Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1908 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLiNGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Pei year, by carrier $5.00 Per month, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates mad e known on application. Filtered at the postoffiee at Decatir, Indiana as second class mail martar, J. H. HELLER, Manager.

SOME RAILROAD FIGURES Since the first of the year seven railroads. with 6,000 miles of trackage, representing an investment of $415,000,000, have gene into the hands of receivers. The liabilities of the roads aggregate $460,000,000. During the year 1907 the list of receiverships included only nine small roads, with a total mileage of 349 miles and an investment of $3,882,460. Railroad men estimate that about 500,000 employes of the road of the country have been laid off since Nov, 1. The forces of the mechanical, accounting. engineering and clerical departments have been reduced an average of one-third. In normal times the railroads of the United States employ about 1,600,000 men. Twenty-five thousand men have been laid off in Illinois. Figures given by railroad men for the probable number in some of the central and southern states are as follows: Missouri, 15,000; Kansas, 15.000; Nebraska 11,000; Arkansas,s,ooo; Louisiana, 6,000; Texas. 25,000; Oklahoma, 5,000; Kentucky, 5,500; Tennessee, 7,000; Mississippi, 7.000; Georgia. 13,000 and Alabama, 9.000. The voters of Washington township ■will soon have to pass judgment upon voting the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway company a five thousand dollar right-of-way subsidy. The Democrat believes that it will well pay Washington township to help extend the lines of this railway south. It will benefit every acre of land in the township and every piece of property in the city. It is of public benefit and deserves the little aid asked. Not a (blooming word has been heard from “Uncle Nate" since that announcement of eloquence that “his nomination would restore harmony to his party.” Thera is much speculation in the district as to the amount it cost “Uncle Nate” to have Mr. Cromer demonstrate that he alone could save him. There was a lesson in high finance that even “Uncle Nate" will not soon forget.

Dry Cleaning, Dyeing Ladies sending goods to us can save all express charges on $6.00 worth of work or more. We pay express one way on $3.00. Club together and save money. FRENCH DRY CLEANING & DYEING CO. Office: 1205 S. Calhoun St. FT. WAYNE, IND. Phone 2198. Wks Maumee A Phofce 2198. Works Maumee Ave. ICE, ICE Do you use it? If so leave your order with the City Ice Line And secure artificial ice for your coolers this season. H. L. Confer PHONE 92

SOCIAL LIFE QUIET (Continued from page 1.) Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist church at her home on Thursday afternoon. The young ladies who compose the Double O club will give a traveling party April Ist. The guests will be entertained at the home of each member, and a good time is anticipated by all. At the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Eli W. Hendricks of R. 3, Monroe, the following people were royally entertained at a 12 o’clock dinner by Mrs. Eli Hendricks and Mrs. Sylvester Johnson in honor of William Hendricks, who left on Monday for Colorado Springs, Colo., to make his future home, and also in honor of the 26th birthday of Mr. Sylvester Johnson, of Monroe. All enjoyed the dinner and wished Mr. Hendricks a happy future and a safe journey, and to Mr. Johnson many birthdays. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Johnson and daughter, of Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. James Hendricks Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Eli Hendricks, R. 3; Roy Hendricks. Noah Hendricks and William Hendricks, of Berne.

BOYS CITY AT WINONA LAKE. Expected that Population Will Be Over Two Thousand. Winona Lake, Ind., March 31.--Twenty five hundred boys from cities and towns in the middle west have been tentatively entered on the list of the 'Winona boys' city as citizens of that municipality for the coming summer. Beginning April 1 these boys, or the clubs to which they belong, will begin to make definite application, and that the management may long before the city opens have some idea of how many youngsters may be expected The management has placed a list of 2.000 on the number of boys who may enjoy the fun next summer, but the indications are that practically all the 2,500 who have sent in ttheir names will “stick" and many more will doubtless be enrolled through the spring and the management will probably be forced to raise its limit. Last summer the enrollment reached 650 boys, and these clubs as well as many new ones are listed for attendance. Since each group of boys will come with adult leaders and tiheir own camping outfits, with the hundred acres beautifully located along Winona lake for play grounds, there will be plenty of room in the big camp for all who may desire to come.

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. The annual meeting of stockholders of the German Building Loan Fund and Savings association will be held at the office of the secretary of said association in the city of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, on Monday, April 13, 1908, at seven o’clock p. m., for the election of eleven directors and the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before said meeting. F. M. SCHIRMEYER, Secy. o —— IT SAVED MY LIFE WRITES ECZEMA PATIENT. Bedridden Sufferer Completely Cured by Uee of D. D. D. External Wash. One of the most remarkable Eczema cures recently credited to the well known D. D. D. Prescription has just been recorded in Chicago. Mrs. E. Hegg, 1550 West Madison street, under date of Dec. 9, 1907, writes as follows: "I suffered threei years with Weeping Eczema. It started with a little spot ou my knees and spread so fast over my whole body. I spent hundreds of dollars and went to every good doctor I heard of, bitt kept getting worse. Nothing would stop the awful itch and burning. “I had to stay in bed from the middle ot May to tht middle of July. Then I tried D. D. D. Pi*eecriptlon. This is the 9th of December and I am entirely free from the terrible disease. D. D. D. saved my life.

"When I began this treatment, people wer e afraid of me I looked so terrible. My husband was the only one who would take cane of me. D. D. D. stopped the itch at once so I could sleep, which I had not done before. Then I began to get better fast and now my skin is clear and white, not a spot anywhere.” Just a few dtopß of D. D. D. Prescription applied to tha skin brings relief —nothing to z swallow or drink. We vouch for D. D. D. Prescription, also the cleansing D. D. D. Soap. (Name and address of druggist.) Get a bottle today if you have any skin disease. Begin your cure at once.

BIG DAMAGE SUIT Case to Test When Saloon Keeper is Liable Began Today $5,000 DAMAGES ASKED As Recompense for Loss of Clem Boze’s Life, Who Was Killed While Dnink An interesting law suit began in court this morning and will likely continue until some time Thursday. The plaintiff is Sarah Gleason, administratrix of the estate of Clem Boze, the latter her son. rhe defendants are Edward E. Young, a Geneva saloon keeper and John Brandt and William M. Striker, his bondsmen. L. C. De Voss and C. J. Lutz represent the plaintiff and Peterson & Moran the defendants. The statement of Mr. DeVoss was made about ten o’clock this morning, asserting that on October 23, 1907, Boze while intoxicated entered Youngs saloon and was sold several drinks which so crazed him that soon afterward he went to the G. R. & I. tracks and got between the bumpers of a freight train, that before the train reached Portland he was killed. The demand is for $5,000. The defendants have filed a general denial of each allegation. The jury as empannelled includes E. J. Bailey, Joseph Bears, J. L. Yaney, Andy Krunnemacher, Benj. Pillars, Samuel Helm, Asa Engle, J. D. Nidlinger, J. P. Hilyard. Alfred Kelley, Samuel Shell and Ernst Eichoff. There are about thirty witnesses here from Geneva and the case looks like an interesting legal battle.

IS STILLJIN MEXICO (Continued from page 1.) and the babe left in a cradle at the gate, and it is taken in and no ques. tions asked. It would not do to tell in a letter of conditions, in some things. In some things it is fine. I like it here in many ways, but of course the United States is the paradise of the world. I would not want to live elsewhere. The climate here in the city Is fine, although little too cool for me mornings and evenings. Although it is in the torrid zone, it is 7,349 feet above sea level, on a plain surrounded by big mountains. In the suburbs on a clear day the extinct volcanoes of Ixtocclhuatl and Popocatapetl can be seen with their snow crowns. The national palace is an interesting place, its history dating back to Montezuma, and Cortez. The building covers an entire block, is 75 long, three stories high and of stone and has 12 court yards. The building was bought from Cortez’s heirs in 1592 for a residence tor the Spanish viceroys for $35,000,000. At the time of Mexican independence it became government property and here are the departments of the federal government, the executive offices, senate chamber, treasury and barracks for several regiments. Over the front hangs Mexico’s liberty bell, which was rung for the first time by the patriot priest Hidalgo in his church Dolores in the state of Gunan Juato the 16th of September, 1810. On September 16, 1896 (Mexican Independence Day) the bell was brought to the city with all the pomp of state carried in grand procession, and hung over the palace gate. It is said the triumphal car rolled on golden wheels, whose spokes were trimmed with flowers. The car was drawn by six magnificent horses, mounted by postillions and guarded by an escort of rurales (mounted police). The grand procession was composed of dignitaries of state, civil and military; the army and the people. The walks and sidewalks, windows and housetops were massed with people, throwing flowers and shouting so they drowned the music of the bands. It is said that when the bell was hung a thousand doves with the colors of the republic around their necks rose from the archway, rose up, circled around and flew to the four corners of the earth to bear the glad tidings. Now, every year President Diaz rings this bell on the night of 16th of September i to commemorate the Declaration of . Independence. I must not take more I time with this. Iwant to say a little . about the great cathedral—the St. I Peters of Mexico. It is on the main : plaza, was founded in 1524. was more than a hundred years in being built - and cost over $3,000,000. It contains i 14 chapels. It is 400 feet long, 177 . feet wide, and 179 feet from roof to , floor. Twenty massive columns of stone separate the nave from the aisles. The chapels are along each aisle seven on a side, dedicated to some particular saint with pictures of

TEXAS IS PROUD OF THE GERMAN LUTHERAN COLONY FROM INDIANA. Over 5,000 Acres Purchased Already By the Progressive Farmers of Adams, Wells and Allen Counties —New Church and Homes to be Built on the New Town Site, Named Ft, Wayne, Texas. SEC. 28 SEC. 27 The New Ft. Wayne I German Lutheran Parmer County Cnlnnv William Reinicing Christ Marbach ' 160 A. 160 A. I CAdj A ? EC 32 SEC. 33 SEC. 34 SEC 35 ~ Adam Ellng Chai, Poahlar _ , ~ 160 A. 160 A. Martin Relnklng Herman Relnklng 320 A. 280 A. ~ ~ ——— Henry Zwlck Chas. Lavall Adam Benz 160 A. 160 A. 160 A. William Hacxemeyer Henry Bitner Reserved Ft. Wayne 160 A. 160 A. _ Texas rj Church ** SEC 5 cpr . SEC 4 SEC -3 SEC. 2 Ed. Busik i Fred Busik 160 A. j 160A Julius Relnklng Fred Heckman Chas. Schroeder Fred Bueltemeier ... 160 A. Henry Hackman 1 *• 433.82 A. ,6 ° *• 160 *’ - "■ ' Chas. H. Getting Chas. Bultemeier Chas. W. Steinhurst Jacob Fuelling Reserved 269.71 *• n 277.75 A. 214 f A. 2 ’ 6 ’ 9 ’ J. J. VORPE, VAN WERT, OHIO The German Lutheran colony in the Panhandle of Texas is Em™ j . • , United States. About six weeks ago .representatives of the nther^ e , Xtcnsivel - v throughout the of Texas and were so impressed they all purchased land and took an option on<7 o VlSlted the Panb andle the different churches of their denomination. Their option provided that 7,500 a , cres for members of forty acres of land for their church and town site. Since that date two diff "T t 0 h ? Ve I’ooo 1 ’ 000 cash and their colony and town site, which they have named Fort Wavne Texas -> , erent cr °wds of them visited the entire tract The accompanying plat gives names and number of acreage ° Ver th , ree - fourths of sion. Since that time there have been several pieces sold whose names P u [ chased up to the last excurbe on the new plat that will be printed after the next excursion, which leaves ° n plat but wi ” Wayne, Texas, on Tuesday, April 7th. There is a large crowd e-oinl n !iAA Wa yne, Ind., for Fort and his Texas soil, yellow and white corn, wheat, oats speltz kaffir c date ' s ee r - Steinhurst nuts and other products from the great Panhandle country at Anderson maiZe ’ Cane and mi,let > P ea ' Mr. Steinhurst will be pleased to give you any information you desire and i r S resUurant - at Decatur, Ind. go with us on next excursion. All German Lutherans who would like L i ! arran & em ents with you to next excursion in order to get it, as there is now but onefourth of th/V,Ti r r the colon y must go on this to purchase this land on any agent’s talk or representation as everv C i- 1 " sa^e ' We do not ask vou ed for himsef except William Reinking, whose son went in his stead °”i! hIS p!at went a «d n J en t and not upon any talk of the agents. Go and see for yourself and dn? • acted u P«n their own judgUe best places in America to make money farming. Get ready to go on We thi " k it is one of I Yours truly, J- J- VORPE.

their lives in the chapel dedicated to them. In one of these chapels is Iturbide the Ist!, Emperor of Mexico the liberator. The dome of the cathedral is painted in pictures of sacred history. I heard the archbishop say mass here. I also saw the vestments of the church. Perfectly magnificent robes of velvet and satin embroidered in gold, silver and precious stones. It is a very fine church, but I think the cathedral at Puebla is finer and richer. It is said to be the richest in the republic, and this cathedral the second, and I believe it. I think Miss B. and I were the only ones of our party who saw the vestments. In the cathedral are two immense organs that reach nearly to the root. They are beautifully carved. There are music books on easels, the notes of which are several inches long. I suppose the books are several hundred years old. They are immense in size with leather backs and immense silver clasps and ornaments. One of the altars is copied after a famous altar in Seville, Spain. Under this one (the altar of the kings) are buried the heads of Hidalgo, Allende, Aldama j

' and Jiminez brought from the state of i Juanjucto in great state and pomp. '; after independence was secured. There are a very great many magnificent pictures here, in the chapter room we saw the font, in which the first Ini dian chiefs were baptized. We have seen so much I forget) part. I have no more time to say more about the cathedral. I want to speak of one of j the Panteon’s (cemetery). The pan- . teon de San Fernando, where Juarez, I Morelos, Guerrera, Gonzales and a couple other of Mexico’s famous men are buried. I will only speak of one other church, that of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico. We went bub twice. The second .time we were there in the panteon > at the time of the unveiling of a statute to a great lawyer who had been a great benefactor, and we were permitted to see in. Os the church it- | self, I have time for only a few lines, jlt cost several millions. The chanlcel rail is solid silver on a base of I white marble. The choir is of carved mahogany and ebony. There are beau- ‘ tiful tables of onyx, altars of carrara (marble and gold, gold, gold. The

walls nf tho __ ~ are richly decorated. Over the sacred Ul ma is a crown of ruWes sapphires, that cost $30,000 to man . ufacture alone. The gold and prQ emus stones wer e contributed by the women of Mexico. It is RaiH , 7 tbe finest crown used in ret emonies in existence I I * Cere ' lvalue. cost. I could write no h1 th Work a.upe, buthi: n::tXeXGuadspeak briefly o{ ChauultepJc wh used to stuns u / epec - where Afterward the SpaZslT'Z ' PaUce ’ perm- Maximiiliam ttbTd?^ 8 ’ Em ’ Presidents of Mexico ft summer home of Pro J 1 now 1116 * Part of The ISX ‘ West Point of Mexico itT*” 17 ’ W ficent place situated ™ v S magni ’ hill overlooking the ci tv * roCky 1 Mexico, its n ark 1a , and vallc y of p aseo de ] 0 Refor beautiful and the It is one of the Out ' the world. On Sund boulevar ds in i boulevard is full S os y the , a great sight We w Carr,ages - It i Tje te 188o g m ; 7„ wereouc , a^mveX Sa i e t lffiUSt!

a review of the army by the president. The vice president and secretary of state and other prominent men were at Guadalupe at the unveib tug of the monument spoken above, and were pointed out to us. Oh, yes, the first time we were at Guadalupe we saw some Indians from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec before one of the church doors. Two men were Playing queer old violins witn three strings. They wore cotton garments and old zerapes, the womeiy (four small ones) dressed fantastic, with tin crowns on, and one with aigrettes stuck in the crown, one a bright red. one a bright green, and one a bright Purple, dyed of course. They were dancing to the music, a quaint, monotonous step. It looked so odd- I suppose they had made the pilgrimage and were trying tto earn a few centavo’s. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims come every year to Guadalupe upon a Piteiimage. I have scarcely touched upon Mexico City, but I must stopMy next letter I will speak briefly of some of the places south of here. I am well and enjoying every hour. Love to all the family. Mrs. Morrison.