Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-05
SHIP LOAD Of M|LL|ONARES =,
HADLITILE| Information.
j. PIERPoxT MORGAN KNEW MOTH
ING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HE
CARED TO TELL.
PIERRE LoRILLARD SICK.
PHILADELPHIA Mag
MATES PROTESTED ExCELLENTs
GOOD HUMOR.

NEW 1Ohh, July f-tieIie ioTil-
lard. who was a passenger on boar d the
steamer Deutschland, arrived he re to-
day from Hamburg. Southampton anu
Cherbourg, was very i'll with nerhtritis
throughout the passage. His friends
fear that he may not recover.
DR.. Edward Kilroe, who was called to
the Fifth Avenue hotel to attenol Pierre
Lorillard, made the following state
ment:
'9Mr. Lorillard has suffered from kid
ney trouble for the past ten days. He
was stricken at Ascot but he had pre-
viously three or four attacks. The trip
across has exhausted him. but he is
resting now more comfortably than be
has in the past As hours. He will not
die tonight unless unexpected compli-
cations arise"
Other of the Deutschland s, passengers
were ]. Pierpont. Morgan. W. c. Whit
ney. Jr., w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and Mrs.
Vanderbilt, of New York, andsP. A. b.
Widener, w. L. Elkins and Clement
Griscom, of Philadelphia; Chekib Bey,
Turkish minister to Washington: Ra-
phael Josephy, the musician. and James
III. Wormann, U. S. Consul at Munich,
Bavaria.
A big fleet of private yachts and a
number of tugs went down the hay to
meet her at quarantine, but few of them
got alongside. There vas some delay
about docking the ship as the Furst Bis
marck, off for Europe with a big lis.
of passengers was slow in leaving the
berth. A tremendous crowd awaited
the ship and her passengers at Hoboken
and it took double lines Of police and
custom officers supported by dock Ia
borers to keep the crowd back.
J. F. Morgan was not disposed to
discuss any of the great industrial deals
which he is planning and financing.
Il never talk about my businessdeafs
until they are completed" he said. land
then say very little. l can't tell you
anything about the threatened strike %
steel workers. The principal events con
corning it occurred while l was al sea
and am not a mind reader. I have to
inquire about things just as any one
else. | can't tell you anything aoout
the Northern Pacific or the RAILROAD sit
uation. The fact is I don't know what
the situation is. You see | have been
away. | cannot say anything about the
Leyland line. / am going home to-day
but will be at my Office tomorrow"
A little later Mr.. Morgan left in the
Corsair for his summer home at High
land Falls.
p. A. B. Widener and W. L.. Elkins
were met by a big party of friends and
were hurried away to a special tain
that carried them over the Pennsyl-
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
'sbut the Philadelphia Traction Com
pany will come out on top"
Mr.. Griscom, of the American line
took occasion before leaving the piei
to deny the rumor that he had taken
passage on the Deutschland to discuss
business with Mr.. Morgan.
at j not true that | went aboard FOL
the purpose of seeing Mr.. Morgan about
the Amalgamation of the Red Star and
Leyland lines" said he. Il wens aboard
solely to attend the Chamber o. Com
MERGE banquet in London and to trans
!. act some business for my company.
was in a hurry to get back, so gladly
accepted the invitation of the captain
of the Deutschland to occupy his state
room.
During the trip l did no. have more
than five minutes conversation daily
with Mr. Morgan, and then We did no
talk about business"