The McCook tribune., 1891-02-06
sudden Death of secretary window.

Sudden Death of Secretary Window.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-The large
dining hall of Delmonico's never pre-
sented happier picture than ut 6
| o'clock last evening when the men,
bers and guests of the New York board
| OF trade and transportation, more than
250 in number began the exercises of
| the annual banquet of that organiza-
tion. Nor was it ever the scene of
| such profound CONSERVATION rs that
| which Overcame the company four
hours later, when the chief guest and
principal speaker of the occasion fell
| from his chair and died few minutes
later. The banquet was of exceptional
interest because of the prominence OF
the speakers and the significance Of
| the subjects to be discussed. The list
of speakers included Secretary Win
dom, ex-Secretary Bayard, II. Fred
Laurier of Canada, Attorney General
Longley of Nova Scotia, Secretary of
the Navy Tracy, Attorney General
| Miller, Murat Halstead and Major Nc
Kinley and Congressman Breckenridge
of Kentucky, who sent regrets.
The sudden death of Secretary of the
Treasury Window, while at the dinner
of the board of trade and transporta-
| ton at Delmonico's, caused the i'm
| mediate adjournment of that body q
| few minutes after 10 o'clock. The sec
| retary was the first speaker OF the
evening. The dinner, which began at
o'clock. was completed shortly after
Q o'clock, and the secretary arose to
! speak. He entertained the diners
, with a most elaborate oration and sat
down amidst the loud applause of his
! auditors.
Judge Arnoux then got up and was
in the midst of his speech introducing
eX-Secretary Bayard when some one
| cried:
Look at Secretary Windom!''
The speech was broken short and
every eye was turned in the direction
OF that gentleman. He had collapsed
| in his chair and was falling to the floor.
His face was ghastly, and there was 4
| cry of horror among the late festive
| revelers. There was an immediate
rush on the part of all hands toward
| Mr.. WINDOWS chair, but several doc
tors, who were guests at the dinner,
| got there first and drove the others
back. They were Drs. S. A. Robin
son. Durant Whitney, Fisher and
Bishop.
DR.. Robinson bent down, and max
| ing close examination of the pros
trate form, discovered that the heart
was still beating. BY his orders the
dying secretary was carried into the
dish room adjoining the banqueting
| hall and there placed on Il table.
Messengers were hastily dispatched
| for electric batteries and as many as
four were applied to his body. which
was rapidly becoming cold. This was
exactly at 1905 p. m, and for six
minutes the electric shocks were ap-
| piled incessantly, but without success.
| At 10:11 D. N. Judge ArnouX came
out of the dish room and announced to
| the diners that Secretary Window,
whom they had had the pleasure of
hearing only few minutes before had
| breathed his last.
He Is dead" This was the fearful
| announcement that was sent throught
| the giyly beGecked banquet nail.
around which still hung like funeral
| pail the smoke of the after dinner ci-
gars. He is dead" The words went
to the heart OF every man who heard
| 4ba,n Gould tba1, bo1;ava - +lo hill
liant orator of few minutes before,
| aglow with enthusiasm. predicting his
future policy in the treasury, was only
| mass of clay. His voice was forever
silenced, and his last words were for
his country. ea
Every man looked at his neighbor
with blanched cheeks. Death, that
| awful messenger, had descended upon
| their feast and taken from the crowd
one of the nations chief officers. A
silence fell upon the men who only II
| few minutes before were clamorug for
news from Mr.. Window.
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
WARRINGTON, Jan 30.-The news of
Secretary WINDOWS sudden death in
New York was not received here until
| 4 late hour, and at midnight was known
| to but few. In official life-to the
| president and among his brother cab
| met officers and their families-the
news came about II clock like pail
at the dinner and musical entertain
ment being given by Postmaster Gen
eral annamaker to the president and
| cabinet. The guests assembled had
| enjoyed their excellent menu and were
being entertained with a soul inspiring
musical entertainment, with c. j.
Bushnell. and Miss Elliott of New York
as baritone and soprano, when the sad
news came in a dispatch to the post
| master general
The president and Mrs. Harrison,
Secretary and Mrs. Blaine-in fact all
| the cabinet or some members OF their
families, except Secretary Window and
Attorney General Miller were pres
ent Mrs. Window, her two daughters
and lady friend were present.
When the sad news came, at the
suggestion of Secretary Blaine or the
postmaster general. Mrs. Window 5
friend, who had been informed OF the
death, feigned serious illness, and ac-
companied by the secretary's wife and
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