Evening journal., 1909-09-10
FUNERAL
FOR HARTMAN
Will be Buried in the Little
Country Church Yard Near
His Estate
FAMILY AT BEDSIDE
WHEN THE END CAME
CBy stan Correspondent Of the United
pressl

CBy stan Correspondent Of the United
Press).
TURNER, n. Y, sept 1O-Without
pomp or ceremony that usually marks
the interment of a monarch, E. II.
Hartman, king on no temporal realm,
but truly monarch of the rails. viii /
be laid to rest Sunday at 9 p m in
the little country church-yard at Ar
den, beside his first born son, +. II. |
Hartman, Jr.
The announcement Of the funeral ar
rangements Of the railroad wizard was |
made public to-day at 1.SO o'clock. |
The Rev. DR.. j. Holmes McGuiness. J
rector Of the little church Of st. Johns. |
on the Arden estate. will conduct the |
simple funeral rites in the Episcopal |
/ Church.
A short service at Arden House at
? o'clock Sunday afternoon will pre-
cede the church ceremony and then
the funeral cortege. comprised only Of
the immediate family and a few inti-
mate friends. will move down the hill
TO st. Johns Church.
i After a half hour ceremony there,
simple and brief il will be- the active
pail bearers will carry the casket Of
the man OF millions to the Hartman
plot in Arden cemetery few PAGES
away.
These active pail bearers will be:
c. T. Ford, superintendent of the
Hartman estate; /. w Mandigo, head
carpenter Of the Hartman estate: E.
p. Schultz, master mason at Arden
House; William Robbins. superinten-
dent Of Arden farms and W. A. Nc
Clellan supervisor of stores on the
/ Hartman estate. II was Harriman's
own wish that these men should act
as pail bearers.
The true cause of Harriman's death
Will probably never be known TO the
world. IT, indeed. It is known to the
physicians. who attended him.
II is declared by members Of the
immediate family that there was much
conflict between the consulting physi-
!, clans as to the real cause OF death
\ and that, as only an autopsy would
reveal the exact nature Of his sick
!, ness. and no autopsy viii be perform
ed. no one will know.
The death certificate win give an
!, approximate knowledge Of the ailment
- which cost Hartman his life This
certificate will be filed either this az
I ternoon or tomorrow with Acting
Town Clerk Bellings Pemberton at the
village Of Highland Mills. Until then
: nothing more will be given out at the
! house.
y Robert T. Gerry, son-in-Iaw Of the
:. dead financier, in response TO requests
: as to the cause of death, today said:
THE cause of Mr.. Harriman's death
= will probably never be known for the
: family will allow no autopsy TO be per-
I. formed"
Many Visitors at the Home.
The wealth and power OF a railroad
world and a financial world today be-
gan a pilgrimage to pay respects to
the dead railroad wizard. Through
the drizzlng rain that fell from grey
l clouds which hid the house from the
/ valley below. and isolated in its hour Of
suffering, the men OF big affairs" Of
the country arrived TO do honor TO Har-
A riman, the man who had fought with
l them and against them on the battle
fields of Wall street. and in the great
west. Men who had cheered or cursed
him after many a victory came TO
mourn for him in his final defeat
But IL is not alone the men Of mil
81. lions who have come to mourn for one
4, OF their own class. It is a sad day
:. throughout the whole Rampapo valley
y where almost an entire population de-
!, pends on the Hartman estate for a
L livelihood. and where the hardy tillers
= OF the soil speak Of him not as rail
road wizard" Hartman, but as neigh
ID Dor" Hartman.
ID The villagers of Arden, Turner. Cen
IN tral Valley and Southhelds gathered in
j. little groups on the village streets and
Mt before the country stores unmindful OF
y, the rain and talked OF the sorrow that
e came on the valley fro mthe great house
d on the hill.
,e Hundreds of residents that illustrate
"A the democracy and the kindly heart OF
their dead patron are being told anc
retold. More touching than the hun
~ dreds Of messages Of condolences from
princes of power and Wall street kings
"a is the simple comment Of the Har-
et riman villagers:
IN HE was the kindest man that ever
lived.'
ed From among the Hartman retainer:
he a choir Of 20 young women is being
ly formed TO sing at the final servic,
a over the railway king
Gil Died Surrounded by Family.
ut Those in Arden House yesterday ar.
ternoon at 3.35 p. m. when the end cam,
ev declare the parting OF the dying MAJ
:. with his family was heartrending. Har,
-
run and that he was standing at tn
le goal His family gathered around him
as There was his wife and his sister, Mrs
o. Mary Simmons, and his five children
ITS Mrs. Robert r. Gerry Miss Mary Har
he riman. Miss Carol Hartman. Rober
Averell Hartman and Roland Harri
,ill man.
Id. At the doorway stood some Of tn
X closest friends and intimates. Har
m riman was conscious to the last
-. He called his wife to his bedside
and kissed her farewell. One by on
his children approached and he grasp
ed their hands as they bent over &
kiss him goodbye and God speed il
the great joureny to the other shore
, He had words of cheer for his VIII
and daughters. All through the las
goodbye his voice was the same oil
Hartman voice that had carried co
no horts on to victory-steady. penetrat
on ing.
~ He clasped his eldest son, Walter
Die by the hand, and gave him cheering
re words of advice. Then came Roland
IN. "a. his fathers constant companion 70
on years. The child could not speak
his His tear bedimmed eyes could not Sc
at the shrunken form Of his father. II