Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-20
Vice President Of Standard Oil Com
pany Passes Away at His
Home in New York.
DUE TO STROKE OF APoPLEXY
In nl.Health Since Similar Attack
Two Years Ago.
FUNERAL FRIDAY MORNING
Body Will Be Taken to Fsirhaven,
Mass, for Interment.
ILLNESS LASTS LESS THAN HOUR
Expecting Quick Summons, He Had
Prepared Business Affairs for Ii
and Properties VIII BE
Little Affected.
FUNERAL FRIDAY MORNING
ILLNESS LASTS LESS THAN HOUR

NEW YORK. May 19-Henry H. Rogers.
vice president of the. Standard oil com
pany moving spirit in the organization of
the Amalgamated Copper company, builder
of railroads and philanthropist died at his
home here at 7:3O o'clock this morning
from a stroke of apoplexy. Death came
little more than an hour after Mr. Rogers
had risen for the day, mentioning to his
wife that he was feeling i'll. At o'clock
he lapsed into unconsciousness and before
the family physician arrived he was dead.
Mr.. Rogers was SO years old. Mrs. Rogers.
three married daughters, son, II. H.
Rogers. jr., and DIR. w. J. Pulley. a ply
sician who was hastily summoned, were
at the bedside when the end came.
While Mr. Rogers death was sudden and
unexpected, he had been in Indifferent
health since he suffered an apoplectic
stroke in 1907, and was almost constantly
under a physicians care. His end at this
time, however, was a great shock to his
family and business associates, as yester
day and last evening he was cheerful and
apparently normal, even to the extent of
going down to business yesterday morning,
where he lunched as usual in the Standard
building. In the evening he visited the
homes in the city of two of his sons-in-law,
Urban H. Broughten and William r. Coe
where he played with his grandchildren
and later, returned to bis home for what
proved the last mortal step of his great
career.
Funeral Friday Morning.
Final arrangements for the funeral had
not been completed tonight, but II has
been decided to hold services in this city
at the Church of the Messiah, a Unitarian
: institution, of which the Rev. DR.. Robert
Collyer, lifelong friend of Mr.. Rogers, is
pastor, Friday morning. DR.. Collyer will
conduct the services. after which the body
will be taken to Fairhaven, Mass, Mr.
Rogers native town, for interment Ser
vices also will be held there In the Uni
tartan church ON Saturday. The list of
pail bearers had been only tentatively
agreed upon tonight and accordingly was
not made public.
The news of the death was a surprise to
Wall street. Mr.. Rogers was at the office
of the Standard OIL company yesterday and
| appeared to be in good spirits. His health
had been failing somewhat for several
years and he had curtailed his financial
operations to some extent on that account
but he continued to perform the duties Of
vice president of the Standard OIL COM
pdny.
Mr.. Rogers was for many years one of
the most prominent flnanciers of the coun-
try. He took leading part in all of the
| enterprises undertaken by the Standard
| Oil group of capitalists, was vice president
| of the Standard Oil company and was the
active spirit in the organization of the
Amalgamated Copper company of which he
was president up to the time OF his death
He was interested in a number of rail-
roads, serving a member of the board
of directors Of the Atchson, Topeka &
Santa Fe, the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul and the Union Pacific.
Just Completes Big RaiIroad.
| The death OF Mr. Rogers follpws closely
upon the completion of the great railway
| project to the accomplishment of which the
energies of his later years, his genius for
organization and a considerable portion
| of his private fortune were devoted This
was the building OF the Virginia railway,
| a line which opened up a bituminous coal
| country in West Virginia, extending 44s
miles from Deep Water, w. Va to a tide
water terminal at Sewalls Point, va. This
road was distinctly an individual under
! taking OF mr. Rogers and he personally
bore the greater part of the cost of its
construction, which has been estimated al
! $O,00O0O0. Mr.. Rogers had embarked on his
venture prior to the financial panic of 1907
! which checked similar undertakings by
other large railroad companies, but the
work OF building this line went on TO its
finish. After receiving the congratuIa-
tions of the officials and business men OF
Virginia upon his splendid courage which
| had carried his work 10 tne fIpian IN tba