Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1909 — HARRIMAN SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING [ARTICLE]

HARRIMAN SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING

Physician Says All He Needs Is Absolute Rest. BUT STOCKS 60 DOWNWARD Railroad Magnate Is Carefully Watched and No One From Outalde Can Gain Audience Unless Permitted by Family—ls as Isolated as an Eastern Potentate—Superintendent of His Estate States He Is Much Better. Arden, N. Y„ Aug. 27. —Whatever the actual prognosis for Mr. Harriman’s 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 on his mountain top is as absolute as any devised for an eastern potentate. Except the selected few of his own immediate entourage not a soul sees him. Dr. Lyle, the family physician, said: “Mr. Harriman passed a good night and ate a hearty breakfast at 10 o’clock this morning. His appetite Is better and he relishes good food and plenty of it. "His present condition is due to a general nervous breakdown and there is nothing he needs more than absolute rest.” Charles T. Ford, superintendent of the estate, said that Mr. Harriman looked better and brisker than at any time since his return. It Is well known that Mr. Harriman is in touch with the stock market. The pessimistically inclined still hold the fort and Harriman and the allied stocks are spinning downward.