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I t Hail VOIi.XIX. DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, oALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 10. NO. 10. u JBHBUiL iiiiunuu mTS-xI Inl InllnllnllnUralHl lhiMrrirTHPfcw - mmTSALZU 15Ili!IiAiIIMJJWJ BSflBBl IT 11 MU II 1 1 Ul ILL I I,, 37. Sw HENRY H. ROKRS DIES SUDDENLY THIS M0RNIN6 GREAT FINANCIER WAS REALLY THE HEAD AND BRAINS OF STANDARD OIL AND ALL ITS BRANCHES AND SUB SIDIARY COMPANIES Now York, May 19. Henry H. Rogoro, ono of tho leading multi millionaire financiers of tho famous Rockqfcllbr group, died this morn ing. It was not known that Rogers was 111, as ho was at his offlco yostorday, and hU death camo as a great shock to his business nssoclatos. Apoplexy was announced bb tho cauco of his death. Ho was stricken nt 0:30 o'clock this morning, and wab unconscious for somo tlmo beforo his death. Whon ho was strlr.kon MrB. Rogers summoned tho sorvants, who called Dr. Fowlor, tho nearest physi cian, to tho Rogers homo. Tho doc tor responded to tho call In. his night clothes, but when ho arrived ho saw that thcro wai no hops of saving tho great financier's life. Rogers had been in poor health for several yoars, nnd In 1907 suffered u uorvous collapso, which resulted In a rumor that be had been strickon with paralysis. Ho rotlrod for a tlmo nnd after regaining his health re turned to his financial operations. Recently ho appeared In bettor health than for sovoral years, nnd for tho past fow weeks had abandoned tho medical treatment which ho had been taking constantly In tho past. Rogers recontly withdrew, from nctlvo connection with tho Standard Oil Company, of which ho was vice presldont and director, as well as be ing ono bt tho heaviest stockholders, and devoted his atetntlon to tho con struction of tho Virginia railroad from tho coal fields to tide water. Af ter completing tho road, which Is ono of tho most remarkablo linos ovor built, -Rogers returned to Now York from Norfolk? and a month ago wont to his sumrnor homo nt Falrhavcn, MaBS. Ho rested thoro for n short time, and thon canio hero to resume his business affairs. At tho Standard Oil Company's of fices It was said that tho ofllclnls of tho company were not prepared to glvo out n statement now regarding Rogers' caroor. Rogers was GO years old, having boon born In .Falrhavon, Mass., la 1840. Fifty years ago ho sold pa pors In Now Dodford, Mass., and later began his business careor as a clork In his father's gonoral storo. His start toward wealth camo when oil was discovered la Pennsyl vania. Ho mounted rnpldly to tho top, and was worth many millions pt dollars nt tho tlmo of his itonth. Besides being vice-president of tho' Standard Oil Company, ho waB prosl-j dent of tho Amalgamated "Copper Company, National Transit Com pany, Richmond Light & Railway Company, National Fniol Gas Corii pany, Now YorR Trnnslt Company, vlce-prosldcnt and truuteo pf tho An aconda Cbppor Mining Company, vIco-proMdont and director of tho Drooklyn Union Gas Company, vico prcstdont of tho United Metal Soiling Company, trust co of tho Mutual Llto Insurance Company and director of numerous comnnnlo. Including the Un'ted States Stool Corporation, tho Atchison, Topcka & Santa F rail road nnd tho Union Pacific. Rogers wai a member of tho FIno Arts Society, tho Now England So ciety. Metropolitan Musoum of Art and tho American Musoum of Natur al History. His clubs wore ' tho Union League, Lolos, Englncors, Now Pork Yacht nnd tho Metropolitan. His principal gifts wore bostowed unon hl homo town, which he pro posed w'th a library building, town hnll. school nnd church.. Ho spent $3,000,000 upon thoso gifts. Ho bognn his enrcer In tho Penn sylvania oil flold early In tho sixties, after mnrry'ng Miss Ablhp T. Gil ford, of Falrhavon, who died In 1895 Ho Inter mm'rled Emollo August Rnndol, dnughtor of tho head of a diamond firm, and d'vorcod wlfo of Lucius R. Hnrt. Ho leaves n wlfo, one Bon and threo daughters, Mrs. V. E. Benjamin, Mrs. Urban H. Droughton and Mrs. Mai Rsgors-Mott-Coo. Tho lattor eloped wlion -ho was 17 years old with Joseph C. Mott. Tho mnrrtago wa anuuUrd, nnd sho Inter married William R. Coe. Mr-. Rogers, Honry If. Rogers, Jr., and tho threo mnrrlcd daughters woro at tho flnnnc'or's bcdsldo whon ho died nt 7:20 a. m. Representatives of tho Standard Interest stated lijtor in tho day that 't hns been known for somo tlmo by Rogers' closet nasoclatcs that ho was in n nrVcarlous condition. Slnco his collapso two years ngo lip has boon I y iniiita mtaif mf f iiw iiiwtiimim hhhmii Before You Do Your Buying I Qo to tho other stores nnd not tholr nrlcen. thon como to tho CHICAGO STORE nnd soo tho monoy wo can oavo you. It Is tho high-class quality or our goods and tho low prices unit wo naic mm mnKos vno CHICAGO STORE grow faster than any other storo on tho Pacific Const. Iloforo moving Into our now J f storo wo will glvo you prices on nil articles that will surprise you. 1001) LATEST STYLES MILLINERY Now soiling nt about half whnt you have to pay olsowhoro. Wo can afford to soil Hats, "Flowors, Fenth orq, otc. lit small profits because wo do tho volume of business. No long prices hero. Quick snlos nnd small profits Is our motto. Como hero nnd got your monoy's worth. Trimmed Hats Now selling for $1.50, $1.95, $2.50 and up THOUSANDS OF YARDS OF THE LATEST STYLES IN Fine Silk and Dress Goods . . Now un dUphty nt prices that will keep you trawling for a long time ( J iH'fore you can bent them. Wo will move thin department soon Mm JLtKk. lV. m avoiding nil ongngements possible, and has been taking tho best of enro of hlmsolf. His death, ofllclnls of tho corpora tion say. will not affect tho affairs of tho Standard Oil Company, nnd will not Involve tho salo of securities, all Investments being solid. It was also stated that tho porsonnlly secured notos for tho Virginia railway aro also covered by Btrong securities. John D. Ryan, president of tho An aconda Copper Company, said teday: 'Rogers and I wont to Falrhavon ovor Sunday, nnd ho was In excellent hoalth. Wo roturnod Monday nnd wero In our ofllcos yostorday. Ho loft mo nt 4 o'clock in tho aftornbon, saying that ho was fooling great. "Although It is ImpoBstblo to se cure a correct statement of tho amount of Rogers' fortune, It is known to bo at least $G0, 000,000." Tontntlvo plans for tho funoral woro mado UiIb nftornoon. Tho Bor vIccb will .irobably bo hold at tho Unltnrlan Church of tho Messiah, Friday morning, Dr. Robert Collier oniclntlng. Durlnl will bo nt Falr hnvon. Mark Twain arrived at tho Rogers home at noon. Ho was tho dead and Is henrt-brokon ' iETAOINLU financier's closest porsonal frlond, nnd Is heart-broken ovor hln death. Tears woro streaming down tho face of the agod humorist whon ho ontorcd tho houso. Bargain Prices on Shirt Waists J 1000 Ladles' Shirt Waists now on salo, alt handsome ly trmmed and tailor mado. Wo are giving tho valuos. 96c Waists now -19c 11.50 Waists now 98c $1.D0 Tallor-mado Waists now 98c 15.00 Net Waists now $2.90 And so along tho lino. lAll MA M Wonderful llurguintf In Ladies' Suits Wo aro now sbowlnp n grand assortment of the latest styles In Ladles' Wool Silk, Linen and Duck Suits, All colors; 1909 newest models. This Is tho placo for bargains. 18 Wool Suits now only $ 0.50 $25 Wool Suits now only 8i2.no Princess Silk Suits. . . 9.00 Duck Suits $ a.50 Wo aro offering tho great est values In Salem In fine high nnd low SHOES $11.00 and $2.75 low-cut shoes In all the latest styles, patent, vlcl, tan, wlno, gun metal, otc, now only $1.93 pair. $2.50 high shoes $l,ll nnd up. Ladles' 5c Hclkfs, now only 2c !! !! 45c Russian J Not Veiling now only yard QaL Aiwcraa Tito Qtaa Tl-i Cuae V.. Lf -., II wl mivii, vivim imvux. mm knifo imnwiC llf flllf illlIWf ! Ililllttlf f Hl ARRANGING FOR THE WRESTLERS Wrostllng fans nro vory undecided in this city oa to who will tako homo tho candy In tho match between Ed dlo O'Connoll nnd Dntt Sullivan at tho Grand opora houso noxt Friday night, as sovoral popular enthusi asts In Portlnnd havo boon banking considerably on Sullivan with all kinds of confidence that ho will throw Eddlo. Tho Sullivan backora nro not out Jumping at nny chancocs, howovor, ns thoy fully roallro O'Con noll will mnko Sullivan go tho limit, nnd therostlll remains nn excellent opportunity to put hlra on tho mat for tho match. Chester Murphy, ono of O'Connoll'a backers. Iibb boon communicating with tho local promoters, Harry Al- uori ana uoorgo ftiyor, nnd says O'Connoll Is now In tho best of con dition, and tho llttlo man has mon t'oncd that Sullivan will bo glvon tho rub of his life noxt Friday night. O'Connoll Is not going Into tho mntch In a hostllo mood, but It is natural ho will uso ovory trick and pound of strongth ho possesses In order to throw Sullivan, as thoro Is somo feel ing, nnd much monoy up botweon thorn. . On tho othor hand, Sullivan In of tho opinion that O'Connoll, notwith stnndlns ho rill mnka iifri fli,M. it. uot liable to got more than ono fain nun iv m iiui pruunuiu mat uuiuvan has forgbtton tho statement ho mado to n houso full of Salem fans somo tlmo nco In regard to tho long-sought mntch botwoc hlmsolf and O'Con noll without success. Thoro Is no doubt that Sullivan Is an Al wrest ler, nnd ho lino proven himself far boyond tho ordinary horotoforo. Ho outweighs O'Connel about 10 pounds, nnd hns lota of good, hard musclo, Iwt many think O'Connoll hns him smothorod with quickness. Jnck King, ono of Portland's most nontu lnr wrostllng fans, has boon In com munication with Watt Shlpp, Salem'B onthuslastio all-round sport, nnd is of tho opinion thnt 8ulllvnn Is a sum winner, but Just whnt King bases bis opinion on, ho did not stnto. Ho said, howevoc, that Sullivan was In splon dld shapo, and was fooling flno. A meotlng wno hold In Chester Murphy's offices In Portland Ihls nf tornoon by O'Connoll and Sullivan and tho promoters of tho bout, to doe'do upon a refreo. It has not boon learnod who was chosen, but Jack Grant Is In lino for tho Job, and will probably io tho man to count tho falls. Tho Portland promoters nro mak ing negotiations with tho railroad company for a special car from Port land to bring tho fans of that city horo for tho match, if 50 passengers can be guaranteed, n faro and a third can bo arranged for. SAYS HARRIMAN SHOULD TAKE A REST NOW York. MV 1) Thnt T7! IT Harrlman should coaso active work and store up physical energy for tho fUtlirO. la the onlnlon nt T.nvl n Xfnr ton, who In in this city attending to wiu ruuuuu (limes at uis ornco as usual, "Harrlman l one nt Mm mmi wonderful men In tho world," said mo retireu statesman. "Out ho Is 62 years old now, and bo has accom plished enough to satisfy most men. Ho should slow up and tako a rest If ho doesn't ho mav resrat It noma day." Morton stated, however, that his own work Is necessary to. hla happi ness. "Why." ho eald. "if I didn't keen htlBV t hnllAvn I wnnlri dl Hut T don't work all tho tlmo, and I do auout wuat i please," ' ' o Walter E. Clark of Connecticut was nominated for governor of Alaska by Presldont Tnu today. Clark Is the nnfttn?f sin rnrniannnrfanf tt (fia Qa. attlu Post-Intelllilcer and tho New Yoric flup. LIQUOR LICENSES " IN LONDON MAY RON UP TO $17,000 LIMIT WAS SI UPPOSEB TG BE $1,500 BUT THE BIG HOTELS WILL PAY FROM $18,500 PER YEAR UP -LIQUOR INTERESTS PARALYZED United PrtM taaicd Wire. London, Mny 10. British liquor Intorosta havo figured that thoy aro hit worso than thoy thought at first by Chancellor of tho Exchequer Lloyd Gcorgo's now budgot. A dreadful outcry went.up from thorn tho mo ment tho chnncollor laid his propos als boforo tho houso of common. Tho full horror of tho situation did not burst upon thorn nt onco, how ovor. It was thought tho maximum HcoiiBo foo would bo somothlng' llko $1000, n vary consldornblo ndvanco ovor tho old rnto, considering thnt tho lattor movo oxcooded $350. Tho Urltlsh law docs not chnrgo n fixed prlco for liquor licenses but grad uates horn v according to nssossod valuations. It took n fow dnys to work out tho offect of this system undor tho now budgot's regulations. Tho liquor lntorosts dldJtho neces sary ciphering nnd nonrly swooned. Tho maximum will not bo about $1G00 nt nil, but $37,500. Tho Int tor sum Is what tho Piccadilly hotol in London will havo to pay for tho privilege of running Us bar after tho budgot proposals nro onnctod Into lnw. Its not assessablo vnluo Is $160,000. If It woro an ordinary saloon it would bo charged half that amount for He llconso. As n hotol, howovor, tho lovy will bo only 25 per cent. A fow othor heavy sufforors nro tho Carlton hotol, $18,750; tho Rltz. $21,250; tho Savoy, $31,250, and tho Waldorf, $18,750. BAGS HIPPOPOTAMUS ALSO BMCEROS (Ily Warrington. Dawson, Staff' Cor respondent of tho Unltod Pross.) Nairobi, Urltlsh East Africa, May 19. Standing his ground against tho furious chnrgo of a wounded fomnlo rhlnoccrous, Colonol Hoosovolt shot tho boast, tho most foarod of tho Jungle Inhabitants nt closo range, ac cording to nows brought hero by a runnor today. Tho rhino, tho sec ond killed by tho groat Amorlcan ox- presldont, wus tho largest klllod In of his own, Tho natives attachod to Xr nioro shots Into Its body, without np parent offect. Wlulo he was maneuvering for an ndvnittugoous position for" a seventh,, shot, tho lnfurlntod nnlnial crashed froih tho buxhos nnd chnrgod hlra. Tho seventh shot, 11 rod nt closo range dropped it In Its tracks. Aftor It was skinned by tho porters Its hldo waa found to weigh 400 pounds. Kormlt now tins n distinctive namo this section In recoiit yoars. hoosevelt was riding In sourch of u hippopotamus whon ho camo across ho boast. A shot from his rltlo wound ed -tho rhluocoroa, nnd It took refugo In tho thtckot. Hoosovolt 11 red flvo tho party havo stylod him Ilwnnn Mtoto, tho llttlo master. , Ljtor Hoosovolt killed n big hip PK"i"nn. Ho now has ovory spocl tuuu v'Mjlg game, oxcopt tho elephant lilTiobrnxS nn SPREGKELS FAMILY FIGHT OVER ESTATE United Vrttt Ltated Wire. San Francisco, May 19. That John D. Sprecklcs and Adolph Sprnokls will fight to tho bitter ond tho peti tion of tholr brothers, lludolph and Clauso a Sprecklcs, for tho partial distribution of tho estate of tho lato sugar king, Cuius A. Sprecklcs, is bo lloved hero today. John D .Bpreckles left luto yostor day for San Diego. Iloforo his do parttiio ho said: "This proceeding has boon stnrtod with no Idea of a compromise It is a matter of principle, and thoro can bo no settlement. If tho question of undue Influence upou my father arises we will show exactly tho cause of tho former estrangement botweon him and Itudolph and Clous A. That I sa matter that never has boon mado public. "Tho movo of tho executors In asking for u distribution of tho estuto was unoxpectod by us," ho continued, So was the filing of tho will only his present relations with his peti tioning brothers, Sprecklos said: ''1 haven't spokonii Kiwjolph or Clnus a. for H yours; nor do I think Adolph has. Neither nro wo likely jo." Tho first clash of counsol In tho attack upon tho tiudlcloncy of tho petition for distribution will occur bo foro Judgo Coffey Tuesday. It Is expected .sonsatloual rovolntlons will ho mado following this hoarlng, Rudolph Sprecklos thus far has re fused to comnmut upon tho proceed ings thnt knvo caused anothor dif ference In tho family of tho lato mil lionaire sugar king. .1rs. Emma C. Fair, Sprecklcs' daughter, who Is also u beneficiary In tho will, has not stat ed finally hor position. It Is thought howovor, that hor lot may bo cast with Rudo.ph and unus A. In tho coming struggle. Mrs, Anna C, Sprecklos, widow of Clnus Sprockles, Sr Is 111 at hor home. Hor position eight hours aftor my father's death." In tho litigation Ib also problemat - In reply to a question concerning ileal. WORSE THAN THEFT (United rrrM &MMd Wlre.j BeHlngham, Wash., May 19 War Is browing among tho cltlzons of the tqwn of Ferndulo, near hore, as the remit of theft of two pigs from a rancher living near tho town. The pigs were stolon from tho yard of Alex Mc Dougull last wcok and Monty Adams and Phil Roosell, who run a batcher shop in Fumdale wero arrested for tho act, Their caso has not yet'teen heard In court and the two men aro out on ball. Slnco tho theft of tho pigs fcollng has boon running high In Ferndale and threats havo boon mado against tho two acousod nion, Last night Adams was crossing tho wagon bridge ovor (ho Nooksack rlvor at Ferndale whon ho was attacked by a crowd of men. His hands and feet wero hound with ropos and his mouth gagged with a handkerchief, When Adams had been securely bound ho was thrown Into tho river. Struggling In tho water Adams succeeded lu releasing ono of hla arms from Its bonds and mado his way to tho bank of tho river. When found ho was almost exhaust ed from his fight and I now under tho ctre of tho doctor. Tbo'shorlf Is Investigating the case- and arrests aro expected at any hour. Salvation Is free, but It take a collection occasionally to pay" tb frelgbt,