Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-02-26


their political misfortune had we'll nigh
wrecked the paper ana promptly gave
him an opportunity to set things right.
was secured by actually splitting one
share.
Perhaps you will expect me to tell all
about the circulation of the various
siailies. hut hunbly beg to be excused
from the task. I shall not compete
with the afiidavit-makers, whose zeal
often outruns itself. Not since was
n lad at ChautauQua have ! medd.sVA
with the home Of hornets. AMI I am
too far over the great divide In life to
attempt new departures. l receive
with hospitality the stories Of the cir
culatlon liars. There are some things
that cannot bc explained. 1t IL only
what I know that shall attempt to tell
In this letter.
DiagOnally across the street from the
Tribuneis the home Of the Inter Ocean.
william Penn Nixon, whose name has
for 80 many years been identified with
the control. Is now collector Of customs.
hut retains dictatorship and has
managed to keep In place such sterling
journalists Of the stan rs Frank GIL.
bert. william II. Busbey and Harry NJ.
ScOvel. Since Mr.. Yerkes began to
figure as the head Of the house. how
ever. there has been a decided change
Of personnel. That the cash box II to
~ regularly filed hereafter goes with.
nut saying. The cable king may learn.
from practical experience, some costly
lessons In a field he has not heretofore
explored.
Packed together on a square corner
ing on Washington street and Fifth
avenue, are seven English and three
German offices. We first come to the
palatial establishment Of the Times
Herald and Evening Post. both OF
which papers are owned by II. IL. Kohl
saat. who divides his time between
them and his other large interests. He
accumulated q grand fortune In manu-
featuring and by shrewd operations In
prime real estate. Most creditnbly'
with the aid Of such clever ana force
full editorial managers as Cornelius Me-
Auiiff and Sam T. Clover, has he re-
adjusted two Democratic journals to
Mckinley basis and retained sufficient
patronage to be content. BY honorable
methods has he risen from the status OF
n clerk to that OF n millionaire. No one
can deny that he Is able. enterprislng
benevolent and democratic to more
than an average degree. He gave IL
Gaiena, his native city. fine statue
Of Gen. Grant. What the public does
not generally know Is that a few years
ago, with zeal that was praiseworthy
and tact that completely covered Ills
operations. he massed the FUNDS re-
auired to cancel the heavy Indebtedness
sf gentleman who now holds the frs'
rank In the United States. With great
confidence do I predict that you VIII
mot see him accepting for himself Ol
his persona, friends any public post II
,nyment OF n private obligation thai
should make the beneficiary ready &c
give up anything but honor That was
:, nent job. with no boastinS.
~ NtI. lfNSy am pop""' J'"'""'
<dItorially strong and uniformly clean
10 the youngest of the lot-the Chron
,rLe. IL j. understood thar the chief
.wuer Is John Il. Walsh, the famous
banker, IN early days a news dealer Id
Dearborn street. Ii has been winner
from the start, in ls.iJ. The editorial
rOuduct now cevolves practically on
Marin j. Russell, who recently closed
a term Of four years as collector OF Gus
toms. lie is a nephew OF the hmented
Col. james \. Mulligan. and in his boy
hood mad. rrcdltablc record for him
self IN the clv!l war. One Of the bright
est lights of the famous stan OF The
Times GIder Wilbur +. Storey, he ~
appreciated a. II man Of clear brain,
classical education and great physical
force, able 20 hold his own In any game
thad gentlemen play. Ilorailo W. Sey-
monr, a journalist Of long eXperienca.
high aim, great tact ana unfa!lag
courtesy. was lntrusiol with the task
Of larnch!I. tie new daily. ana he
drove The double team with success
until Mr.. Russell was able TO take The
editorial chair. Now Mr.. seymour con.
fines MS lahOrs 10 the publication office
and t!I- advertising branch, In which
ne is winning tile laurclS ne always
wears In newspaper shop.
Victor u. Lawson Is the sole prOqrle-
tor Of the Evening News and the morn
ing Record, both Of large circulation
and paying handsome returns. His
q "a.