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Show WORLD MOURNS HAY'S DEATH Grief Is Deep al the hk hm. Silence and Sorrow Take Place of Pride With Villagers. Funeral Party Leaves Today for Cleveland, Where Service Will Be Held Roosevelt to Attend. NEWBURY, N. H. July 1 The hody of Secretary of State John Hay, whose unexpected un-expected death early today has caused sorrow throughout the land and evoked expressions of stnpath and rogrot the world over, lies tonight In a room of "Tho Fells' which quaint, gaihbrel-roofed mansion for fourteen years has been the summer home of the Hay family. Arrived a Week Ago. Just one week ago tonight the Secretary Secre-tary aiTlvorl at this village from Washington Washing-ton wearied with the, cares of State and .anticipating "a long summer's rest." Tonight To-night the sumo launch In which Mr. Hay made the short trip from Newbury to tho landing at The Fells" conveyed relatives rela-tives of Mr. Hav to the cottage, where th brought sympathy and hoip to the stricken woman and h r only son. Crushing Blow Fell in thai week came first the news that the Secretary h.id boon s.-lz.d with a sudden sud-den and alarming attack ;alllng for expert ex-pert medical treatment, then that he hnd passed through the early stages of recovery re-covery and r.-iti.h.d i condition promising In every respnt ultimate recovery. Then the crushing blow fell Silence and Sonow Theie. At "The Foils" there Is deep grief where (here was welcome, at Newbury there Is slb-nce ind sorrow w in re there was pride that the distinguished summer resident had again com.- among the plain townspeople towns-people and throughout the Nation there Is sadneis and regret at tho loss of one of her greatest 'statesmen Son Issues Statement It was the middle of the forenoon bo-fore bo-fore there was any evidence at The Fells that tin prostration caused by the sudden and terrible experience, was abating. It was then that Clarence Hay and the attending at-tending physician issued a statement reviewing re-viewing the last Illness and giving the circumstances attending the death Only Wife and Son Present. The only members of the Secretary's f.imllv at "The Pells" when the end came were Mi-e. Hav and Clarence. Mrs Jaun-s A Wadsworth of Qencseo, N. v s daughter, has horn ill recently, ami had not been at Lake Sunapie this season. Mrs. I'ii. vn" Whltn. anollK-r d' mlit.r. Is on her way to Europe, Wishes Are Observed. Tho bri.-f announcement was m ule in the forenoon that the body probably would be taken to Cleveland on Sunday nnd the n epiest was Issued that the family fami-ly be permitted to remain In uninterrupted uninter-rupted quiet until late In the afternoon, wheli details of the funeral plans would be announced Those wishes wero strictly strict-ly o'.ps-twiI Only undertaker.- and messengers mes-sengers carrying telegrams entered the grounds until toward evening, wh'-n Mr and Mrs Samuel Mather arrived from Gloucester, Mass. Mrs. Mather Is a sls-ter sls-ter Of Mrs. Hay. Many Messages Arrive. From early forenoon until late tonight tho arrival of messages was almost con-Unuou-. 'fh.-y am- from all parts of ih- w..rid hut, in accordance with the Wishes Of Mrs. Hay. the names .f the senders and the texts of the messages were for the most part withheld. It was lenrncd however, that among them were in. ssag. s Mom Presld. nl lb . ?' el t . President Pres-ident Pouix t of France Secretary of tho Interior B. A Hitchcock, former Embassador Embas-sador Joseph H fhoate and Go John I Lane "f New Hampshire. Move Remains Today. It was 7 o clock tonight before final announcement an-nouncement was made concerning the funeral arrangements. They provide, iui outlined earlier, that the body should bo taken to Newbury by special train at 11 30 a. m tomorrow and proceed yla Claremont Junction and Connecticut and Passumpslc division of the Poaton & Maine railroad to Springfield, Mass , where the fuier.il CSX will be attached to the regular Boston-Chicago through train for Cleveland, Mrs. Hay's form.-r home. Funeral at Cleveland Private services wjll be held In the chapel at Lake Vi-w m.tery. Cleveland, at 11 a m. Wednesday. Mrs. Hay re-i.-Ued word t.ulav that President p. -v. It would attend the services. It Is ex-nected ex-nected that members of the Cabinet will not a.s honorary pall-bearers. Tho funeral fun-eral party will Include Mrs Hay. Clarence Clar-ence Hay. and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mather. ' . Dr Scudder. who for a time today was In chaise at "The Fells." left tonight for K"lih the. announcement of tho funeral Plans tonight it was staled that np fur-Iher fur-Iher Information would be available before be-fore tomorrow. No Outward Symbol Displayed Tiu-re Is no outward evidence of mourn-irK mourn-irK t "The Fells. ' The shutters remain nnen and there Is no crepe about the door In the village some Hags have been placed at half-mast and some houses o d cottages on the lake shore have been draped but "The Pells" is without outward out-ward symbol of death. |
