Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-09-17
HARTMAN FUNERAL
EPISCOPAL SERVICE SUNDAY
WAS IMPRESSIVE.
Great Ruler of Wall Street Laid to Ra,.
on Hillside of His Great Estate
Funeral Decidedly Private-FlOvar.
by Carload Arrived-san Frono,..
Holds Services.

Arden, N. Y, Sept. 12.-Throuob a.,
quiet aisles of Ramapo woods the bod,,
of Edward III. Hartman was oorn;a5
today from the great house he nevar
lived to see finished and laid in its loSt
resting place on the Arden hillside
The rulers of Wall street came fron,
New York to pay their last tribute hut
the most prominent part in the cere.
mony was taken by the men who know
him best as country squire and mas.
ter of the great estate which contains
over $4,000 acres of hill and vollo,,
His general superintendent, his mastsr
carpenter, his master mason and the
manager and assistant manager Of bio
dairies, his farms and his trot+;no
stables bore his coffin.
The funeral was private and onlv
those who were personal friends of tho
family and had received invitations
from Mrs. Hartman were admitted
The out-of town party arrived at Ar.
den at 3:15 on special train.
Holds Two Services.
The first service was holy com.
munion, celebrated at 10 a. m. by the
Rev. j. Holmes McGuiness, for Mrs
Hartman and her children at their
home on Tower hill.
At II o'clock came public meeting
service at St, John IS Episcopal church,
and parishioners, who on account of
lack of space were unable to attend
the funeral service later. The Harri.
man pews were left vacant. Mrs.
Charles D. Simons, Mr.. Harriman's sis.
ter, her husband, two daughters and
Orlando Hartman, brother, were the
only relatives present.
Instead of the usual morning sermon
DR.. McGuiness, the pastor, delivered
memorial address.
Precautions for Privacy
Elaborate precautions were taken to
preserve the privacy of the afternoon
service. Several score of employees,
aided by a number of policemen, guard.
ed all roads over which the funeral
procession passed and kept watch at
intervals in the yards around the path
of woods which includes the Hartman
burial plot.
Eight carriages followed the hearse
from Arden house.
The casket-one solid mass of lilies
of the valley and green vines, with an
immense bunch of crimson roses on
tOp-was carried to the altar by eight
bearers in black and wearing skull
caps The regular funeral service in
the church was conducted by DIR. Nc
Guinness, assisted by the Rev. G. Mel
son, archdeacon of the Cathedral of
st. John the Divine, in New York A
male quartet and the choir of Grace
church, New York, sang "Abide With
Me" and "There Is a Land of Pure
Delight, " Mr.. Hartman s favOrite
hymns.
The service lasted but 20 minutes
Then the bearers carried the casket
to the burial plot, 100 yards up the
hill.
There was no room inside the burial
ground for more than Is or 20 besides
the mourners and the two officiating
ministers. Others stood outside and
looked over the stone wall.
Tomb in Solid Rock.
The casket was lowered into the
brick lined vault hewn in the rock OF
the hillside.
1t was o'clock when Archdeacon
Nelson took a handful of earth ana,
sprinkling it over the bed of lines
that hid the steel casket, consigned
the body of Edward H. Hartman 70
the earth. Mrs. Hartman and her
children drove home Immediately atIel
the ceremony. j
Every one of Mr.. Hartman s fr1enu1
in Arden and Turner received remenll
brance of the day when the flowers
that have been arriving by every tram
for the past "a hours were distributes
Altogether, the flowers would na'1
filled three express cars.
Memorial Service, San Francisco
{ San Francisco Trinity Eplscopal
church was crowded Sunday with RAN
, road men of the city, friends and ou'i
ness associates of Edward Il. Hartman
to whose memory the service was ueu
= Gated.
Bishop Nichols delivered the sermon.
!, dwelling on the powerful perSona"'
E of the departed leader.
All Wheels Stop a Minute.
1 Just at the time the funeral serViy'
in Arden began, every wheel on u
: Southern Pacific system over the WIZ
Pacific coast ceased to move FVi
S seconds there was complete suspense
: of activity on all lines.
\ Cause of His Death !,
f "Pernicious anemia and edema OF "
+ lungs" was the chief cause OF buNa
f H. Hartman IS death, as officially s'@'
by DIR. W. G. Lyle of New YORK AZ,
: DR.. Lyle also states positlveiy "a
: Mr.. Hartman IS death occurred az
: p. m. on September 9.
l., was 81 Years Old.
o Mr.. Hartman IS age at the TIM
e his death was given as 81 yeai so,t
}, months IS days, and it was SET aa Lar 80
: that he had lived in Arden for e
n Worth over 100000, ooO'
IA - s+o4o5 +ba+ +be will of Harm