, 1870-09-26
DR. CHARLES Il. BAY,

den and unexpected intelligence, briefly |
IN our issue Of yesterday, has
cast deep glonm over his large circle Of
and friends, and will come
with all the force OF n personal bereaye-
,rent to the thousands OF readers in the
Northwest who have known him, for many
years rast, us q powerful, influential, aud
successful Journalist, It was only few
days aeo that we talked with him
half mn hour or more He was unusually
hopeful of himself. and spoke so encour-
aging1y of his future prospects, aud had 80
many well-laid journalistic plans, that we
were encouraged to think he would, before
long, he restored to his former use
fulness and vigor, although he seemed
to us as feeble as child,
compared with his former robust
and powerful physical habit, We had an
earnest conversation with him upon the
best means of giving higher standing and
character to Art in Chicago subject in
which he vas nlways deeply interested-and
then we parted. We missed him for few
days, and then the shadow Of death came
between us, and he passed cvermore from
our night
Dr.. Charles H. Hay waa born at Norwich,
Chcnango County, n. T., March Il, 1891.
and removed to the West IN 1913. Ho
commenced his Western life in the prae-
1iee ef esi!siqs .t ct RFe}ttRae etp8sa aaass sSa
H., where he pursued lis profession for
many yan1b With success During thase
yeaFS he was married to Miss Jane Yates
Per-Lec, most eshmable lady. who died in
this city. in June, 1862, leaving, rs tho
fruits of the union, one daughter and three
sons. all of whom are living. In the year
ISL, Dr. nay removed to Galena, and
hnught the JtJtrxonidn, daily Democratic
journal, and conducted il With remarkable
snccess, rntil the time of the Kansas
Sel'raAka struggle, when his strong i'm
pulses t"~ard freedom induced him to
take open Issue with Judge Douglas, and
eventually led to his disposal of the paper
and his Identification with The Republican
party, then in the preliminary stage of
organization. In 1856, DR.. Ray wss
Secreta1y of the Illinois Sanste, and pre-
sided rs such during the exciting canvass
IN Ina. may, "n'cn elected Lyman rum
""'l eHHea ota'ea senator over n.s
oPIenent Abraham Lincoln. he gave MS
1nnnenee 10 Inc former, oot IN sncn an
opcn, manly way that it never disturbed
."e e'oso PERSONA t.aeaoSn'p WHICH ens.eo
t'e'"een nl"sell ana .ne ia''ef' ana sa,cu
eaeu - eA'@ =" '1e LILLE VI ILL., '"n
GUN oeA,n"
"nen tne Legislature ao}ousneo, III.
''os ea'no :" e4'eae' "4.n tua in'en''o.' VI
st"'1iog penny Aep"onean paper. Dnf'
lng Inc Aee'sa3'se @es9'on ne nae oeen tns
spaagneia correspondent ot t9e Ne~ aora
17oHM, anu nus maste9iy 3e1tefa 10 1na'
paper Lad orou6ht MN anfo extensive putt
nc no''ee as a ~4a'ef- lie wrote to hlr'
Nseeiey on tue subject OF partner, asking
h'h 20 recommend some suitable person,
10 which Alr. dFeelcy replied With lette1
u INTRODUCTION 70 soseph .Medill, Esq,
u INC e'eFe'Ano ledaef, who was 1us
2oon' coming 10 lineage with the objec
of connecting hinself With the press O
this city. Mr. Aed1u arrived in Chicag'
at about The same time as Dr. Ray, and
after an interview, the former abandonc'
the idea Of penny paper, and joined th
latter in buying IS much of TEE TRIBux
establishment Of General Webster an
Timothy Wright, Esq, as their mean
would allow. He had identified hirnsel
cli'oriHlly with THE TRIBUNE in April, 1857
Int did not assume his proprietary intcres
until Inpc Of the same year, which ho he'll
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