The Washington times., 1909-05-19

tho Charles Pratt Oil Works Soon aft
erNard. he was taken into partnership,
and this continued until 1874. when the
union OF the chief refineries in New
York, Philadelphia, Cleveland. and
Pittsburg. of the Standard oil Company
was effected.
Rogers became chairman Of the man.
ufacturing committee of the combine,
and also one of the trustees. From that
day 10 the ,ime OF his death he was one
of the controlling factors. He was ad-
mitted to have had more actual expert
cnce in the petroleum industry than
any other OF the men who have become
wealthy In the Standard Oil group.
Dealer In Big Things.
Rogers first wife died in 1895, and a
year later he married Emelle Augusta
Randel. daughter OF the head of a big
diamond firm. whose first husband,
whom she divorced, was LuciGs r. Hart.
Rogers spent upward of Sc, OoOo goo max
ing Fairhaven, where he spent his
youth. a model town. He built a mag
nificent Masonic Temple there and also
supported big orphan asylum. II 1897
he tried to sell. at the behest of the
Danish government the Danish West
Indies, and YVES accused of owning the
senate, but the outbreak of the Spanish
American war caused this to be quickly
forgotten.
He is survived by his widow and
three children, Henry H. Rogers, jr,
Mrs w Y. Benjamin. Mrs. Urban II
Broughton, and Mrs. Mai Rogers-Mott-
Zoe HIS youngest daughter elOped with
Joseph G. Mott in 1888 when she was
seventeen, but the parents sued for a
divorce on the ground that the couple
had never lived together as man and
Vile and were minors. After the divorce
was granted in June, 1900, she married
William R. Coe.
Honored By Associates.
Many prominent financiers called at
the home today TO express their SYM
pathy. The meeting of the Anaconda
Company was ordered postponed out of
respect to his memory.
John D. Ryan. president of the Ana
conda Mining Company, made the fol-
lowing statement at noon regarding
Rogers death:
MIR. Rogers and I went up TO Fair
haven over Sunday, and he was in ex
celIent health. We returned here Mon
day and yesterday were IN our office Mr..
Rogers LEFT me at 4 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon to 90 home and / compii-
mented him on looking better than he
had for years. He told me that he was
feeling good. He went straight home
and retired at his usual hour. His wife,
and the doctor was sent for. But he
died before the physician arrived Two
years ago he had an attack of apopleXy,
and this one was Of a similar nature,
but much more severe"
Tentative funeral arrangements were
made this morning /. Is planned to
hold services in the Unitarian Church
Of the Messiah Friday morning. and
the Rev. DR.. Robert Collyer, the veteran
pastor emeritus, VIII preach. Burial
viii be AT Fairhaven.
IL is estimated that Rogers left a for
tune OF at least S5O000,000
Word was Immediately sent 70 John
D. Rockefeller, who is staying at the
Homestead Hotel, Hot Springs, Va. He
Was out on the golf links. where he
had been since early morning. at his
favorite pastime. His secretary, who
received the message. dispatched a spe-
cial messenger TO find him and tell him
Of his old associates death
samuel Clemens, Mark Twain" ar
rived at the Rogers home at noon. He
was in deep distress over the death of
his closest personal friend and the
tears streamed down his cheeks as he
was greeted by Henry II. Rogers, jr..
at the doorway and taken into the
house.
Mr.. Clemens refused to make any
statement regarding the death until
after he had conferred with Mrs
Rogers and the family