The sun., 1897-08-29

the LlOyds. the immensely rich owners of
s1p6 I6St Begins eT pSscSton On Wsdnesdsy and is.
sues over 100000 copies. II has a field OF its
Iwn o worst PSS paper IN the World The C&rone
not many years ago was also weekly. 1t was
81 Sr So RpsFh Of h Tosn 70
various .vestries The Chronicte was the
oracle Of Glerkenwell, district densely
neraRi ltasH organ srnGers Snd
yenders OF the seductive hockey ;pokey."
cal paper. paper and md set @ L fu Tilt against the BSv
Nc'rs. causing that poor old tcadrinking female
| 10 stagRcr and spluttcr and finally to retire into
second, yet, most respectable rank. The new.
conner then began am)st aggressive champion
smp o. me & cause OF a s6Sr S ana Oeras thCn G
Besant and her Mahatma. which the Chronicle
| te2tuTed day after day and with II made great
| hit. Now, IL has always been tho same In every
business or undertaking here in England II
! YOU have once made n success you nre safe ever
made and VIII tSRe care OF itself Your worries
are over; That is the history OF the ID. n and The
| thrOniciC The Mahatma sensation pushed the
| latter forward at an accelerated pace. and IL be-
came grsa, property @ Then ,b Gnne !, tn the half half
lines It's special Cables. H its excellent iosal re.
ports written h% real renorters; ana EDITED @ ny
dto 1T once hG 3 tie sbosk in its
room. Day by day matters grow worse, and the
number Of CHRONICLES loft on the counters in.
or course. il never occurred to them that the
way to meet the powerful opposition was toput
|
f., they argued. and $50. so they promptly
OF the MAI. but here they met the master.
| ful hand of young Mr.. Harmsworth. He wrote
them polite little note Informing them that i
| the price OF the Chronicle came down he would
Spposoa TFt o Snssp S@fiy in S
break Il up 'PT That settle settled % the Lloyd family and
Ing Ing f to Americanze AMEN now and 10 % th; end i has
Sneo GO Of Nj M. L. II. Moore Who was the London
manager OF the United Press. The big inane
Another London paper irreyocabiy Injured BY
the Mntl is the Morning. halfpenny@ @ Conserya-
bss,sp sr IN who sf M
ICED himself by writing singing letter to Mr..
James Gordon Bennett when he left his employ.
! 1t was a most abusive missivc. and Mr.. Bennett
printed it the next day on the editorial page OF
the Herald Ives. had an idea that q paper
don. but his directors differed from his views
and bought him out after s,sS few mGnths o,
Inc i' Capital p"' without tS"s eTeE bstray"s %so,
lfqii came It's light seemed to go out altogether.
| i is now to be reorganized and taken over by
Mr.. r. Dennis, Mail man who gained his
the New York He, aid. But here is another dis.
ciple of the new school; which shows that in
looks like a home paper. even il its contents
prove amateurish. 1t is the entering wedge
The Daily Ners is heard Of and seen. less and
less. 1t has occasional awakenings from its
chronic state OF lethargy and seems TO be flick
age Of the good old Liberal party 1t does not
| matter much whether the Nclrs contains late
abuses oT nnd
antediluvian conductor. Sir John Robinson, an
opportunity OF posing AS the injured henefactor.
| who only got knighthood from Lord Rosebcry,
while that vigorous upstart Sir George Newncs
got bsronetGy in return for for his dis!ntsr:
%S Ssary oss oV' of IN ro% aS oFes ssoSoo %
snss ike slooooo S % out f0s of IT. Bts Snd ths
Strand Mqga.ine. and he could well afford to
loss when the goal was a baronetcy; but now
that he has become Sir George and his son will
nS
hs sst hs the s hs se
i NOW holds The place lost 6y 'So Pail Mail
state: M When 81; As,or SoSsht i hs placed i
OF Brownlow. Gust was an NJ. p. a bon pirant.
q sportsman and a, dilletante journalist. He
P. NJ @. did some startling, things, and people
bought II regularly In the hope OF finding new
Then ooF tse sde IN PSe
Venezuelan dispute. and Mr Astor, in a Il t Of
patriotic ger dismissed him The entre
ers,an American.left the paper with Gust.
a5;io and Sir Douglas Sstraieht NOVICE became
cry from reporter to editor. The two between
ding Of tho PaH &ai and. what Is stranger pse
STILL the sent iments for expression of which
predominant features Of the paper. 1t is one of
the most spiteful anti.American journals in
than 10
II were Premier OF England | should GER
award to HsrT the
naa s Of s
who has gone on for years paying out money to
keep alive paper whose sole rdison detre
seems to be to copy STUFF out Of the Timss, and
day comes the 81. Jdmes's under the skiful
guidance OF Mr. Sidney Low. a former professor
rowed tinery OF the Times Mr.. Lows judg.
mcnt OF news is evidenced by the fact that when
will not print It until the Times has done so, for
fear Of his being mistakenly called :. pushing" !
st. Jdnles's. He must consider it o pretty good
thing. II he does. he and Mr.. Low are the only
two men in London that share the same view,
Even Lord Salisbury does not seem to think II
good enough to reward Herr Steinkopf. 1t was
splendid paper when Frederick Greenwood
keeps 1t alive aside from its propretor's good
nature. is the fact that 1t ia very handy for the
pocket and its print excellent.
The journalistic marvel OF London, however
Is is the Tsho halfPenny evening paper owned
pist and temperance orator. The Echo is said
to have circulation Of over 100000. yet l dc
, not remember to have seen any one reading II
for years. Every year Mr.. Edwards tires
OF waiting for the baronetcy that hasn't come
md then sells the Echo for 100000 or 100000
Then, few years later you hear that the Echo
has been resold to Mr.. Passmore Edwards for
100000 or 100000. 1t is good business. and
Mr.. Edwards is once more in a place where he
/, can bs in line for anything in the way OF coron
cts that Prime Minister, in his good nature
and wisdom. may choose TO give.
The Sun, which Mr.. T. p. OConnor, "Tay
Pay. started in order to repeat his former sue
cess with the STAR has gone over to a company
directed by the irrepressible Mr.. Hooley and the
, now omnipotent Mr Harry Marks OF the Enan
cint Ners. "Tay Pay " Is out OF it altogether
with nothing to show for his hard work save 3
position as editorial writer on the Sunday sur
, and fairly remunerative place on tho ID. T.
The Sun Is edited by young gentleman named
, Chamberlain. an Englishman. who has been
managing editor Of more papers than can re
+ member. and whose sole distinction is that he
, has sued nearly every one of his former employ
ers for wrongful dismissal and has nearly always
succeeded az IN ganing verdict. dare say hi:
ten document; and that Is more than can be saif