Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05
HENRY {, PAYNE DEAD
End Came at CLIO O'Clock
Last Evening.
SLOWLY GREW WEAKER
HEARTS ACTION HAD BEEN FEE
BILE FROM THE MORNING.
Family Summoned to the Bedside at
3 O'Clock - Stimulants Had
Lost Their Effect.

Henry Clay Payne, Postmaster General
of the United States. died at his apart
ments in the Arlington Hotel, this city, at
6:1O clock last evening after an Illness ex-
tending over one week
At the bedside at the time Of his death
were Mrs. Payne, Rev. Mr.. Dunlap Of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Maj. and Mrs.
w. S. Cameron of Jamestown, N. Y; Mr..
and Mrs. Winfield Cameron of Milwaukee,
Charles L. Jones and Miss Louise Jones,
relatives; Private Secretary Whitney. Miss
Marie Barbieri an old companion of Mrs.
Payne; Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Mason of
Washington. old-time friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Payne, and Travus Ross, the faithful
colored messenger at the department of the
Postmaster General.
The official bulletin announcing the end
was as follows:
1.-The Postmaster General died at $40 p.
m. He died peacefully. without a struggle.
Cause of death, disease of mltraT valve and
dilatation of the heart.
up. NJ. RIXEY,
sc. LLOYD MAGRUDER,
&c. T. GRAYSON."
The President and Mrs Roosevelt had left
the home Of the Postmaster General but
ten minutes when the end came and to the
newspaper men gathered there the Presi-
dent said that Mr.. Payne was lone of the
of men ever knew.
Funeral Services Friday.
An official funeral will be held at st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Lafayette square
Friday morning. after which the body will
be taken to Milwaukee for interment, re-
posing on the way in the private car OF
President A. J. Earling Of the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad, who tele-
graphed the family that his car would be
in Washington for that purpose this morn
ing The journey will be made by the
Pennsylvania railroad to Chicago, whence
it will be over the first named railroad.
Services will be held in Milwaukee Sunday
next at All Saints Episcopal Church, after
which the body will be committed to the
grave In Forest Home cemetery. Mrs.
Payne has expressed the wish that the
funeral may be as simple in character as
is consistent with the public fame of her
husband. A message was sent to Rt. Rev.
Isaac L. Nicholson, bishop of Milwaukee,
asking him If he can officiate at the funeral
in the home city of the late Postmaster
General
Unconscious Six Hours.
Death came to the relief of the suffering
man after a week of pain, but the end was
approached by six hours of unconscious
ness, and the physicians at his bedside
united in their opinion that the close of his
career was entirely painless. He simply
lapsed from state of forced energy at
times into condition where all knowledge
of his surroundings ceased. From noon
yesterday he had not recognized any of the
friends who were in and out of his rooms
all the time; he no longer called his wife
by name and his heart action and respira-
ton were becoming weaker with every
passing moment
1t was at the beginning of this last re-
lapse that the physicians became absolute
~ certain that the end was near, and after
three hours of Inconsistencies on the part
of their patiert they decided that the fam
lily should be called to the bedside for the
last time. At that moment, when they
came into the room, it was expected that
the last breath would come within a few
minutes, but. with that remarkable vital
ity and tenacity of life which has made this
case famous with the scientific men who
have had charge of it, the sick man rallied
from his stupor and the heart refused to
be stilled. Although unconscious. there was
yet a force within the breast of the dying
man that was remindful of his vigor during
his most trying days 1t displayed to
those surrounding him. as he himself would
never have done at any other time, the
wonderful reserve force of a physique
which had been considered his weakest
quality
All hope had been abandoned, yet there
remained that spark of life to which the
patient chung with seemingly unconquer-
able strength The devoted wife however
could not he deceived by this display Of re-
serve force and sent for Rev. Dr- Dunlap
of st. Johns Church. who responded. and
at the bedside recited the prayers for the
dying prescribed by the Episcopal Church.
and then read Psalm 139-"Out of the
Deep" At 5:45 O'Clock the President, with
Mrs. Roosevelt called at the apartments
and remained with the family until i
O'Clock. Neither entered the sick mans
chamber, but talked with the stricken
friends who were gathered at the home.
The end came within ten minutes of the de-
parture Of the President, and when life had
been pronounced extinct DR.. Magruder led
Mrs. Payne from the room. The widow
to be little danger of a collapse on her