The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-06-11
A SUDDEN SUMMONS.

Post of Duty in IA Sub Postal station IN
81 Lon'S,his peath AttriDu,cn 10 n'nr'
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and the IoyaI IcpIop G,tberinp-A Hrlef
Sketch of Ills Career.
ST. LorIs. June 10 Gen. John Nc
Neil, veteran soldier, and an old citi-
zen of st. Louis, died suddenly Monday
evening while on duty at post office
station L. of which he was superin-
tendent. Death came to him about
$50 o'clock, and with suddenness
! that shocked all about him. lie had
been in the office scarcely an hour, and
up to few minutes before he died he
had given orders to his chief clerk, Mr..
Miller. The scene on discovering that
/ the general was dead was most dra-
matte. MIR Miller had lust taken some in
, structiuns from him, and left the private
/ Office Rrttrrin,r in less than tom min
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| - Nv io'.i" VI. 'o'"' .
IN MS Guar III Il reclining p"Hitloh nS IL
| asleep. Having occasion to question
! him aho,lt the orders Mr. Miller caught
him, L,, ,Lo .,,.,,, a., a,,,.,l,, hin, 4. he
- 80 ~ 49,. '''o ~ - t.n,'li ~ ,.'..t.,
ulu 81 inc arm lcII imp ny NV Sc"'Id!
SIDE. 1t was only thtn that Mliler dlS-
covered the CHASTITY expression of death
| o,, tbn nountnnuprn nf thn raurrnl mud
| -,
III Il lIlght ruSIlru lhu' t!'' pu''T "II''''
| eXclaiming aloud: My God. he : dead.
The exclamation was caught at once by
! +ba olo,.l,s ,nd o,,.,.ic,s ohnr, aud som
| =, - e,I1 I ,;il
Che SnlaIl oilicc WIS nI4t" "IIh N4'l"'S
| sympathiHers.
Further examination nrovrd the ey-
,a,,.;, ,..o. ~, do1i,,+o ,lr,,,
~ =, y
OF breaking the news TO MIS- McN"ll
was undertaken by Mr.. Miller. and lie
1vos ,nnv.d tn .tcors hitnsrIf ot thr ,yay
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~ Wv wy ''' H.;
TWO hours p'IoTc she IIdd A''h MN
leave the house in apparently good
henlth and how he yyns dead She
could b,rdlv ,naliZe If lint when the
- -; - g.. a. ..,l cha
body was carried INTO the parIor she
controlled herself with difficulty.
Tho c,usn nf tbn cr,r,ol's death yyns
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NOV lc"thc"' p"t 1t - AZ '""''. ~ '"
! tlgue ana consequent hcaFl laliur''
| For several davs previous to Memorial
d,v hn ,y,s Lusv with tho nrrnorutious
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"ii" va ''"u ""f i'' '''
with lhc dutIvs imposed upon MN us
master Of ceremonies OF Bar post.
The following day he entertained Gen.
Worrnr and last Friday he ccrornDu-
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hlc' ''lc i'"S a. h'S ''i ~ ''iN'''''
kaS lie was to speak AZ dIuncr Satur-
day but was prevented hV a trouble in
tbe throo+ He ,y,,,Id NOT rive nm
anu aV supper tl' sunni 'N'"I''" "'
spoke for nearly thirty minutes.
He rot back to the CITY Mon
d,, ,,ornir,r aud ,yirn he rr,rhrl
- H.; l
ioii' '' ~ ,r
lallgucu' AlIct rclresniIiE nl'llHc',
with Il bath he went To his office and
stoid until about 3.3O H. M when he re-
turr,I bou,o to lirrc,. II, loft homo
-. .1, rl;
" lc" iH'l"'c9 'I''i ''''NN '',"T
| much better than ne ana Ill thc morning
and went straight to the office. He re-
sr,,,ol b;s dut;aL +l,.r. with fla. rSuaI
tn , rI L.,
NiSoi' an" "o' "'''i' nv ""' i'"'i" ''~"'
dld anyone discover that ne was III.
TGcn John Mcneil was born Of American
! parcnts ut Unlifny " 8 on February t. l-l3.
jIi- cnrlv edurotiOn was limited for as a
? | mere lad he WIS nuprcutfrrd in Boston to
learn thc, hattcr's trade He came to St
Ionf- in 1895. and. engaging in business. soon
became one of the most popular mcr hants
of tn" city hes' '' ny regard, . is D"t" .
vn'', t',he ,"r mem, @ ,, ,,,, - tT.
earliest to respond to the union rol to
, | arms. Larry III Nay l'' t. t.t N''""' 1911 ""s
+ ,rnicn hc was elrrtrd colonel when
: the regiment was mustered INTO
service by Gen. Nathaniel Lyon. zen.