Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-12

Mr.. Rogers Knows and should tell. But
Mr.. Rogers professed to know precious lit
tie and refused to divulge that little. Now
the supreme court Of New York is asked to
say whether Mr.. Rogers shall break the
seal Of secrecy and tell what he knows.
Tom Lawson, in one of his bursts of con-
fidence, declared that Rogers is the hand
controlling the lever in the world of fren-
zied finance. Tom ought to know because
the Boston man confessed that he al
| most skinned alive in game Rogers engi-
| neered. With the memory of that painful
operation in mind Lawson drew this pen
picture of Rogers:
| "AIl able men have some of Gods indeli-
| BILE imprnts of greatness, and this mans
| every feature bespeaks strength and dis
| tinction. When he walks the active swings
| of his figure expresses power-realiZed,
confident power. When at rest or in ac-
| ton, his square jaw tells OF fighting power,
| bulldog, hold-on, never-let-go fighting
power and his high, full fore
! head of intellectual, mighty intellectual
| power, and they are reinforced with cheek
| bones and nose which suggest that this
| fighting power has in II something of the
| grim ruthlessness of the North American
Indian. The eyes however, are the crown
| ing characteristic of the mans physical
makeup.
zone must see Mr.. Rogers eyes in action
and in repose to half appreciate their won
| ders. can only say they are red, blue and
black. brown, gray and green; nor do
want my readers to think / put in colors
that are not there, for there must be many
others than those 1 have mentioned.
have seen them when they were so rest
f,,lI,, hot Il inlr fhaxr -ar
could be anything but part of those skies
that come with the August and September
afternoons when the bees hum and the
locusts' drone blend with the smell of the
new mown hay to help spell the word
| Rest i have seen them SO green that
within their depths 1 was almost sure the
fish were lazily resting in the shadows of
those sea plants which grow only on the
oceans bottom; and have seen them as
black as that thunder cloud which makes
us wonder: is He angry And then
again have watched them when they
were of that fiery red and that glinting
yellow which one sees only when at night
the doors OF a great roaring furnace are
opened.
There is such kindly good will in those
eyes when they are at rest that the man
does not live who would not consider HIM
self favored to be allowed to turn over to
Henry II. Rogers his pocketbook without
receiving a receipt. But II is when they
are active in war that the one privileged
to observe them gets his real treat. al
ways provided he can dodge the rain of
blazing sparks and the whitening hail Of
wrath that pour out on the offender. To
watch them then requires real nerve, for II
is only n nimble, stout-hearted, mail-coY-
cred individual that can sustain the en-
| counter. I have seen many forms of hui
man wrath, many men transformed to ter
rible things by anger, but have never seen
any that were other than jumping jack
limitations of the jungle tiger compared with
Henry H. Rogers when he lets 'er go
when the instant comes that he realizes
some one is baking the accomplishment OF
his will.
yet away from the intoxicating spell OF
dolar-making this remarkable man is one
of the most charming and lovable beings I
have ever encountered. Once he passes un-
der the baleful influence OF the machine.
however, he becomes a relentless, ravenous
law of God or man in the execution Of his
purpose"
, This remarkable man rose to the position
in which he is second to but one man.
John d. Rockefeller-in the American