given. is wrong. He is still anxious
about getting the total of $4,000
Next Saturday will be the ed ami
versary Of Miss stones sailing from
Boston for the missionary field i'll Bull
caria.
Washington. oct. S.-Not since the
successful attempt to save the life of
John Hays Hammond. the American
engineer implicated in the Jamison
raid. has the stat" department put
forth such energetic efforts to save a
human life as it is now eXcrtng in
behalf of Miss Stone, the American
missionary. who vas 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.
There is little doubt that the Turk
ish government has done all that it.
could be expected to do to run down
the bandits and what now is TO be
done is to secure similar action on the
part of the bulgarian government ana
to that end influences more potent with
the Slav races than that of the United
States government are at work. Should
these measures fail. then the ransom
money must be paid.
The state department officials de-
precate newspaper discussion OF the
measures it is taking i'll Miss stones
behalf. claiming that ii is being great
~ embarrassed in its efforts by such
publica ton. Consequently the officials
refuse to give any information con-
corning the case beyond the merely
negative statement that they have not
been informed of the reported extension
sion to one month of the time allowed
for the ransom of Miss Stone.
Kansas City. Mo. oct. S-Dr VI.
Mesropian of this city. a physician and
a native of Armenia. who has lecturcd
in Eastern cities on the atrocities prac-
ticed upon the Armenians by The Turks.
declares that the abduction of Miss
stone the American missionary. by
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