Show GENERAL AtHER ALGER ALGERS S DIES ud j jk n nud f fj H Had Been Feeble for a Long rime Jime but the End Was I INot Not Expected J j jI I LEFT STATEMENT BEHIND BEHIN W 1 AN ESTIMATE OF PRESIDENT r t n t j 5 tJ r Jan 1 States Senator Russell A Alpl Alger of Michigan Fi oJ 1 died H asu suddenly at iris his In this S city at this morning fbi tOI 11 lowing nn an acute aute attack or of oed ma of the with which he was l shortly after arter 2 Although Son Sen t I ator Alger had not been In good health t 1 for tor some time Iris death wu was most mORt un unexpected Unexpected S expected The senator last Jut night was I apparently in his health During it the day he bue i S mess Iness and was at the war department t tup up to a late hour y yesterday afternoon j S At the bedsIde when he passed l away I were Mrs Algor Alger and their son JIOn aptt in d dF 1 F M 1 Alger and hie wife Ii S Attacked Tuesday Night NightOn H On Tuesday night Senator Alger r when about to l leave ATe the hou houe e to at it II tend a dinner given in ironer honor of sen senator en U 1 ator Alden Smith by the Michigan I i I gallon au an attack sf r heart failure but It was only with i that ho he was to remain at i home Senator Alger attended the session or of AI 1 tire the 9 senate Tuesday afternoon and ap appeared ti f jl as welL wall as usual t 1 Vice President ident Fairbanks was the first to call at the AI Alger er re residence today to tc express sympathy fhe funeral will be heir at t 2 p ni Saturday at the family faintly rosi thence In city The body will be betaken t taken to Detroit for burial Dr William Gerry Morgan win WitH wan pre present ent hen the senator died made the following statement to t the he Associated Associated Press Bress S Alger had Irad suffered red for R a S good many years with chronic of the heart beart but of late lat h he seemed to be a good goo dt deal l better This S he a at about 7 and about S oclo k got up UI and S w went nt about the room for a few tew min minutes mm utes Thou he laid down and was wa at S once stricken with acute oedema or of the lungs Ten len minutes after r ire he was strIck strIcken S Sen en he was unconscious And dill dIl nut not r re 4 gain consciousness His death was Vas i quiet And apparently painless S Dr Clayton was l In but the thA jj senator was breathing his last at that S time Senate and House Adjourn The session ot the senate toda today y was a Ith E t ts th oath ot Cf P r r Dr Edward t after ot of the S o of yesterday e tS tas Senator I Furrows at td resolutions I the regret and anel sorrow of the Lady body Ut at the su den death and provid providIng j jing Ing for a special committee o twelve to re represent resent tire he senate nate at the I fu funeral eral In this city elty and attend the body to tf The resolutions agreed r to and on motion of Senator Burrows the tho senate at 1217 a adjourned as a fur further 4 ther mark of t The house houSt u n receiving nt I ti tion n of the death or of Senator Alger ad adjourned adjourned out of re respect to th memory of the deceased th president was wa informEd of Senator Algers death hp he addressed II a note of to Mrs Alger and accompanied it with a floral offering The formal announcement or of Seti Sen Senator S Sator ator Algers ers death was made to thI th J S army by Secretary Taft in 8 n order In which after recounting S Senator Al Algers i igers gers services and payIng a tribute his character It 4 ordered that flit flags at all military posts post be displayed S At on the da ot the funeral funera S The order SaYs Secretary 0 of War Var Alger was the subject of unjust criticIsm because of the lack of for lor wiry WAr whoa When war came camf Although for this I he was In l no wise responsible LACKED BACKBONE General Alger Left an Interview to I IBe li liBe Be Published After His Death S Milwaukee Jan c Journal today prints an with Continued on on Page 2 S S 4 t tf f S St SS t 5 S 5 i a 1 S I S Sa a A c 55 4 S S S SI T I I IS Is Iz 5 S s I 5 z t 4 Yi r rr r r 5 k S l 5 A r Q i I 5 4 i PS iq S 4 e 2 5 I IS S S S S S SI I i S 1 S I S S S I i S CM lien A ger gerr S SS S S SIS r IS ISS r S I 4 4 Vt l S TET I 0 1 J GENERAL ALGER ALGERI I DIES SUDDENLY Continued from Page 1 General Alg Alger r In Detroit March iI 4 1900 givIng inside fact re his resignation from McKin Jc s cabinet General Alger exacted a that th the interview would riot not be bc J published until after his death G General Alger taid that owing to the severa criticism against him during the W war r he three times to resign from the cabinet but that flint each time President McKinley said sahl h lie would quit the be ba iero lie he would allow atlow It Presidents Word Worth Little General Alger said that th the sequel showed how much words were worth In that resignation w as b cau the president was embarrassed and annoyed because of alleged alliance with Governor Pingree In n a plan to elect Alger to th the United States gLuten senate over after the tho latter had promised to give way to General Alger after his term was up General Alger said sald that 11 Mc McKinley Kinley lacked backbone Interview With McKinley Ho He related how he had finally learned throUgh VJ Vice e Pr President Hobart Bobart that McKinley claimed ho fl had iad him and how h he Went f to the and asked jf If he had really embarrassed him bun Yes Yos he saW said you have om ar ed m me anti and I am annoyed 1 i told him hIrn that X I could rea readily lIy re hove his embarrassment by resigning from I X ha have e not asked you to resign he said I 1 shall never ask you to resIgn Resignation Accepted But I wrote out m my resignation and SEnt It it to the president I 1 had decided In order to prevent a fight among the Republicans of Michigan to ds s a candidate f r tho United States senate But X I did not tell the president this Th The option he meant to give me you ou see was to abandon tile the fight against in ord order r to saVe sae my place In the cabinet A few days after this X I rec received from tile the president his n of my resignation Then I went to the president and tol told l him that when X I accepted a 3 J place in his cabinet I had hod not surrendered m my Mckinley k d B Backbone General Alg Alger r said he told th president dent thIngs about which ho he alleged d were not to M MC Asked for nn an or of Character General AIg Alger r replied I cannot give that to you He has n many an l qualities but he lacks and nothing can an make up tip for forthe the lack hack of backbone r General Alger would not ten tell the Jour time inside of the facts of his relations with President McKinley until n a pledge ot or secrecy had been made madeS S I 1 wIll tell you ou hO he said Gal but you OU must me not to publish while I Iam Iam am alive a word ot of what I sat ay It Is something not published I c n In my boOk The ThO promise was given lief hept t nC |