Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Mrs. Hay Will Arrive Today.

is expected late tonight or TOMORROW morn
ing from Simsbury,. Conn, where he has
been at school. Mr.. Samuel Mather OF
Cleveland a brotherin-law of Secretary
Hay, with his wife, will also reach New
Haven tomorrow.
At the Mosey residence tonight it was
formally announced that no arrangements
covering the removal of the remains and
the funeral services will be made until
after the arrival of Mrs. Hay and Mr..
Mather. Late tonight DR.. Gilbert, who IL
at the bedside of the Secretary, announced
that the indisposition of Col. Hay is not
serious, adding that he is simply over
whelmed with grief and that the prostra-
ton will disappear after sufficient rest.
The triennial class of '9S, of which Adel-
bert Hay was a member, has gone into
mourning. New arrivals of the class, many
of whom heard the news for the first time
on reaching the college town, are shocked,
and it has been practically decided to make
no formal arrangements for a class recog-
milton of it's loss until fuller contingent is
present There is disposition on the part
of many of the class to abandon entirely
the elaborate features of the triennial re-
union and wait upon the pleasure of Secre-
tary Hay and the members of the bereaved
family.
Secretary Hay Informed.
Secretary Hay learned of the death Of
his son Adelbert within an hour and a
half of the tragedy through Secretary Cor
telyou. The latter had been called up
the long-distance telephone at his residence
about o'clock in the night by Proprietor
Mosely of the New Haven House, the
scene of the tragedy. Mr.. Mosely briefly
told Secretary Cortelyou of the accident.
Secretary COrtelyOu fastened at once to
the residence of Secretary Hay and COM
municated the sad news as gently pos
sble. The Secretary appeared for the mo-
ment to be completely crushed. but rallied
and set calmly about preparations for de-
parture for New Haven at the earliest mo-
ment Save the servants Secretary Hay
was alone in the house, as all of his fam
lily have been absent from Washington
since the Secretary's visit to Buffalo. Mrs.
Hay, with Adelbert and her two daughters,
had been spending a few days in Cleveland,
Ohio, and from that place went by way
of Buffalo to Newburn, n. H., the
shores of Lake Sunapee, where the family
had just settled down for the summer,
with the expectation that the Secretary
would join them next month. Secretary
Cortelyou sympathetically helpful
and, realizing the feverish desire of Mr..
Hay to reach New Haven, he looked up
the railway time tables and arranged for
an early departure, so that by 8 O clock
Secretary Hay was on his way to New
Haven, before many of his friends in
Washington knew of the calamity that had
befalen him.
AS soon the President learned the
news he dispatched q telegram to the chief
of his cabinet to overtake him on his Jour-
ney northward, expressing the depths of
the sorrow he felt for the bereaved family.
secretary Hays colleagues in the cabinet
followed this example and Secretary Long
also sent personal letter of sympathy
and coincidence. The cabinet officers will
attend the funeral of Adebert Hay if it is
feasible for them to do SO.
After the Secretary's departure and when
the news had spread through the city
friends of the Hay family and officials be-
gan to call at the 10th street home to
leave their cards. Assistant Secretary Hill
was first among the official callers and
later there were many others. During the
day nearly all official Washington had left
Its tribute of sympathy at the house
While the death is severe shock to his
friends here, those who knew young Mr.
Hay intimately from his college days were
quite able to comprehend the circumstances
OF the fatal accident. 1t is said to have
been not at all unusual for him to stand
an hour or so at his bed room window at
night smoking while engaged in meditation
In TACT, this is said to have been almost a
hanlt with him, and in this connection,
with the further fact that he had suffered
at more or less frequent intervals from
attacks or vertigo, makes the manner Of
his taking off easy for his intimate friends
to understand.
The Secretury's Eldest Son.
Adelbert 5. Hay was the eldest son of
the Secretary of State, and was born at
Cleveland, Ohio, about twenty-five wears
ago His second name is Stone which he
bears in memory of the late Amasa Stone.
his maternal grandsire. He was educated
In the private schools of Cleveland and
prepared at ST. Pauls Academy at Con-
cord, N. H., for Yale At the university
he was popular scholar He gave much
time to athletics and thus splendidly de-
Veloped his naturally robust frame so that
he stood at twenty-one full six feet high
with chest and limbs of corresponding pro-
portions
With this physique went a degree of per-
sonal bravery that. though never reckless
ly or Voastlngly evidenced was still mani
tested on more than one occasion. An in
stance OF this was shown at Gibraltar
4ounS hay was on his way out to the
Philippines, a civilian passenger on an
army transport carrying a volunteer resi-
ment to Manila. AT Gibraltar the men had
shore leave, and when the hour for sail
ing arrived half Of the volunteers were
not aboard Thf company officers rounded
up those in Gibraltar proper, but they
could not go in uniform in chase of the
roisterers who had found a welcome hiding
place among the Spanish drinking house
keepers across the border. Adelbert Hay
volunteered to act as provost marshal, and
he soon emptied the dives and dragged out
the skulkers and drove them down to their
ship.
His Public Career.
An extended public career was scarcely
possible for one of his years, yet In the
short time that elapsed between his grad
uation from Yale and his death he had
achieved fine reputation. Upon his re-
turn from the Philippines he cast about
for something to do. The situation in
South Africa had attracted his attention,
and 1t was his own impulse that led him
to volunteer to go to Pretoria to replace
Consul Macrum. There he succeeded in
discharging as a simple consul diplomatic
duties requiring the exercise of the great
est tact and good judgment.
The Beers received him with suspicion.
knowing Of his some time residence in Eng
land. when his father was ambassador at
London. But this he soon dispelled and in
the end the Beers learned to trust him and
they showed their gratitude for the many
kind offices Mr.. Hay performed for their
sick and wounded comrades on the other
side of the lines. On the other hand the
British prisoners who filled the Boer places
of detention in the early stages of the
war owed many necessities and little lux
uries to the American consul Fever was
epidemic in Pretoria, too, and the work
of the consulate was exhausting but not
until the wave Of war had passed over
the place and the city was again safe and
quiet did Mr.. Hay feel that he could
leave his post. He left South Africa last