The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

gan to lay his plans to capture the Penn sylvania Railroad before the death of President Roberta and his alliance with George Gould ls only an incident. What the man likes is power. power. and ever more power. He has more money than he knows what to do with, and goes 10 Sunday School and lives in retirement to keep from offending the public. 'T saw Morgan the other day at the Hanover Station Of the elevated road. He looked like Q hare that is chased by bea- gles. He had the hunted look. 1t was ] clear to me that he Is laboring under his enormous burdens His nerves seemed all unstrung. He looked this way and that, as if expecting some calamity to befAll
 Personal Tastes All Modest. 'Tm an ordinary man al the time." tho silent czar once said.
 He ls as plainly dressed as any man of smnll salary In New York: erock coat. dark gray trousers. calf shoes, derby hat, black walstcoat. Sometimes this solemn habit h relieved at the throat by era vat with a bit of color. preferably red. He wears no scarf-pin and his sleeve buttons cost only a dollar or two. His watch chain is gold, and crossing the vest, dips into both pockets, watch in one. pencil in the other.
 No one ever thought of asking MT. tkOCkcLcAlCE WuO ub3 tGaAk4OE ABs OCCHoAOt1@ ally he wears gloves. On Sunday his hat is London ''top's of American make. In speech he is soft and slow. sweet and low. When emphasizing a point he makes nearly Q complete circle with this thumb and forehnger. Ills lips are thin and close against his firm, even teeth. When in stern mood they can press so hard as to turn blue.
 Rockefeller never drinks. and it is said .-A- A.. A aa. table at home While less fond of corued beef and cabbage than Morgan. his tastes in food are simple. His favorite meat Is bacon. He likes codfish balls and tomato sauce. Once in a while he yields to the cereals.
 If he has kept a Scrap book of all the columns of vithperHtion. abuse, villifca- tion, charges of bribery, suppression, de- struction of rivals embracery. intimida- tion, robbery, arson. and even murder that have been heaped upon Standard oil and its owners it must be bigger than the building at 26 Broadway.
 Skillfully Escapes Many Traps.
 Yet the silent czar has never been trapped. He does not know if hia com pany keeps books, but he acknowledges that 1t sometimes keeps records. And those records, unfortunately, sometimes get lost.
 mere lS not court m tne country that has ever convicted a Standard oil mag nate. though all the crimes in the calen- dar have been charged. Attorneys gem eral and solicitors general have toiied like madmen to catch John D. Rockefel- Ter in the meshes of legal nets, but he always has escaped.
 When the great State of Ohio sent a Supreme Court, by proxy, to examine him he quickly made himself so agree able on the witness stand that he was purged of contempt and the court with drew with an apology. so to speak.
 I never remember more than six years back" he says. But he sees twenty five years ahead.
 Mir. Rockefeller's house was burned last year-the one at Pocantico Hills. As a thank offering for the escape of his fam fly he contributed $5OO,O to the Teach CTS College.
 He hates the town in which he was born, and has never given cent to 1t.