Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-30


"The City of Mexico is to some ex-
tent modern city, and has a popula.
ton of 100000 people. 1t is located
in the center of the Valley of Mexico
at an elevation of 1000 feet. Of the
places of interest in the City Of
Mexico the first is the great cathe-
dral, magnificent structure built on
the ruins Of an Aztec temple. We
crowded with worshippers attending
tepec Castle. the west point of Mexico
is another point of interest. Here
they are educating some 1,5Oo cadets
for the army. Chapultepec is a
mound $50 feet high, rising directly
out of the plain, In the War of Mex
ico General SCOTS army stormed
this castle and number of cadets
were killed. Their names are now
chiseled on shaft erected at the
base of the mound.
Tho Treaty Of Guadalupe
Guadalupe is q village erected on
the spur Of mountain near the city.
1t was in this village that the treaty
of peace between the United States
and Mexico was signed in 1S48, called
tae Treaty Of Hidalgo Guadalupe"
There is church built upon the
mountain side and is said to possess
the original miraculous painting Of
the Lady Of Guadalupe. In the
cemetery adjoining the church are the
remains of General Santana, who
commanded the Mexican army during
the war with the United States,
There is said to be 5000 Americans
living in the City Of Mexico, They
have an American colony, and to pass
through 1t, one would imagine he was
in suburb Of Chicago, as they pos
sess fine buildings wide paved streets
and. nice shady lawns. The English
and French also have colonies to
themselves. There are great many
poor people living in the City of
Mexico, as we'll as all over
the republic was never
more forcibly impressed with the
benefits that come from the labor
ing classes receiving good wages than
when looked upon these Mexicans
and then thought Of the working classes
of the United States. A large pro-
portion of the working class i'm Mexico
receive only Is to so cents day.
Mexican money, which has half the
value of our money. The consequence
of this condition is that the poor class
of Mexicans, which comprises the
| vast majority of the people, have no
ability to purchase goods and the con-
sumption Of goods in Mexico per CAPT
ia, is not more than one-tenth what
it is in the United States. One Amer
lean working man in the United
States consumes more goods than
eight working men in Mexico The
moral is plain. If you want a prosper.
GUS country pay the working men
good wages.
See Ancient Historical Church.
eve visited Thaxecalla. Here is
where Cortez whipped the Thaxeca!l.
ian Indians, made allies Of them and
converted them to Christianity. We
visited the little church where the
| Indian chiefs were baptised in 1920
one hundred years before the Pilgrims
/ landed at Plymouth Rock. We saw
i the names of these Indain chiefs
(. which had been chiseled on a marble
4 tablet. We also saw the stone font
from which they we're baptised. The
old church which was erected at thai
time is preserved as sacred relic q
the conquest Of Cortes."
"The only other place which have
4 thine to mention is this short inter
view is the town of Guadalajara, locat
err $50 miles west of the main line o.
the Mexican Central railroad ant
about l4U miles east of the Pacific
ocean. This beautiful city has {
population of 100000 and is the SECOND
largest city in Mexico. 1t has stree
cars, asphalt pavements. fine hotels
banks and government offices. In tai
cathedral in this city is a genuine
Murillo painting of the Madonna
which was shown u.s. 1t is said thu
bishop was offered $4,000 in gold TO
this painting and refused it. The.
have fine plaza here shaded wit
orange and other tropical trees. TIL
orange trees were full of fruit whel
we were there. Our company ma
dinner at one of the hotels In this cit
], and in the evening repaired to tn
, plaza where a Mexican military ban
was playing. We were very nue.
J. surprised and pleased when the
( played the Star Spangled Banner an
Marching through Georgia. We wer
told afterwards that they had mad
4 tour of the United states, wner
!! they had learned to play these nun
+ bers.''
II. met here on the plaza, a youn
{ man wearing the button of the Loys
4 Legion, and after speaking to hiI
. found he was the son Of Col. Chas
Q A. Clark of Cedar Rapids, and wa
! member of the Iowa Commander.
J. He was spending the winter in Me,
g ico."
!. bailiff. P. E. Walker is clerk of tn