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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1909)
The Omaha; Daily Bee The omaiia dee I tb moit powerful business getter in the west, bctuM It goes to the homM of poor and rich. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Generally fair. For Iowa rartljr cloudy. For weather report see page 3. VOL. XXXLX-NO. C2. OMAIIA FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1909 -TEN FAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. KEFOIM IN THE STATE COURTS American Bar Association Committee Hai Scheme to Reduce Time and Expense. ONE COURT, THREE BRANCHES All Judgea Should Be Jurf-rei of the Whole C i CHANGES IN FEDlVi "OURTS Propoial to limit Sett. de of Verdictt on En TO ABOLISH NEEDLES. vV IK V0 mt Printed Coplea of Rt . In Anneals Rhoald Be Allowrd and Duplication ' of Pa sera DtseoaraaTed. DETROIT, Aug. 38. At today"! session of ths American Bar association the com mittee appointed two years ago - to con alder the matter of unnecessary costs and delay In litigation, submitted a report In which It advocates a gradual but sweeping- reform In Judicial procedure. The com mittee reported satslfaotory progress in bringing to the attention of congress pro posed laws to authorise the appointment of official stenographers for United States courts and fix their compensation, to limit the setting aside of verdicts on error unless the error complained of shall ap pear to have resulted In a miscarriage of Juatloe and to permit the use of authorized, printed copies of records In appealing cases instead of written or typewritten manusorlpt. Further, the committee outlined the gen eral principles on which It considered a reorganisation of state courts should eventually be effected, "The whole Judicial power of each state," ays the report, "at least for civil causes, should be vested In one great court, of which all tribunals should be branches, departments or divisions. The business as well as the Judicial administration of this court should be thoroughly organised, so as to prevent not merely waste of Judicial power, but all needless clerical work, duplication of papers and records and the like, thus obviating expense to litigants and cost to ' the public Court In Three Divisions. "This court snould have three chief branches county courts. Including munic ipal courts, a superior court of first in stance and a single ultimate court of ap peal. All Judges should be Judges of the whole court, assigned to some branoh or locality, but eligible and liable to sit in any other branoh when called upon to do so. Supervision of the business adminis tration of the whole court should be corn- who would be responsible for failure to utilise the Judicial power of the state ef fectively." The committee suggests that a similar official, ( who should be a Judge, not a clerk, act in each branch or division and that In like manner the clerical and stenographic force be under a responsible officer with suitable subordinate super vision official. The committeemen's signatures attached to the report are those of Everett P. Wheeler, Roscoe Pound, Charles F. Ami. don, Joseph Henry Beale, Frank Irvine, Samuel C. Eastman, William E. Mlkell, Charles E. Llttlefleld, Charles D. Esta brook, Edward T. Ban ford, Charles S. Hamlin, Charles B. Eliot, George Turner, John D. Law ion and William L. January. I.lbby May Be President. A rumor, which members of the Ameri can Bar association, assembled in conven tion here, will neither confirm nor dony, Is in circulation tonight to the effect that tomorrow Charles F. Libby of Portland, Me., will be elected president of the asso ciation. Mr. Llbby, who Is president of the Portland Hallway company, was a promi nent candidate for the office at the' meet ing held in 1907 when Secretary of War Dickinson was chosen president. No sessions of the association were held this afternoon or tonight, the delegates at tending the Detroit-Philadelphia bane ball game and various receptions. All of the business left to be completed tomorrow Is the election of officers and the submis sion of a report on "titles to real estate." Fraternals Left to Own Resources Insurance Commissioner! Merely Ad' vise Restrictions on Rates of New Organization. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Aug. The convention of National Insurance commissioners got down to business today with the adoption of committee reports recomtnedlng that fraternal Insurance com panies' be left to work out their own sal vallon, and that legislation be advised In the various states prohibiting new fraternal tcmpanles from doing business unless they collect rates at least equal to those sped fled by the fraternal table. Another report adopted was hat the blanks of . fidelity and surety companies be amended so as to show the experience of the companies regarding the liability on various classes of risks. In order that this experience may be of value In computing the necessary reserve 'fund. At present these companies usually maintain a reserve fund amounting to 60 per cent of the premiums paid on risks. Among the candidates mentioned for president are Vice-president Fred W. Porier pf Illinois; John A. Hartlgan of Minnesota. . Eugene McUlveney of Louisiana is prom inently mentioned for vice-president. Mobile apparently leads in the race for the next convention. STEAL PACKAGE OF MONEY lobbere Eater Esnreaa Office at Blgr Cabin, Okl., and Seenre Loot. VINITA, Okl.. Aug. S6-rtobbers en tered the Missouri. Kansas oc Texas rail way depot at Big Cabin, eight miles south of here, early .today, rifled the safe and scaped with an express package con taining $1,055 In currency, consigned to the bank of Big Cabin. The sheriff and bis assistants believe the rubbery was the work of the crew of a freight train and arrests are expected ' wlUila, e tew hours. Woman Shot by Jealous Suitor May Survive Shot Fired by Andrew Madsen of Doon, la., Into Own Brain Caused Instant Death. Mrs. Martha Rasmussen, wife of Axel Rasmussen, an lcetnan living at 417 Ave nue K. East Omaha, was shot three times and probably fatally wounded by Andrew Madsen of Doon, Lyon csty, la., be tween I and S o'clock Wl . lfyf lernoon at the woman's oosi 6pn lnon turned the wn oourVHnmelt," the bullet entering his forehead, piercing the brain and causing Instant death. Jealousy of the woman, whom he wanted to marry. Is believed to . have prompted the deed. Mrs. Rasmussen, who says she Is only IS years of age, although she has been married two years. Is at Ft. Joseph's hospital under the care of Dr. Bishop, who, with Detectives Maloney and Van Deusen of the Omaha police, went to the scene. "I left :ny husband last November when we were living at Doon, because he drank so much," said the woman after the shooting. "I met Andrew Madsen and we became so well acquainted that he wanted to marry me. But last week my husband came to me and promised to be good to me If I would go to live with him at East Omaha. "I'd sooner go back than get married again, so we went to East Omaha last Saturday and were Just getting settled when the other man hunted me up. "He told me he would shoot me If I did not go with him and get married." Oolng first to two other houses In East Omaha Thursday afternoon, Madsen Is said by Lawrence Thorsen, who lives In East Omaha and was one of the prin cipal witnesses In connection with the tragedy, although he did not see the shots actually fired, to have finally found Mrs. Rasmussen scrubbing a floor in her new boms. "He brushed past me as he came out of the door of Jens ChrlHtensen's house, 4i8 Avenue K," says Thorsen, "and when I asked him what he wanted, he muttered Never mind, never mind,' and went into the house into which the Rasmussen oouple had recently moved. "I heard four shots fired. Then Mrs. Rasmussen ran out the back door and fainted in my arms. I had been working around there. She whispered 'There' is a man in there who shot me. He shot him self, too. I'm hurt bad.' Then she fainted dead away again." ThoMjen entered the house after, assist. Ing the woman to 423 avenue K. where a neighbor woman cared for her. He found Madsen's dead body. Rasmussen is an ice wagon driver and didn't know anything of the affair until Informed his wife was shot. He has been working for two months in the ice business, being employed by Jens Chrlstensen, his next door neighbor! .Little is knor.'n here about Madsen. He was well dressed when he appeared in East Omaha and wore an Odd - Fellows' button on his coat lapel. The revolver, containing one unuBed cartridge, was taken in charge with the body and his effects by Coroner Cutler of Council Bluffs, as the affair oocurred In Potta wattamie county, la. An inquest will be held, Mrs. Rasmussen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marlnus Chrlstensen, live at Larch wocd, la., which Is also In Lyon county. They have been notified of their daughter's condition. She was shot In the left shoulder, right Jaw and In the neck. The bullet that made the latter wound went clear through the neck, through a pane of glass and Into the earth outside. M'NAMARA BACK FROM FRANCE Aaalatant Attorney General Declines to Dlacnae Work on Panama Libel Caae. WASHINGTON, Aug. M.-Back from a visit to France in connection with the libel cases of newspaper men of New York and Indianapolis, growing out of the publication of articles relative to the pur chase of the Panama canal lone, Stuart McNamara, assistant to the attorney gen eral, today declined to discuss the result of his Investigations abroad. Mr. McNamara spent about two months In Paris. He will leave In a few days for New York, where he will continue his work in connection with the cases. TWO IDAHO COUNTIES GO DRY Saloons Voted Oat In First Loral Op tion Elections In Tbat f State. BOISE. Idaho. Aug. 2d Idaho county, Idaho, voted "dry" yesterday under the local option law. Canyon county also voted out saloons by a majority of 1,K0. These were the first local option elec tions in the state. First Testimony Taken in Alleged Peonage Case PITTSBURG. Aug. 2. The first testi mony offered In the federal government Investigation Into the charges of peonage s gainst officials of the Pressed Steel Car company In Bchoenville, whose 1,500 em ployes are on strike, In which It Is alleged force was used to compel Imported labor ers to work, developed late today. The Pressed Steel Car company's attorney at tempted to detain the man who testified that he was made to work against his will, hut this was prevented by the Austro II unitarian consular attorney and the asslMant federal district attorney. All testimony was taken today In the form of affidavits. Of the first doien wit nesses called little Information upon which to base peonage charges was elicited, the witnesses for the greater part declaring that their food had been bad and their treatment rough, but citing no definite persons as being responsible, Alexander Friedman, a Hungarian, of New York, was the witness who made the sensational charges of the day. He said he was brought here fifteen days ago, with a hundred other men from New York, and alleges they were brought under false Im pulsions. He said the workmen were given to understand there was no strike at the works of the Pressed Steel Car company. He said be was In the plant several days FMore he learned of the strike, Friedman alleged that the ear company picked out ths tryueseet luvklug imported workmen REMSEN BOARD IS VINDICATED ConTention of State Food Inspectors Approves Its Report on Ben toate of Soda. DR. REED LEADS ATTACK Cincinnati Physician Charges that Facts Are Not Stated. REMSEN DESCRIBES HIS WORK Conclusion Reached After Number of Practical Experiments. SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Congress la Aaked Not to Reduce Tax ' on Colored Oleomargarine and to Pass More Drastle Label Laws. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 26.-Fresldent Roosevelt's famous Remaen "referee board of consulting scientific experts" was In dorsed by the convention of the associa tion of state and national food and dairy departments today. After a fight in which the term "medicated garbage" was used, the association approved of the use of bensoate of soda as a food preserva tive. The resolution, adopted by a vote of C7 to 42, follows: "That this association endorse the re port of the referee board of consulting scientlfl cexperts. appointed by .Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, at the direction of President Roosevelt, upon the use of ben soate of soda in food products." The delegation from the United States Department of Agriculture voted "yes." Secretary Wilson was an attentive spec tator, but was not a delegate. A committee, beaded by Dr. Floyd W. Robinson of Lansing, Mich., which had been appointed to "Investigate" the Rem sen board, previously had reported ad versely to the board's findings, declaring benzoate promoted "the practice of con cealing unsanitary methods" and calling upon President Taft to Institute another Investigation on "broaded lines." The debate began following addresses by Dr. Ira Remsen of Baltimore, Dr. Russell H. Chittenden of New Haven, Conn.; Dr. John H. Long of Evanston, 111., and Dr. Christian H. Herter of New York City, who as members of the referee board told how their experiments had been made upon "eighteen healthy young men" at Chicago, New York and Ne Haven, which brought them to the conclusion that the chemical, when administered In small quantities In the dally diet, was harmless. Reed Attacks Report. Dr. Charles A. L. Reed of Cincinnati quickly took the opposite view. "The report to the ..government that bensoate of soda might properly be used." he said, "puts the government in the posi tion of licensing medicated stuff fit only for the sewer. The experiments carried on by the board, I have reason to know, were left In a large measure to subor dinates. The subjects were healthy young athletes, and as a matter of fact while the various squads at Chicago, New York and New Haven were taking the benzoate they were being stuffed with ail kinds of food, from heavy syrups and rousts down to sausages and pickles. The report at tributes no abnormality to benzoate while the experiments were going on, but I find on reviewing the report that there were abnormalities. In the Chicago squad I find several of the young men were de pressed. In the New Haven squad I find stomach troubles of one young man was attributed to 'cold weather' and to 'hard work.' It Is rather noteworthy that cold weather and hard work should have these effects rather than the chemical." Dr. Remensen in replying said: "I con strue these remarks as accusations of In competence and defective laboratory meth ods on our part and wrlch in all good humor we certainly deny." The association adopted the following resolutions: That more drastic laws relative to label ing of oleomargerlne be passed by con gress. That congress be asked not to reduce the tax on colored oleomargerlne. That the association eliminates any dis cussion of "what Is whisky?" pending a settlement of that question at Washing ton. The association will adjourn tomorrow after tho election of officers. George L. Flanders of Albany, N. Y., Is considered as the probable next president to succeed J. Q. Emory of Wisconsin. Renin Defends Refereee. Dr. Ira Remsen of Baltimore, Md., chair man of the referee board of consulting scientific experts, said, In part: "In the early part of the year 1908 Presi dent Roosevelt wrote to the presidents of (Continued on Second Page.) end made guards of them. He testified these guards handled the men In a rough manner. Friedman stated that he had been at work in the plant a few days when he was asked If he did not want to make some overtime money, and when he replied affirmatively he was taken to the kitchen of the commissary of the car plant and told to work there. Friedman said he refused. After so doing he stated he was roughly handled by the workmen-guards, who took him to the boxcar Jails. Constabulary officers refused to lock him up, he testified. Friedman said the workmen-guards then took him before company officials and as serted the officials said they would compel him to work In the kitchen. This they did. according to the witness, who was auotold that his pay for the hours enforced work would be his supper. Friedman did not claim he had been forced to stay Inside of the car plant, but Mated he could point out men who had been compelled to remain at work against their wills. Tomorrow tie Investigation will be con tinued. United States District Attorney Jordon refused to comment on today's disclosures, but It is now said by those in position to know that suit on peonage charges will more than likely be filed against minor officials of the cai plant within the next I ton days. Why I l -j With milk at eight cents a From the Minneapolis Journal. THOMPSON TALKS OF DEAL Nebraskan Denies that He Represents Harrimaa. NEGOTIATIONS ARE PENDING If Tranurt loa ' la Completed Ambas sador Will Own Nearly Ten Millions of the Stock Hlatory of Road. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 2& Ambassador David E. Thompson emphatically denied today the report that he had purchased the Pan-American railroad for 110,000,000, acting as the agent for E. H. Harrlman. He de clares that he was In no way connected with Mr. Harrlman and that he had not purchased any railroad. He admitted, however, that he had been trying to purchase the road for himself. If the deal, which is pending, should go through Ambassador Thompson will own 9,nO0,0OO worth of the stock. The Pan-American railroad referred to extends from San Qerimerio, a branch sta tion on the Tehuantepeo National railroad, to Tapachula, a town on the Guatemalan border. It is owned by an American com pany, of which D. P. Doak Is president and J. M. Neelan vice president. Los Angeles and St. Louis capital is said to control the road. An extension is to be built through Guatemala, and It has been rumored that the line is some day to be purchased by Harrlman as a link to his great Fan American project, which 1b to extend from New York via San Francisco to Colon. Road Built from St. Loula. ST. LOUIS, Ma, Aug. 26. In the absence of members of the syndicate which built and owns the Pan-American railroad, no statement was obtainable today regarding the report that David E. Thompson, United States ambassador to Mexico, had, with St. Louis Interests, obtained control of the property. The line was constructed by a syndicate headed by G. E. Walker & Co., E. S. Rob erts. Elenlous Smith, capitalists affiliated with the St. Louis Union Trust company and D. P. Doak, of Mexico City, formerly of St. Louis and Joplln, Mo. Mr. Doak and J. M. Neelan of Los Angeles, obtained the franchise, with a subsidy of $19,200 a mile from the Mexican government. As the southwestern part of Mexico lacked transportation facilities, President Dial desired the road built so that troops might be conveyed quickly to the Mexican-Guatemalan boundary. Mr. Doak Interested St. Louis capitalists In the enterprise. Stock Owned In Loa Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. U. The re port that the Pan-American railroad has been sold to Ambassador Thompson, American representative in Mexico, Is of ficially denied here by J. M. Neelan, vire president of the road. Most of the majority stockholders of the Pan-American railroad reside in Los Angeles. D. F. Doak la presi dent. Please bring your Sunday Want-Ads in as early as possi ble Saturday. They are received for Sunday as late as 8:30 p. m. Saturday, but it Is beat to get them In early to Insure proper classification. If you cannot come down town use the telephone. Call Douglas 233 and ask Xot tha 3ant-Ad Department. Should the Cow Go isBC rJ-view's. quart the milkman can afford to Would Lay Case Before Christ, Says Mrs. Barclay Says She Will Give Up Claim if Mrs. Bleakley is Proven Child's Mother. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 26.-"I w ish my case were at the feet, of Christ instead of a.iy court." said Mrs. James G. Barclay of (or the custody of 6-year-old Marian Bleak ley, the "Incubator baby," today. "When the little child was lying helpless at the point of being formally declared a pauper, tho state of Missouri granted me adoption papers. I want the Missouri courts to decide forever whether I shall have the child or not. I want the Missouri court to give the baby, or declare a reason for not doing so, and forever relieve my soul of the responsibility which I assumed when I adopted It. "if the attorneys for Mrs. Bleakley can present a single piece of evidence that she Is the mother of the child then I will be satisfied. But they cannot. God knows that I wiuld not tight this case if I did not know that Mrs. Bleakley was not the mother." Mrs. Barclay will not ask bond, although her husband Is ready to present it in any amount. She says she prefers to remain In the custody of the matron until Governor Hadley's dtolxlon on the requisition papers asked for liy the state of Kansas is de cided. Little Marian spent the night at the home of the clerk of the Juvenile court. She was quite happy today, romping about the yard of the clerk's home in the suburbs. DE SAGANS ARE ROBBED Thieves Get fS.OOO from Prlnceaa and flO,OUO from Prince at Hhelma. PARIS. Aug. IS. A local newspaper pub lishes a statement that Princess Helle De4 Sagan was robbed of $6,000 during her re cent stay at Rhelms and her husband, the prince, was at the same time relieved of $10,000. The robbers have not been apprehended. Taft Discusses Financial . Affairs with Aldrich BEVERLY, Mans., Aug. 5. President Taft had a two and one-half hours' talk this afternoon with Senator Nelson Aldrich, chairman of the monetary commission and Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagli. Senator Aldrich Is about to take up the adjustment of the monetary system of the country, and it was in this connection that he was called in conference by the president today. Mr. Taft was anxious to ascertain whether or not the monetary commission will be ready to report Its recommenda tions this winter. It Is understood that a definite answer was not given today, but the chances are that the commission will not be able to place its conclusions before congress for several months. There has been talk of calling congress In extra ses sion In the fall of 1D10 to begin considera tion of such changes In the monetary sys tem as ths commission may deem neces sary. Mr. Aldrich said after the conference today that matter had been discussed only In a general way. The senator went to New Tork tonight and will sail for Eu rope Saturday to study the monetary sys tems of the leading European countries. Mr. Aldrich would not discuss the sub ject of postal savings banks. It Is not believed that he Is altogether opposed to the Idea, but be frankly told the president Dry? AM'irntill. IWV'.' i keep the cow in good spirits. CRABTREE'S DEFENSE FALLS Effort to Establish Insanity of Accused Trooper is Weak. AXTENIST; f BILL' " NOT POSITIVE Unwilling; to Rlak Hla Reputation on Diaarnoats Made of Crabtree for Pnrpoae of Testifying at Trial. "I found him absolutely normal. I con sider him above the average In Intelli gence." With these remarks Captain Vose, medleal corps, U. S. A., a surgeon at Des Moines, and who had been dlreoted to care fully observe Corporal Lisle Crabtree after the shooting of Captain Haymond, dealt a very severe blow at the defense of Insan ity which has been set up by the counsel for Crabtree In his trial by court-martial at Fort Crook. Major Bratton, post surgeon at Fort Des Moines, will be called this morning, after which Captain Buchan will sum up for the government and then Judge Parsons will close for the accused. If the court finds Crabtree guilty and sentences him to be hanged, tbe sentence will have to be approved by the president before being made public. If the sentence should be one of Imprisonment, General Morton, the de partment commander who convened 'the court, will review and approve or disap prove the proceedings and make public the findings here In Omaha. Dr. Hill Define Dementia Precox. At the opening of court yesterday morn ing Dr. Hill, the Des Moines alienist, was still on the stand. He stated that he had based his Judgment of the condition of Crabtree partly upon his peculiar actions In and about the troop quarters. He al leged that one-fourth of all the Inmate of public asylums are suffering from "de mentia precox." The disease generally shows Itss'f about the time the patient as sumes the responsibilities of life. This form of insanity Is produoed by "predispos ing and by exciting causes." It was Im possible to say when the insanity of Crab tree had begun and when it had so de- (Continued on Second Page.) at a former conference on the subject that he thought the question of establishing such banks should wait the enactment of the monetary legislation. The question cf bond Issues, authorized In the new tariff bill, came up for consider ation this afternoon. The secretary of the treasury was authorized by congress to Issue bonds for S40,000,000 to reimburse the general fund of the treasury for the Pana ma canal purchase and also to Issue bonds for the building of the canal up to the amount of the estimated cost, some 100. 000.000. Senator Aldrich is in favor of withhold ing any bond issues for the time being In order that the monetary commission may have time to consider this subject specifi cally and possibly to arrange for the pla Mng of a government loan, so far as funds may be Immediately needed. In One lump sum. There Is no Idea of Issuing the Pana ma canal bonds any further than the money may be In demand. Secretary MacVeagh said today that he had not progressed much further than when he last aaw the president with refer ence to the selection of members of the new tariff commission, which Is to advise the president on all matters of the tariff and especially as to the appallcatlon of the maximum and minimum principle to nations which favor or discriminate against the United Btates, as the case may be. IIARRIMAFS REST CUREABS0LUTE Railroad Magnate is Completely Isolated from World at His Mountain Home. DOCTOR TELLS OF CONDITION Says Illness is Due to General Nervous Breakdown. JUDGE L0VETT VISITS ARDEN First Lieutenant Comes for Short Conference, with Chief. HARRIMAN STOCKS ARE WEAK tnlon Pacific Drops Below BOO Mark for First Time for Severn! Days and Other laanea Bell Off. ARDEN, N. Y., Aug. 2ft Whatever the actual prognosis for Mr. liarriman's recov ery. It Is evident that his family has de termined that he shall make no further sacrifices of vitality In the effort to reas sure the publlo and buoy up the stock market. No armed guards patrol his es tate, but for all effective purposes of human Intercourse his Isolation on his mountain top Is as absolute as any devised for an oriental potentate. Exoept the se lected few of his own Immediate friends not a soul sees him and no word from the outer world reaches his chambered soli tude. His "rest cure" Is absolute. All approaches to the grounds are pick eted and admission Is denied outsiders. The telephone operator at Arden with access on a direct line to the house has orders to make no connections from the outside. The mountain carriage road and the pri vate railway to the heights are both for bidden to everyone but the household. It Is Impossible to reach Mr. Harrlman either directly or Indirectly unless by his own wish or that of his family. Physician Talks of Patient. Dr. Lyle, the family physician, bridged the gap today wtlh a brief account of his distinguished patient's progress. Mr. Har rlman, he said, has been coi.llneil to the bouse for the day by ruin, but his eager inquisitive mind has been buy with the roiistruction work still in progrcnH on his hew home. And then Dr. Lyle luimhed. "If a oertain physician would permit," h said, "Mr. Harrlman would be out and on the Job today, bossing the finishing touches on the Incline railway himself. "Mr. Harrlman passed a good night and ate a hearty breakfast at 10 o'clock this morning. His appetite la better and be relishes good food and plenty of it. "His present condition Is due to gen eral nervous breakdown and there Is noth ing be needs more than absolute rest. JwdaTO Lerett at Ardrn. Judge Robert S. Lovett, who baa been mentioned as Mr. Harriinan's possible suc cessor, came to Arden this afternoon for another conference. Judge Lovett abso lutely refused to discuss today the purpose of his frequent visits. It is thought, how ever, that with his first lieutenant so often at his side, Mr. Harrlman cannot be wholly out of touch with the market or completely separated from business cares. All the Harrlman children are now here. Walter Aveiill Harrlman, the eldest son and last to arrive, stepped off a train from Chicago today and was whirled away by one of his sisters In an automobile. "I am not a public man yet," he said. In declining an interview. "I have come on here from the west about the time I had Intended. That Is all I can say." As chainman of a surveying gang on one of his father's lines, young Harrlman haa begun to learn railroading from the bot tom up. Magnate Looks Better. Charles T. Ford, superintendent of tbe estate, came down the mountain tonight. "I Just left Mr. Harrlman sitting on the veranda," he said. "Us greatly enjoyed the sweeping view of the valley below and the fresh evening air after the rain. In fact, Mr. Harrlman looked better and brisker to me than at any time I have seen him since his return. "He takes the liveliest Interest In all the vast amount of work on the place that still remains to be done. He discussed with me tonight his plans for the completion of the house, the furniture and the beautiful granite station at the base of the moun tain. "It has to be a very small detail tbat gets by Mr. Harrlman." HARP SLUMP MARKET Union and Sonthern Paelfle Lend the Dcllne. NEW TORK, Aug. 26. The state of Mr. 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 pesslmlstlo rumors of varied charaoter held the fort end set the Harrlman and allied stocks spinning downward. The slaughter of prices was attended by the usual list of "dead" and "wounded" on the speculative field. At the elose of the day's business, which segregated mere than LSOO.OOO shares, rrany pyramided accounts had evaporated Into thin air and the clerical forces of most brokerage houses were kept working long Into the night issuing calls for addltloue margins. Since early in July It has been a Harrl man or "one man" market, although lili friends nd associates frequently have de clared that the recent rise in Union I'aclflt and Southern Pacific woe without his con sei.t or connivance. Today's pes!mlstlo gourlp therefore quickly acquired a strength sufficient to give the entire market a con vulsive downward movement. The day's losses In the general list ranged from 7H points In Union Pacific to 4 points In the preferred. 5 In Southern Pacific, rt in Reading, 83S In New York Central and In United States Steel. In the less active Issues declines of from two to four points were recorded by Amalgamated Copper, American Cotton OH, American Locomotive. Amtrlcan Smelting, Atchison, Chicago & Northwestern, St. Paul, General Electric, Oreat Northern, Oregon certificates. Illlrois Central, Lake TOrle Sc Western, National Lead, Northern Pacific, People's Oas, Rork Island common and preferred, United States Rubber and Wisconsin Central. As a matter cf fact, It now becomes evi dent that the market has been without substantial support since Monday of last week. On that day, In spite of the fart Uat Union Pacific then sold at 21 the
