Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-10-08
Mr.. PAYNE IS DEAD
Anoiher Promineat Character Passes
From the Siege Of Aciisa
eORIfLyOu WILL SUCCEED Sin
The Postmaster General seccvrnbs 80
Heart Trouble After an Illness %
Seven Days

washiagtca. Special Henry C
Payne. Postmaster General % tbs
United State. membcr OF the ma
uonal Republican committee. q stsi-
wart o. bis party. vita the history
a which both in his hor.c. State aud
nationally be has been Identified Zoe
many years. died az his apartments az
TIE Arlington Hotel az Gle o'clock
Friday uiste agcd 60 years. The
death w.s announced in an oli.ciai
bulletin issued by the attending phys
icians which gave fhe cause % death
as disease OF the mitral valve and d.
iation CO lsc ncart-
Mr. Payne had been In poor health
for az least two years. but his last M
rcss GOV rcd only seven days. an at
tack q heart troablc last week prccip-
Naung the end AZ a time when after
a rest he seemed 20 have recovered
a small measure &C his vitality ica-
Paired by years OF arduOcs labor.
Death this Afternoon came after near
iy six hours of unconrciousncss- Tue
llFnc's CCE Hilton was Pres dcnt
Roosevelt. and De had been gone only
. about tcn minutes when the stricken
member 90 bis cabinet expired Ses,-
rotary Hay had called az The Payne
apartments 1 fca minutes before ne
I President made his wcit Neither en-
+ tered fse sick room. A Mr. Rc0ac-
I vcit Was leaving. about SIX o'clock. h
I spoke lef.Inr.y of Sir Payne to tho
+ ucwsnare men gathered in front q
I tho hotel Is cube sweetest most low
abia all most trustfgl man Z ever
I knew" Mrs. Roosevelt accompanied
/ by Capt. Co.'s ier. was a caller az The
T family apartments ~ he paYrCa anr.
ins che ate Afternoon
The 'a.r day mad been one during
/ which rrr llIF AN houo bad been
abandoned Tor come hours The ap-
/ proach &c dissolution began during tho
noon hour. when che sick man lost
conrciouerces and nc longer rccog-
nirod those whom be had attempted
20 cheer during bis illness by saying
% thcm that he was ali right Who's
Mrs Payne saV that the end Nas
Dunlap. of ST. Johns Episcopal
Church. anl TO- her request be read
at the bedside 90 the dying man
Psalm 100 ~Oui OF the Depths and
then repeated The prayers The Episco-
pal church provides shall be read al
the bed 81 those ahc1t 20 pass away
. Funeral services viii be- held az ST
Johns Episcopal Church. in thIs city
: Friday morning. and az rs that az
ternocn the body VIII bee taken 90 ths
Pennsylvania Railroad station anS
placed aboard the private car %
I President 4. EAriins. 1f the Chica
go. Milwaukee d. ST Paul Railroad
who rendered tEc usc ~ The car d.
a telegraph and annOunccd that
\, would bo here. The remains shopi'
arrive % Milwaukee Saturday 0ver
lng and sCrysvcs VIII be held mex
IS Sunday at tho All Saints Episcopn
N Cburcl there. a message has bee
r sent to the Rt Rev Isaac l.. NiCho
(, son the bishop OF Muwaukoc. who
IA now az a convention ln Boston. asl
n ing hlm n he can oficlata lnterncr
. will be at the Forest Home Gem
4, terry. Milwaukee. Mrs Payne has e.
pressed desire that the services Z
as simple as possible Further plar
for Che funeral VIII be decided q
later.
a cortelyou 20 Succeed Him.
IN Washington. srecial-Iu successis
1 10 Mr. Payne. George Bruce Cortciyo
former secretary OF the Department
n. Commerce and Labor and nov chai
man OF the Republican national cod
- mittee. will become Fostmatcr &c
eral.
- Mr. Corteiyou's appointment as he.
~ OF the PostOnicc Department Was tets
mined on several months axO By Pre-
deat Roosevelt when Mr.. Payne in'
coted 10 the President his desire 90
OF tire from the Department on account
eo the pgecaurious state on his health.
th' is the understanding now that
les COrtelyou viii assume the duties
iht Postmaster General as soon as he @
". yeniently can after the close OF
a. nanllnE ramnlLEn- nrnnlhlY Dccernl