Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-31

IN a line Of lnNald chairs loI ~ y
Mr. Morgan declined to get into an
invalid's chair
IF Mr.. Morgan we're carried rouhd
Karnak.e explained his secretary
othe news would be eabled to Amer
.ca--it would be said he was TOO III
70 use his legs, and there would be
a great financial crisis
Nh. Morgan may have been able 10
use his legs to get around put ne
didn't Instead, he drove oach' us
appointed, to Cairo. "a.
professor Bastianello remained win
Mr. Morgan until ne sailed back 10
Rome on March 10 Because OF Tue
uncertain condition of his health, Mr.
Morgan had to forego his usuai Nl9is,'
10 the khedive and LORD hiuciiei't.
while in Egypt. Before returhiis ~
EA,rope, however Mr.. Morgan va
sufficiently recovered to atlenu e,o
7oarrvmaking at Heliopolis, where ne
4 S,,ae Melted with fiowers-and ehJoS GU
Il annarently-by a party OF Ameri-
can tourists.
"A
q M Morgan landed at Naples on
4 March IL and went direct to Rome
8 ..,,hare he received no visitors, pul
g enent the evening playing solltalre III
e his room. His party meantime ia"
grown till 1t included DR.. George a.
q f1,ckson of New York, Mr.. Morgan
cousins. Mrs. Lucy Lee and MIS-
q 1ohn uurlburt. and his granddaugh-
s ter. Miss Hamilton. Mr.. oatle, iee
81 announced at Rome that MI MOI
q cans ailment was not an organic us
81 case or debility attendant upon au-
81 vanced age. but simply oVerWork'
DENYING himself to all callers put
hesieeed by art dealers from every
country in Europe. Mr. Morgan
na ased the time quietly at Rome
a i,eanins much to his hotel, occasion
ailv motoring and driving, much Oh
fhe time playing solitaire, and nearly
elwavs-when the public glimpsed
hirn-with a cigar in his mouth his
physicians, still baffied by ms an
rnent. put him on diet OF parley
aoiIp and chopped meat and trieu 70
lirnit the cigars. a.
The sun of Rome, the diet ana lhe
sa.o.o,s seemeo to have started him
=5l,aclx to health when he attended the
|E|teaet or services at the American
protestant Episcopal Church AT
Rore. He appeared to walk with
sifticultv. however, and LETT the
.hnrch before the services ended. lie
srew rapidly worse, and for seVerai
HAYS lay in practically cama'ose
tate.
Visits Wall street Before Sailing.
Mr.. Morgan paid his last visit TO
he financial district the day before
y sailed for the Mediterranean anu
Euypt. On that occasion he was a.
IL office for several hours and 1t was
4aid that he also visited the
,mptuous private offices fitted up Tor
IL, ON one of the topmost floors oil
ia Bankers Trust building. dag
nally opposite the present offlces'
To those who then saw Mr.. Nor
An 1t was evident that his health
as failing. This was attributed III
art TO the strain he had undergone
nlv a few days previous before th'
ujo congressional money trust com
hittee. 1t was almost the first eX
erIence of its kind for the famous
nancier, and, although he testihee
RELY and with all frankness TN
blicitude thqn shown by members Q
is famiss~and business associates
We at his side, indicated tina
sre fearful of the effect on nj
~ Crowds in Front OF Office.
most before the newspaper extras
Aouncing the financier's deatl
,ached the street the curious began
assemble outside the office of J
Morgan & Co. Closed doors witt
e shades drawn tightly down AM
@ notice pasted on the inside of tn
Dor greeted them. None was al
itted: the Office was closed and onl!
hslness of the most urgent natur
rs transacted within.
Behind the locked doors Their
orked a regiment of clerks owe
growing sheaths of telegram
la cable messages that poured Il
om all sections of the world.
At the home of J. P. Morgan, Jr
occupants apparently passed
kepless night The younger Morgan
kew of his fathers death before
as announced in Rome and throug
m and Mr.. Dawson the news frs
ached the world. Close friends Q
Morgan family were notified an