The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-03

congressman NeWpeftyt VI, ", ". tu
rand. The news spread through the bus
ness quarter In an incredible short spa
ot tine. Messrs. Baldwin and Shelde
went to the Western Union Telegram
Office with the last lingering hope that Il
report might be q canard, but found thI
y was amply confirmed by subsequen
dispatches.
The melancholy duty oil breaking th
news TO Mrs. Chandler, who returne
from the East last week and now at he
Fort street residence, was then urdertake
by Messrs. Baldwin and Sheldon, an
with W. g. Winton they proceeded to th
house In Mr.. Baldwin's carriage. Il wa
q sorrowful task, but Il was done with del
icacy aud tact. Mrs. Chandler's grief wa
demonstrative and affecting, and her pro
longed lamentations would have move,
the sternest heart.
Down town the sad event was on ever,
LIP. II was noticeable that each mai
seemed reicentot his feelings, as II O per
sonal calamity had oyertaken him. Thl
sudden flame Of interest seemed to SIM
the next moment under load Of sorrow
and woe. Itwas natural that some OF til,
political changes which might result from
tue death OF the Michigan Senator woult
be adverted TO, but the speCulations wort
very short and the conversation wa
turned 10 the virtues aud merits OF thI
dead statesman, AlluSions to Chandler
physical health, and queries as to tht
cause OF his death, were also discussed.
In the abaence OF authentic "details. .
well known lawyer remarked that he bat
seen Chandler at Jefferson Avenue Churcl
last Saturday, while the double funera
services OF Mrs. Davenport and her son
DR.. Louis Davenport, were being perForm
cd. Somebody asked Chandler 10 CONS
into the church, but he refused. and stooj
in the doorway for over half an hour Snd
then walked away. His face was palid ana
deathlike."
Congressman Newberry, before going "a
the Chandler residence, said: -
"Chandler's death Is no great surprise d
his intimate friends. he was afflicted
with q disease common with men of adj
vanced age. He was seyenty.one Years al
age, and 1t was slowly paininv IN him III
the time, and wearing Elm away r. was a
an affection Of the kidneys.n VS.
As the news became rnore widesnraad
1t engrossed the attention of evervhndv al.
most to the stoppave az hnsinsss 'rhe
hackmen and iravmen in the srests M tbs
workmen in the sbops and isctories anf md
ali the working classes sssm @ al S noyes;,,IIs %I
affected. All the animosities enoendere;I
by politics seemed to lad away' and the
words, at is a great iossN mHe was aS aood Nd
and honest man, came inetinct;veIy "a IL
every working mans lIns Nsver hos tbe "
death Of any public man so affected the
people OF Detroit, with the soIe eScention
OF that OF President i,incoln.
Chandler. despite bis nhvs;cal inf,rr;.
ties, had strong Constitution and whsn
the elections Of this wear cal,sd him 0sI e
the field Of political action he ohevsI ,be q
summons with ali his well knoTn S arJo, An
and entllusiasm. Tnmmenc;nS Isst S. Az.
gust in Maine, where he snoEe 9ns a' paSI aJ
and spoke in six different places he bas
ever since labored for his beIoved canse
and party, and Il il probable that bis ,,s. az.
ertions largely contributed to his sndden
death. After fiIlino en0avements In
Maine he went directIy tn Ohio and snoLe
in seven places. conmencinc with ToIedS
and ending with Cleveland: from tbance
10 Massac6psetts wbera be 1sSs nU" osNa,eS .ueaoS
with an Immense and entbusiastic anil ou,Ii.
ence at Worcester on The Sth instant On
the following evening he smoke al Tvnn
Boston and lowell with nnt;rino snc,rv
He went TO New York and gave liz RI,
publicans OF Finishing Af6any frroy
Pottsdam, LowyilIe and Buffalo tIe iI!,
spiration OF his trumpet ike Blasts against
"Yaznoism" and Southern barbarities.
Resting only a week at his Detroit
home, he took up his political laboTs in
the West, and spoke 10 WISCONSIN Rennh.
licans at kiilwaukee on Tuesday Oshkosb
on Wednesday. and JanesviIle on ThnTs.
day. His last Western annointmeit was
at Chicago, and he filed IL bv sneak;ng h
a large audience nj McCormick's Hall last
evening.
Yesterday william cb;coso ba roo.;;af,
o telegram, signed by Congressmen New
berry and Farrand, asking him to speak at
q Republican meeting in Detroit on Mon
day night, and he answered the request
promptly in the affirmative. The place OF
holding the meeting had not been deter.
mined upon, when news came that the
hand which had written the answer was
still in death.
Mr.. Sheldon, his business partner, nor
Mr.. Partridge, who has been his private
secretary for years, can say whether Mr.,
Chandler left will. His estate Is esti.
mated at s, 100000. It consists of twelve
stores on the best business locations in
Detroit, mansion on Fort street West; also
his mansion onI street, Washington, his
extensive farm near Lansing, quantity
Of pine lands in Michigan and other
States, and 100000 stock in the Second
Bank Of Detroit.
Mr.. Chandler's only immediate relative,
besides his wife and only daughter, Mrs.
Eugene Hale, the wife Of the well known
Maine Congressman and her three child
ren, is an aged sister, Mrs. Lee, who lives
9t Bedford, N. II. Ills brothers are all
dead.
Grief ut tho National Capital.
WASHINGTON, November 1.-president
Hayes received a telegram about 10o'clocS
this morning from John B. Drake. of
Chicago, announcing tho death Of senator
Chandler. He was yery much shocked
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