Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-20
HENRY l.. ROGERS
DIES SUDDENLY
The Great Financier and Philan-
thropist Was Victim of Sec
ond Stroke of Apoplexy.
FUNERAL ON FRIDAY
Body WIZ H. Taken TO rnir Haven
Mass. His birthplace. for BuripI--
WIS Vicr-Prcs si,icnt Of Stnu-
dard Oil Organizer Of ANAL
Eampted copper.

dard oil. Organizer of ANAL
Eamntcd copper.
New York. May 19-{ionrv II. Rogers
! vice president of the Standard on com
4 panE. incriug snirit IN the organization
Of tho Amal-7mated Copper COMPANY
/ tu.idef O! railroads and ph'lanthrop.st
/ lies dead tonight Mt hiF New Yorl
residence number 3 East Seventy-ciehtl
street Death came at 7:3t O'clock thi!
morning. little more than an houl
after Mr.. Rogers had risen for the dav
1 mentioning to his wife that he was focl
! ing III. At : o'clock he lapsed into nm
consciousness and before the fanlil,
physician arrived he was dcad-apoplex
with which he had suffered in 1907 hay.
ing returned IN a more acute stroke
| which. in his advanced age. 50 wears he
could not withstand ats Roger.
three married daughters. son. H. II
Rogers. Jr. and Or. w j. Pulley. 2
physician. who was hastily summoned
were at the bedside wien the end came
While Mr. Rogers death was sudden
and unexpected he had been I'm lndif-
ferent health since tho apuplcctic
stroke Of 1907 and almost constantly
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cheerful and apparently normal. even
70 tho extent of going down to bust
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h'e" an" 'a'er fe'urh"" I" ms nome
LOT "hH' pr"N"d 'he Iast mortal sleep
o' mn Erea' career
flhaI arrangements Tor the funeral
had not heen complet"d Tonight, but
" ''N o''h oe'lheo 70 hold services Al
'he 'hnr'h or the Messiah. Park ave
h"o ana IhlrtN-fourth street tni
tarlan institution, Of which the Rev.
III kphert Nollyer. n life long friend
or Mr.. Rogers, is pastor. on Friday
morning pr. CollYer will conduct the
services after which the body will be
taken to Fair itayen, Mass Mr.. Rog-
erss native town. FOR interment. Ser
vices VIII be held there In the Cnitar-
ian Church on Saturday. The list OF
pall bearers had been only tentatively
agreed upon tonight and accordinyly
was not made public.
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Wv Dr'N H.
News of the financiers death did not
become seneraliy known till about two
hours after 1t occurred The stock ex-
change had not opened when the report
reached Wall Street but with the open
ing there Was hardly an appreciable
effect or the market After a decline at
hrst in the stocks in which ha was
popuarlN supposed to he Interested
conditions rapidly adjusted themselves
confirming IN way that Mr. Rogers had
IN the last row months anticipated death
and Withdrawn from the market. Il is
known In fact that he had taken steps
TO safeguard MS interests By placing his
direct holdings in various corporations
IN othHr hhnds Upon whose shoulders
his burdens will rest hereafter is
prroieina'lcal although close friends of
me 'afnily we're inclined 30 think that
t'ns duv W'N faN to his son-in LA ",
uroeh H. hronEtten.
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for the nuf'ed tread OF prominent cali
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