The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-06

Oyster Bay. The second was addressed;
to the state department at Washing
ton. Others were sent to friends of the
family.
The illness which SO weakened Mr..
Hays physical powers as to finally !
bring about death made itself apparent
noticeably about last March. Tired and |
worn from the strain of overwork, he |
was ordered by his physicians to make |
a trip abroad in order to obtain special |
treatment and complete rest A short |
time ago Mr.. Hay returned to the |
United States much improved and there
were prospects that he would recover
He had been at his summer home |
about week, where he seemed to be |
getting az Cter.
Secretary Hay is survived by a
widow, who was the daughter of a
wealthy Ohioan; two married daugh- |
ters. Mrs. Payne Whitney and Mrs. |
James w. Wadsworth, Jr and son,
Clarence, a student.
A special train bearing the body N
Secretary of State John Hay left New
bury for Cleveland, O., where it arrived
this morning.
The funeral party consisted of Mrs
Hay the widow: Clarence Hay, Dr.
Charles l.. Scudder, of Boston, who at
tended Secretary Hay during his last
Illness and Mr.. and Mrs Samuel
Mather of Cleveland, the latter sis
ter of Mrs. Hay, and S. A. Raymond,
also relative Of Mrs Hay.
been placed in casket, was brought
down stairs from the death chamber
and the casket was enclosed in rose
wood box, III which it will repose until
the funeral on Wednesday.
Additional details regarding Secre-
tary Hays funeral were announced at
THE Fells." In response to an invi-
tation from the officers of the Clevt-
land chamber of commerce, the body
Of the secretary will repose in the
chamber of commerce building from
the time it reaches Cleveland uutil the
hour of the funeral on WediiF day.
The body will not lie in state.
The Hay residence Oh Euclid avenue.
Cleveland, has been rented for long
time, and Mrs. Hay accepted the invi-
tatiOn of the chamber Of commerce
rather than have tn body Of her hus-
band remain in a receiving tomb
During the stay in Cleveland Mrs.
Hay and Clarence Hay will be the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mather. The
funeral services will be conducted in
: the Wade Memorial chapel on Wednes-
day by Rev. Hiram c. Hayden, pastor
of the Old Stone church. the Presby-
terian church which Mr.. Hay attended
In Cleveland and he will be assisted
by Rev. Teunis Hamln, pastor OF the
Church of the Covenant, Washington.
Short Sketch of His Career.
When Mr.. Hay was appointed sec
retary of state in the cabinet of Pres.
| dent Mckinley the newspaper cores
| pondents in Washington applied to him
for sketch of his life. He gave them
the following:
John Hay. secretary of state, was
born at Salem, Ind, October 8, 1888,
and he was graduated at Brown twenty
years later He studied law in Spring
field, Ill, and in 1861 became assistant
| secretary to President Lincoln. He
served through part of the Civil War
| as aide-de-camp under Generals Hun
| ter and Gilmore, with rank CT major
and assistant adjutant general brevet
| lieutenant colonel and colonel. He was
| first assistant secretary of legation in
| Paris and in charge several times from
| 1865 to 1867, was diplomat in charge
at Vienna 1S67-GS, secretary of legation
at Madrid 1S6S-70, editorial writer for
five years of the New York Tribune,
first assistant secretary of state and
ambassador to England. He is the au-
thor of Pike County Ballads Cas-