Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. — — 1 1 "• 1 Published Every Evening, Except Sun day, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates. Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per by carrier So-00 Per moatA, by mail 25 cents Per y*ar, by maC 12.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur Indiana, as second class mail matter J. H. HELLER, Manager. Last week the United States supreme court decided that the North Carolina railroad commission has power to compel one railroad to make connection with another railroad ax a town in that state. The particular point decided in the case is that a state, through its railroad commission, has power to order a carrier to furnish a facility which it is a part of its general duty to furnish for the public service.” A Washington dispatch say'? that is the prevailing opinion in that city among well-informed lawyers, ‘ that under the decision there is practically no limit to the power which any state railroad commission may exercise in the regulation of railroads. It means, these lawyers say, that a state commission may not only fix rates, regulate the equipment which a road shall have, but control absolutely, if it desires to do so, the running of trains. That is to say. It may fix the number of passenger trains which a road shall run and may, if it so desires. make the time-cards. " So it seems that the supreme court is not afraid of Mr. Beveridge’s “Calhoun state’s rights” bogy and that it is not yet ready to join Roosevelt and Root in “obliterating state lines.” We see nothing for Beveridge to do except to fall back on his ‘ institutional'' government. whatever that was or is. The candidates for governor of Indiana are numerous and more or less active, on both sides of the political fence. Os course, the activity on the Republican side is greater than on the Democratic. The reason therefor is easily understood. The contest will be lively. Though not talked about now, it is not at all among the improbabilities that the man who is likely to be chosen as the standard-bearer of the Republicans will be Congressman Crumpacker, of Valparaiso. Crumpacker more than measures up to the gubernatorial standard. He is easily the foremost one in the lot. —South Bend Times.

A number of strikes in various parts of the country are now in progres*. the demand in each instance being for an increase in wages. Whiie the men are getting more pay than they have been for years, they complain that the increase in the cost of living is so much greater than formerly that they are worse off than when they were receiving less pay. Strikes exist in Ft. Wayne, Chicago, New York. ? San Francisco and elsewhere. —Columbia City Poet. PUBLIC SALE. The undehsigned will offer at public auction, at her hottie on South Mercer avenue. Decatur. Indiana, beginning at two o'clock, p. m.. on Saturday. May 25th. her household goods and furniture, including: Beds, bed clothing, stoves, pictures, carpets, cooking utensils, dishes her splendid assortment of imitation animals and fancy work, and numerous other articles. 3td2tw Mrs. William Burdg.

LUTHERAN CHURCH. (Cor. Monroe and Eleventh.) English divine services Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A cordial invitation extended to all. J. H. Klausing. o

NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. We are pleased to anounce that Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs, colds ar 1 lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults.

A SAFE JOURNEY Mrs. Ella Mereness Writes to Friends THROUGH THE DAILY DEMOCRAT Telia of the Visit to Historical Alamo. Where Brave Davy Crockett Met His Tragic Death. Caruthers, Cal.. May 4. Editor Democrat: Having promised some of my young friends a little letter about my trip. 1 take this method of reaching them. Leaving Adams county Sunday morning. I stopped at Marion. Ind., to see my brother and family. We also visited the Soldiers’ Home, bad a delightful day. At ten thirty p. m started via Clover Leaf enroute for Caiifpmia. reached St. Louis at 7:34) a. m. Had a wait until 8:30 p. m. Took the Katy Flyer" for San Antonio. Passed Austin in the night, passing through Indian territory found vegetation and flowers in great abundance. Met a full blood Creek Indian and wife. She was only one-fourth Indian of Cherokee nation, nearly white, and but little to indicate Indian blood. He 'was , a lacs j^ e nt. The tanning land in the j territory is splendid looking, crops fine but the architecture is extremely poor, comprised principally of little cabins or huts: seldom seeing a white face, Crossing the border into Texas the vegetation is still farther advanced. Corn 12 to 14 inches high and gardens fully grown Roses and other flowers in the wildest profusion They claim the weather has been extremely backward. Carnival week, just passed. being very rainy and cold. But the weather is beautiful at present, sod San Antonio is a quaint, city. The streets, however, are very narrow and crooked, ixiun? ' ■ike an alley in width. But everything to tempt the eye greets you at every • turn and evidently tourists are th<r lawful prey. The Mexican drawnwork is simply grand, and very reasonable, compared to our prices. I never saw such beautiful Teneriffe work. We visited the historical Alamo, saw j the room where Crockett’s dead bodyj was found with dead Mexicans piled; around him, whom he had slain be- j fore giving up his life. The organ loft j of solid masonry was piled before the entrance. Evans.with a few soldiers, with drawn swords, held at bay the enemy, whilst James Bowie was carried from a room opposite ton a cot) where later he, too. lost his life. Two women and a negro boy escaped to give the only account we have of the siege.

There is a famous oil painting of Crockett, 1834. The artist being a personal friend. It was purchased by the Daughters of Texas.” at the expense of 31.000, his marriage license was framed, also courtship and marriage. He was born at Stony Springs near Limestone, £. Tenn. Aug. 17, 1786. Killed at the fainous battle of Alamo. March £.1836. ,i also visited room used as burial place of monks. Sa* the niche where holy water was kept. The Alamo was sold to the state of, Texas by tlje Catholic church in 1883. Their bones were then reto -San Fernando cathedral The name Alamo was Spanish for Cotton wood, given from a grove of cottonwood trees nearby. It was built originally for a church, but became a fortress and the scene of many a conflict prior to the immortal siege of 1836. San Huoston'a picture in oil, also Austin s, a round table made of the postern of Sam Houston's log cabin, a large millstone used over two hundred years in grinding min feed, a string of over 3,000 broken knife blades that had been replaced by new blades tor poor people unable to pay for same by J. W. Wodruff, of Nashville, Tenn., a spur found on the battlefield. as mall gun property of Harvery Clark, who was killed on board a little bayou boat. He was one of Houston’s volunteers, and many other things that space forbids me mentioning. Leaving San Antonio at 10:30 p. m. (being delayed by a wreck), we paraed through Texas at night, crossing tbe Rio Grande over the border of New Mexico. Crossing the desert of Arizona by day. with but little to relieve the monotony. A breakdown of our engine necessitated a delay of several hours and the tourists spent the time on the desen cutting cactus canes and picking cactus flowers. The flower dosely resembles honeysuckle, except it is a vivid red. very attractive looking on the desert. We rescued Yuma

Arlzcmn about sunset, spent about 20 minutes visiting the Indians, who were congregated here with their beadwork, moccasins and arrows. Some of the braves and squaws were very ancient and quite a curiosity to the young people. Crossing the silvery Colorado

we reached the golden state of California. At this point we pass the great Salton sea. the mysterious. It formed by an overflow of the Colorado. The desert here being considerably below sea level there is a stretch of 15® miles some places reaching a depth of over 100 feet. It was very beautiful by moonlight and the words of the song my mother sang came to my mind and I commenced to sing it and was joined by nearly all the passengers. "Roll on silvery moon, guide the traveler on his way whilst the nightingale song is in tune." substituting silvery sea. The railroad company has expended over one million dollars to change the channel, but so far in vain In places we could only see the tops of the telegraph poles and I tell you I felt a Hide shaky. We rear a Los Angeles at 4 a tn., being over 8 hours late. We were compelled to wait until 11:30 p. m. for the coast train. We crossed the Tehachapi mountains in daylight, going around the loop and through 17 tunnels. I reached my destination at 4 p. m. after a lovely trip. This is Fiesta week at Los Angeles and everything is gay with bunting, roses and flowers of every hue. Went to Long Beach and had a grand view of the Pacific; saw hundreds on the beach and in the surf, but missed seeing Grant K. Lewis, as he was out of the city. Found my dear ones well, and doing well. Hoping this may find you all well and happy, I remain. Ella Mereness. PROBABLY A FAKE (Continued from page 1.) of stock already. The statement says in part; " ’lt has been brought to our attention within the last day that there are certain persons in Chicago who possibly contemplate commencing suits in the local courts against the enterprise now beinfc conducted by the ChicagoNew York Electric Air Line Railroad company. We are in possession of evidence which shows conclusively, we believe, that the animus behind these suits, if they should be started, and ahe purpose of them, is blackmail and for spite. We feel sure that the only object to be attained by the parties atartmg such suits is that of inimiTal publicity tending to shake the con fidenee of the investors. Al! that the company does desire in connection with a matter of the kind is a fair investigation.' The company has constructed a line of four or five miles out of Laporte. Ind., so the directors say.” TO DESTROY GAMBLING TOOLS. Paoli. Ind, May 10 —Prosecuting attorney Perry Medart has received papers from the attorney general to file in justice court asking that the gambling paraphanalia captured in the recent French Lick Springs raid be destroyed. Medart refused to sign the papers because he was attorney for the defendants before these cases were taken up.

JEFFRIES REFUSED TO SELL OUT. Los Angeies. May 10. —Jim Jeffries was quoted today as saying that Jack O'Brien had proposed to him that they pull off a fake fight in Nevada. Jeffries to lie down and get the purse of 380.000 for doing the trick. Big Jim refused to mix in such h game. o Mrs. J. C. Moran left for Berne today to visit her mother. Mrs. Yager. D. E. Lauferty made a business trip to Huntington today. M. F. Rice was attending to timber matters at Berne today. Mrs. Todd was the guest of her father. R D. Patterson today. Charles Cusac left today for Casey. 111. where he will look after oil interests. Mrs. E. W. Johnson went home to Monroe after visiting her mother Mrs C. M. Welty.

Mrs Eli Ray returned to her home at Monroe after being in the city doing shopping Edna Edler has returned to her home at Berne today after finishing her work in our city. Rev Mygrant. of Van Wert, passed through our city today enroute to Berne, where he will conduct religious services. o Confidence. “A woman may feel confident that her heart is in the right place." remarked the Observer of Events and Things, “but she never seems to have the same confidence tn her hat** Uncle Allen. “Lots of men.” said Uncle Alien Sparks, "are working hard to go to Heaven because they think they won’t have to do any work when they get there.” Said by the Observer. Clever women are always greatly ( admired, but the silly ones get uu I ried. ■o- — I W’ANTED—Good shelled pop corn Ml F. W. SSSsf grocery - 115-111

All our customers P t urc hases i from us on sbund reason ’ * ts a matter cal- \ culation not chance. iff 1 L \ They figure that it’s / / *JbI/, a waste time to shop : around. They’ve learnJk V. 7 ed that we give them full satisfaction for every penny they ' \ spend with us. They have confidence that \ they will get ttie new ’ \ I est best patm JPI Ji terns and the most ./ 1 i \ | IV j perfect workmanship I • I I to be had. I / We’d like to call j-.-f I your attention to our V I Boy's Long Pant Suits they come in blues, EderbdmCT.scein & co. ggf* grays, blacks, fancy mixtures, plaids, checks and stripes in finished or unfinishworsteds. They are worthy of your consideration. Give us a chance to show you. Holthouse, Schulte & Company Good Clothes Sellers Men and Boys

Rugs, Curtains Shades Housecleaning Yon I wll ‘ ° articles, no doubt, = in your Spring Cleaning We have a frjsh new stock throughout. Big line of all sized Rugs and Art Squares, 9x12 from $5 00 to $30.0° We have also some very nice things in Lace Curtains never before shown here and most reasonable prices. Widow Shades, all colors and sizes to fit your windows. Curtain Poles and Vestibule Rods, Etc. Let us fit your floors and Windows we will surely please you Also big line of yard goods, Curtains and Swisses, Scrims, Madras and Bobinets. See our offerings before you buy. True & Runvon

• Plain Figures on Paint and Painting V w THEN you paint, it is not the firrt cost of paint, but the final cost Vv' of paint a»d painting that really counte. Divide this “sum total” by the number of years of wear, srd also consider the extra cost of getting tbe surface ready for rvpaming when paints wear unevenly. These things determine real saving. Figure it this way: The average house takes about 10 gaixoat of Lead and Oil or “cheap paint,” and about 7 gallons of Lowe Brothers “High Standard” Paint The first would cost about tn.so at the lowest price f 8.25 per n".ec . aad 'HIGH STAM ABD would coat about R2J3 at the highest price ®- •» eonstdering the years of wear— tbe cheap paint costs you flt.lT per year. and the "HIGH STANDARD" ealyttS per year! —The ml facta. Wi-h "shoddy" paint you risk cracking. pee.oi*. TV'Todr fading, cba.sing and a bad surface tor repainting. With “HIGH STANDARD" Paint, properly applied, yon have none of these troubles—it keeps its beauty and protecting onalllMß A and fails gradua.ly 1- aving a smooch. clean surface. Ri Before you bay paint, or consult roar painter. wad for Taint WRu and Painting"—tbe most useful booklet on tbe subject, yet putr itsned. Maued/r« with name of your nearest dealer. Address THE LOWE BROTHERS COMPANY. 454-454 Third f " ’ Paialmakara Vanawh makers I . New Terk Chleaga ffaasas City Holthouse Drug CompanV Decatur, Indiana

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