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Show MORGAN REPORTED Hi AT CAIRO, EGYPT; MARKET IS AFFECTED Attack of Indigestion, Say Friends; Financier Now All Right. I I i, H', , I 1 I I I I I I I 1 I 1 I I 1 1 I'AIBO, Kgypt, Kb. 17. J. ' Pierpoot Morgau, who had been suffering from indigestion, both b I before snd since a left the cablegram from his father at Alexandria. Kgypt. saying that n had so far recovered recov-ered from an attack of acuta Indigestion he suffered recently that he had decided to return to Cairo an I not go to Burop as at first planned. An active member of J. P. Morgan Co. affirmed t bat Mr. Morg n had an acute attack of Indigestion Tuesday or Wednesday of last week and added that J p. Morgan, Jr., had on Saturday received re-ceived reassuring advice from hts father, fa-ther, indicating that th attack was prac- Unitad "Hates, baa much im- h proved in condition since his -1- 4 return to tbis citv on Satur.la v f from his trip up th Nil. II MIIII1 111! III4III1I . LONDON. Feb. 17 Plernont Mor gan has been taken sudanly and aartously 111 at Cairo, Egypt, according to a dispatch dis-patch from Rome to the Exchange Tele-graph Tele-graph mi.. ii.. The dispatch adds that Mr. Morgan is todav being brought back to Naples on t board the stemashlp Caronla and that he j la accompanied by two physicians and two nurses. The report about J. Pterpont Morgan's III halth, given out by th Kxchang j Telegraph company, has not been confirmed con-firmed or vn mentioned through any other newspaper source. NEW YORK. Feb. 17.- From authoritative authorita-tive prtvat source it Is learnd that sir. Morgan had an acut attack of Indigestion In-digestion three or four days ago, but It Cssd off and h 1 now In his usual alth. H Is leaving Alexandria today I on the Caronla for Nap!, whin he Is I due on the Ztth. He expects then to take his usual Journey up through Italy.. J. P. Morgan. Jr.. today receded a It was said that Mr. Morgan's family and friends felt absolutely no concern regarding him. J. P. Morgan A Co. also received a ahlt-KTam from Mr. Morgan. It waa dated Cairo and said Mr. Morgan waa in good health and probably wonld stay a fortnight Rports of Mr. Morgan's illness alarmed speculators on the New York stock market mar-ket and when trading began stocks war unloaded in targe amounts. Bull traders hastily closed out contracts and there was also heavy selling by th bears. Prices broke abruptly. In all the speculative leaders there war "wide openings." The first transactions tn Steel amounted to over WOO share at 01 to Ml. a maximum decline of 1 points. Sales of 1500 shares of I'nion PaclAc broke th price of that stock to 156, a Z-point decline. Reading sustained a tike loss. Aside from Steel, the so called Morgan stocks were fairly steady. International Harvester and Erie, which ar classed In thts group, ware only fractionally lower. Ixsses throughout the market ranged 4 points in Canadian Pacific to a point r mor In a long list of railroad and Industrial In-dustrial stocks. Tn roassutlng reports regarding Mr. Morgan's condition soon stemmed th tide of selling, and at the end of th drat hour th market waa steady snap Driosg had reached a alts-htlv higher leL |