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DEATH AT THE FEAST.
Secretary Wiiidom Suddenly
Expires in New York City.
Falling: Back Dead Just Aftei
WILLIAM WINDOM.
William Windorn, of Minnesota, Secretary
of the Treasury of the United States, died at
eleven minutes past ten o'clock a few nights
ago in a small serving room adjoining the
banquet hall at Delmonico's, in New York
City, where but a few minutes before he had
finished delivering the speech of the evening
at the annual banquet of the New York Board
of Trade and Transportation.
The scene was the most dramatic and
tragically sensational ever witnessed at an
occasion of festivity in that city.
Secretary Windom, after finishing his
speech, standing in front of the table ot" the
guests of honor in the glittering banquet
hall, sank slowly into his chair, the seat of
honor, being the first to the right of the
President of the Board of Trade and Trans
portation. Few noticed that he was aflected in any
unusual way. Applause in hearty rounds
for his speech was still at its height.
The Secretary had spoken with particular
energy and clearness. His form was erect
and his face aglow with what seemed the
flush of health at its best in ripe manhood.
Every modulation of his voice and every
gesture indicated the speaker who had him
self and his subject under perfect control.
After the Secretary had gained his seat he
sat for perhaps three minutes as if half
dazed, and then his head sank slowly for
ward. Dr. 8. A. Robinson, of West Brighton,
Staten Island, who sat facing the Secretary
atone of the longitudinal tables, was the first
to notice the change in the Secretary' s' con
dition. Secretary Windom's head had meanwhile
6unk almost to his breast. His eyes were
opening and closing spasmodically.
Dr. Robinson stepped quickly over to the
Secretary, but before he reached Mr. Win
dom's side the Secretary swayed in his chair
and then slid from it half way to the floor.
Mr. Windom had lighted a cigar just before
sitting down, and the cigar dropped from his
hand.
Others in the room now noticed the con
dition of tne Secretary. There was an in
voluntary movement of those sitting nearest
to start forward, and J udge VV. H. Arnoux,
who had begun to speak after Secretary
Windom, stopped suddenly.
He and ex-Secretary of State Bayard, who
sat next to Secretary Windom, sprang to his
side. Every one of the 250 and odd gentle
men at the tables was now aware that some
thing unusual had happened.
One moan came from Secretary Windom's
lips as his startled friends strove to relieve
him. He stretched forth his hand, seized a
tumbler filled with water and hastily swal
lowed a mouthful. It was probably his last
conscious act. He gasped for breath. The
glass fell from his nerveless grasp.
So intense was the silence that reigned in
the chamber that it seemed almost as loud
as a death' knell upon a church bell. Theu
followed another painful gasp; his head
dropped forward further.
Secretary of the Navy Tracy, who sat near
by, had by this time joined the others who
were at the stricken man's side.
They lifted him to his feet, deathly pale.
He was carried into the serving room be
hind the banquet hall, and everything was
done to resuscitate him. It was fruitless.
At eleven minutes past ten he was pro
nounced dead by Dr. Robinson and Dr. Du
rant, who had come to the former's assistance.
The tears coursed down the cheeks of ex
Secretary Bayard. Mr. J. S. Colgate, the
banker, Secretary Windom's lifelong friend,
wept like a child. Mr. C. M. Hendley, Mr.
Windom's private secretary, was completely
unnerved. For five minutes the Secretary
lay on the table without a sign of life.
At eleven minutes past ten o'clock, just
eleven minutes after Secretary Windom had
been stricken down, Dr. Robinson, whose
ear had been pressed close to
the breast of the inanimate form to catch
the faintest sound of the beating of the
heart, stepped back and said in a tone of in
expressible sadness:
'He is dead."
A tablecloth was spread over the face of
the dead man to shield it from obtrusive
eyes and the group oc watchers left the
room.
Then Judge Arnoux returned slowly and
sadly to t he b3T qgt hall ami an n aunced that
M.rai-Arv Wdim's voice had been heard
for the last time in that or any other gather
ing. The assemblage broke up in confusion.
The News Received iu Washington.
The 'av world of Washington was assem-
bled at the borne oi tne rostmascer-uenerai
when news came of the death of Secretary
Windom in New York. This was about
10.30 P. M., and within a few moments the
reception had come to an abrupt close, and
the guests, with the exception of the per
ioral friends, all departed.
was .great consternation among the
jaker mansion when the news came, and one
ot the first guests to hear it was Mrs. Win
dom, as the President sought her side at the
earliest possible moment, and broke the sad
tidings to the bereaved widow.
While they were leaving the housa the
news of the Secretary's death was spreading
like wildfire about the city. Official notices
were sent to all the public officials, and
a hasty conference was called at the
White House. Notices of the death
were posted in the telegraph offices, where
tbey were read as theatregoers passed up
Fifteenth street after the play. In ten minutes
the news was in every hotel and public place
n the city, and knots of people were soon on
the street.
Mrs. Windom's daughters and Miss Col
gate, of New York, accompanied her to the
W'aua maker reception, and it was just 11:15
-uen these ladies returned to their home on
lassachusetts avenue, where Chief Clerk
Brackettof the Treasury Department was
awaiting them.
In ten minutes the President, Secretary
Proctor and Postmaster-General Wanamaker
dashed tip and entered the bouse. Soon
many other friends came and endeavored to
calm the rrief of the widow and orphans.
The utmost surprise was expressed by
everybody unacouaintci with the Secre
tary's private fii as Mr. Windom was the
last mzzi in public life in Washington who
was thought likeiv to die suddenly.
He had every appearance of good health;
he was temperate in his living and habits
and very domestic in his tastes. It i3 well
known to his intimate friends, however, that
for several years Mr. Windom had suf
fered from heart disease, and for many
months he had been under treatment by a
Philadelphia physician.
It is also a fact that for several months tho
Secretary had been fearful that he would be
attacked by disease, and therefore he was ac
companied constantly by his Secretary, Mr.
Hendley, who ngver failed to walk with him
to and from his ofilce, and at all times to be
by his side.
The Secretary's family consisted of a mar
' ried son and two younr daughters who have
but recently made thoir bow to society. The
son lives in Washington and is in the office
of the Suoervising Architect of the Marine
Department. A few mouths ago his little
son died and the residence of the grand
father was therefore closed for a week. It
has since been reopened to the social world,
and on the day of her husband's -death, Mrs.
Windom held one of her most crowded and
brilliant Wednesday afternoons.
Mr. Windom's Career.
Mr. Windom was a short stocky man.
nearly sixty-four years old. His parents
had lived "in Virginia, but migrated from
thero earlv in the century to Belmont
County, Ohio, and there the future Repub
lican politician and financier was born.
He was brought up on a farm,
went to the common schools, and then the
academy at Mt. Vernon, Ohio; studied law
and was admitted to practice in 1850. Two
years later he was chosen Prosecuting At
torney for Knox County. Three years after
this ho moved to Winona, Minn., and from
that time until a few years ago Minnesota
was th3 State in which he made his home
and found the poetical support that put him
in high office and made him, according to
Roscoe Conkling, an available candidato for
the Presidential nomination of the Republi
can party.
Soon after settling in Minnesota young
Windom joined the Republican party and
made himself well known as a stump speaker.
In 185S he was sent to tho House of Repre
sentatives at Washington. His services
there extended over a period of ten years-,
much of his work being done in
the Committees on Public Lands and
Expenditures, as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs, and on tho
Special Committee on the Rebellious States.
In 1870 he was appointed United States
Senator to fill an unexpired term, and twics
afterward he was elected for a full term. He
held the office until 1881, when Presideut
Garfield made him Secretary of the Treas
ury. Upon the accession of Arthur ta the Pres
idency, Mr. Windom resigned his Secretary
ship and soon after was elected by the Min
nesota Legislature to fill his unexpired term
in the Senate. A strong opposition was
created against him, however, in his own
party, and ris leadership in Minnesota and
general influence as a factor in Northwest
politics were bitterly attacked. His enemies
triumphed and he was defeated for renoni
inatiou. From comparative obscurity, he emerged
when President Harrison invite I him to take
the portfolio of the Treasury Office.
Funeral Services.
Funeral services over the remains of th
late Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon.
William Windom, were held at the Church
of the Covenant in Washington City.
The vast concourse comprised more of
ficials of President Harrison's Administra
tion than have ever before gathered together
in one edifice. The scene was impressive in
its solemnity and awe-inspiring in its simple
grandeur.
Gathered within the walls of the stately
white marble church were the Nation's
greatest; statesmen, the most renowned dip
lomats of foreign countries and the highest
officers of the Army and Navy of the United
States.
The hour fixed for the funeral ceremony
was 13 o'clock, but by 10:30 o'clock the ave
nues and streets leading to the church began
filling with carriages and pedestrians.
Tho Executive departments, District Gov
ernment buildings, postofnees and public
schools were closed iu respect to the memory
o::' tae deceased. The Supreme Court of the
United States met and took a recess
until after the funeral servif!P3 Trm
services
entire city seemed to bo in mourning, the
flags on the Executive departments drooped
at half-mast about their staffs, the great
Treasury Building, the scene of the Secre
tary's greatest achievements, and all its
bureaus heavily drapad in mourning, ren
dered the scene about the city decidedly im
pressive. The Navy department, shrouded in
mourning for George Bancroft, late Secre
tary of the Navy, and the Department of
Justice, draped in mcirning for the late
Attorney-General Devens, added to the
solemnity of the occasion.
At 11 o'clock a private service for the fam
ily and intimate personal friends was con
ducted at the family residence. The Rev. Dr.
Hamlin, of tha Presbyterian Church of the
Convenant, officiated.
At the conclnsion of the privata services
the funeral cortege moved to the church.
Before the remains of Secretary Windom
readied the church the doors were opened,
and t'jase having cards for reserved seats
were admitted. These nearly filled the edi
fice, and the spaca that was left was sooa
filled by the public.
Upon the platform were placet! a number
of drooping palms, which was the only at
tempt at decoration.
At ten minutes before 12 o'clock the re
mains of the dead Secretary arrived. The
casket, borne on the shoulders of eight mem
bers of the United States Treasury Guard,
was preceded up the broad aisle by the mem
bers of the Cabinet, who constituted
the honorary pall-bearers, followed
by members of the family, Mr.
William D. Windom and Mrs. Windom, the
Misses Windom, Mr. and Mrs. Windom,
brother and sister-in-law of the late Secre
tary; Mr. Charles M. Hendley, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Stanley Brown, Mrs. Lucretia Gar
field and the members of tho Windom house
hold, the President and Mrs. Harrison, Mr.
Russell Harrison and wife, Mrs. McKee and
Mrs. Dimmick.
When all were seated the choir sang
"Jesus, Lover of My Soul," after which the
Rev. Dr. Hamlin read selections from the
Revised Testament. The hymn "In the
Cross of Christ I Glory" was then rendered
by the choir with excellent effect.
Dr. Hamlin, without taking a text, epito
mized his conception of the character of the
deceased.
The services were brought to a close by
prayer by Dr. Hamlin, in which he besought
consolation for the family in their affliction
for Rock Creek Cemetery. The casket was
novprri with Mafr A-onTd it w.a
and for the President and his official family.
The services at the church lasted one hour,
and at 1 o'clock the funeral corteze started
the burial casket contained the simple in
scrition 41 U'illiam Windom, May 10, 1S27. January
29 isyi."
" Vhen the cortege, about half a mile in
length, reached the cemetery at 2:30 o'clock,
several hundred old soldiers, inmates of tae
Soldiers Home, stool with uncovered heads
on either side of the entrance.
There was no evidence that a grave had
been dug, for it was heaviiy covered over
with cut cedar. The casket was placed on a
spread canvas, while Dr. Hamlin read the
brief service?. It was then deposited in its
last resting place, and before the grave at
tendants began their work, f ie distinguished
mourners had left the cemetery and re
turned to the city.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
In the Senate.
45th Day. The House Apportionment
bill was taken up. After a long debate,
participated in by Senators Washburn.
Davis, Gorman. Carlisle and others, the bill
was laid aside. ... A conference report on the
bill for a public building at Rockford, ill.,
was agreed to, and the House bill, increasing
to $75,000 the limit of cost for a
public building at Portsmouth, Ohio,
was placed on the calendar
The House bill to confirm agreements with
the Sac and Fox nation of "Indians and the
Iowa tribe of Indians, of Oklahoma Terri
tory, was passed.. ..The conference report
on the bill for a public building at Pueblo,
Col., was agreed to. The appixmriation is
reduced from $400,000 to 50,000
4uth Day. The Senate passed the bill
creating the office of Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General
with a salary of $4000 a
year The Apportionment bill was passed
vithout amendment, on a strict party
vote.... The Army Appropriation bill wr.s
taken up.
47th Day. The Senate adjourned im
mediately after the reading cf the Journal,
as a mark of respect to the late Secretary
Windom, who was formerly a member of
that bodv.
4Sth Day. The Vice-President laid be
fore the Senate the credentials of Mr. Cam
eron for his new term Mr. Cullom pre
sented two resolutions of tha Houss of Rep
resentatives in the Illinois Legislature. He
said that they instructed th Senators from
that State to vote for the Free Coinage
bill and against the -'Force bili'...
The Army Appropriation bill was
theu taken up and laid aside
Tha Fortification Appropriation bill was
then taken up; but it was laid aside infor
mally and pension bills on the calendar -were
proceeded with. There were 110 bills pas?ed,
among them bills giving pensions of 850 a
month to the widows of General Buell,
General Starkweather, Major Gordon, of tho
Fifth Cavalry; General Peiouse, Lieutenant
Colonel Lee, Brigadier-General Abraham
Duryee and General Edward F. Noyes. Also
the House bill granting a pension of $100 a
month to General Franz Sigel. The bill to
pension Mary Anne Dougherty was objected
to and went over.
49th Day. The Senate met after tho
funeral of Mr. Windom. .. .Mr. Turpie in
troduced a joint resolution proposing au
amendment to the Constitution for the elec
tion of United States Senators by the direct
vote of the people of the several" States
The Fortifications bill was considered, tho
defencelessness of the country coming up
tor debate. . . .The Hawaiian Treaty and it;
relations to theJTariff bill were discussed.
50th Day. The House bill extending the
time to thirty days for which the President
may designate a temporary succession in thu
Cabinet was passed The Fortification by I
was discussed and some amendments were
adopted. .. .The Senate concurred in th3
House amendment to the Senate bill for a
public building at St. Paul, Minn., reducina:
the amount from $1,500, 000 to $300,000.
In the House.
43d Day. The Journal of yesterday's pro
ceedings was approved without question. . . .
The .Senate resolution for the printing of
15,000 extra copies of the report of the Irri
gation Commission on the irrigation of the
j arid lands was agreed to.... The Speaker
j laid before the House the resignation of Joan
j H. McCarthy as Representative from tho
Seventh District of New York. Laid on ti
! table.... The House considered the Military
I Academy Appropriation bill, but no actio; i
j was taken.
j 44th Day. The Military Academy Ap
propriation bill was debated After a rather
! stormy scene between the chairman (Mr.
j McComas, of Maryland,) and Mr. Breckin
! ridge, of Arkansas, pertaining to a question
j of recognition, the committee rose and ro
j ported the bill to the House. No quorum
i appearing in the House, that body, without
j disposing of the bill, adjourned.
I 45th Day. At 12:10 o'clock the House a
a mark of respect to the late Secretary Wiu
I (1cm, adjourned. The Speaker appointe 1
I the following committee to attend the
funeral: Messrs. McKinley, Mills, DunnelJ,
j Holman, O'Neill, of Pennsylvania; Forney,
i Vandeveer, Blount and Snyder,
j 46th Day. The Military Academv Ap
propriation bill passed without opposition
I ... .The House then went into Committee of
1 he Whole on the Diplomatic and Consular
Appropriation bill Public business b?ia;c
I suspended, the House procseded to pay
i tribute to the memory of the late Lew.s
Watson, of Pennsylvania,
j 47th Day. The House met after tue
, funeral of Mr. Windom. . . .Mr. Ownbey was
lx'fore the House and explained whv he
n eglected its summons to testif v bsfore the
Silver Pool Committee The House passe i
a biil amending the Revised Statutes so as to
xive the President thirty days, instead oi
ton, in which to nominate a successor to any
Cabinet place made vacant by death or
resignation.
iSi H Day. In the debate on the Consa'ar
bill the Mizner and Reiter affairs came up
for discussion. .. .The Sundry Civil Appro
priation bill was reported.
aim !
THE SIOUX OAMPAIQIT,
The War in South Dakota Cost Us
About 32,000,000.
An estimate just sent to Congress by the
Secretary of War to supply a deficiency in
the Quartermaster's Department teils the
story of the cost of the Indian campaign
;ust closed. The round sum of 81,300,000
is asked for, tha principal items of
which are $935,016 for transportation of
.troops and supplies and f 187,702 for extra
;clothing, camp and garrison equipage neces
sary to fit out for the winter campaign;
$70,000 to replace horses broken down in the
campaign and for tha purchase of ponies,
and $87,000 to cover the difference in cost of
supplies purchased for troops in .the field
and the contract prices at the post from
which the troops were drawn. There were
.other expenses under the supply department
that will probably bring the total cost of the
campaign up to 2,000,000, asam sufficient to
have given the Sioux the $100,000 annual ap
propriation promised them lor a psriod of
twenty years.
A BrrEDiCTrKE priest in Erie, Penn., hai
cau?ht smallpox through a letter from a
brother priest in an infected district in
Texas.
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