The Detroit times., 1909-05-20

short his game. He declined 10
make any Comment for pubiics-
ton.
Y NEW YORK, May i9.-Henry III
Rogers. whose master mind made pos
sible the Standard Oil company. the
Amalgamated Copper company and
many OF the biggest corporations In
the world, is dead. Stricken with apo
plexy while In bed at his house. 3 East
Seventy-Eighth-st.. shortly after
O'Clock this morning. he sank quickly
Within an hour his physician. DR.. Ed
mund Prince Fowler. who had been
hurriedly called from Pelham Manor
and had shattered all speed records 10
reach the patient pronounced him past
y all aid AT the bedside were Mrs.
4 Rogers. his son, H. III. Rogers. Jr., and
his three daughters.
Mrs. Rogers was awakened by
81 groans from the bedroom OF the mil
lionaire. and, Fastening TO his side,
\ found him unconscious and breathing
heavily. She summoned the servants
5 and DR.. Fowler, the family physician
was called. Unfortunately he had
spent the night at Pelham Manor, but
he promised that he would come as
4 quickly as his automobile would carry
\ him.
While the physician was on the
B way, the members OF the Rogers fam.
lily were called and every effort was
4 made TO relieve the patients evident
distress. He never regained conscious
ness. however. and at 1920, surround
cd by his family, he-passed away. Ten
(. minutes later the doctor reached the
house and at once pronounced his pa
B tient dead.
The news of Rogers death was a
& long time in reaching the outside
world. A short time before the stock
x market opened. however. some of the
mtllionaire's closest associates had
heard the news and they at once made
> arrangements to protect the stock list
q rom an assault by the bears. Word
WAS quietly sent To the Offices OF the
standard Oil brokers and when the
market opened all OF them were on
the floor OF the exchange. The result
was as had been anticipated. For a
few moments the list was under pres
sure, but then came the flood of buy
ing orders from the Standard and AL
lied brokers and the recessions were
soon made up.
Rogers was at his Office yesterday
seemingly In usual health. Most OF
the day was occupied in dealing with
the affairs OF the Virginia Railroad
the trunk line he has just built from
tidewater to the mountains OF Virginia
and West Virginia.
He had been interested in many fin
: ancial projects, but il is doubtful if
there was one OF them that occupied
his attention during the 90 years OF
his life which was as dear TO him as
this new railroad. He personally guar
anteed the bonds of the company with
his own private fortune. depositing as
( part of the guarantee fund gilt-edged
securities OF the Standard Oil com
pany, and several big railroad compan-
les. A month ago he had opened the
road after n weeks brief rest at his
Massachusetts, home. IL will not suf-
Ter by his death, IL Is understood. as
he had made arrangements for close
business associates to look after II.
1t Is generally understood that he
had at the time of his death no specu-
lative connections whatsoever.
Rogers was interested in many cor
porations. being an officer in some -
Q( them.
Rogers was born in Fair Haven.
Mass. and in late years had remem.
bered the town with many munificeat
XM<fta. He was vice-president AMI
*~tector OF the Standard Oil company
nfdant and director OF the Anal.
(. va Copper company. National
x ~ company, National Fuel Gas
CQuy New York Transit company,
eANond Light a. Railroad company.
president anu trustee OF the Ana
nda Copper Mining company vice
@1ident and director OF the Brooklyn
3 Union Gas company, United Metal
Selling company, trustee OF the Alu-
fual Life Insurance company OF New
York. director OF the United States
Steel corporation, Atchison Topeka x
Santa Re railroad. Chicago. Milwaukee
a. st. Paul Union Pacific. New Jersey
& Staten Islam Ferry company.
Staten Island Ferry company, Atlas
Tack company, Farmers Loan K
Trust company, Guaranty Trust com.
pEny. National Bank % Fair Haven.
Tennessee Copper company, Midland
Railroad company. ano Atlantic Coast
Electric railway
He was a member of the American
Fine Arts society, New England So
ciety. Metropolitan Museum of Arr,
American Museum OF National His.
tory. Union League CLUB, Engineers
K club. Metropolitan club. New Yor8
Yacht club, and the Lotus club.
Rogers as a boy attended the Fair
3 Haven high school aud was graduated
! In its first class. Compelled TO cramp
his legs under the small seats used
there he made a vow that when he
got rich enough he would see that this
was Temedied. And the h.st thing he
did after he got money was TO give
Fair Haven $4,000 for schoohouse
Leaving school, he sold newspapers
for a while and then went to New
Bedford, where he became q clerk 10
store at So a week. He held this
y nosition for three years and then be-
came a baggage master on the railroad
ri $3.50 q day. I'm the early sixties ne
Y starfed for the Pennsylvania oil fields
8 10 make his fortune previously having
s married Miss Abbie I. Giiiord, OF Fair
Haven They went to McClintock' :
ON on Greek, but after short time
Rogers came to Brooklyn 10 join the
forte OF the Charles Pratt oil works
Soon afterwards he was taken int
partnership. and this continued unit
II 1874 The Union of the chief re
. fneries In New York. Philadelphia
cleveland and Pittsburg. as the Stand
ord on company. was effected. Rogers
lecame the chairman OF the manufac
turing company OF the combination
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