Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-08-14
NEWSPAPER SCOOPS"

NEWSPAPER SCOOPS.
eu-nc % the F-ats r-rn,rned Try wAsc-
awake AMI Ambitious ncrcrter--
A history OF scoops would form avery
good history Of journalism from the tlmo
newspapers first began 10 bo issued. Ono
OF tho great scoops OF history was pre-
diction. Tho particulars of this scoop
gre 10 historical that they can he found
In "kinglakc's History Of tho crimcan
War" The London Times predicted the
hatue OF Alma II called the battle that
had not yet been fought by tho nnmc 1t
has bccn known In history. I. pointed
out wherc Il would b. fought nnd pointed
out what would 10 the result. This rc-
markablc prediction was verified In every
particular. and. although Tho 1imcs
afterwards kept ON the predicting bust
nes M to the fall OF Schastopol. mono of
Its other predictions came true. This
shows the beauty of stopping predicting
when you have mndo one big success.
a scoop which involved good deal Of
personal danger was accomplished few
years ngo 10y the correspondent Of The
New York TImos In London. Mr. Harold
Frederic went through the cholcrn smit-
VII ttHtft'tF W nItU SPAIN. ana
cablod page 20 his popcr. giving nm ac-
curato history OF the plague. and show
Ing for tho first time what was 30 bc
feared from the cholera epidemic and
what was not In fact, 1t gavc people
for the firt time an accurate estimate Of
tho situation.
When the Prince of Wales visited
America Tho Now York Herald man got
scoop on all his esteemed contefnpora-
| rics by holding wirc against all comers.
! This wns ut Niagnrn Falls and there was
but ono wirc nt that time To New York.
The Herald reporter started sondsng In
his message, and. until lac had finished.
mono OF the other men could send In
theirs lie tclcgraphed ovcry mortal
thing that hc could think OF, describcd
all tho suits the Prince Of Wales wore
and what the Duke OF Newcastle said and
did. and what every member Of the suite
Thought and were likely 10 think about.
md finally hc had to fall back on the
only book available. n copy of tho Now
Tcstamsnt. most Of which WINS telo-
grnphed to Tho Herald In New York.
BY tho time he had finished with the
volume II wns then too iute for any OF
the other Newspaper men TO send in a
special II the mon In The Herald Office
read oil tho dispatches that came In from
the New Testament, tho big sum Of
money poid for tho telegraph bill would
not have boon altogether wasted
NJ. Quad. In his younger days. char
tered O locomotive 10 bring IN the gov
ernoYs message to The Detroit Free
Presl TTo had wild ride ngninst tiuc.
and not only delivered the neaaqe In
good shapa, hut wrote an account OF tho
affair which. II Is not too much 10 say.
vas Infinitely more interesting and very
much moro widely rcad than wns tho
message OF which he was the cnrrinr.
In recent Issue OF an American maya
zine. DIR. Blowitz, the Paris corrcspon.
dent OF Tho London Times, gives a very
interesting account of how he scooped
all his esteemed contemporaries BY taie-
graphing 20 London "a copy OF the Berlin
! treaty. Not the lcnst difficulty which nc
/ hnd 10 overcome was tho getting Of q
permit 20 send by telegraph tho fnattor
which lio had the good luck and good
management 70 secure. lie had 70 get
J Into Belgium 20 do n, and even then lac
had 10 have an order from worry high
authority or otherwise his message would
not have been taken
In America tho only trouble that corre.
spondents have Il 70 get the news. Once
they have that, there IL no doubt about
its being toiegrnphcd. Ia Europe the
correspondents have another difficulty
70 contend with, and that A., even after
thoy have their special Information. and
after they hand Il Ia % tho telegraph
Office, II 10 eomctiIncs not ssnL During
( the troublesome times In Spain awhile
ago, newspaper correspondent found
/ that no mnttcr what information he man.
] aged TO got 1t was never Forwarded from
tho Spanish telegraph Office. The gov.
ernment of tlso dag took care that no
news thas it did not wish 10 80 abroad
shOuld hc sent This correspondent then
wrote 10 his friend ia London that whom
ho received tho next dispatch he was b.
count every NTH word aud cable only
every fifth word b. Eew York lie wrote
bis dispatches after that on this principle.
Whenever be got a Ro.f piece u news
ho telegraphed long rixnasolo g. 80
friend In London. which when rcad az
u wns cent appeared % lso a long talk q
financial and domestic troubles which
were botbering him ~ that time. bat
when every lfth word syas taken oait II
guve tlbs news ho wanted o. send Tbis
tho Spanish people never got con co.
and - tho correspondent secured many
scoops for his paper Detrcit Pres freas