Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-04-21
DIR. WILLIAM ALEXANDER.

We mentioned last week the death in the
Argentine Republic, Of DR.. VIM. Alexander,
\ brother of DR.. ]. B. Alexander and A. F..
Alexander, Of this city. El Fonda, the chief
newspaper at San Juan, the city Of DR..
Alexander's residence, says Of him:
Another grave has just been opened to re-
ceive the inanimate. remains OF virtu0us
head Of = family, and an honored cit zen, zen.
a character filed with meekness and good
ness, and whose benefcent conduct had won
for him the love and respect Of all:
ssDon Guil}ermilo has gomez will be said by
love has given him on account of his great
worth.
After q violent attack of pneumonia had
consumed his life in less than five days, DR..
William Alexander departed this life yester-
day, at l O'Clock, p. M, in the fny-sixth
year Of his age, surrounded by his numerous
friends, and nursed with every care, from the
first moments Of his sickness by Drs. Alejan-
dro, Albarracin, Luis Palacios and Miguel 8.
Echrgaray.
Neither the vigilance nor the untiring
efforts of these physicians, who exhausted
science, were able to snatch from death DR..
Alexander, whose wife and daughters justly
inconsolab1e, now mourn his loss. DIR. Alex
ander was q strong and robust man, his life.
well reEulxted and methodical, maintained
fuH Of health, and no one. who saw him
wonld believe that he would live n lessperiod
Of time thsu twenty years, but nevertheless
the stern decree of Providence was tnexorably
fulfilled, when it was thought he had scarcely
passed the middle of his career. Last Satur-
day, Dr.. Alexander was walking about, full
Of fife, speaking with enthusiasm Of his
Tcherishede visit to Missouri, to the United
fpeeted to make in April or May ofthe present
year accompanied by his family: The fol.
lowing day, Sunday, came, and he went to
bed totake his afternoons nap, on waking
he felt quite unwell, from that moment hii
disease incfeased rapidly until its destructive
work WA done.af ae re z-ts.'
A son af the state Of Missouri, he passed the
greater part Of his life in San Juan, where he
arrived about thirty years ago, quite young
He married Miss Clara Rojo, who Is distin.
guished lady in tour society. and who Is lefi
with several fatherless daughters, the most oi
whom are still In their infancy.
For some time he had cherished the idea OF
making visit to his native country, with hi.
family, but when the date which was fixed
drew near, Providence willed that he shou d
60 to the mysterious land Of spirits. Tins are
human affairs! MAN proposes, but God dis
poses," says the proyerb.
A large concourse Of distinguished personf
were assembled to-day, at five p. H., to ac
| company the remains to the Municipal Gene.
| terry. 1t was said that DR.. PalaciOs would
| deliver an address. DIR. Ales ander pro
fessed the Protestant religion dominant in his
| country. In the last moments of his proloBg
ed suffering he caused to be recited, in Eng.
| lish, the Lords prayer and the creed.
| =. We were not bound to the deceased, during
his life, by an intimate friendship, nevertheless
| we always took occasion to appreciate hi
humane sentiments, his gentleness, and hi,
| irrefragible good faith.
San Juan loses, in him., an example. of {
good father, good husband, and one Of the
pioneers Of progress; it loses also u skillfu
combatant Of PHYSICAL ills.
| The tombs of the good merit respect, let u!
therefore bow before that of DR.. Alexander
| desiring for it the peace which it merits, anC
if the recollection of the virtues, which sdorn
ed him who was,i capable ofbringing conso
at ictive moments of their great bereave
ment, be consoled by those of DR.. Alexander