Show FINANCIERS FINANCIERS HOLD I H COUNTRY HOME OF W V K VANDERBILT New ew Tent TorR Dec Dae D 7 The Journal of Commerce this morning says k J T P Morgan William K Vanderbilt George W Perkins and a number of ot other well known financiers held a con conference conference conI I ference on Thursday night at Idle Hour Houri I i Mr country place at Oak Oakdale I dale L I It was stated by a member I of th party last evening that the oc occasion occasion occasion casion was entirely a social one and that nothing occurred oc more Important than a hand of bridge whist There were no ladies ladles present Wall Wan street does not place much faith In the reports that Mr Morgan forgan had gone cone to Oakdale merely for a hand of ot Among the various explanations L 4 I I I from the guessing ones onea were that the conference was in reference to the th New York Central affairs and the placing of new equipment loan it was also SUK sug that the tile conference might have some connection with af at fairs The fact Is recalled that a very verr few years ago aso Mr Morgan and a number of important financiers went to Phila delphia to Inspect Mr Wideners art gallery according to the official ex cx explanation explanation A few months later it de do developed developed that the formation of the Ule In International te m ona I Mercantile Marine company the tha Morgan Steamship combination was wa was the tl real business of the visit |