The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
HAYS BODY ON THE WAY HOME
.pI(ItL yRtIN mr. IN CIV f.
LAND rms NORNING
Mir. ia, Asks Eilhu Root and Paul Morton
10 IIr raiibenrrrs Funeral CeremO-
mics win BE Private. but Chamber OF
,,,merce Delegation WIN Meet Train.

,.fl. homo on the shore of Lake Suna pee
:, the Boston and Maine Railroad station
mi. morning through a driving rain. A
h,Nt r.pre-- wagon drawn hy n staid old
,,,-n left The house in the woods at 10
o..n,i An undertaken from Concord
.., nigh. prepared the body for burial.
:, was u acct ~ "A steel caS'tet sheathed
with black cloth rosewood box pro-
ten'o the Ca-iet.
Sgse for an occasional farmers buggy
on IT, way to the little mountain church
near Newbury there were no other vehicles
un ~ rough winding mountain road II
vas - narrow thai two vehicles could not
pas and the little wagon bearing the re-
mains Of the Secretary OF State turned
several times into the ferns and moss of
the woods while country people drove by
rh,r heads barred ~ they saw the casiet.
There wa- not IA sound except the beating
4 thu rain and the driving of the wind
among the mountain pines. storm was
sweeping over Lake Sunapse. Few c)'-
,qcers or villagers we're about. Flags at
half mas drooped at every house around
the lake. and there were touches of black
n tho lighthouses and cottages, Mount
kearsarue loomed black across the lake
rom The Fells the late Secretary's country
home.
Along the winding New London road
tat curves around the high south side Of
Lake Sunapee, past the Hay estate and
five miles onward to the foot Of the lake
at Newbury. the simple processiort .'assed
at slow walk The road was ankl.A eep
in mud. Morris ID. Muzay. who has been
the manager of Mr. Hays estate for many
lyaI no baaI OF old Fra nix
the steadest horse in the stables. The
undertakers man drove and the under
taker trdged through the mud and rain
behind the casket.
The body arrived at the railroad station
at 1915 A. NJ. Supt, William F. Ray of the
Concord division of the Boston and Maine
Railroad had come here from Concord early
this morning to receive it and take charge
OF the funeral train to Caremont Junction
the terminus Of his division.
The train arrived at Newbury late last
night. 1t was made up Of II combination
car. Pullman car the konigsberg, and
the invalid car Of the Boston and Maine
The casket was lifted from the wagon and
placed in the invalid car by the under
taker and his assistants. 1t was the rear
car Of the train. the Pullman for the family
being in the center and the combination
car ahead. The train bore no mourning
enblems of any nature. Supt. Ray had
errang ed for ii to reach Sprin gfeld, Mass,
about o'clock this afternoon. in ample
time to connect with the fast Boston and
Albany express that passes through Spring
field at 4?0 P. NJ. on its way to Albany.
1t was arranged to make the run at moder-
ate speed. The funeral train will reach
Cleveland early tomorrow, about or 0
o'clock 1t will he received by delega-
ton from the Cleveland Chamber of Com
rnerce and committee representing the
municipal authorities.
The body will lie at the Chamber OF Com
,rerce until the funeral Wednesday morn
ing. The chamber asked permission from
Mira. Hay last night to pay tribute OF
honor to the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hay granted the request, although it is
not her desire that there shall be large
public funeral with attendant display
and pomp. No arrangements have been
made for the body to lie in state. and it
i not Mrs. Hays desire that this should be
done, but she realizes the great public
desire to pay all possible honor to Mr..
Hays remains and is prepared to accede
10 such requests az may be consistent with
her idea Of what ia fitting.
Just before leaving Newbury Samuel
Ma'her sent the following telegram to
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
Mrs. Hay has consented to having the
remains received by delegation from the
Chandler Of Commerce on arrival there
Monday. A committee OF the amber
Ill meet you and the members OF the Cabi-
net ON arrival there Wednesday morning
mud escort you to I.akeview Cemetery,
wherc the funeral ceremony will lie pri-
vatc-
Mrs. Hay has sent kilograms to Elihu
Root and Paul Morton, asking them, as
former members Of the Cabinet to serve as
honorary pallbcarers
Tho funeral service will be held at Wade
Chapel in Lakevew Cemetery. Cleveland
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock This
service, it was stated by Clarence Hay
to-day, will be private. Mrs. Hay, her son
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mather Of Cleveland will
attend, President Roosevelt, who is en-
1octed TO reach Cleveland from Oyster
bay tomorrow night or early Wednesday
morning will Join the family at the funeral
and so will the members of the Cabinet,
who will act as honorary pallbearers
'''1' "t'7 W WHO WIS hlSS Ilclth
Hay, is on the ocean bound for Europe
with Mr. Whitney. The second daughter,
Alice Hay Wadsworth, wife of James W.
Wadsworth Of Geneseo, \. Y, is not
IN good health and may not be able
I" 60 to Cleveland. While in Cleveland
the family will stay at the Mather home
AS Secretary Hays old home there is rented.
he Rev. DR.. Hiram c. Hayden of the Old
Stone Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, will
conduct the funeral services The Old
stone Church was the one the family at
tended in Cleveland. The Rev. DR.. Teunis
Hamlin Of the Church of the Covenant in
Washing ton will assist DR.. Hayden.
Mrs. Hay and her son arrived at the rail-
road station in closed carriage few
minutes before 1870 O'Clock, the time the
funeral train was scheduled to leave.
Nrs Hay is not at all we'll but she walked
rom her carriage to the train with strength
and firm step. Mr.. Clarence Hay said
~ mothers condition was surprisingly
good and that it was not considered neces-
gary for a doctor to accompany the train.
Nupt, Ray arranged the stateroom of the
Pullman for Mrs. Hay so that she would he
as comfortable as possible during the long