Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-02-05

bright with light and colCf. And feasting
there was happy and dnrestrained, but
death too, sat at the board; and the only
soul that flowed out was that OF the ma
tion's financial head. His spirit fed away
at the close OF his speaking, which was the
first of the night, and tn G last.
The dinner, which began at O'Clock, was
completed shortly after o'clock, and Mr..
Window, introduced by Judge Arnoux,
arose 20 speak, being the first speaker OF the
evening. He responded TO the toast; "Our
Country's Prosperity Dependent Upon Its
Instruments OF Commerce.
He finished his speech at 0: 55 O'Clock. 1t
had been remarked that he was reading it
off hurriedly from the printed copy, going
faster and faster as he neared the end,
and at last he requested the audience not
| to applaud.
A culver of fear shot through the as
semblage, like an electric shock. when he
| finished.
Mr.. Window was standing erect Under the
| glare of the gas-lights. while the faces OF
| the most famous body of men In the coun-
try all turned toward him. Something was
the matter. they knew not what. For
/ moment this Secretary OF the Treasury
stood silent, while the banqueters, equally
silent, watched him. 1t wis moment that
no one who was present Will ever forget.
Then Mr.. Wlndom sat down Quietly, too
quietly many thoughts in his seat,
and Toastmaster Judge Arnoux arose
TO Introduce ex-secretary OF State bay
| ard as the next speaker. lie be-
| gan a short speech. but had not pro-
ceeded far when Mr. Window gave short,
| sharp moan OF anguish and fell back In his
| chair. His face grew purple; his lower
limbs stiffened and stretched out, OF their
| own accord apparently, under the table;
| his eyelids opened and shut spasmodically,
but there was no gleam OF intelligence In
the eyes, which were rapidly losing the
| luster of life.
For only moment he appeared thus. A
cry went up from those sitting near the
! guest table.
a1ooki Look at Mr.. Wlndom!"
Every eve was turned toward the man
| whose voice had just ceased upon the air.
At the rear of the hall many stood, and
many echoed the cry that Mr.. Window had
collapsed In his chair and was falling to the
| floor. His face was CHASTITY, and cry OF
horror arose from the late festive ban
queters.
There was ar Immediate rush on the part
OF all toward Mr. WINDOWS chair, but sew
eral doctors who were present at the dinner
| got there first and drove the others back.
They were Drs. s. A. Robinson, Durant,
| Whitney, Fisher. and Bishop. DIR. Robinson
bent down, and making close examination
of the prostrate form, discovered that the
heart was yet beating and with the assist
ance of Judge Truax, Captain Snow, and
one or two others, lifted him to his feet,
deathiy pale, He was carried into the room
behind tho banqdet 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
growing cold This was exactly Mt 1000 p'
m. For six minutes the electric shocks were
applied necessarily, but without success.
He was then pronounced dead by Drs. Rob-
inson and Durant
~ a., Ia nf Ne
was npoplexy.n said DR.. Robinson, @if IL was
not for the history of heart disease. / am
inclined to think that heart disease killed
him. Mr.. Window was subject to 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"
t1O,11 u. m. Judge Arnoux came out of
the room where lay Mr.. Window and an
nounced to the diners that Secretary Win
dom, whom they had the pleasure OF hear
ing only a few minutes before, had Dreatn-
| ed his last
ale is dead,n he said,
This was the fearful announcement, ut
tered In a voice midway between sob and
q whisper, that floated through that gayl
bedecked banquet hall, around which still
after r-dinner cigar.
ale is deadn The words went to the
heart OF every man who heard them.
Could they believe II?
That the brilliant orator of a few minutes
before, that glowed with enthusiasm In pre-
dieting his future poll ~ in the Treasury
was now only inanimate clay
His voice was forever silenced, and his
last words were for his country.
Every man looked at his heighbor with
blanched cheeks. Death had indeed beer
with them at their feast. and taken from th'
throng one of the nations chief officers.
William Window, Secretary OF the Treas
ury, was born In Belmont County, Ohio
May TO- 1927. His parents had immigratet
} to that region from Virginia. He wa
brought up on farm, was educated In th'
academy at Mt. Vernon. Ohio, studied law
and was admitted to practice In 1880. Ill
became Prosecuting Attorney for knol
County In 1882.
In 1855 he settled in Winona, MINI. Join
ing the Republican party. he gained a repu
tation as an orator, and I'm 1858 was sent Z
Congress. He was member OF the Hous
Of Representatives for ten years, servin
on the Committees on Public Lands ant
Expenditure, and on the special conlmitte
on the rebellious States, and TO
three years as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs. He was ap
pointed United States Senator in 1870 {
hll an unexplred term, and was afterwar
elected for a new term and reelected Il
1877. In 1881 he resigned ON being selecte
by President Garfield for the post of Secre
tary OF the Treasury. He resigned whe
Vice President Arthur succeeded to tn
Presidency, and engaged In railroad an
other financial enterprises, making hi
home principally In New York, until he wa
appointed Secretary of the Treasury b
President Harrison March 4, 1889.