Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-09
Time Limit Passed.


Boston, Mass, Oct. 9.-The time limit
set by the brigands who abducted Miss
Stone, the American missionary, in Bull
garia, has passed. and whether the
woman is alive or her captors have car
ried out their threat is not known.
Naught official has been learned re-
garding the fate of Miss Stone, altho
her friends here are encouraged by the
report Of respite. They insist, how
ever, that the ransom money will have
to be paid and urge all Christians to
contribute to the fund. which now is
$1,54 more than half the sum needed.
One story from Bulgaria-that s35, 900
OF the ransom money has been sent to
the United States consul at Constants
nople for payment to the brigand!s-
brings hope to those Interested in the
raising OF the fund. and II contributions
continue they are confident the missions
ary will soon be free.
A dispatch from Constantinpole said
that Mr.. Haskell, the American mis-
sionary at Samokoff, Bulgaria, was
opening negotiations with the brigands
with the view of reducing the amount of
ransom demanded for the missionary's 8
release. This dispatch was Of special
interest in view of the ract that the $685.
600 was cabled to Constantinople in time
to reach those who are acting for the
government by Tuesday morning.
There was no such rush with contrib
utions Tuesday as there was Monday,
and Kidder, Peabody & Co.'s clerks
could handle the money that came in
with practically no difficulty. The gum
mary OF receipts announced last eve-
ming was as follows:
Previously ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...$45543
Received Tuesday =. q. 4,03l
Pledged but not paid. ...... 80. 1000
Total ........ ...... ...... ......S56,5I4
Evidently the report that the brigands
had granted respite for Miss Stone
had Its effect, for the collection of con
tributions there was not at all the i'm
portant feature Tuesday that it was
Monday. The situation was also
changed somewhat from the fact that
Tuesday the American board transfer
red itself bodily from this city to the
annual meeting at Hartford.
The ransom fund is still open and
contributions are coming in slowly from
all parts of the country.
Charles A. Stone, brother of the cap
tive missionary. said that her family
did not feel altogether certain that the
dispatch OF the morning saying that a
respite had been granted by the brig
andssfor one month was to be relied on.
"Information from Vienna sources be-
fore this" he said, has not proved
trustworthy, and this dispatch comes
thru Vienna. Still, we are hopeful, anu
trust that everything will come out
right.
II can say this: That know that $751;
600 has beer cabled to the representa-
stives Of this country at Constantinople,
and that have no doubt that they are
closely enough in touch with the brig
ands there go that my sisters captors
have knowledge by this time that a
large sum of money is being raised, and
am hopeful that this will lead them
to odelay their proceedings so far as
any injury to the captive is concerned."
Mr.. Stone also had work to say In
regard to a dispatch from Chicago tell
ing of the abandonment of the effort to
raise money for the ransom fund be
cause enough already had been raised =
He said he had never written any letter
to that effect, and that such q state
ment would be wholly contrary to any
in his possession. Mr.
Stone said that what had been done in
the last few days in the way of con-
tributions ought to be continued for
awhile longer.