The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-21

GEN ERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Gen W. w. Blackmar. commander
ir-chiei " he Grand Army OF tie Re
llbi.C died al Boise. Idaho. on The
i6ra lust CT iuterstitial nephri,is. aged
e. years His Wife was with him dur
.ng his Illness The body was taksn
hack 20 Brsi0n
Tie roof q be chapel u the Won
en- hospital a. FsrmO Italy. fell in
during the celebration Of mass killing
it women aud 20 children and .njur.ng
many others
The Peary Arctic expedition. bound
fcr The North pole sailed from New
York % he 18th. on board The steam
e. Roosevelt Cap Peary went with
the vessel a. Ear a. the Narrows and
then returned 70 The city He VII. Join
The vessei az sydr 81 Cape Breton. go
lng there by rail-
Edwin Park. an American. was ar
Tes.el a. Chris ana. Norway. on ar
rival there on the steamer United
State ar the request Of The Ne,. York
police charged With being a diamond
thief
a strike has been aver,ed on he
Vienna and Warsaw railroad by per-
a-ss.Cr q being gwen 10 The employees
g use either The Polish or Russian Ian
Eaage
The Bulgarian government has asked
the powers 70 intervene in behalf or the
Bulgarian population OF the vilayet
Of Adrianople. European Turkey. who
are made the victims OF systematic
I Turkish persecution.
Two men were killed and four 9th
ers injured in a head-on collision be-
tween two freight trains near Midvale.
Va. on The Shenandoah division OF the
Norfolk q Western railroad
". Wiue. the Russian peace pienipo-
Tertiary is expected % be the bearer
Of persona. message from Emperor
Nicholas 70 President Roosevelt
AbSo.uts denial IS authorized OF The
alleged instructions 10 " Witte. pub
..skel IL Paris and elsewhere Il Eu-
rope
Fire believed 10 have been Of incen-
diary origin destroyed the plant OF the
Co.uu bus CO.. Packing Co. Loss ..s5
Co0, Insurance. S55.eoo
The japanese premier. OF the au-
tAoT.ty Of The emperor. has signed a
pardon for Capt Boug0uin and Maxi.
his japanese clerk. ccni uned a. being
spies for Russia. AMI sentenced 10 Ten
years hard labor each
By tae death % Gen. Blackmar.
Capt, John x King, of Baltimore Md.
senior ylce-conmander-ll-c CT the
q. a. X, under he Jaws of The order.
becomes acting commander-in g ief
until The next national ercampment.
John schld.cfska. wanted ar Bel
mont Mass Tor the murder II his
wife. was arrested il a Santa Fe train
a Ia Jun'a. Col b. Sheriff Barr. and
= ado full confession Of the crime.
According 20 s. Petersburg dis
+ pa'ch The Russ.an peace plsnlpo,eu IA
I res viii receive 500 day each besides
81 allowance u $3.50 for travelling
e1peEses
Arbogan * Bas.ians ahiat0r al Al
4 le.town. Pa one 81 tie .arsss, IN east
4 ern Peua.yi rania was destroyed BY
IRE loss. S-Uo.0o0
John schidiofska Is wan-e. a. Bel
mont Mas FOR The murder of his
wife lie Is supposed 70 nave gone 10
Los Argeies 10 JOIN o.hsr woman.
With whom be had been "a correspon-
cence.
The Chicago Express Drivers union
decided 10 submit 20 referendum vote
the question az calling OF ne strike as
Tar a. thay are concerned.
A story was sent. under great re
serve. from 81 Petersburg. or the 18th.
10 he effect that NJ Witte had had
audience with The emperor which was
anyihing but smooth. and the result
might be that " White would not come
to Washington after al
one a. party Of Orsngemen offerea
grsrui'ous insul; 20 Canada al Lon
don on and suffered Ire humiliation
Of seeing heir flag. Cd Glory. torn and
tramp,ed Isl Canadians
Six ceah- from heat and more than
score Of prosirations was he record
in PHILADELPHIA on the iZih
The tarlf-hip oregon. Of The As.afic
feet has aealn won The trophy for the
I highest scores 20 farge practice made
BY vessels 81 The bai,lsship class
General Freight Agent Koon,z Of the
Santa re estimates the Kansas wheat
crop az Sc COO 100 bushels and Is dis
tTiout.ng cars on that bssis