Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
GREAT BUILDER
BREATHES LAST
MAGNATE PASSES AWAY AT
HOME IN ARDEN
INDUSTRIAL WORLD is DE-
PRESSED BY SAD TIDlNes
Patient Fails to Recover from Relapse
of Last Sunday, and Finally
Suceumbs to the
Malady
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one else, but even she professed not
to know the exact nature of her
brothers ailment.
you have heard the sad news?" she
said.
my dear brother passed away
peacefully in the presence of all the
members of our family"
what time did Mr.. Hartman die?"
she was asked,
about one thirty this afternoon"
was the unexpected answer.
Denies Operation
She said emphatically that there had
been no operation. Her husband,
Charles D. Simonds, said he had not
arrived at Arden in time to see Mr..
Hartman before he died. He said that
Mr.. Hartman died at 3:35 p. m.
"Then Mrs. Simonds was wrong
when she said 1870 p. m. ?"
Mr.. Simonds hesitated and then said:
"Well, 1 was not there when he
died"
Former Judge Lovett, chief counsel
for the Union and Southern Pacific
railroads, did not reach Tower Hill in
time for { iast farewell to his chief.
1t was 5:25 this evening when he
reached Arden and he declined to say
anything regarding the time, the cause
| OF any OLlef- circumstances SuTIOuuu-
ing Mr.. Harriman's death.
Earlier in the day, however, before
the crisis was at hand, Mr.. Hartman
talked with Thomas B. Price.
This was one of the strongest evil
dences that Harrimans master mind
was alert to the end, for 1t is believed
that Price was summoned to enable
the dying financier to give some IN
structions concerning his vast affairs.
Mr.. Price returned to New York at Las.
If Mr.. Harriman's death had occurred
before he left the house his words did
not indicate it.
To Transact Business
"Mr. Harrimans condition." he said,
'is fairly encouraging"
He had been sent for, he said, to
transact some business.
Although his family and perhaps
two or three associates had known
that Mr.. Hartman might die at any
time since his relapse last Saturday,
the news of his death was compar-
atively unexpected in the vicinity of
Arden.
And in some respects there are in
dications that it was unexpected in
New York so early. The best proof
of this was that Judge Lovett, who
has passed practically every night at
the house since Sunday last, returned
and was not at hand when the man
whose mantle he may wear-for he is
spoken of by some as Mr.. Harriman's
uccessor-breathed his last.
In keeping with the simple arrange
ments for the funeral, an undertaken
from Turner, the nearest railroad sta
tion to Arden, was pressed into serv-
ice tonight A man who assisted the
embalmers said that the body bore no
sign of recent operation.
To Live at Arden
The family decision in selecting the
little country graveyard on the hill
side near here is the first evidence
that they intend to maintain Arden as
their home. The unfinished place that
covers Tower Hill and the great estate
that surrounds it was one of Hr. Harr1-
mans dearest hobbies.
During the last days of his illness
he took a great personal interest In
the work and, sitting in the sunshine
on his great veranda, often conversed
with the laborers.
1t Is believed that the family, carry
ing out his wishes, will complete the
work and that the name of Hartman
will continue to be a synonym of
bounty in that part of the valley
All of the late railroad kings en-
ployes are deeply affected by his death.
William A. Mcclellan, superintendent
of Mr.. Harriman's dairy, said that all
the employees on the estate would
mourn the loss of their employer both
as a loyal friend and as a just master.
Strange Coincidence
By a strange coincidence, a wedding
party set forth from the Hartman
residence this afternoon while Mr..
Hartman lay dead.
George Murphy, chief engineer of the
estate, was the bridegroom, and the
bride was Mary Spalding, parlor
maid.
They alone of all the employees on the
estate were not apprised of Mr.. Harri-
mans death until after the ceremony
had been performed.
The wedding was held in st. Mary's
Catholic church at Arden, and as it
was Mrs. Harriman's expressed wish
that her husbands death should not
interfere with the plans of the SER
wants, they drove forth from the es-
tate in Mrs. <Harriman's wagonette, not
knowing that there was mourning on
the estate.