Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-09

There have been few single hgurcs
In the world Of finance the mere rumors
OF whose Illness would radically ar
feet so many stocks as did that Of ;he
late Edward Henry Hartman. On
his recent return from Europe the
great stock exchange in Wall street
spent nearly one whole day in. suspense
Buying and selling were at a standstiil
Everything depended upon the health
OF the little man coming ~ che bay. m
he should prove to be ON tine road L.
recovery. up would go Union Pacific.
Central Pacific. New York Central ana
other securities under his control. "
he was seen 10 be in a bad way. they
would tumble. unti one or the othct
was definitely known there was noth-
ing doing.
His arrival satisfied the brokers hat
the railroad king was far from well
man. After his retreat TO Arden the
rumor was noised about that he In
tended virtually 20 retire. ON this
mere breath his stocks were hammered
down down tin Union Pacific fell OF
or points. Southern Pacific, Now
York Central and others sharing m
the decline. II was striking tribute
20 the mans power, a testimonial %
the estimate put upon his financial
mastery by Wall street. There was 80
sentiment In II. There never Us in these
bull and bear raids. They are as TT
terly merciless as an earthquake or
cyclone There BIS not a heartbeat IN
the whole high finance body. however
many there may be I'm the individuals
who compose a. And when the bears
pounded down those Hartman securi-
ties In tho days when their master lay
I'M at Arden they merely advertised that
they had been afraid Of the man ana
showed what they would do when The
1iffNn nhnNaN
There are many popular misconcep-
tiOns concerning Hartman. one Is
that he was "a man with am abnor-
mallv large brain. which sarpe1 tho
lie from his understood body. Harri-
mans head was not large. II was un-
der rather than over the normal sizt
10 was quite wen proportional to his
small stature His body gave the iu-
preston Of slighiness. 10 o. true. but ~
was not emaciatcd, except in his last
illness ~ was Niry and quick as
| steel spring He was stopped. as are
| most men who think much. lie was
never a careful dresser and WAS quite
commonplace in appearance. Put tho
idea that his brain ate up hIs body o.
q mere flight of fancy n might be-
said as truly OF amy man who g. a. the
head ~ hig things Do this day ~ gi-
gantic undertakings.
sMABTEsT BOY or MS CLASS.
Another mistaken notion D. that Mr.
Hartman was born Goa New Jersey.
Tie was born an Hampstead. Long Is-
land. in the state of New York Fob.
%. 1886 Ito was the fourth child ~
poor Episcopalian minister whose
salary sometimes amounted 10 Hs
much az $500 "a year N was after
the future railroad kings advent that
tho family moved to Jersey. settling
in modest portion 81 Jersey city
Just on the Hackensacf meadow. n
was not promising environment but
there were rich relations 0n both sides
Of me house The DAD Nem t0 Trim
Say school in Sew York walkIug three
miles each way ne had "a reputation.
which stlll survives. of having boon
the worst hoy and tho smartcsf of his
class A. ihe age ~ n ho quit school
altogether aud entered brokers' of.
nee Tho first year ho earned thn
magnificent salary nf 81 week. ana
even this pittance ho turned over to
his father
FRIEND or CHuDREN.
Perhaps tho only helnss with whom
kdHard n Hartman tne man over
entirely unbont were children. lu Now
York be- Nas thc head of a rroat boys
institution, sort of combined gym
nasium, club and debating society. Tor
more uhan quarter of century
A. Arden hc was never so happy na
when De had IAN automobile load of
little ones and was spinning about thc
cuuntrAHi side. 10 them he Nas NOT tho
cold buriness machine known to ihr
world He Was Pop Hartman. thcir
coinrndo ana friend Perhaps ~ VAS
30 unloser,cd eith The children be-