| Show MR DEAD heart failure suddenly ends his life AT A BANQUET AT DELMO NICOS NEW YORK jan 29 lion william windom secretary of the treasury of the united states died tonight to night at 1005 in the banquet hall at it Delnio delmonico nicos i where he was a guest of the new york board of trade and transportation ilis his had been the first toast of tile the evening he had filli finished bed his re L and seated himself lie ile swooned at once and died almost immediately every effort to restore him was made but in vain lie he died of heart disease the great reat assemblage at once dissolved mr AVin doni had been the only speaker and the sentiment to which lie ho responded was our count rys prosperity depends upon its instruments of commerce lie ile finished his bis speech an it had been remarked that lie wa was reading it off hurriedly from a printed copy colly going faster and faster as lie neared the end and at last lie he had requested the audience not to applaud A quiver of fear miot hot through ci b the assemblage like an all electric shock holk ab the speaker finished mr windom nas mas bt blanding anding M erect under the alie glare of gas as lights light with faces of all turnell turned board toward him for a moment the secretary stood food silent while banque equally silent watched him it was a moment that no one who was present will ever forget then their mr Alin windom doin sat down quietly too quietly many thought 0 and the toast Ili master astor arose to introduce ex secretary of state bayard as tile next speaker lie ile be began bean an a lhart speech cli but had not proceeded far when mr lr windom n gave a short sharp moan mean of an anguilli angui fisit sli and fell back in his chair ills his face grow grew purple his lower lit limbs stiffened ned anil and stretched out under the table his eyelids opened and shut spasmodically but there was no gleam earn of intelligence i in n I 1 liis ever which were rapidly losing tho the lustre of life the ci cigar ciar ar which lie hail had been smoking was held field between his troth tooth for only a moment lie he appeared ipp earcil thus tile the cry went up from allo c sitting tim near the guest table look look it at mr windom every eye was turned toward the nian inan whose lose voice had just ec ecard aca aed cd As they looked lie collapsed in liis his chair and was falling to the floor bloor his face was glia aly and a cry of horror arop front from the lato late festive fi tive banquet quetter rR there was an air immediate rush on oil tile the p rit of ill all toward Win doine chair but several doctors who were present at dinner got ot there first and drove the others bak baik they were doctors robinson durant whitney Whit ncy fisher ind and dishop dr robinson Eo binson bent down and making a close examination of the prostrate form discovered tho the heart yet beating and with the assistance of jud judge jude e captain snow and one or or two others curried carried him into the room behind tile banquet liall hall everything was done to resuscitate him were hastily dispatched for electric electric batteries and HB as many as four were applied to his body but it was rapidly growing colit this was exactly 1005 pm parl for six minutes electric were applied incessantly but without success lie he was pronounced dead president snow telegraphed to president harrison that tile the body rould be sent to washington on a special train in the morning ili in char charge c of a I 1 special il committee when I 1 licit tire ead lul intelligence was communicated to 0 o president har risen at the white house iw ht was in the library talking with mrs II arrion lie immediately ordered ills his carriage and went to the house of tile lie postmaster general hut but a few blocks blocke away nilcia herc a cabinet dinner had been ili in progress ind and from froin which lie he re returned t arned but a few minutes bedfor lic fure A reception had followed the dinner and tile guests had not all dispersed mrs windom in doni ind and her two daughters and mrs colgate 0 of new york who ho is visiting till 0 them were amon among 1 1 those present As soon as tile lie P resident president arrived lie he had a hurried conversation with secretaries blaine and proctor and tile the po postmaster st C general and told tile them of the grief that had befallen them they then privately informed mrs colgate of mr windows Win Alin doms death and she ale without exciting ad tile suspicions of mrs windom and her daughters succeeded ceded in ill getting them to their carria carriage c aud home the president sc Serc rotary tary proctor and postmaster general wannamaker entered carriages 0 and followed directly after when mrs windom and her daughters 0 reached the house mrs irs colgate 0 gently broke the dreadful n news C ws to the bereaved widow and daughters mrs irs windom had flail to b be e assisted to glicr ter chamber tire the shock was a terrible one when avirell the secretary left washington bashing Na shing ton this morning lie lic seemed ined in the best of health anil and spirit 1 Ail william liani windom ir idoni was nas born in admont county may ily jo 10 1827 ile ho rece reclined iNed an academic education studied law at mount vernon oldo was admitted to tile bar in 18 io in 1852 ls ia became proc pro ic cutill buting attorney of knox county in 1853 remove removed to minnesota and soon scion after was cl chosen ioen to cong congress gress as a republican erving from 1859 to in ili 1870 lie was appointed to tit alic united states senate to fill tile term acrin of daniel S norton deceased anil and was wai abse quentin chosen for the torm term that ended in 1878 lie ile was ro re clestol for the one that closed in and resigned kcf in 1681 to enter the cabinet of president Pre Adent garfield as secretary of the treasury but retired on oil tile accas accession ion of president arthur tile saine year ear and as elected by the minnesota legislature to so serve rv c tilt remainder of his term teral in the senate lie ile wah vas appointed sr secretary of the treasury trea ury by pres president idelet ila arison and lias has binca e served in that capacity |
