The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-28
BUSY FIGURE HAS C(|NE
ALEX. b. PLOUGH, VETERAN RAIL-
ROAD MANAGER, DIED AT
MIDNIGHT
A WEEK IN STATE OF COMA
He Revived Slightly, and Was
Able to Recognize His
Family Before
Dying.

Alexander B. Plough, whose critical
illness the past three weeks has been the
subject of concern on the part of a host
of friends, is dead.
The end came shortly after midnig hit
and was peaceful To the bereaved fam
lily and his aged mother who gathered
around his bedside, the final call was
hardly perceptible, Mr.. Plough, with lit
tie apparent pain, sinking into that sleep
that knows no waking. All that loving
hands could do and physicians advise
was done to combat the disease that
slowly sapped his strength, but it was of
no avail Unconscious the greater part
of the time since taken down, the state
of coma in which he has lain disap-
peared shortly before his death, and, with
smile, he recognized his faithful wife
and mother, who have been constant at
tendants at his bedside
In the death of Mr.. Plough the bus
mess and railroad world loses a promi-
nent and busy figure, the social world a
favorite, and the hundreds of associates
and friends a companion whose friend
ship was valued as gold In railroad
circles, with which he has been identi-
fled from early youth, his abilities were
at their best, a natural fitness for his
calling earning for him rapid promo
ton, and which found him shortly
before his death the manager and vice
president of the ST. Paul & Duluth
HE BEGAN IN IOWA.
His railroad career began with the
Central Iowa, in June, 1871, but his tai
ents were not allowed to continue in this
lowly calling. The company recognizing
his ability advanced him to agent, the
stations at Abba, EddyvilIe Marshall and
Eldora, To-, being given successiveIy in
RhnrOn Jrfo I,+z -
him travelling freight agent of the Iowa
line three years later, Sept. 1, 1883, seeing
him filling a similar position on the ST
Paul & Duluth.
Mr.. Plough, as manager and vice presi
dent of the St Paul & Duluth road. sue
ceeded the late Col. E. L Dudley. his
appointment being made ait the earnest
solicitation of a delegation of prominent
business men Of st. Paul, MINNEAPOLIS
and Saltwater. who called upon the presi-
dent of the road, Capt. R. S. HAYS. per-
sonally, for that purpose The appoint
ment was made and Mr. Plough remained
in charge until the absorption Of the road
by the Northern Pacific recently
Mr.. Plough was jovial in habits and
his acQuaintanceship once formed was
always treasured. He was liberal to a
degree, something to which more than one
can attest During his Illness. the home
stead on Fairmount avenue was bssieged
by inquiring friends. among which were
many whom he had befriended during
life.
Possibly one of the greatest admirers
of Mr.. Plough was the late Col. Dudley,
whom he succeeded as vice president of
the st. Paul & Duluth. The colonel first
selected him as travelling freight agent
for the road and in other ways recog-
nized his abilities by advancing him. Mr..
Plough looked upon Col. Dudley III the
right of patren.
Mr. Plough was fifty-one years Of age
and was born in Jacksonville N Y He
is. survived by a grief-stricken wife. an
idoliz-ng mother. a brother. Edward
Plough, and two nieces, the Misses Mil
Ter. During his illness all have been con-
slant attendants al his bedside and
though death from the first was ever ap-
parent they are grief-striel1en over the
loss.
No arrangements have been made for
the funeral, but the remains will be taken
to Troy. n Y, for internent. Here his
only child lies buried and his remains viii
be laid by its size.