| Show YERKES FIGHT AGAINST DEATH Great Vitality Shown by the Man n of Many Millions i WAS HOPELESS BUSINESS INTERESTS WILL NOT BE JEOPARDIZED New York Dec T TY Y Yerkes the capitalist Is showIng great vItality in his fight against death at atthe atthe the and rallied slight i y during last night when It seemed that the end was near The period veriod o of unconsciousness dating from Tuesday night however con contin tied ted early today and Dr Loomis and others in attendance held out hope of other than a fatal termination of the illness Mr Yerkes Yerke business affairs in Lon don are said to have been recently so arranged that they will not be by his Illness Ulness DIscussing these Interests James Speyer of Speyer Co said Came Home a Sick Man We knew when hen Mr Yerkes came back to this country he was a very sick man and probably would never be beable beable able to devote more time to the corn com affairs Arrangements were made at once therefore to fill his place and the acUities activities have gone ahead and will continue to advance along the exact originally determined upon Mr Yerkes has large financial inter interests interests ests in the Underground Electric Rail Railways Railways ways company and is ch chairman of the board His interests were never large enough to make him what might be called dominant and others Interested are prepared at any time to take over his holdings His position In the corn com company pany any is not such as would leave the company embarrassed In any way by his death deathA A cable dispatch from Londo London made today says Depended Upon Yerkes When Charles T Yerkes was serl Ill III last summer extreme were employed here to prevent the news of his condition becoming known The explanation was that Mr Yerkes enterprises were so dependent upon his personal genius that his death would create the utmost con fusion in his properties Similar rumors are again rIte rife in inconsequence inconsequence consequence of Mr Yerkes present critical condition but the directors ot of his various undertakings emphatically deny that there Is any confusion and I there seems to be little doubt that since I summer Bummer strenuous efforts have been made to guard against contingencies arIsing from his demise Prepared for Fatal Ending Mr Perks acting chairman of the District railway who Is next to Mr Yerkes in the enterprises said last night The necessary arrangements have been made for every possible con g ncy arIsing from Mr Yerkes indis As to the policy of the under takIngs on behalf behal of myself and my I wish emphatically to deny that there Is the slightest con fusion Abbott director of at the Un ElectrIc railways which Is the constructing company ot of all Mr Yerkes tube schemes and who represents sante the Old Colony Trust company ot of Boston said EverythIng is In perfect Working or der The organization Is so good that Mr Yerkes really made no difference Mr Yerkes Is altogether too clever a aman aman man to organize business which de depended depended absolutely upon one man |
