Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-22
FINANCIAL LEADERS AT BIER
Funeral Of H. H. Rogers flinders
Wall Street Operations.
MARK TWAIN A PAIL BEARER
s~ixty-seven Thousand Employees Of
standard oil Companies Csase
work During funeral
Services.

NEW YORK, May 1.-The funeral of
Henry II. Rogers, president OF the Anal
gamated Copper company and active head
Of the Standard oil company. today brought
together many men prominent in the bust
ness and financial districts Of this city
Although 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 the New York business
and financial world that their absence from
their usual activities had a noticeable ef-
feet upon the business Of the financial dis
trict. Throughout the country wherever
the Standard Oil company had a station
or a branch there was a pause during the
hours of the funeral to mark the passing
of the first vice president Of the COM
pany, and one of the men who had helped
materially to make 1t a great organization,
Orders had been issued last night that all
operations OF the company should cease
between 10 and u o'clock. and these APP
piled to every one of the $1,000 employees.
a condition which had not existed in the
giant corporation since It's foundation, more
than thirty-five years age.
John d. Rockefeller could not attend, as
he Is In Hot Spring, Va, with Mrs. Rookie
Teller, whose convalescence from a severe
illness would not permit him to leave her.
He sent, however, a long telegram to Mrs,
Rogers expressing his grief.
The funeral cortege left the Rogers
home at 8 East Seventy-eighth street at
$3.50 q. M, and proceeded to the church of
the Messiah in East Thirty fourth street,
where the Rev. Robert Collyer, pastor
emeritus, a friend of the dead capitalist,
conducted the funeral service according to
the Unitarian forms.
During the services a quartet from the
Mendelssohn Glee club sang several selec-
tons. including the hymns of Lead Kindly
Light" Nearer My God to Thee" and
abide With Me-" IS
On the list OF pallbearers were the names
of William Rockefeller, John D.. Archbold,
ID. T. Bedford and James A. Moffett of the
Standard Oil company; Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain. E. II. Hartman, Ebert n.
Gray, Melville f. Stone, James M. Beck,
John d. Ryan, Charles A. Peabody, George
w. Perkins, DIR. c. c. Rice, Raymond
Dupuy, General James Jourdan 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 Norfolk Cva,) Board
Of Trade. who were Interested with Mr..
Rogers in the building of his Virginia rail-
road came to attend the funeral.
Chicago Employees stop Work.
CHICAGO, May H.-Between the hours OF
9 and 10 o'clock this forenoon while the
funeral of H. H. Rogers was being held at
New York the vast machinery Of the
Standard OIL company in this city and at
Whiting, Ind, ceased to move. Hundreds OF
employs ceased work for the hour. Tank
wagons. acting under instructions promptly
at 9 o'clock halted wherever they hap
pened' 10 be and did not move on until the
hour had passed.
For the first time in many years. and II