Show WEDDED AX OIL KIXG The President aIthe Standard Oil Company and His Bride President Henry H Rogers of the Standard Oil company who married Mrs Emelle A Handel a few days ago is said to have acquired a fortune of J65OCO000 by transactions in oil The bridegroom is 63 years old but his well preserved physique and vigorous buoyancy buoy-ancy of manner seem to take nearly a quarter century from his age Mr Rogers was born at Fairhaven Conn and his first wife was also a na tire of that town When she died three years ago Mr Rogers gave 500000 for the building of a church to her memory at Fairhaven Ho is looked UP to as the presiding ius of the Connecticut village His llCOO 000 country place there is one of the finest fin-est in New England and his annual expenditures ex-penditures there are lavish Although far richer than many of the millionaires whose names are synonymus for wealth Mr Rogers is singularly retiring and free from vulgar display For this reason rea-son his fame as a multimillionaire Is comparatively slight except among the persons who have benefltted by his charities char-ities These charities are not accompanied by brass band attachment and few of them creep into the newspapers for which reason the public has no idea of their extent Mr Rogers is said to have started his business career as driver of a grocery wagon His rise in life and the popularity popular-ity and respect he commands now in business busi-ness circles are matters of New York history Mrs Randal his bride is 45 She married mar-ried Lucius R Hart twentyfive years ago and lived with him for twenty years At the end of that time suspecting suspect-ing his fidelity she set detectives to watch him and soon secured evidence sufficient to obtain a divorce Mrs Hart resumed her maiden name of Randel Since that time she has lived with her I father a prominent diamond broker of New York Mr and Mrs Rogers will it is said I so to Fairhaven for the summer Mr Rogers steam yacht will also go into commission soon and thp newly married i couple will probably spend part of their summer cruising Exchange |