The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03

spector of the. schools of New York,
and in 1875 was appointed corporation
counsel for New York, and retained the
position for seven years. In 1885 he
accepted the portfolio of the navy in
Cleveland cabinet.
TRIBUTE FROM CLEVELAND.
Princeton, N. J., Feb. 3--Mr- Cleveland
Whitney's death. To an Associated Press
representative he said:
greatly shocked me. AS I think of him,
my mind, passing beyond recent years,
dwells upon the days of my association
the time when 1 had the opportunity to
enjoy his unreserved intimacy and friend
ly cOmpanionShip. Our relations have new
er changed, but the exigencies of life have
forbidden recent close intercourse.
Mr.. Whitney had more calm, forceful
work that interested him he actually
seemed to court difficulties, and to find
pleasure and exhilaratiOn in overcoming
them. His conquest over the obstacles
he encountered in undertaking to build
up our navy afforded him greater delight
than the contemplation of the great re-
suits he achieved in his department of the
government. His judgment was quick,
when it was called into action his mental
pOise was so complete that neither pas
sion nor irritation, could lead it astray.
while I remember all this with admi-
ration and affection, I recall with more
tender sentiment Mr. Whitney's devotion
to his friends, his extreme consider alton
for all with whom he came in contact,
his thoughfulness for the case and COM
fort of others and his ready impulse to
holm those xsrIoo ,,aaIaf5 I7afr1 707,rr,
death of a friend of whom it can be
truthfully said that in his character were
combined mental traits of high order
and loving qualities of heart that Crap
pied him to his friends with hooks of
steel"
GORAIAN SHOCKED BY THE NEWS
Washington, Feb. 3.-Senator German
who was closely associated in political
affairs with Mr.: Whitney, said:
THE death of William c. Whitney is
a great shock to me, as it will be to the
entire country It was my good fortune
gun in 1888 since which time. I enjoyed
as close and warm personal friendship as
Is possible to exist between men.
Mr. Whitney was q most remarkable
man-WaTm hearted, generous and with
the faculty of attaching friends to him
such as few possess. He was endowed
with rare ability and in dealing with pub
lie affairs had breadth of vision which
made him the. equal Of any of his com
peers, no matter how august. His death
is a great loss to his friends, his party
and his country.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
New York. Feb. 3.-Septicaemia was
the immediate cause of the death of
William c. Whitney, former secretary
of the navy. who died Tuesday. A semi
official account of his last hours is to
the effect that the toxin which pro-
duced peritonitis following the operation
for appendicitis. gradually spread
through the tissues of the body until it
reached the brain cells, when there was
paralysis and death.
The physicians had concluded to open
the superficial wound and examine the
area from which the pus was absorbed
by the drain inserted after the opera
ton. It was impossible to make this
examination without putting the patient
under the influence of an anesthetic on
account of the great pain Ether was
administered, the wound was opened
and the lower part examined While
this was going on three doctors kept the
closest watch on the patients pulse and
heart beats. Before the examination
was concluded it was noticed that Mr.
Whitney was sinking. The administra-
ton Of ether was immediatel stopped
but before its effects could wear off he
was dead