Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-07-06

DEATH FOLLOWED
SUDDEN SEIZURE
! Secretnry Hay Stricken But Few Min
uteS Before End Came.
WAS THOUGHT TO Be BETTER
Expectation Friday Night Was That he
Would be Able to Sit up Yesterday
Had Turn for the Worse Just After
Midnight and Expired in Less
Than Half an HOur-SOr-
row Through the
Land and Ex-
pressiOns OfRe-
gret Over the
World.
Newbury, N. H., July 1.-The BODY
Of Secretary of State John Hay, whose
unexpected death early today has
caused sorrow through the land ana
evoked expressions of sympathy ana
regret the world over, lies tonight IN
room Of '@TheSFells, " the quaint gam
brel-roofed mansion, which for four
teen years had been the summer nome
of the Hay family.
Just one week ago tonight the Sec
retary arrived at the village from Wash-
fngton, wearisd with the cares OF State
and anticipating Tong summers rest
Tonight the same launch in which Mr;
Hay made the short trip from Newbury
TO the landing at '"The Fells" conveyed
relatives Of Mrs. Hay to the cottage,
where they brought sympathy and help
to the stricken woman and her only son.
ONLY TWO OF FAMILY PRESENT.
The only nsmbers of the Secretary 8
family at "Fhe Feils" when the end
came were Mrs. Hay and Ciayeace Hay.
Mrs. James A. Wadsworth, of Genesee,
NY, a daughter, has been i'll recently
and had not been at Lake Sunapee this
season. Mrs. Payne Whitney, another
daughter, is on her way to Europe.
Mr.. Hay died at 1926 O'Clock this
morning. The last moments of the
statesman were peaceable, and the enc
came almost without a struggle.
The suddenness Of it all was stagger-
ing. The Secretary yesterday hac
passed the most comfortable day since
his illness began week ago. He was
to sit up today. The patient had bid
den his wife and physicians good night
at 10 O'Clock last night. An hour later
ne was sleeping quietly.
Almost at the stroke of twelve th'
Secretary was seized with turn. ID
called feebly and a nurse responded
The sick man was breathing with grea
difficulty. DR.. Scudder was speedily
summoned, and it required but glance
for him to determine that the end wa
but few minutes away.
The household was aroused. Th'
wife reached her husband as he wa
breathing his last The son, Clarence
Hay, hurried into the sick room, bp
was too late.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Death was caused by pulmonar!
embolism, according to DIR. Scudder.
The patient did not suffer greatly IL
his last moments. Aside from grea
difficulty in breathing there was M
struggle. Stimulants were Ineffective
The Secretary lapsed into unconscious
ness and seemed to fall asleep st last.
The CONSERVATION of the household
was complete and it remained for DR.
gcudder to assume charge of affairs
After two hours the physician wa
driven to the village, where half dozel
kilograms were dispatched. The frs
went to President Roosevelt, at Oyste
Bay. The second was addressed to tn
State Department at Washington. Tn
others were sent to friends of the famil,
DR.. Scudder returned to 'The Fells. !"
The bulletin announcing the deaf
read as follows:
Secretary of State John Hay die
at 1925 this morning, The signs i'm
-mediately preceding his death wer
those of pulmonary embolism. MI
Hays condition during all of Frida
had been entirely satisfactory.
"CHAS. L. SCUDDER, M. D.,
n