The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

It is not known just when Mir Hesing died, but it is believed that he had not long been dead when found. The cor oner was notified, but no inquest was deemed necessary. pr. Ely, the Hes lhss family physician, gave certih- cate that the cause of death was heart failure. Mir, Hesing contracted infam- Nlatory rheumatism during a tour in Russia eight years ago, and ever since had been troubled with weakness of the heart. Dr. Ely said he had warned his patient against violent exercise, but MT. Hesings being a man of robust health to all appearances and great physical strength, laughted at his fears.
 meeting of the Chicago Press club, or which MT. Hesing was president was hastily called, Colonel Nate A. Reed, first vice president, presiding, Resolutions of regret and sympathy for MT, Hesings family were adopted, and another and more formal meeting was called for this afternoon.
 Washington Hesing was born at Gin cinnatl on May 14, 1S49 He was the son of Anton c. Hesing and Louisa l.. Hesing. Up to 1861 young Hesing at tended the city schools of Chicago his rather having removed to this city in 1S54. In 1866 he entered the examina- dons at Harvard university, but failed to pass. Without sending any word to his parents he at once took the examin- alton for entrance to Yale and was ad- mltted, graduating with a degreee. The year following his graduation he enter ed the University of Berlin, and took a special course in political economy and German literature. In 1872 he began ac- tive work on the "Sttaats-Zeitung," of which his father was the proprietor, and in a few years after he became the managing editor of the paper. From the time of his connection with the | paper MT. Hesing took an active in- terest in politics, and when but twen- | ty-tWo years old he was appointed a member of the board of education. Upon his retirement Mayor Madell of- | fered him a second term, which he de- clined. As public speaker he first came into prominence during the second Grant campaign, in which he Supported | Grant in a vigorous manner. Shortly after 1880 he left the ranks of the re- | publican party and became @ democrat. In 1893 he sought the nomination for mayor of Chicago, but was defeated by
 
 was appointed postmaster of the city | by President Cleveland, and held this office until early in the spring of 1897, | when he resigned to accept the inde- 1 pendent nomination for mayor but was defeated in the contest following. Al though a German by descent and in many of his tastes, MT. Hesng was in his political opinions and in all of his public actions an earnest American. | Mr. Hesing Is we'll remembered by many in New Haven. While at Yale he was prominent in his class, active in debating and in the doings of the | undergraduates. He leaves a widow | who was formerly of New Haven. She was Henrietta Wier, a daughter of the | late MT. Weir, who was for years city sheriff of New Haven, and who re- sided for years and at the time of her marriage in a block at the lower end of Olive street, near Water street. She was united in marriage to MT. Hesing in Boston at the residence of her sis ter who then resided there. She is a sister of MT. Weir. who is president of the Adams Express company.