Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-08

the best journalistic gray brain matter
in the city His bid for higher salary
retained as business manager Tom Bur
brother Of the great Boston yacht
designer and formerly private secretary
and chancellor of the exchecQuer 10
Commodore Bennett. until Toms time
came TO be additionally and capricious-
ly quarrelled with; Hearst also took
away from the Recorder newspaper
julius Chambers. the versatile former
~ managing editor of first the Herald
and then the World" also Julian
Ralph. the champion descriptive writer
of the city. from the Sun, and the dra-
matte critic. Allan Dale, from the
World. and divers of the best space re-
porters from other journals, and bid
ding them all spare no expense for nov
elites. He also made managing editor,
Sam Chamberlain, a graduated Herald
journalist. Immediately big cables
from Paris. Berlin, London and Con-
stantinople began to appear. Sails
bury's Gulldhall banquet speech on for
eien relations that made the Sultan his
correspondent; Dunraven's letter to the
London Field occupying several col
umns. and recently Dunraven's speech
of perhapses and ifs at Cardiff, were
each and all cabled verbatim, at a cost
of thousands of dollars in cable tolls
The paDer also began to break out in
colossal wOodcuts of current events
and an for one cent: a fourth Of the
price of the Tribune, third of that of
the Herald. and half of that Of the
World the Sun. and the Times, and
coming down to the price of the Mer-
curv. that is backed by the capital and
enterprise of William Noble the mil
lionaire Boniface. And when report
ers Of other papers soon visited the
housekeeping quarters of Hearst (who
can have no home-litting, as he does,
between New York and san Francisco
the latter now q four days Journey
and described his palatial quarters ana
his conveniences by wire and tele-
phone. the Hearst sensation expanded.
And it reached a climax when, at the
great foot tor rather hand and head
and shoulders ball match of a week
ago. me employed the novelist. Richard
Harding Davis. to contribute a long
word-ua.nted description OF II at the
handsome fee of $3.50.
An English poetess not long ago
wrote a lyric with a refrain. "Ih mere IS
always room a. the Top. So there is
I'm newsnauerdom, and no paper mere
should therefore DeColi'g JV,' I,' ,,,ban -
Hearst. ne .'lHe H"9 go. -. ono of
family or DusIHgSs - a,,o rer.sna-
elegant .lsl'ie' 'OoS ~, r IN, ,,ov. IN
per- ~ is inc l''o,e l0 1T. tbro,,ol
take an anu '' 1-,'' ~. - ,ri,na Uas
press SUI -I,.l ca, ,fr ,vou1d read his
"Leu ~ ms N'"' -.-- -. l,,,t nov Tho
ta'oIile Jot'lt"' anu - .I,., ,Sor7bors is
Whoi- a'i-.'' -. ,,o--or. And this
loUAv ~ -.,,.-,, ans ro,. every news
.'.,oi' ~ 49,, .+ he TON Moreover.
PAPER I'm ..,.lu ~ bfs business man or
en-. -o1oo+g1 fayor;te journal in
. .5i.' ~ ,7r-r.iea but now the adver-
.;'--,,e,,, -,,-st go in all. and thus find
4.,.,s,. ord rvpogranhical sit
.-- -' MA ,,,ees ADVERTISING agent is
,.,.,.,.'....t,..- ,n1 some of the advertise
49,, o'.--., occasionally prepared by him,
81, ,-.it ~-rarteo and sparkling descrip-
lion and with Diouaucy of cataloguing,
combine 10 rival for interest the news
r-r9r reading matter.
These references seem to make anu
si-re TO aU the leading newspapers Oh
this civ apurCpriate. It's OiGes news
rere- r. .la Advertiser, dating rom
t,o foundation of the republic. ana
,.tt.- hos outliyed its noted EDITORS,
1-a William J.. Stone. Thurlow weed
..-.1 Errh Hastings And with morn
-r- and evening editions distinct, IL Is
,,ral bv a wealthy Californian. and
.-,.e-el bv one of the most versatile
..,.-ors in he state. Foster Coates. re
Gently president of the Press CluD. IL
is Republican. like The penny Press
owned 0y q wealthy Union League Cluo>
Isl and edited by the only auJl-DeihO-
cratic Congressman OF this city, Lemuel
p Ouigg. who won spurs ON the stan
of the Tribune. and the Press Is hafdly
o. decade DID,
The Pos. is also an ancient newspa-
per- and has during the century roasted
such editors as William LegSeJt Jh7
Poet Bryant, Park Gown ana eA-
Minister TO France John Bige-oW. IL IL
like the London Times and AL BRUSH
papers, one that aims to save us read
ers he trouble O. thinking about events
or forming opinions about politics, liter
azure, music, drama and art Every
close observer can spot anywhere the
man or woman who thinks or uttefs
opinions with the Post.
1t is sufficient to say OF the Herald
that like the London Times, Il edlt5 u
self. 1t Is similar to the horse descrlD-
cd by the cabman to Mr.. PiclIWick, VINO,
suspiciously examining the beast, hao
remarked: What makes him go: L
buckles him into the shaft and giYes
the wheel another turn, then ! jumps
i'm and he goes Of hiSSelf." Just as