Show president roosevelt among the most grieved over the sudden ending secretary taft may succeed may in ache cabinet 9 dewbury Kew bury vt july 1 john lias secretary of state died today at hla summer home the fells on tae store of lake Sun apoe the hour at bis passing waa 1225 this morning the last moments of tho statesman were peaceable and iho end came almost without a struggle the suddenness of it all was stagger ing at the hour of 12 all vas quiet in another moment nurses and physicians found themselves summoned to the bedside there had been a collapse twenty five minutes later all ivas 0 er so swiftly had tha end come that the dying man passed av ay unattended by all the members of his family save his wife the secretary yesterday passed the most comfortable day since his illness began a week ago he was to sit up to day the patient had bidden his physicians good night at 10 bast night an hour later he was sleep lag quietly almost nac the stroke of twelve the secretary was seized with b turn he called for his wife the sick man was breathing with difficulty dr scudder was speedily summoned and H required but a glance for him to determine that the end was but a few minutes away the house hold was aroused The wife reached faer husband as he was breathing his last the son clarence hay and allu daughter sirs james A wadsworth of geneseo N Y hurried into the sick room but they were too late the patient did not suffer greatly in chis last moments aside from great difficulty in breathing there was no struggle stimulants were ineffective the secretary lapsed into unconscious ness and seemed to fall asleep at last the consternation of the household was complete and it remained tor dr scudder to assume charge of affairs after two hours the physician was driven to the village where halt a dozen telegrams were sent the first was sent to president roosevelt at oyster bay the second was addressed to the state department at washington abe others were sent to friends of the bailly aa illy dr scudder returned to The Fells at four this morning the house was closed and it was announced that no one could be seen unell abter S this morning the bulletin announcing tha death read as follows 1 Secretary 1 ot state joan hay died ai 1215 this morning the conditions preceding death were those of ary embolism mr hays condition during all of friday had been entirely sat signed charles L scud ber M D fred murphy M D the illness which so weakened tha secre physical powers as to bring about death made itself apparent about last march tired and from the strain of overwork h was ordered by his physician to make a trip abroad in order to obtain special treatment and a complete rest some indication of the secre condition was to be found in his collapse on the steamship pier in joew york just as he was about to board the white star aicer bound for the mediterranean secretary hay however was determined to continue his trip and he was carried on board to his cabani wireless telegraph advises advices from uie ship at sea told of improvement in his condition and in italy the secretary was so much better after a res reathe the was able to journey quietly to various cities finally going to bad nauheim Nau helm where he took the baths when later secretary hay visited paris there was some suggestion that it might be in connection with his office as secretary of state but this was quickly silenced slen ced by the secre refusal to engage in any functions of an official nature then he passed to great britain where he was accorded the same distinguished though unofficial reception that marked his days in paris all this time mr hay seemed to be improving the return from europe was made about a fortnight ago secretary hay visited his daughters residence at bay side L L and a few days later he went to washington to take up for a brief period his duties as secretary of slate last saturday evening he arrived at his summer home here accompanied by his son clarence mrs hay had pre ceded him the journey fatigued the secretary however and while traveling he contracted a slight cold when mr hay suddenly collapsed on tbt afternoon of the following day hla wife and son became greatly alarmed tor the secretary seemed to remain in a dazed condition and not to respond to her efforts to revive him A local practitioner dr J L cain of newport was immediately summoned As another precaution mrs hay cummon ed by telegram from boston dr charles L scudder and dr fred T murphy surgeons on the staff massachusetts general hospital A special train was chartered the of the boston and maine railroad were cleared and the physicians camo tc newbury in almost record time A midnight they parsed over lako sun aped in a launch and arrived at the fells to find secretary hay stronger but still gravely ill at first an operation was determined upon tha ness was at first pronounced uraemia resulting from the severe cold which mr hay had contracted and was believed to have developed from hla somewhat hurried visits to different with the administration of powerful medicine bome relief came and it was soon found that an operation could bi avoided medicinal and other method and the of treatment were continued patient continued to respond favor ably to them by monday the doctors were able to announce that mr hays condition wats not at all serious and he rest that with a few days absolute life would undoubtedly tahe outdoor it was the ruling of the physicians however that the secretary should re wain in bed for a period in order the to avoid all chances of augmenting cold dr scudder returned to boston mod day evening leaving dr murphy in charge ot the patient the next day secretary hay was not so well A nurse was summoned from boston and dr scudder returned however the secre illness was not deemed so severe as to call for the members 0 the household mrs hay telegraphed her son in law bayna whitney in new york it would not ba necessary for him to postpone hia trip to europe which he was to be gin that day with mrs writney Wb itney since tuesday the secretary had been reported as steadily improving dr scudder on returning to boston tuesday evening after his second visit to newbury said that alto case did not warrant at that time an official statement n wednesday clarence aay said everything is favorable thursdays reports indicated continued satisfactory progress and yes dr murphy who had been with the patient without intermission expressed confidence that secretary hay would be able to sit up by saturday and to go out of doors the first of the week an incident of yesterday brought out more clearly than anything which had developed previously the exact nature ot the attack which he had experienced during the day the secretary re seivel cablegram from professor groedel of bad nauheim Nau helm who attend ed mr hay while he was taking the baths recently at that resort the message was one of inquiry as to the sec re illness mr hay replied mild cystitis improving nothing complex to the associated press professor groedel had stated that it was that the secretary could have uraemia ura emia especially as the secre kidneys were rather lie althy this information including tho cablegram sent by secretary hay was placed before dr scudder in boston yesterday afternoon the doctor said the statement concerning the illness of secretary hay was entirely correct the doctor observed that la its early stages the attack may have been erroneously thought to be uraemia ura emia but that it was simply an acute attack of cystitis or inflammation of the blad i at ahat time jabout 30 p m dr studded scudded Scud ded aid he bad just j news from mrs hay indicating that everything was progressing most favorably dr scudder however left boston soon afterwards to keep his engagement ga gement to be in newbury last even inga there was nothing dr scudder declared today to cause any anxiety when he reached the bedside and after bidding hla wife and the doctor a good the secretary fell into an tin troubled and restful sleep the nurse watching by his bedside felt assured that the patient was on the sure road to recovery at midnight and in a moment of time this nil waa changed mr hay awoke with breathing labored and quick in tones choked and feeble so unlike those of a few hours before that the nurse could scarcely believe that mr hay was speaking the sick man murmured almost in a whisper come the trained eye of the nurse detected alarming symptoms she hurried for dr scudder who was in the next room the doctors first glance confirmed the nurses tears heroic remedies were applied they were futile then a summons went to airs hay the wife was soon at the husbands bedside she gently clasped his hand the patients eyes were dull it was seen that he was unconscious the moment of dissolution arrived so quickly that the son and daughter had not time to reach the room the grief and consternation oc casi oried by the sudden demise of mr hay threw the household into confusion it was two hours before dr Scud derand his assistant murphy who had taken upon themselves the sad duties of the moment were able to the afflicted family tenderly cared tor the physicians were driven to the village where after 3 the tidings of the leath were dispatched to president roosevelt 0 o the state department to orlenas and to the world at large an hour later the doctor had returned to the fells and retired after announcing that tho house would be closed until this afternoon clarence hay this forenoon his mother and bister were resting and that mrs hay was bearing tho blow bravely no date has yet been set tor the funeral dr scudder today gave out the following official statement mr hays recent illness was occa abone by acute retention of urine caused by enlargement of the pros laiq gland this retention was bellev e d na operation was performed in view of mr hays gendral condition he was most carefully watched lest any complications should arise it was determined that chiy heart and kidneys were doing their normal work he responded with tha local conditions everything was apparently patently ly satisfactory friday was the roost comfortable day he had during his illness at 10 in the evening ha was examined by the attending physicians and his condition was found to he said he felt as it he would have a AC 11 mr hay was sleeping ly and naturally the nurse lay down on a couch near the bed at about a quarter past 12 mr hay called the nurse because he was having difficulty in breathing she summoned the doctor bui their efforts were of no avail mrs atay was called and reached the bedside before mr hay died death due to pulmonary embolism r ROOSEVELT SHOCKED oyster pay L t july l 1 roosevelt was and grieved la at the death of secretary ot state john hay the news was conveyed to him early this morning by a representative of the associated press the president regarded the information as almost incredible as the last word he had received from the stricken leader of tho cabinet was that he was improving rapidly and was cilito out of danger when the president was in cambridge mass on wednesday he had a consultation with dr jackson of boston who had been summoned to the bedside of secretary hay at the plency of his illness assurances were given by dr jackson that while the secretary had been a very sick man he then evidently was on the road to recovery dr jackson said that the consulting physicians agreed with him in the expression of this opinion president roosevelt felt since secretary hay went abroad in he spring that he might not ba able again actively to resume his onerous duties and responsibilities as secretary of state but when sir hay reported to washington his condition was so greatly improved that both he and the president hoped that with a summers rest at lake sunapee Suna pee tie might be able for a time at least to continue the direction of the state department the death of secretary hay so entirely unexpected came as a personal bereavement to the president with him the president was on terms of the warmest personal friendship the secre home was one place in washington which president roosevelt visited with frequency indeed it was a habit with the president while returning to the white house from church on a sunday to atop at the residence 0 secretary hay for an informal talk about matters of mutual interest their conversations on such occasions were not confined by any means to governmental affairs but covered a wide range of topics especially those pertaining to literature and the arts and sciences secretary hay was a warm friend of president Roosevel ts father and he therefore had known the president since tha batters lat childhood they had many tastes and desires in common and the ties which bound them to each other were those of deep respect and sincere affe cUoi immediately on the receipt of the news of secretary hays death president roosevelt a message to mrs hay expressive in a measure of his profound sorrow at her bereavement this message was as follows mrs john hay lake sunapee Suna pee I 1 cannot believe the dreadful news pray accept our deepest sympathy in your terrible bereavement I 1 do not know what to say to express my sorrow ROOSEVELT the president indicated his intention to attend the funeral of air hay but of course could not suggest when it might be held it is regarded as likely however that the funeral services will be held in washington the probabilities are that the interment will take place at cleveland ohio secretary hays old home the death of secretary hay will make no change it Is believed in the plans of secretary taft to go to the philippines it Is regarded as probable that no immediate selection will be mads it is not unlikely that on the return of secretary tatt the far eastern trip he may be appointed secretary of state although nothing definite at this time can be said on this point sirs hay communicated to the president the intelligence of her husbands hus banda death in the following telegram newbury N IL july ast 1st 1905 the president oyster bay L L mr hay died of a sudden heart failure at 1225 this morning his condition during the day had been perfectly satisfactory is the jend came most unexpectedly signed mrs hay TS oyster bay july 1 tho death of secretary hay president roosevelt today made tho following statement my sense of deep personal loss great though it Is Is lost in my sensa of the bereavement to the whole country in mr hays death I 1 was inexpressibly shocked as every one was tor all of us haya immediate family bad supposed that all immediate te danger was over and it had been hoped that the rest during the summer would put him again in good health by the fall the american people have never had a greater secretary 0 state than john hay and bis loss ia a national calamity HAYA remarkably MAN secretary of war taft pays tribute to the dead ville ohio july 1 secretary of war tatt passed through zanesville today tho secretary stated that his plans as to continuing the trip would be flet by instructions from not yet re speaking of mr hays death taft said secretary hay was a very remarkable man remarkable in more ways than one I 1 count it one of the greatest personal privileges and pleas ures to have been associated alth him even for a short time at the table he was americas premier diplomat and handled european politics with splendid detail and plan he was a delightful associate in iho cabinet 1 ahls close acquaintance with all the great men of tha country from lincoln down to the present time gave lichi a versatility that was he was full of apt stories and illustrations and was in every sense of the word an ideal companion he was an apostle of we etnes and light hla nature was tender and affectionate and he will be missed not only for his knowledge of statecraft but because of the character that ha brought to the cab inot table he h ad achieved the great est victories in undiplomatic field and the country a distinct |