Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1879 — HON. ZACH. CHANDLER. [ARTICLE]

HON. ZACH. CHANDLER.

Sudden and Unexpected Death of the Michigan Senator. Hon. Zacliariah Chandler, United States Senator from Michigan, who had been making a sorioi of Republican speeches in Wisconsin, stopped over at Chicago, on route homo, and add essed a large meeting of Republicans at McCormick Hall in that city,on tho night of the 31st of October. Ho spoke nearly two hours in his usual vigorous, slam-bang, sledge-hammer stylo, and uearly the last words uttered by tho spoakor on the platform were (referring to the Republican party;: “Wo ain’t agoing to die yet; we have made other arrangements.” After the delivory of his fierce philippic against the Democracy Mr. Chandler was driven to tho Grand Pacific Hotel, where some time was spent in conversation with personal and political friends. He seemed to be in his usual robust Real lb. Between 12 and 1 o’clock he retired for the night, remarking at, the time that he felt tired. About 8 o’clock tho next morning (Nov. 1), Mr. Chandler not yet having risen, a knock on his door for tho purpose of awakening] him elicited no response. The knocking was repeated several times by the servants with the same result, when the stato of affairs was reported to the office. The hotel officials, uow alarmed at the ominous silence of Mr. Chandler, entered the room by means of a pass-key. Their worst fears wore. realized. Seuator Chandler lay prone upon the bod, in the cold embrace of death. At what hour the dread messenger camo is not exactly known, but it is conjectured that it was not long after Mr. Chandler retired. The doctors declare that heart disease was the cause of his death. The dead Senator, when first discovered, was half-sitting, half-lying upon the bod, his legs hanging over tho side, the right foot on tho floor, and the left foot raised a foot or so above it. The death had evidently been a peaceful one. The eyes were closed, and an expression of calm repose lay on the features. The appearance of the room was indicative of a man who had lain down to rest for a few hours in the full rush of an active career. His watch was lying under a pillow and still going. His dressing-case was open, a clean shirt was laid on one side, and his clothing carefully placed upon a chair. A consultation of eminent physicians was called to decide upon the causes that produced death. It was ascertained that Mr. Chandler had exposed himself greatly during his speaking tour in Wisconsin, particularly at Janesville, where he Spoke twice in one day in a tent, where the temperature was very low, and that he had been disturbed for a day or two by pains in the chest and stomach. One or two of the physicians were in favor of a post-mortem examination, but, in deference to the feelings of the family and friends of the deceased, they were overruled, and the council of medioal experts decided to simply examine the body exte nally and submit their views to the Coroner’s jury. After a careful examination of the body, and an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of the deceased, they gave a written opinion to the effect that Mr. Chandler “died from natural causes—probably cerebral hemorrhage.” The Coroner’s jury accordingly rendered a verdict to the same effect The stem demands of the law in cases of sudden death having been complied with, the body of the deceased was again taken charge of by friends, and arrangements made for tho funeral. A committee of tbirty prominent citizens was delegated to accompany the remains to Detroit. On Sunday morning, Nov. 2, the body was escorted to the depot by a large civic and military procession, and dispatched to Detroit over the Michigan Central railroad.

IJlographical. Mr. Chandler was nearly 66 years old at the time of his death, having been born at Bedford, N. H., on thelOthof December, 1813. His education was limited to that of the common schools and academy in his native State. Iu 1833 he removed to Detroit, and shortly afterward engaged in the dry-goods businoss. Ho was elected Mayor of Detroit in 1851, and in 1852 was the nominee of the Whig party for Governor of Michigan. He made an active canvass and ran far ahead of his ticket, but the Democratic party was then in ascendancy in the State. In 1857, the Republican party having come into power in Michigan, Chandler was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Lewis Cass, and took his seat March 4, 1857. He at once took prominent and radical groun d in hostility to the encroachments of slavery. He was re-elected in 1863, and again in 1869, thus serving in the Senate eighteen years. Mr. Chandler was made Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and held that position until the expiration of his third term, March 3, 1875. In the Senatorial election by the Michigan Legislature in 1875, he was nominated by the Republicans for a fourth term. The Republican Legislative Majority that year was but ten on joint ballot 1 and on the first vote by both houses Jan. 21, 1875, Mr. Chandler lacked threevotes of being elected, owing to a very decided opposition of a few Republicans opposed to him. On the second ballot the Democrats, with one exception, voted with six bolting Republicans for Isaac P. Christiancy, one of the Supreme Court Judges, and the latter was thus elected by one majority. Oct. 19, 1875, Mr. Chandler v'as appointed Secretary of Interior by President Grant, holding the position until after tho inauguration of Pre ident Hayes. On the 10th of February last, Kenator Christiancy resigned his office to accept the position of United States Minister to Poru, and on the 18th of the same month Mr. Chandler was elected to fill the va cancy. , Mr. Chandler left a will. His estate, consisting principally of valuable real estate in Detroit, and an interest in a large mercantile establishment in the same city, is estimated at about $1,800,000. 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 children, is an aged sister, Mrs. Lee, who lives at Bedford, N. H. His brothers are all dead. Littleton Smith, of Edgefield, S. C., tow 87 years old, claims to have the largest posterity of any man living. He

has eight children, fifty-five grand children, 128 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grand children, besides enough who have died in each generation to make the grand total of his descendants 241. The old man is still so lively that he can jump up and strike his feet together twice before touching the ground;

LYNCH LAW. The Shooting and Hanging of Bill Young by a Mob in Clark County, Mo. A dispatch from Keokuk, lowa, dated Oct, 30, says: “Bill Young, who was tried at Cahoka, Mo., for the murder of the Spencer family, was lynched at his home near Luray, Mo., yesterday. The raid was very systematically planned and carried into execution with desperate determination. The mob, to the number of 200 or more, met near Cahoka and arranged the details. On Sunday, the day following his acquittal, Young was married at Oahoka to Mias Bray, of Ohio, who has been in this locality most of the time since his arrest. They came to Keokuk Monday, and remained here until this moruing, when they left for Young’s home, near Luray. Young was warned along the line that a mob was assembling to haDg him, but he refused to turn back. He said he had beat t iem once, and could do it again, and that he aid not propose to run away or be frightened away. The plan was to take YouDg from the train at Cahoka, but owiDg to a delay in a telegram the train got past that city before the mob assembled. They hastily followed to Luray, however, surrounded Young’s house, and demanded that all but YouDg leave the buildiDg. J. C. Coffman, of Toledo, Ohio, one of Young's attorneys, and two ladies who were there came out, but Yoimg insisted that his wife and children remain. Firing was then opened, but it ißnot known who fired the first shots. Young would open the door, fire into the crowd, and dodge back. This was kept np until Young had received four wounds—one in the wrist, one in the lung, one in the scalp, and one in the abdomen, which disabled him so that he ceased firing. The mob then piled hay around the house preparatory to burning it, when Young’s children came running out and said that their father was dead. A number of men theD entered tho house, brought Youug out, placed him iu a wagon and drove under an arched gateway. They then called upon him to make a confession, but he is said to have asserted his inuocence to the last. They proposed to him that if he would pay the costs of tho prosecution, confess the murder and leave the country they would not hang him. He offered to pay the costs and leave, but refused to confess. His last words were that he was an innccent raw. They allowed him to make his will, then drove the wagon out, and loft him hanging until ho was dead. The mob is variously estimated at from 200 to 500 men. They wore no masks, and made no attempts to disguiso themselves. Many of them aro wellknown citizens of Clark county. Others are said to have been from Illinois and lowa. Detective Lano was in the mob, and took an aclive part.