The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-11
SENATOR M'MlLLAN DEAD
REPUBLIC4NLE4 OF .MICHT-
 GAN DIES SUDDENLY.

Disease at Mabchester-by-the.Se Mass.-Member of the United States
 Senate Since ss9-Had Large Business
 Interests in MichtgRn-A Son Married aYouag New Haven Woman.
 Washington, Aug. 10.-A dispatch was received here to-day announcing the death of Senator James McMillan, of Michigan, at an early hour this morn ing at his summer home at Manchester | blythe Sea, Mass. Death was the re- suit of heart failure, following conges- ton, after an illness of a very few hours. The news came as a great shock to his friends here, as when the senator left Washington shortly after the ad- 1 jOurnment of congress he appeared to l be in good health and looked forward with much satisfaction to quiet and restful summer. For some years Sena- tor McMillan had made his summer home at Manchester blythe Sea, having erected a very fine cottage at that place. While no information on that | point has been received here, the ex- | pectation is that his remains will be taken to Detroit, Mich, and be deposit ed in the family vault at Elmwood cem- etery. The body of his son, Captain James H. McMillan, who served in the Spanish war; and who died several months ago. rests there. The senator leaves a widow, three sons. W. C., Philip and Frank all of Detroit, and a daughter. Mrs. McMillan and her daughter accompanied the senator to Manchester after the adjournment of congress.
 | Detroit, Aug. 1O.-senator James Me Milan came to Detroit when seventeen years old. Soon after his arrival in this city he was appointed purchasing agent of the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad which position he held for several years. In company with several others, he or ganized the Michigan Car company in 1864 and afterwards purchased the car works at St. Louis and established sim liar works at Cambridge, Ind, and Lon | don, Ont.
 Senator McMillan became interested in the lake carrying trade and invested large sums in lake transportation, both freight and passenger. He also was heavily interested in the shipbuilding business on the great lakes.
 Senator McMillan became one of the most prominent men in the business life of Detroit. He was g. director in three banks of this city and was also stock 1 holder in a number of other financial | institutions and local corporations
 He was large stockholder in the De- troit and Buffalo and the Detroit and Cleveland lines of steamers and was president of the latter line
 Senator McMillan was large contrib utor to charities of various kinds and made number of notable gifts to edu- cational institutions. He gave to- the 1 University of Michigan one of he/most complete Shakesperian libraries in the | United States and he also gave to that 1 institution McMillan hall. To the Michigan Agricultural college at Lans- ing he gave the Teper collection of in sects and the Albion college he gave the McMillan chemical laboratory. He also gave to the Mary Allen seminary of Crockett, Texas, a school for the education of colored girls, $16,0OO neces- sary to complete the endowment.
 The McMillan family have suffered sore aff1iction and severe loss by death in the past year.
 | Senator McMillan's son, James H. McMillan, and his grandson, James H. McMillan, Jr., died in Colorado within a few months of each other last win- l ter. In addition to the senator's sud- den death to-day, his brother, William McMiIlan, and his nephew, Maurice Mo- Milan, have recently died.
 Senator McMillan was native of On- tario, having been born in Hamilton, May 12, 1888, but in early life removed | to Michigan and for many years had been prominently identified with the business interests and political life of that state, having for a number of years been chairman of the republican state committees. He had been mem- Der of the United States senate since March 4th, 1889. He was chairman of | lumbia in that body and was also a member of the committee on appropria- tions, commerce, naval affairs, rela- tiOns with Cuba, coast and insular sur vey and corporations organized in the District of Columbia AS chairman of the district committee, Senator Me- Milan was identified with district af- 1 fairs and became very well known to the citizens of Washington, by whom he was highly regarded. He took a live ly interest in the welfare of the dis trict and was one of the foremost ad- vocates in the efforts that are being made for the improvement of the city.
 Senator McMillan's family was prom inent in social circles in Washington l and the senator himself was member of the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase | clubs.
 l If the family desires it. a congress sional committee from both houses of congress will be appointed to accom- pany the remains to their last resting place The designations will be made by Senator Frye, the president pro tenn of the senate, who now is in Maine and | by Speaker Henderson, who also is out | of the city.
 1 Senator McMillan was considered l the recognized republican leader in l Michigan and had been since his first l election as senator in 1889. When ex- Senator Zachariah Chandler died in 1878 l Senator McMillan was secretary of the | republican state central committee