The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
NOTED men PAY
MORGAN TRIBUTE
Simplicity Marks Last Rites
for Great Fipancier- Many
Governments Represented.
BURIAL In HARTFORD
Thousands Stand in Streets as Funeral
Cortege Passes-Larse Crowd
Outside Church.

New York, April IA. Pierpont
Morgan was laid at rest In Cedar Hill
Cemetery, near Hartford. Conn, his
place of birth, at o'clock this after
noon, following simple funeral cere-
monies at st. Georges Episcopal
Church, Stuyvesant Square. this city.
Mr. Morgan was buried as he mad
wished to be without more pomp and
ceremonies than is provided for in the
simple ritual Of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church. The one deviation from
the regular service was the singing
Of the solo, Calvary" from Spohr's
Oratorio. by Henry Burleigh, colored
choirister of ST. Georges, assisted by
the choir. This was at Mr.. Morgan,s
request, and was included in the d.
rections for his funeral service, when
he intrusted to the rector OF 81.
Georges several years ago. No eulogy
Greater tribute has seldom been paid
the memory of man, however, imam
that of the distinguished assemolage'
which sat with bowed heads To-Day
while three heads of the church per-
formed the final Offices of the dead.
They were Bishops Greer of New York;
Brewster, of Connecticut, and Law
renee, of Massachusetts.
stock Exchange Closes.
Wall Street and the Stock Exchange
for once ceased its Iabors. Fifteen thou-
sand persons stood silently in the streets
outside the church, while within the edi-
fee gathered representatives OF every
field of the worlds activities.
Among those who were easily as
tinp1,ished in the gathering, either at
tending personally or as REPRESENTATIVES,
NJ the scores of organizations Win
which Mr.. Morgan was identlneo' were
sucb noted figures as the ltahdh AN
hassador. James J. Hill, Thomas r:
RYAN. John D. Rockefeller, Jr; AhoreW
Carnegie, George F. Baer, r. a. 'ahue
lin. Eugene Delano. Cleveland n. poose'
George B. Cortelyou, Darwin hIiss-
ley, John Clafiin, Isaac n. Seiis ri,an'
George F. Baker, Judge Ebert H. Gary
Henry G. F'rick. Norman b. Ream'
ceorPe w. Perkins, Percival ROBERTS,
William C. Brown, c. 5. Melien' "T ,I
Horace Porter, Thomas A. Edlsoh' W.
" Finley, and E. c. Converse.
Inside the church the honorary pau.
hearers were led by Senator Emu ROO,
and Joseph II. Choate, ana lhciIus'
George s. Bowdoin, Lewis Ass
ward. Robert w. De FOREST Z
Fairfield Osborn, Robert Bacon, George
= paLer DIR. ]. W. Markoe, Gilbert
n cary. Seth Low. and Martin ;. "a
ton II was 10 o'clock when the serV-
ices were begun. 1t still lacked lie"
minutes of II o'clock when IL was CON
cIuded and the body WAS carried Out
for the last journey to Hartford
Crowd. Fill streets.
The crowds outside filled StuyVesant
Snuare the streets surrounding, anu
the windows of adjacent buildings. as
well as the roofs of buildings aiong
the route of the procession to Grano
Central Station. All sorts ana cohoi-
lions of persons were represented
At the Grand Central Station, "here
the cortage arrived at 1880 a. m.' there
was another great crowd. AT two MN
utes past noon, the special tram, winch
was made up of seven cars, bearing
the body and the members OF the FANNY
and close friends, departed for Hartford
where practically all business was sus-
nended for three hours in honor of Hart
ford's most distinguished son. The serv-
ices at the grave were IN large Ten.
nitched near the Morgan monument and
over the grave.
Rishop Chauncey B. Brewster, of the
Episcopal diocese of Connecticut read
the commital service. and OF the clergy
nresent there were Bishop William Law
renee. of Boston, and the Rev. Kari
Reiland, rector of st. Georges Churcn'
New York.
The whole ceremony at the grave TOOK
only six minutes. There was no weeping
but Mrs. Morgan, the wife, Miss Ann
Morgan. the daughter, and some or their
women friends used their handkerchieIs
as they left the tent.