Show u 11 M. M HOYT NOfEO lAWYER IS DEAD w WASHINGTON ASHI No Nov 21 y Henry Martyn Mar Mar- Hoyt counselor for the department lof of state died at at his homo home here hero at o'clock Sunday morning from from peritonitis air Mr Hoyt Boyt was wae taken talen ill III in Canada while there thero in connection with the reciprocity ne negotiations between the United States md that country Since his return la lat last t Monday he had been confined to his home hom Mr 11 Hoyt It was a saM said had been suffering suffering suffering suf suf- fering from an Inte Intestinal trouble for morO more than a year eal resulting eventually e In the disease which ca caused his death Ho suffered during his last Illness with p perforating ulcers of the stomach which resulted to fn n Tn In the death chamber chamber- h besides Irles the physicians physicians phy phy- physicians were Mrs 1 Henry M Ml r. Henry HenT M. M Hoyt Jr fr and Mrs Phillo Hichborn 1 son and daughter nf of the the- deceased The fhe bod body of I will v. bo be taken to Pa Ia for burial which will willbe he be private following short funeral services servi services i ices es at ot the residence here her tomorrow The date has not yet et been fi fixed ed Hoyt Ho was the strong ong hand of Philander C. C Knox no when the tatter latter latter lat tat ter was wa attorney general In fact tact he made IDA himself so indispensable that when hen Mr lr Knox became secretary bf Of f state he lost no 0 time In obtaining the transfer of Judge Judg Hoyt from the department of ju judice to in o his Ms o own n Held field of action Mr Hoyt Hot was assigned August 21 1 1 1009 1909 to a a. new office that of cr counselor of f the department In that field Mr Trot t Tc-n Tc rendered red Invaluable service cr to the government Trained Legal Mind l Mr l Hn Hoyt t had a thoroughly trained le- le eal e- e iral al mind TIe Because cause of oC the brief term of ot othis his service c in the state department compared compared compared com com- pared with hl his work in fn the department of justice his legal reputation tion must rest principally upon what whit he accomplished before entering the tha realm of diplomacy HI HIs service it in the department nt Is bright u W ITo Ho was as at the elbow of or the thc attorney in the prosecution of ot many of or orthe the tho cases which Involved governmental attack upon the tho great corporate violators of the tho trust anti-trust law Mr Hoyt came Into the department nent as 11 an assistant attorney general In 1831 1537 He was appointed by President McKIn- McKIn McKinley Icy ley and served in that position until March SI 31 1003 1903 when he heas was as appointed solicitor general by President Roosevelt Roose to succeed John K Richards While rhile he was as solicitor general 1 Mr Mr- Hoyt and ar argued several l noted cases with 1 success Many 1 of them were of a constitutional character and the tho trace of his work Is la left in the la law of ot the land One case cas in particular which he fought and won but did not serve lon long enough in office to 0 o see seo completed d. d was the fa famous famous fa- fa mom contempt of court case against Sheriff Joseph Shipp and other men of 01 Chattanooga Tenn Tenn- His successor In office Lloyd Tloyd W W. Bowers now dead mo moved mod d sentence in that case Mr Hoyt was born in Pa December 18 1856 G. G being th the son of ot General N N. M. M Hoyt once sov governor mor of or orth th the tho common commonwealth He Ile H was as educated In Inthe Inthe inthe the public schools graduated from rom Yale In 1 took a post graduate la law course in the University of ot Pennsylvania In 1881 and after afterward ard was admitted to tho the bar and practiced law in Tr II 1883 1583 he lie married Anna daughter of ot Col Colonel nel Morton McMichael one of ot the foremost citizens citizen of Philadelphia He moved that year to Ne New York Tork to become assistant cashier of the tha United States National bank but after three thre G years yeaTs returned to Pennsylvania to become be- be come treasurer treasur r and arter afterwards ards president of the Investment Company of ot Philadel Philadel- phia u In 1894 he resumed the practice of law liw lawin lawin in Philadelphia but came to Washington in to accept an appointment as as assistant assistant assistant as- as attorney general en raJ This post he filled until 1 1003 1903 O until he was made solid general |