The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-30
HIS LAST SPEECH.

floor and the guests at long table upon
raised Platform.
HIS LAST SPEECH.
Aged Captain Ambrose Snow, President
of the board, was in the center place. At
his right he seated Mr.. Window, and at his
left Mr.. Bayard.
The dinner was completed shortly after
o'clock, and Mr.. Window was introduced
by Judge Arnoux, and responded to the
toast "Our country's prosperity dependent
upon its instruments of commerce." He
finished his speech at 9:55 O'clock II had
been remarked that he was rea ling it off
hurriedly from a printed copy, going faster
and faster as he nearei the end, and, at the
last, he had requested the audience not to
applaud.
DEATHS DART.
A culver of fear shot through the assem-
blage like an electric shock as the speaker
finished. Window was standing erect un-
der the glare of the gas-lights, with the faces
of all turned toward him. For moment
the Secretary stood silent. while the ban
queters, equally silent, watched him.
1t was a moment that no one who was
present will ever forget. Then Mr.. Window
sat down quietly, too quietly many thought,
in his seat, and Toastmaster Arnoux arose
TO introduce ex-Secretary of State Bayard
as the next speaker. He began a short
speech, but had not proceeded far when Mr..
Window gave short, sharp moan of an
guish and fell back in his chair.
A CHASTITY SIGHT.
His face grew purple. His lower limbs
stiffened and stretched out under the table.
His eye-lids opened and shut spasmo1ically;
but there was no CLEAN of intelligence in
the eyes, which were rapidly losing the lus-
ter of life. The cigar which he had been
smoking was held between his grimly
clenched teeth.
For only moment he appeared thus. A
cry went up from those sitting near the
guest table: Look! Look at Mr.. Windom!"
Every eye was turned toward the man
whose voice had just ceased. AS they
looked he collapsed in his chair and was
falling TO the floor. His face was CHASTITY,
and cry of horror arose from the late
festive baDqueteTs.
UNAvAILING ASSISTANCE.
There was an immediate rush on the part
of all toward WINDOWS chair, but several
doctors. who we're present at the dinner,
got there first and drove the others back
They were Drs Robinson, Durant Whitney,
Fisher and Bishop.
DR.. Robinson bent down and making a
close examination OF the PROSTATE form, dis
covered that the heart was yet beating, and
with the assistance Of Judge Arnoux, Cap
tain Snow and one or two others carried
him into the room behind the banquet hall,
and everything was done to resuscitate him.
Messengers were hastily dispatched for
electric batteries and as many as four were
applied to his body, but it was rapidly grow
ing cold. This was exactly at 10 :O5 o'clock
For six minutes electric shocks were ap-
piled incessantly, but without success. He
was pronounced dead.
HEART FAILURE.
81 would say the cause Of death was
apoplexy," said DR.. Robinson, ''if it was
not for his history of heart disease. / am in
Glued TO think heart disease Killed him."
Mr. Window was subject to fits of heart
failure. On Tuesday last he was seized
with an attack w hile on the steps of the
Treasury building at Washington, but he
did not lose consciousness and was able to
take care Of himself.
AT 1O:11 o'clock Judge Arnoux came out
OF the room where lay Mr.. Window aud an
nounced to the diDers that Secretary Win
dom. whom they had had the pleasure of
nearing only few minutes before, had
breathed his last
"HE IS DEADp
He is deadp he said. This was the fear
fui announcement that WAS uttered in
voice midway between sob and a whisper
through that gayly bedecked banquet hall,
around whicn still hung .the funeral pail of
smoke Of the afler-dinner cigar. s.He is
dead!' The words went to the heart of
every man who heard them. They could
hardly believe that the brilliant orator of a
lew moments before, agIow with enthusi-
asm ct predicting the future policy of the