Show I HOW HE COT THCnC Irtnro rlu nh I te4 Ituemi t floe ryl l ro le o General ltuiq i lAltiTUeAteyl hg favorite ran of Mlehlgnn lnvibri tdt tlonnl republican couventloiia and mitt peer of any living American had nn huiublo beginning write an admirer Hit Known what It Is to be poor for In her life he ban bwm a laborer In M brick yard a farm hand nnd 11110 Lincoln Lin-coln has n record fur splitting rail It was aa a logger amid rafter however how-ever Unit ho found hla way to fortun Ucnnral Alger was horn In Lafayette Ohio Ieb 2i 1831 He labored Oil the aim until he readied the ago of 20 when be crossed the line Into Michigan and thin Journei 1 la the lumber wool ol thin druml tier valley He secured l n Job as n lumber niton nt a sate mill I nt the princely I salary et 112 a month loiter he liciame a rafter nn the Grand river At rand Itaplda bo en paced In the lumber bualnesa on his own account and the enterprise proved very Buccosiful In tho meantime h < i had not neglected the work of selfcan cation and In 1k5v ho was Admitted lo thin bar In loft ho 1 ralccd a company of volunteers nnd went to Iho front ns captain of the Hecond Michigan Caval r > Ho illilnnulshcil himself nt Uettya burg and In llo Shenandoah ncf 110 canto out of chit war ua brevet major ma-jor general After tho war he engaged In the lumlcr builnosa at Detroit and amazed n large fortune In 1881 he woe elected governor of Mlehlgnn on the republican ticket hole administration adminis-tration as governor for two yearn was distinguished by many reforms Ho refused re-fused n re nol llIotlon In 1S90 ho wig nUSSI tI A ALann chosen commnndcrlnchlef of the Grand Army of the Republic It la believed be-lieved ho Is I worth 18000000 Twice II i enr Chrlatmni and Thanksgiving be distributee largo sums ot money among tho poor of Detroit and elsewhere else-where ioncral Alger was ono of tho Brat Republic to suggest the Grand Army of tho I |