Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-31
j. J.P|ERP0NT MORGAN, F|NANC|ER, DIES IN HOTEL
IN ROME AT AN EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING
H ad Started on
a Cruise up
the Nile
MARKET FIRM
(By Henry Wood. Rome Cogre-
spondent Of the United Press,)

I spOnuent OF tnS united tfeSS,)
Rome, March 31.-J. r Morgan,
| the great American financier, died at
! the Grand hotel today, the actual
! time of his demise being given as
| 1906 p. III. Announcement of the
| death was not made to the waiting
| newspaper men until cables could be
sent to the London and New York
houses of the Morgan firm.
The end cahe peaceably as Mr..
| Morgan was still unconscious. Mr..
| Morgan's death followed week of
serious illness. The last words he
uttered were said Wednesday, when
he asked that his lungs be massaged,
| a treatment which had before reliey-
| ed him when he suffered nervous
disorders.
Early In February while on trip
UP the Nile, Mr. Morgan was at
| tackled with acute indigestion and
lapsed into state OF como In which
| he remained for twenty hours. He
| was rushed to Cairo, where physt-
clans and nurses were waiting. From
Cairo Mr.. Morgan was rushed to
Rome, where his physicians ordered
a complete rest.
Mr. Morgan's death was directly
last Sunday the doctors could not
induce the patient to eat. Because
| of the lack of functional lipality In
the nerve centers. The refusal OF
the throat muscles to do their duty
made it impossible for Mr.. Morgan
to swallow The doctors resorted to
| feeding by injection. Late last
night 1t was discovered that the pa
tient was not assimilating even tho
liquid diet. He had no illness and
suffered no pain, but wasted away
J because his body was incapable OF
nourishing itself by reason Of inae-
j tlyity of the nervous system.
News that Mr.. Morgan was Rhn,lt
4 TO die did not feass( .a.s world untI1'
Saturday. when Mr. Satterlee his
/ son-in-law, reluctantly made state-
ment TO Offset the, rumors In Rome.
4 The sudden end of his Nile trip
was a great disappointment to Mr..
Morgan. Aboard the specially built
boat were eighteen women friends
of Mrs. Satterlee, and the banker
had counted on leisurely river trip
to last several weeks. The boat was
luxuriously equipped and stocked
for regal entertainment
] The aged fnancier realized that it
! possibly would be his last trip to
Egyptian excavations in which he
had taken such deep interest, and
when illness cut short his tour he
grieved greatly.
Professor Bastianelli was sum-
moned from Rome to attend the
banker. Morgan already had en-
gagged immediate passage. to Naples
aboard the liner Caronia, and spe-
nio1 ip hoH
been cabled to meet him, but Bas-
tiannelli vetoed the trip, knowing
that his client was In a much more
serious condition than was admitted.
Mr., Morgan was persuaded to re-
! main in Egypt until March 10, when
he sailed for Naples aboard the liner
Adratic. BY that time he had re-
\ covered sufficiently to travel with
out special danger but those who
saw him when the Adriatie docked
| at Naples knew that he was a very
sick man. He had to be cfrried
/, from the steamship aboard the spe-
, cial train that was waiting to carry
, him to Rome.
T Mr.. Morgan was rushed to Rome
as rapidly as possible and installed
in quiet suite In the Grand hotel.
), where DIS. Dixon and Bastiannelli
, were in constant attendance. Four
nurses from the Anglo-American
Nursing Home also we're constantly
at the bedside and the doctors were
within call every moment Dixon
; and Bastiannelli ordered complete
rest, and except for brief afternoon
drive with Mrs. Satterlee, Morgan
did not stir from his room. Easter
| Sunday the financier was stricken
with recurrence OF acute indiges-
tion and was ordered TO bed. He lost
strength rapidly and it could no
longer be denied that he was in a
critical condition.
Following the announcement of Mr.
Morgan's death messages from the
King of Italy the Pope, and Amer
lean Ambassador O'Brien, arrived
with condolences. Mr., Morgan sailed
from New York January Z, for MS
! annual winter visit to Europe.
, The News in New York.
SpscioI by United Press Wire.
New York, March S1.-Morning
paper stories predicting the death
of j. P. Morgan attracted large
: crowd to the sidewalk before the
bank building at the corner OF Broad
and Wall streets. 1t was quiet
= crowd which evineed little excite
, ment when shortly after 8 O'Clock
, bulletin announcing the death OF Mr..
Morgan was posted. Owing to care
| full plans that have been under way
! for several weeks to meet just such
t contingency, it was the opinion of
, traders In the crowd that the an
, nouncement would have no serious
effect on the market.
At s:45 o'clock the following bull
lletin was posted:
"Ciosed on account of the death
i of j. P. Morgan, which occurred at
Rome this morning,
AS soon as the Wall street tick