Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-02
Tho Last of Life.


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Tho Last Of Life.
CHICAGO. Nov. 1.-Senator Zach Chandler, of
Michigan, was found dead in his bed at the
Grand Pacific hotel this morning. He had been
speaking in Wisconsin, and last night ad-
dressed an immense audience ut McCormick's
hall in this city, and spoke with his usual
earnestness. After the meeting, when he and
Senator Logan ard Hon. Jessie Paulding were
sitting in his room engaged in conversation,
Senator Chandler complained of indigestion.
As he had complained OF the same distressing
feeling while en- route to the city with these
gentlemen, Mr.. Spaulding suggested that he
remain over in this city until Sat-
urday night, but he said business
affairs required his attendance at
home, and the order was given to have him
called in the morning at Z o'clock. His friends
then babe him good night and left. That is
the last time the senator was seen alive.
This morning when the Office boy called him
there was no response. As upon repetition,
silence prevailed, the clerk effected an entrance
through the transon, and found that the sena-
tor was dead. The body was not quite cold,
aud the physician who was present decided that
death occurred about three hours previous to
the discovery. The face looked tranquil. show
inathat death was painless. The coroner will
hold an inquest. John B. Drake telegraphed
President Hayes the sad intelligence about s
o'clock.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
From partial examination by Dr.. McVicker,
who was Immediately called, he is of the opinion
that death was the result of sudden congestion
of the lungs, brought about by s. cold which
was contracted at GAINESVILLE.
GENERAL SORROW
Sorrow over the sad event is universal and
genuine. Flags are at half mast upon the
Pacific and other hotels and public buildings
The Tribune building is also in mourning
The Republican county central committee and
federal officials, together with portion of
Congressional delegation from this State, the
Union Veteran club, and the head of the coun-
ty militia organization, held informal consulta-
lions at the Grand Pnciic to tender the service
Of appropriate committees whenever the
relatives of the deceased Senator
will probably be here during the afternoon by
special train, and the formal arrangements
cannot be made until their arrival.
The speech of last night is pronounced by
those who are familiar with the Senator's cam
paigns as by far the most vigorous and able of
his previous efforts.
Emblems of mourning are now on nearly all
the public offices and shipping.
President Hayes, through Secretary Rogers,
sends dispatch that the anne uncement of the
Senator death is received with deep sense of
the great loss the country has sustained.
Meetings have been called by various organi-
cations to take suitable action on the sad
event.
kilograms of coincidence are coming in from
all parts of the West.
THE CoRoNER's INQUEST.
The ippuoot NO, b,Il 49, A..
Pacific tonight, and after considerable evidence
had been taken, the following verdict was rem
dered: That Zachariah Chandler, now living
dead at tho Grand Pacific hotel, in the city Of
Chicago, county OF Cook State of Illinois.
came to his death on the first day of November.
A. u. 1879, at the Grand Pacific hotel, in said
city OF Chicago, after midnight and before
o'clock IN the morning, from natural cause
which, from the evidence, we find to be cere.
bral hemorrhage.
The friends and relatives of deceased object
10 a complete post mortem examination, and
the body has been placed in suitable casket,
and orders given for embalming. Leonard
". Volk. the sculptor, took a cast of the
head this afternoon, which he states is
one of the best he ever made,
it being cast of the entire head instead of
the face, as usual. Several meetings have
been held tonight by various organizations,
sspect and coincidence, among others the Repub-
lican campo; ign committee, the Union Vet
eran club and the Young Mems Auxiliary club.
under whose auspices his address was delivered
last night. The escort for the remains to-mor-
row promises to be a most imposing affair,
nearly every political and military organiza-
tlon IN the city taking part, in addition to the
regularly appointed committees. The Union
Veteran club will be present in body at the
depot.
More reports are received tonight from other
points in the Northwest, reporting meetings
and resolutions to express the sincere sorrow
and regret which the untimely death of the
distinguished patriot, statesman and orator
has occasioned.