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Show MI THE DAILY STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JULY SI 24, 1908. FIGHT (Gffeaft Mfapadliton For the Mg Four Coimty Fair III TEXAS EVEN THE GIDEONS Democrats of the Lone Star State The A. GarlUk, Chicago, secretary. Ky., July 14 the On Sunday many of the traveling of the la slogan ytaluon Must Go," men. will occupy pulplta In the varioue delegatee to the ninth annual conven- churchea of Loulevilie, with a meeting tion of the Gideons, a national a for men In the afternoon and union of Chrletian commercial travel- - aervlcea in the evening. On Monday a lag men, which wae opened In Louis- majority of the delegatee will go on an the excursion to Mammoth Cave. villa thie morning with a eeelon of Thie Offlclai reports to be presented wlU national executive committee. afternoon the members gathered for a show that the national organisation round table conference, at which the of the Gideon now has a membership principal subject under discussion la of about 9,000, a gain of about 000 in methods and plana for bringing about the last year. the abolition of the liquor traffic. A It la announced that the organisademand will also be made that Bibles tion will attempt to ralae a largo fund for the purpose of putting Into effect be placed in every hotel room. All sections of the country are rep- its plan for having a Bible placed In al- - j every room of every hotel In the Uni- resented at todays convention, is especially ted States The public at large will be though the organisation western f asked to contribute to thla fund for and northern the in strong states. This la the first national con- the evangelisation of commercial travvention of the body ever held eouth el re. The Gideons Is purely a evangelistic of the Ohio river. Tomorrow's sessions sill be devoted organisation, and offers no monetary to the reception of reports front offi- benefits to its member, Restriction cers, election of ofilers for the ensuing as to membership require that aa apyear and the eelectlon of a place for plicant be a Christian; a member of The some evangelical church; one whose holding the IMS convention. present officers are Charles M. Smith, chief business is traveling for commerthat he Detroit, president; J.. K. Hemphill, cial purposes, and lastly Nele agree to wear the Gideon button as Nashville, Chicago, treasurer; L C.Smlth, a distinguishing mark by which he Waukesha, Wls., chaplain, and Frank may be known by hie fellows. to Vote LOridVILLE, eeo-datl- on : : Ry-land- er, vice-preside- REPUBLICANS EXPRESS RUSINESS IN LINE IN COLORADO DENVER, Colo., July 24. A meeting of the Republican atata central commutes will be held here tomorrow for the purpose of fixing the time and place for holding the state convention tor the nomination of atata officers. Tbs convention will probably be held bout September 10. Party leaders assert. that Colorado will in all probability give tha national ticket greater support than In 1004, when Roosevelt's plurality over Parker waa 14,113. Democrats, however, de- clare that tha administration of Governor puchtet, the preach chief executive, has greatly weakened the Republican 'party In thla state that the popularity of Bryan will make this Democratic year In Colorado. Sleeping Bag for Babloa. To protect bsbleo from tbo draughts of winter nights g sleeping bag is on tha market It to made precisely like those la use by the ranchmen of the west except that It Is of the daintiest softest eiderdown flanneL The flap may be drawn about the shoulder, thus providing a coxy, warm nett la which tha coverlid cannot be tossed aside by the restlessness of the small aeenpant Transit Ogden Rapid Co. TIME CUD - UNDER HOT FIRE DULUTH, Minn., July 24. An at tack on the money order business transacted by tha express companies of tha country was made In a paper read before the convention of the Min neaota Bankers' association, In session hero today. Tha matter will be brought before the American Bankers' association at ita annual convention this fall It la alleged that as tha express companies are common carriers and nothin else they have no right to do a banking business unleas they submit to the sains regulations which govern the banka themselves In their transac tlons. Tha bankers demand that these companies submit to examination by federal and atata banking departments. They aay that the express money orders Which tha companies issue and expect tha banka to cash, oftentimes when tha local companies have not sufficient funds with which to meet then orders, havs always caused the bankers great annoyance and Inconvenience. The effort of tha Banker' association la directed toward forcing tha expreaa companies to give up this feature of their busneas, or, if they carry It on, to make them submit to the regular examinations. This afternon tha bankers will enjoy a trip on Lake Superior. On 8un day, following the sojournment of the convention, the financier! will leave on the steamer America for an excursion to Isle Royals. . Ogden, Utah HOT SPRINGS AND CANTON SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE - JUNE 7. On Prohibition Ques- tion in Primary. July 24. Imagine a Texas aa arid desert airetching from Texarkana to El Paso and from Beaumont to tha Panhandle 265,000 equare miles of unirrigated gloom, with never an oasis on all Its dreary waste a Texas given over to the po-- . lit administrations of th soda foun- d tala squirt, with tha -' of ticker," red guarangood dispenser teed to kill at forty rod, banished from Its confines, forever. Yet jt ia this suggering proposition on which the Democratic voters of Texas will vote at a etate-wl- d primary tomorrow and If the question carries, aa appears likely, the legislature must' frame up a constitutional a amendment In favor of prohibition to be voted on next year. And state-wid- e prohibition In Texae means something, since It will banish liquor from a territory extending 70 miles In extreme breadth and 430 miles In extreme length. Fight to the Knife. Considering the matter by and large. It Is small wonder that the threat of prohibition has beeom a burning Issue In the Lone Star state, and that thi adherents and opponents of the measure have have lined up for one of the greatest political battles in Texas histhe tory. Tomorrows primary, skirmish In the warfare, follows a heated campaign which Is only a foretaste of what win come if the question Is put up to the legislature and the voters at large. The state Is aroused aa It has never been before and the fight will be to the knife and the knife to the hilt. Although the vot at tha primary is not legally binding oi) tha legislature, It will be In effect an Instruction to that body to pas a prohibition for submission to tha people ato the next election. It requires auch an amendment, but the legislature would hardly Ignore the wishes of tha people expressed at the primary. Ne Political Issue. Prohibition In Texas is not a social or political issue, as In many southern state, but purely a moral one. The negro problem hae tittle. If anything, to do with It Moat of tha negroes of the state ore In the' eastern and southeastern sections. Prohibition sentiment Is strong In the northern part end In the southern part It has been twenty years since a prohibition amendment was submitted to the people by the legislature. That was in 1229, and It was defeated by 100.000 at tha polls. Tha prohibition fight, following the warfare that waa Waged between the factions and Bailey and which haa not yet ended, hae led to In the many Imernal dissensions Democratic party, and the Republicans are preparing to taka advantage of It to the fullest extent. For the first time the followers of the G. O. P. have what looks like a fighting chanca tc line up against the pie counter. With prohibition saddled on Its back It is admitted that the Democratic donkey will have to do some rapid traveling thla year in Its with the elephen. The Repbullcans ir( looking to the liquor element for aid and sustenance, and they will hardly look In vain. Tha Republican Hepa. Tha belief that the Republicans of Texas actually have hope of success in the coming campaign may seem a Joke, but here even conservative Democrats regard the matter seriously. They Jo not admit that there le a chance for tho Republicans to win in Texas this fall, but they do admit that the Democrats must fight harder than ever before and they fear a more completely disrupted party. The love that a Balleylte holds for Johnaonlte la like that of a rattle snake for all th rest of creation. Add to this the liquor and elements, that heretofore have been wrap-pednp in the Democratic party and their battle, and you have a situation even worse than Parker confronted -- AUSTIN, Tex dry- whlts-robe- state-wid- antl-Ball- ey The Managers of the Big Four Coimty Fair Have Secured the Biggest Attraction Ever Brought West, When They Contracted to Place Dare Devil McKinney In His Great Leap the Double Gap Around the ; Circle On Boiler Skates The Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., says: rc INI Weak Days anti-liqu- THE AFTER EFFECTS. De Qul Whats the matter, old fel JowT or ' Rides Flume of Death DOES DESPERATELY DEED. DARING Youth Strapped to Wheels Sheets Trough Gap Into Iron Tub of tho Hippodrome. Several thousand people were given a thrill at tha Audhorium that ought to satisfy the most persistent seeker after sensations that shock. William G. McKinney, a youth whose mission In life la to go about doing deeds of daring, haa Invented a new death trap by which he may feel eomc assurance of meeting with a sensational finish in the course of his career unless he Is headed off by the authorities. Last night he had himself strapped on a sort of exaggerated roller skate, lying on his face, hauled up an in De Witt Nothing but dyspepsia, prickly heat, mosquito bites, malaria In 1N4. , The first thing one hears in this and a sense of utter loss. De Quis Why. I didn't know you prohibition fight la what the Democrats lose of the liquor element It will gain had been away on your vacation. from the Republican "dry" element. To a sane man In Texas this la a Joke In the first place the Democrats might e get all the Republican party and then not hav enough to make up for more than half the loss. Federal Office Holders. It ohoulj be borne In mind that up to the present time the Republican party In Texaa consisted wholly of Col. Cecil Lyon and half a doesn Federal office holders. This was evidenced in the recent struggle as to who should control the delegation to the Chicago convention. In the past Republican conventions hav, reminded the spectaengageof playing a one-da- y tor of the front . row" at a variety privilege ment. and that on a certain day In show, with the balance of the audience November, and the opportunity will fee behind the scenes, them. Just at present the ReBut now well, there Is a reorganised granted publican party ls.busy receiving appliparty In the state, and Colonel Lyon cations, and the sign hung out reads: hae Joined It. Not only has Colonel Come unto us an ye that are heavy Lyon become a member, bat the liquor laden and we will give you rest, party in the state la flirting with the management, and the chances are It NOTICE, will be given a trial. OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. Thousands of men who opposed Bal Dinks l suppose our old friend De July 24th, Pioneer Day, grocery Quls's taking life easy now that he has ley In his recent fight men who feel stores and meat markets will close at Inherited a fortune, eh? they do not want .to belong to the noon. Dry goods stores will remain Winks Tes; he's blown In $5,000 for Democratic party If Joe" Bailey is to closed all day. RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSN. contlnuo his rule have asked for the a racing auto. fore, having been built from a design originated by ilcXinney. It la an enormous structure, the distance traveled by the daring exhibitor being 151 feet. It took several days to get it adjusted to make the trip even possibly safe, and it was not until yesterday afternoon that the dummy that waa first - tried went without through being smashed. MeKlnney calls It the Flume of Death, and it looks th oart and la likely to realise It As cline and shot thence down elghty-on- e feet t an angla of fifty-tw- o degree, around th segment of a circle nineteen feet In diameter, thence shot by the Impetus acquired by his descent across a gap of twelve feet Into a galvanised Iron flume thirty-si- x inches In diameter, in which he completed the circle and waa propelled across another chasm of twelve fleet Into a borlsontml continuation of tb flume and out Into a net Hla vanity waa gratified by an "Ah' that was partly a sigh of relief and partly the expression of the savage reminiscence ol that human nature which used to prompt the indent Romans , to turn their thumba down. A half dosen women screamed and there waa a minutes silence in the house until McKinney had been released from bis atraps and showed hlmselt unhurt. Tha apparatus was never used be .... . a spectator remarked: . "Leaping the gap on a bike or an automobile lo like lying in a hammock compared to it." ' has apparently no McKinney thought of the danger, and he win shoot tha Death Flume" every performance or until It fulfill its function and puts a stopper on his ambitions. He said after the exhibition last night that he felt quits comfortable about it And was sure there was no danger. In . old-tim- Dare Devil McKinney Will Appear at the Ogden Fair Grounds Eight Ttmes- Two Times Each Day ... EFFECTIVE JULY 12. UOt Carlo leave Canyon at 7:40 a. m. 1:20 a. m and 0:00 a. m., and every 28 minutes thereafter until 11:00 p m. : last car. Cara leave corner of 25th Street and Washington avenue at 2:00 a. m; 9:40 a. m, and every 20 minutes thereafter until 10:40 p. m. last car. On Sundays and holidays a service will be given. : - rj - r 4 YOU'LL SMILE WHEN WE SERVE YOU with the food 'you order at this restaurant It will come to jw so much more attractive than T00 g. expected, so much more appetlx-Into In if you drop Jut hecauae you think you ought you will remain to swallow the last morsel on your plate because you like to. Poor appetites vanish here at- - the first sight and test of our foods. ' FALSTAFF CAFE |