The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-10
Pigeon Line in Wall Street.

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Feb. 1O.-Alfred de Cordova has established
a carrier pigeon telegraph line for the exclu-
| sive use of himself and his friends in Wall
street.
| Bear, Bull, Tape and Ticker are the princi-
pal pigeons of this line. They carry mes
sages continuously back and forth between
Wall street and Chetolah. out on Long
| Island
A large cote joins the De Cordova stables
on Chetolah farm. There is a small trap that
| the pigeons fly into when coming home from
| one of their journeys. This trap, as they
alight, mechanically rings a bell that an
| nounces the val of the aerial messenger
! and matter what time of night or day it
may be, the maid goes Immediately to the
cote.
| One day last summer Mr.. de Cordova, on
a vacation, away from every one save an In
dian guide and a canoe, took one of the birds
with him. let it fly home, had it sent back
to him, and let it fly home again, until the
| bird had learned it's way and was able to
carry messages.
! Mr.. de Cordova was lying one night in the
Indians log cabin, when suddenly the bell of
I the trap rang. It was late Mr.. de Cordova
| did not believe it was the pigeon. But on
going to the door he found the faithful bird,
with the note safe under it's tail feathers. 1t
happened that the note was important and
saved Mr.. de Cordova some thousands of dol
| Mi. DE COruOVa III ali mas twenty three
| birds. One bird can be taught to fly from
but one point. but when once trained 1t will
| never forget.
Ticket Spectators Games.
| Magistrate Crane, when three ticket specu-
| lators were arraigned before him, denounced
their trade and the collision between specula-.
lars.
tors and some theater proprietors. William
T. Keogh, one of the proprietors of the new
Star theater, ordered three men away from
his theatar on Saturday evening. He said
| they were specializing in tickets for the eve
ning's performance. A policeman, at Keogh's
| request, placed the men under arrest.
II have something to say in regard to
these ticket SPECTATORS said the magistrate.
81 know the game well. Now, half of the
theaters in this city. believe, stand in with
the Spectator and divide the spoils. 1t is
| disgrace that a person cannot buy decent
seat at the box office. but must go to the
SPECTATORS on the sidewalk and pay double
the price. Some theaters send their best seats
to hotels and there get prices for them far
beyon1 their value.
81 understand that at one theater relative
of the owner is employed Spectator, and
you cannot get decent seat at the box once,
but must go to this man and pay double the
price If it Is true, the managers should be
punished criminally.'
| The magistrate fined the prisoners $40 each
on charges of disorderly conduct.
Plea for Local Option.
General Stewart L. Woodford presided over
the mass meeting for men yesterday at Car
negie hall under the auspices of the Y. NJ. c.
A., at which DR.. Lyman Abbott made plea
for local option in an address on The Saloon
Question IN New YORK.
"This is a question upon which it is m-
possible for everybody to agree said DR..
Abbott For that reason each person must
be allowed to choose his own way. think
that any man who wants to go out and get a
drink on Sunday should be allowed to do SO.
we often read Or hear of the man who wants