The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-05
Henry C Payne Succunbs to Long Hines Due to Heart
 Trouble
SECRET TARY CORTELYOU
 WILL BE HIS SUCCESSOR
MT. corteiyou Will Take Up Duties as Soon After the Close of tho Campaign as Pos
 slble.

Washington October 4-Henry c. Payne, postmaster general of the United States. a member of the national repub- lcan committee, a stalwart friend of his party, with the history of which, both in his home state and nationally. he has been identified for many years, died at his apartments at the Arlington hotel at 6:1o tonight aged so years. The death and its cause was announced in the following official bulletin issued by the attending physcians:
 ''The postmaster-g general died at 61o a. m He died peacefully without a struggle. Cause of death disease of mill tral valve and dilation of the heart.
 "P. M. RIxBY.
 "G. LLOYD MAGRUDER,
 "C. T. CRIMSON"
 MT. Payne had been In poor health for at least two years, but his last illness covered only seven days, an attack of heart trouble last week precipitating the end at time when after rest he seemed to have recovered a small meas ure of his vitality impaired by years of arduous labor. Death this evening came after nearly six hours of uneon- sciousness.
 Roosevelt Was Last Caller.
 The last official caller to inquire as to Mir. Payne's condition was President Roosevelt. and he had been gone only about ten minutes when the stricken member of hls cabinet expired. Secretary Hay had called at the Payne apartments few minutes before the President made his visit Neither entered the sick room As MT. Roosevelt was leaving. about $ o'clock he spoke feeingly of MT Payne to the newspaper men gathered in front of the hotel, as '.the sweetest, most lov- able and most trustful man l ever knew MT Roosevelt was accompanied by Captain Cowles, also a caller at the fam fly apartments of the Paynes during the late afternoon
 Around MT Payne's bedside at the time of his death. was his devoted wife, the Rev. Dr. Dunlap. pastor of St. Johns Episcopal chdrch, Major and Mrs W. s. Cameron of Jamestown, New York, MT. and Mrs Winfield Cameron, of Milwau- kee. Charles L. Jones and Miss Louise Jones. relatives; Private Secretary Whit ney, Miss Marie Barbiere, old com panion of Mrs. Payne; MT. and Mrs W Lawson of Washington. old-time friends of MT. and Mrs Payne, and the faithful colored messenger at the depart ment of the postmaster general.
 Stood Up Bravely.
 When the postmaster general had breathed his last. Dr. Magruder led Mrs Payne out of the It was stated that she had stood up bravely under the heavy strain
 The last day had been one during which practically all hope had been abandoned for some hours. The approach of dfsso- lution began during the noon hour when the sick man lost consciousness, and no longer recognized those whom he had attempted to cheer during his illness by saying to them that he was all right When Mrs. Payne saw that the end was near. she summoned the Rev. Dr. Dunlap of St. Johns Episcopal church. and at her request he read at the bedside of the dying man Psalm 130. Out of the Depths. and then repeated the prayers the Episcopal church provides shall be read at the bedside of those about to pats away.
 Funeral services will be held at St. Johns Episcopal church this city next Friday morning, and at 1:30 that after noon the body will be taken to the Penn sylvania railroad station and placed aboard the private car of President A. J. Earling of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. who rendered the use of the car and announced that it would be here by tomorrow morning.
 Services in Milwaukee.
 The remains should arrive at Milwau- kee Sunday evening and services will be held next Sunday at the All Saints Epis- eopal church here. Interment will be at the Forest Home cemetery. Milwaukee. Mrs. Payne has expressed a desire that the services be as simple as possible. Fur tl.o VI. for f,o ! tomorrow.
 The death of the postmaster general came as result really of a succession of sinking spells due to a weak heart that enfeebled the sick man until finally the heart literally gave out
 Stricken with attack of heart trouble Wednesday, his condition rapidly became extremely grave A succession of sinking spells of increasing severity and depress- Ing effect followed. but the remarkable manner in which MT. Payne rallied from these spells and the responses of the heart action to treatment gave a little tempor- ary encouragement. His close relatives were summoned to Washington as early as last Thursday night.
 Unable to Stand Shock.
 Never in recent years robust. MT. Payne uas 1,nable to withstand the shock of the sinking spells and last Friday when he had two sinking spells. It was be- lleyed that he was rapidly approaching the end While moderate doses of heart remedies sufficed at first, 1t became neces- sary by Sunday to give much more pow erful stimulants and the doses were given in greater quantities than on any previous day
 Mrs. Payne, the devoted wife remained constantly near her husband. rendering every possible aid. comforting him and hoping for the best. She bore up with re- fx1< orti nd m lave their apartments. Throughout of-