The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-14
MORCAN'S BODY LAID AT REST
 IN HARTFORD Dense Throng Outside New York Church, London Services Funeral Train of Three Cars Passes Through Bridgeport
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 At Noon
 Hartford, April 14-AlI tIoa+ iz r,,or- tai Of John Pierpont Morgan beuLxer f1nancier, pfilan thropist and art con no1sseur, was laid to rest in the Nor gan family lot in Cedar Hill cemetery thls afternoon. The funeral train bearing the body arrived at the Union station In this city soon after 2 ocIock. So far as possible, every ar rangement had been made by Mayor Lewis R. Cheney and the city officials to handle the crowds which were ex- pected to gather along the route of the funeral procession and give 1t an l unobstructed right of way from the railroad station to the cemetery a dis
 tance of about three miles, Trolley traffic was suspended on Asylum street from o'clock until after the process sIon had passed. and largely aug mented force of policemen were on ! duty to keep the streets clear in ad- vance of the funeral cortege- Between and o'clock business was generally suspended in the heart of the city, and many of the stores and offices had drawn shades in their street windows. The flag on City Hall was at half mast it has been since the announcement of MT. Morgan's death. All the schools of the city
  ed mark of respect to the memory of one of Hartford's most distinguished citizens. The State capitol was clos ed during the afternoon.
 At the railroad station special eff forts were made to preserve order and keep back the curious. Upon the ar rival of the funeral train of three coaches, the casket was borne to the waiting hearse drawn by four black horses. cordon of police keeping the crowd within bounds. There were thousands of people lining the curb from the railway station to the ceme- terry along the route of the procession. The line of carriages moved east on Asylum street preceded several min utes by an automobile conta ming sev- eral policemen and another in which, Mayor Cheney and Chief of Police Garrett J. Farrell were riding in order to see that the way was clear.
 New York, April 14-FuneraI services over the body of J. Pierpont Morgan were held this morning in st. Georges Protestant Episcopal church where he had worshtpped for half a century. Afterwards a special train conveyed the funeral party to Hartford, Conn, for final services at the Morgan mausoleum, in Cedar Hin cemetery. B1anketed by a. covering of 5000 red roses, the coffin left the Morgan li- brary, where the body had lain gince Friday night, and was conveyed to the church
 the funeral party in St. Georges. Be- hind the choir came the clergy, then the pail bearers, the coffin and the family.
 Fifteen hundred persons were crowd ed fnbo the church. Admission was by card only. So great had been the demand for tickets that many hun dreds could not be accommodated.
 The services were conducted by Rev | Dr. Carl ReilIand, rector of St. Georges; Right Rev. William T. Law | renee, Bishop of Boston; Right Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, Bishop of Con necticut, and Right Rev. David H. | Greer, Bishop of New York These | were chosen by MT. Morgan in his written instructions for the conduct of | death. In all other respects as we'll | his wishes concerning the services were observed
 There were 12 honorary pail bearers men closely identified with Mir. Nor gan in his career. They were George S. Bowdoin. Lewis Cass Ledyard, Rob ert w. DeFsorest, Henry Fairfield Os- borne, United States Senator Elihu Root, Joseph H. Choate, Robert Ba- koe, Elbert H. Gary, Seth Low and Martin W. Patton.
 ORCHIDS FROM KAISER.
 The chancel was banked high with flowers, but these were only small part of the hundreds of pieces that have been sent to the Morgan home. Among the flowers there was a. huge cross of orchids from the Emperor of Germany; a gold maltese cross be meath @ crown of palms, from the French Republic; 8 garland of vfolets and lilies of the valley from James Bryce, the British Ambassador; wreath of orchids and lilies of the valley, from the Italian government. About 50 floral pieces were selected to be taken to Hartford.
 There was no variation in the ser vices from the Episcopal ritual. The chant from the 39th and 9Oth Psalms, Lord, let me know my end and the number of my days, was sung the coffin entered the church Asleep in Jesus'' and Lead Kindly Light, fa- vOrite hymns of MT. Morgan, were sung by the choir, and Calvary wasi sung as a solo by. Harry Bur1ey, the baritone of St. Georges. As the fu- sang the Recessional, For All Thy Saints Who From Their Labors Rest"
 Four pews were reserved for the of ,icers of J. P. Morgan & Company and their wives. Thirty-one societies, in 1 stitutions and organizations with which MT. Morgan was identified, were Among those present were Andrew Carnegie, Thomas A. ] Edison, Charles S. Mellen, w. K. Van lerbiIt Jr., Nicholas Murray Butler, ' Clarence H. Mackay, August Belmont, 2 Henry c. Prick, General Thomas Hub { bard. George B. Cortelyou and Frank 4. Vanderlip.
 The Morgan family proper included
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