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HAD BEEN IN
FAIUNGHEALTH
Death of H. H. Rogers Not
Wholly Unexpected.
iWim CAUSE OF END
Had Suffered From Same Ailment in
July, 1907, and Had 8ince Placed
Ml# Affairs in Order In Event of
pother Attack—Laat Illness of
Meted Capital!* a# Only an Hour's
Duration.
New York, May 20.—The death of
Henry H. Rogers, vice president of
the Standard Oil company and a
stockholder in various other corpora
MODS, while sudden was not wholly
unexpected, as Mr. Rogers had been
In declining health for several years
and at one time in 1907 his condition
was serious. Mr. Rogers rose as lie
usually did about 6 a. m. At 6 o'clock
ka complained of feeling 11) and a
physician was summoned. His heart
action was weak and it was apparent
h*
«as suffering from a stroke
of apoplexy. This was the second ill
ness of this nature suffered by Mr.
HENRY
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Rogers, the first having occurred in
July, 1907. In spite oi all that could
be done for him Mr. Rogers sank rap
Idly and the end came peacefully at 7
o'clock.
Following the seizure oi apoplexy
la 1907 Mr. Rogers began putting his
affairs in order and he has been out
of the stock market entirely for
months.
Mb
interests in all of the
oorporations with which he had been
MentiHed have been placed in other
hands during the past year. This step
was taken in order to safeguard his
properties In the even of sudden
daath.
Was a Prominent Financier.
Ifr. Rogers was for many years one
Off
the most prominent financiers of
the country. He took a leading part
la all of the enterprises undertaken
by the Standard Oil group of cap
ltallsts, 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
Mme of hlB death. He also was inter
ested in a number of railroadB, serv
as a member of the board of di
rdctors of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe, the Chicago, Milwaukee and
•t Paul and the Union Pacific. The
news of his death came as a surprise
to Wall street. Mr. Rogers was at
tke office of the Standard Oil com
pany Tuesday and appeared to be in
good spirits. His health has been
flatting somewhat for several years
pttt and he had curtailed his flnan
oial operations to some extent on
that account, but he oontlnued to per
form the duties of vice president of
Iks Standard Oil oompany.
The death of Mr. Rogers follows
closely upon the completion of the
great railway project to the accom
pilahment of which the energies of
kts later years, his genius for organ
lsatlon and a very considerable por
tlon of his private fortune was de
TOted. This was the building of the
Virginia railway, a line which opened
op a rich bituminous coal country In
West Virginia, extending 44S miles
(ram Dafcpwater, W. Va., to a tide
water terminal at Sewells Point, Va.
This road was distinctly an Individual
undertaking of Mr. Rogers and he
personally bore the greater pfert of
the coat of its construction, whioh has
been estimated at $40,000,000. Mr.
Rogers had embarked on his venture
some time prior to the financial panic
at
1*07. which checked similar under
takings by some of the large rail
mi owapanlet^gl Uls onuatry, fcat
the work of building this line went on
to its finish mainly because of the en
ergy and faith which Mr. Rogers ap
plied to the .achievement of his pur
pose.
His death coming so soon after the
end of this work and before he saw
the fruit of his labor in the develop
ment of the section served by his
road is regarded by his friends and
associates as a regrettable endiug of
a brilliant career.
WORKING FOR PEACE
THROUGHOUT WORLD]
Purpose of Conference at Lake
Mohonk & I
Mohoak Lake. N. Y, May
itation of armament and the perma
nent establishment of peace through
out the world by arbitration of inter
national disputes is the purpose of
the Lake Mohonk conference on in
ternational arbitration, which Is in
session here. More than 300 men,
prominent in educational, diplomatic
and business circles, attended the
conference, which will be in session
for three days. Nicholas Murray Hut
ler, president of the American
branch of the Association for Interna
tional Conciliation, presided and In
an opening address said that the great
est obstaole to the limitation of arma
ments appeared to him to be "the in
sistence of England on what it calls
the two-power naval standard."
Professor Samuel T. Dutton, secre
tary of the Peace society of New
York, in an address on the "Needs of
a More Effective Organization in the
Peace Movement," declared that the
situation which the conference faced
.was more critical than two years ajro
and that the long voyage of the
American battleships had placed us
in a false position before the world.
Other addresses on kindred topics
were delivered by Dr. George W.
Klrchwey of Columbia university. Al
bert K. Smilty and Dr. Benjamin F.
Trueblood of Boston, secretary of th«
American Peace society.
KILLS SISTER AND SELF
Double Tragedy Follows Attempted
Arrest at Mitchell, 3. O.
Mitchell, 8. D., May 20.—As the of
fleers of the law were about to seize
W C. Gray, aged forty-five, an old
resident here, he grabbed his sister,
Edith Gray, suspended her to a rafter
in the garret and shot and killed her
with a shotgun. He then blew hlB
brains out.
Gray had been living with his sis
ter and three children here the past
four years. Gossip has had much to
say and recently complaint was made
fcy some of his neighbors.
He was in a field plowing when
the officers came Into view, but went
Into the bouse as soon as he saw
thom. They soon heard the shots and
upon Investigating found the two
bodies.
REPORT OF REFEREE FILED
Decision in Frank Gould Divoroe Case
Expected Shortly.
New York, May 20.—The report of
Referee E. C. Whittaker, who was ap
pointed to hear the testimony in the
suit brought by Mrs. Frank Jay Gould
for a divorce from her husbaud, was
submitted to Justice Gerard in the su
preme court by Mrs. Gould's counsel
A decree was filed with the report
which the justice will sign should he
approve the report.
The papers were soaled" and the
tenor of the report oould not be
learned.
BEGINS HIS TERM IN PRISON
Captain Peter C. Hains Taken to Sing
Sing.
New York, May 19.—Captain Pete
C. Haltis, Jr., was taken from the
Queens county jail to Sing Sing prisoi
to begin what will be a term of at
least eight years unless an appeal
taken by his counsel results in a new
trial. No effort was made to prevent
his transfer to Sing Sing. Eugene N
L. Young, one of Hains' attorneys
Bald
an appeal would be taken to the
higher courts in the regular way.
When Captain Hains left the jail In
custody of a keeper his bearing was
not materially changed from his first
appearance In the courtroom. He
walked beside the keeper in a dazed
manner and showed no evidence of
emotion. On the way to the Grand
Central station he neither recognized
nor 6poke to any one. None of his
relatives was at the Jail when he
departed.
Duty Remains the lim|'
Washington, May 20.—Changing his
amendment, which had originally
placed linotypes on the free list, so
as to provide a duty of 10 per cent,
Mr. Paynter asked for a vote, and tha
amendment was defeated, 85 to 43
Messrs. Borah, Bristow. Brow®, Burk
ett, Clapp, Polllver, La Follette and
Nelson. RepnbUoaaa, wrtad witfe tba
Dwomta.
PRESIDENT TAFT
IN
Attends Unveiling of Statne
on Virginia Battlefield.
MUDS NORTH AND SOUTH
Couples With Every Tribute to Union
Soldiers a Eulogy of the Valor of
the Confederates—Declares War Be
tween the States Had to Be
Fought and That Good
Had Come of R.
Petersburg, Va.. May 20.—Paying a
tribute alike to the soldiers of the
North and South President Taft
witnessed the unvelltng of an heroic
statue In bronze erected at Fort Ma
hone, on the Petersburg battlefields,
In memory of General Hartranft and
the Pennsylvania volunteers who fell
in the stubborn fight about this out
post of the Confederate capital. The
president arrived In Petersburg short
ly after 9 o'clock in his private car,
the Olympla, whioh was detachcd
from the regular Washington train at
Richmond and was run as a special
from there. The president went Im
mediately to Fort Stedman, where a
tablet was unveiled, ond then proceed
od to Fort Mahone, where he made
his first address of the day.
The day was warm, but the sky was
overcast throughout the morning and
the heat was not seriously felt. The
president coupled with every tribute
to the Union soldiers a eulogy of the
valor of the Confederates.
"We could not dedicate this beau
tiful and enduring memorial," he de
clared "to the volunteer soldiers of
Pennsylvania with such a sense of its
Justice and appropriateness had they
not been confronted by an enemy ca
pable of resisting their assaults with
equal vigor and fortitude. Pennsyl
vania's pride must be in the victory
achieved by her men against so brave,
resolute and resourceful an enemy."
The president declared that the bat
tie
between the
9tates
had to be
fought and that enduring good had
come of
it.
KIRBY SUCCEEDS VAN CLEAVE
la Expecttd to Continue PoHey of
Predecessor.
New York, May 20.—Ratification of
the new officers chosen by the nom
inating committee, discussion of re
ports of committees and a banquet
were on the programme of the con
eluding day of the annual meeting of
the National Association of Manufac
turers in this city. The nominating
committee's choice of John Kirby, Jr.,
of Dayton, O., as president and the
other officers so selected was gener
ally accepted by the delegates ana
the members looked to Mr. Kirby
continue the contest undertaken by
lames W. Van Cleave against labor
legislation regarded as inimical to
their interests.
The report of the committee on
taumigration declared that "public
sentiment in the United States on the
whole appears to be in favor of se
lection rather than restriction of Im
migration, having no objection to a
considerable amount of immigration
if of a desirable quiltty." The prln
clple which is embodied in the pres
•nt immigration laws was approved
by the committee.
FAMOUS RESORT ^BANKRUPT
Forced to
Rouge at Par la
Suspend.
Paris, May 20.—The Moulin Rouge
probttoly the most famous resort in
the history of Paris, has been de
clared bankrupt by the tribunal of
commerce. Of late the vogue of the
resort h'as been steadily decreasing
owing to the work of the purity cru
saders. who have brought about the
elimination-of some of tho sensational
dances that were the chief features of
the place.
The various managers of the con
cern have made fortunes In It. but
many more have met ruin In trying
to conduct It on a lavish scale necee
sarr to attract tourists.
MILLIONAIRE SWIFT WEDS
•i of La
With Young Heir
fayette, N. V.
Maw York. May 20.—Julian W
Swift, nephew of the multimillionaire
meat packer of Chicago, and a mil
Honaire la his own right, who
known in New York as a man about
town, was married In Hoboken Mon
day night to Miss Msry Emma Mil
lor, a beautiful young heiress
Lafayette. N
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whom ho met only
three weeks ago.
The pair eloped from the Hotel
Knickerbocker and hurried to Ho
boken In a large touring car. Only a
taw ot their Inttmirti*. trlilrtn
wtlh tkaat.
yg
MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA, THI RSDAV, MAY 20, 1909
MAKES CHARGE OF BRIBERY
Former Warden of Michigan Prison
Accuses Chicago Man.
Detroit, Mich., May 20.—A Journal
special from Jackson, Mich., says ex
Warden A. N. Armstrong of the state
prison made an affidavit that Milton
Daly of Chicago paid Armstrong
$1,500 for helping get a lot of sec
ond hand machinery accepted for the
atate binder twine plant as new m»
terial.
The ex-warden states that J»aiy,
who was agent for the Hoover & Gam
ble Co. of Miamisburg, Ohio, told
him frankly that the machinery to be
Shipped was second hand and satd
that he would pay him at least $1,000
for helping have It accepted by the
state. May 13, 1908, Daly paid him,
Armstrong stated, $1,600 for his aa
instance.
Requisition papers for Daly ara be
i n e a e i
i n n
WRECK SAFE AND BUILDING
Rank Robbers Get Away With H,00C
at Cairo, Neb.
Uncoln, Neb., May 20.—Bank rob
hers secured $6,000 from the Cairo
State bank, demolishing the safe and
building by three explosions. A we
ter works bond election was carried
by one vote the day previous and ftre
arms and anvils were used in the cele
bration. The explosions at the bank
were thought to he a part of the elec
tlon enthusiasm and the alarm was
not sounded. Sheriff Duakal la Is
pursuit of the robbers.
COLONY TO SUPPORT
TEN MILLION PEOPLE
Jews Plan Extensive Settlement
to Mesopotamia.
New York, May 20.—Details at the
•ontamplated establishment in Meso
potamia of the largest Jewish colony
the world ever has seen have been
made public.
Announcement waa made of tb
combination In support of the project
of international Jewish organizations
which never have acted together he
fore. That the new movement has
financial resources in excess of $100,
•00,000 and that the country which I'
Is proposed to turn into a Jewish col
ony will support a population of 10,
000,00 are indications of the extent oi
the anterprise.
Men in this city who are Interested
in the latest movement toward the es
tabllshment of a Jewish colony said
credit for having united the variou.
forces in support of this elaborate
plan should be given to Jacob
Schlff and Israel Zangwill.
Private advices from I*ondon tell of
meeting of the Jewish Territorial
organization, at which Mr. Zangwill
Sir Andrew Wingato. Meyer Spielman
and ethers declared that in the settle
ment of Mesopotamia is to be found
the solution of troubles which have
beset the Jews since tha*aracfedis
parsed from Palestine.
GUILTY OF MINE FRAUDS
One of Five Defendants Painta When
Verdict is Read.
Kansas City, May 20.—A Jury In the
federal court found E. S. Horn, Frank
H. Horn, John E. Horn, Raymond
May and F. H. Snider guilty of using
the mails to defraud iu promoting the
Central Mining and Development aori
pany of the "Two Queens" group of
gold mines in Arizona.
The penalty la a fine of $S00 or !m
prisonment for eighteen months, or
both. Notice was give* for a motion
tor a new trial.
HJ. 8. Horn fainted
diet was read.
RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES
Armenian Refugees
Adana, Asiatie ?urteey.
Merslna, Asiatic Turkey, *La? 20.—
•dward 1. Nathan, the Ameiieaii con
sul at Merslna, has retained after a
three days' visit to Adtaa. Ha i^orts
that the military are new controlling
that city and that confidence gradu
ally Is being restored. Aevertf tLou
•and Armenian refugees have left
the camps established lor them and
are returning to their *omes, tf these
are still standing, and if not to the
vineyards. They are goiag wader
military guard.
federal Court Uphaitfa Tax.
Tote\a, Kan., May 10.—Judge Pol
lock, in the federal court here, upheld
the law creating the state tax board
and affirming a tax of ft,114,000 as
sessed by tho hoard against the West
ern Union Telegntph company. The
company brought suit asserting that
the assessment was excessive and at
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Suits
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Stylet up4Oo$6.50 values
Special
Electricians
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Electrical Supplies
Wiring ad other Elec
trical fork Done on short
SHOP IN IRELAND BUILDING
Foley's Honey and Tar is a safeguard
against serious reaulka from spring oolds
whioh inflame tha lungs and develop
into pneumonia. Avoid eat nterfeits by
Owing to the extremely unseasonable
weather we are forced to make some
sacrifice on our Spring Stock regard
less of profits. This offer is
FOR CASH ONLY
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With any Mans Suit in the Store
at $12.50 and upward we will
present you ABSOlUTflY fRCf,
$5 worth of furf»sfei«g& coftsistiiig
of the following:
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You can select the above furnishings from our entire stock. Cost yoa nothing
EXTRA SPECIAL!
50c and 75c Knee
Pants, broken sizes
38c
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Handstae Leather
Upholstered Rockers
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