The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
ALL HARTMAN
STOCKS TAKE
HEAVY SLUMP
Pessimistic Rumors Regarding
Noted Financier's Health
Start Downward Plunge
Railroad Wizards Children Now
by His Side, but Secrecy Re-
garding Condition Is Kept
HARRIMAN'S PULSE

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ARDEN, n. Y, Aug. Whatever
the actual prognosis for E. H Harri-
mans recovery it is evident that his
family has determined that he shall
make no further sacrifices of vitality
in the effort to reassure the public and
buoy up the stock market. His isolation
in his mountain top home is absolute
Except the selected few of his own
immediate encourage, nobody sees him
and no word from the ou.er world
reaches his chambered solitude.
1t is impossible to reach Hartman.
either directly or indirectly, unless by
his own wish or that of his family
DR.. Lyle, the family physician, to-
day gave a brief account of his pa
tents progress. Hartman, he said,
had been confined to the house for the
day by recommendation, but his eager
inquisitive mind had been busy with
the construction work in progress on
his new home.
Chairman passed a good night and
ate a hearty brea kfast at 10 o'clock
this morning" said the doctor.
Visited by Lovett
Judge Robert S. Lovett. who has been
mentioned as Harriman's possible sue
cessor, came to Arden this afternoon
for another conference Judge Lovett
absolutely refused to discuss today the
purpose of his frequent visits.
Walter AvereI Hartman, eldest son
of E. H Hartman. arrived here today
from Chicago. Young Hartman de-
clined to discuss his return from the
west, where he had been chairman of
a surveying gang on one of his fathers
lines.
4 am not public man yet" he said
II have come on from the west about
the time 1 had previously intended to
come. That is all 1 can say"
All of the Hartman children are now
here.
Much significance is attached to the
visit of DIR. Norman E. Dittman, an
SPSCidltSl III QlSSdS6S OF the
kidneys, to Hartman. DR.. Dittman,
whose practice is said to be confined
exclusively to the treatment of kidney
complaints, was called to the Hartman
estate.
Hartman Stocks Fall
NEW YORK. Aug. 26.-The state of
E. II. Harriman's health continued to
be the principal topic of interest to
Wall street today. There was little
or no definite news to be had, and in
its absence, pessimistic rumors OF va
ried character held the fort and set
the Hartman and allied stocks plung-
ing downward.
The days losses in the general list
ranged from Z II points in Union Pacific
to points in the preferred; 5R in
Southern Pacific, rs in Reading, 3 3ss in
New York Central. and 25s in United
States steel
In the less active issues declines of
from 2 to 4 points We're recorded by
Amalgamated copper, American cot
ton oil, American locomotive, Ameri-
can smelling, Atchison, Chicago and
Northwestern, st. Paul, General cleo
trio, Great Northern ore certificates,
Illinois Central National lead, North
ern Pacific, Peoples gas. Rock Island
common and preferred, United States
rubber, and Wisconsin Central.
AS matter of fact it now becomes
evident that the market has been with
out substantial support since last Mon
day. On that day, in spite of the fact
that Union Pacific sold at 21s, the list
began to sag and with scarcely any in
terruption went lower and lower with
the result that today's final price OBJ
liberated many of the gains of the last
two months. Conservative Wall street
sounded note of warning more than
fortnight back.