St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-30
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standing erect under the glare of the
gas lights while the faces of the most
famous body Of men in the country all
turned toward him. Something was the
matter. They knew not what. For
moment the secretary of the treasury
stood silent while tile banqueters.
equally silent, watc!lef. him. 1t
was moment that no one
who was present will ever forget.
Then Mr.. Window sat down quietly
too quietly. many thought, in his sea
and Toastmaster Judge ArnouX arose t.
introduce eX-Secretary of State Bayard
as the next speaker. He began short
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 Climbs stiffened and stretched
out of their own accord apparently I'M
der the table. His eyelids opened and
shut spasmodically, but there was no
CLEAN of intelligence in the eyes which
were rapidly losing the luster of life.
The cigar which he had been smoking
was held between the grim clinch OF the
teeth. For only moment he appeared
thus. A cry went up from those sitting
near the guest table:
ssLook, Look at MI. WindOm:''
Every eye was turned toward the man
whose voice had just ceased upon the
air. At the head of the hall many
stood up and many echoed the cry. Mr..
Window had collapsed in his chair and
was falling to the floor. His face was
CHASTITY, and cry of horror arose from
was an immediate rush on the
part of all towards Mr.. WINDOWS chair,
but several doctors who were at the
dinner got there first and drove the.
others back. They were DrS. S. A.
Robinson. Durant, Whitney, Fisher and
Bishop. DR.. Robinson bent down and,
making a close examination of the
PROSTATE form, discovered that
the heart was yet beating, and
with the assistance Of Judge Truax.
Capt. Snow and one Or two others, lift
ed him to his feet, deathly pale. He
was carried 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, which was rapidly grow
ing cold. This was exactly 10:05 p. IN.
For six minutes the electric shocks were
applied necessarily but without success.
He was pronounced dead by DrS. Rob
inson and Durant.
Il would say that the cause of his death
was apoplexy," said DR.. Robinson. If it was
not for the history of heart disease. am IN
clined to think that heart disease killed him.
Mr. Window was subject to fits of heart fail
u1e. On Tuesday last he was seized with an
attack while on the steps of the treasury at
Washington, but he did not lose conscious
ness and was able TO take care OF himself.
At 1O:11 D. m. Judge ARMOUR came
IF tl,ay xxila To- WIn6nnl
and announced to the diners that Sec
rotary Window, whom they had had the
pleasure of hearing only few minutes
before, had breathed his last. HE is
dead,D he said. This was the fearful
announcement that was uttered i'll
voice midway between a sob and
whisper through that gaily bedecked
| banquet hall. around which still hung
like funeral pail the smoke of the
after-dinner cigar.
s'EEe Is Dead.o
The words went to the heart of every
man who heard it. Could they believe
it? That the brilliant orator of few
minutes before. who was aglow with
enthusiasm and predicting his future
policy in the treasury, was now only in
animate clay. His voice was forever
siienced and his last words were for his
country. Every man looked at his neigh
Dor with blanched cheeks. Death had
indeed been with them at their feast
and taken from the throng one of the
nations chief officers. A silence fell
upon the men who were only a few
minutes before clamoring for news of
| Mr.. Window. Judge ArnouX, OH retir-
! ing with the unconscious man, had an
nounced that Mr.. Window had only
tainted, aud it was not thought by those
remaining that it was as serious as 1t
| proved to be.
| The News to Washington.
When it was officially announced that
the secretary was dead. Secretary Tracy
| at once went to the nearest telegraph
Office and sent message to President
! Harrison informing him of the uDtimely
event, and requesting him to commu-
nicate with Mrs. Window and have her
start on the 11:10 p. IN. train for
New York. This will bring the
widow to the Guy by Z O'Clock in
the morning. and not until then can any
arrangements be made for the removal
of the body. DR.. Robinson said that
| when MIR. Window was brought into
the Eanteroom he felt no pulse, except
three irregular pulsations of the
radical artery, three or four minutes
after he was placed On table.
The scene that enSued when the death
was officially announced is beyond de-
Sc1ption in mere words. Gradually
the excitement abated, and then the
following death certificate was issued:
| I'VE hereby certify that Hon. William
| Window, secretary of the United States
treasury, died at Delmonico'S. corner Of
Twenty-siXth street and Fifth avenue, at
New York city about 10:l1 o'clock p
/ +I,n,
tify that the cause of his death was,
first, cerebral hemorrhage. and. sec
ond, coma. (Signed) E. J. Whitney,
M. d., 100 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn;
S. A. Robinson, NJ. D., West Brighton,
l.. L." Undertaken HUXLEY, OF Grace
church, was Summoned and was put in
charge OF the remains.
The Body
was taken to room rs of the Fifth
Avenue hotel Secretary Tracy and
Attorney General Miller. with heads
bowed down, awaited at the hotel to re-
ceive the remains. Later. President
Snow teiegraphed to President Harrison
that the body would be sent on to
| Washington on a special train in the
morning. President Snow appointed
the following committee to escort the
| remains: Ambrose Snow. Darwin II.
| James, f. b. Thurber, w. III. Wiley,
Seth Thomas and Norman S. Bentley
Gen. Logan 5. Murray, president Of the
Washington National bank, was at
the dinner, and also j. Edward
Simmons, OF the Fourth National bank.
Immediately after the announcement
was made that the secretary was dead
the two gentlemen proceeded to make
arrangements to notify the presidents Of
the banks in the New York clearing
| Rouse to be present at a meeting at the
| clearing house tomorrow to take ae-
| ton on the secretary's death. President
| Snow, of the New York board OF
trade and transportation. also gave no.
tice of a special meeting OF the organ
ization, OF which he was at the head, to
| meet at p. IN. to take action. Those
| who remained with the body all night
were Collector Erhardt, Private Secre-
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