White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-20
MORGAN RESTS n
ROSEL|NEDGRAVE
CLOSING SCENES N The PASS
ING OF THE NORLD-FAHED
FIsaSCIER MARKED WITH M
PREsSIyE CEREMONY.

The body Of J. ?. Morgan is a
rest. II vas buried Monday OF the
crest Of Cedar Hill Cemetery. n
Hartford Conn. and IS the sixth Of
the house Of Morgan u hnd resting
places there
His grave f . the west Of the
monument Of red granite that marks
the family plot. To the east lies his
father. and a brother Who died IN
boyhood To the north are the
grsyes Of BIS grandparents. Joseph
and Sarah. Like the others. the
grave OF rs newcomer viii Dc
marked - a small brown headstone,
inscribed. John Pierpont Morgan,
1~sss-1sIs.7
IN lieu OF a headstone. there
towers 2 monument OF flowers.
masses Of roses. lilies. orchids. ferns
and cedar boughs. heaped in a huge
pyramid over the grave. They are
the last tributes Of friends and rela-
tiYes who came 10 Hartford. with the
body in a special train from
New York after the funeral services
in ST. Georges church.
Hartford. the hnaneier's birth
place. had its flags at half-mast under
a lowering sky when the seven-car
funeral train. manned with a crew
that had operated Mr. 1organ's
special trains in his lifetime. ar
rived In the early afternoon.
An immense crowd was at the
station and people packed the side
walks three deep as the funeral party
drove through the streets OF the city.
three and a half miles 10 the Gene
terry. The route led BY the little red
brick house in which the ~dnancier
was born which was draped IN black.
and By the great marble memorial
building, recently erected by Mr..
Morgan in honor OF his father, on
the door OF which hung a mourning
wreath.
There were more than fifty car
riages in the procession, including
those Of the mayor Of Hartford. the
Rev. Charles A. Goodwin. a cousin
of Mr. Morgan. and other distinguish
ed citizens OF. the city. Two large
automobile trucks carried the flowers.
Over the seven feet OF earth
allotted to the inancier as his last
resting place, there had been erected
large white tent, ehurch-like in APP
pearanee, with a chancel at one end.
In the center Of this ehaneel was the
grave, it's sides lined with red roses.
Beyond it. completely covering the
wall of the tent in brilliant color,
were heaped the floral tributes
those Of the family, the German
Emperor's withered wreath brought
from Rome, and those of intimate
friends.
Bishop Chauncey L. Brewster OF
Connecticut intoned the opening an
them of the Episcopal committal
services as the coffin was brought in.
followed by the honorary pallbearers.
A curtain was drawn across the en-
trance TO the tent to screen the cere-
monies from the gaze OF the curious.
I'VE therefore commit his body
70 the ground, earth to earth, ashes
to ashes, dust TO dust, looking for the
general resurrection at the last day
and the life of the world to come
These were the words with
which the financier's body was lower
ed into its grave. The Lords Prayer
was chanted by the mourners, and,
with a benedietion, the ceremonies,
lasting ten minutes were over.
J. p. Morgan escorted his mother
to her carriage. Then. while the
other mourners we're driving away,
he went back, with his son, Junius,
and stood with bowed head and tear
filled eyes until they threw the last
spadeful of earth on the grave of his
father.
The committal service at Hart
ford, was preceded by funeral ser
vices in New York City, at 10
O'Clock in ST. Georges Protestant
Episcopal church, where he had
w%orshipped for half a century.
Banked by a covering of 5000
red roses. Morgan's fayorite flower,
the coffin left the Morgan library
where the body had lain in state since
Friday night. shortly before 10
o'clock. for the church. A vested
choir OF $50 voices preceded the
funeral party into st. Georges. Be
hind the choir came the clergy. then