The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02
MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY ARE
 DELUGING THE HOME OF HAY

Monday the doctors were able to an- nounce that MT. Hays condition was not at all serious. and that with a few days absolute rest he would un- doubtly again take up outdoor life. It was the ruling of the physicians, now ever. that the Secretary should remain in bed for a period of a few days, in order to avoid all chances of augment. ing the cold.
 Not Considered serious. Dr. Scudder returned to Boston Monday evening leaving Dr. Murphy in charge of the patient.
 The next day Secretary Hay was not so well. A nurse was summoned from Boston and pr. Scudder returned. However. the Secretsry's illness was not deemed so severe as to call for the presence of memAers'of his family. Mrs. Hay telegraphed to her son-in- law. Payne E. Whitney. in New York. that 1t would not be necessary for him to postpone his trip to Europe which he was to begin that day with Mrs. Whitney.
 Since Tuesday the Secretary had been reported as steadily improving. Dr. Scudder On returning to Boston Tues lay the evening after his second visit to Newbury, said the case did not war rant at that time an official statement. On wedntSlay Clarence Hay said:
 Everything Is favorable"
 Thursdays reports indicated satis- factory progress, and yesterday Dr.. Murphy who had been with the patient without intermission. expressed conn dence that Secretary Hay would be able to sit up by Saturday. and to go out of doors the first of the week.
 nf vaSfard9v brought out more clearly than anything which had developed previously the exact nature of the attack which he had experienced. During the day the Secretary received a cabiegram from Professor Groedel of Bad -Nauheim, who attended MT. Hay while he was taking the baths recently at that resort. The message was one of inquiry as to the secretarys illness. MT Hay replied
 Mild cystitis. improving. Nothing complex"
 To the Associated Press Professor Groedel had stated that 1t was impos- sible that the Secretary could have uraemia, since Mir Hays kidneys were altogether healthy
 This information. including the cable gram sent by Secretary Hay. was placed before Dr. Scudder in Boston yesterday afternoon. The doctor said  ness of Secretary Hay was entirely cor rect The doctor observed that in its early stages the attack may have been enormously thought to be uraemia, put that 1t was simply an acute attack or cystitis or inflammation of the bladder At that time (about 3:30 p. m) pr Scudder said that he had just received news from Mrs. Hay indicating that everything was progressing most favorably. pr. Scudder, however, left Boston soon afterwards to keep his engagement to be in Newbury last evening.
 There was nothing, Dr. Scudder de- clared. to cause anxiety when he reach ed the bedside, and after bidding his wife and doctors cheerful good-night the Secretary fell into an untroubled and restful sleep. The nurse watching by his bedside. felt assurn@ that the patient was on the sure road to re- covery = At midnight and in a mo- ment of time this was all changed MT. Hay awoke with breathing labored and quick In tones choked and feeble, so unlike those of a few hours before. that the nurse could scarcely believe Mir Hay was speaking. the sick man murmured almost in a whisper "come." The trained sense of the nurse detect ed alarming symptoms. She hurried for Dr. Scudder who was in the next room. The doctors first glance con frmed the nurses fears.
 Heroic remedies were applied. They were futile. Then a summons wentto Mrs Hay. The wife was som at her husbands bedside. She gently clasped his hand The patients eyes were dull It was seen that he was uncon- scious The moment of dissolution ar rived so quickly that the son and daughter had not time to reach the room.
 The grief and consternation by the sudden demise of Mir. Hay threw the household into confusion. It was two hours before Pr Scudder and his as- sistant Dr. Murphy, who had taden upon themselves tho sad outies of the moment were able to leave the house. The afflicted family tenderly cared for their dead while the physicians were driven to the village where shortly af ter o'clock the ti6ings of the death were dispatched to President koose- welt. to the State Department also friends ana the world nt large. Dr. Scuider officially informed the Ass"- ciated Press that death was due to "pulmonary embolyism.' form of heart disease An hour later the doc tors had returned to The Fells" and retired after announcing that the house would be closed until this afternoon.