Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

SECRETARY HERBERT has decided to
use messenger pigeon service for coast
defense. Specially designed coops are
to be built at 20 different points along
the Atlantic coast, and many hundreds
OF homing pigeons will be placed in
them. Additional lofts will later be
constructed in n continuous chain and
after time be extended to the Pacific
coast
MEMBERS of the National Anti-Cigar-
cite association visited the Thomas
IIoyne school ut Chicago recently and
200 pupils pledged themselves to aban-
don smoking and to use all just means
to prevail on others to quit the habit.
The garment workers of Baltimore,
Md, who had been on n strike for FIVE
weeks, declared the strike off and re.
turned to work on the 3lst. Over 5000
had been out
A RUMoR was recently going around
Wilmington, Del, the home of Thomas
+. Bayard, that the ambassador to
England would soon carry out q re-
solve he had made several weeks ago
that II congress passed vote Of CEN
sure he would relinquish his office.
THE four-story brick building ut lo4
and 1876 Fulton street, Boston, has been
destroyed by fire. Loss, Si50,000.
Mrs OLGA DEUss asphyxiated her
three children and herself Mt San Fran
cisco on the 3lst Her marital rela-
tions were unhappy.
THE deficit In the United States
revenues for the month of March
amounted to s.,200,0OO. The receipts
were S26,04i.l4a
THE members OF the G. A. R. at Chel-
sea, Muss., were reported agitnting for
the removal from the public schools OF
Montgomcry's History Of the United
States.
THE notorious outlaw, Carl Thorn,
alias Diamond Point, who led the raid
at Coffeyville, Kan, and who, while n
member of the Dalton outlaw gang,
killed for men, was killed on the 3lst
by United States Deputy Marshal
George Richards at Dover, Ok. Both
the outlaw and officer exchanged over
ten shots. Richards will get 50, 200 re-
ward.
A DEBATE between Secretary Hokc
Smith and cx-Speaker Crisp on the
financial problem occurred Mt Augusta,
Ga, on the 3ist, the former champion
ing sound money and the latter repre-
senting free coinage.
WHAT may develop into strike that
will paralyze the building industry In
Chicago for long period was begun
on the 30th. About 800 carpenters
went out, but tho trouble was expect
ed to spread until every one Of the a.
600 carpenters in the city had ceased
work. The trouble was about an
eight-hour day agreement between
bosses and carpenters
JACK EvERHARDT and Horace Leeds,
lightweights, met on the 3Oth ut the
Empire Athletic club Mt Maspeth, L.
l., and after hard fight In the l4th
round Everhardt won.
THE secretary of the navy has agreed
to name one OF the four battleships be-
ing provided for by congress- the "hiis-
souri," Senator Baker will ask that
another one be named the "Kansas"
The clerk Of the Oklahoma supreme
court has received q telegram from At
torney. General Harmon to call special
session of that court for the purpose Of
including what was known rs Greer
county, Tex, within judicial district
Of Oklahoma.
BIZ direction of the officials Of the
uniform rank, Knights of Pythias the
arrangements to hold the national en-
campment In Minneapolis have been
declared of and Cleveland has been
selected as the place for the coming
event
LITTLE 1l-year-old Ebert Henderson,
of Jeffersonton, went into Louisville,
Ky, on the goth with chain two feet
long attached 10 his ankle. He was
taken to q hardware store and the
chain removed. He said that for two
years his father Ind had him chained
10 q log. Henderson will be prose-
cuted.
AT least 400 Of the 1000 Italian inn
migrants who were landed on Ellis
island, N. Y, q few days ago, will be
deported, Is they have no means, 70
subsist upon Tor 80 days. Tho law re-
Quires each immigrant 70 have at least
$50 or 70 have sone relative IN Amer
leo before hg y hdmlilte