Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-21
Attendance of Leading New York
Business Men Had Effect on
The Financial District.
STANDARD OILS TRIBUTE,
Throughout Country Where Has Sta
ton or Branch There Was Cessa- I,
tion of Work for Two Hours. !;

New York, May 21.-rhe funeral OF
Henry Ii. Rogers president OF the
Amalgamated Copper company, and
active head of the Standard OIL COM
pany, today brought together many
men prominent in the business and
financial districts OF this city Al
though attendance 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
che New York business and finan-
cial world that thcir absence from
their usual activities had II noticeable
effect upon the business of the fin
ahcial district. Throughout the coun-
TRY wherever the Standard Oil COM
panH had u station or a Branch
there was accusation Of all work for
two hours TO mark the passing OF the
first rice-presidcnt of tho company
and one OF the mon who had helped
materially TO mako Is great organi-s
zation. This applied TO every one Of
thea $1,000 employees condition
which had not existed in the giant
corporation since its foundation more
than So Years ago.
ROCKEFELLER NOT THERE.
John d. Rockefeller could not at
|
Springs, Va, with Mrs Rockefeller.
whose scnnYalescence from a severe
Illness would not permit him to leave
her. He sent, however. a long atele-
gram to Mrs. Rogers expressing his
grief. ~
The funeral cortege left the Roger
home at three East Seyenty-eighth
street at $3.50 q. M. and proceeded To
the Church of the Messiah III East
Thirty-fourth street. where the Rev:
Robert Collier. pastor emeritus, friend
| of the dead capitalist, conducted the /
| funeral services according to the IJni-s
| tartan forms.
! the Nlendelssohn Glee club sang several
| selections, including the hymns Of
lead. Kindly Light Nearer My
God to Thee" and Abide With NJ
On the list OF pallbearers We're the
! names OF William Rockefeller, John ID.
\ Aiehbold. II. 7. Bedford and James a.
| Moffett of the standard Oil company:
4 Samuel T.. Clemens, Mark Twain.l f.
/ il. Hartman, Elbert H. Gray. Melville
4 e. Stone. James NJ. Beck, john d.
Ryan. Charles a. Peabody Geo. w.
4 Perkins, DR.. c. G.. Rice, Raymond,
Dupuy, Cen. James j. Gourdan and
i Col. A.. g, Payne. ~
4 The Lotus club, of which MI. Rog-
/ ers was a member. sent IL number OF
i it's members to represent it at the ser
I vices and II special delegation from the
i Norfolk, Va. board of trade, who We're
| Interested with Mr.. Rogers, came to
\ attend the funeral.
| Hundreds of employees ceased work
Tor the hour. Tank wagons, acting un-5
/ der Instructions, promptly at 3 o'clock
1 halted wherever they happened to be
| and did not move on until the hour had
(! passed.
( Following the services at the Church
| OF the Messiah, the body, was ia ken to
| the Grand Central station and placed
| on board a special train which left for;
Fairhaven, Mass, at 1I:15.
| The funeral obssrvallccs i'll the
| Church Of the Messiah We're exceeding
! ly simple aud followed closely the or
| binary customs Of the Unitarian
| church. IKE ofiiciating Clergyman was
! the Rev. DE. Robert Collier, the Ven
| cradle pastor emeritus of the congresa-
| ton, VINO has known MI Rogers for
| many years.
tits no time for a serman. y said Mr..
| Collier. only for some words about a
| dear friend
DR.. Collier spoke III a Voice breaking
with emotion at times as he referred
to the numerous Incidents which oc-
| cured during: his long friendship with
the dead man
Il found him one Of the truest men
/ ever met in MY life said the minis
ter. "hc WAS ever quietly and gem
erously charitable. always doing good
things through others and avoiding the
public Knowledge of his biggest acts &
IN MONTANA.
Butte, Mont, May 2l--ln accordance
with orders issued by John p. Ryan,
managing director of the AnialSaniated
Copper company, work ct all properties
OF the Anal Sanated company in Mont
ana will cease tomorrow at ESQ o'clock
which is a:36 o'clock FairiaHen time
the time set for the funeral in the home
city of MI. Rogers. This notice of Mr.
Ryan's has been. corninGn Gated 10 every
part OF the state in (which employees OF
the company are to be found.