An experiment in journalism last week attracted more attention than almost any other single topic in the news. A y or so a Ka inister, the Ri M. alton by nam wi which he ated La His Steps What scauld Jess Dot The hook dealt largely with th posed conduct of a newspaper lines of the teachings of the of sy of prize fi was discarded and helpful dise: serious and reli Liquor advo ments, and advertisements of question concerns were dimi The proprietors of Topeka, Kansas, with shrewd ape to the daily paper in Piper for awe to the Rev.
Sheldon, him absolute control in every department for th: The offer was accepted and the wok ago and ended Public euriusity raised the cireul the first one ur two numbers ta close to half-million. co} ity quickly satisfied. "Of the first number the first page, which by American custom, should be given up to the most import news of the day, by ith the Dishop of the public the firist. pag workings of the law prohibi ing in Kansas and an app constumptives in Culorido, news of the country and world as given through the Associated Press, was cut down te fill than a baze and local news fared even rule i ict week is time afford a test for an experiment of this kind, but the opinion is alnest as common thata longer experiment would prove tat failure.
THE May-Pac I said in my Ili as doubtful if the Senate would ratify, the Hay-Pauneefute treaty, relative to" the Nicaraguan canal, as it stood. The Senate into by an amendment to the treaty that in times of wars to h the United States shall be a party, thi ntry may control the im any way necessary for the coasts. It is pointed "vision exists in the the Suez Canal by which the Tur ish Government is empowered to retrict the use of the its Egyptian possessions are menaced.
This amendment wishes of the admi peril its ratti tion by England, who advocate the ori inal treaty maintain avd that in case of necessity, for the protection of the country, the United b take possession of the cana any treaty, Senate prefers that such power should he understood beforehand and definitely sessed in the document. the Bri this prvileg lit as well hav 1 fret is there concession: that if this power that distinctly she did nat, it is bette be assured of it by her refusl to the amended treaty, so that there no misunderstanding The habit of expansion into which the with the late war is shown in the suggestion made in some that the United States annex ad thus settle the canal ques-
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