The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-10-10
BULGARIA INCENSED
Case of Miss Stone, The Kidnapped
Amer iCdn Missionary.


spread condemnation of the gov
eminent for allowing such free
dom to the Macedonian commit
tee as to enable it to engineer
the outrage. Miss Stone resid-
ed here before she went 10 Sal
onike and she is well known
throughout the country.
Patriotic Bulgarians are in
censed, as they recognize that
Miss Stone and her colleagues of
American missions in Bulgaria
aud Macedonia have been their
best friends through the trouble.
There is no lack of indications
that Prince Ferdinand is lmperil-
ing his own position by permit
ing such license to the commit
tee as to enable it to blackmail
prominent people in support of
the Macedonian cause.
Consul General Dickinson,
when here on his way to Sofia
from Constantinople, thought it
probable that if the brigands un-
derstood from headquarters that
the ransom would rot be paid
they would release Miss Stone,
as the Macedonian cause would
not be helped by the murder of
the woman.
PARIS, Oct. "a letter re
ceived by the Havas agency from
Salorica, dated Oct 4, says:
1.-THE American consul here has
inst received orders to make the
arrangements with the vail (gov-
ernor) for the payment of the
ransom of Miss Stone. The
United States will advance the
money, afterward settling with
Turkey.
THE Turkish authorities have
made numerous arrests among
the Bulgarian population, with
out distinction of religion. and
nearly all have been put to tor
ture in the hope of abstracting
information A prisoner named
Dimitri said AN understanding
existed between the protestants
and the Macedonian committee
and that Miss Stone was even
acting in concert with them with
the view of obtaining funds for
political religious propaganda.
These declarations wrung
from Dimitri under torture, are
valuelesS. What is certain is that
the captain of the band desig-
mated for the payment of the ran
som a place in proximity TO the
Roumanian frontier, which
proves that he hopes to escape
the Turkish police and that the
Bulgarian police do not cause
him anxiety.
This condition Ofaffairs is shown
by the fact that five or six bands
of brigands, of twelve or fifteen
men each, have been so bold be-
tween Sisumitza and Kuprill
that the officials of the Oriental
railroad have requested the Tur-
kish military authorities to re-en-
force the troops guarding the
track and bridges.
WASHINGTON, d. C.Oct 9-Not
since the successful attempt to
save the life of John Hays Ham
mond, the American engineer
implicated in the Jameson raid,
has the state department put
forth such energies to save a
human life as it is now exerting
in behalf of Miss Stone, the
American missionary who was
captured by Bulgarian bandits,
A sum of money has been for
warded by cable to Spencer
Eddy, the United States secre-
tary of legation at Constan-
tinople, who has shown remark
able energy and ability in un-
earthing the ramifications OF the
plot which resulted in the kid
naping of Miss Stone.
State department. officials de-
precate most earnestly news
paper discussion of the measures
it is taking on Miss Stones be-
half, maintaining that it is being
greatly embarrassed in its efforts
by such publications.
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