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32 THE SERVICES THIS DAY AT THE CHURCHES. the Rev. Dr. Dunder- Arrest _and ““The White Church, Eddy street, near | Morning—Sermon land ening—Y Christ's Trial,” with prelude on Man's Burden.” Xirst Baptist Jones—Rev, E. A. Wocds. Morning—""The Present Tense,” by the pas tor. Evening—'The Miff-Tree,” by Rev. Frank L. Sulllvan. 145600 Hamilton Square Baptist, Post street, near Stelner—Rev. W. C. Jenkins. Morning—Sermon and instruction by the pastor. Evening—Sermon on the Gospel. Bartlett street, near Zmmanuel Baptist, G. Gibson. Twenty-second—Rev. J. Morning—High mass and sermon by one Of_the priests of the community. Evening —Sermon and vespers. 8t. Charles Borromeo, Eighteenth and Shot- well strects—Father P. J. Cummins. k3 > > & b & © k3 ® ® © and . Harrison | Morning—High mass and sermon. Even- ing—Vespers. 6t. Brendan's, Fremont streets—Father. Nugent. Morning—High mass and sermon by one of the priests of the parish at 11 o'clock. Evening—Vespers and sermon. st B Van Ness avenue and Broad- way Morning—High mass and sermon at Evening—Sermon and vespers. Corpus Christl, Alemany and 1 urch of Salesian Fathers, Croke streets PTLEBEHVELIOLBTTE Y- PRODOVPOOHH06 5t Charles, Twenty-fourth and Shotwell | Morning—High mass at 10:30 o'clock. Even- © | streets— Father Cummings. ing—Vespers and sermon. < e $ Fi Dominics, Bush and Stelner streets— | Morning—_High mass and sermon. Even- g AT ermon and the recital of the ro- @ P = = 04 € S Francis, ValleJo street and Montgom- | Morning—Tiigh mass and sermon at 1l § _em oveme 'clock, _Evening—Vespers and sarmon. © Al Hallows, Sixteenth avenue and N street | Morning—High mass and sermon on the > *—Rev. D, O'Sullivan. Gospel at 1 o'clock. Evening—Vespers, & benediction and sermon. $ e ® —== $ 5t Ignatius, Van Ness avenus sud Hayes | Morning—Sermon on the Gospel by the Rev. & & street—Jestit Fathers. Father Sardi, 8. J. Evening—Fourth lec- S ture of the series of Sunday evening lec- ® P tures to be delivered by Father Manoney, & S : S § St James, Twenty . t and Guerrero | Morning_High mass and sermon by one of ® streets—Father P.'R. Lynch. the priests of the parish. Evening—Ves- S pers, benediction and a sermon. St Joseph's, Tenth street, near Howard— Morning—Hi 5 ather P. Scanlen. orning—High mass and sermon by one of the priests of the parish. Evening—Ves- pers. §t, Mary’'s Cathedral, Van Ness avenue and O'Farrell street—Rev. J. J. Prendergast, V. G 3 Mornigg—Sermon and high mass. d Eventng —Vespers. St. Mary's Church, California and Dupont étreets—Paulist Fathers. Morning—Sermon and high mass at 11 o'clock. ~Evening—Vespers, sermon and benediction, Morning—High mass and sermon_ by one of the priests of the parish. Evening— Vespers, rermon and benedliction. “s, Mission street, near Third— ., Twenty-ninth and Church | Morning—High mass at 10:30 o'clock. Even- ‘ather Connolly. ing—Sermon and vespers. Morning—High mass and sermon. Even- ing—Sermon in Itallan by one of the priests of the community. . Alabama street, near Twenty- [ Morning—Sermon on the Gospel. Evening— S. Casey. Vespers, benediction and sermon. street, near Fourth— | Morning—Solemn high mass at 11 o'clock, with sermon by the pastor. Evening— Vespers. > of Victorles, Bush street, near | Morning—High mass and sermon by one of Marist Fathers. the priests of the community. Evening— Vespers and sermon. * essee and Butte streets— | Morning—High mass and sermon. Evening —Vespers, benediction and sermon. venth avenue and Polnt | Morning—Sermon and high mass.at 10:30 prayer (full choir) at 10; choral celebra- Market—Archdeacon Emery. tion and sermon at 11. ther Coyle. o'clock. Evening—Sermen by the pastor. ¢t Side Christian, Bush street, between | Morning—*‘The Disciples’ Prayer.” Even- and Devisadero—Rev. W. A. Gard- | ing—"Giants.” Bartlett street, | Morning—Sermon_by- Professor J. 2 b W. C. Pond. ell. Evening—Vesper service from 5 s A e = St el b Third Congregational, Fifteenth street, near | Morning—'"The Man With the Ho p Miesion—Rev. Wiillam Rader. Sermon by Chaplain Brown of the b Iowa on the subject of “‘Enthuslasm.’” 3 tlonal Church, corner Green | Morning—"‘Go Forward.” Evening—''Char- 4 s and’ Montgomery | @&cter vs. Dogma,’’ being the last of the H ocombe. Sunday evening lectures on ‘“‘Essentials of b Religion.” : Congregational, Seventh avenue | Morning—“Prayer as a Force in _the DI- ent street—Rev, P. Coombe. vine Government.”” Evening—‘What Is | True Religion?” Congregational, Seventeenth and | Morning—'"The Vanguard of God.” e streets—Rev. H. T. Shepard. ational Church, Vermont | Morning—Sermon by the pastor. Evening— near Twenty-fourtb—Rev. W. W, | Same. b | b C 2 of the Advent, Eleventh street, near | Morning—Holy communion at 7; morning b b Grace Episcopal, California and Stockton | Morning—Sermon and service at 11 Even- streets—Rev. R. C. Foute. ing—Sermon and music. | Morning—Sermon by the rector. Evening— Street—Rev. § s avenue Moreland. and Clay H Same. St._Cornelius Chapel, —Rev. O. 0. Kelley Morning—Special service for the soldiers. vening—Sermon and instruction. Presidio Reservation Morning—Divine service and sermon at 11 St. John the Evening—Sermon. near Valencla—Rev. angelist, Fifteenth street. B. B. Spalding. Morning—Mass and holy communion at 7:30 o'clock; high mass and sermon at 1l Evening—Evensong and sermon at 8. St. Mary the Virgin, Union and Steiner streets—Rev. H. Parrish. St._Paul's Episcopal, California street, near | Morning—Communion at 7:30 o’clock. follow- Fillmore—Rev. W. Maxwell Reilly. ed by litany service and sefmon by the rector. Evening—Song service and ser- mon. Trinity Episcopal, Bush and Gough streets | Morning—Holy communion at 11 o'clock. Rev. H. C. Cooke. Evening—Sermon and instruction. St. Stephen’s Epliscopal Church, Fulton and | Morning--Holy communion at morning Fillmore streets—Rev. E. J. Lion. prayer at 1L Evening—Sermon by the rector. St. James Eplscopal Mission, Clement | Morning—Holy communion at 1. Evening street and Sixth avenue (Richmond Dis- vensong at 8; preaching by the Rev trict. S. J. Lee on the subject of the “Story of the Cross.’ St. Stephen’s Mission, 1712 Hayes street— | Morning—Sunday school at 9:30. Evening— Clergy of St. Stephen’s Church. Evensong at . St. Alban's Church (Episcopal), Golden | Morning—Church service at 11:15; Sunday echool at 10 o'clock. vited. Gate Hall, 625 Sutter street. All are cordially in- Morning—Sermon by the pastor. Evening— Sermon and religious instruction. Fifteenth Avenue M. E. Church, Fif! avenue south and P street—Rev. W. Crabb, Morning—Services at 11. Evening—Sermon Y T T e ——— T Y e O T N v ey Grace Methodist Episcopal, Twenty-first and Capp streets—Rev. J. N. Beard. by the pastor. Central Methodist Episcopal Church, Mis. | Morning—One of the Josephs.”* Evening— sfon street, between Fifth and Sixth— | ‘‘The Moderft Trojan Horse. Rev. C. E. Locke. Fotrero 3. E, Church, Tennessee and Sola- | Morninz—Divine services at 11 o clock. o streets—S. M. Woodward. | Evening—Sermon by the pastor. Richmond Methodist, Fourth avenue and | Morning—Services at 11 o'clock; Sunday Clement street—Rev. George Baugh. school at 12:30. Evening—Divirie service at 7:30 o' clock. Centenary M. E. Church, Bush street, be- | Morning—Sermon by the pastor. Evening— tween Gough and Octavia—Rev. C. R. Same. Riddick. = + Epworth M. E. Church, Church and Twen- xth streets—Rev. W. M. Woodwardl. a- | Morning—Sermon by _the o'clock. Evening—Sermon, prayer service. pastor at 11 followed by Evening—¢'Boaz Morning—'"No More Sea. ‘apital and Labor."" and Ruth—A Study of California Street M. E and Broderick streets—, ‘hurch, California rederic C. Lee. —Certainties in Religion.” Even- he Ralding of the Race Track ambling and The Call’'s Commend- orial U. P. Church, Guerrero | Stewart M | r Twenty-third—Rev. W. E. | street, D Dugan. Westminster Pre ster streets—Rev. g—"'Christ’s Test.” Evening—On His Head Were Many Crowns’'; Wheat- on's vesper services. byterian, Page and Web- S. 8. Cryer. | Morning—Rev. W. S. Bannerman and wife of Africa, missionaries of the foreign board, wiil speak at the 11 o’clock service. Evening—Addresses by same. Presbyterian, Rev. Elghteenth Memarial H. N. Bevier. Raflroad avenues. and | LOHOOOHPOSDOVOOVIPVIDOOOVOPIIVOHVVHVOOIISHPOGHOPHSPO VDD 3 G HSIPOHEIODPOPPEPDIVO OO D 46 PODVPPOEH DO HPOOOHOHEOBHHVOOOHGH POPVPVOOLILOPOPVIPPVELOOIDODDPODIDDOVDHEODOOODH First United Presbyterian Church, Golden | Morning—Sermon by Dr. W. A. Spaulding Gate avenue and Polk street—Rev. H. H. | of Spokane, on the subject of *Christian Bell. | Progress. ening—Sermon by the pas- | tor at 7:30 o'clock on the subject, ‘‘Are 2 You Registered?” Calvary Presbyterian, Powell and Geary | Morning—'‘War Between the Old and New, & streets—Rev. J. Hemphill. and the Victory.” Evening—Special chorai service. Starr King A. M Morning—“The End of the World Nearing." ton street, near S Tvening—t"Random Thoughts on the Ques- | _tions of the Hour." Bethel African 3 Church, Morning— ‘The New Jerusalem.” Evening Street, nmear Jackso W.' B. An-| —"Deborah, the Woman Preacher.’” dersor. German Evangelical Emmanuel Church, | Morning—*'The Penitent Thief.” Evening— Twelfth and Stevenson streets—Rev. F. | -Human Responsibility.” W. Fiache Second Unitarian, Twenticth and Capp | Morning“Faith in the Bducational Processes A3 Wells of Life. Creeds. streets—Rev. Evening—''Life Larger Than the Tabernacle.” Morning — ‘‘The, ““Gethsemane."" 3 & m.—Meeting for men only; address by | Rev. s. 8. Cryor, D.D., on the subject of “Not Far From the Kingdom. h Lutheran, Geary street, near Nelander. Evening— First Engl Gough—Rev. b Y. M. C A streets. Auditorium, Mason and Ellls First Church of Christ, Sclentist, 223 Sutter | Morning—""Reality.” Street—The Bible and Science and Health, With Key to tl riptures, SOP SOHOPOD PPVOPOIVIPPOPOTDOH ! IMPROVED ORDER RED MEN. The reports received during the term nding on the last day of last December how that the membership in the reser- ation of California was 3%, «of which | Althomas Tribe has since the first of the umber thero were 1839 In San Franclsco. | Year adopte een palefaces and has the = applications of twenty-seven more to act 'here was a gain of 235 members during | ypon. It looks as f this tribe will carry he term. The Degree of Pocahontas has | away the $100 prize offered by the Great membership of 998, and It has to its | Council. redit a net gain of 7S during the term. Two new tribes are being organized at Manzanita Tribe expects to adopt four | this time. alefaces at its next council. |, Comanche Tribe of Elmhurst on the 7th There appears to be some activity on the | instant celebrated its fourth anniversary art of those who have charge of the | by an entertainment and dance. There ted Men's proposed home. To start a|was a good attendance. F. D. Brandon, ucleus for the home the commiltee has | great junior sagamore; Porter L. Bliss, rranged for a theater party to be given | great sannap: A. L. Holder, past sachem, 2 the Alcazar on the night of the 20th [ and a number of others from this side of ist., snd an entertalnment in Native ! the bay assisted at the celebration. Isons' Hall on the 12th of May—St. Tam- ! many’s day. The con mittce has had sev- | eral “offers of land on which to build a home. These have been taken in consid- eration. Hale’s. easter com Hale’s. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 19, ing--only two weeks more! the rain came and our State is safe: we had proof of the wonderful efficacy of rain in the object lesson given by our mail order department Thursday, Friday and Saturday : orders poured in from the country—orders for new hats for the wife, new neckwear, new gloves, new laces for Easter; orders for confirmation veilings, nun's veiling for we show in our windows ottomobel broadcloth costumes for $65, costumes : and, to crown the glorious advent of rain, we received the latest styles in walking costume: golf capes for $25, Scotch enough for Burns to write a poem upon: good goods—Easter goods! rich confirmation veilings, gloves, ribbons, dress goods: swell Easter novelties now on display! easter white goods white white organdies, wide, 51 inches wide; per yard. organdles, inches wide; nice quality, 3 25C “30c extra quality, per yard. white batiste, a sheer fabric of excel- 4()C ard.. lent wear, 54 Inches wide: Galatea cloth, 20 inches wide, heavy twill, in stripes and c} light and dark colors (we will gladly send samples to any one outside of this city); per vard. 5 new white dress swiss, In a large variety yard . wear-well towels fine weave, 15 dozen only, housewife's opportunity - . 765 sheets, sheets .t tom; Introductory price, each fancy Turkish tid| 100 dozen huck towels, fringed, size 18x35 with woven selvage and col- ored borders; stand lots of hard usage.... 2000 yards roller toweling, unbleached, wide, all pure linen, good absorbent—(we've thousands of yards to big institutions); per vard hecks, in 12ic 45¢ inches; 10:ic inches sold 10c of dots: per The to 21 lles, with knotted fringe; 2 |5 hem on top, this brand will add even greater fame to our domestic department. 100 dozen ladies’ aprons strings - 35 inches long by 44 white aprons, 50 dozen gingham kitchen aprons, and imitation shell stitched botto: muslin underskirts 10 dozen skirts, made of wide, cambric flounce, with 25-inch lac ruffle on bottom, 10 dozen ladies’ skirts, umbrella style, made of flrr:le" cnmb{lc. 1 i good heavy auality, in striped With long ful strings..... |5 C 00d heavy muslin, extra 50c made of inches wid extra wide, price...... good heavy muslin, deep cambric flounce, lace in- sertion and lace ruffle, trimmed bottom, price 10 dozen ladies 2 dozen ladles’ white skirts, and lace trimmed bottom; price easter dress s ) novelties " ! eilk-finish whipcord: wear, comes in mode, inches wide Paquins, a new wide corkscrew: ish, white skirts, made deep flounce with 2 rows of lace insertion lace ruffied, trimmed bottom, cambric dust ruffle: price. made of fine white cambric, style, deep lawn flounce, trimmed with 5 fine tucks and 2 rows of linen lace insertion, deep lawn ruffle with the new color: a cloth with a 3 slate, brown, blue and green, ‘weave in all the 1899 spring colors, 31 yards s €514 umbrella style, $1.00 umbrella of fine cambric, and deep 5 fine tucks Q] 55() tian cloth with a smooth surface and a soft fin- in new shades of brown, green, 42 inches wide... bayadere effect blue and $1.25 a_hard-finish cloth wide... $l.25 lovely finish, giving excellent * 81.50 2 inches @ 44 inc with a silk finish; a raised surface, in green, browns, blues, 45 inches wide. curtain sale tieres: draperies, close these out with a quick rush. on sale slightly sofled (they in our huge store March 2d to 7th) can be used for lounge Monday, 8 a. m. splay or single-door hangings; 175 pairs and half-pairs curtains, were used from hait-pairs sample chenille and tapestry por- covers and we shall ladies’ silk, lace and chif- fon capes; just in from New_York.. 1235, #7850, 816, ¥30 94 ladies’ and misses’ tailor- cloak dep’t maic suits™in v, " rour and six button and tight- fitting fronts: colors—tan, black, blue, castor and red; clothg—broadcloth, Venetian, coverts and cheviots ualities. --810, $12.50, 815, $20 to $35 ladies’ and misses’ jackets, taflor made, in 1y, four and six button dotble-breasted fronts cloths—broadcloth, kerseys and covert; 6 quall 50, $10, $12.50, $15 nderskirts, fine width, with deep flounce and three-space cording; all the new colorings; exceptional $3 i5 value .. Z cloth jackets, silk lined, 22 ladies’ black kerse: ed fronts, $5.00 4-button double-bre: high rolling coliar; excellent value half silk high- easter attractions 19 ladies’ black boucle cloth jackets, lined, 4-button double-breasted fronts, roll collar; tions . 15 ladles’ black brocaded brilliantine separate skirts, full width, lined throughout with best percaline and finfshed at bottom $3.75 with velveteen; a Hale leader.... the revere effects (Nouveaute de Saison), either in silk span- eaSter 14 1! 11 1 hit trimming &5 Sent e $3 5 NOVBIEIES b bocit s tan s the bowknot relgns thts season; it s a revelation in dainty oddities spangled netting, we have them In white owknot effect, 27 inches wide; per yard.. in black, decldedly rich, - $6.00 vara - $5.00 chenille and gilt combination, in * inch gimp. fn“all colors; will be much used yard 2ic steel bead ngle netting on white net, used for yokes, 27 inches wide; 85-50 per yard .. new crush belts in white. dainty buckle, for ter $|.35 steel and Jjet girdles, effect in plain steel m‘:fli‘“ié $6.00 ard. 400 30c easter belts silk applique gimp, per ¥ delicate, dainty evening shades, per yard ... : San Francisco’s grecatest mail-order house our window easter millinery we display of imperial universal a creation in itself; confirmation veilings | and ribbons inches wide, 6lc yard taffeta silk ribbons for. number 40, yard,” 2 purpl white per yard, 19c; white doubl, display pronounced the finest exhibit of sprins erate prices which has yet been confirmation veilings of mechlin inches wide ash vells w ered borders; e white net footing. inches wide, inches wide, 8 onfirmation sashes, number 22, %c yard; number 80, 40c yard. confirmation c" gloves nee placed on view yesterday was z styles at mod- seen in this city: hall be pleased for you to see it; walk round the department; you won't be able unless you look tag on each imported hat to tell the originals from the duplicat t the : our and the magnificent toques have excited approbation; every hat made to order is a study in itself; the essence of refinement. S50c $I.d25 seeee.vard h embroid- 4-inch wide, va inches wide, ¢ yard 3c: white moire and pl rich and pure as can be, 20c; number 80, per sy 0, per vard, face all silk cord edge satin ribbon, number s white taffeta confirmation gloves.. white taffeta gloves Zclasp white “HB" lambskin gloves with white ba 3-clasp white Hte Jouvin French kid gloves, w 50 dozen 2-clasp lambskin gloves, until sold,. easter notions Dexter knitting cotton; darning wool; card Franklin tape; roll. brush edge skirt binding; yard Coats’ or Clark's spool cotton; kid hair curlers; - dozen ladies’ ball.. palr... cagle pins; paper 5-hook corset clasps; pair . common-sense skirt bratd, ladies’ shell side combs: pair .. Japanese shell hairpins; dozen .. art squares and laces 1500 yards val es, 2 to 3% inches wid placed on' sale at . covers... velvet grip-gored belt hose supporters, in black on! fancy frilled side supporters, cabinet hair pin: with cord edge : gold and oxidized fancy belt buckles, with jewel settings: mohair soutache braid, all shades, 24 vards to plece; piece 50 dozen 6x6-inch round open work doylies.......... 20x20-inch sq Medei and English Torchon Normandje Worth easter ribbon sale following low 1000 y: 3000 2120 987-939-941-943-945-947 Market Street. ALGER THE MAN OF THE HOUR. Continued From Page Eighteen. the general commanding the division, I|self, held it up to sce why Alger was in have the honor to submit the following | ‘report on the case of Colonel R. A. Al- ger, Fifth Michigan Cavalry, stating the time at which he left the command, for what purpose, by what authority and his present whereabouts.’ “Colonel Alger left this command the | morning of August 28, as it marched through Harper's Ferry to rejoin the di- vision near Halltown. He has been ab- sent since that date. I was not aware of his absence until this brigade halted to feed near Halltown, when Assistant Surgeon St. Clair, of the First Michigan Cavalry, informed me that Colonel Alger, owing to some indisposition, had remain- ed at a house in Harper's Ferry. At the same time Assistant Surgeon St. Clair presented for my approval an application from Colonel Alger for leave of absence for twenty days. “As Colonel Alger had two or three times previous to this applied for a simi- lar leave of absence when in my Dplnloni he was fit for duty, and which opinion subsequently proved to be correct, as it has in the case now referred to, I re- turned Colonel Alger’s application with- out my approval. He failed to join his command. 1 first heard of him again as stopping at the Eutaw House in Balti- more, Md. I now have authentic and re- liable information that he is staying at one of the hotels in Washington, D. C.. and that he has been placed on duty in the latter clty as a member of & general court martial. How he came to be de- talled I cannot say. “He left his command without author- ity, and after having been refused a leave of absence from, these headquarters, and I have directed that he be reported ‘ab- sent without leave’ on the muster rolls of his regimen General Merritt made this indorse- ment: “‘Respectfully forwarded for the action of the chief of cavalry. The case mentioned within is the third in which Colonel Alger has absented himself from the command without proper authority since the commencement of the present year's campalgn. Severe measures should be taken to prevent a recurrence of this General Torbert sald: ‘“Respect- forwarded, with the recommenda- fully tion that he be dismissed from the serv- jce for absence without leave, subject to the approval of the President. Such cases are too numerous, and the scarcity of of- ficers requires immediate action to be taken.” To this General Sheridan added: ‘Re- spectfully forwarded. T understand that Colonel Alger is on some military duty at Washington, but it is evident that he has left his command without authority, and it appears that he has done so before. I have always considered Colonel Alger a good officer, but I cannot excuse his con- duct or withhold my approval to the rec- ommendation of his immediate command- ers.” 3 Irregular Resignation. Here we see that the very men who had been his zealous friends in endeavoring to secure for him promotion had condemned him—condemned him regretfully but firm- ly. But Alger was in Washington and was not idle. He says he was ill, but he was not too {ll to put such machinery in motion that his resignation was accepted, though it was very irregularly offered— that Is, not through his immediate com- manders. They were within a day of Washington. He preferred, however, to get out without any assistance from them, and so, on September 6, 1864, he sent his resignation directly to the Sec- retary of War, giving as his reason for throwing up his commission the necessity for his presence at home. This resigna- tion reached the President and Mr. Lin- coln wrote on it “Let this resignation be accepted.” Something appears to have gone wrong, for nothing more was done with the Al- ger resignation. It may be that Mr. Stan- ton, who was sometimes a law unto him- | | | such a hurry to put off his uniform and the responsibilities of it. At any rate, on September 16 Alger filed another res- ignation, very much in the same terms as that of ten days before. This went through like a whistle. The same day Mr. Lincoln wrote on it “Let this resig- nation be accepted;” the next day Mr. Stanton indorsed it “Accepted,” and on September 19, 1864, Edward Townsend, acting adjutant-general, announced in special orders No. 311 that Colonel R. A. Alger was “honorably discharged.” Moral and Physical Characteristics. And 50 he who to-day is the head of the War Department, civil commander of the army, and the man of the hour, by a short cut got ahead of the greatest cav- alrymen in the service and escaped the punishment they thought he merited. In thus running away from the conse- quences of his own acts Alger showed early In his career a characteristic which has marked it all the way through. He has a short-lived physical courage and no moral courage whatever. In action he is a physical Dr. Jekyll; in office he is a moral Mr. Hyde. This disposition toward moral cowardice is best shown by his ex- planation of his military record when that was brought forth as a bar to his politi- cal ambition. He who had resigned in irregular fash- fon said he never dreamed that there was anything against him in his record. Probably he did not know that in the de- partment he now presides over all the official documents are preserved. When he did learn it he placed all the blame on Custer—Custer and his broother Tom, two gallant officers who fell in the battle of the Little Rosebud in 1876. Custer, says Alger, wanted Alger to se- cure for Tom Custer a lleutenancy in Al- ger's regiment, so that Tom Custer might serve on his brother's staff. The virtu- ous Alger declined, and so Custer, to get even, sent In the reports which Merritt, Torbert and Sheridan Indorsed. Had they also asked favors of Alger? Tom Custer, it must be said, was one of the most gallant of the young men in the army. Nothing so added to the disgust that army officers felt for the man who is now Secretary of ‘War as this dragging of Tom Custer's name into his lame de- fense for being absent three times with- out leave. Tom Custer was as much loved as his brother was admired. Business Life. Colonel Alger went to his home in Grand Rapids when he had finished his business with the War Department in 1864, and presumably he settled up satisfac- torily the business which made him anx- jous. He stayed In that town till 1867, when he moved to Detroit, where the firm of Moore & Alger, dealers In pine lands, was organized. Later this was changed to Alger, Smith & Co., and, if I mistake not, this firm still exists. These firms engaged in the buying and seiling of timber lands on their own aécount rather than for clients, and were success- ful, becoming rich. Colonel Alger, brevetted brigadier gen- eral when the war was over and brevets were given to all who asked for them, began to be looked upon twenty vears and more -ago_as a rich man, and early became a personage in the business life of Detroit. He joined the Grand Army of the Republic when that body was organ- jzed, and after he had ‘entered polities became the national commander. He has been an active member always, and speaks at the camp fires on every oppor- tunity. At these camp fires, by the way, he has the reputation of making the most inane and platitudinous speeches of any comrade who is permitted to speak. But then it must be remembered that we will tolerate in a millionaire what we will stand from no other kind of bore. Private Life. General Alger is also a member of the Presbyterian church, to which with great regularity. In his family life he is, I am told, everything that is ad- mirable. He may not be very entertain- ing, to be sure, for he lacks the sense of humor; but he has been a good provider, to use a homely and honest old expres- sion, and his nature Is affectionate and kindly. He lacks polish both in manner and speech, but in our rough and ready society we forgive a man such shortcom- ings with much readiness. In his family life he is rather commonplace and unin- teresting, which is greatly to his credit. He has not ébtruded this on the public, and the public has no right to invade his privacy. But with his business and political life it is different. As a politician he has achieved what distinction has come to him by reason of his business success; and his business success has been malinly due to short cuts, cuts short and sharp, like that he took when he got his resigna- tion from the army accepted. For in- stance, here is a specimen: A Little bpeculation. In 1883 he and his associates were the owners of large tracts of pine lands. Tt would be a fine thing to cut the timber off this great area provided it could be brought to a good market. A rallroad was needed. But a railroad costs a lot of money, and when the forest was cut from this area of Alger lands the railway would no longer pay, as agriculturally the territory was almost valueless. thing to do was to get some one to build the road or rather supply the money. Now, no sane railroad man would go into the venture for the ordinary traffic of theroad, so it was evident that the thing to do was to get the money from those who did not wnderstand the situation. The freight from the proposed road would be taken to the Michigan Central, so that com- pany was Interested in the road to the extent of the freight while the timber was being moved. So General Alger evolved this scheme. So long as the forest cutting was going on the road would pay. That was evi- dent, and the perlod was fixed—say it was five or ten years. But any one can look it up in Poor's Manual. With this idea General Alger got Mr. Ledyard, president of the Michigan Central, to guarantee the coupons of the bonds for the period, whatever It was, agreed upon. This made the bonds absolutely good for that pe- riod. They were sold in New York, one, and it may be more than one, life in- surance company purchasing a large block. During the gathering and marketing of the timber everything was lovely—the road made money and the coupons were regularly paid up to and beyond the ex- piration of the guarantee by the Michi- gan Central. In 1892 the outstanding 6 per cent bonds of the Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad were $2,500,000. Gen- eral Alger was president, and on the di- rectory with him were Messrs. T. H. New- berry, James McMillan, Hugh McMillan, M. S. Smith and J. C. McCaul, all of De- troit. In July, 1893, the road defaulted on its bonds and Don M. Dickinson was ap- pointed receiver in October. The road was sold under foreclosure on November 8, 1894. It has since been reorganized as the Detroit and Mackinac Railroad. Mr. ‘Hawks of Detroit is president, and Mr. Bdward N. Gibbs of New York is in the directory. It has a capital stock of $2,075,- 000 and a funded debt of $2,918,000. That. must have been a very profitable enterprise for Alger and his associates. The particular life insurance company changed its management subsequent to this- very profitable investment in the bonds of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Rallroad. But General Alger got his lum- ber to market and Mr. Ledyard carried the freight. Rich Man in Politics. In such wily ways Alger became rich and has long been counted a millionaire. Millionaires have their uses in politics, and so Alger was enlisted actively in the cause of Republicanism, in which he he ‘oeslhnd always been interested, because pos- The | sibly of natural bent and perhaps some- what by reason of the protection to his lumber from Canada competition. He was sent as a delegate to the National Convention at Chicago in 1834, and he is sald to have liked the experience im- mensely. So when he got back home he accepted the Republican nomination for Governor, and was elected by 3, He served only one term, but the dential bee took permanent lodgment in his bonnet. It was put there by wily venturers such as Kellogg of Lou and Clayton of Arkansas. cans in barrel. They cannot keep their negro supporters together without money. So Alger got the Presidential bee in his bonnet, and he has been a more or les ridiculous figure ever since, despoiled by the political adventurers and laughed at by the politicians who were really in con- trol. At the convention of 185 he went there with the support of his State and was supposed to have a really substantial boom. On the sixth ballot he had 143 votes, having secured votes from the dusky delegates of the South. This was a serious disarrangement of John Sherman’s plans. in his book, had this to say of it: Buying Sherman’s Votes. “I believe and had, as I thought, con- clusive proof that the friends of General Alger substantially purchased the votes of many of the delegates from the Southern States who had been instructed by their conventions to vote for me. “There were elght ballots taken in the convention, in all of which I had a large plurality of votes until the last one.” (Harrison was not considered party to any deal.) “The only feeling of resentment I en- tertained was in regard to the action of the friends of General Alger in tempting with money poor negroes to violate the instructions of their constituents.” Some others took Alger's interference more gayly. For instance, this colloquy was reported as having taken place be- iana These Republi- the South need a man with a tween Butterworth of Ohio and Palmer of | Michigan just after the convention: Butterworth—It was a mean thing, Palmer, to buy our niggers away from us. Palmer—Well, we bought ‘em first. When General Harrison was clected Al- ger sought to go into his Cabinet, but Harrison made him no offer. It was freely hinted when McKinley was seeking the nomination that Alger’s experience in getting delegates in the South was used by Hanna; and when Alger was invited to a place in the Cabinet there was a sus- picion that Alger helped with something more substantial than experience. The experiences of the last year lead many to believe that the obligations to Alger are very heavy, else he would not be re- tained. In the War Office. Tt is quite impossible to believe that McKinley would have selected Alger for War Secretary had be expected that we should have war. He was unfitted for the duty in every way. He has really had little administrative experience. His fortune was accumulated by speculation, and not in ordinary business. His short term as Governor of Michigan was really about all the administrative experience he ever had. Then he was old—not old in years, but actually old, for time had used him hardly—and he was out of health. He was quite unfit for the larger duties to which he was called. In his manner of conducting business he has two methods. One is to be agree- able. When he has this fit he is apolo- getic rather than genial. The other is when he means to be commanding. Then he is merely rudely truculent. At either time he impresses you with the fact that he is a weak man who would be con- sidered strong, and that he is least of all a gentleman. Such was the man who was placed at the head of an army the officers of which despised him. With the prejudice against him, with his lack of experience, with his weak vanity and with his broken health, he fell an easy victim to War De- partment politics, and thereafter, except when he surprised himself with a silly squeak, such as his Roosevelt letter, he never knew that his name was his own. 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