The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-22
FINAL FUNERAL
SERVICES TODAY
Body OF H. H. Rogers Lies in
His Summer Home at Fair
Haven.
TRIBUTE PAID IN NEW YORK
NOTED MEN GATHER At BIER or
DEAD FlRANcIER.

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= Fair Haven. Mass, May 21.-The &
= body Of Henry H. Rogers, this =
= towns most distinguished son and =
= benefactOr. lies tonight in his sum- =
= mer home. :.
:! Tomorrow the final funeral serv- =
= ices will he held i'm the beautiful =
: Unitarian memorial church, a gift =
= of Mr.. Rogers in memory Of his =
: mother. =
:: Flags are at half-mast all over :.
= the town. and the public buildings =
= that were gifts from Mr.. Rogers =
: are draDed. =
: The funeral party arrived here 3
= from New York tonight by special =
= train. =
!. !. :. :. :. :. = = =: $50 %% = :.
New York. May 2L-The funeral Of
Henry II. Rogers. president Of the
Amalgamated Copper company. and ac-
tive head Of the Standard Oil company,
today brought together many men
prominent i'm the business and financial
districts of this city Although at
tendance at the services in the Church
Of the Messiah at 10 a. m. was limited
to intimate business associates and
personal friends. these included so
many Of the leaders Of the New York
business and financial world that their
absence from their usual activities had
a noticeable effect upon the business
Of the financial district. Throughout
the country wherever the Standard on
company had a station or a branch
there was a cessation Of all work for
two hours 10 mark the passing of the
first vice president of the company, and
one of the men who had helped ma
teTialiy 10 make it a great organiza-
ton. This applied to every one of the
1000 employees condition which had
not existed in the giant corporation
since its foundation more than thirty
FIVE years ago.
Rockefeller Absent.
John d. Rockefeller could not attend
the funeral, as he Is IN Hot Springs.
Va. with Mrs. Rockefeller. whose con-
valescence from a severe illness would
not permit him to leave her. He sent
however, long telegram to Mrs. Rog-
ers expressing his grief
The funeral cortege left the Rogers
home at No. East Seventy-eiEhth
street at $3.50 a. m, and proceeded To-
the Church Of the Messiah ia East
a
Robert COyyler. pastor emeritus. friend
Of the dead capitalist. conducted the
funeral services according TO the Uni
tartan forms.
During the services a quartet from
the Mendelssohn GIee club sang several
selections. including the hymns or
LEAD, Kindly Light" Nearer My
God, to Thee" and Abide With Ne"
Thu paIIbesrare
On the list Of pallbearers were the
names of William Rockefeller. John ID.
ATchbold, f. T. Bedford and James A.
MOffett Of the Standard Oil company;
Somuei T.. Clemens (Mark Twain. r.
H. Hartman, Ebert H. Gary. Melville
+. Stone, James N. Beck, John D. Ryan.
Charles A. Peabody, George W. Per-
kins,- Dr. G.. G. Rice. Raymond Dupuy.
General James J. Gourdan and Colonel
A. G. Payne.
The Lotus club. Of which Mr.. Rogers
was a member. sent a number Of its
members to represent it at the services.
and a special delegation from the Nor
folk, Va. board Of trade. who were IN
terested with Mir. Rogers, came to at
tend the funeral
Following the services at the Church
of the Messiah, the body was taken IN
the Grand Central station and placed
on board a special train which left for
Fair Haven, Mass. ct 11:15.
Simple Services.
The funeral observances in the
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