The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-06

a new ferryboat on It's trial Trip ~
Guayaquil, Ecuador, on the End inst,
capsized and eighteen of its twenty
two passengers were drowned. 1t had
been in service only about an hour.
Believing that prohibition in the
South has been beneficial. Congress-
has declared that he will introduce q
bill for prohibition in the District OF
Columbia at the next session of Con-
gress.
DIR. Burt G. Wilder of Cornell, the
veteran professor, whose specially is
studying the human brain, made
statement, on learning of the death
of Byrne, the West Point cadet, in
which he said football should be abol-
ished as brutal and demoralizing.
I'm my opinion canoeing and row.
ing are more dangerous than football"
said Prof. George w. Patterson of the
University of Michigan. when asked
what the effect of Cadet Byrne's
death in the West Point-Harvard
game probably would be. Professor
Patterson is chairman of the board Of
SoASioi vi dluietlcb dt lnt uuiFeis sil!.
DR.. George C. Zeller, superintendent
or the state hospital for the insane.
Peoria, ILL.,, stated at the Columbia
conference on pellagra that he be-
lieves that the country is threatened
with national scourge. The discov-
cry OF pellagra in the Peoria hospital
was made August 7th last, since
which time 130 cases have been dag
nosed as pellagra, As of the patients
having died.
Clergymen invaded shops, factories
and theaters in New York few days
since as a part of a mission plan
which the Presbyterian board of home
missions has been carrying on in st.
Louis, Chicago, Buffalo and other
cities. Packing cases and chorus
girls trunks were used as pulpits and
large audiences listened to short SER
mons by preachers who sought to
"Take the heathenism out of business
and soften its hard lines"
John Stewart Kennedy, lawyer, fl
nancier and philanthropist, died at his
home in New York City on the 31st
ult. of whooping cough. He was with
in two months of his eightieth birth
day. Mr.. Kennedy was a director OF
many large corporations, including
the Northern Pacific railway. He was
president of the board of trustees Of
Robert college, Constantinople, and OF
the American Bible house there, and
was chairman of the Presbyterian hos
pital and United Charities board OF
New York.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commits
sion at its meeting in Pittsburg re-
warded fifty persons for acts of
bravery and illustrious conduct called
to the commissions attention in the
last three months. With one excep-
tion, the persons honored are resi-
dents of the United States; twenty
two of Ohio. Approximately 1884 900.
twenty-three silver and twenty-seven
bronze medals were awarded. OF the
fifty heroic acts approved, fourteen
of the heroes met death and their
next of kin received the award.
In speech at Birmingham, Ala,
President Taft defended golf from the
charge that it is a rich mans game.
Inc game Vi Soil all hoe ohiy iohu
of myself" he said. "but am serious
in thinking that it's general spread
through the country is a real advance
in the matter OF hygiene and health
fulness and long life to men between
80 and 70. am hopeful that the vir-
tues of golf as trainer OF character
and as leveler instead of an exalter
Of people will be so well understood
that in any future political campaign
golf will figure rather as a reason for
electing a candidate who is addicted
to it, rather than to defeat him."