St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-28
SANITY CITY DOMGS.
John w. McClung Dies Sud-
denly From Inflammation
of the Heart.
& Pioneer Who Battied Sue
cessfully With the Odds Of
Early Days.
Rev. ]. E. Smith breaches a
Sermon to the Veterans
Of Aekep Post.
Summary Of the Doings Of
One Day Gathered From
All Sources.
DEATH OF j. w. MrCLUNG.
Another Pioneer OF st. Paul Called
Suddenly TO His Long Home.

III Ills LtOihO.
John W. McClung, one of the pioneer
citizens of St. Paul, and one of the city's
best known business men, is dead.
Mr.. McClung had been confined to his
house fer only about ten days, and his
condition had not been considered seri-
Gus, or even possibly so. He was suf-
fering from Inflammation of the Stom-
ach, though the cause of his death was
a disease of the heart. On Saturday he
was better than on the days previous
since his attack, and he remarked to a
member OF his family that he
thought he would be able to
go down town Monday and
attend to business as usual. On Satur-
day night, however, about midnight,
his wife was awakened by his heavy
breathing and restlcSsneSS, and found
that he was i'll serious condition. he
was apparently in a restless sleep, from
which he could not be wakened, and he
died at about l O'clock yesterday morn
ing without regaining consciousness
after his condition was discovered. He
was attended by DR.. =. S. Haskell, who
pronounced the cause of his death to be
Inflammation Of the heart. the technical
term tor the disease being angina pee
toriS. Mr.. McClung was sixty
one years of age, and wife
and four children survive him.
His death was so sudden that men who
had known him could hardly believe it
when they heard of it yesterday, and
this announcement of the sad fact will
be a surprise to many thousands this
morning, for apparently Mr.. McClung
was in good health when last seen at his
place of business. The funeral will be
held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. the
services to be conducted by Rev. f. ID.
Neil.
VALUED CITIZEN.
Mr.. McClung was one of the most en-
ergetic business men of st, Paul. and
one of the most loyal of all her citizens.
His early life was interesting and active.
He was born in Kentucky in 1926. his
father, a nephew of Chief Justice Mar
shall, being eminent as an author, ora
tor, lawyer, legislator and divine.
Young Meetings. classical educa-
lege, Louisville; KY. Returning
from school, he studied law
with his father and then entered the
law department. of the Pennsylvania
university, graduating III 1877. He prac-
ticed for two years and then passed sew
eral years in the grocery and commits
sion business. In 1866 he opened a law
and real estate Office in St. Paul, but
since 1856 has given his entire attention
TO real estate. A block of wooden stores
which he erected OH Bridge square
burned soon after completion, unin-
sured, and he erected the present stone
block at a cost of $4,000. He was
burned out again in 1864 without inSur-
ance, and then followed hard struggle
for twenty years. AT the end of that
time he triumphed, having passed
through two crises without capital, two
hreS without Insurance, two wars with
out contract. and at the time of his
death was able to pay 100 cents on the
dollar, with big balance in his favor.
He organized the first building aSSocia-
ton west of Ohio, in 1869, and has been
secretary and manager seventeen years.
Full forty of these institutions have
grown from the original. and Mr. Nc
Chung was known as the father of them
all. During the years 1S69-G9 he was
editor-in-chief of the old Pioneer, and
w. II reputation as a writer under the
nom de plume of "Merrimac." He was
elected director of the chamber of
commerce in 1871, and has been re-
elected at every election since. He in
augurated the system of parks, and
Como park resulted
FROM HIS ENDEAVoES.
Proposing the annexation of West St.
Paul in the chamber, he worked
the bill through the legislature, the
city council and before the people.
In the chamber of commerce he
introduced the first resolution that re-
suited III calling the first river conven-
ton for the Upper Mississippi in 1877,
the subsequent one at ST. Louis and the
last one i'll st. Paul. He wrote the me-
mortal to congress- which secured the
$4,000 for the Fort Smelling bridge. He
wrote the several memorials concerning
the West st. Paul harbor, was active in
securing the state fair grounds and pro-
posed the extension of the city limits.
These are only few of the many meas
ures he has aided for the benefit of st.
Paul.
lie was county commissioner in 1860,
city assessor from 1864 to 1869, clerk of
the board ofpublic works in 1872, county
assessor in 1875, and one OF the incor-
porators OF the st. Paul Library asso-
citation. He issued a work, entitled
minnesota as 1t Is in 1870" Mr.. Nc
Chung was one of the men interested in
the scheme to establish the Twin CITY
union, and was appointed one of the
Joint committee. He was interested
also III many other schemes of import
ance. tie owned great deal of
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE,
and was considered one Of st. Paul'S
wealthy men.
Personally, he was man of ordinary
size, with flowing beard and pleasant
expression. He was of a retired nature.
decided IN his opinions, original, indie
pendent and honest. He enjoyed uni
VerSal respect and esteem.
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