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Show MICHAEL CUDAHY CALLED. Packing House Magnate Began His ' Career in Milwaukee. j Chicago. Michael Cudahy, founder of the packing firm bearing bis name, died Sunday night at a hospital here i of double pneumonia. Mr. Cudahy had been ill five days, the disease becoming be-coming serious Saturday morning. Mr. Cudahy was born in Callan County Kilkenny, Ireland, December 17, 1841. He came to the United States with his parents in 1849, 'the-family 'the-family settling at Milwaukee. In 1855, while a boy of fourteen, Mr. Cudahy became an employee in a Milwaukee Mil-waukee packing house and this marked the beginning of his career In the industry in-dustry in which he took a prominent part. |