The Monticellonian., 1905-07-20
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Gen. ". W. Blackmar, commander in-chief U he Grand Army of the Re public, Gied at Boise. Idaho. on the l6th Inst. ot interstitial nephritis. aged 64 years His wife was with him dur ing his ffaess. The body was taken back to Boston.
 The roof of the chapel Uf the Wom- ems hospital at Fermo. Italy. fell in during the celebration of mass. killing 16 women and 90 children and iniuring many others.
 The Peary Arctic expedition. bound for the North pole. sailed from New York, on the 1Gth, on board the steam CT Roosevelt Capt Peary went with the vessel a. far as the Narrows. and then returned to the city He will join the vessel at Sydnzy. Cape Breton. go- ing there by rail.
 Edwin Park, an American. was ar rested al Christians. Norway. on ar rival there on the steamer United States. at the request of the New York police, e.aaged with being diamond thief.
 A strike has been ayertej on the Vienna and Warsaw railroad by per mission of being given 10 the employees 70 use either the Polish or Russian Ian suaee
 The Bulgarian government has asked the powers 10 intervene in behalf of the Bulgarian population of the Yiiayet of Adrianople, European Turkey who are made the victims of systematic Turkish persecution.
 Two men were killed and four oIh- CTS injured in head-on collision be- tween two freight trains near Midyale, Va. on the Shenandoah division of the Norfolk X Western railroad
 M. Witte. the Russian peace plenipo- tentiary, is expected to be the bearer of a personal message from Emperor Nicholas to President Roosevelt.
 Absolute denial is authorized of the alleged instructions to M Witte. pub lished in Paris and elsewhere in Flu rope
 Fire believed to have been of ineen- diary origin destroyed the plant of the Columbus (OD Packing O. Loss. s185, 900; insurance. s65 900.
 The Japanese premier. on the au- thority of the emperor, has signed a pardon for Capt Bougouin and Maxi his Japanese clerk. condemned as being spies for Russia. anl sentenced to ten years hard labor each
 By the death of Cen BIackmar Capt John E. King. of Baltimore, Md, senior Yice-commander-i chief of the G. A. R. under the laws of the order, becomes acting commauder-in-chief until the next national enCampment.
 John Schidlofska, wanted at Bel mont Mass, for the murder of his wife, was arrested in Santa Fe train al La Junta, Col, by Sheriff Barr, and made a full confession of the crime.
 According to a St Petersburg dis patch the Russian peace pleuipotentia- ries will receive s200 a day each besides an allowance of $500 for travelling expenses
 Arbogast & Bastians abbatoir at Al lentown, Pa, one of the largesf in east ern Pennsylvania was destroyed by fire loss S200 000
 John Sehidlofska is Wanrei at Bel mont Mass. for the murder of his wife He is supposed to have gone to Los Angeles, 10 join another woman, with whom he had bean in correspon- dence
 The Chicago Express Drivers. union decided to submit to q referendum vote the question of calling off the strike as far as they are concerned
 A story was sent. under great re- serve, from St Petersburg. on the 18th, to the effect that NJ Witte hat had audience with the emperor which was anything but smooth. and the result might be that M. Witte would moi come to Washington after all
 One of a party of Orangemen offered a gratuitous insult to Canada al Lon don, Ont. and suffered the humiliation of seeing their flag, Old Glory. torn and trampled by Canadians.
 Six deaths from heat and more than a score of prostrations was the record in Philadelphia on the 12th
 The battleship Oregon. of the Asiatic fleet. has again won the trophy for the highest scores in target practice made by vessels of the battleship class.
 General Freight Agent Koontz of the Santa Fe estimates the Kansas wheat crop at S2 2,50O 900 bushels. and is dis tributing cars on that basis.