Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-01
BAOE HIS WIFE COOP NIGHT.
Few Minutes after Midnight Called
His Nurse and Expired Very
Soon Alter
PRESIDENT GREATLY SHOCKED.
End Came Peacefully 1T IL Not I'm.
probable that Taft VIII be His
Successor,

Newhnry, n, H. July l,-'john Hay,
secretary ~ state died today at his
snmmer home, "Thc Fclls, ON tho
shore Of Lake Sunapoc Tho hour Of hle
pasNne was 1895 o'clock lhia morning
The last moments Of the statesman
we're poaccahlc and tho end came nl'
most without struggle.
The suddonncss Of II all WAS stage
gprng Al the hour of &C. AN Noa quiet
IN another moment nurses ANA phvfl'
o,ans found themselves summoned to
inc bedside, There had boon a collapse
twenty-five minutes later an was over
No swiftly hnd the cnd como That llr
o,ns man pissed away unattended boy
all Of the mcmbos Of his family save
me vito,
The secretary yesterday passed me
most comfortable day since Ms ilmo'
began week ago llo WAS lo sl up
,rdny The patient had hlddcn his
wife ana physicians goodnight at ~
o'clock last night An hour later b"
WINS sleeping quietly Amo'l al the
strike Of I? the secretary wa" scmnl
with u mm, Ne called foouly and q
nurse responded The sick man vas
breathing With great difficulty Dr.
studder was speedily summoned 'nd
u required but a glance Tor nun 10
determine that the end WAS pui minutes
a. .N...l. 4 a. A.. Il a
wife reached her husband nv h' WIS
breathing his last. the SON, Clarence
Hay, and the daughter Mrs. James \,
Wordsworth, OF GcuCscO, a. " Uuulod
into the sick room but they were too
late,
Tho patient did not mncr greatly m
his last moments, Aside from great
diihWlly IN breathing thcrc WnS no
struggle, slmulanls were ineffective,
Thr secretary Mpscd into unconscious
mes. and seemed 10 fan asleep nj last
rho CONSERVATION of the household
Was complete and II remained for w.
S,uddor 10 assume charge ui ADAMS.
Aucr two hours the physician was
driven 10 the Village whore half u dozen
kilograms were sent Tho first went iO
President Roosevelt at oyster Bay
Tho second was addressed To the stulo
department at Washington The others
were sont 20 friends Ut the family
Dr. Scuddor returned 10 The fclls,
~ I O'Clock this morning the house
was closed ana II was announced That
lu one could be seen until after .
O'Clock this morning,
The bulletin announcing thos death
ltnd as follows,
"sccy of state John Hay died at
ll,ai this morning. The signs immo.
dMtcly preceding death were those or
pulmonary cmbolsm Mr. Hays cone
dllIon during all Of Friday had been
entirely satisfactory
"rHARLES H. SCuDDER NJ, d.
FIRED MURPHY, NJ, D."
Tho Illness which so weakened the
to1oMry'R physical powers us 10 bring
about death made ITSELF apparent about
lu March, Tired ana worn out from
tho strain OF oNcrWork he WAS ordered
hy his physician ~ mako a "trip abroad
IN order 10 obtain special treatment ana
u complete rogl Some indication or
iBcN orrctnrys condition WAS io hc
found I'm his collapse ON the steamship
Dirr IN New York just aH he was about
IN board tho white star liner Nrollc
bound Tor the Mediterranean SccN
lllN however, was determined to cons
lWuo his irlp aud ne was carried ON
board tu Mn cabin wireless Telegraph
nd'lpos from the ship AZ son told Or
Improvement In his condition. ana In
Italy the secretary VAS va muoh better
after rest he Wds able 10 journey
nuIoUy lo various citlos, linnlly gong
10 bad Nnuholm, where he took the
baths when, later SocN Hay visited
Parts there was some suggestion mat
N might Dr. IN connection with his olllCn
69 secretary Of state hut ihN was
quickly sllonced blythe sccrclaryN rc.
fusnl to ongugo In any functions ot an
ulloIal nature, Then he passed 60
Great BrIDa where no was accorded
'ho Same distinguished, though unonl-
lW reception that marked his days In
Paris Al this time Mr., Hay seemed
lo ho improving Tho return from
Europe was made about q fortnight
hRu. SocN Hay Visited hlN daughters
residence nj Buysidc, L.. IT, ana a fow
Jays later no went to Washington 90
,oko up for brief period his duties ms
iorrelurY of state,
John Hay. Of the District " columbia,
teuomry ~ state tSOO sixteenth strooO
was born In salem lndo oct s. 1888.
Graduated ~ Brown university IN lNlN,
lua studied law In Springfield, H., was
admitted 10 practise before the supreme
iourt of Illinois IN 1861, hut Immediately
lamo 10 Washington ~ assistant eocros
lory to President Lincoln, remaining
MN him until his death, acted also ng
hw ndiuinut and uido'dcsolnp, ana
hNod under Cons, Hunter ANA GIN.
moro and was hrovcttod colonel WAS
Vnlntod secretary NJ legation ln
tlduce March g2 1885, retired March
y 1867, appointed secretary Of lcgn'
Ion To Austrln Hungary May 20, 1861
Nhorc he acted na charge d'ulfalrcs nm,
~ AUX ", 1865 appointed secretary Of
ignition To Spnin juno M 1869, retired
lcl l. 1870, then became editorial WRIT
ON tho New Work. Tribune, remaining
nyc years, during seven months of
Nhlgh he wae odltor-In-chlof, removed
20 'lovoland IN 1875 and took an OcllNo
GIl IN the presidential canNasso> Of
n.y. 1850 ana 1881, was appointed nr-
ltlant secretary Of state Nov l. 1879
nlred May ,, 1881 In thnt year he rop-
'Mnled the United Slatcs NJ the In
Nnallonnl sanitary congress IN Wpsh'
glon Of which he was president Wns
,plointod ambassador eStrdordnaN
M plenipoienllary Ia Great Britain
hhIVh 10, 1897, retired Sept 10, lSW