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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-05
Mr.. W. K. lands in TOWN
POSTMASTER OF SAN JUAN, PORTO
RICO, ON VACATION.
Some Interesting Facts About Mem
hers of the Indiana Col
Ony in the Island.

w. K. Lands, postmaster of San Juan,
Porto Rico, now on thirty days leave TO the
United States, was in the city yesterday.
He will spend the most Of his holiday at
Logansport where his mother resides.
To a reporter of the Journal last evening
Mr. Lands stated that conditions In Porto
Rico were reasonably prosperous, and that
American methods and American ideas are
steadily progressing. The postal service is
thoroughly established in the island
and this service is very popular with the
people. The Porto Rican business men take
especially to the money order business, the
San Juan office paying out about $4,000 a
week to the wholesalers of that city in the
shape of remittances from the retailers. of
the interior.
THE Hoosier representatives in the
island are all happy and contented,'' said
Mr. Lands, land contributing their share
toward maintaining the dignity and honor
of the flag. The Hon. William H. Elliott.
of New Castle, as commissioner of the in
terror. is one of the strong props in the add
ministration of Governor Hunt George
Elliott is with his father, occupying
important position in the interior depart
ment. The wife and daughters of the COM
missioner are In Boston for the winter,
taking advantage of the superior educa-
tiOnal advantages of the Hub.
Lawrence Letherman, of Valparaiso, is
the pOstofflce inspector in charge, having
supervision of the postal service of the
island, and is a deservedly popular official.
Lee Nixon. of Indianapolis, is assistant
postmaster at San Juan, and has charge
during my absence. Mr.. Nixon has not
had vacation since he went to Porto Rico
three years ago, but expects to come up for
the Christmas vacation. He speaks Spanish
like a native and has become so addicted
to the lingo of the Dons that he will prob
ably have to bring interpreter with
him in order 20 converse with his old
friends.
'E. B. Commons. of Union City, is one of
the pillars of the San Juan postoffice, hold
ing the important position of chief Of the
money order division. The transactions of
this division amount to about 81, 600
year, and Mr. Commons can issue money
order with equal facility in dollars, pounds
francs, rupees, copecks or yen.
Fred Martin, of Attica, another Indiana
man, is the commissioner of emigration,
a short time, has already successfully
grappled with the duties of his office. Any
fear there might have been that Porto Rico
would be used as the gateway for railroad
ing undesirable citizens into the United
States has been dissipated since Mr.. Martin
got himself into his official harness.
walter Evans. of Valparaiso, is still at
tached to the military service in the island
holding an important position in the quar-
termaster's department
III. E. Matthews, of Indiana polls did ex-
cellent work III putting into execution the
new Hollender tax law. and his services
proved satisfactory that he has been
permanently retained on the staff of the
treasurer of the island"
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The scene Of THE Convict's Daughter
at the Park Theater is laid in the blue
grass region of Kentucky. Col. Mathew
Gould. a banker has in his house a young
woman whom he adopted when she was a
baby. A young clerk in Gould's bank be-
comes enamored of Miss Gould All ar
rangements for the coming marriage of the
pair are made, but Mathew Gould is I'M
willing to give his consent to the match.
James Blackadder, who is supposed to be a
cousin or the girl, also is in love with her.
he tries several schemes TO break UP the
engagement between her and her lover.
While Mathew Gould is telling the girls
lover the secret of ner birth and that she
is not his daughter. Blackadder overhears
the story William Woodruff. a tramp
Gould house for the purpose of getting
adder TO present himself as the girls
father. Later, when all is ready for the
ceremony Weary Willie" appears at the
Gould nome as the girls father. He shows
bogus proofs OF his claim and takes the
girl 10 an old shanty in the woods, which
has been arranged by Blackadder.
While living in the woods with the two
men the girl found a letter one night in
an old Bible, which her mother had left
her, telling her of her father and his ca
reer. In reading the letter to her supposed
father, Weary Willie" the latter is con-
fronted with the fact that the girl Is i'm
reality his child. When Blackadder calls at
men and Blackadder has Woodruff arrest
ed as an escaped convict from Sing Sing.
The father is taken TO prison to serve out
the remainder of the sentence. Woodruff
makes a good prisoner and wins the conf
dence of the warden. One of the guards in
the penitentiary is in the employ OF Black
adder to kill Woodruff for the least offense.
new stone wall is being erected around
the prison yard and Woodruff has been
chosen to do some work on it. Immediate
~ outside the wall is q railroad. Ii is the
suspicion of the guard that Woodruff will
attempt an escape on a passing train. His
suspicion is verified by Woodruff taking
advantage of the guards back being
turned, leaving the line of prisoners and
scaling the wall and lighting on the passing
freight train. A vOlley of pistol shots fol-
lows, but Woodruff escapes unframed. He
returns TO the Gould home in time to wit
ness the marriage of his daughter to her
choice.
During the last act several songs are
given by Miss CiOe Benoir, who imperson-
ates Susan, the hOusemaid. George Weller,
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BACK FROM NEW YORK.
Merrill MoOres and Rowland Evans
Took Dispositions.

Deputy Attorney General Merrill Moores
returned yesterday from a protracted
iourn in the East. With Rowland Evans.
special master in chancery, appointed by
the late Judge Woods, Mr.. Moores has
been taking dispositions for the State of
tax case Messrs. Moores and Evans took
evidence in New York Friday, Oct. 25 but
found they could not begin their work III
Boston until Friday of last week. The OBJ
ject of the State in securing these deposit
tons is 10 show that a cash capital is
essential in the management OF an express
business. The contention of the company
in the suit is that its cash and securities
readily convertible into cash have no con-
nection with the express business and that
the taxing officials of Indiana have 10
right 10 tax it on anything but its bust
dence from four men who have been en-
gagged in the express business all their
lives to the effect that cash capital and
easily convertible securities are essential
parts OF the business.
The interim between the completion OF
his work in New York and the commence
ment of the work in Boston was spent by
Mr. Moores in the metropolis. where he
took great interest in the campaign that
talked entertainingly of the New York
campaign. Il was interested" he said,
Ito find that the city of New York occU-
pies four full counties and that there are
four county tickets to be voted for at the
election tomorrow. in addition to the city
ticket There is fusion everything be-
tween the Republicans and anu-Tammany
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as Blackadder, carries out his part with ar
apparent relish for his task.
BurIesque at the Empire.

Despite the wave of reform to which the
burlesque business has been subjected so
far this season, William B. Watson with
his own show, American Burlesquers,"
appears not to have been innoculated He
retains to a large degree the old method
of securing applause-the use of suggestive
ness. Watson is endowed with talent and
would be a fair comedian if he would use
legitimate methods. In securing material
for his show ne has surrounded himself
with talent above the average.
In the opening burlesque, "A Yiddisher
Christening" Watson assumes the princi-
pal role and makes all the fun. The chorus
is large, both in numbers and physical pro-
portions. Dan Crimmins and Rosa Gore
are in the olio. They still have their old
sketch, which, it appears, will always be
funny. Tascott, who is on the programme
as a white man with a negro dialect, scored
a success by his rendition of popular coon
melodies There is also among the enter
tanners Christopher Green, who is a de-
cided novelty with his playing of musical
instruments of odd and curious make. Nc
Cloud and Melville, after absence of
several seasons, have returned with little
added to their singing and dacing sketch.
Leslie and Curdy are on the bill for Just
a few songs a few jokes; that's all" Rena
Washburn and Cressy Grant are two
huxom women who sing songs and then
make personal remarks about each other.
Watson has arranged a funny afterpiece
IN "Zebs Corner" in which the whole
troupe assists.
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AN APPARENT CONFLICT.
Entries on the Records of the Ap-
peIIate Court Explained.

An apparent conflict in the entries on the
records of the Appellate Court in the case
of the State of Indiana on the relation of
Arthur Webb against John Stockwell and
others was the basis of question pro-
pounded to Deputy Clerk Batcheler yes
terday, and Mr.. Bachelors explanation of
the odd situation furnished an interesting
story.
AT one point in the record of entries in
the Webb case appears the statement that
the petition of appelees for leave to file
briefs was overruled, while a little further
on is the seemingly contradictory entry
that petition of appellees for leave to file
briefs is granted.
PLANTATION of the contradiction he said: ION
the 18th of October last Representative II
w. Miers, Of the law firm of Miers & Corr,
of Bloomington, filed in the Webb case a
petition in which he stated that he had
been assigned the duty of preparing the
brief for his clients side of the case, and
that on account of press of other business
and an unfamiliarity with the new rules of
the Appellate Court he had failed to get
the brief ready to be filed within the re-
quireG period.
Mr. Miers was much annoyed when the
court overruled his petition. since it left
his clients without a presentation of their
argument in the case. He recognized, how
ever, that the court was acting entirely
within its rules.
I'm some manner he found out that the
Webb case had not come under the opera
ton of the new rules of the Supreme and
Appellate Court, since the appeal was filed
five days before the rules went into effect
Then he proceeded to file a supplemental
petition asking that his brief be accepted
and setting out the fact that his case came
under the old practice of the courts. This
petition was granted by Presiding Judge
Wiley. That is the explanation of the APP
parent conflict in the entries"
The concluding portion of Mr.. Miers's
supplemental petition is of interest as
showing the difference between the present
practice in the higher courts of the State
and the practice under the old rules The
petition says: Your petitioner would re-
spectfuIly ask leave of the court to file said
briefs under the rules in force at the time
of filing said transcript. Confidently rely
ing on the liberal practice that was al
lowed appellee's under the old rule in filing
briefs, | earnestly urge upon the court the
propriety of permitting said briefs to be.
fled at this time under the old rules
The incident has been the subject of con-
siderable comment from the additional fact
hat IL shows that a member of Congress
possesses no advantage over other attorneys
when he seeks TO practice law before the
courts of Indiana
Although Mr.. Batcheler did not make the
admission Il was understood that he d.
rected the attention of Representative
Miers 70 the mistake he had made in think
ing the Webb case came within the new
rules of the higher courts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-05
FLORAL SHOW TONIGHT
THE STATELY CHRYSANTHEMUM
WILL MAKE ITS BOW.
Elaborate Arrangements Have Been
Made for This Years Exhibit
Other Features.

Tomlinson Hail. gorgeously bedecked, Is
all but ready for the big. Indiana Floral
Festival and Chysanthemum Show, which
begins this evening az s o'clock. Under
the direction of superintendent John Ber-
termann, assisted by corps of assistants,
the work of decorating which has been
going on for four days is near completion
and the last touches will be added this
morning Local florists who are participant
ing in the show say that 1t will be the
best Indianapolis or the State ever saw;
that there will be more exhibits, that the
entries are of a higher quality, and that
more attention is being paid to special
features than ever before. The managers
of the show expect a hall-filling crowd
each afternoon and evening.
In the decorations special attention has
been paid TO the general effect. No part
of the auditorium has been neglected at the
expense of another part. There are no
empty spots, no ugly voids in the bower
like beauty. Entering the hall, stately
avenue of palms opens before the visitor
and leads him to the stage. The big green
plants reaching half way to the ceiling,
are inclosed in imitation tree trunks. I'm
mense quantities of moss and smilax have
been used with effect on the walls and
the stage. There is not a half inch of
space uncovered by dark green verdure or
a brilliant chrysanthemum standing out in
marked relief. Floral designs, cleverly got
up, are used to relieve the green walls.
Shields, monograms and crosses done in
crimson and yellow blossoms are fire.
quent
The floral show will include almost every
flower commonly known and some rarely
seen. Special attention has been paid to
chrvsanthemums and roses; and these ex-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-05
The Vaudeville at the Grand.

An orchestra took the place of the piano
at the Grand yesterday. Manager Bronson
did not announce the change beforehand
He decided to keep II quiet and see what
effect the surprise would have. The reg
ular Monday filed in during
the overture and gave no sign that they
noticed any new feature. Apparently they
did not hear the orchestra, and Mr.. Bron-
son laughed at them. They had been COM
planning of the tinkle-tankle of the piano,
which gave them a chill. Nevertheless. the
orchestra is great improvement and will
be appreciated. 1t helped yesterdays two
performances immensely.
There is stirring music on the stage of
the Grand we'll as in front of ii this
week The Four Colbys are in the bill. \
small boy Is dressed and bearded
Sousa, a smaller girl beats the drums and
a XylOphone and man and a woman,
presumably the father and mother of the
children, play horns. Sousa limitations are
many and old, but this one is funny and
the music is we'll played. The little girl
also sings Il Want To be the Leading
Lady" with a dance. She does il as if she
babyhood. and she excites the audiences.
The whole act is clever and lively and il
gets many encores as II will take.
Oracle Emmett and three assistants show
a sketch called Mrs. Murphy's Second
Husband" 1t was written by Charles Hor-
witt. whose songs. with Bowers music are
working Irish woman grown rich. marries
the second time. She takes a man only
twenty--six years old. though she has a
married daughter Her new husband is
the cream of the hospital" as she says
lie Is dyspeptic and has fluttering heart
The comedy is in the hearty Irish woman's
treatment of the weakling. Clement Blew
ms. who acts the broken man, makes up
Well and is funny until he speaks. He
ought 10 take his part in pantomime. The
sketch Is full of fun and the credit belongs
TO Miss Emmett, the elderly Irish Wom-
an, and To HOrwitZ, who has given her
some bright lines.
James r. DOlan and Ida Lenharr, with
helper, have burlesque on burglary that
Is grotesque. Horace Golden. who now
calls himself the Great Golden" performs
"A series OF mystifying tricks. the best of
which Is catching live goldfish out of the
audience with a pole and line. Hayes and
Healy score well with a tumble OF bois-
ferrous foolery- DOOley and Kent talk and
sing entertainingly. Trovollo pleases with
Xentrnoqulsm and walking figures. Edna
Birchan sings badly-selected songs with a
remarkable feminine baritone voice. Tom
Moore has new method OF shouting coon
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KEITH'S CONDITION.
He Was VisibIy Affected by the SUI
preme Courts Action.

Word came from Michigan City yester-
day that Joseph ID. Keith. the condemned
murderer who occupies a cell in the State
Prison with John Rinkard, also sentenced
10 death, is giving signs of collapse since
hearing of the Supreme Courts aflrmance
of his sentence last Friday. Prison officials
expect Keith to give out a statement in a
few days, attempting to clear himself of
guilt in the killing of Nora Kifer. The con-
demned mans attorneys are expected to
present a petition for rehearing to the Su-
preme Court, possibly to-day. If the court
denies the petition the next move will be
to appeal TO Governor Durbin for commu-
tation of Keith's sentence TO imprisonment
for life. Repeated attempts have been
made to ascertain the Governors attitude
towards capital punishment. but without
result a rumor is going about state Of
fetal circles to the effect that Governor
Durbin knows or will be informed that the
transcript in the Keith appeal to the SUI
preme Court was carelessly prepared. and
that he may be Influenced by this alleged
fact to grant Communication of the death
sentence.
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hibits are said to excel anything of the
kind ever shown here. The competition
in large bloom chrysanthemums is particu-
larly pronounced, and the prize committee
has a task before 1t in awarding prizes.
This evening the committee will consider
cut roses and carnations, and Tuesday
evening 1t will award prizes in cut chry
santhemums and in chrysanthemum plants.
Indiana florists have sent complete ex-
hibits of carnations, roses and chrySanthe
NUNS, and a number of Eastern floral
companies will have space for the exhibit
ton of these flowers. The Washington
Rose Company of Washington d. c.. Peter
Cincinnati and Chicago will be among the
exhibitors. The popularity of carnations
in Indiana especially is attracting the at
tention of florists and there will be very
full display of the flower in all kinds and
colOrs known.
One of the special features of the show
which is looked forward TO by the florists
with as much interest as by the general
public is the orchid display. The orchid on
account of its rarity and scarcity is not
often a feature of any floral exhibition
but this week many varieties of the plant
will be on exhibition.
Mayor Bookwalter will open the floral
festival tonight with a speech of welcome
to the florists. J. A. T.. Haugh, president
of the State Florists Association, will de-
liver an address. Herman +. Bellstedt of
Cincinnati, will play cornet solo, and
fore the hour approaches for the show to
be opened, the hundreds of incandescent
lights placed among the decorations will
be turned and will CLEAN in all colors
among the smilax and roses.
Superintendent Bertermann, in speaking
of the best time to view the exhibits said
yesterday that the people should come as
early in the week as possible. Flowers are
perishable material he said, and while
they will be renewed throughout the week,
still, during the first day or two, there
will be a freshness and beauty which cam
not be renewed.
The show will continue through the week
and on Saturday there will be an auction
sale of plants.
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Democrats. on the one hand. against Tam
many on the other.
Sheehan and his branch of the Demo-
cratic party have joined the reform Demo-
Gratis and Republicans in Brooklyn. which
means that Brooklyn Is going Republican.
The bitterest fight is being made for the
office OF district attorney of New York
city proper, which is Manhattan island.
The fusion nominee. Judge William Trav-
ers Jerome Is making a most eXtraordi-
Eary campaign against the Tammany non.i-
nee, Henry w. Unger. Justice Jerome
delivered between. twenty and thirty
speeches a day, and If an Indianapolis
audience could listen TO a few OF them
they would be astounded. The judge liter
ally calls a spade a spade and handles
Tammany without gloves"
Mr.. Moores said he felt doubt OF Seth
Lows election as the fusion candidate for
mayor of Greater New York. and added
that of the fusion candidates for judge
of the Supreme Court would undoubtedly
beat Van Wyck. Of the Tammany ticket.
Four judges of the Supreme Court will be
elected to-day and great interest is being
taken in this feature of the election.
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CITY BOND INVESTMENTS.


II think that public-spirited citizens of
Indianapolis ought TO take it upon them
selves TO make an effort this winter to in
duce the Legislature of New York State
to amend the savings bank law so as to
permit the savings banks of that State to
invest in the bonds of this city," said E.
NJ. Johnson of the bond and banking house
of j. F. Wild & Co., yesterday.
Mr.. Johnson's remark was called forth
by reading a recent publication in a New
York financial paper to the effect that Of
ficers of the sinking fund of Columbus, O..
are making preparations to ask the New
York Legislature TO allow savings banks of
that State to invest in bonds of the city
named.
New York State has rather a stringent
law governing the mode o. investment of
funds of savings banks. The law allows
such institutions to invest in securities of
cities outside of New YORK State to the
number of only twenty-ni1e, as follows
Boston, Worcester, Cambridge, Lowell and
Fan River. Mass; St. Louis. Mo-; Cleve-
land, Cincinnati and Toledo, o.. Detroit and
Grand Rapids. Mich: Providence r. l.:
New Haven and Hartford, Conn; Portland
Ne: Philadelphia, Pittsburg ALLEGHENY
Reading and Scranton, Pa; Minneapolis
anu at. Paul, Mimi; Des Moines, Ia; Mil
waukee. Wis; Louisville, Ky; Paterson
and Trenton, y. j., and Baltimore, Md.
The reason that the Columbus people in
tend TO try to get the New York law en-
larged so as TO admit bonds of their city
is clearly stated in the paper mentioned
thus: 1T is likely the city (Columbus) will
be in the bond business for some years Il,
come, and il is good business policy to get
as large a market possible for the bonds
stimulating competition and thereby reap-
ing the benefit of the lowest possible rate
of interest"
Indianapolis ranks just as high fnan-
cially as any city named In the New York
law" said AIR, Johnson. and higher than
some OF them. think that we ought 10
have the advantage of the larger bono
market just as we'll as any other city But
this thing cannot be done simply by writ
ing a letter to the Legislature at ALBANY
requesting that the law be amended so a.
To include indianapolis. Somebody will have
10 go from this city TO the Legislature O
New York and see that the amendment Is
made. OR else the services OF a compe-