The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-09
Great Financier Passes Away at
1855 This Afternoon.
His End Had Been Expected for
Several Days.
WAS 81 YEARS OF AGE.
He Suffered a Serious Relapse
ON Last Sunday.
All the Members of His Family
Were at His Bedside.

Tlman
a. 1855 this afternoon. Mr.. Hartman
had been in i'll health for long time
Mr.. E4arriman's death had been ex
pected for several DAYS. On last Sun
day he suffered a serious relapse du
10 an attack of acute indigestion ant
he was unable to rally from the criti
cal condition which then threatened
his life.
With him al the time of death were
all the members of his immediate fam
iiy and DR.. Lyle.
His Great Achievements.
The great achievement of Mr.. Har-
riman's career as a f1nancier and rail-
way manager was the rehabilitation
of the Union Pacific railway system.
Mr.. Hartman undertook this hercu-
lean task when he was nearly so years
of age and after he had once practi-
calIy retired from business Other
f1nanciers had failed signally to put
these properties on paying basis but
Mt Hartman, following the reorgan-
ization of the Union Pacific in 1897,
began a systematic plan to place the
properties in the best possible cond1-
tion for their maintenance at high
standard of efficiency. It was his pol
icy to keep his railroads in the best
workable condition, confident that
sooner or later the question of divi-
dends would take care of itself.
To the task he had undertaken Mr..
Hartman gave unf1agging industry
and it was his constant work that
brought on the final breakdown in his
health. Stomach trouble developed
more than a year ago and medical
treatment gave no relief. This sum-
mer he went to Europe to consult the
greatest specialists there, but he was
not benefited. On his return to this
country he went at once to his mag
niffcent country home at Arden,
where death occurred.
Judge Lovett the close personal ana
business associate of Mr.. Hartman, re-
ceived the first word of the financier's
death at the Union Pacific offices and
Immediately left for Arden.
Mr. Hartman is survived by
widow. two sons, Avery and Roland
Hartman, and three daughters, Mrs.
Robert L. Gerry, Miss Mary and Miss
Coral Hartman.
Entered Wall Street at IA.
Edward Henry Hartman. capital
ist and railroad magnate, was born. at
Hampstead, L. l.. N. Y, February 25.
1s4S, the son of Rev. and Mrs
Orlando H. Hartman. He received q
common school education and entered
a brokers office on Wall street at the
age of IA years. and a few years
lat r became broker on his own ac-
cot t.
7 "a hac q nn~ Of In kInxx
York stock exchange, since August
13, 1870. President and director of
the Oregon Railroad and Navigation
company, Portland and Asiatic
chairman of the executive committee
of the Union Pacific railroad; chair
man of the executive committee of
the Wells Fargo Express company
and director in many other railroad
companies.
His office was at 12o Broadway,
New York. and his home at Arden,
Tuxedo Park. New York.
Arden Gave No Sign.
Arden, N. Y, Sept. 9.-The impene-
trable seclusion of Arden persisted
even at the moment of Mr.. Harrimans
death and by no outward sign did the
great estate give evidence that the
masters end had come. The first word
known outside the guarded gates was
flashed from New York. Immediate
efforts to break through the barriers of
silence were unavailing and Tower Hill
preserved it's wonted air of absolute
serenity. When telephone connection
was established with the Hartman
mansion, the response was immediate
confirming the news already received
from New York that the financier died
at 1886 this afternoon.
Rev. ]. II. McGiness, Mr. Harri-
mans chaplain, was seen at 3:45 hur-
rying towards Arden house in an au-
tomobile at top speed. This fact was
significant in helping to confirm the
announcement that Mr.. Harriman's
death really occurred at 3:35, as first
reported in New York, and not earlier
in the day as is already rumored. Ow-
Ing to the fact that positive informa-
ton was received from the house at
1;45 that Mr.. Hartman was alive it is
evident that death came suddenly,
The developments OF the last three
days indicate that Mr.. Harriman's
death might have occurred at almost
any moment since his relapse last
Sunday.
Neighborhood Was Surprised.
The report of an operation has not
been confirmed and there is still doubt
as TO whether Mr.. Hartman expired
under the knife, from a crisis in his
disease or from combination of the
extreme weakness that succeeded the
attack of Sunday. It is possible that
the great f1nancier's death was caused
by stoppage of the vital force due to
the fact that his long illness did not
leave him sufficient strength to raIlv
from the attack, which in itself would
not have killed a man in ordinary
health.
The news of his death, came as
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