The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
NEWS NOT CONCEALED
Was in Semi Conscious State Before
Leaving Egypt and There Has
Been Little Improve
ment.

Oh the UnlIeQ PreSs.
ROME, March 29.-J. Pierpont Nor
gan is very sick man. The effect OF
this fact on the stock markets of the
world having been thoroughly dis
counted. it is doubtful If any further
really serious attempt will be made
by the family to deny the fact.
Tonight, the aged financier is con-
fined at his hotel, in weakened con-
dition, as result Of the recurrence
last Sunday of the stomach and in
festival trouble which cut short his
trip up the Nile and sent him hurry
Ing back to Cairo on special train
to meet specialists summoned by
cable. Each attack appears to leave
him with less vitality and increase
the insistence of his physicians that
he give himself up entirely to rest
and recuperation.
The change in the bankers appear
vigor which marked his movements on
former visits here are lacking. For
the past week he has not been seen
outside his hoted, and If not actually
bed-fast, he has at least kept to his
apartments.
1t is expected that the entire Nor
san party will remain in Rome for
some time, and it is believed that his
scn-in-law, Herbert L. Satterlee, who
has been attending to any business
matters requiring the bankers atten-
ton, will be joined by members of the
Morgan firm here.
Through friends of Mrs. Satterlee
here it has developed that the attack,
which resulted in the sudden termin-
alton Of the Nile trip was much more
serious than reports at the time in
dicated. 1t is said that the serious
situation extended over two days, dur
ing large part of which Morgan
was in semi-conscious condition.
The party of eighteen, mostly women
friends of Mrs. Satterlee, was given
a fright, and 1t was upon orders of
DR.. Tribe, the English physician,
whom Mrs. SatterIee had insisted up
ON taking along, the hasty return was
made to Cairo. 1t was also upon
orders from DR.. Tribe that Morgan re-
NAMED in Cairo until DIR. Bastianelli
arrived here from Rome.
In denying today that there is any
thing in the condition of his father
in-law to cause immediate worry, Her
bert l.. Satterlee made no attempt to
conceal the fact that the Improvement
which 1t had been hoped would re-
suit to Morgan from the Mediterran-
can trip, had not materialized. 1t is
said that his having to abandon his
especially constructed boat, built to
take him to the scene of the excava-
lions on the upper Nile for which he
is paying, coupled with the idea that
this will probably be his last trip to
Egypt, have fretted the aged banker
greatly.
It is reported that there will be a
conference early next week, In Nor
gan's apartments, between DR.. Bas-
tianelli and DR.. Marchiafasa, the lat
ter the popes private physician.
His Son Is Worried.
NEW YORK, March 29.-That the
condition of J. p Morgan Is more
serious than even the reports from
Europe indicate was admitted tonight
by the financier's son and heir, j. p.
Morgan, Jr. When seen at his home
on Madison avenue tonight, the pros
pective head of the great financial
house said, gravely:
II received cable message this
afternoon, which, while it gave no de.
tails, indicated that my fathers con-
dition had been less favorable for
the last three days, and in view OF
his years, is such as to give rise to
considerable anxiety
Beyond this statement the Younger
Morgan would not discuss the reports
and runners concerning his fathers
grave illness. His statement vas the
ilrst admission that the case was
serious.
| William P,erson Hamilton, junior
member of the Morgan firm, sailed to-
| day on the Adriatic for Liverpool. He
denied that his trip had anything to
do with the f1nancier's illness, saying
| it was a vacation journey