The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-23

on the news from LONDON tneTe Will
be a cartoon on the editorial page de-
plotting the horrors Of war.
Al II p. m. IL seemed probable that
the war news would be the feature OF
the telegraph page. the rumOrs OF early
peace being considered by Mr.. Sheldon
as the best possible news that can be
obtained.
The Reception.
TOPEKA (Kas.J. March l3.-No guns
were fired at sunrise this morning. The
ne Sspaper created By the Rev. Charles
VI. Sheldon on the lines suggested in
In His Steps" proved a dIsappOint-
ment, even 10 his townspeOple who love
him for himself and revere him for the
genius which they consider he pos
sesses.
Those Of Sheldon's Topeka admirers
who looked for news in his first issue
Of the Capital had hard work finding
il, and those who hoped 10 find homilies
and sermons and lessons were rather
annoyed because the matter OF that
kind set before them had already been
read by them in religious publications
OF uncertain and remote date.
IL was the general comment that the
finished product did not come up TO the
prospectus. Even the editorial an
nouncement of the policy of the paper
did not meet with the views Of many.
From Kansas City, however, came an
other story Wicked old Missouri, II
appears, either took kindly or curiously
TO the Sheldon edition. News dealers
orders we're increased by several thou
sand during the day and copies we're
selling for 10 cents each.
Sheldon himself was content and
smiling. following out his own Oft-re-
peated pulpit admOnitiOns TO be cheer
full. If Topeka did not wholly approve
his paper he gave no sign Of regret for
having embarked in the enterprise.
Promptly at 10 o'clock his rudy face
appeared in the room given over to cor
respondents, and he announced himself
as ready TO be catechised on any doubt
full point involving the conduct Of the
paper He was particularly enthusiast
tic over his plan TO append editorials
70 news items. pointing a moral and
adjoining a tale. There was no process
sion of congratulating friends as on the
day before, and IL any cOngratulatory
kilograms were received Mr.. SheldOn's
advisers would not give them out.
One of the first things Sheldon took
up in the afternoon was the makeup of
the first page. He still chung to his idea
of filing II with special articles TO the
exclusion OF news. An effort to print
prominently the protest Of the Kansas
millers' convention against discrimina-
ton in freight Tates-an important
matter in Kansas-ended in the article
being showed into one of the back
pages.
Tomorrow morning the first page will
contain five display heads. The first
will be on The Progress OF Socialism
in Massachusetts,, by member of the
staff The second article touches on
church insurance, the members Of Shell
don's staff having suggested a mutual
aid association between church Or
ganizations for the relief of churches
in distress. The third head will be an
article by Governor Stanley, in which
he wIIl say that the most pleasing fea-
ture of his administration is the i'm
provement made in prison manage
ment
The fourth head will be built over
excerpts from advance sheets OF book
by Henry D. Lloyd OF Chicago on New
Zealand as the worlds political expert
mental station. The fifth and last head
will cover a record of crime in Topeka,
with figures showing the cost OF appre-
bending a criminal, convicting him and
taking him to the penitentiary.
In the center Of the first page there
will be a Rams Horn cartoon. by Beard.
depicting the horrors OF war. Under II
will be printed General Otis statement
Of casualties in the Philippines.