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Show AIGER WILL RETIRE. HIS DAY3 IN-THE WARtUEPART-MENT WARtUEPART-MENT ARE NUMBERED. fleitirnatlnn, Either Votuntarj or by - qaet,Wlltle Handed In Within the Nut Ten Day. Washington, Fob. 21. Tho days of Socretary Alger In tho war department aro numbered. The resignation of tho secretary of wnr, voluntary or by request re-quest of the president, will bo handed in within a fortnight. President McKinlcy hns practically mado up his mind as to Alger's sue-succor. sue-succor. Theso positive statements wero made by a man usually woll Informedi and wcro subsequently admitted ns a probability by a mcirder of the cabinet cabi-net wljo has talked wlth tho president confidentially on tho subject. Secretary Alger is in Detroit. It is believed ho Is making plans for returning re-turning thero and resuming his old buslucss engagements. Secrotory Alger's contemplated Jun-let Jun-let to Cuba and Porto Illco, It Is ns-icrted, ns-icrted, Is off. This Is one of tho rea-10ns rea-10ns for believing his resignation Is to lako effect Immediately, Invitations Issued to members of tho military :ommlsslon and their families still aold good, but If tho secretary docs not go himself it is possible tho trip tvill bo abandoned entirely. In Bplte of statements to tho con. trary, it can bo possltlvely asserted that the relations between tho president presi-dent nnd Secretary Alger aro decidedly trained. |