Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-09-15
E. H. HARTMAN DEAD
End Came Yesterday After.
noon After a Heroic
Fight.
Figure in Wall Street
Activity-His Marvellous Develop
ment of Railway Systems.
Financial Conditions.

Arden, NJ Y, Sept. Edward H.
| Hartman, the greatest organizer OF
| railroads the world has ever known,
| met the only lasting defeat OF his ac-
tive life today at the hands of death
| Secluded in his magnificent home on
Tower Hill, surrounded by members
of his family, physicians and nurses,
| he succumbed to an intestinal disor-
der this afternoon after fight against
disease which will rank for sheer
grit with his remarkable struggles in
| the financial world.
| The exact time of his death is
known only in that limited circle of
relatives and associates who have so
effectively shielded Mr.. Hartman
from all outside annoyances during
his last illness. The time was given
to the world at 1886 p. m, but Mrs.
Mary Simons, sister of the dead man,
said tonight that the end had come at
1870, more than two hours previous.
| Whether this apparent discrepancy
has any bearing on the current belief
that every effort was made to lessen
the influence of the fnancier's death
on the New York stock market is
problematical. But it is significant
| that the time of his death as officially
| announced was just 35 minutes after
the trading had ceased on the ex-
| change.
| Mr.. Hartman died peacefully and
almost to the end his brilliant mind
retained it's integrity. After a relapse
on Sunday he sank steadily, and soon
after the noon hour today there came
a relapse which marked the approach
of the end. His wife, two daughters,
the Misses Mary and Carol, and his
sons, who have been constantly with
him, assembled at the bedside, and
carriage was hastily dispatched for
Mrs Simons, whose home is here in
Arden, three miles from the Tower
Hill mansion.
Driving hurriedly up the mountain
| side, Mrs. Simons entered the great
silent house in time to be present at
her brothers death. She Joined the
wife and children, who with DIR. w. G..
Lyle, of New York, and Orlando Har-
riman, a brother, and the nurses,
formed a group at the bedside. Mr..
| and Mrs. Robert L. Gerry were also
present. Mrs. Gerry is Mr.. Harri-
mans daughter.
No spiritual adviser was at hand.
The swiftest automobile in the Harri-
man garage had been dispatched for
the Rev. DR.. J. Holmes McGuiness,
an Episcopal rector of Arden Parish.
and Mr.. Harriman's personal chap
lain, but Mr.. McGuiness was not at
home When found later. although
rushed up the mountainside ut break
neck speed, he did not arrive until
death had come to Arden house.
With the secrecy that has been
maintained at the Hartman residence
) unbroken to the very end, news of Mr.
t Harriman's death was conveyed to
II New York before it came to Arden
and the valley below. Then by way
: of New York the report that death
= had arrived at the great estate or
e Tower Hill spread quickly and con
( firmation was sought at the residence
ny lOIOPAOAO. ouA Ah5 NAO PoSe IOA
n days rumors have been so persisten
r and variable that little credence wa
e | at first given the report and 1t was
g | shock when a voice on the hill re
piled: ''Yes, that is correct, Mr.. Har
i riman died at 1856 p M the speak
It er was evidently an employee.
;tI Soon afterwards the hundreds o
10&a
n estate learned of the death when
oI page came out on the lawn and an
x nounced simply: you may all qui
ID work, Mr.. Hartman is dead"
Isl While the policy of reticence ths
IS prevailed during Mr.. Harrir1an's i'll
rs ness was maintained by most of hi
relatives and associates after h
death, Orlando Hartman who's
home is in New York, discussed th
r. funeral arrangements briefly tonigh
81 He said that Mr.. Hartman would
IL buried in the family plot iIz the lit
90 graveyard behind St. JohTHs Episc'
r. pal Church at Arden. He5 will re
ha beside his eldest son, Ed. III HarI
~ man, Jr., who died two fears ag
AT soon after the family firss came
.bt Arden.
* Effect on Financial NDrld.
-. Mr.. Harriman's death cSmes at
time when in general the business {
- fairs of the country are III excelle
- condition, with a realization OF tho
bountiful crops which he himself,
one of his last notable interVie
Lrophesied would be one OF the gre
est sustaining factors off Americ
CT edit. With these facts u Elind a
:. the general knowledge that Mr.. HI
rimaa in any event coulF not 10
continue his active career wall str
Ike had already prepared itself for
tha end which came today. There was
ro feeling of shock or alarm thereto
ka when the announcement cam ?. beye
the sentiment of universal perso
tbv sorrow, and as the hours s2rogres
om- it became evident that there was
and general feeling of security and e.
i'm of serenity as to the future.