The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06
Death of Secretary Hay

attending his death being pulmonary
embolsm. His condition during Friday
was considered very satisfactory the end
coming 80 sudden that of the immediate
family in the house ony his wife was
with him at the end.
President Roosevelt sent the following
message to Mrs, Hay dated July LIST.
Mrs. John Hay, Lake sunapee:-
i cannot believe the dreadful news.
Pray accept our deepest sympathy in your
terrible bereavement. do not know
what to say TO express my SORROW"
(signed) "lheodore Roosevelt"
Mrs. Hay communicated to the Presi-
dent the intelligence of her husbands
death in the following telegram:
"The President Oyster Bav L. L.
"Mr. Hay died Of a sudden heart failure
at I2.25 this morning. Ills condition
during the day had been perfectly satisfac-
tory. The end came most unexpectedly"
(Signed) Mrs. Hay
Newbury, N. H., July 1.
Soon alter the second Inauguration of
President Roosevelt, last spring, Mr..
Hay went abroad broken in health.
Ii was reported that his recovery was
complete, but when he returned late
last month he appeared to be in poor
health A special messenger from the
President met him on the steamer down
the bay, and it was generally assumed
that the message had to do with the
pending effort to bring about peace in
the Far East.
Punging thus into the thick of his
duties, undertaking task more serious
than any he had essayed, he found HIM
self far less robust than he had believed.
He went to his summer home at lake
Sunapee on June %
The recognition of Mr. Hays services
to his country and to English letters
have not been limited to his own
country. A. b. Hart, professor of his
tory at Harvard, SAID of Mr.. Hay not
long ago:
Just as Bismark was in bis day,
John Hay is today the dean of all dip.
lomats ~
Justice Brewer of the Supreme court
said in 1903 that in place of the sneered
at "shirt sleeves" diplomacy which had
Hay has created the John Hay type of
untruthfulness, firm without menace,
and direct without brutality.
Mr.. aud Mrs Hay had four children,
the eldest, Adelbert, was killed in an
accident at Yale college few years ago.
There is another son, Clarence Hay. and
two daughters, Mrs Payne Whitney and
Mrs. James w ellsworth, Jr. Mr..
Hay SO managed his affairs that the
fortune of more than a million dollars
left him by his father-in-law has been
increased all through his lifetime.
"A special train bearing the body left
Newbury, Sunday, for Cleveland Ohio,
where the interment will occur. De-
tails regarding the funeral were an
nounced Sunday In response to an in
vitaton from officers of the Cleveland
chamber of commerce, the body of the
secretary reposed in the chamber of
commerce building from the time it
reached Cleveland until the hour of the
funeral. he funeral services were held
in the Wade Memorial chapel on We'd
nesday at IL q. NJ.
President Roosevelt, who is at his
home at Oyster Bay, left there by
special train, Tuesday afternoon, 10 at
tend the funeral, returning to Oyster
Bay Immediately after.
President Roosevelt prepared the for.
NAL proclamation announcing the death
of John Hay, secretary of state and it
was promulgated Monday in Waehing-
ton
The proclamation was forwarded by
mail to all ambassadors and minis ers of
the United States in foreign countries
and also transmitted officially to the
diplomatic representatives at Washing
ton of foreign nations.
Following is the full text of the an
nouncement:
"a PROCLAMATION BY THE PRES
IDENr OF THE UNITED STATES"
John Hay, secretary of state, died on
July /. His death, a crushing sorrow to
his friends, is to the people of this
country a national bereavement and in
addition it is serious loss to mankind,
for TO him it was given to stand as
leader in the effort to better world condi-
tons by striving to advance the cause Of
international peace and Justice.
ale entered the public service as
the trusted and intimate companion of
Abraham Lincoln and for well nigh forty
years, he has served his country with
positions of honor and trust; and finally
he crowned his life work by serving as
secretary Of state with such far sighted
ness OF the future and such loyalty to
lofty ideas, as to confer lasting benefits,
not only upon our own country, but upon
all the nations of the earth. As a suit
able expression of national mourning,
direct that the diplomatic representa-
tives Of the United States in all foreign
countries display the flags over their
embassies and legations at half mast for
ten days; that for like period, the flag
of the United States be displayed at half
mast at all forts and military posts and
at all naval stations and all vessels of the
United States
al further order the day Of the funeral
the executive departments in the city Of
Washington be closed, and that on all
public buildings, throughout the United
States the national flag be displayed at
half mast
"Done at the city Of Washington, this
third day of July, \. d 1905, and Of the
independence Of the United States of
America, the one hundred and twenty
ninth.
(Sened) 'Gheodore Roosevelt"
"By the President,
Herbert D. Pierce, Acting Secretary Of
State
One Dollar Saved Represents Ten Dollars
Earned.
The average man does not save to ex-
coed ten per cent of his earnings. He
must spend nine dollars in living ex-