The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-24
CAREER JUST OPENING.
Young Hay Was TO Have Succeeded
Major Pruden.

Major Pruden.
Washington, June 23.-Secretary Hay
learned of the death of his son, AdeIbert,
within an hour and a half of the tragedy,
through Secretary COrtely6si. The latter
had been called up on tne long distance
telephone at his residence about . o CLOCK
in the morning by Proprietor Mo5eley OF
the New Haven House the scene OF the
tragedy. Mr. LIOseiey briefly told Score
tary CortelyOU Of the finding OF the re-
details of the accident, substantially as
they were sent ont in the Associated
Press report Secretary -LOrUelyOu hast
-eued at once to the residence Of Secre-
tary Hay and communicated the sad news
as 81 ntly as possible
The secretary appeared to be completely
crushed. but rallied and set calmly obOut
preparing for MS qepartdre Tor New New 1 to-
servants, Secretary Hay was alone in his
house. as all of his family have been alb
sent rom Washington since the secre-
tarys visit to Bu* aIo. Mrs. Hay, with
Adelbert and her ~ . daughters, had heeu
spending a few days ia Cleveland and
to Newburg1l. on the shore OF Lake Suna-
pac CNew HampshireG where the family
with the. expectation that the secretary
would Join them next month
Starts For New Haven.
None of his own people were about him
to give him aid and support when the
sad news came TO the secretary Of state
in the early Sunday morning. Secretary
COrtetyou, however. was sympatheticaily
helpful and, realizing. the IeVer1sn desire
looked up the railroad time tables and arr
ranged for an early. departure, 50 that by
2 o'clock Secretary LAY was on 2 Fenn5
sylvapia railroad Z ain speeding toward
New Haven. before many of ms friends
/ in Washington knew 81 the calamity tna6
As soon as the president learned the
news, however he dispatched a telegram
10 the chief of his cablnet. to oVertake
3 IL afrr ID nd cerr
I in the kindly and sympaIhetic Language
( which characterlzes the president com
sorrow he felC for the BereaVed family
Secretary Hays eoileag ucs in the cabinet
followed this ex1Jrpie aflos sent a personal
lettsr Of sympathy and coincidence. The
cabinet officers viii. attend the tunerai
/ OF Adelbert Hay
After the secretary'se departure. and
1 when the news had spread through the
city by the moTning papers friends of the
( Hay family aud Officials began 10, call at
cards. Assistant s6cretaFy tIIin was first
I ar, ong the official callers, and later there
were many others During the flay near
/ - alt ottleial ~ ashinsteh On tlaa iett is
| tribute 81 sympathy at the house.
Since his resfsnation from tbs Pretoria
consVlship, Aaeibert Hay haa entered in
/ 70 10 regular employment, though be had
devoted himself III part to assis ting IN
/ the Conduct oe'hisyfathef's PERSONAL BUSH
there had jEstf CONS 20 him one OF Gnose
golden q1port1Hities that he had seized
4 ply himself - ~ when bis untoward end
came.
II had been the proudest recollection of
/ John Hay rte that NJ mad served -Abra-
ham Lincoiu rs his ASSISTANT So il was
I 80 ne the lot OF Adeibert Hay to serve
u William Mckinley in q ike capacity. He
Lad been offered ard had accepted the
/ position OF assistant secretary to the
! pFesident a place nov held by Major
4 fruder- The later, after many years OF
made a paymoster in the I.rlited States
. army
lie is under ordsrs to report to the pay