The herald., 1893-10-05
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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of America.
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Country.
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of Europe.
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THE following report of the proceed
ings Of q special meeting OF the Associ-
ated Press in Chicago last night is pub
lished for the purpose OF giving the
readers Of the HERALD an insight of the
workings OF the greatest newsgathering
agency in the world. The HERALD has
the honor of being member of this adj
mirable association, and. its patrens,
therefore, have the benefit of this uri-
paralleled news service. 1t Is gratifying
to note, also. that the Associated Press
has recently practically driven its only
competitor, the United Press, from the
field, and in doing 80 has improved and
enlarged it's news service, all Of whichis is
greatly to the advantage Of the various
members of the association and their
patrons. The moral of all this is: Read
the HERALD and get a prompt. complete
and reliable report of the daily events of
interest throughout the world.I
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-The members of the
Associated Press held special meeting
at the Grand Pacific hotel in this city
today. 1t is the first time In the his
tory OF the organization that the news
papers embraced in the Associated Press
membership were ever called together
in extraordinary session, as it has never
before been deemed necessary to call
the owners of the great newspapers Of
the country together, outside of the
regular annual session. The special
purpose of the meeting was to provide
for an increase in the capital stock Of
the organization to enable the msnage-
ment to widen the field OF itu operations
so as to include the entire country.
Hitherto this association has confined
it's membership to the territory west Of
the Allegheny mountains, although its
news has embraced information OF the
entire globe, and it has had working
alliances with all OF the leading news
gathering organizations OF the world.
The attendance was larger than ut any
previous meeting of press association
ever held in this country. This was
largely due to the fact that deep In
terest had been aroused by the machine
tions Of three men, under the leadership
of Chicago banker, looking to the
seizure OF the business Of the gathering
and distribution of news and the con-
version Of it into private trust. The
menace, alike to the newspaper profes-
sion and the general public, involved in
this attempt was so great as to create
general alarm and call for prompt and
heroic measures.
The following members were in attens
dance: Gen. Horace Rublee, Sentinel.
Milwaukee; P. @. Boyle, Derrick, Oil
City; H. H. Coleman, Edgar w. Cole
man and W. J. Fohl, Herald. Milwau-
kee; Albert ]. Barr, Pittsburg Post; w.
d. Brickell, Columbus Dispatch; Fred
j. Grant, Pittsburg Dispatch; A.. J.
E. A. Eaton, Sentinel, Indianapolis;
F. Driscoll, ST. Paul Pioneer-Press; NJ.
J, Richards, Indianapolis News; 8. #.
Farrar, Chicago Evening Journal; Rob-
ert Simpson, Pittsburg Commercial Ca
zette; Victor f. Lawson, Chicago Daily
News; Charles w. Knapp. st. Louis
Republic; III. H. Kohlsaat, Chicsgo
nter-Ocean; Carter III. Harrison, jr.,
Chicago Times H. G. Vortriede, presi-
dent OF the Toledo Commercial; G. 8.
HerBhmann, manager and treasurer of
the Pittsburg Chronicle-T Telegraph L.
Swift, manager Minneapolis Journa. H.
Fl. Hawley, manager of the Denver
Times, w. J. Murphy, Minneapolis
Tribune; H. P. Hall, st. Paul Globe;
w. G. Ball, Terre Haute Gazette; E. T.
McNeely, Evansville Journal; w. w.
Ross, Evansville Journal; J. III. Woody,
Jr., Milwaukee Sentinel; D. B. Cooper,
Nashville American Charles Ray, Mil
waukee Sentinel; Charles III. Tanney,
Wheeling Register; 4. G. Daming, Co
lumbus Dispatch; X. G. Cooper, Denver
Republican John Arkino, Rocky Noun
tain News; George Thompson, st. Paul
Dispatch; A. L. Markbreit, Cincinnati
Volksblatt; J. d. Ellison and d. L.
Bowersmith, Ohio State Journal. Co.
lumbus; Robinson Locke. Toledo
Blade; L. Markbreit. proxy fer
Cincinnati Volksireund; A. W.
Campbell. Wheeling InteliEsncer; Jas.
IL. Scrlppb, DetrOlb lriDunei Maf5nhk
Halstead, Cincinnati Commercial-Gs-
zette; I. F. Mack, Sandusky Register;
W. Mcdonald, Kansas City Times; w.
A. Bunker. Kansas City Journal, Eugene
II. Perdue. Cleveland Leader; Charles
p. Tsft, Cincinnati Times-Star; A. g.
Boynton, Detroit Free Preas; w. ID.
Bickham, Dayton Journal; George M.
Allen, Terre Haute Express; 7. T. -,
Toledo Blade; Victor Rosewater. Omaha
Bee; l.. +. Holden. Cleveland Plain
Dealer; A. H. Belo and r. G. Lowe,
Galveston News; William d. Ruhe, st.
Louis American; d. Nj. Horser, St.
Louis Globe-D Democrat; John SehroerE.
st. Louis Anzeiger; Florence ID. White.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch William A.
Collier, Memphis Appeal-Avalanche;
Harry S. New, Indianapolis journal.
Four papers only, members of the as
sociation, were reported as having no
representatives present, and three OF
these, who were unable to reach
the city from the Pacific coast
telegraphed their loyal adhesion
to the association and thoi< scquiss-