The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-01
ORGEHEARSTDEAD
The California Millionaire Sem
tors SufFerings Ended.
4 FAMOUS PIONEER MINER.
He Bought the San Francisco ssE1am.
iners' for His Boy-Sketch Of the OLD
Gold Diggsr's Career.

WASHINGTON CrrY, Feb. Ex-senator
Hearst, Of California. died at his residence
| on New Hampshire avenue ct 8 10 tonight.
He had been i'll long time, and in De-
cember last went to New York city 70 con.
suit with DR.. Ward. The physician found
he was afflicted with complication of dis
eases, resulting primarily from serious de-
| rangement of the bowels. Acting upon
the physicians advice hs returned to his
| family in this city and yielded himself On.
tirely to medical treatment Absolute quiz
etude and rest was strictly snjoined, and
his official duties ightened q much a.
| possible.
Notwithstanding the fact that he re-
ceived the benefit Of the most careful
| nursing and most skillful medical atten-
ton, his steady and uninterrupted decline
| was observed, and It was seen several
weeks ago that his case was . hopeless
one. Within the past day or two there
was change for the worse.
This evening he sank rapidly and his
| family was summoned to the bedside.
Those present were M. r. Hearst, the SEN
ator's son; +. G. Follansbee of California,
Senator Palmer, DIR. Ward, nurses and sew
eral domestics. The senator's hands were
held by Mrs. Hearst and the doctors, and
he quietly passed away. He gave no indi-
cation whatever of pain or discomfort, and
seemed to the anxious watchers merely to
have fallen asleep.
DR.. Ward said tonight that the senator
displayed wonderful fortitude in his ILL
ness, and had not in its entire course ut-
tered complaining word or expressed the
least fear as to the result. The senator's
death was communicated by his private
secretary to the sergeant-a:-arms of the
Senate, and subsequently communicated
to that body. The president was also
promptly notified.
Senator Stanford, who has been FREE
quent visitor at the house of his late coli
league, called there few minutes after the
death and extended his sympathies to
Mrs. Hearst. Many other senators and
representatives and leading officials called
and left messages of coincidence.
While arrangements for the funeral are
not entirely completed, it is settled that
the remains will be taken to San Fran
cisco for interment, and the funeral
services in this city will be brief and
simple. They will probably be conducted
at his late residence in this city tomorrow
or Monday, as it is desired to convey the
remains to California as soon as possible.
The California delegation in congress to-
night met and drew up suitable resolu-
tions to be presented to the House, ex-
pressive of the regret with which the
news of Senator Hearst's death has been
received.
George Hearst was born In franklin county
Mo-, September 3, 1870 His father had gone to
that state from North Carolina in 1913. The son
common schools afforded in that day He
worked on his fathers farm until 1S50, when he
caught the gold fever and went to California
For several years he was miner and prospector
and subsequently, BY location and purchase. he
became the owner Of valuable mining interests
and Large employer. having at one time q:
operating quartz mills that crushed 1000 tons OF
ore per day. The increase Of his wealth was
10. s as aa9
He has been for . long time chief partner in
the extensive mining firm Of Hearst Hasgin.
Of land in San Luis Obispo county, Cal,
ranch Of 10000 acres in Old Msxieo stocked
| with very large band Of cattle and stable OF
large tract Of land near Vers Crus and in rail.
road building In Mexico. Nh. HEARTS political
| life began in 1855. when he was elected to the
1858 he was candidate before the Democratic
ernor, but was defeated BY General George
death Of United States Senator J. F. Miller, the
power Of appointing . senator WAS given him,
he appointed his former opponent for the guber.
was reelected by the legislature in 1857 and his
| term would have expired in 1898. His death
hs .s ns which II h sss ds s
the Democrats While in the Senate
OF words. He took but little part in the debates.
| as he suffered from weak voice, but when he
| did address the Senate his speeches were brief
/ but pointed. Senator Hearst leaves 4 widow
and but one child, W. b. Hearst. proprietor Of
| the San Francisco Examiner. Mr.. Hearst was in
/ person tall and slender, with blue eyes and long,
| gray beard. He was good type of the old Cali
| fornia pioneer. He was warm hearted. impul-'
sive and generous, popular with his associates
in the Senate. and had many devoted friends
/ His fortune Ut the time of his death was esti-
| mated at $2O,O00000. The following tribute to
his memory il from the pen of a we'll known
Californian: "For thirty years or more George
| Hearst has been one of the vital men of the
| West, one of the individual forces which have
| inspired and given direction to that quick and
vast development OF ito resources which is one
But 1t ia not as the mining expert, the organ.
/ izer OF gigantic enterprises or the possessor
| OF q great fortune that he will be mourned.
Change of fortune made no change in the man.
4 As senator of the United States he was the
| same simple, unaffected, clear headed, warm
| Feather and Yuba in the fffies and took his
| share of the rough, free life OF the claims and
| cabins. Ostentation was abhorrent to . man
| formed on his rugged lines and it will never be
! known how many successful men owe their be-
| ginuings to him or how many broken lives were
| made easier to live because of his hidden, help
/ ing hand. To hundreds upon hundreds of the
associates and even the acquaintance of pioneer
| times he was good providence. He was held
| in affection by all Californians whose expert
| ence reaches back to the days when railroads
| and competition of commercial life were un-
known on the Coast. His years OF hard work
and intimate mingling with men gave him =
| with its defects and weak nesscs which kept him