Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-12
TWO CARLOADS Of FLOWERS
Steady Stream of Carriages and Az
tomobiIes Taking Tributes to Ar
den House-Dr. Lyle Files Certifi-
cate Showing Pernicious Araemia
and Oedemia of Lungs Chief Causes.
(By Associated Press.)


fifty and sixty of the country's prom
ineni men. including financiers. law
yers. physicians and men well known
in the business world, will attend the
funeral of Edward II. Hartman TO-
morrow. They will come from New
York on a special train. leaving Jer-
sey City at p. m. At st. johns
Episcopal church. little stone chapel
which nesties in the Teddening Sep
TENDER foliage near the foot OF Tower
Hin, they will join the group OK
mourners who will have accompanied
the funeral procession from Arden
House.
Although anything like ostentaeion
has been avoided in preparing for the
burial of the country's greatest rail-
read financier. the arrangements have
been meme of the less careful and eia-
horate. Several hours before the
Hartman carriages bearing the mr.
irving men Of prominence up from Ar
den station. a procession of a very
different kind will march slowly over
the road leading TO the uncompleted
posed of the 500 workmen employed
on the Hartman estate, and at nine
O'Clock in the morning they will be
permitted 10 file through the room
where lies the body Of the man OF
when enc of them said today:
AT times he seemed a workman
like ourselves-just an elder work
man whom we careu a good deal
about
No precautions have been omitted
to protect the funeral car on its way
down the hill Although the road
has been smoothed to perfection. six
teen of the most stalwaTt workmen
were selected today to act as a guard
Of honor. They will walk on either
side of the hearse and the carriage
containing the mourners.
The ceremony at the house at 10
a. m. will be a communion service
conducted by the family chaplain,
Rev. Mr.. McGuinness.
Al ii o'clock the public memorial
service will be held at st. Jhcn's at
which Dr. McGuinness will deliver
the only eulogy.
No pains have been spared to make
the funeral at 3 o'clock as private
as possible
Four Car Load OF Flowers.
II is estimated that the flowers
received will I'LL four freight cars.
There was steady stream of car
riages and automobiles bringing the
tributes up TO Arden House from
early morning until late this after
noon. Boxes and baskets OF flowers
expressed have accumulated in such
quantities that two special cars will
se used TO bring them up tomorrow
morning
Thus far the Arden telegraph CT
fee has received more than 400 mes
sages expressing condolences.
Cause Of Death.
ARDEN. y. T.. Sept. 11.-"Pernic-
ious anaemia and oedemia Of the
lungs" Has the chief cause Of Edward
H. HaTriman's death as officially stat
ed tonight by Or. W. G.. LIE. Of New
York. his physician in the death GER
;ncatc fled a. Highland Mills. There
was no mention OF cancer. bat IL was
roted that the word chief was in
serted In the printed form after the
question cause Of death
Popuiarly Interpreted snaema Is ar
impoverished condition Of the blood.
rerniciogs anaemia is a form Of the
disease. Oedcmia Of the lungs OF wat
ct in the lungs. nse Interpretation
generally accepted might have resuIt-
ed from a variety Of causes
~HcsrtfsilUre- N Certificate.
Immediately after The death certificate
was FLED burial permit vas grant
ed. During the day Dr. Lyle had a.
Cd a certificate with the undertaken
in which h. said simply that Mr.. Har.
riman's death had resulted from
heartfailare superinduced By inter
nal complications
Dr. Lyle also states positively IN
the certificate fled with the town
clerk that Mr.. Harriman's death oc-
CURED a. S:35 ,. m. on September ?.