The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-09

Kellogg and b. ID. Butler Are the
Others Directly Interested I'm the
Venture-PIans of Proprietors.
The long expected In st. Paul has hap
itfal number of the ST. Paul Evening
News will appear as an addition to the
newspapers of the Capital City. The new
paper will have the telegraph service Of
the Scripps- McRae league. which is
served to the many newspapers controlled
by that organization. and to other papers
that are not members Of the Associated
Press, and not q part Of the Scripps- Mo-
Rae syndicate.
The st. Paul News will be an evening
newspaper Of four pages. 1t will, like the
other newspapers Of the Scripps people.
avoid all tendency toward the blanket
space as possible. "Tt will also be our
aim," said MIR. F. w. Kellogg. who Is in
St Paul. preparing for the launching of
the venture, 'to give all the news. We
think we can do that in q four-page
newspaper. and that will be the size Of
the News. Mr.. L. v. Ashbaugh will be
resident manager and editor. He Is a.
thorough and successful newspaper man,
In the very prime of life, being just
thirty-three years of age. Mr.. Ashbaugb
was born in Youngstown, o. He started
the Kansas City World in 1894. and made
success Of the venture"
The World was purchased by 3. w.
Kellogg, for the Scripps-McRa league, in
1885, Mr.. Ashbaugh retaining an interest.
THE News will be served with tele-
graphic information by the Scripps-M Nc.
Rae league added Mr.. Kellogg, land
will be as thorough In It's news from the
outside as 1t Will be IN st. Paul and the
Northwest. The News will be strictly In
dependent from political standpoint. It.
will be ST. Paul newspaper, first and
here 1t Is already assured us, and will
be Of the hearty sort"
ORGANIZATION DEFERRED
The organization of the new company Is
not yet efsected-that u.s. while the News
will be what Is generally known as q
Scripps newspaper. the organization Of
the st. Paul newspaper may not be COM
plcted for several weeks, until which time
1t will MT be possible to say just what
the publication company's title will be.
The company will be composed of George
III. Scrtpps, the wealthiest member of the
Scripps family; F. w. Kellogg. who is IN
terested In other Seripps publications: L.
V. Ashbaugh. and B. D. Butler. The
News will have It's own plant. It's home
has not yet been fully decided upon, but
will be, within the next few days. Mr..
Kellogg goes to Omaha tonight, and
when he returns 1t will be to put the
machinery Of the new st. Paul newspaper
in operation.
While there has been no previous an
nouncement Of the new enterprise there
have been persistent runors Of the
probable advent Of new afternoon news
paper In st. Paul. However, Mr.. KEEL
logg has pursued his exploration of the
field so silently that there was no knowl-
edge of the coming into the field Of the
Scripps people until last evening, when
Mr.. Kellogg himself told the story.
NEWSPAPER FAMILY.
The Scripps family Is decidedly IN the
newspaper business. The first Of the
Scripps papers was the Detroit Evening
News. and in that newspaper, the De-
troit Tribune, Grand Rapids Press and
Chicago Journal, James e. Seripps and
George H. Scripps are directly interested.
The famous Scripps- MacRae League
newspapers, in which E. w. Scripps and
George H. Scripps are the heaviest stock
holders, are the Cleveland Press. Akron
Press, the Cincinnati Post, Covington
Post, st. Louis Chronicle and Kansas
City World. E. w. Scrfpps. George H.
Seripps and Paul Blades control the San
Diego Sun. the Los Angeles Record. San
Francisco Report and Seattle Sun. The
Omaha Daily News, the latest venture
previous to the coming of the Scripps
people to St. Paul, Is directed by F. w.
Kellogg and George III. Scripps, the men
who will have the heaviest holdings in
the St. Paul News. The Scripps are in
terested In all the newspapers mentioned.
They are also stockholders in other news
paper publications, and are probably
connected with more newspapers than
any other company In the world. They
have yet to record their first failure OF
newspaper enterprise they have launched.
LOCAL EMPLOYEES.
''It is the intention Of the News" said
Mr.. Kellogg, to employ as many men
right here in ST. Paul as can be had.
We may have to bring with US some
who have better knowledge of our ideas
TO direct the carrying ont of plans we
have in contemplation, but the News
will be a st. Paul newspaper and VIII
seek it's employees In st. Paul
There has been no selection of a stair
as yet nor will there be until Mr.. Kel-
losg returns from Omaha and Mr.. Ais
baugh arrives.
The machinery necessary for the get
ting out Of a newspaper is already in st.
Paul.