davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02

The Kaffirs, it is reported, have be-
come opium eaters. The Chinese have
taught them for the purpose of ex-
tending their market.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02

A San Jose lcal. girl, stopped by q
foetpad, landed in his face with such
force as to knock the ruasaa out.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
MONEY TO LOAN.
ACADEMY
or THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.

Under the Direction Of the Sisters Msrianite,
Of Holy Cross.
oners to young ladies every facility
1or acquiring a thorough christian ed
ucatlon. Constant attention is paid to
nome and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also have
charge OF the boys school. The course
0 !. instruction is two-fold-Preparatorv
M Commercial. French is taught in
the tWo courses. For particulars. ad-
dress SISTER ST1pEpIop"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02

The value Of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
Its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"The St. Landry Democrat
was con 1SoI on the 3D. Of
Mar;h, 1894, with" The Opelou.
sas courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
Mhlie the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 50 q wear.
TIE COURIER being 6y odds
ehe best paper in the empire Par.
leh OF st. Landry is therefore fh.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
MUCH ACTIVITY.

Senator Hawlev, Senator Lodge and many
other public men. The secretary stated that
he had no knowledge of the purchase of a
torpedo boat in Germany. 1t was reported
that this purchase had been closed yester-
day. but the fact is not known to the Navy
Department.
The Navy Department is informed of the
departure of the cruiser Cincinnati and the
gunboats Castine and Wilmington from
nciaIs decline to state where they are
bound. 1t has been reported that they have
Just gone off on a short cruise and Will re-,
turn to the Jamaica port. What is regard
ed as a more probable theory as to their
movements, however, is that when next
heard from they will be at Key West or
some other port in the United States. They
are not particularly strong ships, and in
their present position they might possibly
fall a prey to the more powerful Spanish
fleet in Cuban waters in the event of con-
fiict. Inasmuch as considerations of this
character resulted in the recall of the
cruiser San Francisco and the gupboats
Helena and Bancroft from the European
station, il is not unlikely that the same
course will be followed in the case of the
three vessels last reported at Port Antonio,
whose position is regarded by naval Strate-
gists as even more exposed and dangerous
in the event of hostiities than was the case
with the European squadron of about the
same size and power. The Cincinnati ana
Castine were attached to the South Atlantic
station, and their withdrawal for service In
the home station leaves the navy without a
single representative in South American
waters just as is the case with the Euro
named will add greatly to the strength of.
the home squadron.
Orders were issued to-day to have the
Mayflower put into commission as soon as
possible This vessel is steel yacht, pro-
vided with a good battery, and was pur-
chased recently from the estate of Ogden
Goelet. 1t is now at the New York navy
yard, being rapidly transformed into a war
ship. 1t will probably be used as a dispatch
beat or as torpedo boat destroyer. Com
mander NJ. r. s. Mckenzie will be her first
commander. His orders, issued to-day, dl-
rect him to take command lat once" Lieut..
J. H. Roper will be her executive officer.
The remainder of the complement of the
Mayflower will be selected either to-day or
tomorrow.
The Navy Department was advised to-day
of the sailing of the monitor Terror from
New York for Key West. the arrival of the
Texas at Hampton Roads and the Puritan
at Newport News. and of the monitors
Monadnock and Monterey at San Francisco.
The battle ship Texas came up from Key
West, making an exceptionally quick run
for a vessel of her class
The old single-turreted monitor Montauk
has been ordered from the League Island
navy yard to Portland, Me. A suggestion
was made to send monitor to New Haven,
Conn. bat remains Enacted on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
OBITUARY.
Charles B. Wright, a WelI-KnOwn
Hallway Man and FInancfer.

PHILADELPHIA, March A-Charles II.
Wright. one of the beSt-knowu railroad men
and hnanciers of this city. died to-day at
his home here, aged seventy-six years
Death was due to a general breaking down
of his constitution.
Mr.. Wright was born in Erie county. New
York. At an early age he began work in
Erie. Pa, and for many years he was the
leading merchant and banker of that city,
Becoming interested in Western lands he
organized the Tacoma Land Company and
removed to this city, where the company
had headquarters. He was president of the
company up to the time Of his DEATH
Shortly after the war he became interested
in railroad matters. especially in the Phila-
delphia & Erie road. His work as president
of that company in 1870 attracted consider
able attention. At this time Jak Cooke was
struggling with the Northern Pacific road
Upon his failure in 1878 General Carr who
succeeded Mr.. Cooke as president of that
road, found 1t impossible to sell its bonds
or to further its construction. His death
cut short his plan for reorganization, and
Mr.. Wright was chosen the fourth president
of the Northern Pacific. He was at the
head of the road from 1874 to 1879, and re-
manned a director in the road UP to the time
of his death. He resigned the presidency
because of i'll health During his time in
Office. the reorganization OF the road was
completed. first surplus secured and the
first dividends paid stockholders. In recent
years Mr.. Wright has been prominent
character in this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25

Charles Dudley Warner Discusses the
Present Agitation

MEXICO CITY March A-Charles Dud-
ley Warner, the American author, now here.
says on the Cuban question that he much
doubts the ability of the Cubans to govern
themselves and adds: There will be no
war; But many things combine to a war
like feeling and the appearance of prepara-
tions for war. We have in the West an
element of population that is always ready
for adventure. They are constantly
agitating for more money. They want free
silver-I don't mean the free silver as you
have it here, but silver artificialIy main
tanned by the government at an unnatural
ratio with gold They are ready to support
any adventure that will force the govern
ment to issue more silver or paper money.
1t was these same people who. at the time
the government TO declare war at once
against Great Britain and for the same rea-
SON. Then. too there is in all of our large
cities an unsettled element of population
who are ready for any sort of adventure
merely for adventures sake, and the less
stirred up by stories published in the SEN
satlonal journals.
Another thing combines to the appear
ance of warlike preparations. Senator
Hawley, who is no more of lingo than l.
and other senators and members of Con-
our artillery force and our coast defenSes.
Advantage was taken OF the present cir
cumstances to obtain from Congress the
necessary money for this purpose which
would not have been voted at any other
TUES. l am quite OF the opinion that every
nation should be In a position TO protect
Itself and 10 resent affronts. but the activity
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
Railway Situation Improving, but
Many Roads still Unable to Run
All Their Trains.
SEVERAL PERSONS DROWNED
TEN OR MORE PEOPLE SWEPT To
DEATH IN OHIO STREAMS.
Hundreds of Families Rendered
Homeless by the High Water
Rain Still Falling.

CINCINNATI, o. March 24.-At 10 o'clock
tonight the Ohio river at Cincinnati regis
tered 81 feet 21a inches, rising an inch an
hour This is a rise of six inches in four
hours between and 10 o'clock. The sky is
overcast, but not threatening, the mercury
registers A. with a tendency to rise. Re-
ports from northern West Virginia at the
sources of the Monongahela bring news of
heavy rains last night and of rapidly ris-
ing river tonight. This is an assurance that
the Ohio will have a protracted high stage
of water if no rain should set in soon. 1t is
also an admonition that a prOdigious flood
may be expected should the tributaries re-
ceive an accession of rain within two or
three days. Reports from all quarters of
the Ohio valley are of drizzling rain or
cloudy skies No clear weather is reported.
All up-river towns report the Ohio rising
rapidly, except Wheeling, where it is sta
tionary. Interior towns in Ohio that have
suffered inundation and damage are finding
relief by the recession of the waters
Loss of lie is reported at Hamilton. O.,
where the Great Miami swept away two
cottages and drowned six inmates, name
ly: Mrs. Charles Whitman and her three
small children and Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Springman. GAINESVILLE reports the drown
ing of the infant son of Mrs. Charles Wuest
and of man known as Deacon Jones, also
of the drowning by the upsetting of a skiff
of Mrs. James Brennan and child. and
John Leach and the drowning of Mrs.
Mary Church and Timothy Jones.
The railroad situation in the interior of
Ohio is improving Cities cut off from the
world yesterday getting trains out to-
night by repaired tracks or by detours over
other roads. In Cincinnati the following is
the railroad situation: No trains on the
Erie in or out The Cincinnati Northern is
in the same predicament. The Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern, which was unscathed
yesterday, suffers from a washout east at
Chillicothe and west at Medora, Ind. 1t
keeps trains moving east via Portsmouth
and Hamden and west by New Albany and
the Monon. The Pennsylvania is open to
Columbus and the East to-day The Gin
cinnati, Hamilton &. Dayton is cut off from
Toledo and Detroit only. The Big Four to-
day has restored communication with In
dianapolis, Chicago and st. Louis. All other
roads from here are unscathed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
Has aCeased wabbIing..

LONDON, March 25.-The Daily Graphic
says edtorially this morning: I'VE think it
time that Washington ceased wabbling
Weeks ago it was said that the starting of
the Spanish torpedo fiotilla for the West
Indies would compel America to declare
war. To-day the fiotila is steaming straight
for Porto Rico. Meanwhile acute senator's
In Washington and overclever journalists in
New York are planning ingenious cam
paigns to fix the odium of declaring war on
Spain. Surely this is unworthy of the Amer
lean people Two clear lines of policy are
before President Mckinley: Either to CO.
operate With the Sagasta Cabinet in max
ing Cuban home rule a reality or to give
both courses is to turn the terrible Maine
disaster into sort of gruesome red her.
ring. If President Mckinley does not mean
war, let him say so. and the horrors in Cuba
will soon be mitigated.''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
WORK FOR MILITIA.
Civilian Jack Tars VIII Man HarbOr
Defense Monitors.

BOSTON, March PA dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says: For the
first time the militia is called into service,
and the Governors of Massachusetts and
New York are requested to direct their ma
val militia to assume charge of the mont
tors assigned yesterday for the protection
of the harbors of Boston and New York,
in conjunction with the land Notifications.
The orders sent TO Governor Wolcott, of
Massachusetts, and Governor Black, of New
York. for transmission TO the commanding
officers of the state naval militia inform
them that they will be directed to assume
charge of the two monitors assigned TO
each of those States. to assist in the second
line of defense. the Boston men will be
sent on board when the monitors Catskill
and Lehigh arrive. and the New Workers
may proceed to Philadelphia and take their
two ships around A naval officer will be
in command of each monitor, and under him
will be naval militia officers and Suf1c1ent
Seamen from each organization to give the
ships their compliments. instructions nave
also been sent to the Western organizations
to hold themselves in readiness for transpor-
tation to the East, where they will be sent
aboard auxiliaries, and with what regular
sailors can be procured, are to comprise
the crews. Illinois and Ohio have large
well-drilled militia organizations, and these
will be first drawn on"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
INSPECTION OF VESSELS.
Work of the Auxiliary Cruiser Board
in New York HarbOr

NEW YORK, March 24.--The board for
the inspection of vessels for use by the navy
to-day inspected the steel tugs Hercules and
Atlas of the Standard Oil Company, the
San Marcos and the Nueces. of the Mallory
line, and the Iroquois and Seminole of the
Clyde line. If these boats meet the require
ments of the board their purchase by the
government will be recommended and they
may be chartered at once. If the tugs +. II.
Wise and r, c. Veit OF the Moran towing
fleet. sister boats of the tug Dewitt c.
Evins, meet the approval of the board their
transfer 10 the government will be made
just as soon as the contract is completed.
Lieutenant Commander Kelly, accompanied
by Chief Engineer Dixon and Naval In
structor Tawresey, are. in Philadelphia to-
day, examining vessels that are nearing
completion in koach's ship-building Yards
Lieutenant Commander Sargent said to-
day that he has no Information of the pur-
chase by the government of the Cromwell
liner Creole, which, ii was rumored, had
been sold The Cromwell line officials also
denied that they had sold the vessel. The
government has ordered the transfer of the
steel tug Hudson, plying between Cover
nor's island and the city. 10 Keg West. Ac.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
WAR SEMES PROBABLE
JOHN BULL MAY GRAPPLE WITH THE
RUSSIAN BEAR SOON.
All Concessions Demanded by the
May be Forced to Act at Once.

LONDON, March 25.-The Picking corre-
spondent of the Times says: China yes
terday wednesday, agreed to all the Rus
sian demands. Following are the conces-
sions: A lease of Port Arthur for twenty
five years as fortified naval base, lease
of Ta-Lien-Wan for twenty-five years as an
open port and as the terminus of the Trans-l
manchurian Railway with a right of forti-
cation and the right for the Russians to
construct railway from Petunt lin Man
churia on the Sungary river) to Ta-Len-
Wan and Port Arthur on the same terms as
stipulated in the case of the Transman-
churian Railway. China saves her fate by
retaining nominal sovereign rights, which.
however, she is powerless to assert, the
lease being equivalent to cession."
The Times, referring editorially to the
dispatch of it's Picking correspondent as to
the Chinese concessions to Russia, says:
1.-THE news is so serious that it may COM
the Russian demands are allowed to pre-
vail, we shall be obliged to recognize the
fact that China is about to be rapidly re-
duced to the position of the Khanates of
Central Asia, first terrorized and paralyzed
and ultimately swallowed up by Russia
The st. Petersburg correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says: "All classes of the
Russian army reserve have been warned to
hold themselves in readiness to be sum-
moned to service, and on account of the
difficulties in Corea it has been decided to
dispatch to East Asia corps of fifty thou
sand men, of the first line of reservists."
Sir Chih-Chen, the Chinese minister, paid
a hurried visit to the Foreign Office here
this evening and remained quarters of
an hour
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 24.-United
States soldiers Joined the men of her Majes-
tvs steamship Cordelia this afternoon in
the ceremonies attending the funeral of J..
McCormac a seaman, who died aboard the
ship yesterday morning. When the death
of McCormac was made known to Colonel
Rawles, in command of ST. Francis bar
racks, he Immediately sent word to Captain
Bourke, of the Cordelia, that grave would
be set aside for the interment in the Ma
tional Cemetery, and that he would be
pleased to detail the First United States
Artillery Band and a squad of Company b,
Fifth United States Infantry, to attend the
funeral as a mark of respect. The offer
was graciously accepted by Captain Bourke.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
RaiIwnx TraMc RIockeh.

CLEVELAND, O., March 24-The follow
ing reports from the flooded districts in
Ohio were received tonight:
Steubenville, O.-Fully 500 families Iiv-
ing within fifteen miles up and down the
river and in this vicinity have been driven
from their homes. All sewer pipe and fire
brick plants are submerged and shut down.
Coshocton, O.-All railroad traffic is
blocked Two more washouts on the Pam
handle are reported tonight.
Gallipolis O.-The river has invaded the
business streets of the villages of Point
Pleasant Henderson and Cheshire, near
here. In this city the Hooking Valley
tracks are submerged and all trains have
been annulled. The river is rising rapidly,
and people at Point Pleasant are vacating
their homes.
Middletown O.-The water has fallen ten
feet since last night. The canal bridge on
Titus avenue and two bridges along the
waterway went down this afternoon The
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
tracks from the station for distance of
half mile are washed away, and the depot
submerged. The Miami and Erie canal bank
gave way in twenty places last night and
one hundred men are now at work trying
to mend the breaks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
views of GEN. william Rooth.

MILWAUKEE, March 24-Gen. William
Booth, commander in chief of the Salvation
Army of the world. in an interview to-day
en- the blowing up of the battle ship Maine
said he hoped to see a settlement of the
difficulty in some other way than war.
While he can understand that it might be
the duty of the United States to assist
Cuba, he says that war would bring suffer-
ing to many thousand innocent people who
are not now in any way connected with the
troubles in Cuba. AS to what England would
do iE similar circumstances the general
said: IF Spain had blown up a war ship of
England destroying English property, TAX
ing English lives and insulting the British
flag. and England was convinced it was an
act of government then England would
show that English blood is not water"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
PauaI Consistories.

ROME, March A.-Public and secret con-
sistories were held here to-day. Among the
bishops preconized were the Right Rev p
I. Chappelle, archbishop of New Orleans;
the Most Rev. Paul Napoleon Bruchesi
archbishop of Montreal. and the Right Rev.
John F. Fitzmaurice, coadjutor bishop of
Erie, Pa. Contrary to custom. the consis-
tories followed one another. The Pope, in
the Sala Regia, presented the hats to the
archbishops of Lyons, Rennes and Rouen
in the presence of the sacred college, the
dignitaries and the diplomats. The secret
present. The Pope was in excellent health
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25

PHILADELPHIA. March 24.-John S.
Hopkins, cashier of the Peoples National
Bank died suddenly to-day of heart dis
eese. Mr. Hopkins was a member of the old
brokerage srm of c, f. Yerkes & Cos for
merly of ti,is city. and now of Chicago.
The directors of the Peoples Bank to-
night inserted an advertisement in the local
papers. that on account of the sudden death
of Cashier Hopkins it was deemed advisable
to suspend business until complete ex-
animation had been made of the affairs Of
the Institution and its exact condition as
ceFtained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25

PITTSBURG, March 24-At midnight the
waters have receded to an ordinary high
water mark OBS fee0 and no further dap-
age is looked for. While the loss will reach
many thousands Of dollars the property
damage will not be as heavy as at first ex-
pected because manufacturers and house
holders had taken extra and early precau-
ton to remove their machinery and goods
to safe ground The principal loss will be
to Workmen who will be deprived of wages
because of the shutdown of many mills and
factories 1t will be several days before the
mills along the Allegheny will be in shape
to resume operations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25

GAINESVILLE. o., March 24.-Fifteen
hundred families are homeless, five lives
have been lost and nearly million dollars
worth of property has been destroyed by
the floods. Mrs. James Bremen and child
and John Leach were drowned by the over
turning of a skff; Mrs. Nancy Church was
drowned in her home, and Tim Jones fei
from a bridge and drowned. Property loss
includes two Muskingum river bridges
three Licking river bridges and twent,
smaller county bridges Two thousand do
lars was raised tonight for the suffere
The electric light plant is drowned out an,
Battery c is doing police duty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
The Dolphin in Commission.

NEW YORK, March 24.-The United
States dispatch boat Dolphin was placed in
commission at the navy yard to-day and
now awaits sailing orders, The vessel will
probably be added to the fleet at Key
West. The sea force of the Dolphin will
consist of no officers and men. Captain
Lyons will be in command, with Lieutenant
w. II. II. Southland as executive officer. She
will be equipped with two four-inch Mar
quand guns, the only ones of this pattern
used in the navy; two six-pounders, two
three-pounders and two Colts automatic
millineter machine rifles. The Mayfiower
is being scraped below the water line and
examined generally. There are about two
hundred men at work on this vessel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
Springfield Rifles.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March A-There
are stored in the different arsenals in this
city 1O2, 900 Springfield rifles. These are OF
the old model. Besides these there are
stored in other arsenals in the country
ready for issuance to troops, 100000 Of the
same model of rifle Added to these there
are stored in the arsenals here 10000 krag-
Jorgensen rifles, making a total available
to-day of $4,000 stands of arms. The nom
inal output of the armory is 10 rifles per
day working at eight hours per day. With
the three shifts which are to be put on as
soon as arrangements are perfected the out
put will eventually be $50 per day. There
are also stored in the Springfield arsenal
IS 900 Springfield rifles of 80 caliber, besides
10000 rifles of As caliber, which are unser-
viceabie, but which can soon, with but little
work, be put in order.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25

LANSING. Mich, March A.--Both houses
of the Legislature this afternoon unani-
mously adopted resolutions denouncing in
the strongest terms the acts of Spain in her
relation with Cuba. deploring the present
situation of affairs in the island and declar-
ton should raise its strong arm in the name
Of justice and humanity, patriotism and lib
erty, and give to the patriots of Cuba their
blood-bought freedom from the yoke of
Spanish treachery and tyranny. To that end
We pledge the administration of President
Mckinley our enthusiastic support and bid
him Godspeed in the work of upholding our
national honor and preserving our self-re-
spect as a people and nation"