The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-02-07

earlier editions of all the evening pa
pers before leaving my office, and lat
er, either on the train to Greenwich
or, when in town, at my club, to read
more carefully the later issues of the
News and Star. On this particular
day, however, a succession of matters
Of more importance prevented my
looking at SO much as a headline, IN
til, seated at dinner, in the club res
taurant, | saw on a window ledge be.
side me one Of the more sensational
of the afternoon dailies, and appro.
priated it in lieu of better companion.
ship.
1t was one of those journals which,
in catering to the tastes of the prole-
tariat, conceive II wise to minimize
their references to Wall street. save
only when a marked slump or panic
points the moral of the INSCRIPTIONS
capitalist and his heinous crimes.
When, therefore, long, bold-face type
attracted my eye with the announce
ment, Fall in Crystal Consolidated"
| started to read the subjoined article.
confident enough that some director
becue. And before | had read FIVE
lines | came upon the name Of Robert
| Cameron.
If was to believe this Introductory
paragraph, my friend was tc Crystal
Consolidated what John d. Rockefel-
Ter was 10 Standard Oil, yet in the
months of our intimacy he had made
no reference to this connection; and.
though | was thoroughly familiar with
the great glass trust" as It was
called, and with the name of its multi
millionaire master, strangely enough
had never connected the Cameron
knew with this Cameron, the Captain
of Industry.
Il am" he had said, in all modesty,
largely interested In certain line of
Industrial enterprises" That was ALL
suppose | should have known; and
yet, mo prophet is without honor,
save in his own country"
The newspaper article I now read,
however, left no room for doubt on the
subject; and, incidentally in a single
sentence. revealed the secret of how
Cameron had succeeded in escaping
that general recognition which is usu-
ally the penalty of greatness. "He
has never sat for a photograph"
But, while this part of the article
interested, that which followed startled
and perplexed ME:
Crystal Consolidated fell to 1903
today" 1t went on, because Of a per-
sistent rumor that Robert Cameron
is seriously ill, in New England sani-
tarium. The greatest secrecy has been
maintained as to his malady and his
whereabouts by those who are in a
position to know. 1t has been ascer-
tanned, however, that after spending a
quiet summer at his country place,
Cragholt, on Long Island sound, near
Greenwich, he started on October 21,
on his fast steam yacht Sibylla for a
cruise along the New England coast.
Ten days later the Sibylla returned,
but Mr.. Cameron was not on board
1T is known that he has been in
Ill health for months, and there are
those who now declare that he has
sought the seclusion of an institution
for the treatment Of nervous diseases,
near Boston, his condition being crlti-
cal.
Inquiry, today, at his Fifth avenue
home in this city, and at his Connecti-
cut country seat, was fruitless. Mr..
. Cameron was at neither place, and the
servants expressed ignorance concern.
ing his present address.
AT the Offices OF the Crystal Con.
soldated Manufacturing company and
at those of the missing financier's
brokers, Hatch & Hastings, evasion
was the keynote OF the answers to all
questions.
Whether Mr.. Cameron Is as Ill as
is reported, or whether he is quite
robust the effect of the gossip on
Crystal Consolidated was disastrous
A slump of fifteen points in two hours
this afternoon. wiped out many weak
ly margined accounts, and spread ruin
among a number of spectators who
fondly imagined this law-defyine
trust, of which Cameron Is the sup
porting Atlas, as firmly intrenched as
; is the government itself.
Unless something definite is forth
coming regarding Mr. Cameron's con
dition before the market opens tomor
row, panic in Crystal Consolidated
is predicted. 1t closed today at 1921
bid l03 asked; the lowest figures re
corded this year"
II startled me. because 1t showed
that at least a part of the secret W,
were guarding was a secret no longer