Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
e. II. Hartman.


What doth it profit man if he
corners all the railroads and looseth
his health?
With all his activity and wonderful
energy e. II. Harriman's health has
been shattered, and dispatches of the
past week give in detail the particu-
lars Of his critical physical condition.
The arrival of two tanks of oxygen
by train August 81 at Arden, N. Y,
and J hasty removal to the home
Of the great railway magnate, led to
fresh rumors that Mr.. Harriman's con-
dltlon is serious more serious than
thepublic has been permitted to know.
1t is admitted that if he requires
the administration of oxygen he is far
worse than has been admitted by the
family or his physician
Nothing authoritative, however, re-
garding the condition of Mr. Hartman
was obtainable Friday up to | D. M.
Two men who came up by train from
New York and who were said to be
physicians were taken up the incline
plane to the Hartman home. One of
them had a small handbag such as
doctors usually carry.
Since Mr.. Harriman's arrival Tues
day not more than half a dozen per-
sons outside of the immediate family
and employees of the estate have been
allowed on the grounds, surrounding
his home. The villages of Arden and
Turner, which are about equal dis
lance from the estate, are the sources
of constant rumors regarding the rail
road mans condition. Hartman is
the principal topic of town gossip and
every one connected with his house
and estate, however remotely, is a
separate center of interest when he
comes to either of these settlements
for supplies or on private business.
DR.. Lyle, Judge Robert S. Lovett
and two or three others who have
access to the financier, came from
New York by train or automobile.
In the latter case, their machines
have to climb along Q circuitous road
TO the top of the hill where the house
is located. The funicular railroad
take those who come by train straight
up the steep incline. This railway
is Mr.. Harriman's private property
and his guards see that only those who
have admission TO the estate are per-
mitted to ride.
Had Hartman planned his residence
with just such isolation as this in view
he could not have chosen more effec-
lively. Although within forty-fve
miles of the biggest city in the
country, the house is situated in a
region of almost absolute wilderness,
the rugged nature of the country
having made it of little value for
farming purposes.
The convalescent now has with him
his entire family and their devotion
to him is shown by the fact that they
rarely leave the estate. Miss Carol
Hartman, his youngest daughter,
came down the incline yesterday to
meet her brother Waiter, upon his
arrival from the West, but with this
exception the watchers at the gates
of the estate and at the railway station
have seen none of the Harrimans
since they entered the estate last
Tuesday with the head of the family.
Significance is attached to the fact
that while DR.. Lyle was in New York
yesterday afternoon and early last
evening, the Hartman household was
without physician. If Mr.. Harri-
mans condition is as critical as some
rumors allege, it is not likely that he
would be left SO long without medical
attention.
DR.. Lyle, the physician in attend
ance ON Mr.. Hartman, made hurried
trip to New York Thursday night
So far as known here, DR.. Lyle's visit
TO the city had not been contemplated,
and this fact led to the reports that
the physician had made careful
diagnosis of his patients case since
his return to Arden and had gone to
New York to place his conclusions be-
fore specialists. Mr.. Hartman con-
tinues 10 devote his time TO resting,
and he sleeps considerably during the
daytime.
His case is watched with deep in
terest 10y the entire country, as he is
beyond doubt the greatest railroad
promoter of our time.
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