Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-10
HARTMAN MOURNEO
IN FINANCIAL WORLD
His Great Fight for Life Stirs
the Hearts of His Many
Friends.
STOCK EXCHANGE FLAG
AT HALF-MAST TODAY
Funeral Will Be Held at Arden on
Sunday.
GRIEF OvERCOMES FAMILY
Almost to the End the Great Finan-
cier Directed His Studen-
Ek
Funeral Will Be Held at Arden on
Sunday.
GRIEF 0vERCoMEs FAMILY

ARDEN. September 1O.-With the pass
ing of E. H. Hartman from the realm
of business. where he had long occupied
dominant position, achieved by remark
able genius and intense energy, the at
tention of hosts of his friends and admir-
ers turned today to the stricken family
In the silent house on Tower Hill. The
magnificent courage with which Mr.. Har-
riman faced the unconquerable enemy
was characteristic of the man and stirred
the emotions not only Of those who had
been close to the railroad financier, but
ELECTED tributes from men who had been
his opponents in many business fray
Almost to the very last the mind OF
the man who had never given up in de-
feat continued actively directing the
great business he had built up His last
instructions were delivered to a subordi-
nate only few hours before his death.
Constant vigil had been maintained at
the Hartman home all during the night
preceding his death, for the members of
his family realized that only the stern
will power Of the man sustained him in
the unequal fight he was waging A
crisis was anticipated at any moment,
lls
abundantly expressed when he returned
from' Europe to take, as he said, 1.-THE
after-cure." gave hope that he might yet
survive the critical stage.
Judge Lovett at House.
Ex-Judge Robert 8. Lovett, vice presi-
dent of the Union Pacific and one of Mr..
Harranens closest associates, remained
: at the tq4 all Wednesday night AL
though the patients vitality was at a
low stage and he was suffering from a
morning and endeavored to cheer his
despairing wife and children.
Don't worry. my dear" he said to his
eangnter' eany e, %. Miss s,; Mary Hartman. Il am
Some hours later it became apparent
that the end of the brilliant career was
approaching, and the members of Mr..
Harrlmans family were summoned to
those present, the scene enacted was
most affecting as the husband and father
Dade his wife and children goodbye.
With unfaltering courage. but ebbing
strength. he clasped hands with all for
the last time, embraced them spoke
words Of cheer to his wife and daughters
and OF advice to his sons Roland and
Averell.
Roland. the youngest son, who has been
his fathers constant companion during
his illness. was shaking with sobs as his
father clasped him. in his arms and whfs-
pered the farewell words
Arrangements for the funeral (which
is to be held here Sunday from st.
Johns Episcopal Church. were completed
today. The services, which are to be
strictly private and attended only by the
friends. will be conducted by the Rev,
j. Holmes McGuinness at $3.50 pm.
Active Pallbearers Chosen.
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men in charge Of the various departments
OF Mr. Harriman's estates at Arden and
Turner. They are Charles T. Ford. his
general superintendent: William viner.
manager of the farm at Arden; William
Robbins, superintendent of Mr.. Harri-
mans stock farm and in general charge
or his trotting horses at Goshen; p w.
Mandlgo. his master carpenter: E. p.
Schuitz. master mason. and William A.
Mcclellan superintendent of the Arden
Farm Dairy Company.
The list of honorary pallbearers has not
Yet been announced.
The millionaires body will rest in a
grave blasted from the solid rock of the
hillside This method of burial was
adopted when his oldest son, Edward H.
Hartman. jr.. was buried, twenty-five
years ago. The Hartman plot is in a
SPOT In the enclosure where the blue Stone
OF ToWer hill rises to the surface. Men
oegan work today quarrying out the
grave.
the landscape presented a scene in con-
sonance with the sorrow that hangs over
this portion of the Ramapo valley Lit
lie or no work was done today in the
villages of Turner and Arden The two
hundred or more workmen on the Harri-
man estates have been laid of until Mon
day. Few Of them know whether or not
they will ever be allowed to return to
ffnfr A.,%
own future is for the time being over
shadowed by grief over the death of their
employer. William A Mcclellan, the
superintendent of the Hartman dairies,
station that he believed the work Of COM
pleting Arden House and laying out the
grounds would go on after the funeral
according to Mr.. Harriman's plans.
That was his wish,' he said. land ]
believe 1t will be carried out"
i nave lost the best friend ever had"
declared Mr.. Mcclellan. land the best
friend OF every man here"
Yes. that's so. said several OF his
listeners. "There'll never be another boss
like him.
Daughter May Be Manager.
The belief here is that the active man.
agement of the Tower Hill improvements
Will devolve upon his Oldest daughter
Mary Hartman had always been her
fathers companion In his walks and
drives about the estate. The men say
that in mental makeup she approaches
her father nearer than any of the other
children.
Mrs. Hartman, 1t is said, would be
glad to return to the old Hartman farm
home at the foot of the hill. which the
family occupied when they first came to
Arden twenty-five years ago. This spot
Is hallowed for her by the death of her
frstborn SON and the birth of the three
younger children. In spite of all its cas-
tied magnificence, Arden House to her
will always recall the last days of her
husband. When the financier came there
August Il he was already a dying man
The house has not a cheerful association
Its broad halls. its great dining room and
its rows of guest chambers have never
been used to entertain any guests other