Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-04


OF Death.
President Roosevelt this morn
ing sent the following message to
Mrs. Hay: ri cannot believe the
dreadful news. Pray accept our
deepest sympathy in your terrible
bereavement do not know what
to say to express my sorrow"
Newbury, N. H., July John Hay.
secretary of state, died at 1925 o'clock
this morning. at his summer home,
s'The. Fells," on the shore OF Lake
Sunapee The last moments OF the
statesman were peaceful and tho end
came almost without a struggle.
The suddenness of it all was stag
gering. At midnight all was quiet. In
another moment nurses and physicians
:, ere summoned to the bedside. There
had been collapse. Twenty-Five min
utes later all was over. So swiftly
had the end come that the dying man
passed away unattended by all the
members of his family save his wife.
His son and daughter were summoned
but reached the bedside only to find
their distinguished parent dead.
Was Getting Better Fast.
The secretary yesterday had passed
the most comfortable day since his
illness began week ago. He was to
sit up today. The patient had hidden
his wife and physicians good night at
10 o'clock last night An hour later
he was sleeping quietly. Almost at
the stroke of IL the secretary was
seized with q turn. He called feebly
and the nurse responded. The sick
man was breathing with great diff
Guilty. Or. Scudder was speedily sum-
moned and it required but glance
for him to determine that the end
was but q few minutes away. The
household was aroused and the wife
reached her husband as he was breath
Ing his last.
Heart Disease Causes Death.
Death was caused, by pulmonary en-
bolism, a form Of heart disease. Aside
from great difficulty in breathing there
was no struggle. The illness which
SO weakened Mr. Hays physical pow
ers as to finally bring about death,
made itself noticeable last March.
Tired and worn from the strain of
oyerwork he was ordered by his ply
sicians to make trip abroad in order
to obtain special treatment and a
complete rest. With his condition i'm
= proved while making the trip across
the ocean and in Italy the secretary
was SO much better that he was able
to Journey quietly to various cities,
finally going to Badnauheim, where he
Z took the baths. Later he visited
France and Great Britain and his
health seemed much better. His re-
turn from Europe was made about a
fortnight ago and he took up for a
brief period his duties as secretary Of
state.
Fatigued by Journey.
Last Saturday evening he arrived at
his summer home here. The journey
fatieued the secretary, however, and
furthermore, while travelling he con-
tracted slight cold. When Hay sud-
denly collapsed on the afternoon Of
the following day his wife and son be-
came greatly alarmed and summoned
the local physician and Drs. Scudder
and Murphy from Boston. His illness
was at first pronounced uraemia, re-
sulting from severe cold, but 1t was
later found to be an acute attack Of
cystitis.
Relief came with the administration
of powerful medicine and the doctors
on Monday were able to announce that
Hays condition was not at all serious.
lney ordered the secretary to remain
erln bed for a period, in order to avert
IL
the secretary has been reported as
. steadily improving and nothing occur
red until midnight that caused any
anxiety to the family or the physi-
clans.
Mrs. Hay is Brave.
It was nearly o'clock before move
ments were resumed about the "Fells"
Clarence Hay has recovered par
TALLY from the first shock Of grief.
He reported that his mother and
sister were resting and that Mrs. Hay
is bearing the blow bravely.
The funeral will be held at Cleve-
land, Ohio. The body will be taken
there tomorrow on a special train.
President Is Shocked.
oyster bay, July !. - President
Roosevelt was shocked and grieved in
expressibly at the death Of Secretary
Hay. The news was conveyed to him
early this morning by representatives
Of the Associated Press. The death
was entirely unexpected and it came
as a personal Bereavement to the
). President. With Mr.. Hay the Presi-
I dent was on the terms of warmest per-
! ,sonal friendship.
viii Attend Funeral.
The President indicated his inten.