Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-07

A. Wadsworth of Genesee, n. Y, hur-
RED into the sick room, but they were
too late.
The CONSERVATION of the household
was complete and it remained for Or.
Scudder to assume charge of affairs.
After two hours the physician was driv-
Ell to the village where half dozen
kilograms were dispatched.
President Is Notified.
The first went to President Roosevelt
at Oyster Bay. The second was adj
dressed to the state department at
Washington. The others were sent to
friends of the family.
The return from Europe was made
about a fortnight ago Secretary HAY
visited his daughters residence at Bay
side. L. l.. and a few days later he
went to Washington to take up for a
brief period his duties as secretary of
state.
Last Saturday evening he arrived at
his summer home here accompanied by
his son. Clarence. Mrs. Hay had pre-
coded him.
Change at Midnight.
At midnight and III a moment OF time
this was all changed. Mr.. Hay awoke
with breathing labornd and quick IN
tones choked and feeble, so unlike those
of a few hours before that the nurse
could scarcely believe Mr.. Hay was
speal king. tie sick man murmured almost
in whisper: Come"
The trained eye of the nurse detected
alarming symptoms. She hurried for Dr.
Scudder, who was in the next room. Tlfc
doctors first glance confirmed the nurses
fears. Heroic remedies We're applied.
They were futile. Then Il summons went
to Mrs. Hay.
The Surviving Family.
Mr.. Hay is survived by widow. who
was the daughter of Il wealthy Ohioan;
two married daughters, Mrs. Payne
| Whitney and Mrs. james W. Wads-
worth, Jr., and son, Clarence.
Medical Statement.
The following statement was given
out this morning:
Mr.. Hays recent illness was due to acute
retention of urine, caused by enlargement
of the PROSTATE gland, This retention was
view of Mr.. Hays previous general condi-
ton. he was most carefully watched lest
any complications should arise. 1t was dc,
termined that his heart and kidneys We're
doing their normal work. He responded
we'll to the local conditions. Everything
was apparently progressing satisfactorily.
HIS Last Day.
Friday was the most comfortable day he
had had since his illness. AT 10 o'clock in
4 the evening he was examined by the AZ
tending physician and his condition was
/ found to he good. He said he felt as if
he would have comfortable night AT Ii
/ O clock Mr.. Hay was sleeping quietly ana
naturally. The nurse lay down on a couch
near the he'd. At about a quarter past l.
Mr.. Hay called the nurse because he was
having difficulty in breathing. She sum.
moued the doctor, but their efforts were OF
no avail. Mrs. Hay was called and reached
the bedside before Mr. Hay died. Death
was due to pulmonary embohsm.
Secretary John Hay, American states
man. soldier and journalist, was born i'll
| Salem. Ind, of Scotch ancestry October
s. 1888 He graduated at Brown uni
versity in 1858. and then studied law at
| Springfield, H., where he became ac-
Quainted with Abraham Lincoln, then
the acknowledged leader of his profess
sion and of the Republican party i'll II
linois. He was taken into the latter S
| law office and in 1861 was admitted to
pra ctice in the supreme court of Illinois.
| He accompanied President-elect Lincoln
on his memorable journey to Washing
! ton. and served as his assistant private
secretary until his Uincoln's} death.
| with the exception of a brief interval
during which he served as adjutant and
| aide-de-camp to the President, and of a
! few months when he served in the army
under Gems. Hunter and Gilmore. In
4 the latter capacity he rose to the rank of
major, and was subsequently brevetted
| lieutenant-colonel and colonel.
After Mr. Iincoln's death, he went to
/ Paris as secretary of legation. which po-
Sition he held for three years. He then
served for more than a year as secretary
of legation and charge d'affaires at Vi
| emma, and after a short interval went in
/ the same capacity to Madrid, where he
remained for another year.
/ From 1870 10 1915 he was an editorial