The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-05
PASSENGERS OF THE DEUTsCH-
LAND REPRESENT MANY HUN
DREDS OFF MILLIONS
J. P. MORGAN WOULDN'T TALK
Builder of Trusts Assures Interview
ers That He Knows Nothing
Whatever on Any Subject
Under the Sun.
NO ONE TALKED BUSINESS

NEW YORK, July 4-Pierre Lorillard,
who was a passenger on board the
steamer Deutschland, arriving here to-
day from Hamburg. Southampton and
Cherbourg, was very i'll with nephritis
throughout the passage. His friends fear
that he may not recover
DR.. Edward Kilroe, who was called to
the Fifth Avenue hotel to attend Pierre
Lorillard, made the following statement:
Mr. Lorlllard has suffered from kidney
trouble for the past ten days. He was
stricken at Ascot, but he had mad previ-
ously three or four attacks. The trip
across has exhausted him, but he is rest
ing now more comfortably than he has
in the past foTty-eight hours. He will
not die tonight unless unexpected COM
plications arise"
were w. c. Whitney Jr., w. K. Wander
derbilt Jr., and Mrs. Vanderbilt of New
York, and +. "A. b. Widener w. L.
Elkins and Clement Griscom, of Phila-
delphia; Chekib Bey, Turkish minister
to Washington; Raphael Josephy, the
musician, and DR.. James II. Wormann.
United States consul at Munich, Bavaria.
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 Fuerst
Bismarck. off for Europe with a big list
Of passengers, was slow about leaving
the berth. The tremendous crowd
awaited 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.
]. Pierpont Morgan was not disposed
to discuss any Of the great industrial
deals which he is contemplating ana
financing
MORGAN WOULDN'T TALK.
'I never talk about my business deals
until they are completed" he said, land
then say very little. I can't tell you
anything about the threatened strike Of
steel workers. The principal events
concerning it occurred while I was at
sea and ] am not a mind reader. l have
to inquire about things just as anyone
else. 1 cannot tell you anything about
the Northern Pacific or the railroad Sit
uation. The fact Is, I don't know what
away, cannot say anything about the
Leyland line. am going home today
and will be at my office tomorrow"
A little later Mr.. Morgan left in the
Corsair for his summer home at Highland
Falls.
P. A B. Widener and w. L. Elkins
were met by a big party OF friends and
were hurried away to a special train
that carried them over the Pennsylvania
line to Philadelphia.
QUAKER STREET CARS.
Mr.. Widener is not worried by the
granting of street railway franchises to
his rivals in Philadelphia
II understand that the franchises
have been given" he said, with d smile
but tho Philadelphia Traction company
will come out on top"
Mr.. Griscom, OF the American line, took
occasion before leaving the pier to deny
the rumor that he had taken passage
on the Deutschland to discuss business
with Mr.. Morgan. "It is not true that
l went abroad for the purpose of seeing
Mr.. Morgan about the amalgamation Of
the Red Star line and Of the Leyland
lines" said he. 'I went abroad solely
to attend the chamber OF commerce ban
quet In London and to transact some
business for my company I was in
hurry to get back, 80 gladly accepted the
invitation of the captain OF the Deutsch-
land to occupy his stateroom.
During the trip I did not have more
than five minutes conversation daily
with Mr.. Morgan, and then we did not
talk about business"
NEW TURKISH MINISTER.
Chekib Bey, the new minister from
Turkey to the United States, who ar
rived on the steamer Deutschland today
Will go on to Washington tomorrow to
take up his duties. He brought with him
his mother, daughter and two sons.
DIR. James II. Wormann, who is Ameri-
can consul in Munich, Germany and who
is a warm friend of Chekib Bey, was
also a passenger on the Deutschland.
DR.. Wormann praised the new Turkish
minister highly. How far DR.. Wormann
was authorized to speak is not known,
but he did not hesitate today to say that
he believed that all matters that have
been in dispute between the United
States and Turkey will be settled at an
early day.
Chekib Bey speaks no English and Dr.
Wormann speaks the Turkish language
indifferently, but both speak French flu
emily and during the trip from South
ampton to New York, the American CON
sui, to great extent, acted as in
terpreter to the Turkish minister.