Show WILLIAM WHITNEY DEAD former secretary of navy succumbs to append bitis will ams collins whitney former secretary of the navy died d I 1 ed at his h I 1 s home h ome in ila new york city tuesday at the age of 64 death being caused blood poisoning following an operation for appendicitis william collins whitney I 1 was born in conway mass july 5 1841 and was a descendant of john whitney one of the engi engl sh puritan leaders who settled at watertown mass in 1625 mr air whitney was made secretary of the navy by president cleveland in 1885 he was the leader of the cleveland forces in 1892 mr whitney was oft often n apol ed of as a pres identical Ident ial fal possibility |