The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-13
EXPRESSIONS OF SORROW COME FROM ALL OVER COUNTRY

Jc-.et. IT. March I2.-Fo-rer Governor
John p. Al-eeld 6ted IN his room at the
Hotel Monroe, this morning at 7:as c'c'och-
TIe had becn unconscious since midnight
.tr. Altge.G was t"e principal speaker az
a pro-Poar mass m. .tiu: last night IL the
JoAa- Theater.
Just et the close q his speech 2 sudden
dlzz-2uss seized him and h. was assisted
from re sage. The meeting proceeded,
.!se audience rot realizing what hal hap
ye-ed. -Ir. Altgeli vas taken % the door
of the theate-. where several vomiting
spells scize5 him. This continued for
renrly an hour and he coulG rot be re
moved to the hotel.
pLvs'c!a-.s were hastily summoned. md
Mr. AItEaid VS. carried 30 the hotel across
the street. He retained consciousness and
urged thu newspaper men 20 keep TIE AZ
fair quiet, for fear OF alarming his wife
Shortly before midnight he became un-
conscious.
shows Vitality 10 the Last.
He remained n this condition until death
AZ S:4l This morning i was rEcusnt He ha3
died, but Le revived and tror that time
until shortly before the e-I showed wonder
ful vitality. although he made no move
The medical nssn here had a banquet
last night. If which Doctor J. e. EerE.ck
OF Rush Medical College. Chicago. delivered
q lecture On heart s.sease- He an other
physicians We're called from the banquet
10 Gttsnd the ratIcnt- They remained wi-h
him the balance OF the night When the
erd csnle they worked his arm E.g -ous!y
20 revive respiration. but ali 10 10 purpose.
The cause OF death IS given - cerebral
he1lorrhages. there having been an aPo-
pLectic seizure of the brain. There will be
no post-mortcrs.
Mr. AItgeld came TO Jo.iet yesterday aft
ernoon, having been announced as the spe-
cal orator for tie big VIII County pro-Boer
meeting. lie confessed that he was not in
the best Of health. having been troubled
with some apparently simple stomach all
msnt-
Speaks with Great Feeling.
He was not willing to allow that to inter
fere with his speech. however, his great in-
terest In the South African struggle having
been heightened by the announcement or
tho Boer success In the capture of General
Aethusn. II was noticed during the address
that the former Governor threw an unusual
amount Of energy and feeling Into MS
words, and the collapse, the physicians
think. resulted from oyerstraining his al
ready weakened physical powers.
Ever since TIE failure Of the Globe Saw
tngs Bank in 1896, in which he was involved,
for some months after the Spaldirs crash it
was feared that the end was near. Even
when serving his last year as Governor his
health was none too good.
When it was learned that he was a victim
of locomotor ataXia his friends gave him up
But he rallied although he was never again
his old vigorous self Lately, however, the
disease marked him strongly and quite re-
Gently his appearance caused grave forebod-
fnEs and anxiety. his mind was just as
clear, and active Of old, hut though his spirit
was willing tho flesh was weak.
Dies Pleading Cause of the LoyrIy.
Clarence Dar-5-, lifelong friend and |
later a law partner of the former Governor
arrived here this morning. lie said that
the Governor died as he had lived, plead
ing the cause Of the lowly. Nr. Altgeld in |
the speech which was fated to be mis- last
declared that all frisnGs Of humanity owed !
Il debt Of gratitude TO Governor Yates for |
issuing a proclamation soliciting assistance |
for the Beer women and children in the
concentration camps which the British ara
maintaining in South Africa
The speaker said that the people OF
America had raised q large sum of money
with which to relieve the distress Of the
Beer women and children, bit were unable |
10 send II to them, because Lord Paunce-
fote, the British Ambassador at Washing
ton, objected to il. lie further charged
that LORD Pauncefote had for years med
Nl'tu III american affairs. mere Were eight 1
cen counts and specific charges In Governor
Aitgeld's Indictment. He said, in substance:
Arrangement Of Lord Paunccfote.
'just before the beginning OF the Spanish
war Lord iaunccfote. representing the aris-
tccracy. meGdled N cur affairs and tried to
unite the Governments OF Europe IL making
n joint protest against Americas interter
ence In behalf OF Cuba But when the Amer |
lean people asserted themselves and our
Government was compelled 70 go to the f,
rescue Of Cuba. England issued q strong |
neutrality proclamation forbdiing ali of her |
subjects everywhere from furnishing US any !
Sid or doing anything that would in any |
way be violation OF the strictest neutral |
fly
1t was q speech typical of the Old Gov !
ernor. who had risen from the towpath TO |
the chief Office Of the State. Death WAS at |
hand, but his voice had all the old fire and |,
ell the old sympathy which had Won him |
the hearts Of many people.
It WIS Governor Altged. who pardoned |
the three Chicago anarchists. and 7hose |