The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19
HAY, ILL, SAILS FOR NAPLES.
SECRETARY ALMOST COLLAPSES
As NE boards THE CRETIO.

Secretary Of State John Hay sailed yes
terday noon for Naples on the White Star
liner Crctic apparently a very sick man.
So feeble was he that he practically cola psed
after climbing q flight Of stairs leading to
the second floor Of the pier. He was una
bic to walk to the gangpank and was
taken there In a wheel chair. In board
ing the ship he had to be supported by his
son Clarence and Henry White, Am
bassador to Italy, who came TO sc him OF.
He was put to bed in his stateroom inmed-
lately, and was apparently very weak, The
Cretic 81 gnalled to Sandy Hook as she
passed out that Mr.. Hay was much better.
His friends and relatives who were at the
pier A id that Mr.. Hay had been suffering
from the grip and that his weakness was
due to overe xertion in climbing the stairs.
Il was not generally known that Mr..
HAY was i'll although it had been announced
that he was to take sea trip for rest and
recreation Not a suggestion that he was
suffering from the grip came nom WASH
ington and the date Of his departure and
the ship we're not announced.
Mr.. Hay, Mrs. Hay, their son Clarence
and AMBASSADOR White drove up to the
pier at the foot Of West Thirteenth street
in a carriage. at about II o'clock. Closely
following them was another carriage in
whichwere Mr.. Hays daughter Mrs. James
W. Wadsworth, Jr., her husband, and Henry
Adams, a close friend of the Secretary,
who accompanied him on the trip abroad.
They had come up from Washington on
Friday night
Ambassador White assisted Mr.. Hay
from the carriage and they walked very
slowly TO the foot Of the stairs Of which
there are three flights. Mr.. Hay started
to climb. assisted by Mr.. White, using his
right hand 70 grasp the rail. At the first
landing he seemed exhausted and held
tight to the rail. After resting a moment
his son and Mr.. Wadsworth assisted him
to the next landing, where Mr.. Hay had to
rest again.
Ambassador White, Mrs. Hay and Mrs.
Wadsworth followed close behind, watch
ing the Secretary anxiously, After about
three minutes rest Mr.. Hay started up
again, but had almost to be lifted, and at
the top Of the stairs he sank in the arms
Of Mr. White.
1t was thought that he had tainted, but
that was not the case. Ambassador White
waved away several bystanders who ran
forward to offer assistance and the Secre-
tary's party gathered around him while
his con and MIR. Wadsworth famed him
with newspapers.
Stimulated by this and AFTER q few min
utea rest, Mr.. Hay raised his'head.
Il guess can go on now be said, and,
etiIl suppoBts6 -his-son- and sSnin-lsWCy
he started down the pier. He had gone
only a dozen steps, however, when he
collapsed again and was assisted to a box
Of freight nearby upon which he sank
down.
Dock Superintendent Pennall was told
by Charles Lanier, the banker, who hap
pened to be near, that Mr.. Hay was III and
be procured q wheel chair in which Mr. Hay
was placed after tanning had again re-
viyed him somewhat.
His son pushed the chair TO the gang
plank, and here Ambassador White and
Mr. Wsdsworth on either side half carried
him aboard the ship. The cabins were
crowded and It was only with good deal
Of difficulty that the three abreast were
able 10 make their way to stateroOm 81 on
the main deck. Mr.. Hay seemed TO be
barely able to walk. even with assistance.
Al the door Of his stdteroOm he almost
collapsed again and he was assisted into
bed there His farwells 70 his friends and
relatives consisted OF little more than a
nod An effort was made TO keep Mr..
Hays condition from being known. and
neither Mrs Hay nor Mr.. White would
say much about It, When Mr.. Hays
son Aaw the newspaper reporters he vas
heard to say TO the Secretary:
Wei, we can't hold it any longer; they
know now
When Mrs Hay was asked atout her
husbands condition she ssid:
He has been suffering from the grip and
has not fully recovered. The climb up
the stairs fatgued him. hope not too
much will be printed about IL, as II IN Of
little importance. We are 70 DO gone for
six weeks, purely for recreation
II was foolish Of us TO allow him 10 climb
the stairs said Mr. White. THE effort
was TOO much for him. He has not been
feeling well lately
The marine observer at Sandy Hook
Hgnaled this question 10 the Cre1o as she
passed at O'Clock:
How is the condition Of Secretary HayiT
After little delay the answer came lack,
Much better
The names Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hay did not
appear on the printed list OF the Cretics
Passengers. The Cretic is not equipped
with wireless telegraph instruments and
no news Of Mr.. Hays condition can be
received here until she stops at port In
The Az rss, which she should rec on in about
nine days unless It is brought by some in
coming steamship passing the Cretic.
WASHINGTON, March ls.-According 70
Surgeon General Rixey Of the Navy, Sec
reiaiy Hays physician, Mr.. Hay is suf-
ienng from exhaustion Of the nerve centres,
ous 10 confinement and overwoTk. Mr. Hay
H extremely sensitive, his friends say,
ana ths criticisms OF the Administration
on account Of the Dominican treaty az
gnvated the nervous strain which he was
endeavoing 70 overcome.
Dr. Hrey said this evening that he fully
believed that two months Of rest and recrea-
ZION would enable Mr.. Hay to resume his
oficial duties. The attack on the pier was
repetition, DR.. RiKey said, Of one OF two
recent occurrences Of the Kind. While
these attacks might be called faiuting
spells, Or. Rivey explained that they ac-
'ually were not, a. Mr.. Hay does not loee
CONSEQUENCES. They are merely momentary
attacks Of eNtrauno faintneaa frnnn vidch