The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-05
Death of Zach. Chandler.
AN IMPLACABLE FOE OF THE
p SOUTH GONE TO HIS ACCOUNT.
The. Senator from Michigan, Secretary
z Of the Interior under Grant, Found
Dead in his Bed at q Chicago Hotel
..-Strickcn Down Amidst the Hot
Work of m Active Campaign.
[NeUs and Nnrier.]

Meas and CUnrfer.l
CHICAGO, NoYember ~l.-Sunator Zach
ariah Chandler, of Michigan, was tound
dead in his bed at the Grand Pacific Hotel
this morning. He had been speaking in
Wisconsin, and last night addressed all
immense audience at Mccormack Hall,
in this city, and spoke with his usual
.earnestness. After the meeting, when he
and Senator Logan and Hon. Jesse
Spaulding were sitting in his rnom, en-
gage,l in conversation, Senator Chandler
gumplaincd Of indigestion. AS he had
Complained of the salne distressing feel
ing while en- route to the city with these
gentlemen, Mr.. Spauldilg suggested that
he remain owe in the city till Saturday
night. hut he said that business affairs re-
uuired his attention at home, and all order
was given to have him called in the
morning at I o'clock. His friends then
babe him goodnight and left. That Is
the last time the Senator WAS seen alive.
This morning when the office boy called
him there was no response, and rs upon
4 repelition of the knm'k silence still pre-
vailed, the clerk cl1crtcd an entrance
through the trarsom and found that the
Senator was dead.
The body was not quite cold and the
physician wEo was present decided that
his death had occurred about three hours
previous to the discovery. The face looks
tranquil, showing that his death WAS pain
less. The coroner will hold an inquest.
From q partial examination it is thought
Mr.. Chandler died of sudden congestion
of the lungs, brought on by Il cold con-
tracted at GAINESVILLE.
Popular Demonstration Of Respect.
Flags arc at half-mast upon the Pacific
Hotel and other buildings. The Tribune
building is also draped in mourning.
The Union Veteran Club'and the officers
of the county militia held an informal
consultation to tender their services tn
the family when they arrive.
a meeting of citizens WAS held this af-
ternoon to arrange for paying proper res
| pect to the late Senator Chandler. A
man, was appointed To meet Il special
train from Detroit with a committee to
tuke charge of the remains. General
Torrance, commanding the first brigade
Of the Illinois National Guard, offered a
detail as IN .scort to the body when re-
moved from the city, and the offer was
accepted.
National HonoIs TO the Deceased.
WASHINGTON, November 1.-The fol-
lowing proclamation was issued by the
President this afternoon
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
November /, 1879
The sad intelligence OF the death Of
Zacharial Chandler, late secretary of the
interior, from the State of Michigan, has
been communicated to the Government
and to the country, and in proper resport
to his memory ] hereby order that the
several executive dep lrtments he closed
to public business, and their flags and
those of their dependencies throughout
the cLuLtry be displayed at hall-mast on
the day Of his funeral.
R. B. HAYES.
The Coroner's Inquest.
CHICAGO, November 2.-The c%oroner's
Jury held an inquest upon the body OF
the Hon. Zu.llarial, Chandler ut the
Grand Pacific Hnlel last night, and
found that his death took place between
midnight and I a. H., and was probably
the result of cerebral hemOrrlIaaI. The
friends and relatives of the deceased OBJ
ijecled to u thorough post-mortem exam
nation.
Religious S~ervices over the Body.
CuIcAGp, November 1.-The last sad
Offices for Senator Chandler were per-
Atormea at an early hour this morng at
the Grand Pacific Hotel. Rev. David
Swing ol1iciated, and the services were
necessarily very brief. consisting simply
of prayer and reading from the scrip
TIRES. The remains were then Escorted
to the depot by three companies of the
First Regiment, 200 veterans and a detail
of cadets, together with 4 large number
of friends. At the depot q special train,
with a committee, headed by eX-Govern-
or Bagley, was waiting to take the re-
mains to Detroit,