The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-05-15
DEATH OF SALMON P. CHASE.

NEW YORK, May Chief Justic
Chase was yesterday attacked by apo
plexy in this city, and died this morn
ing, at the residence of his daughter
Mrs. VIM. Hoyt, No. / West Thirty
third street. His two daughters an,
Senator Sprague were present.
The death of Chief Justice Salmon
P. Chase has caused general grie
throughout the city. The flags on tht
City Hall, principal newspaper offices
and many private buildings are dis
played at half mast. The Chief Jus
tice came on here Saturday evening
to visit Mrs. W. S. HOyt, his daughter
He was in unusually good health anC
spirits. This favorable state of thing:
continued until yesterday morning a
10 O'Clock, when a servant, sent Il
call him to breakfast, on entering his
room, found Mr.. Chase lying in state
of unconscious stupOr.
His daughter was asimmediately sum
mOned, and servants were dispatched
for medical aid. When the physi-
clans arrived, the inconsistencies was
found to have resulted from reeHr
renee Of paralysis, of which he has had
several strokes.
All efforts to relieve him proved un-
availing, and it was evident that bis
vitality was ebbing away. Gov
Sprague and his wife, daughter oi
Judge Chase, were summoned, and
arrived in the city last evening. His
/ two daughters, remained by. his he'd
side till 10:30 this morning, when he
breathed his last. He remained TO-
tally Unconscious from the time his
condition was discovered until the
end.
The news of the death of the Chief
! Justice vas not received in the United
! States Court buildings until near the
time of adjournment of the United
| States Circuit and District courts, and
as the truth of the report was not con-
sidered absolutely certain, no motion
was made to adjourn either court, it
being deemed eXpedient to postpone
the making of such motion until the
report had been confirmed.
WASHINGTON, May THE news of
the deafh of Chief Justice Chase Occa-
stoned great surprise and profound re,
gret in all circles. The Attorney Gen
eral was advised early in the day Of
the serious Illness of the Chief Justice,
and in brief space of time afterward
Of the death Of Mr.. Chase. Secretary
Richardson was also early advised Of
the death of the Chief Justice, and the
sad Intelligence was spread through
out the Treasury Department very
rapids, creating sincere expressions
of sorrow among the clerks and EN-
ployes, many OF whom were old and
intimate official associates of the de-
ceased, many of the more prominent
officials in the different bureaus hav-
ing been appointed to office during
his administration of the office of
Secretary of the Treasury.
The following facts are mentioned
concerning the last days of the Chlef
Justice: He left Washington for New
York last Saturday, on the 5 a. m.
train, intending to remain at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. H0ytI
until to-day or tomorrow, when he
expected to leave for Boston, where
he proposed staying for a couple OF
weeks. Thence he intended TO go t6
Colorado, touching at Washington
and Cincinnati ell route, where he In
tended spending the summer, proba-
bly, with an old and intimate friend,
Mr.. w. p. 5Iellen, who was formerly
Special Agent of the Treasury De
partment. On occasion of his depart
ure from this city, Saturday morning,
a little breakfast party was assembled
at the Sprague mansion, Where Lhe
Chief Justice has resided for q year
past, consisting of Judge Chase, Judge
WOrden, his private secretary anu
blOgrapher, Miss Walker, a sister OF
Judge Walker, of Ohio /; Miss Casrle
MOultOn, and MissAmy Aud, niece
of the Chief Justice. The breakfast
passed off pleasantly, although II was
noticed that the Chief Justice was
not in mis- usual spirits. His leave TAX
ing of everybody was unusually al
fectiOnate, which fact was remarked
by all present.
On Monday last Judge WOrden re-
ceived q letter from him. He wrote
from the residence of Mr.. HOyt, in
pencil, because, he said, it was ham
dier than a pen and ink, and Judge
Worden says that the letter bore more
of the characteristics of his former
chirOgraphy than any he had seen for
some time past. He was also encour-
aged to believe, from its cheerful tone,
that his health had considerably i'm
proved since leaving Washington.
He wrote that he had a cold and
bleak ride to New York that he had
been greatly relieved on seeing his
children and some of his grand chill
dren, and felt better than when he
left. He then sent by Judge WOr-
denis kind message of sympathy to
Col. Dom Piatt and Mrs. Plat on their
in being burned out, and
finally requested Judge Worden to
him a letter which he re-
ceived while in Washington from DR..
Brown Sequard, his physician, rela-
tive to his treatment.
The Chief Justice has been for long
time under the impression that his
disease was the result of fever and
ague contracted several years ago in
the peculiar feature of
which was physical weakness and in
ability to labor continuously. For
this reason he has for some time past
from attempting any pro-
tracted mental labor.
There will be, it is thought by the
officers of the Cabinet now in Wash
ington, a meeting of the Cabinet i'm
upon the return of the
at which appropriate ac-
ton will be taken regarding the death
Of the distinguished jurist and states
man.