The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-05


srCe~TARy wM. WINDOW. at its nihs 10 SIT
annual dinner aud the great goid nah,an
bright with light and cot r. any -,
there was happy and nhres'ra -
death too. sat at the board an. ~.
soul tina; flowed out was that Oh 'ne III.
TONS financial head Ills spirit hed away
at the close of his speaking. WHICH was INV
first Of the night. and til e last
The dinner which began al o'clock. was
completed shorty after O'Clock. ana Mr.
Windon introduced by Judge ArnouA'
arose to speak, being the first speaker Oh INC
evening. He responded to the toast; "our
tountry's Prosperity Dependent Cp"h us
instruments of Commerce."
He finished his speech al 300 tio'h- =.
had been remarked that he was readis IL
OF hurredlv from The printed copy. going
faster and faster as lac neared the emu.
and at last he requested the audience ho'
IL applaud.
4 auiv.r of fear shot through the as
semblage like an electric shock, when ho
finished.
Mr. Window was standing erect under the
| glare Of the gas-liss-ts. Willie the races .,
| the most famous body Of men IN Inc couh-
frv all turned toward him. Something WAS
| the matter. they knew not what. For
| moment the Secretary of the treasury
| stood silent. while the hannueterS- equatly
| silent. watched him. II 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 Toastmaster Judge Ainoux arose
| 10 introduce ex-Serretary of state Bay
| ard as the next speaker. He 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
| limits Stiifenrd and stretched out OF their
| own accord apparently. under the table;
| his cyclids opened and shut systematically,
| but there was no FL .am of intelligence in
| the eyes. which were rapidly losing the
| iuster of life.
For only moment he appeared thus. A
| cry went up from those sitting near the
| guest table.
Look, Look at Mr.. Window
Every eye was turned toward the man
| whose voice had just ceased upon the air
| At the rear Of the hail many stood. aud
many echoed the cry that Mr.. Window had
| collapsed in his chair and was falling TO tn.
| floor. His face was CHASTITY, ana a cry "l
| horror arose from 3he late festive IAN
| queters.
There was an Immediate rush on the part
| Of all toward Mr.. WINDOWS chair. but seH-
| eral doctors who were present at the dinner
| got there first and drove the others back
| They were Drs. :. A. Robinson, Durant.
| Whitney. Fisher. and Bishop. DIR. Robinson
| bent down. and making II close examination
| of the PROSTATE form, discovered that the
| heart was Yet beating. and with the assist
| anre of Judge Truax. Captain snow. ana
| one or two others. lifted him Ia his feet.
|
| behind the banquet hail. and eSefytliln
| was done II re>uscitate him.
Messengers were hastily dispatched for
| electric batteries. and as many a four were
applied TO his body. which was rapidly
| growing cold. This was exactly at 1905 y.
III. For six minutes the electric shocks were
| applied necessarily. but without success.
He was then pronounced dead by Drs. Rob-
| insIp and nurant
| Il would say that the cause of his 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 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 1911 p. H. Judge Armour came out OF
the room where lay MIR. Window and an
nounced to the diners that Secretary VIM
dom. whom they had the pleasure of hear
Ing only few minutes before. had reath-
ed his last.
| "Ife is dcad,' he said.
This was the fearful announcement. ut
tered in a voice midway between Il sob and
Il whisper, that foated through that gayly
hedecked banquet hall, around which still
hung, like funeral pail, the smoke of the
after-dinner cigar.
ale is dead.n The words went to the
heart of every man who heard them.
Gould they believe it?
mat the brilliant orator OF n few mi nuteS
before. that glowed with enthusiasm in pre-
dieting his future poll y in the Trea Jury.
was now only inanimate clay.
His voice was forever sfienced, and his
last words We're for his country
Every man looked at his n ,ighbor with
blanched cheeks. Death had indeed been
with them at their feast, and taken from the
fhrong ono of the nations chief officers.
William Window. Secrets airy OF the Treas
urS' was born in Belmont County. Ohio.
May 10. 1922. His parents had immisrated
10 that region from Virginia. He was
| academy ut Mt. Vernon. Ohio studied law,
and was admitted To practice in 1850 He
became Prosecuting Attorney for Knox
County in 1852.
| In 1855 he settled in Wiuona, MINI. Join
Ing the Republican party. he gained repu-
tatioa as an orator. and in 1858 was sent to
Congress He was a member of the House
of Representatives for ten years. serving
on the Committees on Public Lands and
Expenditure. and on the special committee
or the rebellious States. and for
three years Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs. He was an
pointed United States Senator in 1870 TO
I'LL an uneSpired term. and was afterward
elected for new term and reelected in
1877. In 1881 he resigned on being selected
| by President Garfield for the post of Score
tary OF the Treasury. He resigned when
Vice President Arthur succeeded to the
Presidency. and engaged in railroad and
other financial enterprises. making his
home principally in New York. until he was
| appointed Secretary of tho Treasury by
President Harrison March 4, 1889.