Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-04-04
j, P. MORGAN DEAD.
Great Financier Passes Away in
Rome, Italy.

declining, out the symptoms became |
greatly aggravated about week ago, |
and since Wednesday last he had been |
in a semi comatose condition.
Tonight his body, lying in the death
chamber, is surrounded with flowers.
Messages of sympathy have been re-
ceived from King Victor Emmanuel,
high officials of state. the diplomatic
representatives and from many personal
friends in all parts of the world.
The death of Mr.. Morgan was not
known in Rome until several hours after
it occurred owing to the desire that Mr..
Mofgan's son, j. P. Morgan, who is in
New York, be first notified.
The official statement, prepared by
Drs. Giuseppe-Bas M. Allen
Starr and George A. Dixon, the attend
ing physicians, indicates that gradual
general collapse followed condition of
nervous prostration, which prevented
| the digestive organs from performing
their functions and affected the mental
| faculties.
For five days Mr.. Morgan received
artificial nourishment but was unable to
assimlate the food. AS a result he
very rapidly lost strength. For many
hours prior to his death he was in a
condition of semi-coma which prevented
him from recognizing those about him.
His end was without suffering.
Mr.. Morgan's daughter, Mrs. Herbert
L. Satterlee, who has been in constant
attendance, was at the death bed. She
held the hand of her father and tried to
obtain some sign of recognition. She
thought that when the supreme moment
came he family pressed her hand. Mr..
Satterlee and the physicians almost car
ried the weeping woman out of the
room, where friends tried to comfort
her.
So far, no preparations have been
; made with reference to the removal of
Mr.. Morgan's body to the United
States. Those relatives who are in
New York will first be communicated
with regarding their wishes.
The American Ambassador and Mrs.
Thomas j. O'Brien, Secretary of the
Embassy George Post Wheeler and Mrs.
, Wheeler, who went to the hotel this
afternoon to inquire about Mr.. Morgan S
t condition, were there when his death
, was announced. They remained to
offer their services and express con.
!. dolences.
f All the Rome newspapers publish tri'
butes to Mr.. Morgan, expressing the
+ deep sense of loss felt by the Italian
people. 1t has been suggested that Mr.
n Morgan's body should be taken to thu
= United States on board a warship.
; HIS LAST RESTING PLACE.
e New York, March 81. Ohm. Pierpon
q. Morgan's last resting place probabl,
+ will be in the mausoleum in Cedar Hill
r cemetery, Hartford, Conn, which h
s had erected some years ago in memoir
y of his father and his mother. Whe
e the body of Mr.. Morgan reaches her
y from Rome, it is expected that tn
# funeral services will be held in tn
n Cathedral of St. John the Divine, to
s. ward the construction of which MI
Morgan was large contributor.
y When the news of Mr.. Morgan
IS death in Rome reached here toda
ID expressions of regret at his passin
IS were heard on every hand. In tn
" financial district the stock exchang
and the consolidated exchange passe
lie resolutions of respect to his memor
and flags everywhere were dropped
m half mast
to The offices of j. P. Morgan & CO
re closed Immediately the news of tn
1T death of Mr.. Morgan was received, an
IN little information was vouchsafed by tn
al members of the firm. The statemer
r was made, however, that the busine:
lg would be carried on by the survivin
members of the firm.
Throughout the day equipages of a
kinds drove up to the Morgan mansic
"a and their occupants left cards of cond
81 lence The morbid were out in force
as the vicinity of the Morgan home.
al Henry P. Dawson, now senior men
az Der of the firm of j. p. Morgan & Co
rs said tonight that with the exception
~ two dispatches announcing the death
~ Mr. Morgan, no information had bee
received by the firm from Rome. +
10 said there probably would be fami
IL conference tomorrow and that all Il
III details as to the funeral of Mr.. Norge
ny would then be worked out
nc The immediate effect on the m
chinery of Wall street of Mr.. Morgan
death was comparatively slight. {
~. the stock exchange the news from Ron
- had largely spent its force within
- minutes after the opening of the ma
- ket. Mr.. Morgan's illness had prepare
the financial district for the end and eve