Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-09-10
No Announcement Made Until After
Close of Exchange.
FUNERAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Body VIII BE Laid to Rest I'm Little
Cemetery Back of st. Johns
Church at Arden-service
to Be Private.

ARDEN, N. T., Sept. 9.-Edward H. Har-
riman. the greatest organiser of railroads
the world has ever known, met the only
lasting defeat OF his active life today at
the hands of death. Secluded in his mag
nificent house on Tower Hill, surrounded
by members of his family. physicians and
nurses, he sucoumbed to an intestinal dis
order this afternoon, after a fight against
disease which will rank for sheer grit
with his remarkable struggles in the finan-
cial world.
The exact time Of his death is known
only in that limited circle of relatives and
associates who had so effectively shielded
Mr.. Hartman from all outside annoyance
during his last illness The time was given
Simons, sister OF the dead man. said to-
night that the end had come at 1880, more
than two hours previous. Whether this
apparent discrepancy has any bearing on
the current belief that every effort was
made to lessen the influence Of the finan-
cier's death on the New York stock mar
ket is problematical. But 1t is significant
that the time OF hts death officially an
nouneed was just thirty-five minutes after
| trading had ceased on the exchange in
New York. Mr.. Hartman died peacefully
and to the end his brilliant mind retained
its integrity.
Relapse Comes Sunday.
After relapse on Sunday he soon sank,
and after the noon hour today came a
relapse which marked the approach Of the
end. His wife, his two daughters, the
Misses Mary and Carol, and his sons, Wal
ter and Roland, who have been constantly
with him, assembled at the bedside, and
carriage was hastily dispatched for Mrs,
Simons, whose home Is here in Arden,
three miles from the Tower Hill mansion.
Driving hurriedly up the mountainside,
Mrs. simons entered the great silent house
In time to be at her brothers death. She
Joined the wife and children, who, with
DR.. w. G. Lyle Of New York and Orlando
Hartman. a brother. ana the nurses
formed group at the bedside.
No spiritual adviser was at hand. The
swiftest automobile in the Hartman gar
age had been dispatched for the Rev. DR.
]. Holmes McGuinness, an EpBcopaliRI
rector of Arden parish, and Mr. Harrl'
mans personal chaplain, but Mr.. Mo
Guinness was not at home When found
later, although Iushed up the mountain
side at breakneck speed, he did not ar
rive until death had come to Arden house
New York First Notified.
With the secrecy that has been main
tained at the Hartman residence un
broken to the very end, news of Mr. Har
riman's death was conveyed to New Yorl
before it came to Arden and the valley
below Then, by way OF New York, thu
report that death had arrived at the grea
estate on Tower Hill spread quickly and
confirmation was sought at the residence
by telephone During the last ten day
rumors have been so persistent and Vari
able that little eredence was at first givsT
the report, and 1t was shock when {
voice on the hill replied Yes. that il
correct. Mr.. Hartman died at S:S5 p. m
The speaker was evidently an employe.
Soon afterward the hundreds of work
men engaged on the uncOmpleted estat
learned Of their masters death, when
lad came out on the lawn and announce
simply: You men all quit work. MI
Hartman is dead"
p A hush fell over the group and the work
men, dropping their tools, trudged snenu
TO the flat cars and descended on the pri
vate incline railway that bore them fror
the mountain top to their homes below.
Funeral Sunday Afternoon.
While the policy OF reticence that pre-
vailed during Mr.. Harrimans illness wa