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Show ALGER STRICKEN; WAR SECRETARY'S DEATH IS SUDDEN End in Washington to United States Senator Prom Michigan and Former Member of McKinley's Cabinet; His Part in "Embalmed" Beef Scandal. Russell A. Al.sei-.' United States Senator from Michigan, Michi-gan, died suddenly in Washington today of heart disease. Tie had been a General in the army, and at the time of the Spanish-American war was Secretary of War. As such he was sharply criticised at the time of the "embalmed" "em-balmed" beef scandal. WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 United States Senator Russell A. Alger of Michigan died suddenly at his home in this city at 8:45 o'clock this mornlna;. There were practically no premonitory symptoms that the end was near. A T .vl oVJ.irk the Sr.at'T hsi a p!aat:f chat vn'h Mr A'-r in her room, .inl thn went iiivn ""air. A few mir.il's la'er the S'Miat.-r differ'! a fuTT1''' "f 'he har' tronri'e fr"tn n-K,,-h i,P 'ifferl for a I 'tie time a rvl ileat h came k ' . Ill Several Days j Senator Alger bai ".' bMn feeling l fir 'vfw! li. Tuesday aijjht tie hail eapeored to attervl a ilinner at th home of onjjrpssman T'ilhm AMert Smith the Senator piect. hn' at th last moment word im- from him tiiaf he would not bo sh'e ' i eorr.e. H:s phi-:an had alv.i1 him acairs coin;; i o-i that piht v; of his not fa mc (i rv ive' ! epa'.ir A'.c" h i i v.ffe-e 1 f o' ears f roT .V'li:.- '.a .1 1 .m f ! irf T r. Spi r i M h-1 Sn or ar"b'r T'i'da' frr;oon, where j r." 'a--l fhlo-i...r ':;e e"':re ses ! r.ini lls'enitlC to the dlS'".lsiii:i t the I Hr-' r.s-iiie a rf a t ' b t ..'i-'o,-k i he f'lr-H ' 1 th-' ': r r!. - hre he r wh 1 o! Ka:i -"aiit at rr 'f f ie Senrce. and ! i'-t Wi' ham Warner of Missouri, telling war rories Or. Gerrv Morgan. Senator .Klgt' physician, said : Senator Alger had suffered a (find many years with rhmnie valvular diseae of the heart, but of late he ; fi"v"i to be a good deal better. This morning he awakened at about 7 oVIook and abour ,S o'rWk got up ni went about the room for a few minutes. Then he lav down and was at cn" stricken with aeute oedema of the lung. Ten minutes after he was stnrken he was unconscious, and he did not regain consciousness His ; death was quiet and apparently pjtn- I less. i Fr. i lavton was called in but the I Senator iris breathing his last at that time. p 'Embalmed ' ' Baef Bcudal. , Alger was Pecretarv of War in Ptsf-denr Ptsf-denr McKir.ley'g i'aVinet, holding the position during the Spanish-Araenean war. Whil prepara'iona were under wv and mo' particularly after th .'rual beginning of hostilities h was made th target of vicious criMcism and he central rtg'ire m many cruel car-. car-. .v- p s T3f ac-ued first of delaying war ur r.ecpsa n! v. later, of responsibi' itv f.i- sending 'embalmed'" beef ti Att'oricitn sildiers in their camps. Mioh'gan never lost faith in her lis i:ig'i!h'd .in. however, for upon his ret ir-tuen' from the "abinet ne ji s. nt f,, -he t'nited State Senate |