Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-02

that he saw burning nsedlessly, and any
wastefulness caused him great inolgna'
ton.
Storey was an indefstigable worker. For
years se Say his paper to press at 3
O. clock every morning, and st 3 would De
in the counting room, confsrripg with his
business manager. The afternoon be de-
voted TO conferences and plans respecting
editorial management, and spent the
night at hard work at his desk. his
only pleasures were those to which
passionate, imperious natures are
always addicted. He lived within him,
sell, having few intimates. he cultivated
no social relations. Heads Of departments
On his paper he would pass without nod
of recognition. He sought no friendships
and avoided no enmities. He was energetic,
pugnacious-at times violent. His paper
was a terror to sll involved in wrong-do-
ing or scandal he believed the way to re-
form men was to expose them. His paper
wss sensational, sometimes sslscious, bit
terly personal, often cruel He was often
threatened. A variety actress horse whip
ped him; o gambler shot at him, libel suits
came 90 regularly that he employed law
yer to do nothing else but attend to them.
Yet ne knew no fear. His Office was in no
way guarded All were free TO enter with
out questioning.
he lived in his office and for his paper.
In all the world there seemed nothing to !
him but The Times. Upon it all his re-
sources Of purse, mind and body were
spent. He achieved great success but
not without adversely. he was more than
once threatened with bankruptcy. but ne
had faith in his policy of expenditure, and
refused to turn back. A costly press, which
be had nearly ruined himself in purchas-
ing, broke down and sadly crippled him.
His building collapsed under heavy snow
fall. His domestic troubles wore upon
him. During sll this time he lived at q
hotel, kept no servants, dressed plainly,
aud worked upon q common pine table.
In 1870 his financial straits eSsad little,
and he was Just preparing 20 branch out
with new projects for the paper. He had
at last reached the summit of his ambi
ton.
The great FIRE nearly crushed him. IL
swept away the fruits OF life OF toll. he
found the ruins of his Office and his presses,
but he could find nothing else. There
seemed to be no place 10 begin. Thare
was nothing but ruins. He was broken
down and had not the courage 10 begin
the battle anew. A hasty calculation told
him that he could retire with about $780,
900, and he was Just reaching determine
ton to do so when telegram was placed
in his hands from psDermsker in Michi-
gan. 1t read "If $4,000 vii! 90 you
any good, draw on me at sight. Thus
turned the scales In ninety minutes the
Michigan man was drawn on for $50, 900,
a. sight. In four days The Times reap
peared, published from a shed on the west
side, which still stands In six weeks he
set in motion the first web perfectipg press
used in Chicago. The Times was mar.
vel Of neatness aud enterprise, aud it
rrospered msr7eIously. For the first time
Storey rolled in wealth. In a year this
paper, which he had seriously thought OF
abandoning, could have been sold for
81 ,OGO 600 in cash. But the money came
IN only to be used. He erected costly
building. He bought more presses. he
increased the size and expenditures of the
Times He astonished the world. He
established o London bureau, which, with
it's cablegrams, cost as much as the whole
expense of some daily papers now printed
in New York city and deemed OF import
srce. He sent special correspondents
everywhere He spent more money for
news than any paper ever spent before or
since. He started the Sunday paper in
Chicago, introduced the supplement and
fairly created the interviews. He sent
special missions Of experts and correspond.
ents to investigate mine, prehistoric ruins,
Indian vsrs, scandsls-everything
All this time ne was the ssne Storey.
lie was naughty, ambitious, domineering
revepgetul. he was an autocrat, and his
employees feared him. When Senator Car.
penter telegrlphed Storey that if he did
not cease his attacks on bis private char
scter be would cue him fJr 100000, Storey
seized his pen and replied; Don't make
d fool of yourself" His implacable
hatred was exsmpf6ed in his treatment OF
those who had Injured him. The general
who suppressed his pspsr, the burIesque
actress who horsewh;pped him, the Judge
who committed him to jail for contempt,
the gambler who shot at him, the physi.
clan Who attended his second wife during
her fatal iliue5s, ard score Of others who
At one time or another crossed his Fsth,
we're never lost sight Of For years he
assailed them numerically, and then, hay
ing pursued them TO his hearts content
gave ordeSs that their names shovld never
again be mentioned IN bis paper unless
they died or did something disrepu'able.
But change soon came. In 1873 S'orey
began to soften. He became more kindly
and seemed to long for social recognition.
Having married his third wife in 1874 he
srdered the erection of house which he
declared should be the oostiiest in Amer
CO. 1t IS castle Of white marble, upcu
which $35O,0O0 has been expended and
wi ich will require the expenditure of as
much more. The wall are barely finished
which contain the eighty roomsiuCluding
those designed for theatre, lecture rooms,
chapel, gymnasium, swimming baths, etc.
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