The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-05
NOTABLE "SCOOPS."
si"w some Great Encts cot Into the
Nrvspnpcrs

now some tsrCut EuctS Got Into
Newspapers.
OF the long list Of important bits of
news caught hv chance in the iourunl
istir world none surpassed the manner
i'll which New York paper secured tho
account of the sinkin. of the British
malI-ut -war Victoria some wears ago.
AS may be remembered. the unfortunate
trait WAS raniln'd III u naval manruvrr
oil the coast Of Algirrs. y rna>iin., vas-
sci brought the news To "A little station
of Il Dutch cable cuinunIv which
promptly sent the news to lis hra,lular-
tcrs. The European correspondent uf
the New York paper caught the tin
from friend i'll the employ of the com
pany, and Fastening To the British :d
inlralty office, laid the catastrophe he.
fore it, He WAS laughed ut for his
pains. but nevertheless calll,,l al iir
could get on the matter To his paper.
Two days after the thin. was world
news, hut the London papers had been
obliged to copy from an American con
temporary the most startling piece Of
news Of the year.
When the news of Glatlstn,:rs i'll
tended resignation was first published.
few people in all England believed it to
be true. No one could realize how he
could relinquish h;s commanding posi-
ton. However tie premier wnS in
earnest and conii,icntially mentioned
his determination to II friend at IL res
taurnnt- \ waiter happened To ov.rhpar
him. and, fastening To- the oilc. a Il
lca'.inS daily. offered to sell his news.
l. |, =,
When Lord Randolph made up his
mind to resign his portfolio under Sal
ishury. he drove to the office ui the
London Times and made known his de-
cision. He iiusi Shrcw,iv calculated that
after hcinE So kind as to lrin. in such
Il scoop i'll person the PAPER. althungh II
on principle opposed to lin. would
hardly ccnsurc his action. But the rdi-
tor of the greatest paper in the world
preferred principle tn news On hear
ing of Churchill's plans his Indignation
knew no bounds. He took no pains to
conceal his abhorrenre of the scheme
This news is indeed enormously i'm
portant. he said lit Will make great
sensation. Bnt if you choose to have it
so You may take it to some other paper.
and not Il line shall appear tomorrow
i'll ours The Times ..annut be lriimd.'
Tho nohlcnan left in a towering,
rage. and The Times scored him un-
mcrcifully i'll its announcement IF his
resignation.
Bismarck himself revealed to NJ dc
BlowitZ, the Paris correspondent of the
London Times, IL scheme to overthrow
the French empire. Tho German gov
ernmcnt. jealous of the increasing pow
er of France. intended tu pick some
petty quarrel with the other. invade
Paris and level the city to the ground
The Iron Chancellor had long opposed
the plan. and now. being utterly unable
to cope with his enemies divulgrd the
matter i'll hopes that England might
interfere England, long watching the
growing power of Germany. did inter
fere. The balance was maintained
A piece Of information Of the gravest
Importance to Great Britain leaked out
at IL dinner table The editor of Il Lon
don paper, staying when the hours were
small and the bowl had somewhat free
ly flowed, overheard the French clnlns-
sador say that the khcdive was about tn
sell his shares in the Suez canal The
Journalist left the table Immediately
and FASTENED to Lord Derby with the
news. Rothschild. when appealed TO-,
readily found $50. 900, OOO and tho
shares were in n week the property Of
England. Had the strip of land COM
prised in the khcdivc's claim been
transferred to France international
complications of incalculable impor-
tance might have resulted