Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-09-12
ANGER Is NOT MENTIONED
Statement Says Positively that End
Came at 3:35 P. M.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL
Sixteen Workmen from Estate to Act
as Guard of Honor.
MORGAN AND HARTMAN CONFER
Two Financiers Held an Extended
Conference ON Porch at Arden
One Week Ago Last
ThursdaY.

ThuFeOaEs
ARDEN, N. Y, Sept. 1I-"Pernicious
anaemla and oedema Of the lungs" was the
chief cause OF Edward H. Harrlmans death
as officially stated tonight by DR.. w. @.
Lyle Of New York, his physician, in the
death certificate filed at the town clerks
office at Highland Mills. There was no
mention of cancer. but II was noted that
the word CHIEF was Inserted IN the printed |
form after the question cause Of death"
Popularity interpreted, anaemia is an i'm
poverished condition Of the blood; perni- |
cious anaema, therefore, Is a severe form |
of the disease. Oeder1a of the lungs, or |
water in the lungs the Interpretation gem
orally accepted. might have resulted from
a variety OF causes.
Immediately after the death certificate |
was filed a burial permit was granted. |
During the day DR.. Lyle had filed a certif-
cate with the undertaken IN which he said
that Mr.. Harriman's death had resulted
from heart failure superinduced by in
ternal complications"
Text of Death Certificate.
Dr. Lyle also states positively In the
certificate filed with the town clerk that
Mr. Harrimans death occurred at 3:S1
D. m. on September o. The certificate.
which Is attested by Walter Averil Harri-
man, Mr.. Herriman's eldest son, read in
part;
81 hereby certify that 1 attended the
deceased from August T. 1903 to September
o. 1903; that 1 last saw him alive September
O. 1909 and that death occurred on the date
stated above at 3S5 p. m"
Following the foregoing is the cause of
death as given and the signature appended
''WIlIam Gordon Lyle, Nj. D.. 50 West Fif-
ty-eighth street, N. T."
Mr.. Harriman's age at the time Of his
death was given as 81 year, 8 months and
1b days. and 1t was set forth that he had
lived in Arden for twenty-five years.
Avoids Hitch Mt Funeral.
DR.. Lyie's action in amplifying on the
certificate filed with the undertaken
smooted over what might have developed
into a hitch at the funeral d. Spendleton.
acting town clerk at Highland Mills, had
said previously to the filing OF the certi-
fioate that he did not feel the DR.. Iyle's
statement to The undertaken was sufficient.
However, the amended certificate adjusted
matters quickly
Dr. Lyle in putting into writing the time
Of Mr. Hariman's death at 1886 p. m. to
have dissiappated the report which was
accepted for a while that he died at 1880
D. M. but that the news was held back
until after the close of the New York
81 ok exchange The fact that cancer is
not mentioned also comedies with what DR..
Lyle said last night when he denied the
truth OF a statement credited to a vienese
specialist that he had diagnosed the fin
anclers ailment while abdoar as cancer
Nature OF Disease.
'Pernicious anaemia," which Or. Lyle as
signs as the primary cause of Mr.. Harri
mans death. is a disease which In nearl,
all recorded cases. has resulted fatally. II
the earlier stages OF the disease the symp
toms, lassitude, headache, palpitation AND
shortness OF the breath, make their ap
proach In so slow and insiduous a manne
that the patient is unable 70 fix the dat
OF their onset and seldom seeks medica
advice until he Is incapatated for menta
or bodily work. The patient is usual!
middle aged and there is nothing to accoun
for the disease.
The line OF treatment generally followe
includes the administration Of oxygen an
limiting the diet TO milk. eggs. mea
juices and other simple foods. In thi
respect IL viii be recalled that there wer
several retorts that oxygen was given t
Mr. Hartman on various occasions. HI
appearance and manner also upon the da
Of his return from Europe seemed TO agre
With the appearance OF one suffering froI
the disease
FuneraI Train from New York.
Between fifty and sixty Of the country
most prominent men, including financer
lawyers physicians and men we'll know
in the business world, viii attend II
funeral of Edward II. Hartman tomo
row. They will come from New York c
a special train. leaving Jersey City at
D. m. At ST. Johns Episcopal church.
little stone chapel, which nestles in Il
Reddening September foliage near in Il
foot OF Tower HIM. they will join Il
group OF mourpers who will have aeoor
panied the funeral procession from Ard'
house.
Several hours before the arrival Of Il
New York visitors a procession OF a We
different kind will march slowly over 4
road leading to the uncompleted palace
the hll II win be composed Of the
wrohmen employed on the Hartman c
tate and at O'Clock in the morning tn
viii be permitted TO file through the roo
where lies the body OF the man Of who
one OF them said today:
AT times he seemed a workman III
ourselves-just an older workman who
We cared good deal about"
WOrkmen Guard of Honor.
No precautions have been omitted
protect the funeral cortege on its WI
down the hill Although the road has be
smo0thed TO perfection. sixteen OF the mo
stalwaTt workmen were selected today
act as a guard OF honor. They viii wa
one on either side OF the hearse and I
carriages containing the mourners.
The ceremony at the house at 10 g.
win be communication service co
Quoted by the family chaplain. Rev. /
J. Holmes McGuiness. for members OF {
family only. None win be present b
Mrs Hartman and her children. At
o'clock the public memorial service "
be held at ST. Johns church, at which /
Mcduiness win deliver the only eulol
"A The body win not be that time bTouE
n AaWn the hllA