The Editor and Publisher 1901-11-23: Vol 1 Iss 22

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1 THE EDITOR and PUBLISHER A JOURNAL FOR NEWSPAPER MAKERS.

VoL I, No. 22. NEW YORK, November 23, 1901. $i A Year, 5 Cents a Copy.

HEARST TO FIGHT. THE MAN WHO DID.

AMERICAN’S CASE CREATES A CHARLES M. PALMER AS A GREAT STIR IN CHICAGO. TEACHER, MANAGER AND NEWSPAPER BROKER. One Court Is Pitted Against Another, and a Big Battle Will Be Fought to A Well-Known Figure in the Press Protect the Liberty of the Press— World of the East and the West— Lawyers Say There Was No Con¬ his Aggressive Work on the San tempt of Court. Francisco Examiner and the New The sentencing last week of two York Journal—His Latest Achieve¬ members of the Chicago American’s staff to imprisonment for alleged con¬ ments in Business. tempt of court by Judge Hanecy has The announcement last week of the created an unwanted stir in the purchase by Frank A. Munsey of the Windy City. Washington Times from Stllson Messrs. Lawrence and Canfield were Hutchins, which appeared exclusively not locked up in Jail, but were released in The Editor and Publisher, with under bail In habeas corpus proceed¬ the modest foot note announcing that ings soon after the sentence was pro¬ the sale was negotiated through the nounced. hn)keragc offii-o of Charles M. Palmer, A stubborn legal fight is bonnd to brings into prominence in a new role follow that will probably be prolonged a well-known manager and a business until late In the spring. The Amer¬ both unique in itself and of Interest ican has engaged the best legal talent and undoubted value to newspaper In Chicago to argue Its case In the men. whether owners or possible courts. future owners. Mr. Palmer, who Is too well-known THE FAMOUS STORKY C.VSE. to all newspaper men to need Intro¬ The basis for this unusual attention duction, became convinced, from his to a single court proceeding rests on experience in the purchase and sale the theory that when the final decis¬ of newspapers for himself, that there ion of the upper court is written the was a wide field for enterprise in case will become historic in the an¬ negotiating as the confidential repre¬ nals of the legal lore of Illinois. This sentative beween owners and buyers. generation in Chicago has not before About a year ago he purchased from had the opportunity of witnessing the E, P. Harris, who hod alre.idy- been trial of a newspaper and its responsi¬ experimenting on the same lines, the ble editors and writers for contempt daily and weeklyn newspaper end of of court. Back in 1876, more than a his brokerage business, and, early last quarter of a century ago, there was Spring, opened a suite of offices recorded the famous Storey case. devoted exclusively to this business Wilbur F. Storey, editor of the old in the Postal Telegraph Building. Chicago Times, was cited for contempt SOME LARGE TRANSACTIONS. for publishing certain criticisms of the grand jury for voting .Indictments During the brief period that has In¬ against him. The court held the ed¬ CHARLES M. PALMER. tervened since he has took hold of the newspaper brokerage business, Mr. itor guilty, and sentenced him to the WHO EFFECTED THE BADE OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES. county jail. Pending a review by the Palmer has shown that there is room for an agency of this kind. The sales Supreme Court, he secured his liberty WILLMAN AND SUN WIN. MANAGER SEEKS DAMAGES. on a writ of habeas corpus, and the he has effected have been numerous, higher court finally reversed the de. some of them involving transactions amounting to hundreds of thousands cision of the lower tribunal and dls- Suit Against the Paper and Oscar P. Mayor of Syracuse Defendant in a chargea the editor. of dollars. Willman Is Dismissed. Newspaper Libel Suit. Although much has been written In the present case one court is pit¬ A suit was tried Nov. 12 In Part II. ted against another, the original judge Arthur J. Plcotte, manager of the about Mr. Palmer and his newspaper of the Supreme Court, In which Oscar Labor World, Syracuse, N. Y., has experience and career, it has been in is evidently determined to punish P. Willman and the Sun Printing and what has been called “juggling with sued Mayor James K. McGuire for a sense fragmentary and incomplete. Publishing Association were defend¬ $6,000 damages for libel. Space will not permit as extensive the law;’’ three great law firms, with ants. the State’s Attorney and his staff, are The complaint states that the de¬ review of this here as we would like The plaintiff alleged that be had fendant tried to coerce and induce the to present to our readers, but the fol¬ engaged on opposite sides of the case, been arrested on December 22, 1899, and they have argued, besides techni¬ managers of the Labor World to sup¬ lowing will be of interest: and that $5,000 was due to the plaintiff port him In the campaign, but that Its Mr. Palmer’s early youth was passed calities and facts, the broader propo¬ because he had been wrongfully locked sitions of the freedom of the press and support was refused unless the mayor in the healthful environment of farm up in the Oak street police station would take back certain alleged slan¬ life in western Wisconsin, where were the dignity of the courts, and with It and in the Tombs, his case having all the bench and bar have become derous statements affecting the as¬ laid the foundations of the superb been dismissed on his getting out on sembly and officers. health that has enabled him In later thoroughly aroused over the case and habeas corpus. It Is then charged that the defend¬ its probable ending. life to withstand a strain of work The case was dismissed by Justice ant falsely uttered defamatory words which few men have undergone. After WONT GO TO CHICAGO. Smith as to the Sun Association, and concerning the plaintiff wherein he a thorough education and an exper¬ William It. Hearst, editor of the New the jury brought In a verdict for the charged the managers of the I.Abor ience as a school teacher, he was in York Journal, while In New Orleans defendant, Oscar P. Willman, who was World with having attempted to black¬ 1876 employed by the La Crosse last week, was Interviewed by a Pic¬ concerned in making the arrest, which mail the Democratic organization. (Wis) Morning Chronicle as travel¬ ayune representative, to whom he took place on Nassau street, near the ing correspondent and circulation said, in reply to a question as to Tribune newspaper building. agent, and in this capacity covered whether he would go to Chicago to The cause of the arrest was that the Stamford Telegram Suspends. western Wisconsin, southern Minne¬ submit himself to the contempt pro¬ plaintiff was circulating papers to the After a checkered career since sota and Northern Iowa, thus gaining ceedings already alluded to. detriment of the Sun, as alleged, the August, 1897, the Stamford (Conn.) a wide acquaintance with business and “I have no intention of going to Chi¬ circulars stating that the Sun opposed Telegram, the only Democratic paper newspaper men. cago just now, as it Is not necessary. the 'Typographical Union No. 6, and in a territory containing 60,000 inhab¬ HIS EARLY TRAINING. The paper there Is published by a cor¬ there were several statements argu¬ itants, has suspended publication. poration, and I am not even an ofilcer ing for the boycott of the newspaper. Lack of business is the reason He attracted the attention of W, R. of the company. The proceedings In assigned. The paper was published by Finch, publisher of the Repnbllcan question can go on just as well with¬ a stock company headed by Judge and I.eader, the opposition paper at out me, and I am not wanted for any¬ President for the Fourth Time. H. Stanley Finch. La Crosse. To Mr. Finch, who is now thing that I know of. In fact, I have The Publishers’ Association, of New U. S. Minister to Uraguay and Para¬ not any very definite recollection as York City, at its annual meeting held guay, Mr. Palmer owes the foundation to the matter for which the company Nov. 16, re-elected Edward P. Call, the Paper Mill Sold. of his newspaper training. Is held In contempt. My lawyers don’t business manager of the Evening Post, Hugh Mclnnes, owner of the Re¬ During the three years that he re¬ think that it was a contempt, and the as president for the fourth time. Her¬ becca Paper Mills, in Bridgeport, mained with the Repnbllcan and court seems to disagree with them, bert F. Gunnison, of the Brooklim Conn., has disposed of ids plant to Leader as city editor, his duties were and that Is all there is to it until it is Eagle, watt chosen vlceK:hairman. Tb;. Edward M. Taylor, of ^ilmlLr numerous and diverse. He edited floally decided," Other offlcfer* were ro-olected. Pol, tor 188,000. . ijCmtim'ed m faff T•^ /

THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. November 23, 1901.

SCHEMERS ARE BUSY new incorporations. whatWHAT theyTHEY wouldWOULD do.DO. newspaperNEWSPAPER growth.GROWTH. - The Medford Citizen Company, of - - AMERICANS WITH GOOD THINGS Augusta. Me. Capital stock, 310,000. Clerygmen Offer Advice on Running a There Has Been a Gain of Nearly ARE FLOCKING TO LONDON. Incorporators. John Williamson, Jr.; Daily Newspaper. 8,000 Periodicals in Ten Years. ARE FLOCKING TO LONOON. j ^ Fairbanks. Augusta; E. J. Mc- ..... j ..r , Ti — loo* In n report by the Census Bureau The Ne>k York Press l^t Sunday Washington, whfch is expected to Frederick A. Thomas, backed by Ample ûlty, Boston. _ presented a page article giving the *■ esented. a^ *page SSI article ^_ g madeluttuo yuuiicpublic luIn thetuo uuursvcourse uiof a opinions of well-known N week, a great gain in the number of cler^men on How to Run a New p - published in the United “Special Numbers” for Several Pa- land. Me. Capital stock, $10,(K)0. In- pers—Had Some Trouble with the corporators: B. F. Haines, Boston; F. P^r.” „ ^ _ ... States is shown, and incidentally a The H®''- I^*îrcy S. Gran., rec..) compliment is paid to the Western London Sun, But Came Out Ahead Marshall and N. L. Morse. Port- the Church of the Ascension, says section of the country. in the Deal. that he knows the kind of a paper he The greatest gain in the number of would like to read every day, but The approaching coronation cere¬ The Workman Publishing Company, newspapers and publishing plants has monies are already bringing to Lon- of Toledo, O. Capital stock. 310,000. does not think such a sliest been made in that section, don a large number of people with Incorporators: Nelson Crossley, would be financially prod..able. He chusetts, according to the present cen- money making schemes. As usual, the Thomas H. Gardner, Harold N. White- would have the paper about one-quar- jj^ve to yield its place at the ter as large as those printed at pres- Iowa. The Hawk- Americans, with something good up house, Frank F. Llninger and Francis ent, the type in which it is printed jo gyg gâê, in proportion to its popula- their sleeves, are much in evidence. w. Cowan. One of them, Frederic A. Thomas, - irg the same as that employed upon îqh^ jj^s more newspapers than any who has announced that he has 3250,- The Department News Publishing tnethe AtlanticAuanuc Monthly.mou.m, Thex^ advertise- Bâte in the Union. nf n r Can- ments would be printed bj themselves 000 of New York, Chicago and Boston Company, of Washington, D. C. Cap- ments would be printed ny inemseives rpj^g total number of printing estab- money in his pockets, put up by a ital stock, 310.000. The incorporators and not mingled with the news ar- nghments in the United States, as syndicate for general investments, are: William N. New'bold, David W. tides. will be shown by the forthcoming cen- seems to be making things particu- Gaoe, George P. Hart, Robert H. Cow- The Rev. Dr. James Burrell, of the gug report, is 23,916, a gain of 7,916 larly lively. ard, Walter J. Brooks, Albert S. Brown Marble Collegiate Church, asserted during the ten years ending 1900. One of his first undertakings was to and Stephen E. K. Buchanan. that he did not want to edit a news- >rije j^gt census showed only 16,000 get out a big coronation number of the - paper, but that if he did ha would tiy printing establishments. These estab- Ixmdon Sun. Horatio Bottomley, past A charter has been granted the Ob- to do three things. First, publish th; lishments Include Job printing, news¬ news; second, tell the truth; third proprietor of the Sun, installed an server Company, of Newberry, S. C.. paper and book publishing plants. American in offices close to Fleet which is to publish a newspaper, etc., make the paper contribute to the pub- Census officials point out that the street, with stenographers and type- on a capital stock of 35,000. W. H. He weal. The trouble with greatest gain has been made In the w’riters, and big things were to be Wallace is president, secretary and Heads” is that lying once developed to west, and this section is shown to done. treasurer. a habit gets to be a common-place. have made immense strides. Iowa. Dr. Parkhurst thinks that I he funda- jn proportion to its population, has Thomas and Bottomley fell out, how- - ever, and the former demanded dam- The F. A. Bassette Company, of mental defect of the average newspa- twice as many newspapers as Mass.a- ages for a breach of contract. After Springfield, Mass. Capital stock, 317,- per is that it is run as a purely money- chusetts. The biggest increase in the a sharp contest of wnts he got them. OiMt. Incorporators, Frederick A. Bas- making institution. This is not a crll- printing establishments has been in He offered James Macdonald, secre- sette, William C. Lawton, W. H. Icism against money making, but he the newspaper field. believes that no man doei his best - tary of the London Trades Council, Muchell and Frank P. Eddy. 35,000 and a percentage on the profits work when the supreme motive is the CONSOLIDATION AT MARION. accumulation of wealth. _ for permission to publish a coronation The Pearson Publishing Company, brochure concerning the Council, with of New York, has been incoriwrated The Rev. Dr. Mendez, of the West -j-ê Tribune Absorbs the Morning photograph’s of the members and other to conduct a general publishing busl- End Synagogue, thinks that the most News, Its Principal Rival. deplorable feature of the New York leaders of the trades movement. Mac- ness. Capital, 3200,000. Directors: The Marlon (Ind.) Tril)une Comitaiiy donald agreed to lay the matter be- Joseph J. Little and Arthur W. Little, of journals is the graphic portraiture of purchased last week the Mornin'? fore the Council. New York; Carlisle N. Greig, of Yon- vice and crime, which the conductors o^-ned by the Chronicle Com- Thomas, who says he has the back- kers; John M. Barthgate, of Ixmdon,Ixtndon, such papers spread before the Tribune Company was or- ing of Andrew Carnegde, Lord Roths- Eng., and William A. Woodward, of êry (my In tne week. ganlzed and began the publication of child and J. Pierpont Morgan, is con- Greenwicn, Conn. The Rev. R. Heber Newton d^ afternoon Republican paper in Jan- fident of making great -•'ifiis out of -;--plores the insincerity or sensational- „g,y opposition to the Dally Chron- the advertisements to be obtained for Philadelphia Record Sued.Sued, *sm of the average newspaper. I« Îg,^ Republican, which aiso oper- such “special numbers.” He has of- Bernard F. Owens and Samuel A. fered 310,000 for the right to publish Boyle have begun suit in the United Hsh stories of the horrible crimes with Morning News has sus- the official programme for the Crystal states Circuit Court, on behalf of E. fheir full details. He objects to hav- ponded publication and the Tribune Palace next year. W. Gustin & Co., New York, against ing his window look out upon a sewer, abandoned the afternoon field to take the Philadelphia Record Publishing Up the moming Independent field. The Company for infringement of a copy- EVENING POST DINNER. effects a reconciliation be- PAYNE’S NOVEL EXPERIENCE.CE. right on Tojetti’s painting, “He Iôves “ . .. tween the Tribune and Chronicle com- Members of the Staff Enjoy a Night panies. Me, He Loves Me Not.” The plaintiffs ** Hardware Club. The Tribune Company will hereafter While Asleep He Kicked His Dress II*®^ ^**® rights per¬ taining to the printing and recopying The dinner given by the trastees of pgll its paper the Marion News-Trlb- Suit Case Out the Window ofT the*ir*f painting, and charge the pub-of „th® Evening Post to the staff on Sat- Frank C. Payne, formerly an Indian- Hshing company with unlawfully re- Tribune Company is a corpora- apolis Journalist, now advance agent producing a copy of the picture iiiion ° celebration of the one hiindredth the directors and offices of which for Frank L. Perley’s attractions, one of their booklets. anniversary of the founding of the pa- are Charles W. Halderman, president; when in New York' last week, stopped —,_ ®. occasion for all j. l, McCulloch, vice-president and at the Hotel Nevarre. While prepar¬prepar- German Papers Still Popular. particuiated in it. treasurer; Elbert F. Edward, secretary ing to go to bed he found that the cord william C Brumder business man- 9”® f® and office manager. The Chronicle is holding the window weight was broken aimand theuie windowwinuow wouldwouia notnoi staysiaj open.open, g recent caller at the office of The nhabet of Evenine Post Celebrities” a r> e ere ore use is ress su case Ftutor and Publisher. whirh hnH nrAnnroH hv which had been prepared by Messrs, president; C. L. Graves, secretary and as a prop and retired. Mr. Brumder reports that the Ger- Lamont, Ogden and Mather. The fol¬ treasurer and office manager. His bed was near the window, and niania is enjoying an unusually pros- lowing is a sample of the verse; al)out daybreak in his dreams he perous season “F is For Forte, Fortissimo. Flnck, kicked the dress suit case out the .-some one' has said that papers Ladies’ Day at the Club. For the musical Fakes which a crit¬ opening. It fell to the sidewalk, pj-jnted in German are going out of In spite of the rain which fell heav¬ ic can’t blink; ily on Tuesday afternoon, fully two struck a iK’destrain and knocked him fashion.” he said in talking with the For Furious Fiddlers driven to drink hnndr J down. Paynes feet were caught by .-This is not true, at least so By the Frank Fair^ b^^^^ FriSlv fhi he lAdndow and he was found lying fg^ gg gg^tjop ^f ig prolusions of înk^” Friendly, ment at the rooms of the New York lace downward kicking and yelling, eoncemed Our circulation Is lareer a I’prolusions™"*®'®"® of fFinbk.” iucK. Press Club. A. B. DeFrece, who He walked little the next dav concerned, our circulation is larger aA second publication was a mlnla. acted as master of ceremonies, pro¬ ne lime me iiexi ua>. fj,g gg^ j gm ggj.g pgper it- turn odlH^n acted as master»„ii_i_ of ceremonies, pre¬ than ever and I am sure the paper it- ture edition of the Evening Post, con- sented the following artists: Miss self never exerted a wider influence. taining some extremely humorous ef- Aileen Brower, soprano, who sang forts. Here are two of the items All About Goats. several songs charmingly; Margaret We Print World News. Schindler, pianiste, who rendered her You would not suppose. .John S. A. Leishman, United States Couldn’t See the Humor. selections in an artistic manner; that there was a sufficient numlier of Minister to Turkey, who arrived home Pieal/a the editor and r T nmhardi Walter H. McElroy, who recited two people in the United States interested on a month’s vacation Nov. 16, pays the business manager of thl Ttniinn stories with humorously dramatic ef- in goats to support a paiier devoted following compliment to the newspa- business manager of the Italian - excrush’eirto kem'. ” The American p^Vs:""'”!^ wi‘k‘To“ôm;,irm;^^^ cuT were'kJesSâfNew Hav^^^^^ S’of^KrK^Sîs'^ Goat Breeder, however, which is ed- American newspapers,” said the Min- wool : New Haven last club, who sang several ballads in an ited ^ S. D. Creedon and is published ister, “on the increasing attention they mluer throS thJ ®TTnited ®»8yeasy and graceful manner, and Alfred in Chicago, has a prosperous appear- are devoting to foreign affairs. In wg[,g fates Ê. Pearsall, who recited some appro- ance, and is undoubtedly making Germany and France it is becoming a S 'rt tha the ^ prlate selections. money for its owner. If a man wants recognized fact that more information ^ ^ ® ^ mistake. - to know anything about the baa tribe, about the home affairs of those nations f'fK®® *®®®®®®^ matter they say Reduced in Size. he must buy that paper. can be obtained in American newspa¬ was not Indecent. Enemies of the newspaper, they assert, had furnished i ^ the Kansas City Times pers than in their own.” thetho authorities with a„ _wrong transla-; lias beenoeen reducedreaucea fromirom twelve tolo fourlour

Fire at Uniontown, Pa. Oswald Buys Another Paper. .lop. The obJ„»o„.bte matter. It I. Jtb'e'nTw.\C b.T"e» aSK' said, appeared among tbe febea. “^cil'heTat edltto oMte Itor The worst fire that has visited J. Clyde Oswald, editor and chief Uniontown. Pa., in years on Nov. 1 owner of Newspaperdom. the Amer- Municipal Paper for MontrealMontreal. press^_ destroyed twenty buildings and caused lean Printer and Business, has added Montreal will in the near fntnrJ Montreal will in the near future es- Gone Out of Business. a loss of 350.000. The principal loss a fourt', publication to his list, the taS^blish a municipal paperuaDer Hkr^^^^^^^like the City The Decatur County News, at Bain. of 320,000 was sustained by the News- Caxton Caveat, of Chicago, Ill. The Record of^New York I^wWoh'i^in -^rt,g„y covered new paier will be consolidated vAh printed the do '^® liridK®, L*-. and the Ruston (I.*.) pnnted the doings of the City Coun- Daily Leader, have suspended publica THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

SOME NEW BOOKS, MUNSEY’S TIMES

WHAT THE PUBLISHERS AND AU¬ NEW YORKER SAID TO HAVE PAID THORS HAVE TO OFFER. $250,000 FOR WASHINGTON The Stoky of Manhattan, by PAPER. Charles Hemstreet, Charles Scribners’ Sons, New York, publishers. Is one of the new books that is certain to .mu'.' Frank A. Munsey, who purchased have a large and constant sale among the Washington (D. C.) Times, as an¬ young people. Mr. Hemstreet is prob¬ nounced in these columns last week, is ably as well, if not better, informed said to have paid $250,000 for the about the history of New York city property. than most of his contemporary histor¬ The Times, which has hitherto ians. He has spent much of his leisure been DemocTatic in politics, will here¬ time in the last ten years in locating after, according to a statement made scenes of notable historical incidents. by Mr. Munsey, be conducted as an In- The new volume from his pen is de. dejiendent newspaper, free from party signed primarily for the use of young control. people. It is written in a plain, yet “The first thing I intended to do,” thoroughly interesting style and is full says Mr. Munsey, “is to order a new of valuable data. The task of the set of presses, and reduce the size of historian in presenting the story of the sheet as now published. any locality for 2t»0 or 300 years in “A smaller, better written, more se¬ concise and readable form is a heavy rious paper is what I shall endeavor one. to give to the people of Washington, .Mr. Hemstreet has succeeded in the and in so doing approximate my ideal I)resent instance in making the tale of what a newspaper should be. of Manhattan a fascinating one. While "When I say more serious, I do not sticking closely to facts, he has rigor¬ mean that a daily paper should not be ously excluded all except the salient bright and entertaining. On the con¬ and particularly attractive incidents trary, I believe in a publication being in the Island’s history. He is never thoroughly up-to-date. By a serious long-winded or tedious. He uses words paper 1 mean one which shows a sense that are easily understood by even the of responsibility and aims to be truth¬ youngest of readers. No one will find ful both as to news and convictions. the perusal of this book a dry task. “Levity, flippancy and superficiality It reads almost like a story-book. Mr. are the curses of much of the journal¬ Hemstreet does not load down his ism of to-day. I shall see to it that work with dry dates. Those who de¬ these characteristics shall not be sire to ascertain the year in which found in the Times.” any special incident occurre

7 THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. MoVEMIltK 23, 190l.

If you will look over the list of those who ment has lieen made in the art of advertising THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER have accepted govermental positions, yon in the last hnndred years. .4 Journm! for the Makrrit of X{irnfH>$>orK, will find that very few of them have been It seems hardly possible that much change for the better can be made and yet the ads of ImuED EvBitY Sati'KDAt at 17-:21 Pahk How, managers of large and successful newspaper New Yoke. properties. We have had a few governors to-day will be as much out of date a century Telbphokb, 2643 Coktlamd. hence as those of 1801 are now. J. B. 8UALE, FRANK U Bl.ANCHAKD, selected from the‘top notches, but such in¬ KiiITOB AJtP Pi;bu«hek. Amoctate Editob. stances are rare. When a man becomes a seeker after office, EDITORIAL COMMENT. St-BBCKIPTION (1.00 A YEAK. SIHELE COPIES 5 CEKTS. We extend onr congratulations to W. F. CopipH of Thk Eoitok a>v Pv liLiSHKK may be fouud on his influence as a newspaper editor begpns to Kale in New York Ci^ at the stands of L. Jonas & Co., in Maag, editor of the Youngstown (O.) Daily tbe Astor lionse; W. H. McKleriian, 24 Park Place, foot of wane immediately. He loses cast with his “I.” station; Tbunias Mead, 220 Broadway: in front of Vindicator, who was last week elected a Rep¬ tbe Park National Bank, and at tbe comer of Fulton and own readers. The editor who stands at the Broatlway. head of a representative newspaper is cer¬ resentative to the General Assembly of the AUVEimSlNG KATES. •state. The chief reason why Mr. Maag Uisjday Advertisements, (l.&O per inch per lusertioii; tainly in a position to w'ield a far greater in¬ Reading Notices, 25 cents an agate line; Small Adver- deserves the congratulations of his friends tisements under classified beadiiigs, sucb as Situations fluence among his constituents than he could Wanted, Help Wanted, Correspondents, Instruction, Ac., in the newspaper world is that he was the 50 cents for four lines or less. as a representative in the Legislature, or in Congress. In either of these latter positions only Democrat on the ticket who was not NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1001. he might do some special service, but in his defeated at the polls. own field he is in a position to do good all of DECLINE OF THE WEEKLY. the time. “Smashed by Advertising” is the epitaph The passing of the Weekly New \ork When a man has once held office and fails of erected over the grave of the Boston Milk Tribune, calls attention to the decline in the reappointment or reelection, he is regarded Trust. When the trust was organized several popularity of the weekly editions of the great as a “has been,” and “has beens” are not a dealers who refused to go into the combine city dailies. The Herald abandoned its desirable commodity as leaders of the people began to advertise every day in the news¬ weekly six years ago because it did not pay. or as managers of newspapers. In other papers. They pointed out to the public that it The Weekly Tribune at one time had an enor¬ w'ords, office holding is a good thing to let was to their interest not to uphold the mon¬ mous circulation all over the coutnry. It alone. Of course, there are times when a opoly and their arguments were so convincing wielded a tremendous influence and was the newspaper man’s fitness for a position is such that the trust was driven out of business. most popular of all the metropolitan news that the public demands his election to office weeklies. The farmers couldn’t get along and like a good citizen he obeys the wishes of The editors of Missouri newspapers have without it, for it published practical hints on the people. agricultural tropics, and its editor, Horace decided that the model editor of the state is An editor cannot fill two positions in a Jewell Mayes of the Richmond Missourian. Greeley, was a farmer like themselves. Then, satisfactory manner. If he places his news¬ too, the paper w'as Republican in politics, and Mr. Mayes does not chew, smoke, swear or paper in the hands of others while he is hold¬ a majority of its readers believed that Greeley drink and has never had a love affair. It is was the greatest Republican alive. ing office, the property is almost certain to safe to say that Mr. Mayes has never been ' The young people like4 it because it gave deteriorate unless he is unusually happy in away from home. We hardly think he can be them a lot of interesting information on all his selection of assistants. A notable excep¬ a real newspaper man and have such a long tion to the general rule was the late Nelson list of virtues to his credit. It must be that kinds of topics. Besides it published news from all over the world. It must be remem¬ Dingley, editor of the Lewiston (Me.) Journal, he is a clergyman in disguise. bered there were then no women’s papers who was a representative in Congress for like the Ladies Home Journal and period¬ some sixteen years. During that time, how¬ The editor of the Forest City News in a ever, he devoted little attention to the jour¬ icals of that character. The dailies were too leading editorial says: “About fifteen feet in nal, his brother Frank, an exceedingly able expensive for the back country folk. They the rear of our sanctum window are four newspaper man, carrying on the paper with couldn’t afford to pay $8 a year for a news¬ empty beer kegs. It is the most glaring and marked ability and success. paper, and really they didn’t feel the need atrocious exhibition of its kind that we have of it. Newspaper editors should be content to yet seen.” A great change has come over the popula¬ devote their energies to the building up and We sympathize with our indignant con¬ tion since then. Daily newspapers are now to the strengthening of the paper which they temporary, but we are inclined to think that as cheap as the old time weeklies. For two or Jwh, and let office holding severely alone. he is unnecessarily indigfiiant over the spec¬ three dollars a year a news journal is delivered tacle. The four empty beer kegs are not as ADS OF A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. to you at your home in city or country every attractive an ornament as four filled beer day in the year. An education is now’ a The two advertisements of patent medicines kegs, but one can console himself with the common thing among people of all classes. printed in the first issue of the New York memory of what those kegs originally con¬ Everybody can read and everybody does Evening Post one hundred years ago and re¬ tained. Then, too, the editor should remem¬ read because periodicals are so plentiful and produced elsewhere in this issue of The ber that the beer season has departed. cheap. Editor and Publisher, show that the The weekly newspaper is to-day too slow' to writers were fully as appreciative of their The newspaper men of San Francisco arc suit even the country readers, who want their opportunities and as able to take advantage commenting upon a new rule made by the news hot from the wires like city folks. of them as are the ad writers of to-day. ’Were Examiner, that hereafter reporters must not These are some of the reasons for the a few w’ords changed to bring them up contribute to any magazine or periodical. decline of the once-a-week general news¬ to date no one would be able to tell the The complaint is made that the reporters at paper. The country weekly still holds on and difference between them and those produced present are not making very large salaries w'ill for years to come, but even this will by the leading patent medicine houses to-day. and that the only way that many of them can eventually disappear except in towns so small It is in general advertising that the greatest make a living is by contributing to outside that they cannot support a daily. advance has been made. Take for instance papers. the announcement of Richard & John It seems to us that no newspaper has the OFFICE HOLDING EDITORS. Thorne, dry goods merchants, of No. 141 right to make such a rule as this. As long Considei’ug the large number of men en¬ Pearl street, printed in the same issue. It as a man does his work faithfully and well, gaged in the newspaper business, the number occupied a four inch space and consisted it is none of the paper’s business whether he seeking oftice is remarkably small. Most of solely of an enumeration of cases of goods writes for outside newspapers or not. When the editors are so married to their profession received from London. Contrast such an he fails to do his work properly, then it is that they had much rather continue to man¬ advertisement w'ith that of any merchant of time enough for him to be warned of his age their newspaper properties than become to-day, with its description of goods, lists of siiort-comings and told to do better in the servants of the Government. prices &c. and you will see what an improve¬ future. Kovxhbxb 28, 1901. THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

STAFF CHANGES. PERSONALS. Starke’s New Paper. The publishers of the Newark (N. J.) .lamvs Kernan, superintendent of Evening and Sunday News announce tile delivery department of the New Prof. Joseph French Johnston has the appointment of Mr. Lee Starke, York Evening World, has succeeded Printing resigned the professorship of journal¬ Tribune Building, New York, as man¬ Ralph A. Pillsbury as circulation ism in the University of Pennsylvania, ager of general advertising. manager. to accept the chair of political econ¬ Mr. Starke’s relation to the News is omy and banking in the New York that of a salaried representative, with Mr. Otto M. Schlmansky, who for University. the past four years has been con¬ nected with the Toledo (O.) Blade as Prof. Clarence Tate, editor of the INKS free lance writer, has resigned to Pensacola (Fla.) Press, missed his enter the services of the Cincinnati NEWS INK footing while entering his home re¬ Enquirer as Columbus correspondent. cently and, falling on the floor, broke Finest Quality C ■ his arm. The Rev. A. W. Lightbourn wilt suc¬ NEWS BOOK INK 15c. ceed the Rev. Aloysius Green as Whltelaw Reid, editor of the New editor of the Peninsula Methodist, at EXTRA BOOK INK 25c. York Tribune, was one of the guests Wilmington, Del. of honor at the Chamber of Commerce Suitable for ail Papers. dinner Tuesday evening at Delmon- J. C. Bush, formerly advertising ico’s. - manager of tne New York Evening Write for dcKriptlve circular and diKOunts Wm. Raymond Sill, who until re¬ Post, now has charge of the foreign cently was dramatic editor of the New advertising of the Boston Post. F. F. Okie Company, York Evening World, has acquired an KENTON PEACE. interest in the play “The Henrietta” I. Me C. Bean, formerly of the in which Stuart Robeson stars. Mr. Pbila.. Pa. Sill is on the road doing advance work Dickson Manufacturing Co., has suc¬ ceeded M. W. Gratz as editor of for the show. Science and Industry. Will A. Page, recently dramatic editor of the Philadelphia North Charles C. Cole has been appointed HEADQUARTERS FOR American, has become business man¬ the Chicago representative of Mc¬ ager of Coase’s Theatre, Baltimore. Clure’s Magazine. Mr. Page has begun a publication called the Playgoer, which will be Fred W. Church, editor and manager Newspaper Opportunities. issued every week and distributed of the Hallstead (Pa.) Herald, has no commission Interest In the business taken a position on the staff of a free to the patrons of that theatre. Among the many attractive newnpaper handled by him. Few special agents Johnstown daily. pro|MTtie« on my books.lBuggeHt the follow- H. W. Seymour, editor of the are better known than Mr. Starke. fng: Chicago Chronicle, will spend the He stands well in the community, and Henry M. Pinknam has resigned his quaintance. position as financial editor of the County Seat Democratic paper, one of the winter in southern California witu his prettieHt, moBt progreHMlve email citiee in the family for his health. He will con¬ Boston Post, and has been succeeded state. Paper now making about $2,200 per by Edwin G. Heath. year. Owner desires to sell In order to da- tinue to direct the affairs of the Convention held this week in Wash¬ vote himself to practice of law. $3,600 cash Chronicle by wire, telegraphing edi¬ ington. He made a speech before the to quick pucliaser. If you want bargain, torials daily, after the manner of the convention upon the desirability of es¬ John Wilbur Jenkins, editor of the write at tmee. late Joseph Medill of the Chicago tablishing a reciprocity arrangement Raleigh (N. C.) Times-Visitor, has taken a position on the Baltimore Sun. Controlling Interest In New Jersey Journal Tribune, who exercised a long distance with Canada under which wood-pulp established thirty years. Can be had for directorship while at Passadena. can be admitted to this country free Irving J. Keyes, who has been oper¬ $7,600. Making money. Prefer good busi¬ of duty. ness Inan. reporter or practical printer. Miss Ella Wheeler Wilcox, of the ating the Milford (Conn.) Citizen the Large town. ** -'ork Journal, will be the guest past year under a lease, has given up F. E. Dunn, editor of the Upper San¬ his job. City of 10,000, near New York. Establish¬ of the New England Woman’s Press dusky (Ohio) Dally Union, has ed, profitable weekly, large field, increasing Association on Dec. 3. abandoned newspaper work in order to business. *.3.00o. Very easy terms. go on the vaudeville stage. NEW PARTNERSHIPS. County Scat of 12,000, about thirty miles Paul Dana, editor of the New York James Dupree, editor of the New- from New York. Weekly paper with good Sun, was the guest of President Roose¬ P. F. Dunne (Dooley) and wife were bern (N. C.) Evening News, has joined Job plant and business. Will be sold on at¬ velt at the White House one day last guests of President Roosevelt at the the ranks of the Benedicks. tractive terms. $1,000 cash required. week. —' — White House Tuesday evening. Pennsylvania County Seat. Crowing town. Clarence Metters, who for fifteen Josiah Terwilliger, editor of the Territory in several adjoining towns. Con- years has been connected with the Frederick N. Bassett, formerly east¬ Milford (Pa.) Dispatch, and Miss trolling Interest in daily paper now making Columbus (O.) Dispatch in various good profit and rapidly increasing. Terms ern manager of the United Press, has Blanche Wood were married Nov 6th. $0,000 cosh. capacities, has formed a business con¬ been appointed manager of the Chic¬ nection with a local spice and coffee ago ofiice of the Publishers’ Press Alvin T. Steinel, who occupies an Republican Paper, large city In central company. Association. states. Not on the market, but can be had editorial position on one of the St. for about $100,000. Fine opening for news- E. E. Butler, editor of the Mountain Joseph (Mo.) newspapers, and ...xiss pa|>er man with reasonable amount of Among the out-of-town visitors in Dora E. Gross of that city were capital. City vi'enn.) 'Tomahawk, has resigned New York this week were: Frank B. and will devote his time to an effort married last week. Exceptional Opportunity is offered in pro¬ Noyes, publisher of the Chicago Rec¬ gressive eastern city of 1.6,000 to pnn-nase to secure the Republican nomination ord Herald; William M. McLean, pub¬ very profitable semi-weekly on attractive for state attorney from the first dis¬ lisher of the Philadelphia Bulletin, Edward Chester Lampson, editor terms. Paper should be converted Into a trict. dally, which would be warmly welcomed by and Lewis H. Brush, owner of the and owner of the Jefferson, (O.) patrons, $8,000 cash reqnirra. Salem (Ohio) News and the East i^lv- Gazette, and Miss Pearl May Evans J. Hunter Williams, editor of the were married Nov. 10. DAILIES AND WEEKUES In all States erpool News-Review. at attractive prices, requiring $1,000 to Glencoe (Okla.) Mirror, has been $250,000 cash. appointed U. S. Court Commissioner A. B. Noyes, financial editor of the Orville P. Bassett, city of the for Payne Co., that territory. New York Evening Post, is spending a Sterling (Ill.) Standard, and Miss STATE YOUR WANTS. few weeks in Europe. Emily Gault, daughter of a prominent C. M. PALflER, Aewtpaper Broker, “Captain Jack” Walker, who is ad¬ manufacturer, were united in marriage vance agent of the Inne’s Band, was Charles E. Russell, of the editorial recently. 2S3 Broadway, New York. formerly a newspaper girl and did staff of Hearst’s Chicago American, Chicago office, 116 Dearborn St. stunts on the Nashville Sun. She is a was in New York this week. Wm. Palmer Douglas, a young news¬ crack shot, brave, a good business paper man from Jacksonville, Fla., and woman and has the high regard of all Charles Bridges, who went to Chi¬ luiss Nannie May Clark were married who come in contact with her. cago to work on the American, has re¬ at Glade Spring, Va., recently. SITUATIONS WANTED. turned to New York. George F. McCullaugh, proprietor of A high grade literary man, who has been the Muncie Morning Star, was at the Ernest Jarrold (Mickey Finn) con¬ BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. dramatic critic, book reviewer, and has bad Waldorf last week. tributed a prize story “Magical Mix¬ wide experience In all classes of ciditortal work, desires an engagement with a first class tures” to the November number of pnblicntlon. Will work fora moderate salary. H. V. Jones, editor of the Minneap¬ Comfort. It is written in Mickey’s $8,000. Address, 27, Editor and Publisher Office. olis Commercial West, was a recent happiest vein. ' $2,500 cash down and visitor in New York. An experience newspaper man who has balance on satisfactory basis— held Important positions In New York Offices Anna Randall Diehl has written a as desk editor, would like to connect himself F. H. Pierson, managing editor of very appreciative biography of Jennie $5,000 one half cash, balance easy with a weekly periodical not too far away the New York Evening Telegram, and O’Neill Potter. The booH is issued terms, represent two special proposi¬ from the city. Write to 48, Editor and Pub¬ F. J. Gibson, the advertising manager, by I. H. Blanchard Company, New tions in Massachusetts Be quick. lisher Office. sailed for Paris Nov. 14 for a consulta¬ York. ^ One half cash—just the $1,600. New York newspaper man of 16 years tion with James Gorden Bennett, the ^^-.^-^Tinnnrtunitv for a prin¬ experience wishes a position as reporter on owner. Insurance Herald’s Mortgage. dally or weekly In New York or some other ter and newspaper man in Virginia. nearby State. Specialty, labor news. Ad¬ The Insurance Herald, of Atlanta, Other propositions on deck. dress. A. S. Brunswick, Press Club, 116 Nas¬ A. E. Wood, one of the stand-by has given a 816,000 mortgage on some sau St., New York City. Journalists of the New York World, is valuable lots it owns in that city. C. F. David, Abin^fton. occupying the desk of assistant city It is the purpose of the company in ..— Mass. editor, in place of Fred W. Shipman, making the conveyance to issue bonds MISCELI.ANEOU8 WANTS. who has been made exchange editor. in coupons of 81,000, and the deed is The Originial Confidential Broker in Newspapers and Attorney at Newspaper- POSTAL CARDS BOUGHT if uncaneeled. intended to secure the purchasers of Plinth or written on one or both sides. John Norris, of the New York Times, the bonds, which are payable in fifteen dom. POSTAL SUPPLY OO., attended the National Reciprocity years. Over 30 years practical experience. M 6th Ava., Chlcag*. The editor and publisher. Koveubsr 23, 1901. AD WORLD TOPICS. HEROLD’8 PRIZE DESIGN. PATENT MEDICINE ADS. PENNSYLVANIA. Milwaukee’s Great Newspaper Awards Those Who Made Them a Century Ago FACTS AND POINTERS FOR THE RAILROAD. Knew How to Write Them. BUSINESS MANAGER. flOO to the Winner. STATIONS foot Of Wut Twenty-third Street The prize of one hundred dollars of¬ The professional ad writers of the end Deebroeaee and Cortlandt Sireeu. present day no doubt think that old C7The leavina time from Denbroo- In obeerving that the prevalence ot fered by the Herold Company for the nen and Cortlaadt Streets is Uve min. newspaper advertising is a certain in¬ best idea illustrating the fact that the time patenf medicine advertisers did ntes later than that sivea below for dication of prosperity, A. L. Thomas, Milwaukee Herold is delivered and not know how to set forth in an at¬ Twenty-third Street Station, ezeevt of Ix»rd & Thomas, the noted adver¬ paid for at more Milwaukee homes tractive manner the good qualities of where otherwise noted. tising corporation, merely said what than any other morning or evening their preparations. 7.BS A. U. PAST HAIL.—Limited to two ' And yet a perusal of the following Buffet Parlor Cars, New York to Pittsburg. all observing persons know to be true. newspaper has been awarded to F. W. Sleeptns Car Pittsburg to Chicago. No The present period of prosperity is Heine of Milwaukee. announcements, which appeared in the coaches to Pittsburg. first issue of the New York Evening O.as A. H. FAST LINE.—PltUburg and marked by a great expansion in skill¬ The design very aptly illustrates the Cleveland. ful advertising. Mr. Thomas asserts continuous growth of the Herold since Post, printed Nov. 16, 1801, will con¬ 9.!iS A M. PENNSYLVANIA LIHITFD.- vince them that even in those days Pullman Compartment Sleeping, Dining, that this is the greatest year for news¬ Smoking and Observation Cars. For Chi¬ paper advertising that he has known. ad writers knew how to wield their cago, Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinnati, Indian¬ It happens also to be a year of unpre¬ pencils: apolis, Louisville, St. Louis. "It is pleasing to observe, in these 1.5SP. U. CHICAGO ANi.! ST. LDUIS EX¬ cedented commercial and industrial PRESS.—For Toledo, I.-'Clsvllle (via CTnclii- activity. Evidently the two go to¬ enlightened times, the increasing lib¬ iiatl). Indianapolis, Chicago, 8L Louts, Din¬ erality of the physical profession. Few ing Car. gether. That the advertisement is a ».B8 P. H. ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.—For Pitts¬ great factor in keeping something go¬ medical practioners but experience burg, Indianapolts, Louisville, St. Louis. among their patients the superlative Dining (^ar. ing on is plain. It is an essential aid 6.SS P. M. WESTERN EXPRESS.—For (Ril- in the modern scheme of business and efficacy of Dr. Solomon’s Cordial Balm cago. For Toledo, except Saturday. Dining of Gilead. The medicine, therefore, is Car. could not be disi>ensed with. T.BB P. M. PACIFIC EXPRESS.—For Pitts¬ now as frequently and regularly pre¬ burg and Chicago. For Knoxville, dally, via TIPS FOR BUSINESS MANAGERS. scribed as any in the Materia Medica, Shenandoah Valley Route. Connects for in all complaints which it professes to (Neveland, except Saturday. The advertising of Messrs. Fay and 8.585 P. H. CLEVELAND AND CINCIN¬ subdue; and is likely to be soon so im¬ NATI.—For Pittsburg, Cleveland, Nashville Bowen, Auburn, N. Y., manufacturers mediately and universally used in (via (Tlncinnatl and Louisville). FOR PHILAUBLPHIA. of marine motors, is now being placed every case of debility, consumption, or in a few magazines by Herman 6.10 (Desbrosses and Cortlandt streets 6.20), relaxation of the solids, by the whole 7.25, 7.66, 8.26, 8.66, 0.26 (9.66 Penn. Lim¬ Wheaton Grannis, New York. medical world, as entirely to super¬ ited), 10.10 (Desbrosses and Cortlandt Streets 10.20) (Dining Car), 10.66 (Dining Car), 11.66 cede the application of every other a. m.. 12.66, 2.10 (Desbrosses and Cort'andt The Rochester (N. Y.) Herald sends remedy. For sale by R. Bach, No. 128 Streets 2.20), 2.65, 8.26, 3.66, 4.25, 4.26 (Din¬ ing Car), 4.65 (Dining Car), 6.53 (Dining out notice that the E. Katz Advertis¬ Pearl street, in bottles. Price, 3 dol¬ ing Agency is no longer the special Car), 7.66, 8.26, 8.56, 9.26 p. m., 12.10 nigbt. lars each.” Sundays, 6.10, 7.66 (no coaches), 8.26, 8.66, representative of that paper, not be¬ 9.26, 9.66 (Limited), 9.66, 10.65 (Dining Car) cause of any dissatisfaction with the a. m., 12.66, 1.65 (Dining Car), 8.26, 8.66, “SOLOMON’S ANTMMPETIGINES 4.26 (Dining Car), 4.66 (Dining Car), 6.65 Katz Agency, but for the reason that (Dining Car). 7.56. 8.26, 8.66, 9.26 p. m.. ' e Herald is now in a position to give Is the most powerful alterative and 12.10 night. Oopyri^t, ISOl, by The Heroie Co. Ticket offices. Noe. 461, 1196, 1864, 111 and 201 ■sonal attention to out-of-town purifier of the blood and juices, with¬ Broadway; 182 Fifth Avenue (below 28d St.I. -! '• -S. tIOO.OO Prize DetHin for the Best Idea llluttrai. out the least confinement or restraint 1 Astor House; West Twenty-third Street .1 _ Ing the Fact that the Milwaukee Herold la Deliv. in diet; its operation is gradual and Station; and stations foot of Desbrosses and ered and Paid lor at Mora Milwaukee Homes Cortlandt Streets; 4 Court Street. 860 Fulton *' ' and Great Western than Any Other Morning or Evening Newspaper. imperceptible, though certain and in¬ Street, 68 Broadway and Pennsylvania An¬ ...... Jt>e a series of six half¬ fallible. In short, this is the long nex Station, Brooklyn; Station, Jersey Clty J R. HUTCHINSON. J. R. WOOD page advertisements in monthly mag¬ its establishment in 1864 and its present sought for substitute for that fashion¬ General Manager. Omeral Paaa'r Agent azines beginning with the November position in Milwaukee. The accom¬ able mineral mercury. In the most in¬ issues. George H. Mead, Marquette panying black and white reproduction veterate stages of scurvy, scorbutic Building, Chicago, puts out the busi¬ gives but an inkling of the beauty and eruptions, scrofula or king’s evil, lep¬ NEW YORK CENTRAL ness. effectiveness of the original. The de¬ rosy, rheumatism or rheumatic gout, Trains arrive at and depart from Grand Cen¬ sign has been protected by proper as well as all disorders which originate tral Station 42d St.. New York, as foli- Leave New York. Arrive New Yora. The advertisement of the Nevius registration in the patent office at from an impure or Imperfect state of *8.16 am...Mall and Paper Train... ‘T.i'Oem. Uomi>any, silversmiths. New York, in Washington. blood, the anti-impetgines is the only •8.00 am.Syracuse Local. tH.Z.'i pm. tkSO am.. .Empire State Express.. .tlO 00 pm. the Christmas numbers of four of the Inasmuch as designs and ideas were remedy that can be looked up to with •8.46 am.Fast Mall.*10 (Ml am. leading magazines was placed by Her¬ a certainty of success. 110.80 am.Day Egress. ti.ilO pm. received from nearly every state in the til.SO am.Rutland Express. 17.00 pm. man Wheaton Grannis. Union and even from England, it is Sold in bottles, price, 3 dollars each, •1.00 pm...Southwestern Limited... *6.00 pm. •2.00 pm..N, Y A Chicago Special.. *1.80 pm. highly creditable to Mr. Heine that by J. & M. Paff, No. 127 Broadway.” •8.80 pm. .Albany and Troy Flyer. .111.10 am. Prof. W. O. Coffee, of Des Moines, the prize award has fallen to him. *8.86 pm.Albany Special.12.

A New bnaiiM "•ntion of Consider¬ Wisconsin Editors Received MuEfTAT- able Promise. tention While in the South. There is no finality in the efforts to furnish the printing trade with new The members of the Wisconsin Edi¬ composing or type-casting machines, torial Association started on their some of the brightest minds amongst journey to the South October 28. Two mechanicians and others devoting special Pullman cars furnish tempor their attention to the real or supposed ary homes for the ladies and gentle¬ requirements of printers in this di¬ men of the association. Each one wore rection. Steps are being taken to in¬ a badge on which was inscribed “Wis¬ troduce a somewhat startling develop¬ consin Press Association Excursion to ment of a present day machine to the Dixie, Oct. 28-Nov. 7, 1901.” Another notice of those interested, a company badge bore each member’s name, and being formed for exploitation, the pat¬ read: “I am-. Who are you? ents, so we understand, being all se¬ This outing proved to be the cured. most delightful and beneficial ever signed the position as Night Manager* The The Stringer claims to combine enjoyed by the association. The mem¬ with expired patents of the linotype bers visited many points of interest new devices, by the aid of which sepa¬ in the South, among which were Mem report for morning papers has developed be¬ rate types are produced all ready for phis, Tenn., Jackson and Vicksburg, press. The keyboard action with the Miss., New* Orleans, La., and several yond the expectation of the management, subsequent liberation of matrices is other large cities. apparently similar to that of the lino¬ The tourists were received and en¬ type, but beyond this the arrangement tertained more loyally perhaps than both in quality and quantity, and is receiving differs considerably. Matrices are set those of any other press association up and justified, then placed sepa¬ that has visited Dixie Land this year. very liberal pattonage* rately before the mould and single let¬ Over 2,000 miles were travelled dur¬ ters are cast therefrom, whilst space¬ ing the ten days of the trip. bars are arranged so as to insure the Editors or Publishers desiring information required thickness. The line of let- tes cast is then carried forward and can secure it by calling upon, or addressing, placed in a galley. Boston, Mass., recently won the ch; The new machine, it is claimed, will pionship in the interclub matches, excel in economy of construction and PUBLISHERS* PRESS, simplicity of working, whilst—and here is an important feature—correc¬ The annual meeting of the National PARK ROW BUILDING, NEW YORK. tions may be made irrespective of the Agricultural Press I.eague was re¬ 215 MADISON ST-, CHICAGO, ILL. cently held in Kansas City, Mo. machine. Further, it is stated that the 501 J4thST„ N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C metal used and the method of casting insures type equal to foundry-made 247 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS. type, and equally good as a surface in (]al. PRESS BUILDING, PITTSBURG, PA. printing. The type is cast on the flat of the matrix rather than on the edge, ITEM BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. so that there need be no risk of LEADER BUILDING. NEW HAVEN, CONN. ^ fringe, whilst this also permits of a deep face being cast. OR TIliJES UNION BUILDING, ALBANY.^2,JJ^! The system also allows of any width On Nov. 14 and 15 the Northeastern of line necessary. The setting, justify¬ Iowa Editorial Association held a two ing and casting operations are all ob¬ days’ session in Waterloo, Iowa. One NOTES ON PUBLICATIONS. OBITUAR hundred and fifty editors were pres- tained on the one machine, which first Among the socialistic newspapers is T. Henry Martin rom-poscs tnatficcs, no^-fiigHftt>s tiioni and then so arranges these that litres 41ie features of the entertainment, Itruist. a moiii of separate types and spaces are cast therefrom, assembled and delivered; The eighth annual meeting of the all the work of one machine with a South and West Texas Press Associa¬ single operator. tion was held at Seguin, Texas, on An invention which proposes to Nov. 16 and 1(5. give a one-man machine to set and cast lines of separate types, to auto¬ matically set and distribute matrices and to insqre good type is one well wort^j(_«f attention. It is expected -*^sra machine will be ready for ex¬ amination early next year, and doubt¬ less early information will be avail¬ able concerning its progress—The Britieh Printer. The Suffolk County Press Associa¬ tion held a business meeting at Edward Pettus Honored. ratchogue, L. L, on Nov. 11. Edward Pettus, president of the Brooklyn Citizen, was made the recipient of a handsome loving cup on Saturday in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his en¬ trance into the newspaper world. The presentation was made by the force in the business department, and came as a complete surprise to Presi¬ Thomas M. Harper, a son of the dent Pettus. late Major George W. Harper, the uis- The cup bore the following inscrip¬ tinguisbed journalist -and founder of tion: “Presented to Edward Pettus by the Raymond (Miss.) Gazette, died the Business Department of the Brook¬ Nov. 10 after a lingering illness. He lyn Citizen on his twenty-fifth year of was a newspaper man, and for many newspaper service, November 9.” One years connected with the Raymond handle of the cup bore the figures Gazette. “1876," the year the recipient began his newspaper career, and another The convention of the Republican Household Guest is out with a Patrick S. Dunne, one of the best handle “1901.” editors of the state of Missouri will IS.OOO cash offer for subscriptions. known newspaper men of the old be held in St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 22 Power and Transmission is the title school in Worcester, Mass., died in and 23. that city Nov. 12. Mr. Dunne was at - of a well-printed and artistically ed- various times connected with the fol- The joint meeting of the Georgia ited monthly issued at Mishawaka, lowing papers: The New York Sun, Press Association and the Weekly Ind. The October number, which be- the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Press Association of Georgia was held gins the seventeenth volume, is ad- Post, the New Haven Register, the old at Savannah, Ga., on Nov. 8. Elabor- mirably illustrated with halftone cuts Worcester Times and the Worcester ate preparations were made for the re- and contains a large amount of adver. Dally Spy, ceptlon and entertainment of the tising. Some of the colored inserts _ members in that city by Colonel Estlll. are as fine as anything that we have Frederick W. Newschafer, a mem- - seen in a long time. The scope of the ber of the reportorial staff of the Hart- Chauncey Kilmer, aged eighty-six The newspaper publishers of Gene- magazine is indicated by its title, ford (Conn.) Post, died in that city on years, one of the pioneer paper manu¬ see county have formed an associa- Oscar W. Russell is the editor. Nov. 12. facturers of the United States, died tion with the following officers: Presl- - - Nov. 11 at his home in Saratoga dent, James Slocum; vice-president. Colliery Engineer Company, of Chi- Stephen Hayes, who for many years Springs, N. Y. Mr. Kilmer sold his A. E. Ransom, Flushing; secretary, cago. Capital, $2,500. Printing and was court reporter for the New York entire output to the New York Sun for F. H. Rankin, Flint; treasurer, J. H. publishing. Incorporators: C. P. R. Herald, died Nov. 10 at his iQ more than thirty-five yeaia. Jennings, Fenton, M»cAulay, Ira O’Malle, N. Johnson. Brooklyn, N. 7, , LIBEL LAW AT WORK.

age •jnciân of the Morning journal, ' Indt^ment Against the Sender of an s about town, kept which he had bought several months Anonymous Communication. tlvertising and Job before from Albert Pulitzer. The first indictment in Pennsylvania ■ crted bills. Mr. McLean was dissatisfied with under the act making it unlawful to Palmer’s connection with the result of his experience in the send an anonymous communication of GOOD ..e Kcpublican’ and I.«ader he made New York field and retired from it the acquaintance of Ostrander & after the expenditure of considerable a libelous character to a newspaper rtopi)en. who had recently established money in an attempt to run a one cent and securing the publication of the a small monthly trade paper as a paper in the field which had pre¬ same was returned by the Philadel¬ means of advertising a millstone viously been dominated by the older phia grand jury last week against CUTS dressing machine owned by them and palters sold at two cents. The success Walter H. Hart. manufactured in a La Crosse foundry of the Journal, which was not long in It is allaged that the letter in ques¬ and machine shop. I.Ate in 1878 attaining a leading position and secur¬ tion was addressed to the editor of an Mr. Ostrander died and Mr. Hoppen ing the largest circulation ever evening paper and contained an attack removed the business and paper (the reached by any newspaper for its against a loan society, “the nature of Newspapers latter called the Northwestern morning, evening and Sunday issues, which was libelous, defamatory, scur. Miller) to Minneapolis, where he is well known, its newspaper history rilous and opprobrious,” without ap¬ found the field so much enlarged that being so recent as to require no com¬ pending his proper signature thereto. he was obliged to find a newspaper ment. Hart is alleged to have said that he considered the scheme a fraud and man to take care of the paper. He HIS RESIGNATION. engaged Mr. Palmer, who resigned the shares of the soclrty worthless, We Make Them from the Republican and I.ieader and Mr. Palmer resigned from the Jour¬ and he asked advice as how to proceed w'ent to Minneapolis in 1879 on a con¬ nal in October, 1899, and began to in the matter. The communication — make so many we do it make preparations for the establish¬ was signed “Salesman,” “Philip Wag¬ tract which gave him a certain in¬ better than most engravers terest in the profits of the Northwest¬ ment of his newspaper brokerage bus¬ ner,” and gave an uptown address. ern Miller. This paper was so suc¬ iness, retaining bis interest with Mr. and do it cheaper, too. cessful that his share of the profits Haskell in the Minneapolis Times and PRESS CLUB ELECTION. amounted to a substantial sum each Journal and in the St. Joseph Daily We've printed a little took, News and St. Joseph Gazette-Herald. List of the Candidates to be Voted for year. about Cuts for Newspapers BUYS THE NOKTHWESTERX MILLER. He also purchased the publication on Monday. known as City Government, devoted — mostly about our kind in Believing that it had a wide field to municipal affairs, and, changing its The annual election of the New and was capable of great enlargement. York Press Club will take place on which we tell -you a good name to Municipal Journal & En¬ Mr. Palmer bought the Northwestern gineer, has extended its field and Monday, November 25. The |)olls will deal about cuts and how' to Miller from Mr. Hoppen in February, made it a notable success. He has be open from 10 A. M. to 7 P. M. 1882, and during the nert five or six order them. The book is recently acquired the Fireman’s The following is the regular ticket: years bent every effort to its develop¬ Herald, devoted to fire department in¬ For president. William Cullen Bry¬ yours for the asking. May ment. with the result that it soon be¬ terests, and this paper is now the ant, Brooklyn Times; for first vice- came the acknowledged leader of the we send it ? standard publication in its field. He president. John Boden. Press; for numerous trade papers then published is also connected with several trade second vice-president. Will Van Ben- in the milling field—a iiosition which publications in the West. thuysen. World; for third vice-presi¬ it has ever since maintained. During In regard to Mr. Palmer’s person¬ dent. Joseph H. Johnson. Jr.. Journal; this period Mr. Palmer established ality, much could be said. His for treasurder. Charles D. Platt, Com¬ several trade papers and became a NORTH AMERICAN physique is built on the lines of an mercial Advertiser; for financial sec¬ kholder in others, giving him a athlete, and is maintained in perfect retary, Prank L. Blanchard. The Ei>- field. ENGRAVING COMPANY condition by his devotion to outdoor iTOR AND Publisher; for recording he purchased the in- sports—hunting, fishing, golf and secretary. Walter Scott, The Associ¬ FOURTH AVENUE at N,'j,- in the Min- automobiling. He has a big brain de¬ ated Press; for corresponding secre¬ and the firm of tcenth Street, NKW YORK veloped by coB8tant.^tucj^ tary, Ted Flaacke, Boyce’s List; for The ChicSBPjr. composed of-F ^ '’’harles Hemstreet. New Baii-r«T Herald an1 York City x.-vs ARsn.lAHnn- fn. trustees, three-year term. Arthur Ben- son. W. Ilask^dl (now business ity draws close to him all whose good manager of the New York Journal), fortune it is t ington. Journal; John F. Hobbs. Na- was formed. In 1888 the Tribune was !rol7prSnwrGeorge”r^^^^ mEBOLD Without deprecating Brooklyn Times-Times; one-year term, again sold to Mr. Blethen, at a con- jjjg other abilities which have siderable advance in methe price, methe contributed-nntrihntort to his success it mav he George H.n. Fleming,rieiiiing. Commercial^..oininerciai Ad-au SAFE ax LOCK CO. paper having b^n substantially im- said that it is in conslderablf part dSe E. Sturdevant proved under the management of these characteristics and to the Haskell & Palmer. loyalty and devotion which he inspires . R,,„rh nf i ih*i Sni*. managerM.VNAGER OFof ANan EXPOSITION. in his subordinates and business asso- A BunchHunen ofor Libelt-inei Suits.suits. During 1887,1887. 1888 and 1889 Mr. dates. W. E. Schel.Schel, editor of the HaywanHayward Palmer acted as general manager of (Wis.) Enterprise, has been arrested the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition, on a change of libel preferred by Otto and in 1889, after the sale of the At the Proctor Theaters. LnristiansimChristianson, county clerkcierK ofor Sawyerbawyer Tribune,T'FilîinA was engagedPUC'Ji.ffPfl forôi* several86V61*&1 t-» • j. w% ^ « COUIliy.county. Thein© 8Uitsuit i8is foundediOIIIIq©^ OHon &a J^îthsmonths in building a belt line railway , Business at Proctors theaters con- charge of Irregularity in the Issuing tom connectcoJLct tnethe various ^sternssystems centercente^ nances, and the crowds in attendance Itorhunting licenses made by the ed- ing at Minnea^lis. Shortly before i,poa bis refined entertainments are _ b^W^R H^rSt* who hâd'^reStK continually on the capacity order. Judge Edward P. Coyne, of Llving- by W. K. Hearst, who naa recraii. Manager Proctor credits this condition ston county N Y lias brought suit for taken possession of the the San ân- gj- affairs directly to the liberal treat- $20 000 damages against the Roch- cisco Examiner, to become business nient and inst criticlRm thp nr^Ra hna uauiaKPS agmnsi me i^cn manager of that paper. bestLed uVoUis nliJ^stv^^^ * P'i^^s-News Publishing Com- H. W. BEADLE, Mr Palmer remained in San Fran- siowea upon“'’on nis newnew-styie style entertain- pany. The suit is based upon an ar Mr. Palmer remained in San Fr^-^ ™mentscntsents and up-to-dateup-toKlate business tide printed in the Press-News accus- cisco until the beginning of 1894, by methods. AGENT. ®.' .... . ^ ^ •“K Judge Coyne of appropriating to which time the Examiner had come to elasticity of his plans has been The elasticity of his plans has been bis own use $10,000 belon^ng to the 30 READE 8T, N. Y. occupy the leading position among again demonstrated by the renewal ofor estate of wniiam Bowen. The grand Pacific Coast dailies. ^ ^ , continuous performances at hisb's juryluiw has filed a rôrireport texonerating It is generally conceded by news- Twenty-third Street Theater, where j„7ge Coyne of threharge paper men that the Examiner was high-class vaudeville is the main fea- _ JEADQUAKTERS FOB built up by the display of enterprise of the weekly programmes. The Sentenced for LIhLibel. which up to that time had been un- Fifth Avenue retains the continuous ^ i n typewriter ribbons Max Quarck, editor of the Frankfort known in the newspaper profession performance plan, but the stock com- Quarck editor of thi For all Machines. and that its success in securing the pany appropriates a portion of the 1®®.(Germany) Volkstimme. has been Carbon, Manifold and full line of TYl’Fi. lead in the advertising field was time with revivals of fine old comedies sentenced to three weeks’ imprison- WRITER LINEN PaperH, warrante.1 to give M.. uio iiiiie wiiii revivals oi nne oiu comeuies ment for libeling the German troons absolute aatiefiu-tloii. IMeoae Heiid for Ram- laiigely due to Mr. Palmer. His en- and comedy dramas. nkiL w ides^^prlce*dee, prlcee and circularaclrcularw of Keatinge’eKeatlnge’g Cleon-deali¬ gagement with the Examiner ended in were in China by the publication (ngbruBh.ng brUBh. ___ the latter part of 1893. He then - hyby himh'™ of a letter headed “German THE S. T. SMITH CO. Beasts.” turned his attention to the Northwest¬ The New Press Trust. 10 Park Place, Ne.w York. ern Miller, and his interests in the Minneaiiolis Journal and St. Joseph The list of printing press manufac- Change in Wheeling’s Paper.- Daily News—the two last having been turers who are in the new printing John H. Snodgrass, telegraph editor THE BEST PLACE acquired while he was a member of press trust, mentioned in these col- of the Wheeling (W. Va.) Intelll- To get carbon paper of any kin< the firm of Haskell & Palmer. umns last w*jk, are: Cox Duplex and gencer, who resigned last week, has the Huber Works, the Miehle Printing been succeeded by R. M. Archer, the Flimsies (well known Star Brand 1118...» CONNECTIONlo.v.ve., i.o.v WITHV.I..I THE1..*, JOURNAL. Press 4. Manufacturing Company, the city editor. The new city editor is carried In stock. Early in 1894 he went to Europe Potter Printing Press Works,orks, at Allan B. Smith, formerly of the Cln- Send for samples and prices. J wiin bis family and remained nearly Springfield, Campbell cinnati Post. Albert J. Bond, i two years. During this time Mr. Printing Press & Manufacturing Corn- 46 Cortlandt SL, New York Oil Palmer devoted much attention to the pany, the Goss Printing Press Corn-Com- Cheerful Kind of a Record, study of the newspaper situation and pany, the 'WhitlockW Printing Press & Collier’s Weekly has issued a clr- newspaper methods abroad. In 1895, 'tanufacturli Manufacturlng Company and Walter cular stating that the income of that THE LOVF.JOY CO., E.ubii.h«i isl meeting Mr. Hearst in Paris, the latter Scott & Co. paper from subscriptions last year suggested that the times were about Tnose whowhe are not In it are the amounted to $1,246,000. The pub- ripe for establishing the New York Babcock Printing Press Company, Usher claims, and probably correctly, ELECTROTYPERS I newspaper which it had always been Cottr*!! & Son Company and R. Hoe that no other weekly or monthly ever manufacturerg of Electrotype Machin. his intention to do, and at his sug- A CoJ eoualedequaled the receintsreceipts from cdECulatlon. 444-446444-440 Pearl Street,street. New Yu