Evening star., 1909-09-11
BURIAL To Be SIMPLE
eHarriman'S Funeral Will Be
Without Show.
IN TINY ST. JOHNS CHURCH
Prominent Episcopal Clergymen Will
Conduct Services.
GRAVE BLASTED FROM ROCK
DIR. Lyle in Death Certificate Says
Cause Was "Heart
Failure"
IN TINY ST. JOHNS CHURCH
GRAVE BLASTED FROM ROCK


TURNER, N. Y, September 11.-When
/ the body of e. II. Hartman comes down
/ the mountain tomorrow from Arden house
10 the edge of the valley. where it's final
tIesting place is to be. 1t will be followed
by only such a funeral procession as
fwould be offered to a humble resident of
z the Ramapo hills, whose neighbors loved
Es1im enough to assemble to pay a final
tribute of respect.
Singing by the Grace Church choir
efrom New York and the presence OF a
few intimate personal friends from vari-
Gus parts of the country at family
service at 10 o'clock in the morning, will
be the only elements not provided by the
Ramapo valley folks. whose representa-
tives will be the active pallbearers.
The pathway down the mountain to the
valley over which the funeral party will
of the last few nights into the full height
of it's autumn glory. Ferns fringe the
pathway, while empurpled woodbine
twines thickly among the bordering pines.
The whole mountainside Is blanke,e ed
Tricky in foliage and where the steep
slope bends into the leveler stretches of
the valley bottom lies the grave, cavern
chiseled. drilled and blasted out of the
living rock that marks the ledge level be-
low the soil and gravel.
While workmen shaped the aperture a
large canopy overspread the new grave
and the grave Of Harriman.s first born
ssimple burial A brick lining to the stone
walls, slab of stone to cover the coffin,
land then the soil Of the country to cover
1T in to the top.
Not a Noticeable Grave.
In appearance there will be little to dis
ftinguish the newest grave in the churh-
5yard from the older ones of the village
tfolk who were the railroad masters neigh
sbors. All are alike In simplicity. Diff
7ferent only in that the newest is placed in
la secluded corner, and is sunAen into the
lsolid strata of the mountain whose crest
lis crowned by the summer homo Of the
Hartman family.A@.-s.4,~~-
It was Mr.. Harriman's wish that his
body should come down the winding
roadway through the forest and not
fdown the inclined railroad that he had
.nence of a stretch Of Union Pacific
sline.
To make this wish possible fifty men
fare today at work on the roadway. In
1.-THE morning sunshine that is following
tyesterday's rain. repairing, ballasting
and improving the road.
Besides the carriages on the Harri-
,man estate, twenty have been secured
Sfrom Central valley and Ramapo valley
r1ivery stables
To make the list Of active pallbear-
iers more completely representative OF
the estate workmen. it has been In
creased from six to eight names. The
latest two added are ]. Barlow Ford. q
son Of Supt. Charles T. Ford. and his
assistant in charge of the construction
work on Tower Hill, and George Bush,
the assistant superintendent of the Ar
den farms.
A Tiny Stone Chapel.
st. Johns Church. whose altar has been
- -
church, is tiny stone chapel set among
the forest pines. and not capable Of hold
ing more than 300 persons. There will
be services at this church. preliminary to
the interment, at 10 o'clock Sunday. The
family service at the Arden house will
be held. with the Rev. DR.. ]. Holmes
McGinness of Arden in charge. assisted
by Rt Rev. William Crosweli Doane of
Albany and Archdeacon Nelson Of the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine. In New
York.
The 60O-odd workmen Of the Hartman
estate met in groups today under their
respective superintendents and arranged
10 send floral tributes. one for each sepa-
rate group.
today in basketfuls and sent directly to
Arden house via the Arden station. Many
local friends and neighbors also addressed
condolences to those on Tower Hill.
The trains from New York brought
very few of Mr.. Harriman's former as
sociates, it evidently being the intention
of the main party to come early tomorrow
morning.
'"Heart Failure-Internal Complca-
tions."
Special Dispatch to The Star.
TURNER. N. Y. September 1.-THE
officially reported cause Of e. H. Harri-
mans death is heart failure. superin-
sduced by internal complications" This
was the reading Of the death certificate
as given to Undertaken I. d. Smith at
Arden house this morning to file with
TOWN Clerk Fitch at Highland Mills. The
death certificate is signed by DR.. w. G.
Lyle, and may become the only official
statement of the final illness Of the dead
financier.
Robert Gerry's statement that the ex-
act cause of death would probably never
be known had been allowed to stand as
the official announcement from Arden
Ihouse until DR.. Lyles statement on the
death certificate became public. The GER
Etihcate finally was filed with the state