The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-30
SECRETARY WINDOW DEAD.
He SUDDENLY SUCCUMBS TO
HEART FAILURE IN NEW YORK


NEv YORK, Jan. 29.-The sudden death
Of Secretary Of the Treasury WindorN
while at a dinner of the Roerd OF Trade anC
Transportation At DelmonicO's tonight
caused the immediate adjournment Of thai
body few minutes after 10 O'clock. The
SECRETARY was the first speaker of the even
ing The dinner, which began AZ O'Clock
was completed shortly amer Q, and tn,
secretary arose 10 speak. lie entertained
the timers with an elaborate oratlsn an,
sat down amidst the loud appla1s
OF MS auditors. Judge ArnauX thei
got up aud WAS IN the midst Of hi,
spocca introducing ex-secretary Bayard
when some one cried, Look at Secretary
W .udom" The speech was broken short
and every eye was turned in the direction v
that gentleman. lie had collapsed IN hi'
chair, and was falling TO the floor. His fac,
was chastity, and a cry Of horror arOst
among the lat festive reyellers.
ELECTRIC BATTERIES lPPLIED.
There was an Immediate rush on the par
of aN hands towards Mr.. WINDOWS chair
but several doctors who were guests at the
dinner got there first and drove the other,
= a. IL
rant. Whitney, Fisher. and Bishop. Dr
Robinson bent down and. making a clos,
examination Of the prUstralo form, discov
cred that the heart was still beating. BY
bis order the dying Secretary was
carried into the dish room adjoining the
hauQuetting hall, and there placed on a
table,. Messengers were hastily dispatched
for electric batteries, and as many as -four
were applied 90 his body, which was rapid.
ly growing cold. This was exactly at 1910,
=. NJ, and FOR six minutes the electric
shocks were applied necessarily, but with
out success.
"HE rs DEAD"
At 1O1OP. NJ. judge AYnaux came out
of the dish.rOcm md announced IL the
diners that Secretary Window, whom they
had the pleasure OF hearing only a few
minutes before. had breathed his last. "llt
is dead This was the fearful announce
mcut that was sent through The
eaIly-decorated banquet hail, around
which still hung like funeral
pail, the smoke Of the after din
ucr cigars. ale is dead" The words
went 10 the heart OF every man who heard
them: could they believe it, the brllian,
orator of a few minutes before, asiow with
enthusiasm, predicting his future policy in
the Treasury, was only a mass Of clay
His voice was forever silenced, and his last
words were for his country.
ANAWFUL SILENCE,
Every man looked p. his nelghbor with
blauched CHEEKS. Death, that awful
messenger. Lad descended upon their feast
and i.Nen from the crowd one OF the na-
Tons chiei officers. A silence fell upon the
men who were only fpw minutes
before clamOring for news Of Mr
Window. Judge Arnaux in retiring
had announced that Mr. Window had only
tainted. and it was not thought 10y
the outsiders that it was serious, as il
proved 20 be- The Secretrry had succumbcd
90 an attack of the heart. He had been fOI
a long time "a sufferer from heart disease,
aud only last Monday was visited by a
shock. which, however, passed away with
out causing him much inconvenience.
THE PRESIDENT INFORMED.
when it was officially announced that
the Secretary was dead, Secretary Tracy
40 once went to the nearest telegraph Office
and sent message TO President Harrison,
Informing him Of the sad event, and request
x him % communicate with Mrs. WindOm,
a.l have her start on the 1l:1O Z. NJ. train
U New York. This will bring the widow
e. .. city by Z O'Clock in the morning, and
mo-; nul then can any arrangements be
ma the removal of the body.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
WiHam Window was born in Belmont
count. 'uiO. on the 10Th Of May. 1871 lie
reccn an ac; demic education, studied
law ID. Mount Vernon. Ohio, and was adj
mittod to the bar in 1850. In 1852 he became
prosecuting attorney for Knox county, hui
Inn lSj, Doe removed to Minnesota, and
soon anerward he was chosen TO Con
ercss from that state as Repnb
Hcan. serving from 1883 to 1869. III
that body he served two terms az
Chairman Of the Committee on indian
Affairs. and also was at the head Of the
special committee % visit the Western
Alb I'M 1s6j, and of that on the conduct
of Dp Commissioner OF Indian Anal
in 1861.
Iu 1870 he was appointed to the United
states senate 20 fiji the unexpired term ol
Daniel =. Norton. deceased, and he was
subsequently, chosen for the term thai
ended m 1871.
SECRETARY on THE TREASURY
He was reelected for the one that closed
I'm 1853. and resigned in 1881 to enter the
cabinet of President Garfield as Secretary OF
she Treasury, but retired on the accession ol
President Arthur in the same year, ana was
elected by tle Minnesota Legislature Ia
lis
afo. I'm that body Mr.. Window acted as
chairman of the committees on appropria-
fous. foreign affairs and transportation
Al the inauguration Of President Harrl-
son hc was offered the Treasury portfolio III
me Cabinet. "A selection eminently fit on ac-
count of Mr.. Windows deserVedly estaD-
U.upd reputation as financler and states
man. He has served in that capacity with
distinguished ability from the time OF HE
anpOintment 10 the moment OF his sudden
demise.
HIS LAST SPEECH.
RespOnding 10 the toast: "Our COuntry,s
Prosperity Dependent pom It's instrument
Of Commerce. secretary Window tonight
before his sudden death, spoke briefly OF
the two chief instrumentalltes OF com.
merre. transportation and money, ana
fbolr relations 20 the wealth ana
nro.perifv of the country. A ma
iion's wealth and prosperity, he sald;
are usually IN proportion 10 the extent ana
success Of It's commerce, and commerce
itself is dependent upon the adequacy anu
sdautation of these two essential lnsIu
ments. The history OF all ciVlllZ.eS1
countries attes.s the iact' ne salu'
fhat tbe nation best equipped IN tsest
respects, rapidly becomes Tue ihOst poMel' p'''..
mi the richest and the most prosperous
Our own country is no exception to the RUE
No nation has ever 1ostered more hOerally
or protected moro carefully It's internal ana
coastwise trade than we have done, ano
The resultant magnitude and pros
peritv of our domestic commerce
n. believe. without parallel in the history
Of the world. We nave more miles oil ran
road than all Europe, Asia, ana AIrlca
combined. The floating tonnage ofthe United
states engaged in c0astwise commerse anu
ON our lakes and rivers is very isr IN ~
excess of that Of any other nation Oul
heme markets in 1880 absorbed nye tunes -
,nucb of our manufactured products R a.
Creat Britain exported Of hers 10 all Tut
markets OF the world.
A CONTRAST DRAWN
Contrast these results Of our literally de
veloned domestic commerce, operating upOl
onr nrotected Industries, with the Presen
shameful cOndi Ion OF our loreisl
trade. There was time 1.s. wnen 10 .bin We
s.ood first among the nations III snip
6niJding and Great Britain. alone, e1cellee
M I'm tonnage. Now 50 far as foreign trad'
u concerned, our ship-yards are compare
,i,ely silent aud our nag has almost aiSap
nesred from the high seas. 10 strong Ih, Ia,