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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26
SHERIFF FARR COMING,
Is q srothcr OF the Murdered sheriu
Earr

Sheriff Farr Is expected to arrive
from Walscuberg. Colo. tonight for
keo Kunoff. the Jap now under arrest
here who is wanted there for robbing
the Colorado Supply company store
He is the second sheriff of the name
and family His brother was the Sher-
IN Farr who was shot and killed in
the fight with outlaws. as the result g
which Black Jack" was hanged at
Clayton The then Sheriff Farr was
standing behind tree and the bullet
passed through the tree and his breast
His brother. the present sheriff. was
elected to succeed him.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26

involving during the last two years 5j..
600 animals for the British army in
south Africa, the horse Is here to stay
and those who feared the noble animal
would soon become extinct may take
heart and trust again in the survival OF
the iittest. Mr. Rommoll's conclusion.
which is amply sustained by the facts
is that there Is pro-, in raising horses
for the market. particularly the better
grade OF horses
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26

The III Paso Herald tells OF debate
on last Friday evening In the high
school literary society OF that city. The
subject was: Affirmed. That United
States senators should he elected Ivy
popular vote The negative was led
by Ralf Gould. Says the Herald.
IAN the debators showed that they
were well informed on the theory Of
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26
Bankruptcy.

William l.. Standish has fled a petit
tion In bankruptcy In the United States
court. He has suit pending against
him for 81 .os6, brought by Essinger e.
Judell on promissory note, and this
brought the matter To a focus Keller
Miller 4 Co, of Lake Valley have a
debt of $3.50, also. making total liza
bility of s2.337. with no assets.--Las
Vegas Record
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26
Land Office Business.

HON stead Entries-John J. DAILY.
Syringe 100 acres, Mora county; $.
c. y Nontoya. Torreon, 100 acres. Val
cncia county: Lucas Gall gos. San
Rafael 100 acres. Valencia county.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26

Territorial Treasurer j II, Vaughn
received from Adolf f. Wctzel. colloc-
tor and treasurer Of Grant county.
si2526 IT 1901 taxes. and s332.33 of
1900 taxes.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26
Whiteman Accepts.

\ letter was received this morning
by Department Commander Edwards
from Adiutant General Whiteman ac.
cepting the appointment OF Judge advo-
cate general Of the department.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26
OFFICIAL MATTERS.

Gordon r Noah. OF Fort Buyard
Graft county. has been granted a pen.
sion of $50 q month.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26
Pension Granted.
Territorial Eundn.

Conception n. MARTINEZ. Old Albu
querquc y NJ. IS per month
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26

Everyone in the family try IL. Count
the dots for a $500 piano free See
advertisement on page e.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26

Steps the Cough and Works OF the
Cold
Laxative Bromo Quin!ne Tablets cure
a cold in one day No cure. no pay
Price, % cents.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
CORNER OF ADVER ISING DEPARTMENT.

local man had reached a point where he
could whack out a column story on his
typewriter. rush the copy TO the editor
and know that I'm 20 minutes 10 would be
ready 20 dump into the form.
Up 20 20 years ago the local man was or
little account In a city office. He applied
Tor job and IL he got IL was sent to the
old police court, on Canal street. where
he kept tabs on drunks and the perpetra-
tors OF minor crimes There was where he
was tried out II he showed any gimp.
he might be sent To a funeral or to report
some Sunday school excursion down the
bay. III he developed a nose for news he
might got the night local assignment
and barring n fire alarm. could linger az
the old Central station on Canal street
and walt for one OF the few outside sta
tions then established. TO send In bit
OF news on n needle electro-magnct ma
chine. which was operated by treadle
like that on sewing machine and by
punching down buttons arranged about
the periphery Of dial.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
A Trip in a Blizzard.

In the last hours OF the great storm
an engine had pushed its way along one
set OF rails leaving the latter almost
bare. but with a high mound OF snow be-
tween them. Stripping rail from n
fence. one OF the men climbed over the
mound. stood or the track. passed an
end ~ the ral 20 the other man. and thus
balancing themselves they. walked mil
after mile. across dizzy bridges. over
rushing streams with only Icy ties to
cling 10 should they lose their footing
until Saybrook Junction station was
reached late at night.
The station agent had been on duty ~
houra and was exhausted lie surren-
dered the ticket office TO the newspaper
men. Cne OF whom had been an operator.
one. Just one. wire was alive and that
terminated at New London. AT the lat
ter place good wires were had 20 ProVi-
dcnce and Boston. New London took an
exclusive story of the tramp IN search OF
the lost train and the havoc throughout
the country and relayed 10 90 Providence
and Boston.
The next day the train was reported TO
have been reached and the imprisoned
passengers fed and made warm. Early on
that long and pcrilous trip Csc ot the
reporters spraincd his ankle and with cN-
treme difficulty got TO "a place OF safety.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
Times Changes.

With the improvements and Inventions,
electric and otherwise. the great and
quickly running perfected presses, have
come Just as material changes I'm the re-
portorial department of an up-to- date
newspaper Ike The News. The Bohem-
Ian spirit has almost entirely disappear
ed The boys or a score OF years ago
were wont To congregate OF a Saturday
night for a jolly good time. There were
no Sunday Issues and after the paper
went 10 press Saturday afternoon every
body knocked off work until Monday
morning, barring the night local and those
who had Sunday assignments.
OF that cotcrie of Jolly good fellows
all but four are dead. The present local
men are not inclined 10 travel the hot pace
set by their predecessors. The business
men who were glad to be good comrades
with the newspaper guild have gone on
before and the places where they were
wont 10 congregate have disappeared
having been driven away by the erection
OF large offices and business blocks
There Is now more OF demand for the
time OF the men. and like machines they
are being driven and drive everybody else
in the. one desire 10 let nothing worth
chroniclng get away from them and the
great reading public. Every one OF them
like those who Immediately preceded
them. Is OF good address. we'll educated
competent 10 go into any class of society
and is bound 10 make his profession re-
spected.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
Before the Typewriter.

With the Morse system came pen copy
until two or more papers took the same
service, when carbon sheets and an
agate stylus turned out manifold COPY on
tissue paper and then began the work
" regularly editing teegraphic news ana
building heads. a glance at the files OF
the newspapers OF 20 odd years ago Will
disclose that heads were built regardless
OF style and appearance. The Western
Union operators who received press news
were paid sl@ a month for night and tl25
n month for day service. nearly double
what Is now received. but then all tel
egraphers were well paid i'm those days
Professor Bell invented the telephone
and gave an exhibition OF the electric
toy, as facetious scoffers dubbed the
phone. by placing Instruments on n cir
20 the public exhibition In Music hall
Professor Bell utilized press wire the
local OF which was In tho editorial rooms
OF the now defunct Star and prepe The
experiment was made on a Saturday
night and was on the dead quiet
The writer got n tip and. crawling M
the dark stairway which then led from
on the upper stair and heard Professor
Bell and his protege, Fred Cover c.~I~ y
Boston and initiate tho bark OF a dog.
and sing for the edincaticn OF the man on
the other end OF the wire
BcyOnc question that was the first tclc-
phone used I'm any newspaper office 10
was so successful that n line was built
and phones connected. so that the busi-
ness office on Wcvbosset street could be
communicated with The Instruments
were crude. but they were I'm service up
TO the day that the Star and Press hav-
ing been attacked by acute politics OF
"A varied stripe, gave up the ghost.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08

after the DIR. Bowen property had been
destroyed The evening papers contained
ten lines, stating that there had been
an incendiary fire the previous evening
and that IN Internal machine had been
used Half an hour after that inIorma-
tion reached this city, a reporter was
driving a horse attached 10 buggy ana
headed for Scituate
The road travelled was the Plainneld
pike and the reporter got back at
o'clock that night with story Tor the
next morning. Every bit OF news han
o be travelled after by that slow method,
xcepting when some person chanced 10
come I'm a stage coach. who had had the
sense to gather up all the facts ana Dfins
them TO the office. These persons, as
well as enterprising farmers, who hitched
up and drove 20 town purposely 20 give
A tip on a murder or a sensation, were
paid s. for their trouble.
Tho telephc has relieved the news
laper publishers almost entirely OF thls
dow. dragging business. The wires are
stretched to almost every section OF the
state, and the willingness OF village store
keepers, obliging country doctors ana
others 10 tell what they know about ar
fairs. brief knowledge Of which has
reached the editor. has made IL unneces-
sary 10 hire rigs from stable Keepers.
The latter used 10 coin money out or the
publishers and correspondents OF out-of-
town papers. Between the telephone,
which has annihilated space and the cleo
trio cars, which scoOt along much faster
than horse could get about the country,
the stable keeper has Jared poorly, but
the reporter has been benefited.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08

clearly lighted from the Mathewson street
side, and on the ground floor at that.
is one of the best equipped in the country.
The typesetting machines are arranged
in succession and of easy access to any
operator.
The only hand work is for headlines
and display advertising
The copy is shot down through the
chutes from the editorial room TO the
composing room. where all ads and news
matter receive proper attention.
The foreman utllizes time TO the best
advantage, being even more clever than
the exchange editor with shears, and
cutting up a long take" into limited sec
tions of not more than fige-minutes re-
auirement. but meaning the setting up OF
n column in almost as brief time
This IS only another evidence OF facility
as well as speed. for to the reporter VINO
rushes I'm with his copy at the llth hour
and hustles the same Il means appearance
in the early and. in fact. all editions.
The linotype machines used by The
News arc the acme OF mechanical skin.
The mechanism is as delicate as that
Of a watch and so nicely adjusted that
Arrangement OF the minutest detail would
throw the whole machine out OF gear.
The operator manipulates a keyboard
similar 10 that of n typewriter and on
touching the keys the corresponding let
ters or matrices fall from a magazine
above and arrange themselves In lines.
when the line Is completed bell an
nounces the fact and the assembled line
is pushed TO the left where motion metal
is forced against It, which hardening
quickly. H. carried 10 its place In
stick" while the matrices are returned
to the magazine.
when the operator has finished his take
he removes the cast lines from his stick
60 a convenient table or bank" In other
words the operator transfers his set mat
ter TO the bank" man. whose duty II Is
TO arrange the takes" in order with
AZ the commencement--the proper heading
which has meanwhile been set by hand.
The bank" man also inserts. according
20 the marking by the editors, based upon
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
Work of the Special.

In the run OF the news there are often
episodes or most startling nature, Just
as there are incidents OF deep interest
The city editor or the desk man casually
Rlnnc!uE ever an exchange, or rushG
thS telecrapLic copy picks up an impor,
tant thread. ore OF local bearing, ana
from more tit OF @ hint runs down "a
great pile or Information. These are the
Jobs turned over 10 the special, VINO ~
ttstriict",l - 10 stu itE With them. IL
may be that body is pulled out OF the
river, and that on the fostering corpse Is
found a scrap OF paper which leads to tho
identity OF the dead and the disclosure
OF n tragedy not dreamed of, the murder
OF O person reported as missing and ex-
pected soon &c return home. These arc
not uncommon experiences.
Looking over the local field 1t is fonhi
thus there are few newspaper men VIII
can count 20 years OF active service, ana
bu. one or two who have been pushing the
pen and pencil more than % years. The
older member OF the craft have witness
ed many changes, have seen many inven-
tions applied to newspaper work. As
boys they saw compositors laboriously
pick up. piece by peace, The leaden ;ype'
prepsrinS -or the perusal OF the public
telegraphic news. which was received on
long ribbons OF paper similar to that used
on the "tickers' that are now found In
stockholders offices.
The copy was given TO the men by the
yard. They edited II as they set II up
and built their own headlines. Thus a
solid column, without a break I'm the
long paragraph. might bear the laconic
headline, IAN Accident" and the story
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
CASTING OF THE
STEREOTYPE PLATES.

- rEREoTYPING is certainly an
"a Interesting process. Within ten
~ minutes OF the time that a form
leaves the composing room II Is
cast and ready for the press. As
soon as n page reaches the
sterotyping room IL is quickly seized by
the sterotypers, who lay a moist matrix
sheet over II. This matrice Is beaten In
by an automatic folder which operates
very much like a palmer I'm a machine
shop, so that IL takes the impression OF
the type. To complete the process tho
matrix and the form are put between hot
blankets and squeezed for a time In a
steam table. at pressure of 90 pounds to
the square inch.
After being thus baked for a few min
utes the pressure is released and the ma
trix stripped from the form. The true
matrix, which Is a plastic combination
resembling brown cardboard i'm appear
ance, will be found to be a perfect repro
duction OF the intaglio type.
The matrix are transferred 10 a con-
cave casting box, conforming 20 the CYL
inder OF the press. and over IL is poured
molten metal This metal speedily hard
ems and takes the impression OF the ma
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
WORK OF THE
NEWS BIG PRESS.

ErD lie new straight line press
H built for The News by the Goss
N company of Chicago is truly a
GHW marvel. Every screw, nut. gear,
cylinder and bolt were fitted in
10 their proper places by expe-
rienced mechanics from the home works
and It required a fortnight TO do so. To
the unnltiated the big machine may
have few attractions, but when II rolls
off in an hour $1,000 copies all folded and
counted It becomes interesting.
The pages may number anywhere from
60 20. The huge rolls OF white paper that
are turned into newspapers are raised
into place, the single being above and
the double beneath. The lower roll weighs
about 1850 pounds and the upper about lOI
pounds. The former is nearly SO inches In
width and the latter S5. These papers come
out so rapidly as TO almost preclude
counting. and are not only printed and
pasted. but also folded In the form hand
ed by the newsboy TO his customer on the
street.
The paper is fed I'm cloth room style over
the rollers and underneath. too. the ends
meeting at an improved folder. which In
superior TO that on any other similar ma
chine I'm the world There are no old style
tapes, but everything is compact and
complete.
Imagine the delicate adjustment neces-
sary 20 guide this paper through the ma
chine without tear.
But it Is even better than a triple deck
press. The color attachment that sur
mounts the machine will be found ever
ready tu bc 1scri for news-Purposes or to
please advertisers. While attached it is
also detachable. and at brief notice can
be adjusted. so that there will be no cur
taiment OF speed. producing as desired a.
vari-coored, as well as ordinary black
ink impression.
No machine In n newspaper office re-
ceives more prompt and careful attcntionl
after the regular edition. or even a spe-
cal run, than the press. The rollers
are thoroughly clcansed, plates removed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08

pers and therefore for the public.
Rhode Island was buried deep IN snow
one line only was open, and that was
from here To New London. Somewhere
west OF New London the Shore Line train,
Boston bound. filled with passengers. was
stalled and lost Almost all telegraph ana
telenhone wires hercabouts were down. II
was necessary that that train be located
and two sets OF men started for IL, one
from New Haven. the other from thls
city.
The Providence expedition consisted OF
two men They reached New London
and were told they could get no flrther
The railroad was blocked and the high
WAYS were impossible A livery stable
keeper took them out about two miles and
as the horse could not pull the sleigh any
further they were dumped at a place near
the railroad bed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
HOW A MODERN NEWSPAPER Is MADE

still pegging away at reporting, Mr.. VIII
liams was a brilliant writer and startled
his employers by branching out with To-
cal stories which were read with much
eagerness and his promotion was rapid.
Since then the local man has been the
thing" He Is selected for the position
because he is alert. can scent news and
knows how to write story when he gets
IL.
He Is a free lance, Is not hampered by
assignments: gets up rafting good
stories. gores ian scoops. has the best
position In the news columns, call on
"stud-horse-type" for displayed heads,
knows everybody and sees everything.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
Always on the Alert.

He must keep an eye on the courts,
Algh and low; he must knuw what is go
tpg on IN the churches. The secrets Of
ths social set must be es an open book
10 him, and tho Intentions OF the dead
game sports must be in his possession.
The doings on Easy street, the haps and
mishaps OF Poverty lane, he knows.
Every hour means something: every
minute holds q possibility. any tick OF the
clock may chronicle the happening OF
some of portentious character .
No sooner Is one edition OF the news
paper on the street than the local force is
at work upon the next one. There is an
endless round. a ceaseless grind, con-
etant struggle 20 keep pace with the
news; to be abreast the time and eternal
vigilance on the part OF all is imperative.
The local force, ever on the qu vive, lit-
orally goes over the city twice every "A
hours with fine-toothed comb and scours
II often between times. The method of
gathering news is as systematic as the
workings OF an intricate and perfect piece
OF mechanism. There is nothing hap
hazard, happy-go-lucky hit-or-mis about
the business. Celebrity, certainty and ac-
curacy mark its progress.
1t is OF greater Importance that the
things that are hidden from the public.
which should not be. are dug out and laid
bare In all their rottenness, than that
columns OF matter OF fact. prosaic writ
ings are obtained. Any tyro can write up
q missionary meeting or chase n sermon
1t Is the man with nose for news: one
who can run down quickly a good story;
who can hustle his copy and catch the
edition; who can scoop the opposition
sheets who always has the call.
Such man comes TO he known as a
Especial" and when he flashes up a quire
or two Of copy everybody else takes of
his hat and resignedly obeys the order
OF the city editor 10 boil IL down"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
Long Jaunts for News.

There were then long walks. from sta
ton 70 station every night and long ones
by day. too. An officer arresting a man
for drunkenness I'm Dog Town or Toole-
Vile dragged his prisoner 10 the Cen
trail station and was away from his beat
for an hour or more. An assignment Is
recalled. an order 90 Interview school
teacher when it was necessary TO Induce
a patrolman 90 pilot the reporter across
fields and through stretch OF woods.
That officers beat was so large that he
could not cover Il honestly, better than
once I'm every two days
The real Importance of the local man
appears not 20 have been realized until
the late Alfred NJ. Williams came here
from Taunton and was sent TO the police
and Justice courts Mr. Williams was pre-
ceded. however. by n few years by local
men who had begun TO make feature of
lower court stories and some OF them are
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
Dangers Encountered.

The local man and the Special ran all
kinds OF dangers. have all kinds OF eXpe-
riences. They have had men hunting for
them with guns until temper cooled on,
then the hunters have come around TO
give them tips on good things. One OF
them was sent 10 report a funeral
There had been a bad snow storm. The
tenor and bass OF the quartette didn't
show up. The officiating clergyman sang
tenor and the reporter got on board with
the best bass that he knew how TO war
BILE. In storms the local men have risked
their lives.
When Rhode Island was cut of from
all communications with the outside world
by the great freshet OF 1856 corps Of
newspaper men was out day and night.
each with a horse and buggy, travelling
over every pike and highway in a vain
endeavor TO find some place where
bridge had not been washed away and the
further shore OF a raging river could be
reached that news might be obtained OF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
MAKING UP THE NEWS.

story. even II IL was not a long one.
rave the foreman an attack OF fidgets and
the compositors fits. There was always a
gang OF tramp compositors hanging about
the foot Of the stairs leading to the com
posing room, all anxious to sub, for a
regular.
Machines revolutionized that depart
ment of the newspaper plant. Tramp COM
positors disappeared. Young men took
the places OF the grizzly veterans. a sin
gle linotype did the work of or expert
hand compositors, the room became quiet
everything was done on system and the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08

the extent OF the damage done 10 property
and IL any lives had been lost
Time and again they drove through
streams which crossed the roads and
reached to the floors OF their vehicles. one
got across a bridge. the floor OF which
could not be seen. and a minute later the
structure was swept away. The pounding
Of the horses feet had been as the last
straw.
In the blizzard OF 1883 everywhere news
paper men. locals. did great work. Some
fell from exhaustion and died. Others
wrecked their health. All braved danger
for no other reason than to get the latest.
best. Nose dependable news for their pa