Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-09-18
EPISCOPAL SERVICE SUNDAY
WAS IMPRESSIVE.
Great Ruler of Wall Street Laid to Rest
on Hillside of His Great Estate
Funeral Decidedly Private-Flowers
by Carload Arrived-San Francisco
Holds Services.

of Edward ii. Hartman was carried
today from the great house he never
lived to see finished and laid in its last
resting place on the Arden hillside.
The rulers of Wall street came from
New ork to pay their last tribute, but
the most prominent part in the cere-
mony was taken by the men who knew
him best as a country squire and mas
ter of the great estate which contains
over $4,000 acres of hill and valley.
His general superintendent, his master
carpenter, his master mason and the
manager and assistant manager of has
dairies, his farms and his trotting
stables bore his coffin.
The funeral was private and only
those who were personal friends of the
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.
The first service was holy com
munion, celebrated at 10 a. m by the
Rev. J. Holmes McGuiness, for Mrs,
Hartman and her children st their
home on Tower hill.
At IL clock came a p00lic meeting
service at st. John S 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.. Hartman 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 a
memorial address.
Precautions for Privacy.
Elaborate precautions were, taken to
preserve the privacy of the afternoon
service. Several score of employees,
aided by 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 il
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 Will
Me'' and "There Is Land of Pure
Delight Mr.. Hartman s favorit'
hymns.
The service lasted but 20 minutes
Then the bearers carried the cas1e
to the burial plot, 100 yards up tn
hill.
There was no room inside the buria
ground for more than IS or 20 beside
the mourners and the two Officiating
ministers. Others stood outside an
looked over the stone wall.
Tomb in Solid Rock.
The casket was lowered into tn
brick lined vault hewn in the rock o
the hillside.
III WAS D o clOCh WHtH hiOhNCoSO
Nelson took handful of earth and
sprinkling it over the bed of lille
that hid the steel casket, consigne
the body of Edward H. Hartman
the earth. Mrs. Hartman and he
children drove home Immediately aftt
the ceremony.
Every one of Mr.. Harriman's friend
n an
brance of the day when the flower
that have been arriving by every trai
for the past "a hours were distribute
Altogether, the flowers would hay
filled three express cars.
Memorial Service, San Francisco.
San Francsco.-Trinity Episcop
church was crowded Sunday with raj
road men of the city, friends and bus
ness associates of Edward H. Harrima
to whose memory the service was ded
Gated.
Bishop Nichols delivered the sermo
dwelling on the powerful personals
Of the departed leader.
All Wheels Stop a Minute.
Just at the time the funeral servic
in Arden began, every wheel on c
Southern Pacific system over the who
Pacific coast ceased to move. For
seconds there was a complete suspense
of activity on all lines.
Cause Of His Death.
"Pernicious anemia and edema of t
lungs" was the chief canse of Edwa
H. Hartman IS death a. ofcially stat
by DIR. w. G.. Lyle OF New York.
DIR. Lyle also states positively tn
Mr.. Hartman IS death occurred at 3:
p. m. on September 9.
Was 81 Years Old.
Mr.. Hartman Is age at the time
his death was given as 81 years
months IS days, and it was set foi
that he had lived in Arden for % yea
Worth Over $1oo,0Oo,ooO.
It is stated that the will of Harrim