The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-30
De.,h ar wiIbur r. storey.

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CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.-WilbuE r. Storey,
proprietor OF the Chicago Times, died
at his residence IN this city last night at
q quarter OF 10 O'Clock. He has been
incapacitated for the past two years, the
result OF stroke of paralysis received
while in Europe four or five years ago.
Though feeble his demise was not i'm
mediately expected ill two days ago,
when he began sinking rapidly. he
was Unconscious yesterday and last
night, and sank peacefully to rest at the
hour named.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Mr.. Storey was born December IL,
1919, near Salisbury, VT. The first ten
years of his life were passed on the farm
of his parents. As boy he predgured
the maD-reserved, thoughtful, little
given to clay with other children, self
contained, selfTelianI. When ten years
old his parents removed TO Middleburg,
VT and two years later he entered
newspaper Office TO learn the printers
trade, the paper being the MiddlebQrg
Free Press. His knowledge of men and
matters was CLEANED from actual con-
tract with them and from such reading
as he could do in leisure moments, hts
regular schooling being limited to three
months, at the village academy, in sd-
ditIon TO his attendance at common
school prior to the commencement
of learning hts trade. At the age of 10
he was remembered as an extremely
handsome youth and very industrious
At the age of II he began life On his
own account, going into the ward VIII
$27 in his pocket. He We1Es1zl5 -
York city and was compositor On the
journal of Commerce eighteen months.
In the spring OF 1888 he went to South
Bend, Ind, where he had sister living
| He soon after took charge OF the me-
| chanical department of the LapOrte
Democrat Herald at Laporte, Ind, Ned
flanagan, of "Fiity-fOur years or
fight" nOtOriety, IN connection with
Lewis Cass as editors. A year later he
became editor of the Tocsin at
South Bend, which he conducted eIgh-
Teen months. In 1874 Mr.. Storey went
to Jackson, Mich, where another sister
lived, and where he studied law two
years and then established the Jackson
Patriot, and edited 1t two years; was ap-
pointed postmaster by Polk. He dis
posed of the paper In 1913 and opened
drug store. All this time he was in
politics. In 1850 he was elected to the
| constitutional convention over General
Blair. He was next made inspector OF
the state prison. Rising rapidly in pc.
lltical life he put it, aside to some ex-
tent, at least, by buying half interest
in the Detroit Free Press. In jackson
in 1S47 he married Miss Marls
Isham, and one child i resulted
which died in infancy. He became a
member of the Congregational church
but subsequently, Withdrew from com
munion and never afterwar Joined any
religious body. It was in 1858 when h(
went to Detroit and soon alter bOugh
out his partners interest and took en-
tire control Of the paper which ht
brought forward rapidly IN Influence
and as q paying property. This wal
done by the most herculean labor, fire.
quently covering twenty hours of TWEEN
ty-four. This lasted eight years. Ii
1851 he came to Chicago and purchased
the Times, which at tina
time as the personal organ
of Stephen A. Douglas and others haC
been a failure. He Ihauguraied a revo
luton In Its methods, and at once laIC
the foundation for a comprehensive sys
TEN of news gathering, which amplifieG
from year to year. He made it the grea
newspaper which il became under hi
vigorous management His theory wa
to get all the news regardless of cos
and make room for it by publish
ing extra sheets whenever neces
sarY. 1t handled everything withou
gloves and made many bitter enemies
while its circulation was steadily il
creasing. When Lincoln issued tn
proclamation of emancipation, thu
Times dropped in support of the war Il
unwarranted interference with privat
rights, and began to denounce the sup
porters of the Union. This caused al
outcry, and Gen. Burnside, in the sum
mer of 1868, ordered its suppression, bu
President Lincoln revoked it after thre
days. The paper In the meantime wa
in the hands of United States soldiers.
It was the Times which invented tn,
great display of startling headlines which
subsequently, become SO greatly used
The great fire OF October 8, 1871, de
stroyed all the visible property of tn,
Times, and for the first time in his lift
Mr.. Storey, at the age of 80, was dis
couraged. He seriously contemplated
letting the paper die in Its ashes, but aft
er time he though better of it, anC
resumed its publication, rebuilding il
larger proportions than before. InJun
| 1877, when IN Europe for HIS health b.
was stricken with paralysis. He recov
cred somewhat, but was never himsel
again. Two years ago he ceased visit
ing the office and few months ago A
A. Patterson, who came with him from
Detroit, was appointed conservator o
his estate, a jury having found him
distracted person.