Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-09-25
HARTMAN FUNERAL
EPISCOPAL SERVICE SUNDAY
WAS IMPRESSIVE.
Great Ruler of Wall Street Laid to Rest
on Hillside of His Great Estate
Funeral Decidedly Private-Flowers
by Carload Arrived-San Francisco
Holds Services.

Arden, N. Y, Sept. 12.-Through the
quiet aisles of Ramapo woods the body
of Edward II. Hartman was carried
today from the great house he never
lived to see finished and laid in its 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 cere-
mony was taken by the men who knew
him best as a country squire and mas
ter of the great estate which contains
over $4,000 acres of hill and valley.
His general superintendent, his master
carpenter, his master mason and the
manager and assistant manager of his
dairies, his farms and his trotting
stables bore his coffin.
The funeral was private and only
those who were personal friends of the
family and had received invitations
from Mrs Hartman were admitted.
The out-of-t town party arrived at Ar
den at 3:15 on special train.
Holds Two Services.
The first service was holy COM
munion, celebrated at 10 a. m. by the
Rev. J. Holmes McGuiness, for Mrs.
Hartman and her children at their
home on Tower hill.
At II clock came a public meeting
service at st. John IS Episcopal church,
and parishioners, who on account of
lack of space were unable to attend
the funeral service later. The Harri-
man pews were left vacant. Mrs.
Charles D. SimOns, Mr.. Hartman IS sis
ter, her husband, two daughters, and
Orlando Hartman, brother, were the
only relatives present.
Instead of the usual morning sermon
DR.. McGuiness, the pastor, delivered
memorial address.
Precautions for Privacy.
Elaborate precautions were taken to
preserve the privacy of the afternoon
service. Several score of employees,
aided by a number Of policemen, guard
ed all roads over which the funeral
procession passed and kept watch at
intervals in the yards around the path
Of woods which includes the Hartman
burial plot.
Eight carriages followed the hearse
from Arden house.
The casl1et-One solid mass Of lilies
of the valley and green vines, with an
immense bunch Of crimson roses on
t0p-was carried 20 the altar by eight
bearers in black and wearing skull
caps The regular funeral service in
the church was conducted by DR.. Nc
Guinness, assisted by the Rev. G. Mel
son, archdeacon Of the Cathedral of
81. John the Divine, in New York. A
male quartet and the choir Of Grace
church New York, sang abide With
Me" and There is a Land Of Pure
Delight" Mr. Hartman 5 fayorite
lymns.
The service lasted but 20 minutes.
Then the bearers carried the easl1et
10 the burial plot, 100 yards up the
hill,
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ground f0r moro than % or 20 besides
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ministers OtheF stood outside and
looked over the stone wall.
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