The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-27
WHERE'S NATIONAL WEEKLY,
AND THE FIVE PLUNkS SUBJ
SCRIPTION OF CAPT. BULLOCK,


oern called the National Weekly Publish
Ing Company, supposed to be doing bust
ness at Union Square, New York, A
suitable reward will be paid by consider.
able number OF persons in various parts oil
the country, who paid years subscription
In advance or subscribed for the stock OF
the company, for information as to when
the second and successive numbers will
be published
One of the persons who might be induced
to pay his share OF such reward Is Capt.
Seth Bullock, famous as a scout and SUBJ
jector of bad men throughout the Western
country and now superintendent Of the
Black Hills forest reserve with headquar ters
at Deadwood, s. D. At least. an inference
to that effect Is to be drawn from letter
from Capt. Bullock recently received in New
York. In that letter, sent from Deadwood,
Capt. Bullock thus writes to the National
Weekly:
About eighteen months ago a sleek
looking, well fed appearing individual
claiming to be from that city OF modern
and up to date saints, New York, blew
into this gulch and succeeded In getting
every leading Republican In the town to
put up five good plunks in payment for a
Jooi ouDoSIlptlOu W al WEEKLY
paper, devoted to the interests of the Re-
publican party, in direct opposition TO
Hdrper's Weekly. ' go =
sThe gentleman gave his name as Edward
Garstin Smith; his occupation that OF presi-
dent Of The national Weekly Publishing
Company, New York city. He had been
through the Western States and showed
me his subscription list, which included
al al ~
Republican west Of here. He also had the
original list which had been circulated in
New York. l remember seeing Secretary
Roots name, Chauncey M. Depew's and
several OF the Cabinet officers, the Gov
ernor Of New York, and all the leading
officials Of the State.
'The paper has not showed up yet. A
Judge Of this town, who was in the sucker
class with the rest Of us, wrote letter to
Mr.. Smith about four months ago, and re-
ceived reply stating that the publication
would be issued in week or two but moth
ing further has been heard from it, and I
am afraid that it will not get into this cam
paigD.
Il write this to expose the gentleman,
II he In entitled to that much notice The
suckers do not deserve any sympathy
n ICuoW WIZ Ctu ktb tdSy money IN the
West Is surely entitled to it,
If Capt Bullock were to come to New
York and make few inquiries about the
National Weekly and Mr.. Edward Garstin
Smith. he might conclude that there was
good cause to fear that the publication, or,
at least. not much Of it, would get into
this campaign Mr.. Smith isn't booming
the Republican party much just now One
OF the recent things he did was to write and
compile virulent attack on President
Roosevelt, get it printed In a pamphlet.
and then try to sell it to the Democratic
national committee. II it is any COM
fort TO Capt. Bullock to think that he helped
to pay for the pamphlet, there is no law
here to prevent him.
So far as could be learned yesterday,
Edward Garstin Smith, who used to be-
It Is said, real estate dealer in Chicago
conceived four or five years ago the idea
OF publishing Republican weekly paper.
Smith was friend of the late Col Robert
G. Ingersoll, and it was in Col. Ingersolls
Office. some say four and some say more
years ago, that Smith called a few men
together to take the necessary steps to in
corporate the National Weekly Publish
ing Company under West Virginia laws
Among those present at that meeting
were: Col. Ingersoll, Alderman Elias
Goodman, E. A. Drake, secretary of the
Panama Railroad Company, and Henry
W. Penoyer, who is the head bookkeeper
for brokerage firm.
Those who atten ded the meeting dis
cussed plans for publishing the paper.
and had their pictures taken, Smith and
Col Ingersoll being in the foreground.
Whether anybody put up any money or not
at the time was not to be learned yesterday.
because Smith was said to he in Boston,
not to return until the latter part Of the
week.
1t Is known, however, that the company
was incorporated and the copartnership
directory states that it has a capitalization
Of 100000. that its president is Edward
Garstin Smith, its secretary was Henry w.
Penover, and its two directors are Smith
and Penoyer. Penoyer resigned his Office
and severed all connection with The COM
pany on Tuesday.
At present the company has an Office
on the seventh floor OF / Union Square
just how long the Offices will be there would
seem to depend somewhat upon Mr. Ed
ward Garstin Smiths ability to pay three
months arrears Of rent. The agent of the
DuildlnS SAID Sfnlth was that much behind
In his rent last Monday.
Smith, is seems, not long after the Col
onel's death wrote a life of Ingersoll, which
was published by the National Weekly Pub
fishing Company, That was the companv's
maiden effort in the publishing business,
So far as can be learned, its second was the
publication, on June 4, 1904, of Vol, l., No. 1
Of the National Weekly. Judging from Capt.
Bullock's letter, not many Of the subscrib-
ers ever saw the first number
Henry w. Penoyer says that only one
number was ever print ed and he ought to
know, because he was, until few DAYS aro.
the secretary of the company. The third
publishing job of the company was a pam
phlet entitled THE Real Roosevelt by
Edward Garstin Smith. The pamphlet
contains sixty pages of Smith, and extracts
attacking the President taken from various
newspaper.
The FL. { number OF the Weekly con-
tanned long illustrated article by Edward
Garstin Smith on the City of Washington"
Illustrations including portraits of George !
and Martha Washington an editorial eS-
pounding Republican doctrine; some theat |
rcal notes and portraits Of few actor |
ladies and an announcement that among |
the weekly contributors Of the WeekIg |
would be John Oliver Hobbies. Richard |
LIE Gallienne, T. P. O'Connor and several