The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-10
- lothian News Letter..

New York, March ro.-Thc Mis-
soiirians who are closely pursuing Mr..
John D. Rockefeller, have discovered
that while they had their process serv-
ers posted at all the apparent exits
from Mr. Rockefelier's mansion, he
was easily and safely evading them BY
taking secret passage from the rear
sof his own house to that OF d relative
lin another street, thence emerging up
on an unmatched street, not covered
by the sleuths, and freely made his way
as he pleased and in perfect security.
He made his entrance and exits from
the Standard Oil Headquarters in the
same way Indeed. ii viii not surprise
any Of them, now, If ii is found that he
has a pneumatic tube of his own
through which he Is fred to and fro
like mail packet The underground
region Of the metropolis seems to be
unknown land to very large extent.
were never dreamed of in the philoso-
ply Of city officials, and why shouldn't
the richest man in the city, and in the
world, have his own private tube In
which he has but to ensconce himself
TO arrive where he desires. But isn't
lit curious to find the leading money
maker OF his time using the same
means to escape from his enemies as
did the old knights OF romance. Chief
tains who reyeled in the pages Of rol
nance, in the old-time novels, appeared
and disappeared in very mysterious
ways, afterwards explained by the dis
covery of the secret entrances to their
wandering and mysterious course. If
the tide of war went against them why
there was the secret passage. and with
the touching Of spring they had dis.
appeared Just as the enemy was about
to seize them, leaving him to look all
about, and finding nothing that re-
sembled door or window, to wonder
what had become of the Will-o-the-
wisp, who would be miles away per-
haps having threaded his way right in.
to the very footsteps of the deceived
knight in pursuit The hills and noun
tains OF Bonnie Scotland, according to-
the romances, were full Of these secret
passages, and human foxes were. made,
to thread their way to safety sonle4l
suers. But we would have been less,
surprised if Andrew Carnegie had been
the one that brought about the revival
of the mysteries Of past ages, rather
than the oil king. 1t is a curious co..
incidence that this discovery is made
public at the same time that the Bell
telephone people introduced secrets to-
draw wires through the tubes and con-
duits. The prevailing style Of architec-.
ttire that the caricaturists give to the
lank and lean frame OF Rockefeller
makes it easy to believe that he might
be capable of squeezing through the
underground passages. AS there is an
unlimited supply Of oil to grease the.
ways John d. can do it il anybody can.
The matter OF Eleventh averiue--or
Death avenue as it is called by the.
YelloWs, shows how vested privileges
accumulatelrii value in this great city,
with mere passage of time. Eleventh
avenue is the street through which the
New York Central railroad has been.
running out its freight cars from St.
Johns park to be made up in trains
at the old Thirteenth street station. The
trains with a dummy engine at their
head are drawn up the avenue, flag.
man on horseback preceding them.
They go at dog-trot pace, and there
would seem to be no reason why hu-
man beings Of the least intelligence
should go out and get themselves kill
led by these slow-moving and fully adj
vertised trains; but they DO, hence the
epithet that is applied to the street This
tract and privileges came to Commo-