Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-10-15

The Boston residence Of Gov. Eben
8. Draper. $50 Beacon street, in the
Back Bay sections was burned on the
9TH inst. The loss is estimated At
$150.000.4 zs9 ~ Z ia AS5 ~
In an interview at Lowell. Mass.
Gen. A. W. Greedy, the Arctic explorer,
expressed the opinion, based on what
has been published aupr to this time.
that both Cook and Peary reached the
pole. ,
The National Grain Dealers Associ-
alton. in convention In Indianapolis,
declared for resembling the duty on
wheat from Canada and placed itself
on record as opposing the. federal In
spection of grain. -lF
The verdict Of the trial court which
found John R. Walsh guilty Of tmisap.
plication 6f the funds of the Chicago
National Bank was affirmed by the
United States Circuit Court lof Ap.
peals at Chicago on the 9Th inst.
AS a tribute of their affection and
regard on the eve Of his departure on
trip aroundSth world, friends of
Melville E. Stone. general manager OF
tbesAssociated Press. gave him a din.
ner Tuesday night at the Lotus club
in New York. CES4-a =
Hop growers in central New York
are obtaining unheard Of prices for
this years crop. While the hops .
cents a pound. the growers are now
receiving SO to s3h cents and choice
lots have brought 35 CENTS
= The Treating habit' is bad and can
not be too strongly condemned. ac-
cording to resolution adopted at the
closing session Of the National Ger.
man Alliance in Cincinnati. The al
lance would have the practice OF men
buying each other liquor stopped.
Matt Henson. Commander Peaiy's
faithful negro Achates for eighteen
the North pole. was honored Tuesday
night at New York by being made one
o. the guests at a dinner In the Union
League club, to which were invited
the officers and the scientific staff Of
the Roosevelt. 81.
. Harvard House. at Stratford- -on-the-
Avon. the sixteenth century home Of
Robert Harvard. father Of John Har-
ward. founder of Harvard university.
and rescued from decay by the joint
efforts Of Edward Morris Of Chicago
and Miss Mariei Corelli. is now the
property OF Harvard university. The
house was presented to and opened by
whitelaw Reid. the American ambas-
sador. In the presence Of q large and
q tf,psv tah q ts,n nI.,At Ats.sv
many Americans. l..
Captain BernIer OF the Canadian
steamer Arctic has made public let.
ter written to him by DR.. Frederick
A. Cook. May %. and delivered to
Captain Bernier on September LIST at
Upernavik. Greenland. In the letter
DR.. Cook gives m account OF his dis
covery of the North pole and the hard
ships experienced on the return Jour
ney. He also accuses Murphy. Peary's
employe, with bartering his (the doc
tor's) supplies to the natives ito sat
isfy Peary's commercial greed"
Abbott Lawrence Lowell took his
place as president OF Harvard Univer-
sity on the 9Th inst. In outlining his
policies, President Lowell declared
himself In favor Of men learning ono
thing we'll. and something Of every
thing. He placed himself on the side
Of intercollegiate sports as the only
striking occasion for the display OF
college solidarity. He also stated his
belief in the segregation OF the fresh
men and of the drawing together OF
the ties among upper classmen.
The National Baseball Commission
having charge of the sale Of seats for
the worlds series games at Pittsburg
between Pittsburg and Detroit. an.
nounced Monday that the mail-order
sale OF reserved seats was unprece.
dented. 1854 tickets for each game
at Forbes field were sold forty-eight
hours after mail orders were received.
An official Of the Pittsburg club an.
nounced that 100000 worth Of orders
for seats for the first two games had
been returned. with q notice that NO
reserved seats were left