Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-13
Rev. Charles NJ. SheldOn's
Revolution of a Kan
sas Newspaper.
WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
The Question Applied to the Conduct
Of Departments on the To-
peka Daily Capital.
Initial Issue Of the RefOrmer's Pa
per Shows Many Notable Depart
nres In Presentation Of News.

pose Of the paper will be to influence
iIs readers to seek first the kingdom q
God" Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, VIII,
Yesterday assumed editorial and busi
ness control Of The Daily Capital
which he will retain all this week
made this announcement in his edi
torial leads outlining his policy thi
morning.
The Capital during this time will b.
"a newspaper" the word news" be
ing defined by Mr.. Sheldon as any
thing in the way of current event:
that the public ought to know for 1t.
moral and spiritual development. Tn,
paper is absolutely partisan an,
partisan poll ical news has been giveI
scant notice. All editor. and i'm
portant local matter is signed by the
writer's. There will be no Sunday pa
per, but instead Saturday evenin.
paper suitable for Sunday reading.
MAY God bless the use Of this paper
70 the glory of his kingdom on earth.
says Rev. Sheldon, in concluding his
leader. The first item on the first page
this morning was a prayer written by
Bishop John A. Vincent of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. 1t is as fol
lows:
A morning prayer and resolution: II
will try this day to live a simple, sin
cere. serene life; repelling every
thought Of discomfort, self seeking and
anxiety; cultivating magnanimity, self
control and the habit of silence; prac-
ticing economy. cheerfulness and help
fulness. And as I cannot in my own
strength do this, or even with hope
Of success, attempt 1t, l look to thee.
Oh Lord, my Father in Jesus Christ.
my Savior. and ask for the gift of the
Holy Spirit"
A page Is devoted to local news, and
the leading features this morning were
reports of a temperance revival and
an anti-cigarette meeting Mr. Shell
don has instructed his police reporter
that in case of murder or other crime
to write bare statement Of the facts
II he has the space to spare, instead
OF filling 1t up with the details. he viii,
go into a discussion of the cause lead
ing up. TO the crime During the stae
conference the sporting editor remark
ed that there would be a bowling con
test at the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms last
night. ''I think" said Mr.. Sheldon
that that Is good. clean sport. You
may print IT." When the dramatic
editor asked for instructions abou,
theaters, I'VE shall not want anything
Of that kind" Mr.. Sheldon said. and
there is no theatrical column in the
paper today. One page is given up to
telegraph news, which ordinarily oc-
cupies about three times that space.
The Associated Press report was nee
essarily blue penciled" with n ven
geance. The market reports have been
cut from four columns to one. All
quotations on stocks and bonds. Civ
transactions in futures we;e consign
ed to the waste basket. and only the
actual cash prices Of grain. products.
etc. are quoted.
A notable feature Of the paper is the
method of handling advertisements
They have been banished from the
news and editorial pages. and are
punched in places reserved for them.
The censorship apparent here is even
more rigorous than in the news col
umns. and a large quantity of this
class of matter has been cut out, in
cluding all advertisements relating to
patent medicines. The familiar corset
advertisements Of the magazines, ac-
companied by cuts. are nowhere pres
ent In Mr.. Sheldon's paper. and no re
tail advertisements from Kansas City
or other out of town tradesmen have
been accepted. Mr.. Sheldon holding
that this would be an injustice to
home merchants. The $50 suit of
clothes for $14.75 style of advertising
is also conspicuously absent
The Capital appeared with a radical
change in style and makeup. Prac-
tically the only feature that is familiar
to its regular readers is the title head
line The first page. for instance. or
dinarily devoted exclusively to tele-
graph news. has not line of the cur
rent news of the day. Instead, the
page is given up to discussions on
what Mr. Sheldon considers the most
important questions now ,efore the
world. There are four leading articles
on this page, the first being devoted TO
the famine in India. under these head
lines and the following Introduction:
"STARyING INDIA"