, 1891-01-30

were seated, the members at tables upon
the floor and the guests At a long table upon
a raised platform. Aged Capt. Ambro
Snow, president OF the board, vas in the
centre place. At his right he seated Mr..
Window and upon his left Mr.. Bayard.
The dinner was completed shortly after
9 o'clock, aud Window was introduced
by Judge Armour. He responded to the
toast: Our cOuutry's prosperity de-
pendent upon its instruments of com.
merce." He 6nished his speech at 9:55
o'clock. 1t had been remarked that he
was readingi it off hurriedly from a printed
copy, gong faster and faster as he neared
the end, and at last he had requested the
audience not to applaud. A culver Of fear
shot through the assembiage like an
electric shock as the speaker finished.
Window was standing erect under the
glare of the gas lights, with the faces OF
all turned towards hun. For r m
the secretary stood silent. while the
banqueters. equally silent, watched him.
1t was a moment that no one who was
present will ever FORGET. Theu Mr.. Win
dom sat down quietly. too quietly many
thought, 10 his scat and Toast Master
Arnoux arose to introduce ex-Secretary of
State Bayard.
He had not proceeded far when Mr..
Window gave a sharp moan oS anguish
and fell back in his chair. His face grew
purple, his lower limbs stifened and
stretched out under the table, his eyelids
opened and shut ~spasmodically, but there
was no CLEAN OF intelligence Gnd they
were rapidly losing their luster of life.
The cigar which ne was smoking was held
between his clinched teeth for only a mo-
ment. The cry went no from those sit
ting near the guests table: Look AZ
Mr.. Window Every eye was turned
toward the man whose voice had lust
ceased; He collapsed in his char and
was falling to the floor. His face was
Rhastly and a cry of horror arose FROM
the late festive hanqueters. There was
an immediate rush toward Windows
chair, but several doctors who were pres.
ent at the dinner got their first and drove
the others back. They we're Drs. Robin
son, Durant, Whitney, Fisher and Bishop.
DR.. Robinson beut down, aud, making
a close examination of the PROSTATE form,
ascertained that the heart was still beat
ing, and with the assistance of Armour,
Capt. Snow and one or " others, car
rled him into a room behind the banquet
hall and everything was done TO revive
him. Messengers were hastily dispatched
TOR electric batteries and as many as four
we're applied to his body. But he rapidly
grew cold. This was exactly at 1905 D.
m. For six minutes they we're applied
necessarily, but without success. He was
pronounced dead.
II would say the cause of death was
apoplexy, said DR.. Robinson, iii it was
not for the history of heart disease. | am
inclined to think 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"
at l0:1l p. m. Judge Arnoux came out
OF the room where lay Mr.. Window and
announced to the diners that Secretary
Window, whom they had had the pleas
ure OF hearing only a few moments before.
had breathed his last. HE is dead - he
said. This fearful announcement. that
was uttered in a voice midway between a
sob and a whisper through that gayly be-
decked banquet hall. around which hung
the funeral pail smoke of the after dinner
cigar. He is dead. The words went
TO the heart OF every nan who heard
them. They could hardly believe that
the brilliant orator of a few moments be-
fore. aglow with enthusiasm at predicting
the future policy in the treasury, was now
only inanimate clay.
When it was officially announced that
the secretary was dead, Secretary Tracy
immediately went to the nearest telegraph
ONCE and sent q message to President !