The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-04-03
]. P. MORGAN DEAD
At HOTEL IN ROME
Great Financier Passes Away
After Weeks Illness.
WAS ABROAD FOR HEALTH
Meets End Silently With Daughter
Near Him In Last Hours-Body
VIII Be Brought Back
Home.

viii Be Brought Back
| Home.
Rome, Italy, April LIN the roya'
suite of the Grand hotel lies the body
| of J. Pierpont Morgan. who died few
minutes after noon.
| Ills powerful mind accustomed &c
repeated victories over mind and mat
ter. almost until the end refused to
consider his illness serious, insisting
to relatives and physicians alike that
his customary vigor would return.
Unable to Retain Food.
Since Friday he was unable to retain
food upon his stomach. Having no
nourishment for 70 hours, his brain
finally passed into eternal sleep
DR.. Giuseppe Bastianelli, one of the
attending physicians, gave out the fol
Lowing statement;
mfr. Morgan's death was due pri-
marily to nervous collapse. due large
| ly to his strenuous life and lack of
power to recuperate energy, both men
tai and physical, which younger man
might have expended with impunity,
but which man Of seventy-six cannot
expect to do. The immediate cause
was stomach trouble, which, acting on
the nervous system, caused his col
lapse. Until two days ago had hopes
that his constitution would pull him
through. but, as often happens in
these cases, nature succumbed almost
Unexpectedly and the end came rapid
ly."
Blames Pujo Hearing.
DR.. Starr, another of the physicians
who attended the financier in his last
Illness, attributed Mr.. Morgan's break
down to emotion caused by the investi-
cation carried out by the Pujo commit
tee at Washington into the operations
of the money trust
Mr.. Morgan had been confined to his
bed for week. Until Wednesday
afternoon he was able to eat, although
he slept but little, and was seen to be
failing rapidly. On Wednesday night
his condition was aggravated by the
disturbances incidental to ball held
IN the hotel. He did not sleep, and
narcotics were resorted to.
The patient was unable to swallow
anything, even water, for several days.
and did not utter a word since early
last week The last expression from
him was a request to be massag9d. 1t
was impossible TO determine whether
or not he realized his condition.
81 will be up and about by Sunday,
sure Mr.. Morgan had told DR. George
A. Dixon on Saturday. Don't baby
me. If only could get aboard my
boat"
He insisted at that time that he
would be able to leave Rome today.
He had ordered a special train to take
him to Aix.Les Raine, where he hoped
to spend his seventy-sixth birthday on
April II. His death was very peace
full His daughter, Louise Pierpont,
and her husband. Herbert l.. Satterlee,
two physicians and his nurses were at
the bedside.
Does Not Suffer at End.
The family held back the exact de-
tails of the end, pending the receipt of
cables sent to J. p. Morgan, Jr., in
New York. They say, however, that
the end was peaceful and that Mr.. Nor
gan did not suffer.
Tributes Paid in America.
New York. April l.-When the news
of Mr. Morgan's death in Rome reached
here expressions of regret at his pass
ing were heard on every side In the
financial district the stock exchange
and consolidated exchange passed res
buttons of respect to his momory and
| flags everywhere were dropped to half
mast
The Offices of J. p. Morgan & Co at
| Broad and Wall streets closed immedi-
ately upon receipt of the news, and
| little information was vouchsafed by
the members of the firm. The state
ment was made, however, that the
| business would be carried on undis-
turbed by the surviving members.
Throughout the day equipages of all
kinds drove up to Mr.. Morgan's man
sion and their occupants left cards of
coincidence. The morbid were out in
force In the vicinity of the Morgan
home, and at one time reached such
proportions that it became necessary
to request the police to dispense them.
Effect in Wall Street Slight
The immediate effect of Mr.. Nor
gans death on the machinery of Wall
street was comparatively slight. On
the stock exchange the news from
Rome had largely spent its force with.
in fifteen minutes after the opening OF
the market. Mr.. Morgan's illness had
prepared the financial district for the
end, and every precaution had been
taken against serious break in
prices. AT the opening the promi
nent stocks declined point or SO, Blu,
they received prompt support and raj
lied quickly. Thereafter the marke,
was dull
The body of Mr., Morgan is to be EN-
balmed and sent to the United States
on board ship from Naples. A funera
service will be held In Rome before 1t.
departure.
, Burial In Connecticut.
The body's last resting place prob
ably will be la a mausoleum In Ceda
> Hill cemetery, Hartford, Conn. which
. he had erected some years ago Il
, memory OF his father and mother.
, reaches New York, 1t 10 expected tn