Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-13

ruary. For five years Margaret Matbi.
son had been in kcatiue> employ as
c'Shicr.
Soon after Heating disappeared his
FORMER cashier opened an office nj ~
i.aSallc street On the door appeared
fhc sign, Loans VI. Mathsou. agent Z"
The location became known among
county employees and much of keat.
ing'> clientele found it, way to the new
nnire. Blank applications for loaus
were circulated in the county lnstitu.
tionS by certain employees.
one or the first men To reach the Of
nee ~ Heating n 90. after it became
known that the head of the firm had
disappeared. was Chief Clerk McCar-
Thy Charles Russell. 2SOi l.aSalle
street. then cook employed at Dun.
ming. with half dozen other employees.
were waiting To borrow money in keat-
ing's office the day after the night of
hiS disappearance
Russell said: Mccarthy came into
ne office and asked for Heating. lie
waS told that he was expected any
moment. Mccarthy then went behind
The desk and disappeared into the
vault. where he remained nearly half
an hour When he came out he left
che office eNcitcdly. asked Miss
Mlthison if | could get some money.
nnd she told me that | would have To-
src Mccarthy. went to the CONN
troilcr's office and waited for McCar-
Thy. hut did not see him"
Miss Mathi>on was asked yesterday
She nature Of McCnrthy's visit to Kcat-
sug's office on the morning in question.
She said: II, was ouly natural he
~ho',ld be concerned ~ there was II
10, of licatings paper in the comp.
troller's office"
Comptroller Momg ghan said: II use
my own Judgment about honoring or.
derS ana assignments. There are prob
ably forty people a month who come
in here with orders for some one elsc's
salary. ! don't think Miss Mathison's
business in this office will run at any
simc over $1,000 or $1,000 month. It's
q small matter. but even then | do not
honor the assignments presented 10y
ner unless | see tit. Money lenders
have come to this office with whom
have refused to have anything to do.
Those who are out with drag net 10
get all they can do not allow here at
all. I haven't u cent invested in the
kn:,n business conducted 10y Miss Mathi-
~nu and do not know any one who has
Nci'her do | profit cent 10y IT,"
~S
Ecrausc of her Intellectual efforts to
draw her husband into conversation"
y school teacher In an Eastern city has
s1I,-i fnr separation. Ever since her
wedding day. she AYERS. she has been
unable TO get her husband TO talk IN
anything but monosyllablcs. Before
marriage he cvinced wide familiarity
with words of Latin derivation and
wcaVcd them into long sentences with
a f3"ilitv that captivatcd the mind of
the susceptible schoolma'm. As soon
as tile nuptial knot was made secure,
however. the Latin polysyllablcs,
whlch were the delight of her pcda.
gugicnl fancy, were dropped and the
husband came back to the plain. prac.
1ha,l Anglo.Saxon words of everyday
speech. II II probably fact that the
Stare IN which this couple live has
failed 10 provide any genealogical
grounds Tor divorce, but II seems to us
sbar the school teacher has Il strong
c.,Sr. She averred I'm her petition that
she had cndeavored to open up u new
line ~ conversation each evening but
without avail She read extensively
upon themes of current discussion.
hoping 10 draw him out In the long
words with which he was wont to do
his billing and cooling IN their courting
days. But he would not be drawn.
The longest speech of her husbands
which she has on record was given as
follows Would you like Ia go to the
library? Berthe will go with you ana |
uill stay ana smoke Il cigar" We sub
mil That Il man who cannot reel of u
longer string of words than this to
sickle The mental palate of n school.
Tna'am has no business To enjoy the de.
lights nj her cOmpan!onshlp In any con.
nuhial relation. She should be permit.
sci io break away from her monosyl.
liable husband so she can marry n
drummer for Il suspendcr factory or
a right-Of.way man for IN electric
street railway company. The world Is
'Ull vi long.dlstance takers who would
IT, glad 10 pay the rent To get n sym.
pathetic. appreciatlye schOolma'm to
listen 20 Them.
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casualties in the United States navy
dnring the Spanish war We're marvel. /
"'r.ly few, but 1t will no doubt cause |
surprise Ia learn that more deaths oc-
c'rr"d IN the American marine forces .
~ Ghina while the recent allied opera. |
iiuns Wcr" In progress than In our own /
war with Spain. The period of Ameri. |