The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03
REMAINS OF JOHN HAY ON WAY ID CLEVELAND
TAKEN TO TRAIN OYER NOUN TAIN ROAD IN DRENCH-
 ING RAIN.

Casket Covered With Rubber Blanket
 and Lashed to wagon-COachman
 Leads Horse While Private Secretary
 FoIIows-NOt a Person Met Along the
 Road-Crowd at station Hare Heads
 as Funeral Party Approximation of Sunshine as Casket Is Placed on
 Board the Train.
 Newbury, N. H., July "A special train bearing the body of Secretary of State Hay, who died early yesterday morning at '"The Fells," his summer residence on the shore of Lake Suna- pee, left Newbury to-day for Cleveland, O., where the interment will occur.
 The funeral party consisted of Mrs. Hay, the widow. Clarence Hay, the son, Dr. Charles L. scudder of Boston, who attended Secretary Hay during his last illness. MT. and Mrs. Samuel Mather of Cleveland. the latter a sis ter of Mrs. Hay, and s. A. Raymond, also relative of Mrs. Hay.
 The train left here at 11:22 o'clock this afternoon and is due to arrive in | Cleveland at 7:50 a. m. to-morrow. After distressing day and night the | members of the Hay household were astir early this morning, preparing for ] the trip to Cleveland. .. F. hrl R,Ff ha uAoI~afaryy tHFhinh had been placed in a. casket last night, was brought down stairs from the death chamber, and the casket was enclosed in a polished rosewood box, in which it will repose until the funeral next Wednesday forenoon. .-. .sr..s...
 Mrs. Hay and Clarence Hay stood the trying ordeal bravely, although they showed plainly the effects of the strain which they had been under. . | Early to-day the skies became over cast and a drenching rain began to fall. The narrow, winding mountain road was transformed into channel of mud, and was in a wretched condition when the time arrived for the sad | Journey. .."-...@ s. | At about 9:S0 an express wagon was | driven from the stable to the front door of the house, and the casket was ! borne out by the servants and placed in the vehicle. Then the trip ta the. railroad station at Newbury began l The journey from "The Fells'' to the | station, two and one-half miles, was altogether devoid of ostentation. The rosewood box was covered with a rub. | t1zaE osa7 ha1 fas the wagon, the steepness of the hills making such precaution necessary. The body was attended only by the undertaken and Walter Grout, Secre- tary Hays coachman. Both men walked. the coachman lead 1 ing the horse, while the undertaken fol- lowed behind. ..#E Not q person was met along the lone iy mountain road. The window shades of the few scattered farm houses along | the route were drawn.
 The rain fell in torrents as the fun eral party trudged through the muddy road. The trip to Newbury station oc- cupied nearly an hour. Nearly all of the residents of the little hamlet were assembled at the station awaiting the arrival of the funeral party, and when the wagon with the seeretarys body neared the station, the crowd on the platform stood with heads barred as a tribute of respect.
 The special train, consisting of a combination baggage car, the sleeping car "Konigsberg, and funeral car No. | Ill of the Boston and Maine, railroad, was standing on the siding. | The wagon was driven 70 the rear Of the funeral car, and several Newbury citizens assisted the undertaken and coachrnan in transferring the casket. | At the moment when the casket was placed on board the train there was a rift in the clouds, and for the first and only time during the day the lonely hills were bathed in sunshine. Less than five minutes later the rain began to fall again.
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