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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1901
Page
2
An advertisement claims catarrh is a blood disease and promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as the internal remedy that cleanses the blood and relieves the mucous membranes. It asserts no cocaine or harmful drugs and cites a Rochester testimonial praising cure for head throat and stomach catarrh with daily use. Sold by druggists at 50 cents per box.
Telegraphic reports from Paris and Berlin describe violent storms sweeping the coasts of Brittany and inland areas. Dunkirk harbors are crowded with refuge seekers while Remiremont Pontarlier and Vosges report early snow. Frankfort and the Main valley suffer heavy damage, with uprooted trees and damaged wires.
Massachusetts AFL at St John the Baptist Hall convenes with 118 delegates as President McCarthy outlines labor threats from injunctions to picketing limits. The session reviews legislation, officer reports, and calls for stronger protections, while delegates plan future conventions and social events.
The article reports on the Miss Stone kidnapping and ransom fundraising debates within the American Board of Congregational Missions. It notes competing theories on coercion versus voluntary writing, Bulgarian brigands’ actions, and early discussions at Congregational House as officials urge or reject paying the ransom.
Crowds filled the Kidder Beavery & Co banking house with hundreds lining up to reach the cashier window. The public deposited small sums including dollar bills coins and dimes as a flurry of activity marked the day.
Fragmented oblique text lists Mt Vernon Congregational Society and Walnut Ave Church along with several names and firms. The readable portions reference Advent Christian Church and South Weymouth with partial names like Thomas F Stillman and Anthony Morss.
New York agents report 1261 dollars in subscriptions to Kidder Peabody and Co while Ladenburg Thalmann sends 100 to Boston. Rev Dr Creegan says the American Board is telegraphed 814 for the ransom and Christian Herald reports funds raised for Miss Stone. The figure is not in the Boston tally.
Reports indicate the State Department is pursuing every avenue to locate Miss Stone held by Bulgarian brigands. Turkish frontier guards and international diplomacy complicate the search, but officials vow vigorous action and continued inquiries to secure her release and return.
Officials oppose paying brigands as it would encourage kidnapping, while the State Department takes charge of delivering ransom amid continued fundraising. The Bulgarian and Turkish brigands are blamed, with indemnity sought if Bulgaria is found at fault. The Stone family and many Boston-area groups continue to solicit contributions, despite questions of repayment.
Miss Ellen Stone left New York on October 5 1878 to work among Bulgarians in Bulgaria and Macedonia. She later returned to the United States for furloughs in 1882 and 1896 97 and has since traveled the mission field across mountains and plateaus. Her fame grew as a prominent missionary speaker and as a frequent returning visitor to the United States.
In Cleveland Ohio on October 7 a gang warned that Miss Stone’s ransom must be paid or she will be killed. The threat described a grisly penalty and appeared in a report on the ongoing kidnap affair.
Columbus Indiana ex consul general to Turkey asserts the Stone kidnapping is political. He warns captors will ransom Miss Stone if paid, else threaten escalating harm. Sweeney claims familiarity with the abductors and charges they are honorable in keeping promises despite faults.
At a Methodist ministers meeting a resolution urged sympathy and aid for the American Board in the emergency. Many ministers opposed paying ransom to avoid endangering other missionaries, a stance echoed by mission fields officials who funded the ransom. Secretary Smith clarified that the ransom funds release of an American citizen, not to free Miss Stone.
Professor Graham Taylor of Chicago Theological Seminary criticizes the Bu fan bandits’ ransom appeal. He warns paying ransom risks encouraging further crimes unless the United States presses a swift, strong international response.
The fly wheel of a 700 horsepower compound engine burst at the Paul Whiten cotton mill in Northbridge on Oct. 7. About a dozen workers were cut by debris but none badly hurt. Fragments struck the weave room mule room and machine shop.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted Henry C. Payne and Mrs. Payne, and A. J. Cassatt at a Washington dinner. Payne, a Wisconsin Republican official, is known for advocating reduced Southern representation in Congress, a topic likely discussed during the evening.
The Star will say that every lime quarry in Knox and Waldo counties is or will be bonded by capitalists worth millions. Backers include H. M. Whitney of Boston and W. C. Whitney of New York, linking to Maine pulp mills where lime is a key input.
Chicago business leaders contributed between 300 and 400 dollars tonight to the Ellen M. Stone ransom fund. Edward D. Redington organized the effort and reported a letter from C. A. Stone confirming the full amount will be raised.
John BR. Dunn, the oldest employee of the Boston Elevated Company Brookline division, died suddenly at his home in Brookline at 88 Walter Avenue. He was 50, leaving a wife and two children. Dunn ran the night owl car between Adams Square and the Reservoir since it began service, missing very few trips.
Chicago official Robert E. Burke posted a $25,000 bond and will stand trial for alleged embezzlement. Mayor announced resignation would be accepted and Comptroller McGann ordered a thorough review of the city oil inspector's office.
Philadelphia marks a notable event with the Garric Theatre dedication under Frank Howe Jr. Richard Mansfield appears for the first time in his role as the princely barber in Beaucaire an original comedy by Booth Tarkington and Evelyn Greenleaf Suther.
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