The age-herald., 1902-03-13
EVentfuI Career Closed With Ap-
 peal for the BOers
PAINTED IN JOLIET THEATRE
Never Regained Consciousness After Being Taken to Ills Room, Where He Died at 2 O'Clock Yes
 terday Morning.

Joliet. Ill., March 12.-Former Governor John P. Altge1d died in room No. 6s, Hotel Munroe, this morning at 7;os o'clock He had been unconscious since midnight
 MT. Altgeld was the principal speaker at a pro-Boer mass meeting last night in the Joliet Theatre. Just at the close of his speech sudden dizziness seized him and he was assisted from the stage. The meeting proceeded, the audience not realizing what had happened. MT. Alt geld was taken to the door of the thea Ire, where several vomiting spells seized him. This continued for nearly an hour, and was so pronounced he could not be removed to the hotel. Physicians were hastily summoned. and MT. Altgeld was carried to the hotel across the street. He retained consciousness and urged the newspaper men to keep the affair quiet for fear of alarming his wife. Shortly before midnight he became unconscious He remained in this condition until death.
 At S:A this morning it was thought he had died but revived and from that time until shortly before the end show ed wonderful vitality although he made no move.
 Several Physicians Called.
 J. B. Herrick of the Rush Medical Col Iege and other physicians were called to attend the patient. They remained tith him the balance of the night The cause of death is given as cerebral hem orrhage there having been an apopiectic seizure of the brain. MT. Altgeld came to Joliet yesterday afternoon. He com plained of not feeling well, having been troubled with some apparently stomach ailment. He was not willing to allow that to interfere with his speech, how ever, his great interest in the South African struggle having been heightened by the announcement of the Boer suc- cess in the capture of General Methuen. It was noted during the address that the ex-governor threw an unusual amount of energy and feeling into his words and the collapse, the physicians think, re- suited from over-straining his already weakened physical powers.
 Ever since the failure of the Globe Savings Bank in 1896, in which he was involved, MT. Altgeld has not been a well man, and for some months after the Spalding crash it was feared that his life was only a question of a short time. Even when serving his last year as Gov ernor his health was not too good.
 When it was learned he was a victim of locomotor ataxia his friends gave him up. But he rallied, although he never was again his old vigorous self. Lately, however, the disease marked him strong ly and quite recently his appearance caused grave forebodings and anxiety.
 Tribute to Governor Yates.
 Mir. Altgeld, in the speech which was fated to be his last, declared that all friends of humanity owed debt of grati- tude to Governor Yates for issuing a proclamation soliciting assistance for the Boer women and children in the concern tration camps which the British are maintaining in South Africa.
 The people said that the people of America had raised a large sum of money with which to relieve the distress of the Boer women and children, but were unable to send 1t to them because Lord Pauncefote, the BritAn Ambassa- dor at Washington. had objected to it. He further charged that Lord Paunce- fote had for years meddled in American affairs. There were eighteen counts and pacific charges in Governor Altgeld's in- oictment. It was a speech typical of the old Governor, who had risen from the low path to the chief office of the state. Death was at hand. but his voice had all the old fire and all the old sympathy which had won him the hearts of many people. It was Governor Altgeld who paruoned the three Chicago anarchists, and whose views were frequently called anarchistic, yet his sincerity was ques- toned hy few.
 AItgeId's Body Taken to Chicago.
 JolieJ, H., March 12.-The body of ex- Governor Altgeld left Joliet this afternoon on a special train over the Alton for Chi cago. A delegation of Joliet citizens &C., companied the body.
 
 Nieu Chwang Trouble Settled.
 Washington, March 12.-It Is stated that the trouble growing out of the