Show lie died at emiil GIVEN INH HONOR at Delmo nicos ew york heart disease the cause latest dispatches jao 20 hon wlliam windom secretary of the treasury of the united states died last night at 10 05 ia the banquet hall at Delmo nicon whore he was tho of the new york board of trade and transportation he had been the first toast of the evening he had fini ahad his response and seated himself and swooned at once and died almost immediately every effort to detoro him was ado but in vain he died of heart dia easa tha great as em blaga at once mr win dm had been the only speaker and the sentiment to which ho responded was our count rys prosperity de upon iia of commerce on the topic of moaby tho secretary aid an ideal financial would be one that should furnish jut enouch absolutely bound currency to meat the luamata lu imata wants of trade and have bough nough elasticity of volume to adjust it lf to the varying necessities of the people should euh eu h a medium be efured the grave commercial disasters which threatened our future liht b averted iver ted these aldaya come when unusual activity in cadee an abnormal demand for money a iu the autumn for the movement of our immense crops there will always b graat baneer of choie times under any cast iron system of currency such we now have had it no been for the peculiar condition which enabled the united states treasury to disburse of over in two and a half bionta baat fall thu stringency would have faulted in widespread financial ruin in tho opinion of the secretary our bonded debt should be in part exchanged for inter convertible bonda bearing a low rato of interest and always inter changeable for money at the will of the people Bel eivins there is rot enough ot either rold or silver in tha world to meet the of business the secretary aid he waa an bi and conceded to no one a desire for the free and unlimited coinage of silver as boon as tha conditions can be reached through international agreement or by which such shall be safe but it waa hia firm conviction thai for this country to enter upon that experiment now would basult not in bi me taliam but in silver which would produce swift and sure contraction and eventually reduce the market value of silver in conclusion the secretary said give us direct and ample tion facilities under the american nag and conti oiled by american cities a currency abound in quality and in quantity an bank to facilitate exchanges and a system of reciprocity carefully adjusted within the linca ot protection nd not only will our foreign commerce aaen invade every ea but every american industry will be quickened and our whole people feel the impulse impulso of a new and prosperity ha finished his speech at it was remarked he was reading it off hur from printed copy going faster and faster as be beaded the end and at last he requested iba audience not to kp plaud A quiver of fear shot through the aa like an el atric shock as tha speaker finished windom was standing erect under the glare of the gas lights with the faces of all turned to ard him for A moment the secretary tood eilent while the qually aident watched him il was a moment that no one who was present will octar forant then mr windom aaa down quietly too quietly many thought in his seat and the toast master arose to ex secretary of ustate bayrd as the next speaker he began a hert speech but had not proceeded far when mr windom gave a short sharp moan of and fell back in his chair hia face grew purple his lomei limbs stiffened and he stretched out under the table his eyelids opened and shut spasmodically but there wa no glim of intelligence in the ayea which was rapidly the guitre of i life the cigar ha had been ankine was held between the prim clinch of his teela for nearly a moment he appeared thus A cry went up from near the guest table Look look at mr eye was turned toward the man whose voice had just ceased As ih y looked he collapsed in his chair and was falling to tho floor alia face was ghastly and a cry of horror ariae from the late festive there was an immediate on the part of all toward Windom 8 chair but several doctors who were ai the dinner got there and drove the others back they were robinson durant whitney fisher auci bishop dr robinson bent down and making a close examination of the prostrate furm discovered the heart waa yc beating and with the assistance of jude tauai captain snow and one or two uther s curried him into the room behind tho banquet hall and every thing was done to resuscitate him were hastily dispatched patched dia for electric oai and BK many as four wre applied to bis body but it was rapidly grow iiii cold ahia waa exactly 1005 p m fur pix minutes the electric ferere applied incessantly but without wit houi suc cesa lie wag pronounced dead 1 I would say the cause of death wa ea id dr Robi if it was not for the history of heart dis cape I 1 am inclined to think heart dibease killed mr windoil as lie was biba act to nia of heart fai luio on tuesday last he aas seized with an at tact while on the fitzpa of the treasury at washingto Washing tm but he did not lose con and wad able to take care of himself him seli morning a special triin bore the itie dead secretary to toa where mra windom ih awaiting awai tine its anival the body is in chalso of s |