The Irish standard., 1905-07-08
DEATH OF, SECRETARY Hay
NOTED DIPLOMAT PASSES AWAY
VERY SUDDENLY.
Illness Of Long Duration Terminates
Fatally, Though Quite
Unexpectedly.

illness OF Long Duration Terminates
Fatally, Though Quite
Unexpectedly.
Newbury, N. H.. July 1.-Secretary
of State John Hay died Saturday
morning. The signs Immediately pre-.
ceding his death were those of pull
monary ombolism. Mr.. Hays condi.
ton during all of Friday had been en-
tirely satisfactory. Mrs. Hay and Drs.
Scudder and Murphy were at the sec.
retary's bedside when the end came.
Secretary Hay left Washington last
Friday for his summer home on Lake
SunaDee. He had been in Washington
since the preceding Monday, after his
return from the several months which
he spent in Europe. During his brief
stay in Washington, Mr.. Hay has at.
tended actively to business before the
state department, and had had several
interviews with the president on i'm
portant pending questions. At the
time of his departure he was looking
forward to period of rest and recre.
alton at his summer home, and fully
expected to return to Washington in
the fall fully recuperated in health
and strength. Although he appeared
considerably better than when he left
Washington for Europe, just following
his severe illness OF last spring, yet it
was evident to his family and friends
that he was far from being we'll man.
John Hay was born in Salem, Ind,
Oct. 8, 1888, of an old Scotch family.
He was graduated from Brown uni
versity in 1858, and studied law at
Springfield, ILL.,, with Abraham Lin.
coin, who was then a neighbor, and
was admitted to the Illinois bar in
1861. He went to Washington with
President Lincoln as his assistant Sec
retary. Mr.. Hay was intensely loyal
to President Lincoln, and entered hear
tily into all the duties that the mar.
tyred chief magistrate assigned to
him. In 1864 President Lincoln gave
him commission in the army, and he
was made major and adjutant gen.
eral, serving at Hilton Head, and later
in Florida, under Mr.. Lincoln's per.
sonal direction. When he was mus.
tered out of the military service, April
%, 1867, he had won the brevet of
lieutenant-colonel and colonel 'for
faithful and meritorious services dur.
ing the war;"
Having an ambition for diplomatic
career, Mr.. Lincoln decided to send
him to Paris, but before he had depart.
ed the president was assassinated.
Mr.. Hays service under the diplomatic
branch of the government continued
for several years.. He went to Paris,
as President Lincoln had planned he
should, as secretary of legation, learn.
ing to speak the French language flu.
emily before he resigned March 20,
1867, to become secretary Of the lega.
tion at Vienna under Minister Motley.
In June of 1869 he accompanied Min.
lister Sickles to Madrid, where he re.
NAMED till the autumn of lS70.
Soon after his return to this country
Mr.. Hay, who had already written
sufficiently to attract attention as q
litterateur, embarked on journalistic
career, and on the invitation of Horace
Greeley he became an editorial writer
on the New York Tribune, then q
power in republican politics.
From 1876 to 1900 he took an active
part in presidential campaigns. When
Mr.. Mckinley was elected president
ne sent Mr.. Hay as ambassador to
England, and especially during the
Spanish-American war he gave evi.
dence at that eventful time of his con
ception of the fundamentals of Amer.
ican policy in international affairs.
Although Mr.. Hay secured the abro.
grafton OF the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
brought about the reference of the
most far-reaching question in the re.
cent Venezuela dispute-priority in
payment for belligerent claimant
to the international court of The
Hague, and arranged for the peaceable
adjustment of the Alaska boundary
question, he is known throughout the
world principally for the breadth and
foresight OF his policy in Asia. Mr..
Hay came to the state department in
September, 1898, at the close of the
Spanish war
Loss Is Shock for President.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 3.-President
Roosevelt was awakened at six o'clock
Saturday morning by a message sent
from the executive Office in the village
telling of Secretary Hays death. Mr..
Roosevelt was shocked beyond words.
His affection for Mr.. Hay was deep, al
most filial in its character, for long be-
fore he knew anything of statecraft he
learned to admire and love the man who
afterward became his secretary of state.
Mr.. Roosevelt at first could hardly
credit the news, as he had received such
reassuring reports of Mr.. Hays condi-
tion the night before. He sent at once
a message of sympathy to Mrs. Hay.
The president wilLattend the funeral,
which will take place at Cleveland. He
has prepared proclamation express
i've Of the nations grief which will be
forwarded to all ambassadors and min
listers of the United States in foreign
countries, and also will be transmitted
officially to the diplomatic representa-
tives at Washington of foreign nations
Contract Revoked.
Danville, Va, July 5.-The Japanese
government has revoked it's contract
with the American tobacco company.