The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-02-06
SUDDENLY CALLED.
Secretary Window Dies Suddenly
at a Banquet in New york.
rhs Secretary OF the Treasury asakss =
Speech Ia Response 60 n Sentiment and
Sinks Into Death-FutiEs EznOrts
at Reconciliation


Window. Secretary of the Treasury OF
the United States, died at 1905 o'clock
last night in the banquet hall at Del
mOnicO's, where he was a guest of the
New York Board of Trade and Trans
portatiOn. His had been the first toast
Of the evening and he had finished his
response and resumed his seat, when
he suddenly sWOoned and died almost
Immediately. Every effort TO restore
him was made. but in vain. He died OF
heart disease.
The great assemblage at once dis
solved Mr.. Window had been the only
speaker and the sentiment to which he
responded was 'tOur COuRtry's Prosper
Ity-Dependent upon its Instruments of
Commerce"
When death made its appearance the
New York Board of Trade and Trans
pOrtation was enjoying its nineteenth
annual dinner and the great hall was
bright With tight and color In the
early evening the banqueters gathered
IN the reception paFlOr OF DelmOntcO'a
and there welcomed THEM guests and
friends. Perhaps most prominent were
Secretaries Window and Tracy, of the
Treasury and Navy respectively.
Mr. Window, dignified of mien as
usual, was not the less genial. His face
was bright. his smile quick and his re-
mark and repartee were apt and keen.
His meeting with ex-Secretary OF State
Bayard was pleasing and the informal
gathering of guests and their semi
formal reception were pleasantly pre-
paratOry to the banquet Then all
formed a procession to the banquet hall
where members and guests became
seated, the members at tables upon the
floor and the guests at a long table upon
q raised platform
The dinner, which began at 6 O'clock,
was completed shortly after o'clock
II TTzfv nv
Judge ArnOux. who acted as toastmas-
ter, and arose to speak, being the first
orator of the evening. He respond ed
to the toast: ''Our Country's Prosperity
Dependent Upon its Instruments OF
Commerce"
Mr.. Window finished his speech at
9:55 o'clock. It was remarked that he
was reading it of hurriedly from the
printed copy, going faster and faster as
he neared the end, and at the last he
! requested the audience not to applaud.
Then as the speaker finished and was
standing erect something was seen to
be the matter. For a moment he stood
| silent, while the banqueters, equally
/ silent, watched him. It was a moment
that no one who was present will ever
| forget. Then he sat down quietly, too
quietly, MANY thought, in his seat
TOastmaster Judge Armour arose to
introduce ex-Secretary of State Bayard
speech but had not proceeded far when
| Mr.. Window gave a short, sharp moan
| of anguish and fell back in his chair.
/ His face grew purple. His lower linn BIS
/ stiffened and stretched out of their
! own accord apparently under the table.
a cry went up from those sitting near
| the guests table. t'LOOlz, look at Mr..
| WindoTnI'' Every eye was turned to-
/ ward the man whose voice had just
| ceased, and at the rear of the hall many
stood up and many echoed the cry.
Mr.. Window was falling to the floor.
His face was ghastly, and cry of hor-
rOr arose from the late festive banquet
ers. There was an Immediate rush on
| the part of all toward Mr.. Windows
/ chair, but several doctors who were
present drove the others back.
DR.. S. A. Robinson bent down and
making close examination of the
PROSTATE form discovered that the heart
| was yet beating, and with the assist
ance of Judge Truazs Captain Snow and
one or two others lifted Mr.. Win
/ dom to his feet.
For six minutes the electric shocks
were applied incessantly, but without
success. Then the Secretary was pro
nOunced dead by Drs- Robinson and
Durant
/ william Window, late Secretary OF the
Treasury, was born Ia Belmont County o.
I May 10, 1927 His parents had migrated 70
| that region from VirEIEia- He was brought
mp on a farm. was s<lucased IN the academy
at Mount Vernon. stzdfed law and was ad-
mitted to practice In 1850 He be-
came prosecuting attorney for Knoz
County in 1852. Ia 1855 he settled
In WEnona, MINI. Joining the Republican
/ party he gained reputation a political
oEutOr and Ia 1858 went TO Congress. He wa
q member of the House OF Represe ntatiEes
for ten years, serving ON the Committees on
Public Lands and Expenditures and on tfS
Special Committee on the RebellOus Statel
and for three years as chairman Of the Com
mfttee on Indian Affairs
M. WINDOW vas appointed United States
/ sen aEor in 1879 TO Eiti uncZpIred term and
| was afterward elected for & new term. IN
1881 he resigned on being selected by PEesi
dent Garfield for the post OF Secretary OF thS
Treasury He resigned when Vice Prssiden
/ Arthur succeeded 70 the Presidency and en-.
] gagged IN railroad and financial enterprise
/ making his home principally In New EoEl
eill he was recalled by President Harrison e
his former post
since his resumption OF the duties OF the
/ once OF Secretary OF the Treasury HI " IN
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