The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-16
A QUEER REVENGE.
HOW MILLIONAIRE GET EVEN
WHEN OFFENDED.
Two Instances Whore They Spent For
tunes to Wipe Out Real or Fancied
Wrones-The Case of Citizen Train
Built a Hotel and Ran OtIIer Out.

Built Hotel and Ran other Out.
AS a general rule it doesn't pay to
have trouble with millionaires. This
is brought to mind by the relations
between Millionaire W. S. Stratton
and Maxey Tabor in Denver. Mr..
Stratton is the gentleman who discov-
cred the independence mind at Vic
tor, Col, and made boom" mining
camp out Of the place. Since then his
men have been taking silver and gold
and other dross out Of the hole in the
ground at q rate of speed which makes
the average tenderfoot dizzy, and most
of 1t has been credited to the account
of Mr.. Stratton in various banks. He
also dug into the good things at Grip
pie Creek to the enlargement Of his
fortune, and, taking everything into
consideration, it is generally conceded
that Mr.. Strntton is fixed to keep a
whole pack Of wolves away from the
door should occasion arise
Maxey Tabor. son of H. A. w. Ia
Dor, ex-senator from Colorado, builder
of the Tabor opera house, and orig
inal "boomer" of Denver, is manager
of the Brown Palace hotel. Last win
ter Stratton was stopping at the hotel
There CHANGED to be a vaudeville queen
in town at the same time who was
considered quite the SWEETEST, daintiest
that had crossed the plains for some
moons. And to her, the story runs,
Mr.. Stratton extended the courtesies
and gallantries which a man of his
wealth and position was eminently
fitted to exercise. There were little
lunches on afternoons when the mat
inee did not claim the actress and lit
tie suppers after the performance.
Manager Tabor became dispensed and
notified the actress that her absence
would be agreeable. Mr.. Stratton be-
came indignant, but bided his time.
A short time ago he carelessly asked
the owners of the Brown Palace what
they considered the property worth.
They lit fresh cigar and murmured
that a million and a half would take
the whole thing just as it stood. Mr..
Stratton yawned and observed that
he would take it. And now they do
say that Manager Tabor will be out
of job just as soon as the new owner
moves into the second floor front
suite.
Along in 1867 or thereabouts, when
the Union Pacific road wandered over
the prairie and discovered Omaha,
there was something Of rush to the
place and the hotel which had held
it's own for some years as a halfway
house for the trains of prairie schoon-
ers was a bit crowded. Among those
who focked to Omaha to see what was
doing was Citizen George Francis
Train, then in the possession of scads
of money. One morning at the hotel
the biscuits were cold or the coffee
gave grounds for omplaint-some-
thing of the kind happened and led to
an argument with the waiter on the
part of Citizen Train. The manager of
the hotel was called and as he had a
monopoly in the hotel line he was just
a bit ungracious, or at least 1t so ap-
peared to the mind of Mr.. Train.
"AlI r yht," said the citizen, you're
the boss just now. But I'll build a no.
tel here within the next 60. days and
you'll come around and ask me for
job before l get through" Thus said
Citizen Train and more to the same
effect.
The landlord OF the existing hotel
smiled blandly and in an idle way
turned to the head clerk and raised
the rates. Then he went away.
In few days an army of men were
at work under Mr.. Trains orders
building the hotel and in 60 days it
was completed. He didn't go into the
thing to make money-merely to get
even, and he didn't care for expense
Therefore he imported chefs from New
York and edibles from every other Ole
place and he cut the rates away down
and put up the grandest service west
of Chicago for prices that were joke
And everyone came over to Trains
hotel and things fell out almost as the
citizen had predicted. Which taught
the other hotel man few new tricks,
There is suit, my friend said the
dealer, that will wear like iron"
81 guess that feller was no liar"
said the victim two weeks after. '"The