The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-20
H. H. ROGERS
 PASSES AWAY Died Suddenly of Heart
 Failure. STANDARD OIL MAGNATE Brilliant Career in Business and Financial World Ends. Mir. Rogers Had Just Completed One Of the Greatest Railroad Pro-
 jects in the History of
 America.

New York. May 1s.-Herry H. Rogers vice President of the standard OH Com pany, moving spirit in the organiza- ton of the Amalgamated Copper Co. pany. builder of railroads, and phil anthropist. died at his home here at 7:s0 this morning from stroke or
 Death came a little more than an hour after MT. Rogers had risen for the day. mentioning to his wife that he was feeling i'll. At o'clock he Iapsed into nnconsciousness and before the family physician arrived he was dead Mir. Rogers was sixty-nine years old Mrs Rogers. three married daugh- ters, a son. H. H. Rogers Jr.. and pr W. J. Pulley. a physician. who was hastily summoned. were at the bedside when the end came.
 While Mr. Rogers death was sudden and unexpected. he had been in in- different health snice he suffered an apopiectic stroke in 1907 and was ai- most constantly under @ physicians care. His end at this time, however. was great shock to his family and business associates, as yesterday and last evening he was cheerful and ap- parently normal, even to the exent of going down to business yesterday morning, where he lunched as usual in Standard sOfl building.
 In the evening. he visited the house in the city of two of hih sons-in-law. Urben H. Broughtan and Wm. R. Coe, where he played with his grand child ren and later returned to his home for what proved the last mortal sleep. Funeral Arrangements.
 Final arrangements for the funeral had not been completed tonight but it has been decided to hold services In this city Friday morning at the church | of the Messiah, Unitarian institution I where the Rev. pr. Robert Collyer, a life long friend of MT. Rogers, is pasotr Dr. Coliyer will conduct the services after which the body will be taken to 1 Fairhaven, Mass. Mir. Rogers native | town for interment. Services also will be held there In the Unitarian church on Sunday. The list of pail bearers has been only tentatively agreed upon to- night and accordingly was not made public.
 News of the fnancfers death did not become generally known till about | two hours after 1t occurred. The stock exchange had not been opened when the report reached Wall street but with the opening. there was hardly an appreciab1e effect on the market After decline at firsA in the stocks In which he was popularly supposed to De iutSTeSlSu, COuulLlOnB TaplQIy a0s 1usted themselves, confining in a way that Mir. Rogers had in the last few months anticipated death and withdrew from the market. It Is known in fact that he had taken steps to safeguard his interest by placing his holdings in various corporations fin other hands Upon whose shoulders his burdens will rest hereafter. Is problematical, ai- though close friends of the family were fw,A k, N-r. l. fall to his son-in-law. Urben H. Broughten.
 The Rogers home tonight is silent save for the muffled trend of promi- nent callers who began arriving early this afternoon to extend their syma- thies ito the widow and children, Conspi cuous among those who arrived early was Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) for many years one of the most inti- mate friends or the late finandier. MT. Clemens left his country place near Bedding, Conn, this morning intending to visit the Rogers home. only to be confronted with the sad news of his old friends death when he arrived at the grand central station. Mfr Clemens was too moved to fully express his feelings.
 Tt is terrible--terrible. he said brief ly "T am inexpressily shocked" with tears III HIS eyes, nG 0ulCklY moved away and hurried to the Trough ten residence, where he joined a num- Der of Mir Rogers associates. who had gathered there.
 Henry c. Phipps was one of the first callers to arrive at the residence after Mir. Rogers death, and he was followed shortly by John D. Ryan. president of the Ananconda Copper Company. They with other we'll known men including | tta,n h saR. .lAv. rks1 1Ak kH.c ard oil Co. left their cards, or spoke a word of sympathy to the bereaved
 In the meantime telegrams were pouring into the house, among the early ones being a message from Jno D. Rockefeller at Hot Springs Va, Mir Rockefeller had repeatedly warned Mir Rogers to cease his hard work in view of his failing health.
 Thomas F. Ryan was notified of Mir Rogers death as he was about to sail for Europe on the Lusitania.
 "The financial world loses one of it's greatest men" he said. "and the fnan- clal world will be greatly shocked"
 The directors of the Standard oil company held a meeting this afternoon but took no formal action with regard to Mir. Rogers demise. Standard oil Stock opened unchanged on the curb and 1t is understood that the condition D. IT. Rogers opened recently. Is such that it's prosperity will not be affected. John D. Ryan probably will succeed Mfr. Rogers in the presidency of the Amai- gamated Copper Company.
 A Money Maker.
 Henry Fl. Rogers was a money maker and one of the most successful men of the so-called Standard oil group. He began life as a poor boy at F'airhaven Mass. where he was born and retain ed his legal residence there until the day of his death. He Is variously re- ported as having commenced life as newsboy and as a driver of a grocery cart. but whatever his humble start Tn business. he achieved a success at tained by only A few men of a genera tion. MT. Rogers was a man of many friends and an enthusiastic yachtsman Until recently he had held the reins of the Standard oil Company. following the retirement of John D. Rockefeller although J. D. Archbold attended to the routine management of the great corporation. Just how much money Mir Rogers leaves is not known. His fort ume Is variously estimated at from s5O 000 OeG to $75, ,000. 900. which will make his son, H. Fl. Rogers Jr., one Of the richest men in the country,
 The widow he leaves is his second