The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-20
i. 4. rogers IS IN
GRIP OF PARALYSIS
STANDARD OIL AND COPPER MAG.
NATE HAS SUFFERED Sc
WE'RE STROKE.
Due to Business Worry-His Retire
ment from Active Life Probable
Relatives Reveal His Condition in
Boston Law Court.

New York, Sept 17.-Information
came from a sound source Monday
that H. H. Rogers has suffered a
stroke of paralysis. The president of
the Amalgamated Copper company
has been reported CLIP for about a
fortnight, following his recent return
from Europe, where he went some
months ago for his health.
But despite the trip abroad and the
temporary retirement from all bust
ness affairs, the Rockefeller chieftain
grew worse, an illness which culmi-
mated in the stroke of helplessness.
1t is said that the magnate has been
generally incommunicado for fort
night, only his near relatives and init
mate friends being permitted to his
bedside. One of these in Boston
court Monday afternoon confirmed the
story, and gave details Of the finan-
cier's breakdown.
The recent order to close the Mon
tana mines of the Amalgamated Cop
per company is supposed to have been
given by William G.. Rockefeller, who
will take the position formerly occu-
pied by Rogers as the field general of
the Standard Oil party.
Will Retire, Anyway.
Even should Rogers recover, it is
believed that he will not return to his
place in the directories of the various
corporations with which he has been
identified.
1t develops that the sensational
slumps In all Of the securities con-
trolled by the Standard Oil clique
were due largely to the indoor knowl-
edge of what had happened to Rogers.
A few friends. knowing what had &C.
CURED, took advantage of their infor-
nation to sell stocks. Amalgamated
Copper in these two weeks dropped
some Is points, Anaconda ten, ST..
Paul eight and the rest of the Rookie
Teller properties proportionately.
The decisions against the Standard
Oil company and the failure of the
Rockefellers to stem the tremendous
slumps in their companies are sup
posed to have been contributory
causes to Rogers condition.
Condition Revealed in Court.
Boston, Sept. 17.-Upon the evil
dence of members of the family of
Henry H. Rogers and the family ply
stefan that Mr.. Rogers suffered a
stroke last July, and has since been
rrn h ~ frnv% onk hyrcf
Judge Hammond, in the supreme
court Monday, announced that it
would be cruel to compel his attend
ance in court, and dismissed a motion
to that effect.
The condition of Mr.. Rogers was
disclosed in the course of a hearing on
motion to show that he was capable
Of attending the trial of suit against
him for $50,000,000 brought by c. NJ
Raymond, of Somerville, for alleged
conversion of certain royalties in con-
nection with the production of pc
troleum.
The hearing began last week, with
the testimony of DR.. Charles P. Pratt,
of New Bedford, who stated that Mr..
Rogers had suffered from a stroke last
July, and was unable to attend to his
business.
Has Been I'll Since July %.
In support of the claim that Mr.
Rogers was too ill to appear, four wit
nesses were heard Monday. The first
was Urban H. Broughton, the son-in-
law of Mr.. Rogers. He said that
since July %, when Mr.. Rogers was
taken i'll in New York, his father-in-
law had been unable to transact any
business, and that soon after that
date Mr.. Rogers told him that Brough-
ton must pick up all his business and
carry on the affairs to the best of his
ability and knowledge and that he
would not hold Mr.. Broughton re-
sponsible for any mistakes At this
time, Mr.. Broughton testified, the ply
sicians had refused to allow Mr..
Rogers to see any members of the
family, not excepting his wife.
Face and Body Distorted.
At present, he testified, Mr. Rogers
face is distorted on the right side, the
left side of his body Is out of it's nat
ural position and his speech is az
| fected.
Henry H. Rogers, Jr., corroborated
his brother-in-law in many respects.
He said that there had been only a
slight improvement in his fathers con-
| dition since July and that the only
| business he had done was to sign
| three blank checks and give a power
| of attorney to open a safe deposit
vault in New York.
Norman w. Nesbit, a New Bedford
dentist testified that he had attended
Mr.. Rogers twice within the last six
weeks and on both occasions he no.
ticed that he had not changed and was
very nervous.
The last witness was DR.. Pratt, who
told the court that he could not state
| exactly what would be the ultimate
result of the attack of last July, nor
to what 1t was due. He thought it
might be apoplexy, or perhaps a clot
on the brain or slight paralytic
shock.