The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-31

The suicide Of young F. II. MIlburn
the son OF the chaplain OF the House
OF Representatives., is an incident OF
more than ordinary sadness even
among suicides. The young man, who
was about thirty or thirty five years
OF age, registered his name at Chi.
cago hotel at s o'clock Saturday even
ing and paid the clerk dollar, which
1t afterward appeared was all the
money he had -ii'he next AFTERNOON at
o'clock J-oung Mllburn had not come
out 81 his room, and the messenger
being unable to get any response to
his knock ut the door, entered through
the transom.
A ghastly and bloody sight present
ed itself. The body of tho young man
was lying across the bed, his throat
cut from ear to ear. so deep that the
head appeared to be almost discovered
from the body, and beneath it basin
nearly lull Of blood, Tho preparations
Tor the desperate act had been careful
and complete. ........- ..-
In the dead mans pocket YVES found
letter from his blind and aged faith.
er, written from Jacksonville. Florida.
IL seems that young Milburn had de.
sired to come to his fathers home and
had asked for money to pay his way.
The response was That the place was
entirely filled up and there was abso.
lutely no place to put him, and that he
could not send him any more money.
Tor the reason that no had none To
SEMI. Tho old mans income is but
$500 year. and out of that he could
support himself and adopted dauYh.
ter who acts as his guide. only by the
sligrp"st self-denial
II his son had come to Jacksonville
there was no employment for him
there; he would have been idle and a
burden upon his father. which the
latter could not sustain. 1t was, there.
fore, better for tho young man TO 10.
main in Chicago, where his business
capacity, his father felt sure, would
command employment which would
at least afford living.
1punR M1ibutn was out OF employ.
ment and Without funds and his father
had no home TO which he could take
him. This was sad situation. But
It does not account for the suicide.
Many n man has been In such sltua,
ton and has commended against his i'll.
fortune aud come out victorious. The
cause OF the suicide was deeper, and
his career down the road to ruin Is a
striking warning to young men.
Young A1iihurn had excellent oppor.
'Nhtbs'Sf'' Ai' hlb fuu
cation and the blessing of n good
father to tain him. and he possessed
excellent capacity for business. But
he seems to have been n Maynard son.
lio contracted the thirst for LIQUOR in
In his youth, the period OF life whom
drunkards are ordinarily made, End
according to the dispatches no could
not conquer IL.
IL is the chief danger to BOYS in
drinking. for in boyhood tho tnste for
alcohol Is quickly formed aud when
formed ut this period is seldom over
come. And so IL appears the young
man went on in his career squander
Ing his health md his strength which
should have been his capital in his
later years.
He had father who was deprived
OF his sight. and IL was his duty to
have cared for that afflicted parent
making life as bright and happy for
him as possible and supporting him
in his old age. Instead of that lie
wandered farther AMI farther away
from the path OF duty. where he shou ID
have boon help and blessing, unit
he has finally closed his career by al
act which will doubtless bring TIL
gray hairs of his venerable fathol
down with sorrow to the grave.