Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-24


Saratoga, n. Y. August 2S.-John
Chamberlain, of Washington. D. c.. died
at the Grand Union Hotel at 11:25 D. m.
He has been in a comatos. condition for
the past thirty hours, and his physician,
DR.. Burchard, stated a. noon that his
patient could not last more than few
hours longer.
"Jovial John Chamberlain Is
prince OF good fellows. fos.er-father Of a
thousand bonmots, kind OF epicures,
founder of the Monmouth park race
track, and an enthusiastic horseman
since the racing giants and p.ungers OK
ante-bellum days dominated the turf.
a familiar figure on ,h streets Of
Washington during the quarter century
just passed, John Chamberlain has been
the associate OF statesmen and diplomats
from all corners Of the world. His end
less, rapid fire Of clever stories, after
dinner sayings and scores Of kind deeds
won him friends in legion all over the
country where men Of taste and wit
congregate and marked him with the
title of chief or raconieurs.' Through
his bitter ups and downs with fortune
and the reverses in the carly days of his
eventful career the familiar figure who
now lies on a sick bad IN quiet ward or
the Eastern watering place never be-
lied his nickname OF "JOyial john and
his regular visits among the bon wants
and old August hab.Wcs of Bar Harbor.
Newport, Long Branch or Saratoga
were made with the SAME ali-embracing
oOd-fellowship which characterized MS
prosperous year and with ths same re-
markable appetite for succu.ent delca-
cies which gained for its possessor the
famous though cumDrous -te OF the
"cOnnoisseur i'm c0rks and gourmet OF
gastronomers on tle North American
continent"
A devoted follower Of Epcurus, John
Chamberlain has a record for the con-
coctlng OF sayory dishes when Is uh-
eoualed. With a score OF kindred splr-
its as his guests nothing so delights him
as the fastidious conducting OF a mon
ster clam-bake or he preparation or an
old-time burg0o- .lc steaming OF heaps
Of every species OF game obtalnable in
a magnificent sauce made OF wines and
all the best condiments known 20 man
after the Style OF the old-fashioned
barbecue which characterized the open
ing Of a big southern racing meet dur
ing the early days lu.he glories or John
Cham0erlain's clam bake icas.s at the
old Monmouth track even ,he spreads OF
nightingales' tongues and o.aer rare del
.caies dished up by the old Roman en-
perors sink into hazy background ana
seem quite commonplace.
Chamberlain's appetite has been tho
subject OF a legion OF dinner stories. A
friend of his asserts tha, ar au uptown
oyster house in New York one evening
the famed boniface ate TWO and one-half
dozen oysters, a dozen roasted clans, a
Welsh rarebt and TWO Holsters without
any extreme effort Chamberlaln's
keen sense of humOr was often given
free play at the expense OF The dignity
Of his friends. Firm in his belief hat
an experienced chef can ana does often
fool the most fas-idi0us gourmet. DE once
served a deputa,i0n OF members Of The
famous Glover Club yiNlng lis WASH
ington home wiki am old hsh-hawk
dressed and cooked under 'he name X
q young Rhode Island turkey. and The
deception was MOI discovered until The
next day.