MACDONALD, Sir HECTOR ( 1853-1903). A British general, born in Scotland, the son of a laboring man. He enlisted in the 92d Gordon Highlanders in 1870, served nine years in the ranks, and in 1880 for bravery in the Afghan War was gazetted second lieutenant. He served in the Kahn! and Kandahar campaign. in the Boer War of 1881, where, thanks to the admira tion roused by his bravery, he was captured alive at Majuba Hill, and distinguished himself at Suakin in 1888 and in the Nile campaign of 1889. In 1897, after commanding a brigade in the Dongola expeditionary force, he was put at the head of the Egyptian brigade and took a' prominent part at Abu-Hamed, at Atbara, and at Khartum. He was appointed aide-de-camp to the Queen, and after Magersfontein was or dered from the Sirhind district in India to the command of the Highland Brigade, which he suc cessfully reorganized. Macdonald was promoted K.C.B. in 1900, and was a member of the Dis tinguished Service Order. Transferred in 1901
from the southern and Belgaum district in India to Ceylon, he was suddenly summoned home to meet a charge of immoral conduct, and com mitted suicide in a hotel on larch 25, 1003.
MacDONALD, JAMES WILSON ALEXANDER (1824— ). An American sculptor. born in Steu benville, Ohio. He studied in Saint Louis under Waugh and in New York City in 1849. His first ideal works were "Joan of Arc" and "Italia." His portrait statues include those of Edward Bates (1876) in Forest Park, Saint Louis; of Fitz-Greene Ilalleek, in Central Park, New York City (1877) ; of General Custer at West Point; and he also made busts of Washington (in Pros pect Park, Brooklyn) and of Bryant. Cooper, and Weed. prepared other busts of Washington from Hoodin's original model, which he owned. He was an author and lecturer in art.