The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-26
GOOD MORNING /!
Another Advance step by The EN-
porIa News Company.
From Fridays Daily News,

ed little over three years ago, as fore
runner OF what 1t is this morning. The
paper has advanced step by step TO its
present position, as rapidly as the pat
ronagc of the paper would allow.
This important change, the prJprie-
tors felt, could not be made sooner be
cause morning paper costs about one
fourth more than an afternoon paper
The additional cost of our new venture
for the telegraph report alone is about
81 900 per annum.
1t takes time 20 build up daily
paper. THE DAILY NEWS WAS
first established IN 1870. Then We COM
menced at the wrong end, and ran down
hill The then proprietor Of the paper
sank some $4,000, and the paper was
stopped. That experience enabled us to
commence in the right way this time.
The present DALI -c-.appeared % fonr
column paper, not half its present size.
II has been three times enlarged, and is
now almost universally considered
credit TO the enterprising spirit of our
city. Last May il began 10 take the af-
ternoon associated press dispatches. This
addition was made with much hesitancy,
and after the most careful consideration
of the subject, as IL at once cntailed an
additional expense, in various ways, of
some $500 per month, the kilograms
alone costing $75 per month, and COM
polling an expensive enlargement. The
venture at once met with the most hear
ty and liberal support of the peo-
pie, which has continued I'M
ill the proprietors now feel they
can safely take "new departure" and
change from an evening to a morning
issue.
For six weeks they have been investi-
ing the matter of the night Geographic
report, and gathering such information
as was useful in deciding the change,
and in consulting experienced newspa-
per men as to the ACCESSIBILITY of the
undertaking. Our expenses will be in
creased at least One-fourth, but
the proprietors of THE NEWS
are not to be outdone in enterprise, and
are here TO fill the demands of our rap
idly growing town for live daily.
The causes which have led to this
change at present may be stated as fol-
lows: 1. The trouble and vexation of
getting our afternoon issue to its patrons
on time. This has been a constant an
noyance both to US and our readers, and
no difference how hard We labOred to
remedy the trouble, we have not been
able to do so. 2. While our afternoon re-
port was good as far as il WENT was not
full enough to satisfy either the proprie-
.ors or patrons of the paper. Our first
edition, sent on the Santa Fe train west
and on the Howard Branch. was often
very meager and unsatisfactory, on ac-
count of the late hour at which the re-
port commenced to reach the office. In
vestigation proved that the Western
Union Telegraph company did the best
they could to accommodate us, and that
the delays were unavoidable. And then,
too, all the kilograms we
published, outside of our own report,
were neasiy two days old when printed
by us. This feature of the afternoon
paper has long been n vexation
to the proprietors of THE NEWS, and we
are the happiest people in Emporia this
morning to be able to substitute page
of fresh telegraph Retos Of Onr OaoA, as
thorough and late as that given TO the
patrons of any paper in the entire west
outside of two or three of the largest
cities. We have regarded it as the right
full province of THE News to fill this
'slong felt want" and it is only just that
II should enjoy the distinction of fur
nishing the first full morning telegraph
ic report to the people OF Emporia. We
feel sure that not only our patrons but
all our citizens will congratulate us on
our enterprise. They can now boast that
they are served early every morning
with US full report of the doings of the
world as is furnished to any of the cities
of the west outside of two or
three leading points. 3. When
THE DAILY NEWS was first
established the Missouri Pacific trains
passed here about 2 p. m, which gave
US flrst-class facilities for distributing our
paper along that road Since then the
trains have changed to an hour which
made it impossible for us to reach our
subscribers with the freshest news. On
the first of January the Howard Branch
changed its time of departure from
p. M, to 4 20 q. m, which change al
most destroyed our circulation along
the line of that road, and we may say
that this change did great deal IN de-
Gliding US to change our hour of pub
location. The people along the Howard
west of this city, and on the Missouri
Pacific will now be able to get their
latest news from the columns of THE
EMPORIA DAILY NEws. May we not
expect liberal response for our enter
prise from those sections?
We have made permanent arrange
ment with the Missouri and Kansas
Press Association for their regular night
dispatches of 5000 words per night, and
now if our enterprise meets with that
support from the public which has met
US at every advanced step, we shall con-
tinue to publish a paper which will be a
credit TO Emporia- Our support from
all classes of citizens has been liberal.
We have worked TO make the paper a
necessity in every home and business
place. We understand the newspaper
situation of this city thoroughly, and il
ever has been, and will continue to be,
our desire TO fill the demand to its full
measure. THE NEWS has always been
run as legitimate newspaper enter
prise, relying solely on the patronage OF
the public for its support. 1t is, and
ever has been, free from all entangling
surroundings, and when it cannot live
as perfectly independent paper, work.
ing for the upbuilding of pure princi.
Piles and sound public doctrines, it will
at least cease TO be the property of its
present owners.
A SCRAP OF JOHN BROWN HIS
TORY.
T Troy Chief: The recent anniversary
of the execution of John Brown, has
brought out many "reminiscences Of
; him; but there was an event connected
with his execution that seems TO be gen
orally unknown, as we do not remem
n