The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-14
JAS. W. ALEXANDER VERY I'LL.
IN RETIREMENT WITH A MIND
PARTLY CLOUDED.
Equitable's Former President Now in
the Hands Of Two Ph!sicians In a
Retreat Near New York city Ken, owed
Some Time Ago From the Catskiils.

Retreat Near New York CITY Ken, ov ed
Some Time Ago From the Catskiiis
James w. Alexander. until recently
president Of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, Is not in the Catskills, but is In re-
tirement near New York city. on Long
Island. 1t is said.
One Of his friends said last night that he
had been removed from the Onteora Club
some time ago. He is under the care OF
two we'll known physicians and his con-
dition ia such that there is danger Of his
death. His mental faculties are some
what clouded, this friend said. but with
rest and quiet his family hope that he will
recover. Their sole desire in sending Mr..
Alexander to a retreat was to give him alb
solute rest.
Since the middle OF June, when Mr..
Alexander succumbed to the strain caused
by the troubles in the Equitable, he has been
under the care Of physicians, and he knows
nothing about the more recent develop
ments in the affairs of the Equitable rociety.
Mr., Alexander was 80 weakened In body,
and his mind was under such tension, that
it was not deemed advisable by his rela-
nation a. president OF the society had been
accepted.
1t was thought at first by members OF
the family that his illness was not serious,
that 1t was merely a recurrence OF kidney
trouble with which he had been bothered
some years, aggravated by worry. Friends
OF Mr.. Alexander heard yesterday for the
first time that he had grown SO much worse.
Toward the latter part Of June 1t was
understood that Mr.. Alexander had been
taken by his son in law, John W. Alexan-
der. the artist to the Porcupines, Mr.. Alex.
anders summer place in the Catsklls, on
the grounds of the Onteora Club.
At the Onteora Club grounds last night a
man who answered the telephone said that
Mr.. Alexander had not been there at all this
summer, but that some of the other members
of the family had been there.
Mr.. Alexander's brother William, score
tary Of the Equitable society, said that Mr..
Alexander was very i'll and that that was all
he could say about it.
Mr.. Alexander was born In Princeton,
n. j., July 10, 1870. His father was the
Rev. DR.. james W. Alexander one time
pastor Of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. His grandfather was the Rev.
DR.. Archibald Alexander.
He received his early education In this
city and then went to Princeton, graduating
with the class OF 1900. He started out to
be a literary man, but decided eventually
to practise law and was admitted to the
New York bar in 1852. He practised four
years az member Of the firm Of Alexander,
Green 4 Cunning
On Nov. "a, 1894, he married Elizabeth
Beasley Williamson, daughter Of Chan
celor Benjamin Williamson of New Jersey.
He was appointed secretary of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society by Henry B. Hyde
and had been an officer Of the society ever
since until his recent resignation. He
was elected second vice-president In 1871
and first vice-president in 1874. When
Henry B. Hyde died. In 1899, Mr., Alexander
succeeded to the presidency
Mr.. Alexander is member Of the Century.
the Metropolitan, st. Barthoomew's, Law
yers', Nassau and University and Princeton
clubs He was president of the University
Club eight years, president Of the Princeton
Club six years, and is trustee of Princeton
University. He was also president Of the
and School Extension Assooia-
ton and OF the University Settlement So
ciety.
Mr.. Alexander is director in the Mer-
camille Trust Company ,theWestem National
Bank and the Delaware and Hudson Rail-
road Company, is member of the Chamber
Of Commerce, the Museum OF Natural His
tory and the Municipal and National arts