Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-09-10

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funeral arrangements briefly tonight He
said that Mr.. Hartman would be buried in
the family plot in the little graveyard be-
hind st. Johns Episcopal church at Arden.
He will rest beside his eldest son, Edward
H. Hartman. jr., who died twenty-five
to Arden.
A shaft Of blue stone, quarried from the
steep sides Of Tower Hill. marks the grave
Of the baby Edward and It is probable that
a similar stone OF modest size will be
erected over the last resting place of his
held at $50 on Sunday afternoon next and
It is understood will be strictly private.
NO Operation Performed.
DR.. Lyle, who has been Mr.. Harriman's
physician throughout this last Illness has
issued no statement concerning his illness
OF the cause Of death, but the general
understanding is that there was no op-
Grafton. Four persons are authority for
this belief They are Mrs simons, his
sister; Charles T. Ford, superintendent OF
the Hartman estate; William A. Nc
Clellan, superintendent Of the Arden Farm
Dairy company, and Thomas B. Price, Mr.
Hartman personal secretary in the Union
Pacific offices. All four made such q
mans death.
Mrs. Simons discussed his death this
evening with moVe freedom than any one
else but even she professed not TO know
the exact nature her brothers ailment.
Her eyes were red with weeping and her
voice broke with emotion as she said:
"You have heard the sad news. My dear
brother passed away peacefully in the
presence Of all the members of our family"
End Comes at 1,8O p. M.
What time did Mr.. Hartman dieY'' she
was asked.
About 1880 this afternoon" was the un-
expected answer.
She said emphatically that there had
been no operation then became so over
come by her feelings that she begged to
be excused and said she could not describe
the scenes at the house during the last
hours of her brothers life. Her husband,
Charles d. Simons said he had not arrived
In time to see Mr.. Hartman before he
law died at 1886.
Then Mrs. simons was wrong when
she said l:30?'
Mr.. simons hestated and then said
We'll, was not there. you know, when
he died.
Former Judge r. S. Lovett, chief counsel
| for the Union Pacific and Southern Pa
| cicflc railroads, the best known Of the Har-
riman lines did not reach Tower Hill in
time for a last farewell of his chief. II
was 5:S5 this evening when he reached
Arden and he declined to say anything
whatever regarding the time, the cause
or any other circumstances surrounding
Mr. Harriman's death.
Active to the End.
Earlier in the day, before the crisis waf
at hand, Mr. Hartman talked with
Thomas B. Price, his personal secretary
in the New York offices Of the Union
Pacific. This was one Of the strongest
evidences that the railroad mans master
mind was alert to the end, for It is be-
lieved that Mr.. Price was summoned tc
enable the dying financier to give som,
instructions concerning his vast affairs.
Mr.. Price arrived at. 1910 a m, but re-
turned to New York at Las. II Mr.. Har.
riman's death occurred before he left tn,
house, his words did not indicate It wher
he departed MT, Harriman's condition,
he said at the time, was fairly encour
aging" He added that there had been nC
change. He had been sent for, he said
to transact some business.
Although his family, and perhaps two o.
three associates, had known that Mr.. Har
riman might die at any time since hi
relapse last Sunday, the news OF his deatf
was comparatively unexpected in the vi
cinity OF Arden. And in some respects
there are indications that 1t was unex
pected in New York so early. The bes
proof of this was that Judge Lovett, VIII,
has spent practically every night at tn
house since Sunday last. returned to New
York this morning as usual, and was no
on mana Wnen Jn6 man whose mantle n
may now wear--forf he is spoken of by
some as Mr.. Harriman's successor
breathed his last. Dr. Lyle issued a state
ment this morning saying that the pa
TENTS condition was unchanged. But be
fore the afternoon was well underway h
was dead.
Undertaken from Turner.
In keeping with the simple arrangement
for the funeral an undertaken from Tur
ner. N Y. the nearest railroad station I
Arden, was pressed into service tonigh
to perform the last services that human
E hands will render to the dead before inter
ment One of the men who assisted tn
! embalmers said that the body bore n
sign of any recent operation.
The famiy's decision in selecting tn
little country graveyard on the hillside nea
2 here, far removed from the scene Of Mr.
. Harriman's business triumphs, is the firs
evidence that they intend to maintain AT
den as their home The unfinished pal
ace that covers Tower hill and the grea
estate that surrounds 1t was one OF MI
] EEarrinauis dearest hubbtea During tn