The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-17

Mr.. Harriman's de; h had been cx-
oected for several da.'s. On last Sun
lay he suffered a serious relapse due
to an tack of acute indigestion and
ne was unable TO rally from the critic
al condition which then threatened his
life. With him at the time of death
we're all the members of his imme-
iiate family and DR.. Lyle.
Mr.. Hartman died at his home on
Tower Island, near Arden, Orange
county, n. Y.
Mr. Hartman las been Ill for sew
eral months. The exact nature Of his
illness has been carefully withheld
from the public but it is the consen-
sus of opinion that he suffered from
cancer or chro, ic indigestion.
Several months ago he went abroad
10 consult prominent European spe-
cialists, and then took the cure at
Badgastien. This did him little, if
any good, and he rushed home, arriv
ing here Oh Aug. 81. much before the
time he had set for his return.
He walked from the steamer to a
waiting tug, and later to special
rain. which took him to his mountain
home.
Every newspaper man who saw him
declared the walk was a superhuman
effort TO cause people to believe he
was not a dying man, thus making an
effort for the purpose of bolstering up
stocks.
From tie day he was taken to ar
len it was thought he was a dying
nan. There have been frequent con-
'erences of nc I'd surgeons and physi-
cibnS at the Hartman home. Their
,omings and goings have been hidden
deep secrecy. Finally a bulletin
was issued in which it was admitted
hat Mr.. Hartman was very sick
man, and said that the physicians,
while declaring an operation would
De necessary, had nevertheless deter
mined to postpone it until Hartman
was stronger. Saturday he took a
short automobile ride
When he returned to the house he
was in a state of coma and had to be
car .ted to his bed, from which he
never arose.
Sunday and Monday there were
scene. of great activity about the Har-
riman home and it was evident that
The great financier was dying. All the
while the Hartman physicians were
optimistic. AS late as 9 o'clock in the
morning, DR.. Lyle, Mr.. Harrimans
private physician, issued a bulletin in
which he said Mr.. Harrinans condi-
ion was unchanged.
At that time it was almost positive
iy known to the army of waiting
lewspapermen that Hartman was be-
ng kept alive by frequent inhalations
Of oxygen and that he was lying in a
oed OF ice bags to keep down his few
er.
vienna-Professor Adolph Struem-
pell, the Viennese specialist, whom
the late E. H. Hartman came to Eu-
rope to consult, now admits that when
he saw Mr.. Hartman in July he dia-
gnosed his complaint as cancer.
Professor Struempell, who now is
at Breslau, has sent the following
signed statement to the Associated
Press:
Il diagnosed Mr.. Harriman's COM
plant as carcinoma of the stomach,
the end of July. could not, of
course, communicate this diagnosis to
private inquirers, but l informed Mr.
Harrimans American physicians that
the conditions did not indicate that an
operation was hopeless. l FASTENED
Mr.. Harriman's departure homeward.
Arden, New York--The funeral of
E. H. Hartman was held here Sunday
from st. Johns Episcopal church. The
services, which were strictly private
and attended only by immediate fam
lily and few lifelong friends, were
conducted by the Rev. j. Holmes Nc
Guinness.
The pail bearers were six men in
charge Of the various departments of
Mr.. Harriman's estate at Arden and
Turner. They are: Charles T. Ford,
general superintendent; W. NJ. Viner,
manager of the farm at Arden; Will
liam Robbins. superintendent of Mr..
Harriman's stock farm and in gen.
sral charge OF his trottihg horses at
Goshen; P. w. Nandiog, his master
carpenter; E. p. Schultz, master ma
son. and William A. Mcclellan, super
intendent Of the Arden farms dairy
company.
The list Of honorary pail bearers
has not been announced.
The milliona:re's body viii rest in
= grave blasted from the solid rock on
the Hillside. This method OF burial
was adopted when his oldest son Ed
ward H. Hartman. Jr.. was buried
twenty-five years ago. The Hartman
plot IL in far corner of the grave
yard and the only spot in the enclo-
sure where the blue stone of Tower
ALL rises to the surface.
Had Property in South Dakota.
Deadvood. South Dakota. = For
many years Edward Fl. Hartman has
been largely identified with .ba ch;cf