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Show UNIQUE CHICAGO CHARACTER ' DEAD. i Chicago, March 15. In the sudden! death at Atlanta, Ga., of Thomas McCormick Mc-Cormick of Chicago, an old-time saloonkeeper, sa-loonkeeper, there is lost to this city one of the unique characters who have left their mark upon municipal ( affairs. Although ho was 72 years old and had been retired from active business almost three years, the news of his death came as a shock to everyone or tho score or more Influential poltlclans who began their careers under his tutelage. ( "Old Tom is dead." was the word , that went out to "the boys." j Tales of his eccentrlcies were revived re-vived by tho news of hlsleath. i "A nickel cigar is good enough for any man and a dime will buy whisky as good as the best," was one of his theories. i Only his friends knew that his saloon sa-loon was not run to make mucn money. "As long as it don't lose any it'll be good enough for me to have it to hang out in and meet my friends," he i would say. ' Among his peculiarities none w-as so strong as his aversion to "new- , fangled drinks." ! "Cocktail, is it?" ho would roar to : some stranger who had ordered one. J "Fizz, ch! Well, here's the whisky ' bottle. Cocktail It yourself; fix It yourself; and then stick to a man's : annic in tne ruturc. Ho went south six weeks ago, first to Hot SprlnRtf, Ark., and later to Jacksonville, Fla. It Is supposed he was on his way home when ho was stricken at Atlanta. |