New-York tribune., 1910-11-21
HENRY MARTYR HOYT DEAD|
Counsellor for State Department
Expires at Washington.

| v7-.s,,,,e-+on Nov. 20.-Henry Martyr
FIovt. counsellor for the state department.
died at his home here at S'-o O'CLOCK this
morning from peritonitls,
NJ, IIoI-+ vas taken I'll in Canada while
there In connection with the reciprocity
negotiations between the Umted states and
that country. Since his return to Washing
+on Lost Monday. he had been confined TO
his homo and physicians called into con-
s,,y+a+io, with the family doctor consid-
erad +ba case as extremely serious from the
beginning.
Mr. ITovt's condition was such last night
that the attending physician DR. Robert
M Baker. of this city. and the wife, son
end daughter of Mr.. Hoyt deemed 1T ad-
visabIe 10 remain at the bedside through
cut the night Shortly after midnight there
was a change for the worse, when a per
centible weakening of the pulse beats was
noticeable.
From that time he sank rapidly, passing
away at $50 o'clock
! Mr.. Hoyt, it was said, had been suffering
from an intestinal trouble for more than a
wear. resulting eventually in the disease
which caused his death. He suffered dur
ing his last illness with perforating ulcer
of the stomach, which resulted in peri
tonitis.
In the death chamber when Mr.. Hoyt
died were Mrs. Henry NJ. Hoyt. Henry NJ.
F4oyt. 1r. and Mrs. Philip Hichhorn, re-
| spectively wife, son and daughter of the
I deceas sed. and the family physician.
The body will be taken to Mr.. Hoyt's
home city, Wilkes-Barre Penn, for burial
which will be private There will be a
| brief funeral service at the Hoyt home here
| tomorrow The date for the burial has
not been decided;
| Henry Martyn Hoyt, counsellor for the
! State Department since the summer of 1909
was one of the most Influential officials in
| the government service during this and the
| last administration. Under that of Presi
/ dent Roosevelt he acted as solicitor for the
! Department of Justice and was the chief
adviser of Secretary Knox when. as Attor-
ney General, Mr. Knox took action in the
Northern Securities case. He was also
| prominently associated with the numerous
! trust prosecutions started by Attorney Gen
| eraI Bonaparte, and he introduced Attor'
! ney General Wickersham to the duties oil
/ his department When Secretary Knox as
sumed the portfolio of State he at once
/ began to search for a capable lawyer who
could assist him in solving the difficult
| legal problems which frequently confront
| the department. The new office Of coun
| seIlor was created and Mr.. Hoyt selected
| as the man best fitted to fill 1t. He con
| Quoted most of the negotiations with for
| eign countries looking to the adjustment
of the tariff schedules under the maximum
and minimum provisions Of the Payne law
and in this capacity was highly respected
! by the diplomats who dealt with him
! More recently he had charge of the negotia
tons with Canada in regard to reciprocity
Besides his vast knowledge of the law
he was well versed in political economy
and was a thorough student of tariff con-
ditions throughout the world.
Mr.. Hoyt was born in Wilkes-Barre
Penn. He was a son of General Henry
Martyr Hoyt, Of Pennsylvania, who, be-
sides being a distinguished veteran Of the
Civil War. was Governor of his native
state in 1879. Mr.. Hoyt took his bachelor 8
degree at Yale in 1878. and his LII B al
the University of Pennsylvania in 1881. In
1885 he married Anne McMichael, Of Phila-
deIphia He was assistant cashier Of the
United States National Bank in New York
from 1888 to 1886. Several years later he
was made president of the Philadelphia
Investment Company Afterward he took
up the practice of law, and in 1897 was ap-
pointed Assistant Attorney General Of the
United States.