Telegram-herald., 1886-07-22
TALK Of THE IIMES'
The Times Requiem Sung by
It's Old Employees
HON THE PAPER S00PE0IRf COUNTRY
On the Finding 81 the iii-Fstec Don
si1soo's Companion. orim~ooo-
The thompson DeLaua sean
oal ana SIS Monetary
Value

The snasien suspension ai the I,a4es xas a
matter of eenerAl comment Yesterday and
the old empioses more than athsrs seemed
90 mourn over the event most aeepl,.
During iis exisienos of seventeen Years. the
ila.fs has changed hands qails frequently
and Nith each change of hrm generally
came changes in tne editorial staf Nearly
al ihe prominent Grand Rapids isarnsli.is
have al some ume during ihrir oarerf been
Numbered among the uasfeC aud hanasea
employees al ihe paTer ana many interest
lnE STORIES arr iola oy lhem of frollariiies
apparrni of SCOOPS gained oYtF their oaH-
lcmlnfaflcz old chesluuis Ncre rs-Saf-
re,it1 Yesterday and as ihe stories Ioid are
al inteles lnE al this time d iew oi them
arr given eeios
Fred s CLARK When J assumed the
business management ui the Iia.es : found
things in terrible shape AL ihe employees
accounts were oKeT1faen. Nearly every
man had key io the cash draser. a 5
Nhen be ielt inclined he could lelp himself
Atsf the paper went o. press 81 nieut the
printers USED ID lurn THE composing rsofs
into poker nsoni, ADD ihers Ras uu system
in any 81 fbe departments fu fali
ever thing Wde iunuluE exactly coutrafF
io what 90 ought o. bad noi been lu
the Iime Office ioug eight haurs when
wished ! vas out Ou ihe hnh day Az
tturcb vas taken sIck aud he eenf to
New Orleans on his return tao months
later be found ihst ! had made some radi
cA changes all nf which he approved 4
renamed With tle IlHfs hearty tWu wears
aud never worked harder In uiN lle
could have placed TIE paprr on paving
hasis had az the mones THAI the
Times earned PASSED throa.h the business
department ! eli. undertake 90 say ihaf ths
Isncs earned in the saN 0f political ger.
Qulslies. efc from q 600 O. 81 Sula during
my management not cent of which I
ever saw Under those circumstance. %
vas impossible 20 nate both ends meet ln
Nathan Church bad sariu friend and no
one regrets the demise of Tie I.a.rs
aud the illness of IT. brilliant pro
prefor more sincerely ihan dn
Al Whife-"N a. ben J Wa city editor u
TIE Itnies au event occurred that had Na.
than Church aCiei up % promptly y ana viIh
his usuai nerve ho might have given the
Iimo notufieiy ihai would have been n-
lefnaiional 10 was in ihis wise. b A De-
Land Was q pressmau employed GOA one az
the city paperr Has Wifo aas very beam
uful woman and q remarkably tine
singer. She had been receiving fhe best ea-
cal instruction ihis ciiy could al ORD and CD
complete her musical education hef bus
band sent heF to blrope She carried plil
Der Letters of Introduction from Rev D.
Morgan smith Gao Rev br Iham nsou. then
RESIDING ln Berlin Dr Thompson had
been pastor of the Tabernacle Ihurcb ln
New York city for thirty years past wa
famous iu literary circles and enjoyed
n national reputation. Nf course
dfs Del-aDd was cordially received tY lr.
Thompson ami De al once took great In-
feresi in her ln the course 81 fre wears
she returned home Soon after her
arrival Do tbis city ber husband
became suspicious of ber and one DAY on
searching her trunk found package oi isf.
iers. TIE contents of which plainly showed
that criminal intimacy had existed be-
tween Dr.. Thompson and DIS wife Dc
Land did not know what fo do about it
and came 90 me Of course I had en- efc
Tor newspaper sensation and ] advised
lim 90 see Mr Church. q introduced them
to one another aud Church
soon became familiar with the
contents of thc ieiisrs wifh thr story
attaching % them. Al drsf Cuureh con-
seniei 60 publish ihe contents hut aficr-
wards weakened Al thaf unic vas cor
respondent Tor the Chicago I.aft and
Church c0rresponded Ser ihe New York
>u A soon ss Church made up his
mind not to publish the letters in
the Tunes teIcgraphed to the lhi-
car0 Itmc' f1e nature 0f the scandal
Mioer Storey the proprietor of The Itan.
sent a man over hene and affrf Inkesliea-
ting The matter The letter. appeared in igli
in the Chicago paper. ihlrah also sent
copies of the lstters 81 fhe >an and hoih
papers published them simultaneously
such an ssp.ff of a man who has heen
considered ies3ing dfrlne on both crun.
uents ior wears vss like the breaking
oui oi spcial volcano lf gas fle fsIE uf
fhe counfrv Directly after the .efierf were
published Charles A Dsna prapnet.r ul
/ the - and Wilbur q -asrey. of tHe Ina
were auKleue o. obfsiH she original letters
Oue paper keif oui bifdine fhe other
Storey offered Deland g. oN ior the iefiers
Charlie Dams ieieEraphei Chrrrh io uii.f
ifeiand auF amount ~ money f1f them
/ Mbne DeLane vas banging hefeern
tie tso hrrs waiting f0 see which
PAPER would give him fhs most
money. thc news vas rece we'd fhai fef.
/ Dr Ibompson bad dropped dead in hefin.
Ten DAYS afer fhe publication ~ Dos aQsls.
| Or Thompson received ore 0f fhe page RI
! containing fhe expose on reslInk ca the
/ shock over anne hm and De- oroupfi
dead Aher fhis and before any
bargain bad been made vifh ne
/ Land both uaIers withdrew fhfr ufifrs
/ 50 DeIana did noi 90 q cent Had Church
I psssessri the nerve io have Published
those Ie.iers he might have made the
/ Grand Esnals Tinn fsmnes throughout
/ both continents bar his nerre isliea him
ard Pee ei ihf og.nrurrF slir. Nfs De
/ Land "a ifrine n ToreffF in Canada Her
4 hDsh-rd is nou farming n Dstuta
remember 500. confirmed Che
/ er rifv eaif.r ~ fhe defrnr Tn.ts
when Church pspff so9orei everr nfnef
! rager in soc rounfff nr t1iF q it7f
( prf Donaldson sod nrr wood q reporfHf
/ ou fbs fhieaEo 5..fFi rnsit ha's1n ns-
eeneion from nhiosro snd isf arrernI dsfs
/ nothing vas ispars ai fhrn ar fhs i'sIio1r
1 A weat iafef fbe Grand k1r8s 1lHa Hn.
] noaneed fr srsee e.ai e.iinnn f1f hniinr nf
/ fhe Da .11r an fff Shore of Lake Nirhiear
nea- Nnr's sFHf tssffafr gIfh fhf eseF
n fifa8epol H1aaii body VS. never
f9ana EF fhIs fhe Isl.f created . decided
senza SON BF fhf aar 3s.aIft1n eas
enraeei fa at srfas fa fIss Hs'fit 1set-
$3.50 raa s rre frsraIrg wHh Nsrnurf a
efrens anH aha .eIraratri tnr By nasf n
ihts fitf wef f-aFe iriv