Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
BODY ARRIVES
FOR BURIAL.
Remains Of Elder {, H, Nye Pass
Through Salt Lake Today
FUNERAL SUNDAY IN OGDEN
From weber Stake Tabernao lie ~ ress
ident smith Gets Fun Partle-
ulars OF Denth.

The body Of Elder Ephralm II Nye,
late president of the Southern States
mission, reached Salt Lake this after
noon over the X. G. w. and was met al
the depot by Undertaken Joseph r..
Taylor who had been making arrange
ments for the funeral which VIII take
place from the Weber stake tabernacle
on Sunday afternoon at O'clock. The
remains were In charge Of Elder zun-
dell and went on to Ogden this after
noon. The particulars Of the death of
Elder Nye are given in the following
letter which was received by Press
dent Joseph f. Smith today.
Atlanta, Ca. May IS, 1903 President
Joseph f. Smith, Salt Lake City Utah,
Dear Br0ther-l arrived from Columbia
yesterday with the remains Of President
Il, ii. Nye, who died at Columbia, S. G,
on the 10Th inst and WI now make
full report OF that sad affair
President Nye left here on Wednes-
day morning, the 18th inst, for Column
bia, to consult with the authorities
there regarding the removal Of elder
A. II, Olpln to Utah, expecting TO
return on the following day. The next
We heard OF him was through tcle-
gram from Dr. j. W. Babcock super
intendent OF the State Hospital for the
Insane at Colombia, reading &c II.
Nye desperately III with heart disease
] awoke Sister Nye when the messag &c
was received, about midnight, and as
she was anxious to go % her husband,
! wired DIR. Babcock that she would
leave for Columbia on the morning
train. ! wired to Char ieston, the near
est point at which Elders are located,
for Elder w. s. Rust, a good nurse, and
experienced Elder, TO proceed 10 Colum-
bia by first train to wait on President
Nye and to meet Sister Nye there on
her arrival
Sister Nye left at o'clock Friday
morning, feeling hopeful and expecting
10 find her husband better We had no
idea that the attack would prove fatal.
] have been with him through similar
attacks OF heart trauble, and with care
full nursing he has pulled through
without serious results, even without
the aid of physician. ae carried with
him constantly a vial Of nltro-glycerine
tablets which had been prescribed by
his physician, and he had always been
able TO obtain relief by their use, SO
we believed that no serious results
would follow this attack.
About 10 o'clock. however message
came announcing that he had died at
! O'clock that morning. We were in
deed greatly shocked by this announce
ment, for we had confidently hoped
that the next news would be favorable.
| Immediately wired you the sad news,
Informed Dr. Babcock that | would
leave for Columbia on the first train,
and instructed Elder j. r. Madsen, at
Augusta, 10 meet Sister Nye at that
place, break the news 10. her, and re-
turn with her TO Atlanta This he
did. Sister Nye was completely pros
trated with grief on receipt OF the ter
rible news, and is still under the care
OF q physician. He thinks, however,
that she viii be able 10 start for Salt
Lake tonight.
took the first train for Columbia.
where / arrived at o'clock on Satur-
day morning The body had been re-
moved TO the parlOrs Of Mccormick
e Fletscher, embalmers, and had been
embalmed by them, | Immediately gave
orders to have the remains prepared
for shipment as soon as possible The
body was properly dressed and placed
in a frst-class metallic casket, and the
whole enclosed In nicely finished
hardwood case. At $3.50 that after
noon | left with the body for Atlanta
arriving safely on Sunday morning,
While at Columbia ! collected the
facts about President Nye's illness and
death. He arrived at Columbia at 6
o'clock Wednesday evening, apparently
well. He had considerable difficulty
in securing a room for the night, but
finally obtained one at the Hamilton
house, not very good place, and not
such q one as would make him very
comfortable. The city was filed with
Confederate veterans, who were hold
ing a reunion there, and all available
rooms were taken After obtaining
this room he telephoned 20 the asylum,
making an appointment with the ply
siclans the next morning at $40 He
met them at that time, Friday morn
ing, May IS,
and while at the asylum he visited Ell
der Olpln. who is confined there, and
discussed his case with the physicians in
charge. and asked Dr. Babcock. the SUI
perintendent, whether Elder Olpin could
be removed 10 Utah. The reply was
that. as the board OF directors was go
ing 10 meet that morning at 40 o'clock,
the matter had better be brought be-
fore them for consideration. This was
about o'clock President Nye remain
ed In the reception room alone, where
DR.. Babcock found him at a quarter TO
ten, suffering from a severe attack of
heart trouble He must have been at
tackled shortly after the doctor left him.
He had already taken two OF the tab
let's which he had with him. but had
not obtained relief. Dr. Rabcock i'm |
mediately called into consultation HIS |
assistant. Dir. j. L. Thompson, and two |
other physicians members OF the board |
OF directors. whose names ] DO not re- !
member, and they Immediately placed |
President Nye under treatment, and to- |
wards noon his sufferings were relieved |
and he was much improved. He was |
left on cot in the room under the |
care Of nurses. and during the greater |
part Of the afternoon he rested pretty |
we'll But towards night he was again |
taken worse and the physicians were |
summoned. Drs Babcock and Thomp. |
son were soon az his side, where they |
remained until the end came. They |
ala all In their power 10 bring relief |
10 the sufforer but without avail. About |
o'clock. his pulse became weaker. and |
they became alarmed. and Il was then |
that they wired me as stated above, He |
did not seem 10 realize that the cd was /
near. for they could not persuade him |
To leave q message for some time |
though he finally remarked; III any |
thing happens notify Mr. Harris. and |
he will attend 10 everything" He |
would leave no other massage. He dii |
not appear 10 be AZ an alarmed over
his condition. he bore bis suirerings |
naiifnilv and without a murmur, and |
his conduct won the admiration OF all |
who witnessed the courage and forfi-
tude displayed by him during those /