The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-01
COMING OF THE DEATH ANGEL
CLOSES a LONG AND HONOR
ABLE CAREER.
THE NAME OF JOHN HAY HAS
LONG BEEN A HOUSEHOLD
WORD IN AMERICA.
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NEwBURY. N H., July 1.-secre.
tary of State John Hay died at his
summer home here at 1925 this
morning. The end came suddenly
and unexpectedly
The Secretary had passed most
comfortable day and when DIR. Scud.
der arrived from Boston at S:29 P. NJ,
and went to the Fells he found his pa
tient much improved, all symptoms be,
ing favorable. During the day the
Secretary had rested quietly and had
taken q good quantity of 'nourishment
and DR.. Scudder was so well satisfied
with his condition that he retired for
the night at 10 o'clock and the entire
household, with the exception of the
nurse, retired at about the same time.
The nurse lay down on a couch in the
Secretary's room. At IL o'clock she
noticed that the sick man was rest.
ing quietly At midnight her patient
called her and she noticed a serious
2 change in his condition. She at once
summoned both Doctors Scudder and
Murphy as we'll as Mrs. Hay. The doc
tors and Mrs. Hay hastened to the
bedside but the Secretary passed away
IN few minutes. So quickly did the
end come that the son was unable to
reach the sick room before the father
had breathed his last. Up to S
O'clock this morning the physicians
had made no statement regarding the
Immediate cause of death but zone
will be given out later.
1t was last March that Secretary
Hay began to show symptoms of Sc,
rious illness and on the advice of his
physiciansta a trip abroad was decided
upon. He was suffering from over
work and he almost collapsed on the
White. Star steamship pier at New
York. just before going abroad on the
Cretfci for six weeks Mediterranean
s tour. !, a'
The distinguished diplomat, taken
suddenly faint, sank down on a bag OF
merchandise and after recovering
somewhat. had TO be efcarried to the
gang-plank in rolling chair -
Relatives who were with Mr.. Hay
: made light OF his attack and declared
that no serious trouble menaced him
Persons who saw the Secretary while
( he was recovering, thought he look
ed like a pretty sick man and very
much in need of rest The Secretary
spent some time on the continent and
took course of the baths at Bad
Nauheim. He was reported much i'm
proved by the treatment and when he
returned about two weeks ago his
friends expected he would soon be as
well as ever He went to his daugh
ters residence at Bay Ridge on his re
turn and few days later he went tc
Washington to take up his official du
ties again. a week ago he came here
to his summer home. He caught cold
on his trip from Washington, and OF
Sunday night he was seized Will
uraemic convulsions. His condition
on Sunday night became so alarmins
that Doctors Scudder and Murphy
were sent from Boston in a specia
, train. When the physicians arrived
they found that the operation whict
= 1t was feared would be necessary was
avoidable and after watching the case
for "a hours the physicians decided
that there was no danger. On Tues
day Doctor Jackson, another Bostor
physician, came to Newbury and has
remained ever since. The news of the
secretary's death came as a. grea
shock for the reports: from his bed
side were that the effects of the frs
conyiilsions had passed and that tn,
probabilities were that the patien
would be able to leave his bed on Sun
day. s5
Secretary Hay is survived by. hi,
widow two daughters, Mrs. Heller
Whitney. wife of Payne Whitney. ant
Mrs. Alice Wadsworth. wife Of Jane,
Wadsworth, Jry and one son. Clarenc,
Hay
Another son, AdeIbert Stone Hay
was Killed in June 1901. while attend
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