that we have no funds that could be used for this purpose. The Government was restrained from paying the money by constitutional lim itation, and the American Board seemed equally restrained from payins a ransom. Sympathy of the President. The solicitude of the committee was such and their purpose to do everything was so strong that they sent a deputation consisting of the president and one of its secretaries to Washington to meet President Roosevelt and the officials of the State Department. This conference was held last Saturday forenoon It is Impossible to overstate the sympathy and Interest of the President, the acting Secretary of State and other officials. The conference was lengthy, during whlcn the Government showed what steps it was taking and how every power of diplomacy was being used to effect the release of Miss Stone. Confidential details were given, which, of course it would be a breach of trust to give to the public but the friends of the board and the whole nation may be assured that every thing possible is being done , to further the recovery of Miss" Stone. The heart and the persistence olV the President in this effort were most significant. The officials assured us that apparently at the moment the only practicable method to secure her life was to have the funds promptly at hand to pay the ransom. It was evidently the positive conviction of the Government that this step was the first one to be taken. But It ought to be clearly under stood that this Is but one step; that when she has been released there will be a vigorous at tempt not only to secure the return of the money but furthermore, to bring about such conditions that such an occurrence shall not be possible In the future. Xo one doubts that our Government as at present organized will not drop this matter until the rights of Ameri can citizenship are established.- Meanwhile a movement was begun under the leadership of Miss Stone's family to secure by popular appeal the amount of the ransom, and notice had already been sent out that funds could be sent to Boston. - Under this advice of the Government a meet ing of the prudential committee was called on Sunday morning, which was attended by eight members of the committee and four officers. The report of the gentlemen sent to Washing ton was received, and after full deliberation It was decided that, while we could not recede from the action of last Friday, the tidings of the Government made It most evident that the first thing was to secure Mies Stone's safety, then, other steps would follow; therefore we felt that as individuals it was our duty and privilege to help by all means in our power the securing of this ransom from the general public. Communications were sent by" tele gram, so far as possible, to every part of the country, even to the Pacific -Coast. Money in- sums large and small has been received In answer to this appeal to humanity. The Government has shown its supreme inter est in this matter by already becoming the custodian of this fund, as handed to It by the firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co. This plan not only shows the Government's interest, but it forbids any possibility that any part of the money will be paid over until Miss Stone per sonally has-been placed In safety In the hands of the proper authorities. It will be seen from the above statement that the board was a"~trolt in Its whole "action from the beginning and consistent throughout. Its officers and friends are willing to use every effort to procure this fund under the "conditions and limitations given. Any one who had been present at the conference in Washington would not hesitate to have full confidence in the Gov ernment's efforts. The official^ of the board, having been received Into its confidence, are willing to trust the Government, and we have no doubt that the friends of the board will have confidence in us. Raising Money. for Ransom. BOSTON, Oct. 8.— No additional state ment of money received for the ransom fund for Miss Stone was given out to night by Kidder, Peabody & Co. after the one of the late afternoon showing $49, 574 81 in cash and $7000 in unpaid pledges. This made the total $56,574 61, to- which will be added in the- morning the sums received over night. The rush of contrib utors Is over, because of the general opin ion that the critical moment has been MAJORS MUST SERVE LIFE TERM IN PRISON Utah Judge Passes Sentence on Young Man Called the "Boy Murderer." Y LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 8.— In the' District Court to-day Judge Hart sentenced Abe Majors, popularly known as "the boy murderer," to life imprisonment for the killing of Captain Brown, chief of the Ogden police, three years ago. J Majors, who is barely out of his teens, was convicted of the crime and sentenced to be shot in 1899, but the Supreme Court granted him a new .trial, which was con cluded on Saturday. George J. Gould, Edward H. Harriman," Marvin Hughitt, James H. Hyde, Otto H. Kahn, Charles A. Peabody, Winslow S. Pierce, Henry H. Rogers, Jacob H. Schiff and James Stillman. President- Burt and the other officials who arrived from the East this morning will remain over until to-morrow, when the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Oregon Short Line will take place. averted, and that a month's time offers ample opportunity to add to the fund. Charles A. Stone, brother of the captive missionary, wishes activity for the fund to continue for a few days longer. He hopes that the cable dispatches indicat ing that the brigands have granted a month's time are right, yet he has no per sonal confirmation of that fact, although he has repeatedly sent, messages to both Constantinople and Samokov. He says that, the idea In the "West that he had stated that no money is needed because enough has been given is all wrong. He is still anxious about getting the total of $110,000. • Next Saturday will be the twenty-third anniversary "of Miss Stone's sailing from Boston for the missionary field in Bul garia. Accuses Turkey's Sultan. KAXSAS CITY, Oct. 8.— Dr. M. Mesro pian of this city, a physician and a na tive of Armenia, who has lectured much 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 brigands in Bulgaria was the work of the Sultan of Turkey. He said: I am sure that it was he who ordered the brigands to carry off Miss Stone. He ordered her taken acro3s the Bulgarian border so as to distract suspicion from himself. It is a move In retaliation for the enforced payment of the $90,000 Indemnity that the United States exacted of him for the burning: of American missionary buildings. I believe it would be far better for the Government to send a warship over there than to pay the ransom. Mission aries will not be safe after Abdul , Hamld has received, the ransom. Missionaries will be ab ducted everywhere. The Sultan is determined to be revenged for the loss of that $90,000 and the abduction serves a double purpose— the re turn of the money and the behest of fanaticism. There is rto crime the Turk would not commit in the name of his religion. SAN ANDREAS, Oct. 8.-The Melones Mining Company's dam at Robinsons Ferry was completed to-day. Six hours after closing the floodgates water was running over the crest. Work upon the flume will begin at once to convey this water to a 120-stamp mill now under way at itobinsons. • Harnesses the Stanislaus. SANTA ROSA, Oct. 8.— Frank E. Drake, the Petalnma man who recently assaulted his wife with a pistol, badly injuring her, was to-day sentenced to' fourteen years In San Quentin fof his crime. Drake was scathingly rebuked by ' Judge Burnett, who said that'if the law permitted It he would have sentenced the prisoner for life. Fourteen years is the extreme lim it. Drake, kissed his wife good-by and v/as led away i to his cell. Judge Burnett of : Santa Rosa; Sen- tences Frank E. Drake to Fourteen' Years. - GIVES A WIFE-BEATER = LONG TERM HT PRISON BROTHER'S HAND SLAYS MURDERER charges against Colonel Heistand Thomas J. Mackay appeared as attorney for Major Hawkes, the prosecut ing witness. Former Assistant Secretary of "War George D. Meiklejohn, resuming his detailed a conversation he had with Hawkes, in which the latter de clared that unless he was appointed to a position he would publish the details of the hemp combination. Meiklejohn told him that so far as he was concerned he might do so. It was during this talk that Hawkes told him of his controversy with Flint, Eddy & Co., Hawkes expressing the opinion that his appointment had been re voked because of the controversy. F. S. Brown, a clerk in the office of the auditor of the JVar Department, was called to testify as to the auditing of a dispatch Colonel Heistand -had sent to General Otis. It appeared that the dis patch was audited among others, the ag gregate tolls of which were in excess of $5000. The account was certified to by- Adjutant General Corbin. The records showed that the cost of the Heistand cablegram was ?58 12. Prior to the state ment of Witness Brown. Needham, Hei stsind's attorney, had :nf armed the com mittee that it was Colonel Helstand'p in tention to pay for the cablegram to Gen eral Ois tnd for the reply thereto when the" amount had been ascertained. General Corbin was recalled and ex plained that he had certified to th© accur- rr vr -r/ASHINGTON, Oct. 8.— When V^ )\ / th© Senate Committee on Mil \v\u itary Affairs to-day resumed V V Its investigation of the T^ttOENIX/ Ariz ;,\Oct. 8— Articles' of a ten billion dollar corporation were Hied to-day with J^ the Territorial Secretary. It is the International Construction and' Development Company. The incorporators are Richard D. Coulter, George H. Herron and John C. Wolfram of Pitts burg. Coulter is a. .prominent official of that city'. >-:..\u25a0\u25a0 This is tlie largest capitalization among several hundred articles of incorporation filed with the Secretary \inder the peculiarly favorable lazvs of the Territory, zvhich went into" effect on : Sep \u25a0 temberi. - :•/ : \u25a0 M - .. '. \-S- * '\u25a0" The articles of the International Construction and Development Company were received from Pittsburg by mail. The stock is divided into shares of $i each. The company may do anything reasonable for a corporation to undertake. Its general scope, as set forth, embraces the construc tion of railroads' and canals, the operation of mines and kindred projects. ., It is.believed '_Jhat. this gigantic corporation may have connection with the reports recently . published concerning the for mation of a syndicate of American capitalists to construct a netzvork of electric railways in Russia and other foreign^ countries. ••— _ . . Special Dispatch, to The Call. acy of the account as audited on the re port of a board of examiners of account*. Personally he could 'not examine every telegram involved in the account and did n Lieu O te S nant Colonel W. H. Carter, assist ant adjutant general, testified that every effort was made by the Board of exam ination to eliminate all messages which did not deal with official business Ha had not seen the Heistand dispatch him- S< No additional facts were developed dur ing the cross-examination. Attorney Mackay pressed a number* of tquestlons as to why Meiklejohn did not answer the letters Hawkes wrote. Copies of these let ters were In evidence, but not the orlgln alau- Meiklejohn said he might or might not have received them. He directed them to be filed, but did not consider replies n^kfackay," counsel for Hawkes, asked if the proposed hemp company was not abandoned because Flint. Eddy & Co. had a monopoly of the hemp business In the Philippines, but Meiklejohn replied that he never knew anything about Flint, Eddy & Co. The committee declined to permit.coun sel to ask questions designed to bring sec retary Root into the investigation. Sen ator Cockrell declaring all such matter improper, as Secretary Root was not un der investigation. Mlchener was recalled to testify as to an alleged telephone communication be tween him and Meiklejohn relative to th© Hawkes settlement. He denied any knowledge of such a communication. Meiklejohn had testified that he had no. such communication. WAR DECLARED ON HUSTINGS People of the Southwest Preparing for a Round-Up. 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 torture in the hope of abstracting Information. A prisoner named Dimitrl 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 a political religious propaganda. These declarations, wrung from Dimitrl under torture, are value less. What is certain is that the captain of the band designated for the payment of the ransom a place In proximity to the Roumanian frontier, which proves that he hopes to escape the Turk ish police, and that the Bulgarian police do not cause him anxiety. This condition of affairs is shown by the fact that five or six bands of brigands of twelve or fifteen men each have become so bold between Strumitza and Kuprill that- the officials of the Oriental Railroad have requested the Turkish military authorities to reinforce the troops guarding the track and bridges. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 8.— Mr. Has kell, the American missionary at Samo kov, Bulgaria, is opening negotiations with the brigands with the view of reduc ing the amount of the ransom demanded for the release of Miss Stone. Efforts of Missionary Board. HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 8.— An inter esting feature of the opening session of the American board of commissioners for the board of foreign missions, which be gan here this afternoon, was the response by Dr. Capen, president of the board, to the address of welcome delivered by Rev. EX P. Parker. D.D., of this city.. Dr. Capen said: We are in great anxiety over the fate of Miss Helen Stone.* so greatly beloved, who is to-day in the hands of the bandits 'with the sentence of death hanging over her. It is a comfort In our tears to know that our Gov ernment is doing everything that is possible to be done for her rescue. Saturday Secretary Smith of this board and myself met President Hoosevelt and Assistant Secretary Adee In conference on this matter. If Miss Stone were a member of his own family Mr. Roosevelt could hardly put more heart into it. Every power of diplomacy Is being used for her rescue. We must thank God that although President McKinley is gone there is in Presi dent Roosevelt another man of God who will see that American missionaries under' the flag of the stars and stripes shall have the fullest possible protection. It may be necessary that a ransom shall be 'paid, but that will not close the incident. It will be but the beginning of the chapter. * Nathaniel P. Lodge of Iowa and Dr. A. W. Acheman of Oregon have been named as members of the committee on nomina tions. > After devotional exercises at this even- Ing's session of the American board. President Capen read the official report of the board concerning the captivity and ransom of Miss Stone. The report fol lows: There Is such universal Interest In the case of Miss Helen Stone, now In the hands of brig ands, that It seems wise for the officers of the board to make a brief statement of the facts as they exist at the present time. For several weeks the Government authorities at Washing ton have been at work using every possible ef fort to secure her release. These have been days of deep anxiety for the officers of the board. We have been in frequent communica tion with our representative In Constantinople. Last Thursday we received a dispatch from Washington that told us how Increasingly grave the situation had become. On the re ceipt of this telegram a meeting of the pru dential committee was hastily called to meet the following day at 12 o'clock. The committee came together and discussed the situation most thoroughly. On the one side was the life of a* dearly beloved missionary; on the other side was the fact that if we yielded to this demand for ransiJm It was putting a premium upon the life of every missionary of the American Board, and not of our board only, but missionaries of every society in the world. The question was even broader than the case of missionaries; it practically : concerned the safety of any and every American citizen. Recognizing the full gravity of the situation, the committee, without a dissenting vote, decided that it had no right to pay a ransom and establish a precedent that would be sure to be dangerous In all the future Furthermore, we were restrained by the fact SALT LAKE, Utah. Oct. 8.— Sport rival ing In excitement that of a buffalo hunt is scheduletT'to take place in Washington and Iron counties and across the Utah line into Xorthern Arizona on Thursday, when the people of the Canaan district expect to set forth and exterminate a3 many desert horses as can be rounded up. The hunt Is booked to start at Pipe Springs. Where it will end no one pre tends to know. The mustangs, or desert horses, are so thick in the district lying between Hur ricane Ridge and Kanab Wash and over the old Canaan range to Mount Turnblll that ranchers are complaining on many scores. The range is being eaten up, gen tle horses are being run off and many valuable animals are being shot by mis take by careless sportsmen firing on sup posed desert horses. So the populace has decided that the mustang must go. . Two years ago a similar decision was reached. During th© progress of the hunt 300 horses were shot and left on the plain and 1500 were run down and dispatched, with the exception of 300 considered worth, keeping. Predictions are freely made that this record will be broken Thursday. Prominent cattlemen and horsemen the proposed drive in hand and are "mar shaling their forces for an epoch break ing round-up. BUREAU, 1406 O STREET, /f N. W. f WASHINGTON. Oct. 8.- IL . Though the . time limit within which the ransom for Miss Stone was to have been paid expired at noon to-day, the woman, according to in formation received By the State Depart ment. Is etill alive. This gratifying intel ligence Ib clouded by a suspicion of the course which Bulgaria has pursued. Should the suspicion now entertained that Bulgaria participated In the plot for the .American missionary's abduction be ab eolutely confirmed, it is the purpose of this Government to BUbmit a heavy claim which shall include indemnity for Miss Stone and the amount of ransom that will be paid, or. In "he event of her death, an Indemnity for her heirs. The officials in sist that there is xio fund out of which the ransom of Miss Stone can be dis bursed, but there Is reason to believe that the secret fund of the Slate Department will be used to supplement the amount contributed by the charitable of the Unit ed States In case the money collected ehould not reach the sum fixed by Miss Stone's captors. The department is ob eerving the utmost reticence, claiming that an ill-advised publication may de feat the elaborate plans they have under way for the woman's rescue. The officials absolutely refuse to confirm or deny rumors in circulation as to the negotia tions in progress, but say that everything possible is being done to rescue Miss Stone. Blame Liaid on Turkey. LONDON, Oct. 9.— The Daily Mall has received the following dispatch from its Vienna representative: In reply to a telegram I addressed to him to day. General Zontschew, president of the Mace donian committee, denies that the committee had any hand In the abduction of Miss Stone. He adds that the committee desires the support of the civilized world for the Macedonian cause, and therefore would not commit such a folly. "The Turks," he says, "did the deed, and Turkey must be made responsible." M. Danew, the Bulgarian Foreign Minis ter, Indignantly denies the - suggestion that the Bulgarian Government is not do ing its best to rescue Miss Stone. He Eays 3000 troops are engaged in the search for her. Beloved in Bulgaria. PHILIPPQPOLIS. Bulgaria, Oct. 8.- Public interest in the fate of Miss Helen M. Stone, the kidnaped American mis sionary, intensifies here. There Is wide spread condemnation of the Government for allowing such freedom to the Macedo nian committee as to enable it to engl reer the outrage. Miss Stone resided here before she went to Saloniea and she is well known throughout the country. The patriotic Bulgarians are incensed, as they recog nize that Miss Stone and her colleagues of the American missions In Bulgaria and Macedonia have been their best friends throughout the troubles. There is no lack of indications that Prince Ferdinand is Imperiling his own position by permitting such license -to the committee as to enable it to blackmail, prominent people in sup port of the Macedonian cause. Consul General Dickinson, when here on his vray to Sofia from Constantinople, -^houglit it probable that if the brigands understand from headquarters that the ransom would not be paid they would re lease Miss Stone, as the Macedonian cause would not be helped by the murder of the woman. Torture of Suspects. PARIS, Oct. 8.— A letter received by the Havas Agency from Saloniea, dated Octo ber 4, says: The American Consul here has Just received orders to make the arrangements with the Vali _q_q_o_9 ff o ff P_o o o_o_o.o_o.o PPPPPftflflPPOP-PPOoooPOQ o_o_p_o_o.p o j | \u25a0 , •' .,';-,-\u25a0 - . ~" ' .;:. •• (i \u25a0 '.. -^ , I • \u25a0 . \u25a0 ** a ! • 'Ap To be P la y ed fcy MARY MAN1TERIN"G. She -writes: "I am delighted that arrangements have been completed for the dramatic rights of 01 : S 'GBATJSTABK.' The story is, I think, better than 'The Prisoner of Zenda,\and the character of /the Princess is one which I shall love to act." 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