Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20

IEl IL SudNVE liza 49,
agreeable. He and his wife are great
favorites in a quiet. social way and en-
terrain their friends handsomely. Ihe
principal recreations of the great fnan-
cier are whist and the heater. He Is a
member Of a number Of the best CLUBS
OF the city and of various associations
devoted TO business and finance.
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GEN. RUSSELL A. ALGER. SECRE-
TARY OF WAR.
Mr.. McKinley's secretary Of war, eX-
Governor Russell A.. Alger OF Michigan,
has been a public character for many
years. Although a native az the great
northwest. ne is of New England an
cestry. His parents settled in Latay-
cite township, Medina county, O., IN
1885, where, on February q in the iol-
lowing year. the future governor was
born. Hardships came - him elriy. Al
the age of Il ne was left alone in the
world without a dollar and Ourdeheo
with the care of a younger sister ana
brother. Young Algcr was strong ana
courageous. and showed his mettle al
once. He found places for ms Diuthef
and sister and went to work Tor ms p'aru
and clothes and three months schooi-
ing per year. After he exchanged ms
services as n farmland for a small
monthly wage. But n stuck hard 10 MS
studies. and by the time he was ~ years
of g he was able to take charge OF a
district school. While engaged as a
teacher ne applied himself diligently 10
the study Of law, and In 1857 entered 4
law office at Akron. \ year later, hdv-
ing been admitted To the bar, he went to
Cleveland to practice his profession.
The strain Of hard work and over
study began 10 tell on his constitution,
and he determined to adopt some other
business in which he could take better
care Of his health. In order to accom-
plish what he desired he moved to Grand
Rapids, Mich. where he and a friend
whom he had taken as a partner, m
barked in the lumber business.
For a few months business seemed to
prosper, and young AlgeI, feeling him
self warranted in such a step, took 10
himself a wife-Miss Annette II. Henry.
Misfortune came to him soon after. \
Chicago house upon whose welfare the
fate Of the young lumber merchants de-
pended went 10 pieces, and with II the
entire business which Alger and his
partner had built up.
In August, 1861, the breaking out OF
the civil war opened another %opportu-
nifty for Alger. He enlisted in the Second
Michigan cavalry and was soon after
made captain Of Company c. At this
time Philip II. Sheridan was a captain
in the same regiment, and on the pro
motion OF its colonel, Gordon Granger,
.Alger was sent by the latter to Pitts,
burg Landing TO induce Governor Bar
10 appoint Sheridan TO the vacant coll
onelcy. This Alger succeeded In doing,
ana here began the rapid advance OF
Sheridan in the army.
In October, 1862, Alger became lieu
tenant colonel Of the Sixth Michigan
cavalry and colonel OF the Fifth In Feb
ruary, 1865, His promotion 70 the Office
of brevet major general for gallant ana
meritorious service during the war
came at the close OF the war june H.
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