Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-06


Window and Tracy, of the treas
ury and navy respectively. Novia
Scotia had a representative present
in the person of her attorney general.
MIR. Longley. Canada, too. was there,
in the person of Hon. MILFORD Laurier.
Mr.. Window, dignified of mien, as usual,
was apparently in perfect health Ali
formed jolly procession to the banquet
hall. where the members and guests
were seated, the members at the tables
| upon the floor and the guests ut the long
table upon the raised platform. The
aged Capt Ambrose Snow, president of
the board. was in the center place. AT
his right he seated Mr.. Window aud
upon his left Mr.. Bayard.
The dinner was completed shortly
after o'clock, and Mr.. Window. intro
duced by Judge Armour. responded to
the toast, ''Our conntry's prosperity de-
pendent upon its instrument of COM
merce." He finished his speech at 1855
o'clock. 1t had been remarked that he
was reading it off hurriedly from printed
copy. going faster and faster as he
neared the end, and at the last he had
requested the audience not to applaud.
culver OF fear shot through the as
semblage like an electric shock as the
/ speaker finished. Mr.. Window was
standing erect under the glare of the
gas lights, with the faces of all turned
toward him. For a moment She secrc-
tary stood silent while the banQueters,
equally SILENT watched him. 1t was a
moment that no one who was present
will ever forget.
Then Mr.. Window sat down quietly.
too quietly, many thought, in his seat
and Toast Master Arnoux arose to intro
duce ex-Secrctary Vt State Bayard as
the next speaker. He began short
speech, but had not proceeded far when
Mr.. Window gave short. sharp moan
OF anguish and fell back in his chair.
His face grew purple. His lower limbs
stitfened and stretched out under the
table. His eyclids opened and shut
systematically. 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 @clineh Of the
teeth. For only moment he appeared
, thus. A cry went up from those sitting
near The guest table, Look, look at Mr..
Windom!''
Every eve was turned to the man
whose voice had just ceased. AS they
looked he collapsed in his chair and was
falling to the floor. His face was
CHASTITY and Cry of horror arose from
the late festive banquetters There was
an Immediate rush on the part. of all
toward Mr.. WINDOWS chair, but several
DOCTORS who were present at the dinner
got there first and drove them back. They
were Drs. Robinson. Durant, Whitney.
Fisher and Bishop. DR.. Robinson bent
down, and marking close examination
OF the PROSTATE from. discovered that
the heart was yet beating, and with the
assistance Of Judge Truax, Capt Snow
and one or two others. carried him into
the room behind the banquet hall and
everything WIS done to resuscitat, him.
Messengers were hastily dispatched for
electric batteries and as many as four
were applied to his body, which was ran
idly growing. cold. This was at exuctiy
1905 p. M. For six minutes the electric
shocks we're applied incessantly, but
without success. He was pronounced
dead.
81 would say that the cause OF death
was apoplexy," said DIR. Robinson, ..if It
was not for the history of heart disease.
] am inclined to think that heart disease.
killed him. Mr. Window was subject tn
fits of heart failure. On Tuesday last.
he was seized with an attack while on
the steps OF the treasury at Washington,
but he did not lose consciousness. and !!
was able to take care OF himself"
AT lO:ll p. IN. Judge Arnoux came ont |
OF the room where lay Mr.. Window, and |
announced to the diners that Secretary |
Window. whom they had had the pleas |
IRE OF hearing only few minutes be-
lore, had breathed his last.
"He is dead,' he said. This was the
announcement that was uttered in a /
voice midway between u sob and a
whisper through that gaily dedecked |
banquet hall, around which still hung
the funeral pail smoke of the after din
ner cigar.
he is dcad.'' The words went to the
hearts OF every man that heard them.
They could hardly believe that the brill
liant orator of a few moments before.
aglow with enthusiasm, predicting the
future policy in the treasury, was now
only inanimated clay. His voice was
forever silenced, ana his last words were
Tor his country. Silence fell upon the
men who We're only a few minutes be-
lore c!1mOring for news of Mr. Window