Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-05

| aLu SenC message CC PRESIDENT Harrison
informing him of the untimely death
and requesting him to communicate
with Mrs. Window and have hel
start on the 10 p. m. train for New
York. This will bring the widow to, this
city by Z a. M, and not unit
then can any arrangement be r4ade
for the removal of tie body The
scene that ensued when the death
was officially announced, is beyond de
scription in mere words Gradually the
excitement abated and the death certificate
was issued, signed by Drs. Whitney anC
Robinson giving the cause of death as, first
cerebral hemorrhage, and second, CANA.
Undertaken Huyler, of Grace church,
was summoned and put in charge of The
remains. The body was taken to room q
| of the 5th Avenue hotel where Secretary
Tracy and Attorney General Miller re-
celved it.
Later.-President Spaw telegraphed tc
President Harrison that the body will be
sent to Washington on special train in
the morning, in charge of special com
mittee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The announce
ment of the death of Secretary Window
in New York was so terribly sudden and
unexpected to all that those who heard the
news were profoundly shocked, or so over
come as to be unable to express the grief
they felt AS soon as the telegram
bearing the sad news was received by the
Associated Press, its contents were i'm
mediately communicated to President
Harrison at the white house.
He was in his library at the time, talk
ing with Mrs. Harrison and
when the message was read
he was distressed and almost
completely overcome, he Immediately
ORDERED his carriage and went at once to
the home of the postmaster general but a
few blocks away, where cabinet dinner
had been IN progress and from which he
returned but a few moments ago
A reception had followed the dinner, so
the guests had not all dispersed. Mrs.
Window and her two daughters and Mrs.
Colgate, of New York, who is visiting
them, were among those present.
AS soon as the president arrived, he
had hurried conversation with Secre-
taries Blaine and Proctor and the post
master general. and told them of the
grief that had befallen them.
Mr.. Colgate of Mr.. WINDOWS
death and she, without exciting the sus-
picion Of Mrs Window and her daughter,
succeeded in getting them to their car
riage and home. The President, Sec
rotary Proctor, Postmaster General Wan
amaker entered a carriage and followed
directly after. When Mrs. Window and
her daughter reached home, Mrs Colgate
gently broke the dreadful news to the be-
reaved widow and daughter.
Mrs. Window was completely overcome
and had to be assisted to her chamber.
The shock was terrible one, as when the
secretary left Washington this morning
he seemed III the best of health
and spirits The president and the
members of the cabinet, who were present,
extended their sympathy to the stricken
family and offered their services to them,
No official action will be taken
until tomorrow. Probably no
member of the president s
official family was more highly esteemed
than Secretary WINDOWS, and expressions
of sorrow from the president a0d those
of his cabinet in Washington indicate
how highly they priced his friendship.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-The president
and the members of hts cabinet assembled
at the Baltimore & Ohio station this after.
noon to receive the remains OF Secretary
Window, which arrived on the train at
4:30 Besides them nearly all the leading
public officials in Washington were at tie
depot When the train arrived the casket
was taken in charge by Company B,
Treasury National guards, and borne
SLOWLY to the hearse
When all was ready the procession
formed and moved from the depot by the
way of Pennsylvania, Vermont and Massa-
chuSetts avenues to the secretary's resi-
dence Tie bearers carried the remains
into the house through the crowd of peo-
pie and who rcverentIy barred their heads
as the casket passed the president an d
all of his officials. The family
followed the remains into the
house and waited in the back parlor while
the undertaken and assistants placed the
body in the front room and opened the
top half of the lid so as to expose to view
the secretary's features. Mrs. Blaine re-
manned with the president and was the
only lady present when he and the
members of the cabinet were ushered
into the room and looked upon the face of
the distinguished dead. When the party
lett the house the bereaved widow and
daughter entered the room and remained
there a few moments. While Mrs
Window was kneeling over the casket
sobbing the British minister came to
the house and left message of coincidence
for the family. Secretary Window s
death is especially depIored by the news
paper men. He was accessible to them
at all times. He believed that the pub
lie had a right to know what the ex-
ecutive departments were doing, and
never declined a reasonable request fer
information concerning the business of the
treasury.
1t is expected that an order will issue
from the white house tomorrow cancelling
all official receptions and entertainments
for the remainder of the season.
The funeral will probably occur on
Monday The interment will be In Roc k
creek cemetery. Many kilograms of con-
dolence are received by Mrs. Window.
Among the senders we're Ex-President
Hayes, Mrs. Garfield, Gen. AIger, Ex-
Postmaster General James. Governor
Pattison, Governor Merriam, Ex-Attorney
General MacVeigh, Archbishop Ireland
and Robert I. Lincoln,
New YORK, Jan. 30.-At meeting of
INC oodIu VI tIdue tiiu IldH> poIldGIoll
company this afternoon a series of highly
eulogistic resolutions were adopted, refer
ring to the deceased secretary os the treas
ury as one of the most high minded and
prominent men the country has produced
IN the last thirty years. The resolutions
review Secretary WINDOWS public career,
| and in closing say: LAS secretary of the
treasury under President Harrison he la
bored cOurageouSly and successfully to
avert a widespread panic in
the season of the threatened
financial trouble. He died in speaking