Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1911 — W. ROCKEFELLER SERIOUSLY ILL [ARTICLE]

W. ROCKEFELLER SERIOUSLY ILL

Brother of John D. Suffering From Pneumonia. STOCKS OROP TWO POINTS Effort to Keep Illness from Publlo Causes Rumor to Spread in Wall Street That Oil King Is Dead. New York, Feb. 17.—William Rockefeller, brother of John D. Rockefeller, credited with -being the leader of those speculative interests in Standard Oil which have for years dominated the stock market, was reported to be seriously ill in his Fifth avenue home. Mr. Rockefeller, it is understood, is suffering from pneumonia, but his exact condition and the length of time he had been ill could not be learned because of the extraordinary efforts of the family to keep his illness secret. He is nearly 70 years old. The efforts to keep secret the fact of his illness caused a rumor in Wall street that John D. was ill and later that he was dead The price of stocks dropped more than 2 ppints and the market closed very weak in the face of news otherwise favorable.