The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-05
MONEYBAGS RETURN.
The Deutschland Arrives With
Its Cargo of MiIlionaires.

New York, July 5.-Pierre Lorillard,
who was a passenger on board the
steamer Deutschland. arriving here
from Hamburg. Southampton and Cher
bourg, was very i'll with nephritis
throughout the passage. His friends
fear that he may not recover.
Other of the Deutschland's passengers
were J. Pierpont Morgan, W. c. Whit
ney. Jr., w. K Vanderbilt, Jr, and
Mrs Vanderbilt of New York, and P.
A B. Widener, W. l. Elkins and Glenn
ent Griscom of Philadelphia; Chekib
Bey. Turkish minister to Washington;
Raphael Josephy the musician, and
DR. James H. Wormann, United States
consul at Munich, Bavaria.
A big fleet of private yachts and a
number OF tugs went down the bay to
meet her at quarantine but few of them
got alongside. There was some delay
about docking the ship, as the Furst
Bismarck, off for Europe with a big line
of passengers. was slow about leaving
the berth. A tremendous crowd await
ed the ship and her passengers aboard
and it took double lines of police and
customs officers supported by dock
laborers to keep the crowd back.
J. Pierpont Morgan was not disposed
to discuss any of the great industrial
deals which he is planning and financ-
ing.
q never talk about my business deals
until they are completed he said, and
then 1 say very little. / can't tell you
anything about the threatened strike of
concerning it occurred while L was at
sea and I am not a mind reader. l have
to enquire about things just as anyone
else. cannot tell you anything about
the Northern Pacific or the railroad
situation. The fact is / don't know
what the situation is. You see I have
been away. / cannot say anything
about the Leyland line. / am going
homo II
morrow"
little later Mr.. Morgan left on the
Corsair for his summer home at High
land Falls.
P. A. b. Widener and W. L. Eilkins
were met by a big party Of friends and
were hurried away to a special train
that carried them over the Pennsy1-
vania line to Philadelphia.
Mr.. Widener is not worried by the
granting of street railway franchises
to his rivals in Philadelphia.
Il understand that the franchises
have been given" he said with a smile,
..but the Philadelphia Traction COM
pany Will come out on top
i5 49, az -lf1 Is
deny the rumor that he had taken
passage on the Deutschland to discuss
business with Mr.. Morgan
1T is not true that 7 went abroad for
the purpose of seeing Mr. Morgan about
the amalgamation of the Red Star and
Leyland lines said he. Il went abroad
solely to attend the Chamber OF Com
merce banquet in London and to trans
act some business for my company I
was in hurry to get back, so gladly
accepted the invitation of the captain
of the Deutschland to occupy his state
ROOM
During the trip did not have more
than i've minutes conversation daily
with Mr.. Morgan and then we did not
talk about business"
Mr. VIM Coat had a very narrow
escape from death today, my dear. I
ate one of those lawnmower signs, and
in process OF digestion it cut me sew
eral times
Nanny Goat-"Graciousi William,
you always were careless and impru-
dent in eating What did you do for
it2''
Mr. VIM. Goat-"Just swallowed a
Ponds Extract sign. You know Ponds
Extract is the best thing for cuts and
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