The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-28
RICH NEWSPAPER MEN.
MILLIoNAIREs TO START a METRO
POLIrAN DAILY.

Henry Ii. Flagler and John Il. Rookie
Teller Will Becoms Newspaper Men
The Publication VIII Be Distinctly a
Standard OIL Organ, of Course.
NEW YORK, July 27.-Ole of the most
exciting rumors which have from time to
time rippled the steady current Of gossip on
Newspaper row is the story to the effect
that John H. Rockefeller, Henry NJ. Flag
Ter and other of the Standard Oil magnates
purpose starting newspaper. What these
gentlemen want of daily newspaper ia
New York city just at the present junctutn
is not apparent. The somewhat flmy talk
that it is 70 be run in the interests of ami
saloon temperance is secuted by the best
informed newspaper workers.
When Henry NJ. Flagler built his st.
Augustine hotels on the bed of the old Maria
Sanchez creek we were told that he was
doing 1t for fun, that he wished to own a
hotel as another rich man would his yacht,
but then that hardly explained the fact that
the Standard Oil trust, or individual mem
bers Of that corporation, are the
largest real estate owners In Florida, the
money invested there by them representing
considerably over two-thirds of the entire
Floridlan Investments have developed
themselves to those who have carefully
followed the moves of the great corpora
tons, and those people, especially, are IN
willing to believe that the newspaper is to
be started for the qualification of fad.
A company which, with its members,
re PRESENTS over $500, COO, 900 could, of course,
afford to start pauer, even on the extrav-
agaut lines which are mapped out for the
proposed daily, and, with capable news
paper men In charge and such financial
backing it could simply crush out opposi-
tlop. At No. 26 Broadway the people are
very reticent about the matter, going so far,
IN some instances, as to deny all knowledge
of the project. There is plenty of collateral
support for the rumors, however, several
recent occurrences in newspaper circles
going to prove that some very strong COM
bination is quietly feeling its way toward
the establishment of q new paper on the
rehabilitation of an old one. Henry NJ.
Fiagler, who is credited with being the
executive head of the newspaper scheme,
moves in a mysterious way his wonders to
perform, quite frequently.
There are three species of creatures who
when they seem coming, are going.
When they seem going, they come-diplomats,
women and crabs
says John Hay. Mr. Flagler, being neither
Il WOildL uOI II CIdD, uluSL DC
ranked as a diplomat. He has not, how
ever, been able to keep this matter as quiet
as he wished, and, snorn of the gaudy trap
pings of rumor with which imaginative
newspaper men invested them, the plain
facts seem to be as follows:
The Standard Oil Company, or the lead
ing individual members of that corporation,
are moving toward the establishment of
daily morning newspaper in New York city.
1t Is to be great newspaper, with a very
large staff of the very best men that money
can command. One feature which seems to
be definitely settled and for which there is
much circumstantial evidence is that it will
employ larger staff of special correspond
ents all over the country than any
newspaper in the United States. 1t
is quite possible that in this way it will be
independent of the services of the regularly
organized press associations 1t will be in
readiness to start about the last of Septem-
Der. and may quite possibly utilize the
present World building and plant as soon
as the World moves into its new building
Win it be q SUGGEST With the shrewd
managers of the Standard oil trust and q
billion dollars back Of it? The billion dol
lars is ali right, but with the Standard oil
trust in the newspaper business the result
remains to be seen. ALLAN FoRMAN,