The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-26
special from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 New York, Aug. 26-Alarming reports as to the true condition of the health of B. H. Harriman continue to fly thick and fast through Wall Street today, and despite the apparent lack of concern shown by the Harriman brokers Wall Street operators are loath to believe the wizards condition has been improved.
 Walter A. Hartman, Harriman's eldest son, reached Arden today at 12:36 D. m. from the West. He was met at the depot by the Hartman au- tower hill. He declined to discuss his hurried trip, but declared that it was not due to any apprehension of his fathers condition.
 issues were again the prey of the bears on the stock exchange at the opening today, the market for the Hartman stocks being in a state of demoralization with early losses In this particular line of stock.
 There were wild scenes on the ex- change today, brokers fighting to get to the Union Pacific post to execute weak yesterday at 205 1-2. When the market opened the price broke with the force of an avalanche to POP. The preferred fell 2 points and New York Central, Southern Pacific and Erie, all Hartman issues, yielded a point or more
 And while Wall Street was in a tur- moil of activity the Arden. home of the financier was quiet. No news would be given out as to Harriman'S cond1- ton save that he was ''au right.
 The calling to Arden yesterday after- poon of Dr. Norman E. Ditman Of New York, a noted specialist in kidney diseases, revived the rumors that MT. EJa ri A. ouS condition. Dr. Ditman came back to New York last night and left again today. The report that Harriman's s ailment was of a. cancerous nature and that a grave operation was imminent, was still heard. Immediately after his return to New York from Arden last night Judge Lovette is said to have held a lengthy conference With fact too that Walter Hartman, the eldest son of the financier, arrived to- day at Arden to be with his father IS pointed to by brokers as positive as Young Hartman has been in the far west as a rodman with surveying crew learning the railroad business from the bottom up.
 Stock Exchange men say 1t was Mr. Harriman's intention to have his son remain steadily on the job' and that his return to New York bears out their belief that Hartman wishes to have his faInlly with nm dC ttAiS time.
 Hartman personal and business friends rushed forward today with em- phatic denials of the Wall Street ru- mors that the financier was suffering from a cancerous growth which was endangering his life. His business associates also deny the Streets report that Hartman though in a critical condition was hurrying home because he had unearthed a plot on the part of some of the directors of the Union Pacific to oust him and then have a big s.melon cutting of the assets of the company.
 Wall Street gave these denials lit tie heed and kept hammering away at the Hartman issues which continued to show decided weakness, sagging heavily all along. the line with Union Pacific leading in the decline, selling at 12:30 as low as 200 1-2, as against last nights closing price of 204 3-4.
 EFFECT ON WALL STREET
 New York, Aug. 26.-The Hartman issues were in a state of semi-demor- alization at the opening and in the first 15 minutes these stocks caused general weakness all through the list. Long before the opening an immense crowd gathered at the Union Pacific Post and arrangements to execute sel-