Evening journal., 1891-01-30


SECRETARY WINDOW. intro ducing eN-
Secretary Bayard when some one cried
Look at Secretary Window" This short
speech was broken short and every
eye was turned in the direction of that
gentleman. lie had collapsed in his chair
and was falling 20 the floor His face was
ghastly and a cry of horror arose among
the late festive reveliers There was an
immediate rush on the part Of every one
toward Mr. WINDOWS chair. but several
doctors who were guests at the dinner. got
there first and drove the others back. They
were Drs. :. A. Robinson, Durant. Whit
ney, Fisher, and Bishop DR.. Robinson
bent down, and making a close examine
tion Of the PROSTATE form. discovered that
the heart was still beating
The Batteries Proved Useless.
BY his orders the dying secretary was
carried into the dish room. adjoining the
banqueting hall and there placed on a
table, Messengers were hastily dispatched
for electric batteries, and as many as four
were applied to his body, which was rapidly
growing cold. It was exactly al 1896 p. m.
when this occurred, and for six minutes the
electric shocks were applied incessantly.
but without success. At iO1l Judge Ar
nOux came out of the dish room and an
nounced that Secretary Window, whom
they had had the pleasure of hearing oGly
afew minutes before. had breathed his last.
A Fearful Announcement.
He is deadr'
This was the fearful announcement that
was sent through the gayly bedecked bau-
quet hall. around which still hung like a
funeral pail the smoke Of the after dinner
cigars. The words went 10 the heart OF
every man who heard them Could they
believe il; The brilliant orator Of a few
minutes before, aglOw with enthusiasm.
predicting his future policy in the treas
ury, was only mass Of clay. His voice
was forever silenced, and his last words
were for his country.
Every man looked at his neighbor with
blanched cheeks Death, that awful mes
senger, had descended upon their feast and
taken from the crowd one Of the nations
chief officers.
An Attack OF ApopIexy.
A silence fell upon the men who were
only few minutes before clamOring for
news of Mr. Window. Judge Arnoux in
retiring had announced that Mr. Window
had only tainted, and il was not thought
by the outsiders that it was AS serious as il
proved to be. The secretary had succumb-
ed to an attack of apoplexy. He had been
for long time sufferer from heart dis
ease and only last Monday was visited by
a shock, which, however. passed away
without causing him much inconvenience
The President Informed.
When it was officially announced that
the secretary was dead Secretary Tracy at
once went TO the nearest telegraph Office
an n IA
informing him of the sad event and re
questing him TO communicate with Mrs.
Window and have her start on the li.I0 D.
m. train for New York This will bring
the widow to the city by O'Clock in the
morning. and not until then can any ar
rangements be made for the removal Of
the body.
Cerebral HemOrrhage and Coma.
The doctors who were present. after an
examination, issued the following certif-
cate:
We certify that Hon. William Window. see
retary Of the United States treasury, died At
Delm0nic0's at l0:ll p. m, Jan. ~ 1891 and we
further certify that the cause Of HIS death was
first, cerebral hemor1hage; second coma.
f. j. WHITNEY. NJ. D.,
s. A. ROBINSON, NJ. ID.
1t was decided 70 remove the body to the
apartments in the Fifth Avenue hotel
which had been occupied by the late secre-
tary. Those who remained with the body
all night were Collector Erhardt, Private
Secretary Hendly, Attorney General Mil
Ter, Secretary Tracy, +. B. Thurber, f. ID. /
Harper, and DR.. Robinson. Undertaken
Huyler. OF Grace church. was summoned
and put in charge of the remains.
Later President Snow, Of the board OF
trade and transportation, telegraphed TO
President Harrison that the body would
be sent on to Washington on a special
train in the morning. Mr.. Snow appoint |
ed the following committee to escort the
remains: Ambrose Snow, James Talcott, |
+. b. Thurber, w. H. Wiley, Seth Thomas
and Norman 5. Bentley
Gen. Logan S Murray, president Of the
Washington National bank, was at the
dinner, as was j. Edwards Simmons, of
the Fourth National bank of this city. |
Immediately after the death was announc-
ed these two gentlemen proceeded TO make !