The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-13
Rulers of Wall Street Unite With Employees h the
 Final Services
CARLOADS IF FLOWERS
 ARE SENT BY FRIENDS
Services At the Church and At the Grave Are Private and Simple As the Closing Chapter in Finan-
 cier's Life Is Ended.

cier's Life Is Ended.
 Arden, N. r., September 2.-Through the quiet aisles of the Ramapo woods the body of Edward H. Hartman was carried today from the great house he never lived to see finished and laid in it's last resting place on the Arden hillside. The rulers of Wall street came from New York to pay their last tribute but the most prominent part in the funeral ceremony was taken by the men who Knew him best as country squire, mas ter of the great estate which covers 43,- 600 acres of hill and valley in this most rugged part of rugged Orange county. His general superintendent his master carpenter, his master mason and the managers and assistant managers of his oalrles, his farms and his trotting stables, were the men who bore his coffin and the services were led by his own chap lain.
 The pines and oaks which surround the nttle Episcopal church of St. Johns. half mile up the hill from the Arden rail- way station, never before sheltered such distinguished gathering as stood bare headed under their shade by the gravo this afternoon. The funeral was nrivata ana only those who had received invita- 'iohs rom Mrs. Hartman were admitted.
 ihe out-oI-town party arrived at Ar ueh at 3:l5 on a special train which left the Erie station in Jersey City at D. m. At Arden they were met by eight carrv- ails, which took them up the hill to the chapel. A few were nelghbors who drove over rom their country homes in the Ranapo valley. The following were nres- ent: P'es
 Miss Catherine S. Hartman. Miss ue,e,, harrlInan, Hon, B. B. Odell Ir. and wife MT and Mrs. Oliver Hartman, MT. and I Mrs. J. w. Hartman, Mrs J. R. Harri- man, MT. and Mrs. Orlando Hartman. 1 Alexander Millar, J. kuttschnitt. I c stuobs, l.. F. Loree, James Stillman. Jacoh IT. in. Schir1, J. T. Harahan, Marvin Hughitt. ! Chahcel Stillman and Robert S. Loyett
 The First Service.
 l The first service was holy eommunio, celebrated at 10 a. m., by the Rev. | Holmes McGuinness, for Mrs Harr,ra, ana her children at their home on Tower f1ii At Il o'clock came a public me iiioflai service at St. Johns church for .he employees Of the estate and parish toner's or the church, who on account of iach or space, were unable to attend the ruherai service later. The Hartman fam ny pews were left vacant Mrs. Charles IL. sitnons, MT. Harrlman's sister. her husband and two daughters, and Orlando n. Hartman, brother. were the onIx- relatlVes present. They were all in daer mourning. A special communion was celebrated for them during the servica MT. Harriman's two nieces daughters af Mrs Slinons, sang in the choir. lust above them, behind the small organ was q motion on the wall, Give Aims of Thy Goods" VI A"s Instead of the usua, morning serp,o, pr McGuinness. the pastor. delivered a memorial address in which he dwelt nar uculariy upon those qualities of MT. liar rinan best known to himself. his em pioyes and his neighbors.
 The service closed in silent prayer and one by one the country folk filed out. many With tears in their eyes,
 Guards on Roads.
 Elaborate precautions were taken to preserve the privacy of the afternooo service Several score of employees aided oy a numbr of policemen from Tuxedo guarded all roads over which tn, funeral procession passed from the , house and kept watch at intervals of 20 yards around the patch of woods which includes the Hartman burial plot.
 Eight carriages followed the hearse rom Arden house. The first a large station wagon, carried Mrs. Hartman with her two unmarried daughters, Mary and Carol, and her sons. Walter Averil, and Roland Mrs. Robert L. Gerry the married daughter. drove in the next car- riage. Mrs. Gerry came to the church earlier to superintend arrangements. Otl- CTS In the party were MT. and Mrs Sim ons and their children, MT. and Mrs Oliver Hartman, Dr. w. Seward webb MT. and Mrs. J. W. Hartman. Charles Peabody and his two daughters. Dr. Charles Trudeau and Mrs. Trudeau, Judge Robert Lovett and Dr. w. c Lyle, the family physician Two car riages in the rear brought eight of the oldest and most trusted family servants. some of whom have been in the HarrI- man employ since the family came to Arden 22 years ago. These were given seats in the church nearer their dead masters coffin than any of the million aires and captains of industry from New York.
 Masses of Flowers.
 Those who came by special train had been in their seats for half an hour
 
 church at p, m. The casket, one solid mass of lilies of the valley and green vines with an immense bunch of crim- son roses on top was carried to the altar bv eight bearers clad in black and wearing black skull caps. The regular funeral service of the Episcopal church was conducted by Dr. McGuiness assist cd by the Rev. c. Nelson. archdeacon of the cathedral of St. John the Divine. in New York. A male quartet and the choir of Grace church. New York, sang Abide With Me" and There Is d Land of Pure Delight" Mir. Harrimans favorite hymns.
 The service lasted but 20 minutes. Then the stalwart bearers carried the casket to the burial plot 100 yards up the road
 Mir Hartman lies in little clearing not 10 feet from the roadway. His grave, hewn from the rock of the steep hill side. will always be fragrant with the balsam and hemlock that hem 1t in on every side except toward the road.
 There was not room inside the burial