Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
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PASSES AWAY
Founder OF Baltimore News And
Veteran Publisher OF State
HAD INTERESTING CAREER
Founder Of the First Beehive Building
In Baltimore 1t Was Burned
And He Lost All
HAD INTERESTING CAREER

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The State mourns the death of Mr..
Edmund Vincent Hermange, 10 years
old. veteran publisher of Baltimore,
who died Sunday morning at the home
OF Cipriano Ferrandini, Baltimore.
Mr. Hermange, one of the keenest
publishers, was the founder and for
19 years the owner of the Eevning
News, Baltimore. After selling this
newspaper he managed il for five
years for the new owners.
He proved himself. after his retire
ment from that profession, to be an
able business man in other lines until
business disasters overlook him He
was the first TO establish a beehive
building in Baltimore. Older resi-
dents Of that city-remember the place
as the Hermange Power Plant, on the
! corner of frederick and Water
streets. This place was burned in the
great Baltimore fire Of 1904 Sin
gularly enough Mr. Hermange had.al-
lowed the insurance to run out on the
Saturday before the Sunday on which
the fire started. which circumstance
caused him to lose every cent he had
invested in it.
He was born on March 81, 1888. in
the Hermitage of Mount ST. Mary's
College, in Frederick County His
father was Or. Anthony Hermange,
teacher of philosophy at St. Joseph's
College. DR.. Hermange died when the
future editor was only two years Of
age. He went to Texas to start prac-
ticing medicine, and died of yellow
fever while on the way back to Mary
land
His Early Career.
The mother, Mrs. Eleanor McFadden
Hermange, was left with family of
six boys and girls, and at the age of
II young Edmund had to go to werk.
He started in on the Sun. where his
rise was rapid While there he was
first clerk, later night editor, and
subsequently manager Of the Sun
job b-printing Office.
After sixteen years on the Sun, Mr..
Hermange, on November 2, 1872, is
sued the first number OF the Evening
News, from which the present Balti-
more News eYosEea The paper sold
Tor one cent from the start Previous
10 the Civil War there had been sew
eraI successful, ventures in the evening
journalism field in Baltimore, but af-
ter the war every effort along this line
had met with signal and sometimes
surprising failure. Hermange's paper
was the first to win success. Within
few months it had gained consider
able popularity in Baltimore Mr.
Hermange threw an MS fecources in
70 its development, giving aggressive
personal attention to its circulation
and advertising growth, at the same
time supervising with watchful care
the editorial and news columns.
Two years later James Rawlings
Brewer, another prominent figure in
Maryland journalistic history. became
associated with Mr. Hermange, the
publishing firm changing its name to
Hermange e Brewer. Mr.. Brewer as
sumed the post of editor-in-chief. Mr..
Eermange assumed complete charge
of the business end of the paper
- Soon afterward he retired from the
newspaper business and started the
power plant that was subsequently
burned Although the loss of his
plant was blow, he still had some
money left. which he invested with a
company. which are q time went into
the hands Of receivers, and the one
time owner OF newspaper was left,
in advanced age, in reduced circum-
stances.
Was Not Daunsed.
He was not daunted, however. and
set about canning his living with all
the energy that had characterized his
life. He secured employment with a
fire insurance company and served
them well as a salesman for 115 years.
At the end of that time he was PEN
stoned. For the last seven years he
has been the Laurayiile and Hamil-
ton and govans correspondent for the
Baltimore American
During his whole life he was close
friend of Cardinal Gibbons. He had
many honors bestowed upon him. At
one of the Orioie celebrations he was
Lord Baltimore; at one Of the New
Orleans Mardi Grass festivals he was
King Rex. He was once mentioned
prominently for postmaster. He was
Ia lifelong Democrat.
He never married. and his only sur
viFing relative IS a cousin, Miss Hen
rietta c Biston, 81 years old, Of Phila-
delphia He lived since 1876 with Mr..
and Mrs. Cipriano Ferrandini on VIII
low avenue. near Wilmott street, Bal
| timoEe
He was buried from Holy Sacra-
ment Church. Rev. Michael p Ryan
celebrated high mass. Burial was in
Bonnie Brae Cemetery.
Fnneral TomorraH.