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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1900-05-12

MRS. MARY Il. ROY EFT AL VS. JACaUES
DUPRE. ~
No. 1GGO7.
district C0lDf Parish nf 81 Luidry, 81 lie IF
Louisiana. II
BY virtue Of Il writ of firr facias ISSUED
out Of the Hon the Eleventh Judicial District
Court OF the State of Louisiana, III and for the
Parish OF st. Landry. lit the above entitled and
numbered suit, and TO me directed, have seiz-
ed and will proceed to sell at public auction, 10
the last and highest bidder, at the front door
of the Court House. in the town Of OpeIOusas,
i'll St Landry parish, on
Saturday, May 10Th, 1900,
at 10 O'Clock Il. M, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
A certain tract OF land situated II Pdisan"e. .
St. Landry Parish, L;t.. bounded north by
lands of Godfrey, Terrtbuunc and LucIer Du-
PIE, south by lands sold February l. 1853. by
J. Meyers & Co. to L&stie f. DuprG, east by
land sold on same day to hchlile f. Dupre and
west by land of jacques Duprt' ani lnud of
Mrs. G.. Duprc, containing one hundrr,t and
twenty six and twenty five enc hundreGtnS
arpents, saving an:l excepting strip uf land
twenty lcet long along the west line trulii he
southwest corner up to The division line of
Mrs. Edmond Dupre and SAID Jacques DuPrt.
said strip being resoesed Tor a public rOad,
with all the improvements thereon.
Seized i'll the above entitled suit.
". S. FRAEEE,
Sheriff OF the Parish of ST Landry.
April IA, 1906
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PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF ST LANDRY, LA.

No. 5625.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, LA.
By virtue of decree of the Hon. l1th JUDI,
cial District Court in and Tor the parish
of st. Landry, there will be sold at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder. by
the undersigned administrator or any duly
qualified auctioneer, at the last residence
of the deceased i'll Prairie MamOu, Parish
of st. Landry, La, on
Wednesday, June 9th, 1900,
at II o'clock a. III. the following described
property, to-wit:
1st. a certain tract of land situated in the
Parish of st. Landry, in Cows Cove near
Bayou Nezpique, about fortgsS<Mlles from Opr-
ousas, being the last resdsafte OF the deceased,
containing about two huT rad and thirty ar
pents more or less, with "a the Improvements.
the Of 4o, mirnE "y
Frug6, sg'Ef by Cyprien ftpge, Jr,. west by
Bayou Nezpquc
Residence or plantation t. he sold i'll one
body; woodland in lots of twenty five acres
or alpents, with privilege of taking one or
more lots.
I'd About twenty-six head of horned cattle
twenty head of hogs; one pair creole mules
two colts one wagon; one cutaWay harrow;
three plOws; two harrows; one lot Of house-
hold furniture and kitchen utensils; one buggy
one creole pony one shot gun; one saddle ;
one lot of miscellaneous agricultural imple-
ments; one branding iron; three barrels
rough rice.
Terms and ondtions-Movables-p
up to $1,000, cash on day Of sale; upwards of
ten dollars, purchasers to subscribe notes with
security to satisfaction OF the administrator
duo January 1, 1901, with eight per cent inter
est from date and attorneys fees IL case of
suit. Real Estate-One-fOurth cash on day of
sale; balance i'll one, two and three years
from day of sale, purchasers to execute notes
with solvent sureties to the satisfaction OF The
administrator, with eight per cent. interest
| from date and ten per cent, attorneys fees i'll
case of suIt--special mortgage and vendors
| privilege to be retained to secure payment.
CYPRIEN FRUGE, JR.,
May 5, 1900. Administrator.
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Mississippi and Texas suffered
more by the recent fleods than
any portions of the South. The
damage to the crops alone is esti-
mated at millions and will cause
a reductin in the cotton acreage,
as much of the land overfowed
will not be replanted.
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NEW SALOON,

Having leased the Arthur Dejean Saloon
and Ie-stOcked and re-fitted it with a first
class stock of liquors, billiard, pool and card
tables, etc. our friends and the public are res
pectfnlly invited to give lls a call
A. l.. FONTENOT & c. F. BURR.
April IA 1900.
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Hon. Jared Y. Sanders, of ST..
Mary parish, is prominently men
toned for speaker Of the House
of Representatives with Il fair
show of success.
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School Books and supplies at
the Opera House Drugstore.
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Keep your house disinfected
with formaldehyde generator.
which you can procure at the
Opera House Drug Store.
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district Colnf, Parish Of 81. Lu,idIy, 81 lie =
Louisiana.
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buys all grades OF Cured Moss at highest
market prices. Headquarters and business
stand on Landry street west OF Railroad and
opposite old rice MILL.
March 81, 1900.
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For Rent-A small residence
convenient to ice factory, COM
press, oil mill, etc. Rent very
low. Apply at this office.
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Saturday, May 10Th, 1900,
EDUBH.EC SALE.

ESTATE OF CYPRIEN FRUGE. SR.
No. 1925.
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NO. g.:
JUDICIAL ADVERTISER
SALE.

MRS. MARY T.. ROY EFT AL vs. JACftES
DUPRE. IL
No. 1GGO7.
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DUR ElC SALE.

Dept. Sheriff and Actin
Opelousas, La, April 7, 1900.
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Ogden Briefs.

The city teachers were paid yester-
day.
Hon. L. w. Shurtnf leaves tomorrow
for Boise.
The Columbia club holds its annual
meeting today.
Apostle Reed Smoot was UP yester-
day from Provo.
Moses Thatcher, jr., was down yes
terday from Logan.
James Devine and John z. Dooly were
up from the capital yesterday.
Frank J. Cannon will leave for the
east in a day or two, on business.
Frank James, sheriff-elect Of Uinta
county, Wyo., was in Ogden last
night.
Mayor NJ. S. Browning is back in New
York, but is not expected home for
several days.
Nearly all of the beets contracted for
by the Ogden Sugar company have
been delivered.
The Free kindergarten association
meets with Mrs. Chris Flygare on JEFF
ferson avenue Monday, Nov II, at 3
p. m.
This weeks attractions in the amuse-
ment line include king of the Opium
Ring Monday and "A Hindoo Ho0dOo"
Saturday
w. F. Herrol1, accused of passing DO
gus checks, was arrested yesterday in
Logan by Deputy Sheriff Baily- Her
rold had left the horse hired of Corey
at Nelson & Fell's stable in this city.
DR.. A. S. Condor recently received
word of the death of his mother at her
old home in Maine. A short time after
the reception Of the telegram annOunc-
ing her death the doctor received a
letter penned by the lady herself but
few days before. Mrs CondOns life
had almost Spanned a century, she be-
ing So years of age.
The corOner's jury yesterday brought
in d verdict to the effect that HathrOn
s. Hadlock came to his death by being
struck with an Oregon Short Line en-
CINE near Roy station Friday afternoon.
No attempt was made to locate the re-
spousibility. The funeral of the dead
man Will occur Monday at o'clock in
the Second ward meeting house.
Miss Anna Winifred Stuart of Port
land Will sing at the morning and Miss
Harrington at the evening services held
in the Presbyterian church. Morning
theme, THE Gospel of Effort" evening
subject, THE Symbol and the Reality
of the Dream" This is the second OF
a series of sermons on the book OF
Daniel.
4 warrant was issued yesterday and
I placed in the hands of Sheriff Layne
/ for the arrest of Charles Taylor, on
complaint of Henry Fisher. who
! charges Taylor with intimacy with the
! Iatters daughter last May. The parties
| reside at Farr West. Taylor is out OF
! the county.
The men Murray, Caldwell and
! Hooper, suspected of rObbing the post
/ office at Lima, Mont, were yesterday
] sentenced to thirty days in Jail on
! charges of petit larceny. This was
done on request of the federal authOri-
/ ties who arrived from Montana yeSter-
day and wish the men held pending
further investigation
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Senator SCOTS Breaks.
New York JournaI.)

tNEW 1oTk JOuIidlJ
Wheeling. W. Va.-This IS Senator
n. b. Scott's home town, and people
here know him Well His neighbOrs of
the same political faith as himself,
though dismayed by his recent Bur
chard-like trust break, are not partic-
ularly surprised that he has put his
foot in II"
What Scott said about the trusts is
not half as untrue as what ne said in
explaining II" said one free-spoken
Republican today.
4 allude to his remark that he had
been accused of many things, but new
er of being an idiot. Scott has not
heard all there has been said about
him in West Virginia, or he never
would have made that statement"
Senator Scott is estimated to be
worth So. 600 600, made in mines, in glass
works and in banking. His wealth and
his energy gave him prominence in the
councils of his party, but his elOquence
fills his fellow Republicans with dread.
He never could have fallen into that
trust scrape here as he did in New
York
Knowing his peculiar facility for
getting into trouble whenever there is
danger of his talking, ScOtt's West
Virginia associates quickly see that
there are no newspaper reporters
present, and in this way have avoided
many embarrassments-
If his friends had any idea that there
would be an opportunity for him to
talk at the banquet to Governor
Roosevelt they would have autographed
a warning.
The Republican leaders of West Vir-
ginia have never looked upon Senator
Scott with the same degree of conf
dence and respect that has apparent
/ ly existed in the national committee,
and now that he has jeopardized the
election Of Mckinley everybody is in
dulging in a quiet I told you So
Opinions vary. Democrats are i'm
mensely pleased, and see in il all Il
great help, especially in this state,
where the trusts and the Standard Oil
company especially are obnoxious. The
people here do not agree with Scots
sentiments by any means, even if they
were as mild as the senator now tries
to make them out.
Secretary Hall of the Republican
state committee said last night;
Il do not believe Senator Scott said
what is attributed TO him, because
think him too discreet. He@has been
talking about West Virginia oil inter
ests, and has told what the Standard
has done for the industry in this state.
He may have spoken more foTcibly
than he intended to, but he did not
say what is attributed to him."
Senator Scott' first gained his pc
culiar fame as a political Mrs. Mala-
prop by his widely circulated utter
ance in regard to the negroes of this
state. a
In West Virginia" the quotation
runs, where the darkies are sitting on
the fence waiting to be bought"
il may be imagined how this witty
comment has endeared Senator Scott
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to the negro voters Of West Virginia,
but the senator enjoys . q sorry 80
much that he brought T. over 10 New
York and told IL again.
Even as far back as 1896 Scott es-
capped from his friends and moved
sWath. The Republicans in that cam
paign were anxious that nothing should
cOmplicate the silver issue. they were
particularly anxious 10 keep the high
tariff question out of the discussion.
This was palpabIe To everybody e&-
cept Senator Scott who promptly sent
out thousands Of tariff tracts, To the
confusion and eNa5perarion Of the pac-
~ managers
When he was internal revenue com
missioner, Scott taCtfUily held that
tin case was not Il package, the effect
of his decision being to cut on the
expectation of a million dollars worm
OF alcohol q year To Japan. Congress
had to enact q special law TO overcome
the effect of his ruling
When the big coal strike was im1nl-
nent the Republican leaders were ma
tUrally alarmed at its effect On me
election and began moving with me
utmost secrecy to close the gap be
tween the men and the mine owners
But SCOTS devastating tongue got
loose again. and ne announced that
Hanna was working to settle the
strike. That statesman tore MS fringe
of hair in anguish at the untlmely dis
closure OF his secret scheme, but sen
at0r Scott is worth S6,000,O18, so Hanna
had to make the best of IL, though ne
had to change his whole plan ana
work in the open, and SO reveal the
close connection between the inner CIR
Gle of the Republican party and the
men who in cold blood were starving
the coal miners,
These are only a few Of the examples
of the quality that have made senator
SCOTS fame. In justice to him, now
ever. it must be told that he never
wreaked greater havoc than when ne
said at the dinner to GoverOr RooSe-
welt. Co.,
Right here I want to say 1 beiieye
in trusts. They are good thing. me
Standard Oil company put its pipe llheS
10 all the small towns where OIL Is
produced. and if it was not Tor the
Standard oil company this prosperity
that we have wouldn't be there 10
day"
And .,..A
down TN make trouble for him.
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AGAINST SUBMARINE BOATS
English Builder Says Type Is Not
Practical.

London, Nov. 10.-ThOrnycroft, Eng
lands torpedo boat builder, has been
expressing. interesting opinions on sub
marine boats. He does not believe it
necessary for Great Britain to build
submarine boats. even if the expert
ments of other nations have been sue
cessful.
He is carefully studying the problem
Of devising a submarine destroyer
should it ever be necessary. He regards
the American submarine boat as the
best type yet made, but he doubts its
efficacy even for haTb0T defense.
"A shell dropped in the neighbOrhOOd
of submarine boat" said Mr.
ThornycrOft, and exploded either level
OF below il, would afford sufficient
shock to cTumple up the boat. Posses
sion of a submarine boat of our own
viii not help you II find an enemy s.
They are at present OF too limited
range and insufficient pTOpelling power
to be of really serious factor and
the problem Of keeping a level keel
under water is yet to be solved. If I
ever have to go under water with a
submarine boat, 1 will prefer to sit
outside
In spite of the pessimism of Mr..
Thornycroft, the admiralty has at last
decided to grant a submarine boat, de-
signed by A. Howard of Tasmania, an
official trial.
See Mehesy the Furrier
for furs. KnutsfOrd.
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ONE OF THE CABLE TANKS.

more than twenty men will have the
handling of the cable. and their duty
Will be to see that it is paid out prom
erly and that it runs smoothly from the
great tanks to the deck and thence out
into the water. If the ocean bed were
fairly level cable-laying would be a
comparatively easy operation. But in
the Philippine islands region the sea
bottom is extremely rough. full of high
mountains and deep Chasms. More
over the charts are few and what there
are are mainly unreliable. C0nse-
quently the cable layers viii not know
until they find out for themselves when
the slender strand is stretching up the
side of a submarine mountain and
when it is descending into the depths.
After the Burnside has done her work
there Will be some new information re-
gaTding the ocean bottom between the
more important islands, that will be
valuable to navigatOTs.
On reaching the point from whence
the cable is to be laid the crew
proceed to land the heavy shore ends,
this being done by hauling from the
beach with ropes and supporting the
able with rubber air balloons until
sufficient length is landed. COnnec-
ton having been made with the signal
station on shore. the Burnside viii set
out for the shore with which communi-
cation will be established, going at
q rate from four TO eight knots an
hour. She must proceed cautiously as
the rate at which The cable is paid out
depends on the depth of the water In
. 900 fathOmS of water. for instance,
the length of cable from the ship to
the point of contact with the ocean bed
is twenty miles. A sudden shallow,
from very dep wateeT. as in the case
of a submarine mountain IS likely TO
break the cable by too sharply short
eninC the slack Then the tedious
work of graphing for the broken end
must be undertaken. CAPTAIN SqUiTes
who has the work i'm charge is an eE-
pert of long experience in cable work
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ENGLAND NOT AFRAID.
Steel Manufacturers Do Not Fear
American Competition.

London, Nov. 10.-The determination
of the American steel manufacturers
to invade these markets is not appar-
entity bothering the English trade to
any great extent, judging from the
opinions of the master cutler of Shelf
field, the head Of one of the greatest
steel organizations in the country, who
said to a representative OF the AssO-
ciated Press;
Il do not believe American trade in
steel rails in England will amount to
much. Every manufactures gets a Ger
tain surplus, which if ne can find a
market, is clear profit. We are getting
the American surplus and believe they
are selling cheaper here than in their
own country. When such competition
becomes serious it VIII be necessary
for the American manufacturers to de
vote more than their surplus to the
market. When they do L believe they
viii find they cannot beat Us in prices
or quality on our own ground. Bust
ness here is as good as ever, and prom
Uses to remain so. I cannot say we
have yet felt the pinch Of American
rivalry
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cable ship ever owned by the United
States.
The Burnside was formerly owned by
Spain and named the Rita. She was
captured during the war by the Yale
while trying to run the blockade off
Porto Rico with a cargo of arms and
ammunition, tOWed to Charleston, S.
g, and there taken charge of by Cap
tain Latin. her present commander, re-
named and put into commission first as
a transport carrying mules and general
government stores to Cuba and after
wards as a trOOpship. Taken to the
Morse Iron Works in Brooklyn the
Burnside was there reconstructed and
transformed into a cable steamer. The
cabins and saloon were reTUrnIShed
with a view to accommodating army
officers and their wives en- route to the
Philippines. Three huge tanks made
Of copper were placed in her hold each
capable of holding $50 miles OF cable
These tanks are twenty-five feet in
diameter and fifteen feet in depth with
an iron core in the center to keep the
cable in position when being paid out
from the ship.
Captain Squires of the signal corps
assisted by Mr. Hamilton will have
entire charge of the cable laying, with
a special cable crew of twenty men A
submarine cable is of two sizes, the
core or deep sea portion, and the armOT
part or shore ends, the latter Deing
several times larger than the former
10 withstand successfully the wear and
tear of sea wash and tide, anchors and
other shallow water injury.
The core consists of seven fine cop
per wires which carry the current, COW
cred with pure Para rubber which is
again surrounded by Para rubber COM
pound and then wound around with
cloth tape saturated with tar, making
the entire cable about five-eighths of
an inch in thickness and weighing
fifty tons to the thirty-five miles of
cable length. This is the deep sea
cable. The shore end cable is some
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CoCayl1ewPbillpplneG Gable
The Nations First Cable Ship, the Burnside Soon to BEGIN
Her Work In the Islands

Within a short time the work of
laying the inter-island cable in the
Philippines viii be begun. For some
time the difficulty of communication
between the Islands has seriously
hampered American operations in the
Philippines and has been the subject
Of complaints TO the government from
General Otis, General Macarthur and
other officers. It was obvious that some
method Of quick communication must
be put into operation, as the dispatches
carried by the warships were in many
cases too slow of delivery TO be prac-
ticable. AS soon as this important I'M
dertaking of laying a cable had been
decided upon the war department set
about finding a suitable vessel in the
transport service. The Burnside was
chosen on account of her large capa-
city, and her shallow draught in pro-
portion to her size. She is the first
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Weekly Bank Statement.

New York Nov. 10.-The weekly state
inent or the averages of the associated
Loans. SIS. 656 500: decrease. $s.e.3 500
deposits So. us1 81, decrease, SIU,SS3. 100
- Circulation, SO so5, 7c0' decrease, s12,-
Legal tenders. s561228oo. decrease. s.
1910 s75c 2IG.-" decrease. 81, $50, 400.
TOTAL reserve, S212. $40, COO; decrease, $4,-
Reserve required, $2ez772, $50; decrease,
Surplus reserve $4eo6o5o; decrease, ST.
The Ffnancier says:
A decrease Of $l,344,576 in the reserve of
the New York associated banks for the
week ending Nov 10, brings the total eX-
cess reserve down to S4,6i6C50, which. in
the face of the enormous dealings on the
New TX stock exchange. ADDS a new
-terest IN the immediate money market
The statement contains several surprises.
ma Che OIL which IS the less of Si035,z')
In cash.
Il has been figured that the banks would
show slight decrease in cash holdings,
but nothing approaching the total re-
ported. There Is every reason to believe,
however. that the position OF the clear
ing house institutions is better than ia
dICated in the statement for the reason
that the gold cOnSignments from Europe
lest week do not appear 10 the full eX-
tent IN the averages me conuactlons IN
loans during the past week is very heavy
and seems TO extend generally throughout
the list OF individual banks, not being
confined as is otter the case, TO a few
of the larger institutions II is not to be
expected, however, that loans will con-
tinue TO contract if the stock market
business remains active over the next
Week. The decrease of S12. 663. 400 in de-
posits is logical, considering the cash and
loan reduction, and this explains why,
wan S4-uey.tvU IN cash going out of the
banks the actual reserve fell only $1.344.-
$50 The lessened deposits. released about
s-67c-,y- heretofore locked up under the .
per cent legal requirement With refer
euce to the outlook but little can be said
d lic l-ttelIVr NOV eu1ent Is at an end, but
a return of funds To this center is nOt
expected for some time to come. The
gold imports have ceased temporarily al
least. and for the moment it seems that
the banks will report anything but
PLETHORA of idle funds If this asSump-
ton is correct rates Will be held firmly
over the remainder of the fall season, but
as is sometimes the case any appreciate
advance here may bring forward money
from other centers. 1t Is worthy of note
that the increase in note circulation has
been checked, the banks reporting a de-
crease for the first tine in months. In
any forecast of the situation it will be
well to keep in mind the circula ton item.
Z he elias ,ic features of the new financial
law will hereafter be d factor that will
influence the money market
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Iondon Monev hTarket.

London, Nov. 10.-The Bank of England
having adopted the policy of vigorous Dor
TuVtHA-. the Investors Review says:
The immediate aspect of the money
market is more encouraging IN cOnse-
qUence of the stiffenipg of moneq. dis
count and foreign exchanges have i'm
proved somewhat. Mr. Mckinley's tri-
umpn had a quiet ting influence on the
money market, New York reducing loan
rates and lifting exchange. Thus fears
or heavy exports o. gold New Iorkward
are less acute The advance in The bank
rate has been postponed Essentially.
however, the market stands where II did,
at the mercy of the treasury, and help
less against any foreign demands on ats
danserously small sock Of buILon-, -