The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12
PROMINENT FINANcIERS WILL
ATTEND oBsEouIEs OF
RAILROAD MAGNATE.
SPECIAL TRAIN PROVIDED
Many of Those Who Were Closely As
soeiased With the wizard OF Rail-
roads" During His Life Will Be
Present to Pay Last Respects to
One of the Greatest Financiers.

Arden, y. Y Sept. 1I,-Between 50
and 50 Of the country's most promi-
nent men, including financiers, law
yers, physicians and men well known
in the business world. win attend the
funeral OF Edward H. Hartman to-
morrow afternoon. They will come
from New York on special train. At
ST. Johns Episcopal church, little
stone chapel near the foot of Tower
hill, they viii join the group of mourn
ers who will have accompanied the
funeral procession from Arden house.
Several hours before the arrival of the
New York visitors a procession OF 500
workmen employed on the Hartman
estate VIII march slowly over the road
leading to the uncompIeted palace on
the hill. At o'clock In the morning
employees viii be permitted to file
through the room where lies the body
of the man of whom one OF them said
today:
AT times he seemed a workman like
ourselves, just an older workman.
whom We cared a good deal about"
Preeantion Taken.
No precautions have been omitted to
protect the funeral car on It's way
down the hill. Sixteen of the most
stalwart workmen will act as guard
of honor The ceremony at the house
at 10 a. m. viii be a communion serv-
Ice conducted BY the family chaplain.
the Rev. DIR. j. Holmes McGuine<s
None will be present but Mrs. Harri-
man and children. At IL o'clock the
.nl tsaN
at st. Johns church, at which DIR.
MeGniness will deliver the only eulogy.
No pains have been spared to make
the funeral Itself. at o'clock. as pri-
vata as possible. To prevent the in
trusion of persons not specially bid
den. 50 men win guard all the ap-
proaches 10 the church and the three
miles of road over which the funeral
cortege will wind The town boards
of Woodbury. and Tuxedo voted today
to close the roads In those townships
leading to st. Johns church.
Or all the tokens of respect. none
Is more striking than that OF the Erie
railroad. that runs through Arden. Ev-
cry train on this system will stand still
between 3: 30 and 3: 33 tomorrow after
noon while the funeral services are In
progress. The steel easket In which
Mr.. Harriman's body will rest arrived
this afternoon from New York.
Hermetieaily Sealed.
In this all that remains of the great
railroad man viii be Theoretically
sealed before Ii is lowered into the
sbrick-lined vault. hewn in the rock in
the hillside. II is estimated that flow
ers already received and yet to come
will fill four freight cars. There was
a steady stream of carriages and au-
,omobiies all day. bringing the trib-
utes up to Arden house. Mrs. Harrl-
man tonight ordered that all additional
flowers be sent direct to the church.
Floral tributes have accumulated at
the Erie station In Jersey City in such
quantities that two special cars will
be used to bring them up to Arden
tomorrow morning. The telegraph Of
flee has received more than 4an mes
sages expressing condolences. Mes
sages from Mrs. Nicholas Longworth.
], p. Morgan. Thomas Ryan and
Charles P. Taft were among those that
came today.
Heart Failure.
p, :. Spendleton. acting town clerk
at Highland Mills, with whom the
death certificate must be filed before
the funeral, said today that he might
insist upon Il more specific deserip-
ton Of the cause of Mr.. Harriman's
death than that which was given In
the certificate 10 the undertaken. In
that DIR. W. @. Lyle merely stated.
Heart failure, superinduced by in
testinaI complications"
However. no bitch in the ceremony
is expected.
The Rev. DIR. William craswell
poane. Episcopal bishop If Albany.
who had been requested to assist in
conducting the funeral services. nofI-
fled the family that he would be un-
able 10 do 50. In view Of this. DIR.
AcGuinness will probably he assisted
only by Arehdeaeon Nelson OF -.