The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-30
SHOWER OF BOSTON MONKEYS.
ONE or EN- AND OTHER THINGS
FOLLOW A JOKER HERE.
Councilman Lane. Who Has Been HAWKS
Fun With Other Folks. Has Joke on
Himseif-They Have the Joke NJ the
Holland House and It's Lively Beast.

Councilman Lane. Who Has Been HAWKS
Fun With Other Folks. Has Joke on
Himseif-They Have the Joke At the
Holland House and It's Lively Beast.
The clerks in the Holland House were
kept busy most Of yesterday answering
questions about Councilman Daniel W.
Lane of Boston. A stream OF messengers
with queer-looking bundles poured into
the hotel Office inquring for Mr.. Lane
kilograms. letters and dinner invitations
came 10y the score. Nearly every express
wagon that stopped in front Of the hotel
brought a package addressed to the Council
man. A man came in with live monkey
and the hotel folks realized that Mr.. Lanes
friends were having fun with him.
Mr.. Lane is one Of the most popular
members Of the Boston City Council. He
also has the reputation Of being practical
joker. For many years he has been having
| fun with his friends and recently they
| began to have fun with him. They in
serted advertis ements in the newspapers
announcing that he had several thousand
dollars to invest in patents. They sent
| him on wild goose chases They mailed
| funny letters to him and telegraphed
st range messages. Then they began to
express to him packages. including all
| sorts Of things from a tin horn to wash
boiler. Finally a monkey arrived, and
Mr.. Lane made up his mind to spend the
! holidays here.
He let only one man into the secret OF his
plans This man was his esteemed friend,
James Willard OF Chicago. BY special
appointment Mr. Willard met him here
at the Imperial Hotel on Christmas night.
Now I'll fool them" said Mr.. Lane.
IN register at the Imperial. II they
try to do any monkey business with me
there I'll skip around to Fifth avenue and
put up at the Holland House"
| He registered at the Imperial and the
next day his friends discovered him there,
and presents" began TO arrive. He took
refuge at the Holland House. The news
that he was there reached Boston on SUM-
day night.
| Yesterday morning Mr.. lanes mail was
large. Then the kilograms and packages
arrived. He promptly took to his room.
leaving orders with the hotel clerks that
| under no circumstances must he be dis
| turbed.
But at noon an express messenger APP
peared with package. which he insisted
upon delivering to MIR. Lane personally. A
belllJoy was sent up to his room on the
fifth floor with the information that the
man who had the package would not leave
the hotel without seeing him.
-Send him up" said the Council an, and
presently the man with the pac age APP
peared, The Alderman eyed it with sus-
picion
what is it?- he demanded.
Il don't know said the express mes
senger but it's alive
He put the package on table in the
room and got out before Mr.. Lane had a
chance to open 1t. The Councilman loosened
up the string and a live monkey hoped
out. Mr.. Lane rang his bell.
take that thing away" he shouted
The belboys tried to capture the monkey,
but Jocko lsaped to the gas chandelier.
Mr.; Lane got out and hunted up his friend
willard
where out Of town. II go into the hotel
dining room there may be dozen monkeys
waiting for me.
They departed and the hotel employees
captured the monkey. just what they did
with II they would not say
Il know where 1t II now said the chief
clerk, but my lips are sealed. It's a fine
monkey. but I guess Mr.. Lane didn't send
for IT, He went out in his evening clothes,
and that's as much al dare tell you"
BOsToN, Mass, Dec. 29.-Back Bay circles
appreciate the joke on Councilman Lane.
Mr.. Lane was graduate manager Of athletics
at Harvard in 90 and "a. and has since
been in the real estate bond business here
|
from the Elev, nth Ward.
MIR. Lane has two monkeys now, for one
sent to his home at 291 Beacon street IL still
| there and has taken kindly to his new sur
| roundings. The New York monkey Is
new one Mr.. Lanes friend, Benjamin d
Hyde, received a monkey too. At last
accounts it was at the home Of Winthrop
Brown. a broker In Belmont. 1t began in
this way:
On Christmas morning an expressman
brought a package to Mr.. lane home
1t proved to be a cage containin a small
monkey. Accompanying it was a type
written letter signed "Eunice." On the
outside of the boz appeared the address,
-Eunice Bowes Upham. Pittsfield, Mass,
and the words feed me-"
Councilman Lane strongly suspected
that he was the victim Of some practical
Joker as he was not acquainted with Eunice
Upham" and had never been in Pttsfield
He concluded that his friend Hyde must
have been at the bottom Of the plot. So
the morning after Christmas Mr.. Hyde
received a monkey by express. He sus-
pected that Mr.. Lane had sent II to him
and the two compared notes, Mr.. Lane
denying that he was the donor Of the
| monkey sent to Hyde.
Mr.. Hyde didn't know what to do with
the animal 70 he turned II over to friend
| who owned a aeat in the Stock Exchange,
and the brokers there had a lot Of fun with
it. Finally Mr.: Brown took 1t home as
pet for his children.
monkey. Mr., lane has one at his home
here and one in New York. while Mr.. Hyde
is petless.