THE OMAHA PA1JL.Y IlKEFUlllAY, D-KnivtHKH 20, J02.
1L10W -SOW MOD BANK
,'Kan rrora Iowaig kj.ititi of Cub Wlula
Ha Bleep.
H L OSS. ABOUT SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS
Talef r.ptf r Hotel noon aad Remove
Holl of Raak tlllta from t ar--atk
; Hea at
Sleeper.
The old Idea that downy pillow, filled
with toft feather, afford better protect
tlon for valuable! placed beneath It and
sleepy head than the strong Vault of the
banks prirtad the 'Mndolhg of TheedoM
Frederlcksen, a resident of Atlantic, la.,
who Jourayed to Omaha Christmas era and
brought a Urge-sited bank foil. Bnrsuie
of hla belief In pillow protertlon, Fred
erlcksen now mourni the loia of $30 In
crisp government eurreflcy, which he re
ported to the police early Christmas moru
la Frederlcksen came to the 'city on busi
ness, and before leaving Atlantic drew from
the bank nearly $600 lb (lih. Thl be placed
In hla Inside pocket, thinking that It would
be aecure from the ahrewd methoda prac
ticed by the light-fingered gentry. After
hla arrival here he went to the Klondike
bote) And registered, retiring about 12
o'clock.
Between that hour and I o'clock Christ
maa morning hla financial condition under
went a sudden cbange and be waa reduced
nearly to poverty. Before retiring he took
the preoautlon to protect hla valuable by
removing hi vest and placing It beneattl
his pillow.
( Wake l a Loser.
Fredertoksen did not awaken until early
.la the fnoWng and hFe. fit-It thought waa ot
hi easn.y, Upon looking for hla temporary
$nk he nearly fell In a faint vhn he found
tbitt- fttrMntf the night aome thief had en
tered .bl . room and removed the big roll
without waking him. baety aearch failed
to produce any ' rfcim". Hla gold watch
waa not taken.
Prelderlckaen, greatly agitated, rushed
Into police headquarter and poured bl tale
of woe Into th ear of Captain Moatyn and
Detective Dutroj He vii unable to give any
clue. t .!.'."
Frederlck'aen waa rendered nearly pennt
lesa by the vlalt of the thief, a the only
eaah he poaaeaaed waa' T centa, which the
vlaltor left him.
,j NEW STEAM TABLES FOR BEE
Dmti WmiiIiI by Recent Explosion
y la. Sterootyolaa; Rota Mad Good
1 ' Wlthoat Interraptloa of Work.
. I- " j
The Bee, haa just completed Installing
A two new steam tables In Ha atereotyplng
fm m,.tk,tb plac of those disabled
by the explosion which occurred Decern
' i bee 1L During the period si doe elapsed,
covering two complet weeks, the paper
has been produced without laterruritton or
, serious delay on a single steam tarble, a
achievement. It la believed, unparalleled In
newspaper annals, taking Into considera
tion the fact that two editions of the even
, Ing paper and three editions of the morn
. Ing paper have gone to preaa dally.
A alight ' conception Of the difficulties
overcome may be had when It I stated that
last Saturday In the twenty-four hour
" preceding the publication ot the Sunday
Issuer of The Bee the atereotvelna flnr.
,. atent turned . out fifty-nine matrices, nan--.
01 lag aa many form, which would consume
..7, Wt""'"" Jteara labl with
out allowing for any loaa of time between
. or.ms. , Jt la needle to ay that with the
: new plant at It command The Be ta tn
better position" tHV ever before, In point
of Inc'cnnhlcnl faclflf.-js, tor promptly get
. ' ; tltt; out a inodera -owpper.
V; KEEP;: BOXING DAY TODAY
'kasilleb
iva Will Coatlaa Chrlatata
by Glvletr lafcordlaafes ,i
J
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vPreseata. 1
In England, whll th celebration of
Christmas begins as lewher, on Decem
ber f. M Observant lasts well into Janu
i ry, or at all event did until th atrenuoua
. Ufa, pf modern, day le4 men to out ehort
,' their, holiday and make haste to get rich,
though now th 2tta Is on of the few ot
the supplementary dsys, which Is still
observed with befitting honor. It is known
m. Boxing day and la kept throughout the
British lalea a publio holiday, when It I
, proper and almost neceeaary to bestow gift
m all In .a subordinate position.
Th men who deliver letters, the Ula
. graph messenger, ths servant o' th
household, th underling In th offlc. all
expect to b remembered on Boxing day
' and brav I th man who neglect th eu-
File a Timely Kick
( Th Association of Long-Suffering Hu
band mot la speolal session at th call
of ( th president, T. Reginald Marlow.
'. After, th usual banquet had been die
: V& of and cigars were la order, om
on mildly Inquired what the row waa
about anyhow.
' The honorabl . president adjusted hi
Tuxsdo to the correct after-dinner atti
tude and gated aoulfully upon hi fellow
members.
'Gentlemen, a you ar probably awar.
Christmas draw near"
J"I aay, old man," drawled young Law
renc . "why can't you let ua n)oy tb
,ta(unc .of a Jolly good dinner? Not that
i lit mind It much thl year, though.
When a man' got a wife to do hi Chrlat-
iia shopping "
'' Law re ace had been married only a few
r moatha-and no waa still vain over th
f,ct- ,
' '"Tftis neighbor on" ths right looked on him
wltl) pity......
"Thaf where you betray your Ignorance,
my boy, :Wait until ah naa shopped tor
.yeu, jsr more, particularly, wait until h
' ha bought you ftw Chrlatmaa present
and, jrou'y., perjured your soul la youi
' efforts to tnak her believe tbat ah haa
i. Had yew. supremely happy."
"HearF1 Hear!"
.T.here , every preipect of a rlsiag
vt.e. befor any qusstlen had been put
aad h boaorabl president beat hi after
dinner coffee spoon la hammering tor or-
'"Gentlemen, according to th rules of
this association, tb president state tba
object of tha meeting. So her gee.
Wt'rt all dead sick ( this Christmas
tommyrot: ' Down wttk tb practle of
wive giving injposslbl present to hus
band" ,Crleo of "Right you rl" "Hs's a Jolly
good fellow!" etc.
"Shut ap wilt your ' catlaued th
president, climbing dowa from hi pari
; Uameptary pedestal. "Now, see her. I
want to buy my wa allppsrs. If I'm
measured and fitted for my shoe, why
not for my slippers f Why should I wear
, velvet horror thst don't lit, (imply bcus
th rose oo th toe match my amoklng
JaoketT" . , . . .
"Tkat a aeibi&f," Utsrruftsd Helm,
torn and falla to bestow the looked -for
Christmas bo. " '
Juat bow the cue torn originated la hard
to aay. there have been many theories
advanced, but perbap the most likely ta
that of a noted profeenor, who found In the
habit a aufvival of the Roman featlval of
Saturnalia, at which slavea were feasted
and master became for the none as slavea
themetilv. However this may be, the cus
tom baa llted on one side of the Atlantic
and died on the other.
YEAR OF DELAYED TRAINS
Ilallroaa Man Says It la Da
aorta; of Cars ss
Rnaxlae.
"I bav been In this buslnee for over
twenty yer and never bav known pas
eecger traits ta run on as poor time as
they hat don thl year," said on of
Omaha' veteran' railroad men yesterday.
"It I a tact," he continued, "that roads
generally have failed to observe schedules
thla year. 1 warrant If comparison could
be made It 'would be found tbat mora train
were late toot times In the last year than
In any other similar period ot Omaha's his
tory. . .
"Now, It will b Interesting to look Into
the cauM ot thl condition. Some will tell
-you, glibly, that It I due to the unprece
dented volume of traffic and Indirectly that
la Correct.' , But that doc not fully explain
matters, it la true that, taken aa a whole,
thla ha been the greateat year for pas
senger and freight bualnesa In the coun
try history and Omaha, the gateway to the
great west, ha opened her portal to un
usually large horde of travelera thla year,
but ! here observed that at time when th
paasengsr traftlo was th heaviest the train
might be making th beet time they had
mad during th year. So that doe sot
explain It. I was her In one of the old
depot year ago when round-trip excursion
tickets were sold to California for 15 and
4h rush .of travel waa something tremen
dous, but the train all mad good flme.
"Th almpla causa la th general short
age ot rolling stock. All these roads, or
at leait , nearly, all of them, are abort on
engines and many on car, and they almply
bav been Unable to meat th condition
which, thl unheard ot era of prosperity haa
thrust Upon them. The railroad magnate
who ire given credit tor being th most
wlde-twat and progressiva fellow n th
country, were caught napping that' time.
They did hot foresee thl enormou Increase
In bullae coming In time to prepare ade
quate means of handling It aa It should
have been handled. Now, you will find that
carcety a road tn thl part of th Country
has failed to order new car and new en
gine, especially the latter. But thl doe
not necessarily promise Immediate, relief
from th congestion that haa set In! The
englaemaker throughout the country are
already covered up with order that cannot
possibly be filled by the last ot 1903, ao
that If thfi enormous Increase In volume of
bulns has come to itay, and there Is lit
tle doubt that It has, It will require mora
than year tor the railroad to catch up
with the situation."
Of Iterst ta Stock Raisers.
A number ot letters bav recently been
rclt4 by th Nattenal Cornstalk Rem
edy company ot Omaha, Neb., from farm
er and ttock raiser In Iowa fend Ne
braska highly oommehdlng thl remedy as
a certain prcventlv for th cornstalk
disease. : The letter apeak for them
selves and can b seen at the company'
offlc at any tlm and by anyone.
An effort ha been made by certain par-
tie, for aom unknown reason, to Injur
th company by an article recently printed
In th newspapers of thl otty.
Th eornpaay 1 o confident of It mer
it and that it will do all claimed that It
will furnish the remedy to any stockman or
farmer, nd It It doe not prevent the dis
ease If fad according ta direction th en
ordering netjd! pay .nothing. Tha above
ahow th confidence placed In th remedy
by the ompoy,. nd th , letters received
from those, who ar. utlng It exclusively
prove It scllablllty. The remedy I pro
tested by registered trad mark in th pat
ent .o Ace , at. Washington. ?
.The general offloe of tbe f'Nattonal Corn
tatk Remedy company" la at 427 Ram
block, Omfena, Neb., to whom all order
hould be addressed.
NATIONAL CORNSTALK REMEDT CO.,
J. R. Mt'lR General Manager.
Publlah yeur legkl netlee la The Weekly
Be. Telephone til.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
, 1
??'. J". C,rl'" Pnrtln the holiday
with friend and, relative In David City,
Zer Snow, attorney for the Pacific Ex
aTmard0"1"'' l PorlUnd r,- - et the
-r" I'eilma and wife of the "Floro
doV,JPnV,"n togethar with Mlaa Hasard
Pl!!... r.'OB Qt tb am cuwpny, are
at th Millard.
who deal In real estate. "My wife bought
me a waisteoat last Chrlatmaa. It
wouldn't meat by aa Inch In th front, but
b wtnttd to Insert a 'T la the back
becaus Itr waa so sweet and1 went so well
with her nrw dinner gown."
"Imagine Holme In a dov-colored bas
ket cloth, cut on th blaa and dotted with
red tars l" interpolated a wit.
"Well,, it wasn't quit sa bad aa that"
"Aaytklag ta bad enough." groaned Frli
bl. wk waa juat recovering from the grip
aad saw ta world through dun-colored
pectacle. . Lat year I got th tip tbat
my wif wated to present me with. a new
moklag jackal. I coached my tailor, and
gav her ladyship $10. Christmas morning
th dear wetnan led up t on of those
rsady-to-wear opsy corner lor flt.M. On
th aear-ftllk couch cover was spread out
a borne-mad amoklng Jacket. She'd
ripped UP my second best Tuxedo for a
psttera aad ther wer tuck, or frills, or
something of th sort, under my arm, o
that I couldn't rale my, hand to my head.
Th blamed thing won't 'wear out, and ah
haa never ceased to congratulate herself
on hoe much more she got for that twenty
than It Scott, my tailor, had mad th
smoking jackat."
Thoapsoc. who is paying teller In th
Green Perk bank; , ow aonieUilng ahlay
from hi breast pocket aad laid It rvr
atly on th table.
"Ther, geaUcmea, la a bit of vertu that
I have ba carrying' about tor two long
year. 1 can't lose It. nor can I gtv it
away, because my monogram stares m In
th ." r .
Th asaoclatlM "rubbered" to a maa,
and saw a richly sngraved clgaretu ease. '
"Now, I'll leav It t you fellow." eoa
tlnued Thsmpsoa, plaintively; "have I
vr ba known t mok a cigarette T"
A choru at "no" answered hla question.
"And my Wife heaven blaa her bought
thl bees use h said th cigar cases wer
bulky they'd (poll th hap of my
pock!."'-
"Boy, what' th use of keeping thl
upf latsrrupted tb areatdsnt. "We've
all bee ther. W v had hand-paiated
shtvlag ease with tissue paper that wilt
at the sight at a rasor. Ws ve had of
eushloa tbtt Uoked betur after all on
th asv trawlaf roe at tivaa. Wv aad
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Street Improvement Being; Dlcu4 bj
Oounoilmen . and Taipayer.
PLAN TO LEVEL TWENTY-THIRD STREET
Chrlat-aas Paaaea Wlthaat Rxelteateat
r Work for Police Drpartmeat
lr Crop Proailaos Well
Magle City Gosala.
Improvement In the street of th city
are continually being discussed by council
men and taxpayers. Th most recent prop
osition I to do some grading at Twenty
third and P street and at Twenty-third
and M atreeta, ao aa to make a good dirt
road driveway from the southern part ot
the city to the Omaha line. Th greater
portion ot thla street Is In good condition,
having been worked by the road machine
during th fall. Those who Ilk to drtv
aver that if th two hump mentioned
were taken eft the street there would be aa
excellent driveway of over a mile.
There aeen to be no opposition to th
I expense attached to thla work and It la pre
aumed that the proper petitions and ordl
nances will be arranged during the winter,
ai that work can begin In the spring,
While It I especially desired tbat Twenty-third
street be placed la first clsa con
dition th member of th council assert
that the work proposed will In no way In
terfere with the keeping ot other etreet
the city In good condition.
Improvement bonds may be voted later on,
but a there la no certainty about this th
work already proposed will be don at the
expense of the property ownera directly In
terested.
alet Chrlatmaa.
A -far aa the police were concerned.
Christmas passed off quietly. Only a half
doxen arrests were msde and only a por
tion of those tsken Into custody were de
tained all day. There waa nothing unurual
to mar the serenity of th fore and conse
quently when the night fore went on It
had little to do but look pleasant and pa
trol almost deserted street.
Maklaar lee Rapidly.
Tastcrday'a cold weather made Ice rapidly
and If there la a continuance ot the present
cold spell, dealer her aay thay will b
able to commence cutting by the end of
the present week or th first of next week.
Th thaw dtd considerable damage to th
lea, but in a way It benefited the crop, aa
It melted the snow.' Icemen say that sine
the snow is off th loo will make mora
rapidly than with a coating ot anow on top.
Plenty of men ar waiting around th
cheap lodging houaea, waiting for th an
nual harvest to commence, and it is thought
that there will be no lack of help when
active work on the Ice field commence.
Favor Pardoalna; Board.
The Taxpayers' league ha named a com
mittee, composed of Mayor Prank Koutsky,
Attorney W. C. Lambert and Dr. W. H.
Slabaugh, to preaent to Governor Mickey
the resolutions adopted by the league re
garding the appointment of a pardoning
board. The governor la urgently requested
to recommend to the legislature the enact
ment of a law creating for the atate of
Nebraska a pardoning board. Further, th"
league appeala to th member ot the com
ing legialature to aupport such a recom
mendation. Coal Sapply Aboat Evea,
The packer are dot any too far ahead on
their coal aupply, but enough la coming
In to keep the plant running. It was
stated laat night tht tha. cold snap had
delayed shipments slightly, but the packer
do not appear alarmed, as It I up to th
railroads. Tha packer say: "No coal,' no
packing houae products shipped out."
Sine thla expression ha been mad publio
tha packera do not teem to fear a coal
famine, a tha railroad ar anxious to haul
out packing bouse product at all time.
Maarle City' Gossip.
Miss Jennie Levy has gore to Des Moines
to visit friends for a week.
W. O. Sloan Is on tha. eick list. Ha Is
Buffering; from a sever attack of r neur
onal lam. . s
.Mrs. Dcnna Alberry leaves. . today for
Waterloo. Ia., where ah will visit friends
for a week.
The railroad men Injured In th Bur
lington wreck In th yards Monday night
are getting better right along.
Anthony King and wife of Dunlap, la.,
are here, the gueata of Mrs. James Han
nlgan, Thirty-seventh and T atreeta.
Clyde Lake, who shot himself about a
week ago, is still alive and the attending
physician says that he will doubtless re
cover. CRACK SAFE AND GET AWAY
swasBsvjT-aaai
Bmralare Carry 0T llaadred Dollars
la Caah for Their
Troable.
Burglars, thought by th nolle to h.-a
been expert, mad a successful haul
Chrlatmaa eve from th harness stor of
Lon; Sufferinj Husban.s
Air Their Grievances.
necktie that would fill th soul of a Dutch
comedian with Joy. We'v had fountain
pena that wouldn't spout on demand.
We'v had handkerchief and neoktls cases
that yawned and acattered our haber
dashery to th four wind of heaven. And
now th question Is, What's the remedy?"
"Lt' give our wive laat year' gown,"
suggested Johnson.
"They'll cut 'em over," said th pessi
mistic Frlsbi.
"Try near-gold amoklng net!"
"What la the matter with chartering a
yacht and taking to aea?"
"Lf have a typewritten Hit of thing
w don't want mad for general distribu
tion." . ,
Tba president demanded order and an
nounced: "The debate 1 closed. Th ecretary will
now read some resolutions which he ha
been framing up whll tb rest ot you
were trying to he funny. Let her go.
01111."
Thl I what the aecretary read:
"Whereas, We, th member ot th Aso
elation ot Long-Suffering Huabanas, nave
In times past jointly and severally suffered
greatly In body and spirit from th loving
ministrations ot our affectionate spouses,
who, at varioua and aundry tlmea prior to
th merry Chrlatmaa aeaaon, have sur
reptitiously relieved ua of all loose change
and auch big billa aa they could lay haada
on. for the purpose of purcbaalng glfta
which we do not and cannot uae, bs It
"Resolved, That we, the members of the
aforesaid association, do hereby pledge our
selves to give and contribute to th asso
ciation hereinbefore mentioned, ia th per
son of It treasurer, all those money which
In tlm paat we have left In our trousers
pockets aa a snare and a temptatloa to th
sharers of our joy and sorrow, th am
to b devoted t some just and worthy
cause; and be it
'Resolved. That thla Juat and worthy
causs be declared to b a smoker to be
given at uch reasonable tlm after th
Chrlatmaa holiday aa ahall be decided by
the president best fitted for aa exchsngs of
experience and a dcclsloa as t th valus
of th plaa herela preposed."
Th rolaUoa waa adopted by acolama-Uou,
J .fftfc't) - V Jim Dumps at Chrlatmaa formerly
JJli2iV JV'rr" Was cross and cranky as could be. Jr I 1
yYf I t-fTV f l Butseshlmnow among the holly 3
I yfmmmMmj 1X Vll J) From satins; Force grown spry and Jolly. f
Vtrl if 1 Luis You'll find, by looking hard at him, 1-
f ' i J i jfeywl That 8anUCIaus Is "Sunny Jim." A
brings peact sSf nJCm
IW w and good wU. rU
' CTl t
C rr "'Twee Food haa been a wc-nderfnl loon to tri,'' ' J?a7 lf ' Qf'1 fjJjT
m JrS and I have eaten almost three ewes now. ' I want to ' mSv9. H L. rV jra. I li '
Sjavflv thank you vary much for the benefit 1 have received iVv jpbV eJ I ?i3V. V ,. ,
V from Ik 1 aau't see how I ooald have got along with- ! M) I A ir-Saav i 'A7 J
out It. B. H. Muxia," L o O c V S? Sw J H IV7C
Alfred Cornish, 1210 Famam street. The
midnight visitor pried open a back wtndnw
with a Jimmy and applied their attention
to the safe In th stars, securing $100 In
caah and escaping without leaving a clue.
The burglar drilled Into the strong box,
broke the leave of the combination and
worked without iear of detection In the
obscurity which th stock and partition
of the store afforded them. A brace ant
bit and check taken from the safe were i
found upon the floor. '
Amueamouts.
At the Boyd. '
The English musical comedy, In two sets,
entitled "Florodora," JQook by Ov.cn Hall.
Music by Leslie Stuart, Principal In th
Cyrus W. Ollfaln, proprietor of the la
land and the perfume of Florodora..
Charlea Dox
Captain Arthur Donegal, Fourth Royal
Life Guards, Lady Holyrood's
brother ..Wlllard Curtlss
FTank Abercoed, manager tor Mr. Oil
fain of th island of Florodora
Charles H. Bowers
Lesndro, overseer of farms. ...Alfred Cahlll
Anthony Tweedlepunch, a showman.
. pnrcnoioaisi, nypnomsi ana paimisi
Dolores .7.
.......,.AIf C. Whelan
Corinne
Mlsa Qrace Hasard
Angela Ollfaln
Lady Holyrood
,.MIs Isadore Hush
tt would be telling to lay how many time
"Florodora" has been heard la Omaha, but
it Isn't violating any confidence to aay that
the present visit 1 In many waya more
delightful than either of th others. For
one reaaon, we are again given an oppor
tunity ot bestowing applause on friends of
former yeara. For example, Isadora Rush,
popular with Omaha people since her first
visit, and who look better than ever, and
who, while not pretending to especial ex
cellence a a vocal musician, managea to
alng acceptably and act charmingly, and
thu win mor than ever th heart of th
people "down In front." And Corinne, rem
iniscent of many, many thing ot a dead and,
gon paat she BtlU ha ber Colorado
maduro complexion, her hair of midnight
hu and ber sparkling eye that hoot out
tboss aam old coquettish glances so that
Dolores lives again In the ghoat of a former
Carmen. And Mr. T. E. Whltbread, who,
Ilk May de Sousa, "used to llv In Omaha,"
lead the clerk and. atarta off In "Tell M.
Pretty Maiden," and haa mad good with
th management to th extent thai on to
night he will be given a chance to alng the
part et Lord Abercoed. Mia Orac Haxard
I on of th nw one for Omaha, and she
aang a sew song last night, which was
easily th hit of the piece. "The Fellow
Who Might." Mr. Alt C. Wheelan, too, was j
a siranaer ku ua uvivre ibsi uigoi, ana
yet hi Tweedlepunch performance waa ao
much to our liking that w feel w know
him real well now. At any rat, be will
never be considered Strang ia Omaha
again, ao matter what he doe.
Two remarkably large auditteea crowded
Into the Boyd at tb matinee and evening
performance yesterday, and the people
wer a goodnaturad - aa th moat ardent
advocat of th Chrlatmaa apirlt could ask.
Bo th people on tb stags worked very
hard to entertain th people who paid to
aea them, and th rasult waa that both
afternoon and evening th plec went with
a anap and not a slip of any kind oc
curred. Thre mor performance will b
Uvea.
rnRSOMAlXT COSorCTED
riorlda Esearaloa VI "DUlo Flyer"
Root.
Oa Tuesday, January th, aa excursion
will b run from Neoraaka to Florida with
through sleeping ears from Omaha and Lia
rola, via Burlington Rout to St. Lou I aad
th "Dlxl Flyer" Rout from ther t Jack
sonville. This xurloa will b a personally con
ducted n and will be la charge of Mr.
George W. Bonncll, C. T. A., B. M. R. R..
Llncola, Neb., who la thoroughly familiar
with the point of Interest earoule and la
th stat of Florida.
A yoa pass through Cairo, Martin.
Nashvills, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Macon,
and make a U-hour stopover at Chatta
nooga, wher aa experienced guide will
conduct th party through Chattaaoota
Park, pay a vlalt te Lookout Mountain and
ther point of Interest; th trip will b
a interesting aad iaalructlv oa.
Aa early application for Bleeping car
pace I suggested. Aak for copy of Illus
trated booklet outlining th trip at 140)
Farnam 8u, or writ W. H. BRILL. Diet.
Pasa. Aft., Uiiawif Caatral Rail re ad,
Omaha, N.a.
CALIFORNIA?
No matter how you want to go, "Southern'' or "Scenic''
route, in a tourist sleeper or aboard the finest train in America,
theRock, Island is the line to take. Don't make any mistake
about that. Thro tourist cars daily from Kansas City and once
a week from Omaha to Los Angeles and San Francisco via El
Paso. Tourist cars three times a week from Omaha to San
Francisco-and Los Angeles via the Scenic'1 line through Colo
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FRICK CLAIMS MONOPOLY
Says He Factories Can Compete with Million
Dollar Steel Oernbin.
TRUST CONTROLS ORE AND FUEL SUPPLY
latervtewed Coaoeralag; Corporation,
Ho Deellaea Jlontlaatioa to Exeea
tlvo osaao, bat Basa Baalaoaa
a Greatest Achievement.
PITT8BURG, Dec 15. "There I no v
cancy In the presidency of the t'nlted
Etatea Steel corporation, or any other ex
ecutive position that I know f, and even
If there were, and I should be offered onn,
my own affairs require to much of my tlm
that It would aot be possible tor m to
consider anything of the kind."
Th abov statement was made by H. C.
Frlck.
"I am much averse to newspaper Inter
views," he continued, "but my nam haa
been ao peraiatently used In connection
with position In th United State Steel
corporation tbat I rather welcome the op
portunity of making thl statement. I hav
retired from active bualueaa and nothing
would Indue m to tak any position that
could claim my time from my own afsira.
I am a director In the L'nlted States flfel
corporation, bealdss being a large stock
holder, and am much Interested in It uc
csss, aad whll I am willing to give all
tb tlm aad attention required of ma a
director, I could aot accept any position
that would require my dally aad exclusive
attsotlon.
"I ana a thorough believer la the latrinsi
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value of th property, tb various constitu
ent companies ar also wall organised and
hav capable men In charge of tnem. I
bad an opportunity during th recent In
spection of meeting a number of the presi
dent and other of th constituent com
panies' management and was delight! at
tha enthusiasm and Interest showu In their
varioua organisations, and, after all, th
management of those various constituent
eompanlea la of greater Importance than the
personnel of the executive eontmltt ot Ui
t'pltsd Statea Steal corporation.
"Th executive aad Bnanc committee ar
composed ot able men, who ar giving th
business of th corporation arful ttn
tlou. "Mr. Morgan baa aetompllshsd a great
many big thing la hi tlm, but b never
put anything together, ta my opinion, that
ha th merit, or that did mor for the
capitalist, laborer and mnsumer tla when
he formed the United Statea Steel corpora
tion. Ita position, ao far aa ore and fuel
are concerned, 1 Impregnable, and without
or and coal, It doe not batter how r--b
money It may have, no concern can become
aa Important factor la th tl business."
TEARFUL CHRISTMAS TALE
Maa treat Ksaoraoa, low, Tell Folio
that HI Wile Deserte4
Bias.
A tearful Chrlatma UI waa poured lata
th ear of Desk Sergeaat Marshall at Po
lice headquarter yesterday meralng. when
a sobbing stranger, giving hi nam aa F.
Robinson, residence, Bmeroon, la., ttood.
before th Wicket aad wept boeaa of al
leged unfaithfulness aad desertion by bl
wife, Tllli Roblnsoa.
Roblnsea told tb officer tbat hi wif had
r
bean called to Omaha the night bsfore by
a telegram which she said had beea ent
by a relative here and which Informed her
of atcknes In bey brother' family demand
ing her immediate departure for thl city.
He later dlaoovered, he claimed, that tb
dispatch waa a decoy and had beea eent tor
tb purposs of affording hla wif aa oppor
tunity ta leav him without arousing sus
picion. He cam to Omaha on. th first
train and tonnd that Mr. Roblnaoa was
not at the bom of tb relative, but had
dlaappeared.
ROBBERY AT SHOP'S HOTEL
Strike Breaker Carries OaT Cask Be
loatlaa; to III llooa
Mate, j .
Gordon Forsyth mad a grjsvous error
Chrlatma evening when he failed ta
bla hosiery to the mantle and await th
coming of Santa Claua with th hop that
tb foot apparel would be filled with timely
gift. H Blled hi owa aock befor ho
retired for th evening, in a room la th
Union Pacific abopa hotel, by placing hla
roll of bill, aggregating $o, therein, to
preserve It from being clutched by ethers.
After retiring be slept soundly, all too
soundly, for during th night hi root mat,
by keen manipulation, uceedd la cutting
a bole of aufflclent site In tb hosiery to
permit th removal ot Forsyth's lucr. and
then dlssppeared. Th vletlm pent a
gloomy Christmas waiting around , police
headquarters for th arrest of th thief
and th recovery of bla cash.
Health aw bkii coat.. .
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