The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-27
SECRETARY HAY
is FRUSTRATED
SPECIALISTS Are HurTiedly Summoned
From Boston.
RETURN OF OLD COMPLAINT
WILL RECOVER UNLESS CoMPLI-
CATIONS SET IN.

L w tDN l. ~ H. JuttE ~
" tary of State John Hay was
Frustrated by an attack of urae-
mia at his summer home here last
evening. but early today his condition
had been relieved by a local physician
and two specialists who had come from
Boston by special train and il was eX-
pected that the secretary would be soon
in his usual health. The attack. which
was similar to others experienced by
Secretary Hay during recent years
was attributed to a cold contracted on
his journey from Washington to New
bury last Saturday Dr. J. c. Cain
the local physician who was the first
one called 20 attend the sick man, said
al 9:4J q m. today.
Secretary John Hays trouble has
been relieved lie VIII need attention
for q day or two. If 40 complications
arise he VIII soon beIas well as usual
Specialist to Remain.
He stated also that Dr. Fred T
Murphy. one of the Boston physicians.
had returned home this forenoon Inc
other, DR.. Charles L. SCuddeT. viii re-
main for a day or two in case uneN-
pected symptoms should develop.
early yesterday. Remedies which nave
given relief on previous occasions were
applied. but failed to help him. ana
DR.. Cain was called from Newport He
found that in changing from the eli
mate OF Washington TO the cooler tenn
peTature of the lake Sunapee region
the secretary had taken a severe cold,
and that organs weakened by previous
attacks had been vaTiOUsly affected
Upon learning this Mrs. Hay desired
that specialists be summoned at once.
l and as soon as possible DrS- Scudder
and Murphy were on the way here oy
special train from Boston.
Track Was Cleared.
/ The Boston < Maine railroad cleared
/ its tracks from Boston TO Concord y
| H. and the special made fast time pc
! tween those two cities The train then
/ proceeded to New bury by the Concord
& ClaremOnt branch launch was III
/ waiting to convey the surgeons across
/ lake Sunapee and the doctors reached
I the bedside of the secretary at about
midnight A quick but complete exam
/ inatiOn of the patient was made ana
I il was seen that his condition while
! exceedingly painful. was not Tor the
| time at least. serious Under treatment
/ the patient soon showed improvement
| and the necessity of an operation
which had been discussed. was averted
/ During the latter part of the night sec
! rotary Hay grew steadily better ahC
/ by morning had TegaiBed the strength
/ which had been exhausted by hours OF
/ inCessant pain On account Of the or
! gans affected by the cold. however the
physicians ruled that the secretary re-
main in bed for a day or two II
Murphy then left for home. placing DIT
! Scudder in charge with Dr. CAN
/ assisting
Family Alarmed.
DraCain said today that the members
/ Of Mr. Hays family were greatly
/ alarmed because Of the fact that tht
usual remedies failed TO give relief
/ L understand" said DIT Cain thai
/ Secretary Hays present illness j. OF
a different kind from that for which ne
! went abroad for treatment and toi
! which he took the baths at BadEau
helm. Should attacks such aS he mas
experienced yesterday occur frequently
there is no doubt but that there Woulc
be justification for grave anxiety DuI
ETr. Hav seems to have got clear of al
danger IN the present instance
Just before noon it was reported IRON
Secretary Hays bedside that the pa
tient was resting comfortably VIII
everything favorable
Physicians Statement.
Before leaving for Boston DIT Muir
pl-y gave out the following bulletin
ri. Hay X suffering from the effects
o. q chill caught on the Journey from
washington. The attack is similar {,
one he had four years ago This morn
iUg lIr Hay is resting comfortably an.
expects to be about in a few days ~
further bulletins viii be issued
2 Shortly before , o'clock this atterrool
Clarence HAY. son Of the serretary- sal,
his father was about the same and ina
he was resting quietly. He aducd ina
the facts of his fathers Illness were al
contained in Dr.. Scudder's bulletin