Evening star., 1909-09-13
HARTMAN IS BURIED.
Family of Dead Financier Re-
trains From 0stentation.
W0RKMEN CARRY COFFIN
DR.. McGuinness' .Eulogy in St.
Johns Church.
IN GRAVE BESIDE HIS SONS
Many Leading Financiers, Railroad
Men and Lawyers Are Among
the Mourners.

ARDEN, n. Y, September 13.-Beside
the body of his eldest son in the grounds
of the little church in the village he loved
so we'll F.. II. Hartman was buried yes
terday afternoon Although the ceremonies
were simple and every effort was made to
avoid ostentation and bury the dead
financier in the plain style of what one
of his chief retainers termed "a parsons
son. 1t was impossible to hide the evil
dence of great wealth.
Among the mourners were some of the
most powerful. If not the richest. men in
the world of law. transportation and
finance. The floral offerings rivaled. both
in number and costliness. those seen at
the funeral of monarch. The coffin it
self was one solid mass of lilies OF the
valley. artistically arranged. At the head
was a large bunch of magnificent red
roses tied with a wide band of white rib
bon. In place of the regular village choir.
consisting of about a dozen girls. were
cassocked and surpliced men and boys
brought from Grace Church. New York.
by special train, and sent back in a SIM
liar manner Immediately after the serv-
ices.
Uniformed police. mounted and on foot,
plain clothes men and the majority of
the 500 men employed on the Arden estate
guarded the roads and kept away the
morbidly curious. while the roads them
selves were roped off as IL the cortege of
a king were passing.
At the heads of the horses and on
either side of the hearse and each of the
carriages walked men to guard against
accident or interference. And yet the
hearse itself was plain two-horse affair,
bare of plumes or any of the panoply OF
wealth. The carriages in which rode the
family of the dead financier and railroad
ruler were of the simplest kind. Their
number was limited to eight.
Ride to Station in Wagonette.
A station wagonette suficed for Mrs.
Hartman, her three daughters and two
sons and the vehicles for the other
mourners were of the ordinary four
wheeled variety hired from nearby liv-
cry stables and employed for the funeral
CT the poorest man. None of the luxurl-
Gus equipages which Mr.. Hartman used
or put ut the services of his visitors was
in evidence.
The ceremonies were begun at o'clock
In the morning, when the employees were
permitted to view the body. lying in the
house, and pay their last respects to the
man they had all esteemed as the kindest
hearted and most generous employer. At
10 am. holy communion was celebrated
by the Hartman private chaplain, the
Rev. ]. Holmes McGuinness. This service
was restricted to the immediate members
of the family. Mrs. Hartman, her three
daughters and two sons being the only
communicates.
At II am memorial service. open to
all the villagers. was conducted in ST.
Johns Protestant Episcopal Church, in
the valley of Arden. commonly known as
the Hartman church" AT this eulogy
of the dead patron Of the village was de-
hvered. by the Rev. DR.. McGuinness. The
burden of that was the lesson taught by
the life and death of the railroad mag
nate.
At this service the family was repre-
sented by Orlando Hartman. brother of
the dead man; Mrs Charles D. Simons,
sister, and the latter's two daughters. In
the congregation also was Charles A.
Peabody, at one time Mr.. Harriman's
personal counsel, who dropped a law
praeticesestimated to be worth 100000
year to him to take at Mr.. Harriman's S
earnest request the presidency of the Mu
AIRY considerably less. The only commu-
nicants were the members of the Simons
family and Orlando Hartman.
Procession Down the Hill.
In the interval between the private serv-
Ice in the house at 10 am. and the hour
set for the saying of the Office for the
arations were completed for the process
sion down the four miles or more of wind
ing road. from the top of Tower Hill to
the little editice at the bottom. The route
selected was over what is known as the
New road. magnificently constructed
stretch, said to be one of the most costly
works of its kind in the United States,
leading from the house, along the noun
tain side under the now famous funicular
or inclined railway, into the public or
spiral road near the bead of Arden VIII
lage.
The start was made little after . pm.
with the idea of meeting at the church
the invited mourners who had lett Jersey
City in special express train at . o'clock.
There was an error, however, in the cal
culation Of the time required to walk the
distance from the hill top. with the result
that the procession was more than thirty
minutes behind the scheduled hour. In
the meantime the special train had
brought the out-of-town mourners. Ihe
maj jority of whom waited bareheaded Fon
the porch of the church until the cortege
was in sight. The full. list of these
mourners follows:
Mrs. John c. Nelson. John Carpenter.
Charles Carpenter William Carpenter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hart. Mrs. Frank
Stevens, Mrs. Emily Onderdonk. Mrs
David Murray. Miss Catherine S. Harri-
man. Miss Helen Hartman. Herbert Har-
riman. w. Hartman James. DIR. and Mrs.
AhCi SCi, .. ~ - eA'Au - -
Charles d. Simons. jr.. DR.. Charles Ire
deau, DIR. w. G. Lyle. Judge Robert S.
Lovett, DIR. w. Seward Webb, B. B.
Odell jr., and Mrs. Odell. Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
W. Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs. John McCul-
Tough, Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, Mr.. and
Mrs Orlando II. Hartman G. C. Clark
and family, Charles A. Peabody and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. De Forest, E. J.
Berwind. DR.. and Mrs. E. L. Tredeau, Mr.
and Mrs. George w. Perkins, Rensselaer,
Watson, Alexander Millar, Charles c.
Tegethoff. William Mah. Julius Kruttsch-
nitt. j. c. Stubbs. Maxwell Evarts, L. F.
Loree, James Stillman. Jacob II. Schiff. +.
D. Underwood. Thomas Hastings, John
w Sterling. ]. T. Harahan, Marvin
Hughitt, II. A. Van Alstyne. r. Fulton
Cutting. DR.. and Mrs. George Dixon. W.
S. Johnson. Thomas Price, Stephen
Chauncey Stillman, w. v. s. Thomas
William Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs George
Clark, Mrs. Henry p. Loomis and Miss
Georgianna Owen.
Went by Back Road.
The funeral procession approached the
church by what is known as the Back
road. In the first carriage were the pail
bearers, heads of the various depart
mentS of the Arden estate immediately