The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-16
RAILWAY KING
LAID TO REST
IN SOLID ROCK
Funeral Of n. II. Hartman Is
Private, but Public Memorial
Service Is Held.

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Arden, N. X. Sept. 1S.--Through the
quiet aisle OF the Ramapao woods the
body OF Edward II. Hartman was car-
ried yesterday from the great house he
never lived to see finished and laid In
its last resting place on the Arden hill
side. The rulers OF Wall street came
from New York to pay their last trib-
ute. but the most prominent part in
the ceremonies was taken by the men
who knew him best as a country squire.
master OF the great estate. which COW
ers $4,000 acres OF hill and valley in this.
the most rugged quarter of Orange
county. His general superintendent,
his master carpenter and master mason,
and the managers and assistant man
ayers Of his diaries, his farms and OF
his trotting stables were the men who
bore his coffin, and the services were
led by his own chaplain.
Funeral IL Private.
The pines n oaks that surrounded
the little Episcopal church Of st. Johns,
half a mile up the hill from the Arden
TdllWaY SIdIlOn, never USIUIe S1clIGTeu
such q distinguished gathering as stood
bareheaded under their shade by the
grave this afternoon. The funeral was
private, and only those who were per-
sonally acquainted with the family and
had received an invitation from Mrs.
Hartman were admitted.
The out of town party arrived at
Arden at 3:15 on a special train which
left the Erie station In Jersey City at
2 ID, m. At Arden they were met by
eight c~arryalls, which took them up the
hill to the chapel. A Few were neigh
bors who drove over from their our
try homes in the Ramapao valley.
Public Memorial Service.
The first service was holy communiol.
celebrated at 10 a. M. by the Rev. j,
Holmes McGuiness for Mrs. Hartman
and her children at their home on
Tower hill. At IL o'clock came a public
memorial service at st. Johns church
for the employees of the estate and par-
ishioners OF the church, who on ac-
count of lack Of space, were unable
to attend the funeral service later. The
Hartman pews were left vacant. Mrs.
Charles ID. Simons, Mr.. Harriman's sis
ter. her husband and two daughters.
and Orlando III. Hartman, a brother,
were the only relatives present.
A special communion al celebrated
for them during the service. Mr.. Har-
riman's w nieces, daughters of Mrs.
Simons,, sang. In. theachoir. Just above
them behind the small organ was a
motto on the wall:
Give Aims to Thy God"
The private funeral ceremony lasted
only 20 minutes.
Grave Of Masnats
Mr.. Hartman lies In a little clearing
not 10 feet from the roadway. His
grave, hewn from the rock of the steep
hillside, will always be fragrant with
the balsam and hemlock that hem 1t
on every side except that toward the
road. One OF his W gardeners could
not have chosen a less ostentatious
place for his last sleep.
There was not room inside the rail
for more than Is or 20 besides the
mourners and the two officiating clergy
men. others stood In the road out.
side and oOked over the high stone
wall. The surpliced choir took its stand
in another small clearing 10 yards
away, where hidden from view, they
sang the hymns that accompanied the
burial: II Heard a Voice from Heav-
en-" and "Hark, Hark, My Soul"
Several hundred of the Hartman en-
ployes m their families stood with
barred heads outside the church during
the service and gathered at a respectful
distance from the grave during the in
terment.
II was 6 o'clock when Archdeacon
Nelson took a handful OF earth and,
sprinkling IL over the bed of lilies that
hid the metal casket, consigned the
body Of Edward Fl. Hartman to The
earth of the spot he loved best.
Mrs. Hartman and her children drove
home immeditely after the ceremony.