The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16
KING
LAID TO REST
IN SOLID ROCK
Funeral of E. H. Hartman Is
Private, but Public Memorial
Service Is Held.

Arden, n. Y, Sept. 1~5.-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 INK laid in
its last resting place on the Arden hill
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 II valley in this,
the most rugged quarter of Orange
his master carpenter and master mason,
and the managers and assistant nan
ayers of mis- dairies, his farms and of
his trotting stables We're the men who
bore his coffin. aq,d the services We're
led by his chaplain.
Funeral Is Private.
The pines and oaks that surrounded
the little Episcopal church OF st. Johns,
half a mile up the hill from the Arden
railway station. never before sheltered
such Il distinguished gathering as stood
b~areheaded under their shade by the
private. and only those who We're per-
sonallN acquainted With the family and
had received an invitation from Mrs.
Hartman We're admitted.
The out of town party arrived at
Arden at 3:15 M q special train which
left the Erie station in Jersey City at
. p. NJ. AT Arden they We're met by
/ aipEf ravrXro11C which tnnE thnyr lin Tho
hill to the chapel. A few were neigh
bors who drove over from their coun-
try homes in the Ranapao valley.
Public Memorial Service.
The first service was holy commune \,
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
isf,ioners of the church, who, on ac-
count Of lack of space, We're unable
to attend the funeral service later. The
Hartman pews We're left vacant. Mrs.
Charles D. Simons, Mr.. Harriman's sis
ter. her husband and wv daughters,
and Orlando H. Hartman, a brother,
were h only relatives present.
A special communion was celebrated
for them during the service Mr.. Har-
riman's two nleces, daughters of Mrs.
Simons. IA in the choir. lust above
them behind the small organ was a
motto on the wall:
"Give Aims to Thy God"
The private funeral ceremony lasted
only 90 minutes.
Grave Of Masnate
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 henlock that hem it
on every side except that toward the
road. One of his own 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 90 besides the
mourners and the two officiating clergy
men. Others stood in the road out
side and looked over the high stone
wall. The supplied choir took it's stand
away, where hidden from view, they
sang the hymns that accompanied the
burial: II Heard a Voice from Heav-
en-" and "Hark, Hank. My Soul"
Several hundred of the Hartman en-.
ployes and 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
T.. 1t was 5 o'clock when Archdeacor
Nelson took a handful Of earth and
sprinkling it over the bed Of lilies tina
hid the metal casket, consigned tn,
body Of Edward H. Hartman to tn,
earth of the spot he loved best.
Mrs. Hartman and her children drov'
home immeditely after the ceremony