Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
Final Tribute Paid by Hun
dreds to j. Pierpont Nor
gan, Whose Funeral Took
Place in New York Today
WEALTH OF FLOWERS
FILL THE CHANCEL
Five Thousand Red Roses
Blanketed Casket and
Foreign Governments
Send Floral Tributes.

New York, April 14.-Funeral serv.
ices over the body Of ]. Pierpont Nor,
gan were held at 10 o'clock this morn
Ing in St. Georges Protestant Episco.
pal church, where he had worshipped
for half century Afterwards spec
ial train conveyed the funeral party to
Hartford, Conn, for final services at
the Morgan mausoleum in Cedarhill
cemetery.
Blanketed by covering of five
thousand red roses, Mr.. Morgan's fav-
orite 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 fun
eral party into st. Georges. Behind
the choir came the clergy, then the pail
bearers, the coffin and the family.
Fifteen hundred persons, one of the
most notable gatherings New York has
seen for many years, were crowded in
to the church. Admission was by card
only. So great had been the demand
for tickets that many hundreds could
not be accommodated. Not half OF the
congregation Of st. Georges with
whom Mr.. Morgan had worshiped, OBJ
tanned admission.
Selects His own clergymen.
The services were conducted by Rev.
DR.. Karl Reiland, rector Of st.
Georges. Right Rev. VIM. Lawrence,
bishop of the diocese of Boston; Right
Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, bishop of
the diocese OF Connecticut and Right
Rev. DIR. H. Greer, bishop Of the dio-
cese of New York. The ,e were the
clergymen chosen by Mr.. Morgan In
his written instructions made some
time before his death.
There were twelve honorary pail
bearers selected chiefly from the clus-
ter of men closely identified with Mr..
Morgan in his career. They were Geo.
S. Bowdoin, Lewis Cass Ledyard,
Robert w. Deforest, Henry Fairfield
Osborn, United States Senator Elihu
Root, JOS. H. Choate, Robert Bacon,
Geo. F. Baker, DR.. J. w. Markoe, Ell
bert H Gary, Seth Low and Martin
w. Patton.
Elaborate Floral Pieces.
The chancel was banked high with
floral offerings but these were only a
small part Of the hundreds that have
poured into the Morgan home. Most
OF those were left behind and will be
distributed to the hospitals. Among
the flowers there were orchids and
PLAN leaves from the emperor Of Ger
many: a gold maltese cross beneath
a crown of palms from the French re-
public; a garland of violets and lilies
Of the valley from the British ambas-
sador, and wreath Of orchids from
the Italian government. About fifty
floral pieces were selected to be taken
to Hartford.
There was no variation in the serv-
ices from the Episcopal ritual, the
chant from the thirty-ninth and nine
tieth psalms. Lord Let Me Know My
End and The Number of My Days."
was sung as theA coffin entered the
church. ASLEEP in Jesus" and Lead
Kindly Light" favorite hymns of Mr..
Morgan were sung by the choir; "Cal-
vary" was sung as a solo by Harry
Burleigh, the baritone of st. Georges.
AS the funeral party left the church
the choir sang the recessional, For
All Thy Saints Who From Their La
bors Rest"
Noted Persons Present.
Four pews were reserved for the
partners OIL y. +. MOTSdu q 20. anu
their wives. Thirty-one societies, insti-
tutions or organizations with which
Mr.. Morgan was identified were repre-
sented. Among those present were
Andrew Carnegie, Thos. A. Edison,
Charles S. Mellen, w. K. Vanderbilt,
Jr., DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, Clar-
ence H. Mackay, August Belmont,
Henry G. Frick. General Thos. H. Hub.
5ard. Geo. B. Cortelyou and Frank A.
Vanderlip.
The Morgan family proper included
Mrs. Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Nor
gan Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Safer
lee, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Hamilton and
Miss Anne Morgan. All other pews
were filled with relatives and close
friends.
Hold Service In London.
London, April IA cosmopolitan
congregation attended the memorial
service for j. P. Morgan in West
minister abbey today. King George
was represented by Captain Sir Walter
Campbell, groom -in-waiting, and Queen
Mother Alexandra by the Hon. John
ward, equerry to the king.
official, diplonsatic, financial, art
and church circles were present in
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