The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05


ruptcd decline was observed. and il was
Seen several W"ct:s ago that his case was
hopeless on" The r.miinS will be
Ia ken to San Francis o for intcrment
George Hearst was born IN Franklin
County. Mo. sept. :. lS2n. His father
had con" to t:iat State from Nori h Car
olina in 1919. The son received only
such limited cdHratiou as the common
schoos afforded in that day. lie work, d
OH his father iarm until 1870. when he
caugh; the sold fever and went to Cali
fornia. For several Years he was miner
and proSpcctor, and subsequently by To-
cation and purchase. he became the
owner Of valuable mining interests and
iarg" employer having at one time as
many a ?.tr0 men at worh in Iii, mines
alon" and operating quartz mills that
crushed I,oin toaS Of ore per day.
TIE increase of h;> wealth was steady
and rapid. and for some years past his
incom has been something like 81 600
per day. He has hern for a long time
chief partner in the extensive mining
firm Of Hearst, Ha-gin, I.rNiS& Co
He owned abbv" 3H.CGn acres of land in
san Luis tbj~pp Comfy. California. Il
ranch Of $50. 400 4 res Of grazing land in
Old Mexico. stocked with very large
herd of cattle, and a fine stable of thor
oughbrcd horses. he was also Interested
in lar-n tract of land near Vera Cruz.
and III rai!r' al building in McNicn. His
for.uae at the time If hi> death vas eS-
timated al ~2n, G0n. Goa.
senator Hearst leaves widow and but
one child. William L. Hearst, proprietor
of the san Francisco E,funlltr.
Mr.. Hearst was in person tall and
slender. with blue eyes and long. gray
beard. He was type OF the cd Cali
fornia pioneer. He was warm hearted
impui>iyc. and generous. poi iular with
his associates in the Senate. and had
many devoted friends
The following tribute to Ii late >cna-
tor is from the pen nf a Weii-knnWn Cali
furnian;
Fer thirty years or more George
Hearst has been one Of tho vita men of
the West. one Of the individual forces
which have Inspired and given dirrc-
tinn to that quick and vast de-
vclopment of its resources which is
one Of the material miracles Of the
century. Bat it is not as the min
ing expert. the organizer of gigantic
enterprises. or the possess II Of Il great
fortune that lie viii he mourncd II is
not an obituary tnmmcnDiacc. but the
simple truth to say thNt his death will
bring sorrow t. thousands OF hearts
Change of forturr made no change IN
the man Is a Senator f thH United
States Ii. was til" same simple. unaf-
fcct"d, clear headed, warm hearted
George Hearst. wl:o mined on he Feather
and luha Rivers in the ilfiicS. ani took
his share of til rough. free life of the
the comrades who knew him he remained
always rs a comraur. oStentation was
ablorrcnt to a man formed on his rugged
lines, and it will never b. known how
many successful men owe their begin
nings to him or how many hrokcl lives
were made easier to I've because Of his
hidden. helpiig hand. To hundreds
upon hundred of the associates ana even
the 'quaintancos of pioneer times he
was a good providence.
"HncanSe he was So Thorough Cali
fornian Mr.. Hearst was held in affection
by all Californians whose experience
reached harl, to the days when railroads
and the sharp competition of commercial
life were unknown on the rua It. His
years of hard work ana intimate min
Cling with mon of every social and intel
lettual grade gave him Il knowledge of
human nature and a sympathy with It's
defects and weaknesses which kept him
free from the pride of pure and hard
ness of feeling that sometimes 90 with
the riches of the self made man. and
VIII ie he had singuiarly keen perccp
tion OF character. and a slircwtno>s that
ba.llcd all pretcnderS. his heart was ten
der. his charit; great. and his tata"ity
for forgive1 c : incXhaustible.
Ellis death is 4 serious public loss not
only to California hut to the entire Pa
cific coast, and peculiarly TO the miners.
whose special friend and advocate he
was III the dt ath of George Hearst
strong man. an able man. a GOOD. and
very humble man has been taken away.
He had Il manly. Il gentle. and Il loving
heart. There will be moist eyes n
thousands Of Western homes, grand and
humble, at the news of his death, and
the sorrow will not be least in the cabins
dotting the canyons and streams of the
SicrraS."