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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-15
COUNCIL MEETING
WAS ON THE CORNER
County Politics Weighty Issue
With BeSSemer SoIOnS
J0NESBORO FARES BETTER
Several Matters of Interest Disposed
of BY Jonesboro counciI-New
Lumber Deal-Death of
Joseph C. Burein.
J0NESBORO FARES BETTER

Bessemer, August 14.-(Speeial.)-
the second time in the course of two
weeks. the city council lacked quorum
and no meeting could be held tonight
The last night in July was the regular
night for the semi-monthly meeting OF
the city fathers but owing to the fact
that only four of the aldermen put in
an. appearance, it was postponed until
tonight The failure was even more pro-
nounced however, tonight, as not a solon'
not even the mayor took the trouble to
show up at the city hall. II is generally
believed that there was taeit agree
ment among the members of the council
not to assemble, as several of them were
seen on the corner above with other citi-
zens talking politics and cracking jokes
The mayor stated that there were no
matters of special Importance to be con-
sidered and some of the citizens express
themselves as being of the opinion that
the fewer the meetings of the council for
the present the better for the welfare Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-15

Ideal climate-midway between Asheville
and Pinehurst. New York and Florida.
Beautiful suburban location, overlooking
the city Twenty acres of campus. $780,
900 college plant, freproof buildings; TWEEN
ty experienced. university-ed educated teach
e-s A. B. and Elective graduate courses
Music, Art Expression. Write for cata-
iogue. CHAS B. KING, President.
6-1-45t-fri-su-wed
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Joseph c. Ruraln Dead.

Capt. Joseph C. Burgin died last night
at the residence of his daughter Mrs. NJ.
e Mckinney at the age of Oh years. lie
had been suffering for several years from
acute Indigestion and Bright's disease.
The deceased was well known and hlghly
respected throughout the county, holding
at the time of his death the offices of
notary public and ex-officio justice of
the peace He is survived by wife and
by two sons and four daughters as fol-
lows: Claude Burgin, Joseph Burgln'
Mrs. M. E. Mckinney, Miss Nelma MISS
ella and Miss Pearl Burgin.
The funeral will be held under the di-
rection of the Masons Wednesday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock, Rev. J. F. Gable,
of the Baptist church officiating Inter-
ment will be in Cedar cemetery
The pail bearers will be as follows;
Active. W. McAdory, Thomas T..
Huey. w. ]. Smith, w. A. Simmons, e.
A. Little r. w. Huffman, b. {. Jones'
j. M. Cook.
Honorary-H. w. Sweet, w. w. Hol,
lingsworth, E. L. Mitchell, Judge D. r.
stiles, A. c. Kennedy, J. w. carter,
Judge Samuel L. Weaver, Lee Moody
and George w. Jones of Gate City.
Notes and Personals.
The crack baseball team of the BESSIE
mer Eagles left for Gadsden this AFTER
noon for a series of three games.
OFFICERS Vines and Smith of the jones'
boro police force raided a negro crap
game near or among the section houses
In that place Sunday and landed several
of the players in prison. Six convictions
ON the charge were brought before Mayor
Martin this morning, each being given a
fine of SO and costs
Mrs r J. Miller is visiting her parents
in Rome. Ga.
Inther McKinnon of Mobile has re-
turned to his home after a visit to Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. II. Judson.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26
WOULD PUT AGE
LIMIT ON GOLF
Cambridge Professor Says Men
Under Thirty-Five Should
Not Play.
EXPERT GOLFERS Do NOT
AGREE WITH PROFESSOR
Declare That School Boys Ought
to Be Taught the Match
less Game.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
/ LONDON, Aug. 25.-Dr. T. Clifford
Albutt, the professor of physics at Cam
bridge, has declared that there ought
to be law against any man playing
golf before he reaches the age Of 30. He
does not believe that il is so useful in
training character as cricket or foot
ball
"Dr. Clifford Albutt has never played
golf, was the caustic comment of J.
! n. Taylor, the midSurrey professional
"a good. round game would speedily
change his views, Why, golf brings
into being the highest sort of courage
a man can boast. The successful golfer
/ has to have command of his nerves. to
| be rapid in judgment, quick in execu
tion and always ready to snatch hard
won victory
Taylor laughed at the idea of an age
limit. "There would be no tiptop play
ers today he said "if men had wait
ed till the age. of 80. | began playing
before | reached my teens. So did
James Braid, a. Vardon and A Herd.
would have schoolboys playing
I James Braid said: ~ think gclf an
excellent game for boys. Any one wish
Ing to excel should start Young
Would Have Boys Play
MI Colt, secretary of the Wimbledon
Park Golf club, says; Il think that
boys should be taught to play golf as
soon as they can handle club. On
the other hand, golf should certainly
not be .practiced by. boys and young
men at the expense OF cricket and foot,
/, ball There is no doubt that the lat
ter games are much better exercise for
those whose limbs are SUPPLE
Mr.. A. Z. Nj. Groome, a we'll l-known
writer on golf, says: cit is true that
cricket and football give opportunities
for the display of apparent nnselfsh-
ness which the golfer does not share.
! But the, unselfshnes is more apparent
than real,
HNo one of the three games-provjd
ed that the golfer is q real golfer and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

be considered down when any portion
of his hands or feet touches the ground,
and that preventing the interlocking
of legs. In summing up the total leg
islation aimed against that style of
play, Reid says: ''It seems reasonably
certain that we shall have much less
Of it, but it will undoubtedly be used
in the attempt at making a yard or
so on the third down in order TO re-
tain possession of the ball, but it will
probably be not adopted as the salient
feature Of the offense'
The forward pass, in the opinion OF
the Crimson coach, will be nowhere
near so effective in opening up play
as the on-side kick. lie offers many
reasons for this, all of them leading
practically to the belief that the passes
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

Russell is to become the owner Of rae
Ing stable. Her press agent says so.
The actress will, it is said appear mt the
Bennings track next spring under the
stable name OF "Mr. Clinton" with a
string OF colts which are expected to
bring racing fame as well as financial
emoluments to their owner.
The colors of "Mr. Clintons" stable
are 10 be navy blue with a white star.
Her string Of colts, eight in number, is
announced as the get OF the famous Car
bine. which was bred in New Zealand.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

the Australian champion quarter mile
runner who participated in the Olympic
games at Athens this year, has sent his
entry from London to- the Amateur Ath-
lctic union for the ampionshps 10 be
held al Travers' Island. y. Y, on Sep
tember s. He Is entered in the 100. 200
and i+0 yard events, Barker left Lon
don for Boston on August 10. and Will go
chamDiopshIns
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26
aoTHAM1TEs TO TRY JA1 ALA1.
Game Looks Like Combination Of
Court Tennis, Handball, Lacrosse.

Tribune Special Sporting Service
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-New York Is TO
have p jai alai court. These who have
visited Cuba or Mexico in the last few
winters know jai ala and speak of 1t
with cheerful appreciation, AS n game
Il looks like a combination of court ten
mis-, handball and lacrosse. The players
wear long. curved wlcker baskets ON their
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26
AT SALTAIR

Christensen S Dancing Academy Day
at Saltair, Monday. August q. Matt
nee and grand ball Concert by the
Pluck BOYS band.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

IN most cases will Ia :.
make the results aIss,'
He expects 10 ga ~,
long pass, with pqS,.
ones; The onsids 81 .
hand, he states, dsa E
serious risks. IL TiuZ|
any one on the oss.
cover the ball at ssT e.
1t first touches tie H.,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

plays toursomes-offers more opportu
mites for combination than the others,
AS means Of teaching self-reliance
golf is preeminent. Yet it is true that
cricket and football are better games
than golf for boys and young men.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

hands, and the way they can keep the
bail slamming about the place Is enough
TO stir the blood of the most phlegmatic
Northorner. II drives The Cubano aud
MeXicsno crazy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

and has sent offspring to fame Ia
Australia.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26
ACTRESS LOVES FAST HORSES.

Lillian Russell Is to Berorne the Owner
Of Racing Stable.
WASHl NGTON u. c.. lug. 26.-Llllian
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

ON ExHlBl1
Electrical NatIarll d
Call at Oscar Gro.1
Main street, and 4.
out, The cash rsziss
electricity, Only ons ~
and the Pacific eoast
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26
BARKER TO MEET AMERICANS.

Australia's Champion Runner Will
Compete in Sprint Events,
Tribune Special Sporting Service.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-Nigel c. Barker.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26
Hurdling Limo. Is Forbidden,

Some of the other rules which the
harvard coach thinks will deal a
aeatnploW to mass play are that which
forbids players to hurdle the line feet
hrst, that providing that runner shall
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13

The exports from the ports were 40, EOS bales
Futures declined 20 TO ~ points on the active
months. recovered 20 70 - of the loss. reacted
and declined ~ 10 10 points. closing steady,
with estimated sales of $50, 600 bales. Prices
as follows.
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
TEE GRAIN
Prices Higher -UnfayOrHbIe APkeMtne
wheat Crop reports Moderate ne.
celpts-NhOrts Cover.

Wheat ended at an advance owing mainly
to unfavorable Argentine reports and higher
cables. Higher prices were made early In
the day. mainly OWING 70 an advance In Liver
pool and covering OF shorts. Liverpool ad-
vanced I'D, Paris was b aed TO equal
&c. higher on wheat. with -four IKE. Der
barrel lowet to &c. higher. Berlin declined
equal 20 nc. and Budapest fell &c.
The advance in Liverpool was mainly owinr
to less favorable crop news from Argentine
and damage TO the pototo crop In Germany.
There was some buying here on the Argentine
new Besides the American situation.
particularly a. respects the comparAtiveIy
moderate supply Of contract grade. as IL now
appears. was regarded as Encouraging to those
who prefer the bull side.
Well known commission houses were buying
at Chicago. shorts covered and for q time
there was an absence OF offerings. A Chicago
despatch aaid: The local crowd we're ali
short OF wheat. Bartlett. Frazier 4 CARING
bought . little December. and this started
them all tn cover"
The receipts at the North west Uere anything
but burdensome and. In fact. looked pretty
a. compared with the hgures Of last
week and last year. Minneapolis got eoa cars,
against T7s last week and s7 last ysar.
Chicago GOT only ~ cars. including but s'of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13
S-UB-TREASURY STATEMENT.
Live Stock Market.

Receipts ~ beeves were szs8 head inciudj,~
% cars for export alive, 80 for slaughterers and ia
for the market. On light receipts steers ruled very
hTn. selling 1890. higher; bulls were inn; MEDIUM
and good CONS l04LIc. higher: bologna cows un-
changed me Yards were cleared. Ordinary IN
choice nAtive steers sold AZ 81. 1891 ". Is peT IO ms
bulls ~ 4nS3+Oi COWS ~ f.s5d9 IS: mr ezra
COW ~ $3.50 Dressed beef nrm at 7agi,c. neT in
for native beef: Texan beet selling at 8G7iac. Liver.
pool and London cables quoted live cattle Iowsr
A. a44i1l1c. per IN, dressed weight: rrfriRcrator
beef lower At N1NSdaC. per III. ENnors 10 dav
none: tomorrow. 1895 becves and S,3n quarters
Of beef.
Receipts Of calves were &c head. all for The mar.
ket: and with the few held over yesterday mere
were 600 on Sale, Neais were steady for All grades
KHassers SmOst nominal. Westerns STEADY To Strong
The pens var about cleared. Common to- prIms
veals sold Al a1fctS,i Is per 100 lbs: tops al ~. a Few
TrhsserB - G25. Western calves a. 81 s0d a. II
Dressed calves steady az Sdi3i,c. per III Tor ~
dressed veAls and 5dl2lac. for COrHtrN dressed
Receipts Of ehrrp and lambs were , gAp head
including 0 cars for slaughterprs and g. far m.
market: and With tho ear hcld over yrstsrdsV
there were a. cars on sale. sheen were m ysry
scant supply and steady lambs nrn and iOr hIvLsS
quality considered. Common sheep Nold a. Hdi 4,
por 100 lbs, good 70 prime lamnS a. ksass ~ my
~ h60. No saies Of Canadian Iambs renortsd 20
day. Dressed mutton s,eady az saio, ~ - ~
hFea1ed lambs nTu A. ftt.tetA,r. "'
I Receipts o. hog- were ESQ head All for sl.y.h,..
30 e1cept ? head. FrrlinG steady. Good k..yv
ntah Sta.e hogS NeIr quotaole a. N.TS0p7 per
4~ibA countEy dressed hogs steady.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13
FINANCI4L 7

Al a meeting OF the trustees NJ the Be- 90"
Savings Bank yesterday William + kuoA r.-
chosen as SECRETARY to succeed rho late Val
Co~Rgeshall. Mr.. Knox has been with '.s
Bowery savings Bank for twanty-oue 'r4..
and has heen AZ the head Of the ~ac,orrf...
department.
r. r. Moore. formerly president 81 '-
View Amsterdam Bank. and his assos q -
have secured a charter for "A now trust geo
pany. to be known as the Commercial y (.
Company. IL will start business ~ Il.r'
seventh street and Broadway about No,,
Der ] next.
\ meeting Of the stockholders Of the ,f9-l
National Rank has been called for Mol1t
november II, az noon 20 consider tho Qr.sr
OF increasing the capital stock Of rho 'Ir
and to determine the amount Of such iuyr,7s
The present caDital of the Chase Nai'purI e.
81 100000. II has n surplus NJ 5000 '".
u nder the new law a bank cannot loan % H
one person more than ~ per cent. of fhn.N.
raj. The proposition will he made 10 fr,r- "
part OF the surplus to tho capital accom-
VI. Lisman \ Co. have issued n ,r
on southern railroads with a~nAlvse-
OF the various lines.
". r. Mcdowell has put out a cir,
dealing with the peculatiOn in MINING
curities on the curb.
The protective COMMITTEES for the holdsra p
the nrst consolidated mortgage per .'.'
hty year bonds Of the Brooklyn tcvr1 o
pany OF New York announce that more I't.
q majority Of he said bonds have been
posted with the knicksrhocker Trusl rHf
peny under the agreement datet ~
q the said bonds will expire On o''""EI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13
THE COTTON MARKET.
Lower Prices on Realizing and Rather
Better weather -SOme Killing Frost
in Atlantic. Gulf and Central Sections
warmer weather Predicted, However

Clear and warmer weather in parts Of the
South and heavy liquidation in what looked
like overbought markets in New YORK New
oS...-L .--.. No"
OI'eans - h''o'p"o,; noU v mention otners'
brought about q decline. IL was no great
decline measured by the recent advance In
fact the downward reaction was 20 moderate
!. 81 .,nu.s, 80 $500 49, ~
49, eO"e m"e'eht strengtn
rather IMAM weakness. At one time there
was q rally OF Q dollar q bale on renewed
long buNing and covering. But as il is a
"o~Su 81 more natural
tnan 70 see heavy rcahzlnS OF profits in all
the big speculative centres Of the world
..naclsIIv a. there are sisns thu, ~. 49,
sss.h~ .c.,,.I ~ot,or 4. NonShu
= rHshnS somewhat
pArtIou.xIy . England Although
mills in some sections OF this country. and
60. ~ TsTos Enron. s,a" were good,
buyers IN AeASS' IuLope $50 appears TO be
buying there pretty freely. The DAYS ex-
ports were 10000 bales. Some OF IN. sninn.r.
however. seem 10 regard m. msrks, 100
nvr.Iv runswav a1sir' -ssnscisrL, as
ncult 70 ascertain At once Just what damage
has been done at the South by the KILLING
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13

Oats we're quiet on the spot. Sales. 10000
bush. Natural white on track. 20 10 - lbs,
9 1sd40hc.; white clipped. % 10 - lbs. 3sH
5000 bush. No. >. 5sIIc.. T.. o. b. afoat for
export. Futures closed unchanged. Sales,
70. 900 bush. Prices a. follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13

Speculation in the mining shares in the
outside market to-day continued active. The
market was fairly firm at the opening. but
soon the whole list. with only one or two ex-
ceptiOns. became heavy aud at the close
fractional declines were almost universal.
Several stocks that have been prominent in
the advance lately were under particular
pressure. Greene. Copper mad a further
loss OF a point and ,Nipissing. Butte Coalition
On the other hand British Columbia, Mitchell
and a few OF the low priced stocks were very
the industrias. which we're mostly quiet,
American Tobacco was down is points and
STANDARD Oil advanced . points.
The transactions in the market to-day we're
as follows:
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traders have flooded both this market sod
Liverpool with bearish talk and have hscked
their Judgment, no doubt, by large sales
on the bulge Yesterday and moderate sale,
with. much talk this morning We think
purchases on all easy spots will prove prof
table, a. while some ten DAYS ago big crNO
views were popular and credited ssnerslly,
conditions are non reversed and the burden
In on the bear to convince the spinner and tho
PUBLIC that the yield Will be over eleven and
a half million.
Messrr. Price. McFadden, Moyse. MCINTYRE.
Violet. Rountree md wire houses were sellers
Measrs. Craig. Hubbard. Hutton. ShPsrson aud
Wilson were buyers.
Marshall, Spader n Go. said Damage hv
frost and the date of its earliest VISITATION have
Of speculation in cotton during October. and
II may he said that this sea sons cIperien's
promises IN furnish an instructive object los
son for some time TO come Certainly the
crop was late and the frost visitation carl
and extreme. The question IL. what has been
the actusl damage in percentsg GO 10 the crop
Roughly speaking. We should say that, taking
into account cotton already picked or IN
cluded in the matured bolls spd open in The
fields. the percentage actually exposed 70 IN
sDstches would NOT be 70 per cent. Of the pn-
tire crop. We shall await with Interest cir.
cumstantial statements on this subject and
believe present views on the subject will prove
To have been exaggerated. as has nearly
always been the case. in the past
Cotton on the spot declined 20 points Md
ding. II. 200, against IN. loc. last year. Sales.
400 bales for export. 40 for spinning and i.aon
delivered on contracts. The Southern spot
markets were. generally unchanged TO &c.
higher. Middling Galveston. Iil,c.; New
orleans. IIc!; savannah. 10 1870. The crop
movement was as follows:
Y,.,,,.av iTrssy. va,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13

SCoAK.-Raw and steady: centrifugal -
test. &C.: muscovados 50 test. ale. Rs6r.l
was unsettled. Federal unchanged. 80
others 10 points lower AZ 500. and announ. a
will accept withdrawals against contr,..s
until noon Saturday on basis Of l.5Oc
NAVAL STORES, Spirits Of turpentiue. No.
Common to good strained rosin, g. rs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13
THE BOSTON MARKET.

Boston, Oct. i2.-The market for copper
shares was q little lees active to-day. Really
without depressing the market. The close
was quiet and prices show small changes
from thoAa Of yesterday. In the industrial
department American Pneumatic was steady
and advanced fractionally.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13

was quiet. prime Wr-l-
ern, go; refined Continent. 50. 95: Soutr
American, slO.25. Pork was quiet and steal,.
mess. sisgsiS.5O. Tallow. 5A.ab[,c. Rutrar
VAS steady. Creamery. firsts. 26c. Lag,
western, hrsts, 2Jd 2Cc. ChiCago oct. IL
Provisions shared in the Improvement with
the grain markets. The volume Of trade Na,
rather light, the selling Of January deliveries
scattered and the buying largely Of a lo.gl
character. la the early trading the demand
from shorts for November lard was a feature.
The continued light hog movement and urr-
dicttons OF small receipts for several vrrls
n a foIlowra
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13

FLouR.-Quiet and steady. Sales, $50
bbls. receipts. 1929 bbls. exports. 1882,
bbls. Spring--Patents, q. t5n9 81 so: clears
o.. S06ts.so. Winter-StrsiRhts. Is 500 g.. 90
clears, b .sO@s 80 rs. Rye -four. t3.75dt4i5.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-13

MARKETS.
COnee EasIer-PrOyIMons Firm.

Coffee declined slightly owing 20 liquidation
for local and outside sccount. Commission
houses sold and foreign houses had a few
selling orders. though they also bought r.
some extent. The speculation. however. was
an extremely tame and narrow AFFAIR and I
took little pressure on the selling side to brira
about the decline.
Willett 4 Gray said: The worlds vfslhls
supply reaches its extreme in October. N.
world has been discOunting the current orou
for a year. A change will como " tho very
nature Of circumsta noes and when average
production is inferior to consumption and ths
future of coffee prices will place them whore
they belong Tor a staple If prime "ousumptlon
which is the ia vorite Of the people.
Coffee on the spot WIS steady. Rio No
SIC. Futures closed : 10 10 points lower.
with the tone steady and the sales $3.50 hag,.
Havre declined ~. and Hamburg pfs.
Rio was uncha nRed exchange unchanged ~
10 l3-l6d receipts. 81. 900 bags: stock. j7lOm.
Santos advanced 20 refs. receipts. 81. O0u hals
stock. 2.077 900. Prices here as follow
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
AN INTERNATIONAL WEDDING.

Copenhagen, April 2.-Miss Katherine O'Brien.
daughter OF T. J. O'Brien the American Minister.
and n. G. Chiffon. third secretary of the British
Legation, were married here this afternoon. The
Countesses Lily and Suzanne Paben Levetzau were
bridesmaids. and r. s. Seymour. second secretary
Of the British Embassy at Vienna. best man.
The attendance included the whole Of the diplo-
matte body, members of the aristocracy of Copen-
hagen and friends of both families from abroad
A reception at the American Legation followed.
King Frederick. his daughters and Crown Prince
Christian called the American Legation this
morning and congratulated the minister. who
also received many cable messages from friends in
America. The bride received numerous gifts from
many countries and from members OF the royal
families of Denmark and Sweden.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
JUSTICE M'MAHON DEAD.
SuCCumbed to Pneumonia at Hotel
GrOsUenor Last Night.

Justice Martin Thomas Mcmahon. Of the Court
Of Special Sessions. died last night In his apart
ments at the Hotel Grosvenor. from pneumonia
He had been Ill only two days before his death.
- an acAiahon was sixty-eight years old and
mad been the bench OF spectaI sass,o,,. -. -.
rsSo' he had varied and interesting career
D0'" az La Prairie. Canada, March 81 Is3s. he
was graduated from Fordhan University in 1855
nc served throughout the Civil War with honor
aho fame and was chief OF staff Of the sth ARMY
corps participated In all the great battles OF the
army OF the Potomac. and was brevetted TO the
rank OF major general Congress voted him a
medal for bravery at the battle OF White Oak
swamp he resigned from the army in 1856. From
1850 10 1858 he was Corporation Counsel for New
YORK: and was appointed United States Minister
70 Paraguay in 1853. In Is72 he married
MISS Louise Claire HarSous, who died the same
year- Justice Mcmahon was receiver OF taxes for
New fork from 1873 TO 1885. From 1885 to 1883 ne
was United States marshal. and later was sent IN
me assembly and TO the Senate. Congress elected
MN manager OF the Home for Disabled VoIuntee~
Soidlers' which place he held from 1850 to fS9S