Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-13
At REST lON FARM
Remains of E. H. Hartman
Buried on His Vast Es-
tate at Arden.
employees HEAR LAST RITES
Distinguished Party of Wall Street
Financiers Attend Simple. Cere'
mony by Invitation.

Arden. n. Y, Sept l3.-Throngh
the quiet aisles of the Ramapo
woods the body Of Edward II. Harri-
man was carried yesterday 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 fun
eral ceremonies was taken by the
men who knew him best as country
squire, master of the great estate
which covers $4,000 acres of hill and
valley in this the most rugged part
of Orange county. His general sup
erintendent. his master carpenter. his
master mason and the managers and
assistant managers of his diaries, his
farms and his trOtting stables, We're
the men who bore his coffin and the
services were led.~by his own chap-
lain.
| Funeral Private.
| The pines and oaks that surround
the little Episcopal church of ST.
Johns never sheltered such n distin-
guished gathering as stood barehead-
! ed under their shade by the grave
yesterday afternoon. The funeral
was private, and only those who were
jpersouaf friends of the family and
had received Invitations from Mrs
fHarrimap were admitted. 81 The out.
of-town party arrived at Arden at
3:1j on a special train which left the
Erie station in Jersey City at p.
IN. At Arden they were met by eight
carry-alls. which took them up the
hill to the chapel. A few were neigh
bors. who drove over from their
country homes in the Ramapo valley.
Communion fer Family.
The first service was holy commun-
ion celebrated at 10 a. m, by Rev.
J. Holmes McGuiness, for Mrs. Har-
riman and her children at their
home on Tower hill. At II o'clock
came a public memorial service at st.
Johns church for the employees Ct
the estate and parishioners of the
church who, Oh account of lack OF
space, were unable 10 attend the
The Hartman family pews were
left vacant. Mrs. Charles ID. Simons,
Mr.. Hartman sister, her husband
and two daughters and Orlando IL.
! Hartman, a brother, were the only
relatives present. They were all III
deep mourning. A special commun-
ion was celebrated for them during
the service. Mr. Harriman's two
nieces. daughters of Mrs. Simons.
sang in the choir. Just above them
behind the small organ. was a motto
on the wall: Give Aims of Thy
Goods. ..,.
Wheels of Every Train stop.
Chicago. Sept. l3.-For one min
ute yesterday afternoon every wheel
on the great transcontinental rail-
way system directed by f. H. Harri.
man was brought to a stop. The
cessation of activity took place al
3:30 o'clock, eastern time. while the
magnate'S funeral was being held
In Chicago and throughout the mid
die west the pause came at ego
O'Clock; in Denver at 1888; and in
San Francisco at.12:30.
| The order sent out by Mr.. Harri-
/ mans associates embraced every loo.
omotixe, every driving wheel in the
/ shops, For that moment the great
j army of employees stood idle; through
trains waited on main tracks: innum
cradle freight trains came to stand
still; the whole gigantic system was
| affected with momentary paralysis
in tribute TO the man who had welded
it into unity.
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