Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-03-23

tfict Attorney ara the county emelsls'
and one E~esloasly watches the City Hall.
where = large oom 10 furnished with
deck, and tables for reporters.
A reporter ''eovsrs' the pos, Office and
the Federal Court In tha, building. and
obtains any important news there. An
other spend. the day among the ssehang'
e. and brokers in Wall Street. TO keep
the public posted on financial Affairs. and
one mans sole duty IL TO keep = look
GU, on the waterfront for marine news
Of any kind.
Other reporters visit the various mu-
nicipsl dspartmen,s.-the Department
Of Parks. Of Public Works. Of Charities
and Correction. One man Il hep, q, the
quarantine station In The Narross 10
telegraph any impOrtsn, news OF newly
arrived transatlantic steamers; another
visits all the theatres each nigh,,-no,
to e%riiei.e the play. ,ha, comes under
another dspAi,men, Of the psper,-bu'
TO learn Of any impOr,sn, changes in the
cast Of = Performance, OF TO obtain any
interesting information pertaining 10 the
stage. The reporters also visit all the
leading hotel. to &c, the names Of prom
inen, men from ell over the world. from
the hotel registers
From = gr,s, many Of these places 10
Information worth printing Is ob,ained
once a year. bu, a newspaper takes no
risk Of being ''lsh" on any matter Of
news. The large newspapers have each
i. reporter 10 Brooklyn. Jsrey City. New
ark and Paterson. who does no, report a,
the cfioe. bv, send. in hi. copy by =
messenger Beside. these ou,.oftown
men. reporters are kept by each plPer.-
one on Long Island. one on Staten l,l.
and, and one 10 travel daily IN w,si-
chester County. up the Hudson between
S.ng-Sing and New York. 70 obtain the
new, from those places.
Ba, al these are merely the routine
reporters. Who DO the same work each
day. Beside. these. ,her, are the men
Who do general work" q. ii !. called.
who ate zen, TO religion, meeting, and
prize fights; Who interview gies, men
and who attend funerals. Who
obtain obituary sketches Of men o. prom
i~nenee. -he,hsr living OF dead who
write .ke,ehe. Of stree, occurrences: at
tend important trials in the courts; re-
port sermon. and lectures And hanging,
Investigate rumor,. and do = thousand
and one other Kind. Of -otk iha, goes
toward. Sling the local column. Of the
grsa, d%silis. -iih euren, intelligence.
la wtll.knosn citizen IL Dangerously
~. q reporter l. zen, to some fispd 90
relative Of the suffering man. 20 obtain
the main fact. Of biz life. for an obituary
sketch. in case the man should die. II
the sick man rtcovsfs, the sketch IL
written and pat in type. With blans' l.fi
Coz the date Of hi. death. when IL occur'
=, some future day. Then . pfooi..h-e,
Of the article i. fled away in the obituary
dspar,nen, Of the paper, knosn among
newspaper msn q. ''ihe giayeya ard" and
retained until the prominsn, citizen dies.
In these ''sf.veysrd'' of the great
newspapers. there are hep, Obituary
.ks,ehe. u ih, most prominen, men and
women Of the world. ready 10 be filed
in With The date Of death and published
a. ,oon a. the subject Of the sketch. a.
must happen soonef OF later, IL claimed
by the King Of 1error.
When a noted citizen !. dangerously
N. a reporter keep. watch for bis death
each night. until the paper goes TO pres.
Should the death take place. the rpofie;
telegraph, al once 10 bis city editor; the
blank. in the obituary sketch are hllsd
IN. srd the sketch Of the man. life az
pear, IN the paper the nei, morning.
Commodore Vanderbilt. las, illne,s ~u
% loos. and hi. death . lingering. that
the newspapers hired . room ior their re.
pofisr in the vicinity Of his residence.
aud during hi. illnes. the old man zen,
jooo,e message. to the men Who ~sre
waiting for his death.
When a great .oeiden, occurs IN the
city. ,reh. ior instance. IS the crush on
the EIs,-Rivsr bridge after i, was hn,
opened TO the public. when thirteen PER.
son. were killed. a number Of reporters
1re sen, on, 10 work on the case. Each
reporter i, detailed 10 give only one por.
ton Of the seeouni tia, ,hAll appear in
the nex, morning. paper.
For example: When the EAsi.Ri'sr
Bridge tragedy took place. one man Was
directed TO obtain such Information as
would enable him to give the introduce
ton TO the sketch. and q general de'eriP.
ton Of the ,rssieal scene a, the time Of
il. occurrence. There his work ended.
Another reporter WAS detailed to as.
certain minuiely the cause Of the aeei-
dent Thi. he VAS TO do. ADD nothing
more A third WAS zen, TO tie police
station. where the dead we're carried. TO
describe the sad scenes there. Another
reporter ~ss detailed to visit the hospi,-
ais where the wounded were. aud TO as.
certain late a, nigh, their coalition aud
chance. for recovery.
Among five or six other reporters Was
divided The lis, Of names OF the dead aud
wounded who had been carried TO their
homes; and ,hA, li.,. which comprised
names from all over New York. Brooklyn
and Jersey City, was absolutely verified
by = personal visi, to the home Of each
victim. Two reporters were sen, ou, to
interview as many eyewitness Of the
tragedy As could be found. and to give
each mans description Of the scene as IL
appeared TO him.
The diferen, sections Of the article
were then given to the City Editor, who
joined them together in their proper Sc
quenee. In this way each paper the
mex, morning had q long and = reason
ably accurate description Of the tragedy.
Reporters are . recognized institution
in New York. The value and import
ancs Of their labor is universally eoneed-
ed Each prominen, church has It's re-
porters' table. where are all aecommoda-
lions for the men Of the pencil. Senate
committees. commercial organizations.
charitable and benevolent, public and