Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-20

DflknL QlS6HSe LIT W 0llS t04u ulo that he had rejected Paul because his tests showed traces of aJbumen- Your brother he said, is feeling the effects of what we call an unbalanced ration
 If I tell you a little about Paups habits that phrase will explain itself. He was g. very temperate man. He ate sparingly, drank and smoked not at all. For breakfast he would eat some times a grapefruit. nothinV more. For luncheon. he would eat Q sliced orange and nibble at sweets. You sec his diet was unbalanced. and dis blood lacked some of the clements of strength man that did his work needed Dr. Wells told me that ahe would have to take the sr0teet caRo of himself and that he ought to cut down on work.
 Tt was his first Illness, and he re- fused to call himself sick. but we had a theoretical invalid. He would have sailed for Europe on Feb. 21d."
 Gentlemen Here the narrative, told with spirit, ,eaGerness and wealth of detail, ended suddenly. Joy Morton had done all he could to teA frankly of his brothers closing hours, and when his task was ended the tears suddenly welled into his eyes and he could not find words. This is tragic" he ended abruptly. He was my younger broth er-tfe last of us. Treat him kindly. gentlemen
 In the anteroom of the Hotel Sey- nour, while Mir. Morton was talking, stood Thomas Fortune Ryan.E. J. Ber- wind and Theodore Shonts. all of whom had been summoned by telephone. MT. and Mrs. J. Hopkins Smith, Jr., a daughter and son-in-law, had joined Mrs. Morton uustadrs.
 Death Due to ArtsriaI Selsresis.
 Coroners Physician O'Hanlon saAd that from the antecendent history. and f1fla Rvr|IItr1YpG fhsra if,Hlht in his mind that death was due to arte- rial sclerosis, a hardening of the walls of the arteries, terminating in . cere- bral lesion. He thought that Bright's s be no autopsy permit for removal of the body to MT. Morton's house was granted almost immediately.
 Report to Coronsr's Office.
 The death was reported to the cor oner,s office in the usua1 stereotyped form as follows:
 Paul Morton, 53 years oEd died sud- denly at the Hotel Seymour, 50 West 45th street; reported to coroners of fee by Dr. Pearson of 49 West 4Ath street; occupation, railroad man.
 Equitable Directors Deeply Shocked.
 Few if any of the directors of the Equitable had news of the death until they were informed by newspapers. E.
 
 Frank s. Witheraee, the last named also of the Equitable executive com mittes were all deeply shocked, and inquired eagerly for full details. MT. Witherbee said: T am inexpressibly she-'.-i. I saw MT. Morton as late as o'clock this afternoon, after the reg thar monthly meeting of the Equitable directors. He complained of not feel ing well, and I urged him to take a rest and vacation, never dreaming. however, that his condition was so se- rious."
 The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon from St. Thonnag Protestant Episcopal church, the inteFment to be | at Woodlawn cemetery here.
 Appointed Secretary of the Navy by President RoeseveIt. | Omaha, Neb., Jan. 1s-Paul Morton | was born in Detroit. Mich, May 2a, I 1857. Most of his early life was spent l in Nebraska City, the home of his ! father, J. Sterling Morton, secretary | of agriculture under former President Cleveland. In 1872 MT. Morton en- ! tered the Omaha offices of the Bur- l lington G Missouri River railroad in ! Omaha as clerk. His rise in the rail- road world was rapid and when he 1 left the Burlington in 1890 he was 1 general freight and passenger agent | of the system.
 After six years with the Colorado Fuel G Iroon Co. and it's subsidiary | corporations, MT. Morton became vice president of the Santa Fe railroad which position he held until 1904 when he was appointed secretary of 1 the navy by President Roosevelt.
 MT. Morton married Charlotte Good 1 ridge of Chicago in 1880.