Evening star., 1909-05-21
RESPECT PAID ROGERS
Standard Oil Work Suspended
at Funeral Hour.
$1,000 EMPLOYEES IDLE
Captains of Industry Attend 0bse-
quies at Unitarian Church.
J. D. ROCKEFELLER Is ABSENT
Illness of Wife Keeps Him Away.
Further Ceremonies at Fairhaven,
Mass, Tomorrow.

NEW YORK, May 21.-The funeral of
Henry H. Rogers. president Of the Anal
gamated Copper Company and active
head of the Standard Oil Company, to-
day, brought together many men prom
inent in the business and financial dis
tricts Of this city, to honor the memory
Of the man who had won their admira-
ton. not only for his unusual energy,
courage and business ability, but be-
cause Of likable qualities as an asso.
ciate and friend.
Although attendance at the services In
the Church Of the Messiah at 10 o'clock
was limited to intimate business associ-
ates 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 q
noticeable effect upon the business Of
the financial district.
Throughout the country. wherever the
Standard Oil Company had station or
branch. there was a pause during the
hours of the funeral to mark the pass
ing Of the first vice president Of the COM
pany, and one of the men who had help
ed materially to make it a great organi-
zatiOn. Orders had been issued last night
that all operations Of the company
should cease between 10 and II O'Clock
These applied to every one of the 81, 900
emplOyeS-a condition which has not ex-
isted In the giant corporation since its
foundation, more than thirty-fve years
ago.
John D. Rockefeller could not attend
the funeral, as he is in Hot Springs, Va,
| with Mrs. Rockefeller, whose GONZALES
cence from severe illness would not
ever. long telegram to Mrs. Rogers, ex-
pressing his grief.
Services at Church.
The funeral cortege left the Rogers
| home, at East 18th street, at $50 am,
and proceeded to the Church of the Mes
siah, on East 34th street. where Rev. DR..
Robert Collyer, pastor emeritus, friend
OF the dead capitalist. conducted the flu
neral service according to the Unitarian
/ forms.
Mendelssohn Glee Club sang several Sc
lections, including the hymns Of Lead,
Kindly Light Nearer, My God. to
Thee and abide with Me-
The observances in the church were ex-
| ceedingly simple. and followed closely the
ordinary customs of the Unitarian Church.
DR.. Collyer's Tribute.
| TT is no time for a sermon" said Dr.
Collyer. ''only for some words about a
dear friend.
DR.. Collyer spoke in a voice breaking
with emotion at times as he referred to
the numerous incidents which occurred
during his long friendship with the dead
man.
Il found him one of the truest men 1
ever met in my life." said the minister.
He was ever quietly and generously
charitable. always doing good things
through others and avoiding the public
j l1yy,n lAIrr @f Iye r.
DR.. Collyer referred to Mr.. Rogers
many benefactions to his home town at
| Fairhaven, Mass, and spoke feelingly
about the splendid church which he had
built there to the memory of his mother
the church in which services will be held
| tomorrow.
| Affection for Family.
He was a mothers boy" said Dr. Coll
yer, "and seldom let more than few
weeks slip by without visiting her in Fair
haven. He told me once that the sweetest
memory of his life was the remembrance
of the light in the window which always
welcomed him home to his wife and child
when he first went into the oil regions
| of Pennsylvania
| DIR. Collyer spoke Of the dead mans
great fondness for children. and said
the school children in Fairhaven all had
loved him.
| How glad I am to say these things
| about him before you all. many of whom
have been his neighbors and business as
| sOciates," said DIR. Collyer. in concluding
i his, remarks. THE memory of his friend
| ship will grow sweeter as the years pass
by. and the good things he has done will
never be forgotten"
One hundred officers and employees of
the Standard Oil Company attended the
| church services in body. Among some
| of the well known men present were Will
liam Rockefeller. Percy Rockefeller. Dali
las B. Pratt. Anthony n. Brady, Nathan
! Straus. George +. Baker and John d.
| Rockefeller. jr.
On the list of pallbearers were the
names Of William Rockefeller, John D.
Archbold. E. T. Bedford and James A.
Moffett of the Standard Oil Company
Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain), E. II.
| Hartman, Elbert III. Gary, Melville z.
Stone. James NJ. Beck, John D. Ryan.
Charles A. Peabody, George w. Perkins.
DIR. C. c.. Rice, Raymond du Puy, Gen.
James Jourdan and Col. A. G. Payne.
The Lotus Club, of which r. Rogers was
a member sent a number of its mem
| bers TO represent it at the services. A
special delegation from the Norfolk, Va.
board of trade. who were interested with
Mr.. Rogers in the building of his Vir-
ginian railroad, came to attend the
funeral.
! Interment at Fairhaven.
Services will be held tomorrow in Fair
haven, Mass. before the interment. The
body of Mr.. Rogers was taken to Fair
haven. his native place and his legal resi-
dence at his death, after the funeral serv-
ice at the Church of the Messiah.
| The immediate family. composed of the
widow, H. H. Rogers, jr., and Mr. Rogers
three married daughters, made the trip to
Fairhaven. Some twenty-five of Mr..
Rogers Immediate friends accompanied
them. The party left New York on a
special train over the New York. New
Haven and Hartford at 11:15 o'clock.
Fairhaven Is the coast town, opposite
New Bedford. where Mr.. Rogers was
born. and where, returning in later lie,
he took up his legal residence and ex-
pended large sums for the towns benent
Here as Mr.. Rogers planned, he Will De
buried in the Riverside cemetery.
Tomorrow the body of Mr.. Rogers Will
lie in state during the morning at the
Fairhaven Memorial Church. which he
built. From 10 to II O'Clock 1t VIII be
viewed by the Fairhaven school children
and from IL to o'clock by the other in
habitants.
At 2:3O o'clock the Rev. Frank L. Pha-
len pastor of the memorial church. VIII
conduct services. Interment will follow