New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-27
THROVN OYER BIZ THE HEfHESS
rr1. FoRTuvE OF BRITISH OFFICER WHO
WANTED To MARRY \ CHICAGO GIRL

III. FORTUNE OF BRITISH OFFICER WHO
WANTED To MARRY \ CHICAGO GIRL.
Chicago. Nav 2G-Mi,. Blanche W. culo"rtSon'
beircss 1, 300 OJ1 and believed among hcr H'h'S
70 be- the Intended wifi, Of - captain III inc h'l"'"
army lci; her home AZ No jH' DIVISION ST. "'""''
day at midnight. I'm company WITH ah"'her i"''',
,,,uc l.hind her the iI.itr and almost distracted
mother Of III" British officer. who h"d come !" ''''
city to be present the marriage oi her son 10 '"e
,n.rcon heir,,. Immediately after her hlghi from
hcr home, Mi,s Culbcrt,on cablrd to England ml"rh'
ing her Intended husband that h. need ho' CONN., -
She was about to bc married to aho'h'r ma"' -"
mother also cablrd her son tn" sad news ana h''
r,c, packed her luggage aud LETT here for the shores
Of Encland The triumphant lover In the case Is
ic, rrcnc, ION Of Dr. George T. French, OF
y,,roano,l. Mimi "A senior student In the medical
d.unrimeni of the University of Mnn'@oih Inc MS
opp,intcd lover /, Captain Donald Mckay oI H'r
Majc,tys troops. stationed al Portsmouth Ehei!hu'
Mis-, Culbcr l. the youngest daughter oil 'hr i'e
multi-millionairc W. :. Cnibcrt,on' OF Ntw-AiD'N'
Ind She 1, "A handsome ana accomplished young
woman. Nor. than year ago Miss Cniberi'on
won, ,o Mnncapo, to visit married sister. ar, J.
T. scupc While there she met young French ana
hc bcgan paying attention 10 Miss 'uiD'fl'"h' al"
some months later he proposed ana WAS "'''p''''
Mr. Cuberrson whci asked for his consent 10 ,he "''
cagcmcnt positivclJ refused ana added cod''h "
his Will dcpriving his daughter Of S50o,oo0 II S'c
married French 'h' "''N a'''' "'"'"7 '
Culbcrtson died.
After her fathers death Mis- Culbcrt>on weht 10
rrope and travelled until the first OF this year " HI"
abroad She met captain Mckay. lie propo'c'
orr,ouc Miss Cnlbcrt,0n declares that she ala not
leone engaged 10 him. and ihat She never even con
.iaorcd him as more than 4 friend Ey the aru'"s
- thc will Miss Cnlbcrlson 10 have S''ooo
v.at for ten years. and then 100000 was 10 revert "
hr I'm case she did marry against the consent VI
the executors Of the will
six weeks ago Mrs. Emily Mckay made her appa''
arcc and according 10 Miss Cubcrtson MIS- 'NaS
rccordcd the marriage OF her TO her hos''" "S
oueston Of the near future. Miss Cuiber'So.
mons,rotcd that she did look at II IN tha' "I.'
,ut Mrs Mckay was not 10 be moved WV WV"
ago French come to Chicago with his sS'"r 70 S'
tho Worlds Fair. He accidentally mel Ma' '"'
hcrson and by agreement called upon hcr u' "'H'
evening and remained until late hour Inc r',",'
was the flight The pair hurried To livery s'apio
in the vicinity ard there Miss Cubeiison p'"'u '''
nOc 10 Mrs. Mckay:
Ms. Emily Mckay.
could no longer bear 10 sustain the Ielauoh ua' t
,ou had forced upon me-. and resort 10 ".1 -, ,nny
ever sever any friendship or olh'r l'cn"r I'm MI;
have existed between and Your s1 ~, ,"y ~
BLANCHE W. Ctbbfhl looN'
After this note had been sent I" MIS- NcN"S "c
lovers were driven to the home OF W. - ropc ."
West Monrocst, where Mis-, Culbcrtson was ief' Tor
the night by her lover Mrs. Mckay. ast niBn. W
drnautly denied that she cNpecl"d hcr 'oh !"
marry Miss CubcriSOn. -, Il IL,
came to Chicago 10 see The fdir,, al I'M Sni
Now | have seen all want ~ II. ~ '''' N"'
bertson say what she pieases about my s'"'