New-York tribune., 1909-09-11
PLAN SIMPLE FUNERAL
MRS. H4RRIMAN TAKES
CHARGE At ARDEN.
Three Pirate Services Will Be Held
Bishop Doane and ArchdeacOn
Nelson to ORcidte.
tBy telegraph to The Tribunal

man were completed to-day by Mrs. Hartman
who has taken full charge Of all affairs at Ar
den House since the death of Mr.. Hartman
There will be three services, two at ST. Johns
Episcopal Church, in the village and one at the
house. but all will be private. only the immedi-
ate family and close friends being allowed to be
present. Simplicity is the keynote Of the ar
rangements. Bishop Doane. of Albany, and
ArchdeacOn Nelson. of the Cathedral Of ST. John
the Divine. will take part 4 is explained, how
ever. that they join in the Service because they
are old and close friends of the family and not
from any wish for display.
The first service will be at 10 a. m. Sunday.
This will be a private service at the house for
the family. An hour later. at II o'clock, Holy
Communion will be celebrated at st. Johns
Episcopal Church. and there will. be a men1oria!
address by the Rev. DR.. J. Holmes McGuiness,
the rector. At p. m. the body will be taken
from the house 20 the church. and at o'clock
there will be funeral service at the church and
the burial in Arden clurchyard. Bishop Doane
and Archdeacon Nelson will offlciate at the af-
ternoon service, assisted by DR.. McGuiness The
music will be by the choir Of Grace Church.
New York
Twenty-Five teams have been gathered in
from Tuxedo Park. Central Valley and Highland
Mills, and these, with teams from the Hartman
stables. Will bring the funeral party from the
house 70 the church Many Of the carriages will
be occupied by workrnen from Arden House, and
the actual pallbearers wifi all be men who were
in Mr Harrimans employ. They will be c. T.
Ford. overseer of Arden House; ]. Borlan Ford.
son of c. T. Ford and his first assistant William
Viner manager Of the Arden farm; William
Robbins superintendent of the stock farm at
Goshen: l. w Mandigo, master carpenter; E. P.
Schultz master mason: William A. Mcclellan,
treasurer Of the Arden Farms Dairy Company.
and George W. Bush, assistant superintendent
Of the Arden Farms Dairy Company.
SIXTY WORK on ROAD IN RAIN.
Sixty men were at work all to-day in a down
pour of rain clearing up what is known as the
new road UP Tower Hill The road is not yet
finished and there was still a temporary track
on II this morning. Mr.. Hartman had ex-
pressed the wish that his body be carried TO his
grave over this road and the men were put to
work to-day tearing up the track and getting
the road in shape so that Mr.. Harriman's wish
could be carried out.
St Johns Church seats 125 persons After
the family and close friends have entered the
church the workmen at Arden house will be
allowed to fill the remaining seats. Strict or
ders have been given that no strangers are to
be admitted. At $50 O'Clock on Sunday every
wheel on the sixty thousand miles of railroad
controlled by Mr.. Hartman will stop for one
minute
Mr. Harrimans grave will be in the solid
rock. and worknen were busy to-day blasting
out the rock and walling the sides with brick.
The Hartman family was much exercised to-
day over the statement that Mr.. Hartman
died at 1:30 O'Clock and that the news was con-
cealed until the stock market had closed, when
the announcement was made that he had died
at 3:35 o'clock. Mrs. Simons, who was quoted
yesterday as saying that her brother had died
at 1>90 o'clock. to-day said that she mis-
taken: that she was not at the bedside and
that Mr. Hartman had died at 3:35 O'Clock.
DR.. ". G. Lyle gave out this statement to-
day:
The report published to-day that Mr. Harri-
man died at 1:30 p. m. is absolutely false. He
died at S:35 p. m, Immediately an
nounced both at Arden and at No. 120 Broad
way. Mrs sinons did not arrive until after his
death. and authorizes me TO deny that she in
tended TO make any statement fixing the
time"
JUDGE LOvETT RETURNS.
Judge R S Lovett returned to New York toe
day at GIG p. m. through train being stopped
for him at Arden. Before getting on the train
he said that Mr. Hartman died at 3:35 o. M
DR.. McGuiness said this evening that he
positive that Mr.. Hartman died at 3:33 O'clock
He said that Mrs. Simons did not arrive at the
house until after the death. and that she was a
nervous and hysterical woman, who would he
likely 10 make a mistake at such a time.
There We're seemingly authoritative reports
current here to-day that Mr.. Hartman died as
the result of operation that was performed
on Monday to remove a cancerous growth. In
a cable dispatch from Vienna DR.. Adolf Stru-
empel is quoted s saying that he had diagnosed
Mr.. Harriman's illness in July as cancer of the
sician. He adds that he said an operation was
not hopeless The story is told here that the
operation was performed on Monday by DR.
George f. Brewer or DIR. Walter L. James, as
a last desperate resort. The story originates.
do all such reports, from persons intimately
connected with the Hartman household. It is
supported by the known arrival of a surgeon
and two nurses Monday II is told. also.
good authority that Immediately after the
death number Of bandages and sponges were
given 10 a servant to, burn.
Judge Lovett expressly denied to-day that
there had been an operation. c. T. Ford again
denied that there had been an operation. Dr.
McGuiness said that he did not know what the
family believed TO be the of death.
81 have never heard cancer mentioned by any
member of the family" he said. Everybody
believed to the day Of his death that Mr.. Harri-
man was going 20 get Well"
DEATH CERTIFICATE NOT FILED.
Or. McGuiness added that he did not know
whether Mr. Hartman knew Of Professor Stru-
empells diagnosis. The death certificate has
not yet been filed. The blank has been left at
the house, and it is expected that Dr. Lyle will
fill II out tomorrow, when fl will be- filed and
the official statement Of the cause of death
known. DR.. Lyle went TO New York this morn
ing, coming back 10 Arden this evening
Before Judge LOvett got on the train to-day