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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-25
Did Not Attempt Suicide.

The Star August 1, reprinted a statement
from Richmond papers, alleging that w.
T. Day Of that city had on the previous day
attempted suicide. Mr.. Day vigorously de-
MES the truthfulness of this statement. The
Star regrets this Inaccurate publication and
willingly prints this correction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-25

the end. Sure enough. a short time there
after he was taken i'll.
T This illness was pronounced yellow fever.
1t did not matter that there had been
case of fever in the house adjoining and
that the mosquitoes had had free access
back and forth. The boy died and, as far
as his family and friends are concerned, the
mosquito theory had nothing to do with 1t.
The lizard theory was paramount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-25
Don't Keep Useless Articles.

What's useless to you may be useful to
some one else Costs only 1c. a word 10
advertise for an exchange in the Trade"
column of The Star Minimum charge. 15c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-25

If you want work read the want col
umns of The Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

but her life has left its marks upon
her features, and the blue eyes that
might have glanced with tenderness
are now shifty and crsel, the mouth
is set. and there are no roses In her
cheeks, while her golden hair is tossed
tawdrily over frowning brow She
came to the Jail in rags. but has been
given good clothes, yet she wears them
with none of that pride with which q
woman usually wears fnery. Lovina
Lanfear, in short. is a good example
of the degradation to which a young
girl open to evil influences can sink.
The girl bandit is the daughter Of q
farmland, her birthplace being In
Dorset, u nearby hamlet in the hills.
''Vinie," as she is called, was brought
up in poverty and vice. Her mother
was weak. simple and careless of her
children's we'll being. while the father
was brute almost passing descrip-
ton.
Last September she was married to
a young man named Martin Westcott,
who amounted to little. The girl is
the mother of a child cared for at
present by WINES" family.
Her married life was short, and
when she and her husband tired Of
living together they simply separated.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

treat, OF the country homes ar otrca
Tammany sachems. Tweed diedi. exile;
his famous place in the near corner OF
Connecticut, is now part of the estate
of Banker Benedict. Grover Cleveland's
close friend, and the old landmarks ia
mi!iar to the Americas club boys are all
o6literated. "Dick" Connolly. the
comptroller Of the city under the Tweed
ring. had q fine place on Manhattan
island, then rural enough. His old
house has been a tramp-infested ruin
for years, the festive and elaborate sum-
mer house only remaining in recognize
able shape. The grading Of the new
Lafayette boulevard has destroyed that
and hundred tons of rock cover Its site.
Croker never had country place in
America. nor any need for one. During
his latter years in power he made fire.
quent trips to England for rest, ana
when in the city lived in his luxurious
apartments at the Democratic club. Hc
has not for long time lived with his
family. Mr.. Cookers country places
are good enough. no doubt, in Ireland
and in England, but they would hardly
be called show places; and they contain
little enough of happiness just now for
the broken old man with the snow white
beard and the deep-lined face. The
death of one of MIR. Cookers sons In an
automobile accident and Of another in
carouse is followed by the marriage OF
Florence Croker to an Italian nobleman.
Count San MARITIME, form of alliance
promising little happiness to an Ameri-
can girl.
Old New Workers have not forgotten
how Florence Croker, when little girl,
was the central figure in political row
which was none of her fault. Hugh
Grant was mayor of New York from
1889 to 1892. He was and is wealthy;
Croker was in those days poor. Great
therefore was the sensation when it was
learned that Mr.. Grant had given $1O,-
900 to little Florence Croker. Cookers
enemies insisted that the gift was prac-
tically to himself. AS it afterward
turned out that Mr.. Croker could in un.
explained ways accumulate big for
tune in six years. no one now doubts that
Miss Florence really got the money, and
that it did not mean politics. She needs
it all and good deal more to afford a
titled husband in these hard times.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

20, with his mouth so full of grass that
very little sound escaped.
Willie's careful attention to his "in-
the wrinlkled hide which had covered
his skeleton filled out until all the
ncighbors remarked: MY. how that
lamb does grow!" He soon had very
respectable crop of wool, too, but pos
sibly because he had caught cold, or
because of his unnatural diet, the wool
began to fall out. This, of course, gave
him ragged appearance, and caused
him to look disreputable once more,
and it became the duty of every one
who came near him to help him quick
ly through this period of unsightliness
by pulling out handful Of the loose
wool. The performance of this duty
was not confined to humans, either.
for several times, on going out to the
barn where the lamb spent the night.
surprised meadow mouse in the act
of running off with big tuft OF Will
hes wool.
Before he was half plucked, a lady
came to stop at our house. and it was
seen at once that affection in Willie
had not been absent, but latent. All
he had apparently was now lavisl:ed
on this lady, and the lamb was seldom
happy when she was out of his sight
II she went for a walk Willie went
with her. and If she sat down. the
lamb would Craze close by. or lie down
on her skirt and chew his cud. II
she went to sit on the piazza, Willie
would lie down by her side until she
arose and went away. When she went
into the house, Willie at once ex-
pressed his disappointment or dis
pleasure by bleating at the top Of his
lungs. II there was no response to
this cutlery. the lamb would stand on
his hind legs at one window after an
ether. placing his fore feet on the sill.
and searching earnestly for his MIS-
tress. Sometimes he would come to
the door. and hammer at it with his
fore feet. and IL no one paid any atten-
ton tc that. he would leap against
the door with all his might. making
noise which never failed to attract
attention. Finally. if all his antics
went unheeded. he would bound angrl-
ly away along the piazza, with series
of jumps in which he gathered all four
feet together and brought them down
at once with all the vigor of his now
vigorous body.
Willie is by no means a coward; he
had hard little head. and he Knows
! how to use it, took him into the iu-
closure to see the buffalo calves. not
long ago, and when one of them adj
vanced upon him with lowered head,
Willie very solewnly put his head
DOWN. too, and took the first shock
of tattle like a soldier. But the
next moment the calf looked so
fierce. and srorted and kicked so
much. that the lamb ran of out of
danger. But he is usually willing to
try conclusions with any other crea-
ture, regardless of size.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

could. Father and mother care? Not
they.
II married Westcott. but we didn't
get along, so we just quit.
Il didn't care, because he tried to
make me stay in the house nights
when he was away, and I didn't want
to. I like to enjoy life. Well. when
he told me to go away from him. l
went. / stayed at home little while,
and then met fellow named Albert
Ross, who was clerking at tie Putnam
house in Bennington.
1--WE kept company. AL and I, and
he worked at the hotel and over at
the golf links at Manches,er-in-the-
Mountains. But finally we got tired
Of living around here, and thought
we'd get out.
"The first night it was dark, and
got tired; so Al and went into a
barn to sleep till morning. We didn't
know there was anyone in there, but
we had hardly got inside when we
heard our. names called. and, looking
up in the haymow, saw my cousin,
Merritt Reed, aad friend named Dan
Brockway.
"Whoa AL and I saw the fellows we
wanted to know what they were doing
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

lion dollars, he has resumed that call.
ing in a Coney Island music hall.
McNally began with a capital of 5000
painfully saved up from his wages;
you need little real money for bait in
the green goods game. The $500 grew,
and presently he was able to grub
stake" others at the game and to broad
en- his energies to planning, advertising,
sending the circulars and financing the
deals of his satellites.
Taylor's hotel, in Jersey City, an ex-
cellent and reputable place. was for
years pestered by the persistence Of
green goods men, who would appoint
rendezvous there with the rural come
ons who thirsted to do the swindlers 1T
their own game. For the funny thing
about the green goods game is that It's
victims know 1t, for the most part. Nine
out of ten of them are Smart Alexis"
who understand the procedure from be-
ginning to end; the furnishing of good
bill as a sample of the goods" the pay
ment of real money; the substitution of
satchel full of green paper; the "t'row.
ing a scare into" the visitor by q fake
detective; they know the game. say,
but think that they are sharp enough to
beat 1t at some point. Once in awhlla
some one Of them does beat 1t.
McNally used to show come on" as
much as $4,000 in good money, and Of
fer it for 81, 900, trusting to the old SUBJ
stitution trick, which never failed to
save him. He bought $4,000 worth Of
iewelry in one year for woman with
whom he was infatuated; she deserted
him when he was caught, not by any
body he had robbed, but by post Office
men. His horses and carriages, his
country place, his money in the bank,
all went to his lawyers. Now he beg:us
again at the bottom Of the ladder. a
waiter, and not very deft one with his
bent, crooked fingers and slow old legs.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

unfortunate. Princess Rospigliosi finds
herself in the awkward position Of .
princess who is not princess and q
wife who is not a wife.
Miss Mary Reid married according to
the Catholic rites Col. E. H. Parkhurst,
of Bangor, Me. Afterward she secured
a divorce from the colonel. Still later
she married the prince, who is Of the
"black" or papal party. OF course, she
did not claim that her civil divorce was
valid in the eyes Of the church; to legal
fze the second marriage she clafma1
the first was canonically irregular, mas
much as the proper dispensation was
lacking; that consequently, while 1t was
ciyilly a marriage, it was none in relig-
ion. Examination Of the records showed
that the proper dispensation had been
issued for Miss Reds marriage to a
ron-Catholic; hence her marriage to the
prince was invalid instead, and she is
canonically Mrs. Parkhurst, while civil.
" divorced from him.
What with clashes between the civil
and religious services. and the sights
nut upon American girls in German in
termarriages because they are not high
well-born," and the financial consider
atoms everywhere expected from the
baser partner for the-theoretically-
nobler, the path of an American girl In
search of title is beset with troubles.
OWEN LANGDON.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
''QUEEN" OF A GANG WHICH OPERATED
IN VERMONT-STORYO OF THEIR
CRIMES AND THEIR CAPTURE
AFTER FIERCE BATTLE.
WHY LovINA lANFEAR BECAME A R0BBER
Thought 1t "Couldn't Be Any Worse Than
Working" Evil Associates and Influ-
ences Work the Ruin of the Daugh-
ter of q Farm Hand.

Bennington, Vt.-Lovina Lanfear, a
bandit queen at IS, is in the Jail here.
According to the officers, the girl is
as desperate character as ever
roamed the hills of the Green Noun
tain state. The capture of the gang
with which she was associated seems
to bear out their assertion, for the
girl and her pals were taken prisoners
after . desperate battle. in which one
man lost his life.
Lovina Lanfear is IN the same cell
in which Mrs. Mary Rogers awaited
trial for the murder Of her husband.
Mrs. Rogers case attracted worldwide
attention because of the brutality Of
the crime of which she was found
guilty. The Lanfear girls case prom
Uses to become as famous on account
of her youth and the peculiar circum-
stances surrounding her strange ca
reer.
A remarkable story is hers, one that
makes the hearer pity her rather than
blame the girl. Her face is pretty,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

After she left Westcott the girl met
Albert Ross, a member of the gang
Of bandits over which she soon ruled.
In fact. he was the most desperate,
and was the one to lose his life when
the country officers and the gang met
in battle.
Asked to tell her own story in her
own way, she does SO willingly, and
with freedom that in an innocent girl
would be taken as naivete, but in her
case can be called nothing but aban-
dom
Certainly I'm guilty of being with
the gang" she says, though you
couldn't call us bandits. We didn't
do anything so horrible, and il we'd
been let alone we'd have got away
without causing any harm except TAX
ing what we needed when we could
find it.
Everybody around here knows me.
was born near Dorset, and went to
the district school. didn't care much
for it, and used to stay away when
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

bers Of the family have gone through
the paddock gate into the exclusive
horsey Set George Ehret, the owner of
the great Hell Gate Brewery" is an
other man of this type; short, stout,
quiet, unassuming, model husband and
father, charitable. Mr.. Ehret's brew
cry is not SO big as the famous ones of
Milwaukee and st. Louis but as he owns
more corner stores in New York than
even the Astors-and corner stores cost
money-he is not candidate for the
poverty class. Most Of his choice prop
critics Mr.. Ehret acquired through
brewers mortgage" system, which 20
naturally accompanies high license.
The great sugar refining families, orig
finally German, are of earlier American
antecedents. Most of the Havemeyers,
Elders, Mollenhauers, Dicks are in the
third or fourth generation in this coun-
try. Akin to them are the cordage mil
lionaires with the appropriately
named Cord S. Meyer, the most conspicu-
Gus in politics, and Berry Wall, social
ly the most famous as the once reigning
"King of the Dudes" The Waterburys
are English By descent, but most of the
local ropemakers come from east Of the
North sea.
More than half the great piano indus
try is in German hands and it also has
enriched group of new Americans.
William Steinway, William Sohmer, the
elder Weber (now dead) were men of
this class. Mr.. Steinway has often been
desired as candidate for mayor of New
York, as the stout old German chemist,
Martin Kalbfreisch, became an early re-
form mayor of Brooklyn. Mr.. Steinway
long ago laid out model town abou.
his piano factory on Long Island; the
region bears his name, and the Steinway
houses are now the nucleus of ward
Of the Greater New York.
The Germans have prospered exceed
ingly as building contractors. Their
ablest men in this line have generally be-
gun as carpenters. The masonry branch
Of the building trade was in old days
largely monopolized by 1rishmen and
Scots, but now Italians are entering it
as workmen and employers. And. of
course, most Of the great painting and
decorating firms, again, bear German
names.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Vanity.

Miss Frances Keller, Of the Women's
Municipal League of New York, illus
trated admirably at recent dinner
party a point which she wished to make
in reply to a man who had said
women are vainer than men," "Of
course" Miss Keller answered, Il ad-
init that women are vain and men are
not. There are a thousand proofs that
this is so. Why, the necktie Of the hand
soonest man in the room is even now up
the back of his collar" There were six
men present and each Of them put his
hand gently behind his neck.-Phila.
delphia Ledger.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
INTERESTING CAREER OF THE
PET OF THE NATURALIST.
From a Delicate Babyhood He De-
velops Into a Healthy Creature OF
Independent Ways and Some
Affection-His Mistress.

1t Is seldom that I have had either
the time or the inclination to study
domestic animals. lease of all have
ever desired TO emulate Mary, whose
historic pet was long since converted
INTO mutton. However, there are some
things in this world which we get
whether we want them or not; some
times it's measles-sometimes it's a
lamb.
Willie arrived with bad cold. and.
In spite Of the fact that we were con-
tinually picking out warm corners for
him and feeding him on the warmest
milk he would drink, for a long time
the little fellow appeared as one be-
loved of the gods. He would lie down
with closed eyes for hours at time,
to get up at last and wander atmlessly
about, only to lie down little later.
When he first came, he would take a
good deal Of warm milk. but the
amount fell of until he would hardly
take any. He just shifted it, shook his
head and turned away.
Even as early as this, We discovered
that Willie had a mind of his own. Ii
he DIDN'T want q thing. he knew 1t.
and. unlike many other animals have
seen. he could not be coaxed into TAX
Ing it If he took drink of milk. all
right; but if he once turned up his
nose at it, one might just as we'll let
him alone, for he wouldn't touch an
other drop II it was kept in front OF
him all day. He became so thin and
weak that he seemed in constant dan
ger of falling over his own shadow.
Why he didn't die. no one has yet en-
planned: but perhaps it was because
about this time he began to nibble a
few blades of grass-enough, probably
to keep the spark of life In his skinny
little body. Gradually, he paid moro
and more attention to grass. and be-
fore long he was busy almost the
whole day long, sauntering about the
garden and along the roadsides, pick
ing out the choicest bits he could find
He showed little affection for any
enc at this time; in fact, he was alto.
gether too busy feeding to think OF
affection. Moreover. he would not per.
init familiarity on the part of anyone
If he saw lit to come up and sniff al
my clothing. we'll and good; but if
walked towards him with the intention
of caressing him. he would have none
of 1t. but would scamper off and &C
to feeding at safe distance. At the
same time. he did not like 10 be left
quite alone: he preferred to have some
Of us in sight. and often. if he looked
tip and found that we had all gone
| away, he would bleat. or ATTEMPT to dc
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
WILLIE THE LAMB TO GUST americans
CANADIAN BOAT DE1A1I1 TO
PUSH cRUaADE.
Hudson Bay Fishing Interests Threat.
ened by Duplication Of Alaskan
Dispute-Violation Of Laws
Is CHARGED.

In the strife for possession of Hudson
bay, between Canadian and American
fishermen. another step has been
marked by the news from st. Johns. n.
f.. that the Newfoundland land sealer
Neptune. chartered by the Canadian gov
eminent. has left that port equipped
with stores and provisions to strengthen
the police posts and to assert Canada 8
authority over the disputed region.
The departure of the Neptune recalls
the conflict which for years has been 60.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

He's no dude" "BOSSert? BOSSert!"
the 400 ruminated. CHOW who can that
be-?
The incident is illustrative Of the OPP
portunity which is the Republic. Hyde's
place at Bay Shore was the pride of his
father. He himself developed it to rare
beauty, largely at the expense OF the
Equitable stockholders. There he bred
fine horses, but not fast ones-his taste
was more for coaching-and fine flow
ers, the famous violets included. He
was blue ribbon winner at the horse
shows there and elsewhere. 1t seems to
be thought good business for life in
surance man to have show place in the
country. That of President Mccall, Of
the New York Life, down on the Jersey
side, is huge pile of ostentatious cost
illness.
Louie" Bossert about 30 years ago
started planning mill and sash factory
in that section of Brooklyn known as
'Dutchtown." He lived there himself;
later, as the mill grew and business be-
came good, he moved uptown and built
simple, modest house on Bushwick
avenue, the show street of the newer
German district. Brooklyn has been en-
joying a building boom of late. Owing to
conditions widely different from those
in Manhattan, most Of the building is of
! small frame cottages. This year Mr.. Bos-
sert, who is quiet, unassuming man
of not much more than middle age, was
an exhibitor at the Bay Shore horse
show. That was his entrance into the
society of the place. His purchase of
the Hyde country place makes him the
nabob of the region. Personally, I'd
much rather own planning mill than do
what Mr.. Hyde has done in the Equi-
table. Fresh shavings smell very clean
and sweet, while grating upon poor
policy holders
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
The King of the Green Goods Men.

KUN SkOWueSa0 TO
Kalamazoo let the
glad tidings go
forth: The king
Of the green goods
men, after break
ing many men, is
broke. "Jim Nc
Nally" began his
money getting ca
reer as a waiter
in a restaurant;
a + t er pas S / n s
through his fingers
at least half a mil.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
German Millionaires in New York.

.Ss DO00E4S 40
typical Of a fine
class of early i'm
migrants from
Germany who have
grown up with the
city to vast wealth.
John H. Shuts was
another of these
men. Shuts bak-
cry is a household
An Brooklyn.
Mr.. Shuts b a S
been also q famous
horse owner, and
the Younger men,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Murphy's Good Ground Farm.

dAHLlE NJ u K.
PLY is almost a
neighbor. in these
automobile days of
Mr.. Bossert. The
politicians place is
a modest one by
comparison. It is
a farm on the
South Shore at
Good Ground, and
cost only $4,000.
Considering that a
Long Island farm
10 fSn n4~4r NTH
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

out water and beyond committing dis
lance of New York, but in fashionable
region, brought $3.50, 600 last week, Mr..
Murphy was moderate in expenditure.
wonder If Murphy, who IL rich man
now, ever thinks in his Long Island re-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
The Rospigliosi.

1873 MAChA US eX.
p er i e n &C. with
Pri nee Colonna
might have abated,
one would suppose,
Florence Cookers
ardbr for her titled
Italian. A new
l t a ! o. American
matrimonial tan
gle is less tinged
with the bitterness
Of personal quar-
rels, but in another
nonno< to avyn~
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
IN THE METROPOLIS
PURCHASER OF JAMES HYDE's
BAY SHORE FARM.
EARLY GERMAN IMMIGRANTS
Country Homes Of Tammany sachems
Richard Croker q Broken Old
Nan-American Girls and
Titled Foreigners.

EW YORK. " o
sets of people were
amazed when tho
news went out that
Louis Bossert had
bought the famous
Bay Shore farm Of
James H q z e n
Hyde.
Louis Bossert?"
mcditated m or e
than one German
citizen of Brook
ly; why. I used 70
bowl with Louis
in Turn Halle.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Eat Too Much.

Austria, remarkable for its large
eaters. has the highest leath-rate.