The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
STORIES ABOUT STOREY.
FAMOUS CHICAGO JOURNALISTS
ECCENTRICITIEs.

"a tOQ- IearS-Dea0 lnul1n Olrl-hOW
=. Stopped the Noise Made by an
ocean steamships Propeller.
From the Chicago Times Herald.
a .,-o man 1 have ever met possessed a
later individuality than Wilbur F.
,rsv" said Fernando Jones. He was
81 .,lutIv unique, sui generis. and his diff
IA moe from other men impressed every
Fl with whom he came in contact. He
I'll sc certainly a genius, as was shown by
~ fact that he succeeded in each of his
81 ,,.cessive newspaper ventures. His In
,na country paper succeeded and he
IA q success of the Jackson Patriot
der his direction the Detroit Free
.o.s reached the zenith of it's fame, and
.r, Cbtcagoan knows what a wonderful
.orcial success he made of the Times
B "A what a power it was in that city.
& nt5s was an energetic worker, and in
4a5 mon every one in his employ doing
hest for the interests of his paper.
& ,ran when a young man, before he was
& .rried he was noted for this trait. The
in the office used to call him Slam
no. because of his energy, and when
ar rhev saw him approaching they
+t5 nretend to be industr.ously at
rt however much they might idle
IAN his back was turned. When he
',ott them loahng he would raise a big
'r'7,ns swearing at them like a whole
s.fp,ant of troopers. But as soon as he
q 'bIown off his steam he would forget
f,it the affair, and as long as man did
,S5 work he had no trouble getting
FL long with Story.
,,yTben the Chicago Times was playing
\ 40 divldends Storey determined to build
h fine house TO cost a half million dol
ars While he was planning it he nap
onad TO stroll along the street one day
e. his wife near my residence. For
,r'a reason or other my house caught his
h evA and he determined that that was
Enst the kind of a house he would like to
live in while his residence was in process
pf erection. He had been IN the house
bsfore. and knew that l was about to 90
/ o6road for a short stay on the continent
HI Europe. SO without any Formally he
went ND the steps and rang the bell. The
sorvant maid came to the door, and the
Following dialogue ensued:
Is Mr.. Jones in|
Yes. sir will you step in"
d" No. only want to rent his house. Ask
him TO come down. l will wait for him.
Ind his wife on the steps.
You are going away? inquired Storey.
YES
Well, want to rent your house.
"'Very we'll said l, come in and we
wiI talk about it and viii show you
over it,
"'Oh, that's all right. know what 1t
#s. When can l have it?'
Il told him and he departed. He ana
Ia tbN
kwhole conversation. Nothing whatever
+ was said about the rent. He went away
#so quickly that l did not have a chance
TO talk about the terms.
He came back the next day and with
out entering, sent for me again as before.
#Standing on the steps, he said:
Il forgot to ask you yesterday what
Ewould be the rent
Il told him and he declared that he
kthought it ought to be at least $50
&month less, but that he was willing to
bay it.
I rented him the house for a year
with the understanding that at the end
.of that time, upon my return from
abroad his house would probably be fin
isheO sd he would vacate, letting me
have my own again. strict contract
* was made with him that he should be re-
sponsible for all repairs made that no
repairs should be made without my con-
sent, and that if he made changes he
Should remove them if L objected and re-
store the house to its former condition.
when the time came to make the first
payment for rent he raised a great row
B because he had got a bill for repairs. He
paid that he would not pay his rent I'M
# less l paid for the repairs. 1 told him
that had not made any repairs and that
N n ne had made any he should pay for
& them in accordance with our agreement.
But he wouldn't have it. There was
long argument over the question, which
N was finally concluded by Storey, who de-
Ncared he would not pay any rent until
paid the bill for repairs. Then I asked
MN what was the amount of the bill he
had received for repairs.
1t was $3.50. Storey explained that he
mad a bell put in the servants room,
which ran to his room, in order to wake
her in the morning, that she might be
\ up in time to get breakfast. This was
me sum over which he had been bag
Cling
4 OF course, I agreed to pay the $1.5O,
ana Storey gave me a check for the rent,
minus that sum. He forgot to pay the
hell-hanger, although he charged me with
u and assumed the debt; so had to pay
It myself in the end, losing double by
the operation.
Ins question of repairs was contin-
ual source of controversy between land
ord and tenant. l received a cablegram
rom him saying that he had had a mes
sage from an Indian girl who had been
ouiled 400 years previously, who said that
mere was sewer gas in the house. l in
sisted that an Indian girl who had died
Nv years ago could know nothing at all
ABOUT my house. and that there was no
sewer gas. But Storey, who was an ar
uen spiritualist, declared that the Indian
sirl mad told him there was a great big
S'ehch in the white chiefs WigWam.' l
refused to make the repairs, but Storey
went ahead and had them made, and
mere was nothing to do but pay the bin.
storey also violated the mo repairs" pro-
vision of our contract by having ventilat-
ing pipes put in different parts of the house
stmluu other plumbing done, to the value OF
FNV or 500. A few months later the In
uian girl who had died 400 years before
discovered more sewer gas, and Storey had
more plumbing done. for which had to
loot the bill.
After Storey had lived in the house a
year wanted to get it back. His house
was not finished and he refused to move
! agreed to extend his lease and he agreed
40 pay $50 a month more rent, making
F-p IN all. Each year thereafter, for sew
eial years, the lease was renewed. the
rent being raised several times. Storey
INSISTED upon staying in my house because
IL suited him and his own house was still