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Show WILL RESIST DEMAND. - , j American Board of Missionaries "Will Not Ransom Miss Stone. j Boston,. Sept. 28. The American j board of commissioners of foreign missions mis-sions will resist the demand of 1100,000 ransom for the release of Miss Helen M. Stone of Chelsea, Mass., the American missionary now held by Bulgarian brigands. When shown a statement by Dr. Cregan. New York secretary of the board that the ransom would be a dan- ' serous precedent, the Rev. Judson '! Smith, the secretary of the board, ex- i pressed his hearty approbation. "The board woulcJ never consider F such -a proposition." he said. "The res- I cue of Miss Stone is in the hands of l the government. We have had mission- ; aries in Turkey for two generations, but never a case like this. Should we 5 offer a ransom, missionaries would never be safe from capture". t i |