The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09


S. Draper, $50 Beacon street, in the
Back Bay section, was burned on the
5th inst The loss is estimated at
S15n,000.
Henry White, American ambassador
to France, has obtained a leave of abb
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.
peals at Chicago on the 5th inst.
AS tribute of their affection and
regard on the eve of his departure on
trip around the world, friends of
Melville E. Stone, general manager of
the Associated Press, gave him a 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 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.
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 Pealy's
faithful negro Achates for eighteen
months, and who stood with him ut
the North pole, was honored Tuesday
night at New York by being made one
o. the guests at dinner in the Union
League club, to which were invited
the officers and the scientific staff of
the Roosevelt
AT Wheeling, w. Va, while attempt
ing to signal to the conductor to stop
or while attempting to get off, Mrs.
Marion l.. Harper, 65 years old, fell
from 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
sister of Sylvester G. Williams of
Denver.
With nearly 1000 officers and en-
listed men of the Twenty-fifth infan-
try, 100 civil passengers, 16 invalids
and number of insane patients and
military convicts, the army transport
Sheridan arrived at Port Townsend,
Wash, Monday, from Manila. The
soldiers will 60 to Fort George Wright.
near Spokane. and Fort Lawton. at
Seattle.
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 Marie 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 a large and
distinguished audience, including
many Americans.
Captain Bernier of the Canadian
steamer Arctic has made public let
| ter written to him by DR.. Frederick
A. Cook, May 23, and delivered to
Captain Bernier on September 1st at
! Upernavik, Greenland. In the letter
DR.. Cook gives an 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 Pearys commercial greed"
The National Baseball Commission
having charge Of the sale of seats for
the worlds series games at Pittsburg
between Pittsrurg 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 a notice that no
reserved seats were left.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.