The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-09-17
GREAT FINANCIER DID NOT LIVE
TO ACCOMPLISH LIFE
LONG DREAM.
DIES AT Zenith OF POWER
But His Death Has But Little Effect
On Stock Market-Funeral
to Be Held Sunday
at Arden Home.

Arden. N. Y. Sept. 9.-Edward H.
Hartman, greatest organizer OF rail-
roads the world has ever known, met
the only lasting defeat Of his life to-
day at the hands Of death.
Secluded in his magnificent home
on Tower Hill, surrounded by mem
bers of his family, physicians and
nurses, he succumbed to intestinal
disorders this afternoon, after a fight
against disease which will rank for
sheer grit with his remarkable strug-
giles in the financial world.
The exact time Of his ueath is
known only in that limited circle of
relatives and associates who had so
effectively shielded Hartman from all
outside annoyances during his last ill
ness. The time was given to the world
as 3:55 p. NJ, but Mrs. Mary Simons,
sister of the dead mar said tonight
that the end had come at 1870 p. m,
SAo WV LOulS pICN lOuS. NuclA-
er this apparent discrepancy has any
bearing on the current belief that
every effort was made to lessen in
1uence of inancier's death on the
New York stock market is problem
atical. But it is significant that the
time of his death as officially announ-
ced, was just 35 minutes after trad
ing ceased on the exchange in New
York.
Hartman died peacefully an dtO the
end his brilliant mind retained its in
tegrity. After a re.apse on Sunday he
sank slowly and soon after noon to-
day there came a relapse which mar
ked the approach of the end. Ills wife,
W daughters, Carol and Mary, and
his sons, Walter and Roland, who
have been constantly with him. assem-
Dled at the bedside and a carriage
was hastily dispatched for Mrs. ST.
mons, whose home is near Arden,
three miles from the Tower He'll
mansion.
No spiritual adviser was at hand.
The swiftest automobiles in the Har-
riman garage had been dispatched for
the Rev. DR.. J. Holmes McGinness, the
~EpiscOpalian rector of Arden parish,
and Harriman's personal chaplain, but
McGuirness was not at home. When
found later, although he rushed up
the mountain side at a breakneck
speed. he did not arrive until death
l,l ,n a. A> %l, ArIap o,
With the secrecy that has been
maintained at the Hartman residence
unbrOken to the very end, the noWs
of Harrisan's death was conveyed to
New York before it came to Arden
and the valley below. Then by way
OF New York the report that death
had arrived at the great estate on
Tower Hill spread quickly and on
firmation was sought at the residence
by telephone. During the past ten
days rumors have been so persistent
and variable that little credence was
at first given the report and it was a
shock when a voice on the Hill re-
piled: Yes, that is correct; Mr.. Har-
riman died at 3:35 p. M
While the policy Of reticence that
prevailed during Harriman's illness
was maintained by most OF his rela-
tives and associates after his death,
O. Hartman, who is in New YORK
discussed the funeral arrangements
briefly tonight. He said that Harri-
man would be buried in the family lot
in a little grave yard behind st.
Johns Episcopal church at Arden.
He will rest besid his eldest son, Ed
ward H, Hartman, Jr.. VINO died
twenty years ago. soon after the
family first came to Arden.