The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-14

8. Draper. $50 Beacon street. In the
Back Bay section. WAS burned ON TIE
9Th inst. The loss II estimated 1t
$15O.0OO.
Henry White. American ambassador
to France. has obtained leave OF alb
sence and will sail for the United
States. not to return. Robert Bacon
will succeed him.
The verdict Of the trial court which
found John r. Walsh guilty Of misap-
plication Of the funds of the Chicago
National Bank was affirmed BY the
United States Circuit Court CT Ap-
psals at Chicago ON the 5th inst.
As \ tribute Of their affection and
regard on the eve Of his departure on
q trip around the world. friends Of
Melville E. Stone. general manager Of
the Associated Press. gave him q din.
ner Tuesday night at the Lotus club
In New York.
The treating habit" is bad and can
not be too strongly condemned. ac'
cording to = resolution adopted At tno
closing session of the National Ger.
man Alliance In Cincinnati. The al
lance would have the practice OF mon
buying each other liquor stopped.
The health of Count Leo Tolstoy is
again exciting apprehension. He faint
ed twice after his return to Yasnaya-
Polyana from his trip to MOSCOW. One
fainting spell lasted ten minutes. The
aged author. after several hours rest
was able to undertake a short prone
made.
Matt Henson. Commander Peaiy's
faithful negro Achates for eighteen
months. and who stood with him Mt
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 invitc1
the officers and the scientific staff 0i
the Roosevelt.
At Wheeling. w. Va, while attempt
ing to signal to the conductor to STOP
or while attempting to get off. Mira
Marion L. Harper. 65 years old. fell
ftom a street car last evening and
alighted upon her head and shoulders
She died two hours later from an in
Jury OF the brain. Mrs. Harper was
a sister of Sylvester G. Williams ol
Denver.
With nearly 1000 officers and en-
listed men OF the Twenty-fifth infan
try. 100 civil passengers. 1G invalid
and a number OF insane patients ant
military convicts. the army transpor
Sheridan arrived at Port Townsend
Wash. Monday. from Manila. Th'
soldiers will 10 to Fort George Wright
near Spokane. and Fort Lawton. a
Seattle.
Harvard House. at Stratford-on-the
Avon. the sixteenth century home o
Robert Harvard. father OF John Hal
ward. founder OF Harvard university
and rescued from decay by the Join
efforts Of Edward Morris OF Chicas
and Miss Marie Corelli. II now tn
; property Of Harvard university. Tn
house was presented to and opened b
Whitelaw Reid, the American ambai
sador. In the presence OF = large an
distinguished audience. includin
many Americans.
Captain Bernier Of the Canada
btcumci AtClAN hAo hA840 PoDHS !" AZ
/. ter written to him by DR.. Frederic
A. Cook. May 30. and delivered
Captain Bernier on September LIST q
Upernavik, Greenland. In the lette
DIR. Cook gives IN account Of his di
covery OF the North pole and the har'
ships experienced on the return jou
r ney. He also accuses Murphy. Peary
, empioye, with bartering his tthe do
I tor's) supplies to the natives to "a
, isfy Peary's commercial greed"
r The National Baseball Commissio
having charge OF the sale OF seats fs
II the worlds series games At Pittsbur
! between Pittsburg and Detroit. al
nounced Monday that the mail-ords
sale OF reserved seats was unprec
dented. 1854 tickets for each gam
ut Forbes tield were sold forty-eigl
hours after mail orders were receives
An official Of the Pittsburg club a.
+ nounced that 100000 worth OF order
r for seats for the first two games ha
8 been returned, with notice that .
r reserved neAta were left