Evening star., 1909-09-12
BURIAL OF HARTMAN
Country's Foremost Finan-
ciers Will Attend Service.
COMING ON SPECIAL TRAIN
Five Hundred Arden Workmen Will
View Remains.
400 TELEGRAMS ARE RECEIVED
Flowers to Fill Four Freight Cars
Arrive-Bishop Doane
Can't Attend.
COMING ON SPECIAL TRAIN
400 TELEGRAMs ARE RECEIVED

ARDEN, n. Y, September 11.-Between
fifty and sixty of the country's promi-
nent men, including inanciers, lawyers,
physicians and men well known In the
business world. will attend the funeral
of Edward H. Hartman tomorrow. They
will come from New York on q special
train, leaving Jersey City at pm.
At st. Johns Episcopal Church. lit
tie stone chapel which nestles in the
reddening September foliage near the
foot of Tower Hill, they will join the
group of mourners who will have accom-
panied the funeral procession from Ar
den house. Although anything like os.
tentation has been avoided in preparing
for the burial of the country's greatest
railroad financier. the arrangements have
been none the less careful and elaborate.
Several hours before the Hartman car
riages bring the men Of prominence up
from Arden station procession of a
very different kind will march slowly
over the road leading to the uncompleted
palace on the hill. 1t will be composed
of the five hundred workmen employed
on the Hartman estate, and at O'Clock
in the morning they will be permitted
to file through the room where lies the
body of the man of whom one OF them
said today:
..At times he seemed a workman like
ourselves-just an elder workman, whom
we cared a good deal about"
To Protect the Hearse.
No precautions have been omitted to
protect the funeral car on its way
down the hill. Although the road has
been smoothed to perfection. sixteen Of
the most stalwart workmen were Sc
lected today to act as guard of honor.
They will walk one on either side Of
the hearse and the carriages contain
ing the mournerS.
The ceremony at the house at 10 am.
will be q communion service, conducted
by the family chaplain, Rev. McGuiness.
At IL o'clock the public memorial serv-
DR.. McGuiness will deliver the only eu-
logy. No pains have been spared to
make the funeral at o'clock as pri-
vate as possible.
The town boards Of Woodbury. and
Tuxedo voted today to close the roads
Church. But of all the tokens of re-
spect none is more striking than that
of the Erie railroad that runs through
Arden. Every train on this system will
tomorrow, while the funeral Is in prog
reSS.
Casket Arrives.
The steel casket in which Mr.. Harri-
mans body will rest arrived this after
noon from New York. In this the re-
mains of the great railroad man will
be Theoretically sealed before 1t is low
cred into the brick-lined vault hewn In
the rock of the hillside.
It is estimated that the flowers received
will fill four freight cars. There was a
steady stream of carriages and automo-
biles bringing the tributes up to Arden
House from early morning until late this
afternoon. Boxes and baskets Of flowers
expressed have accumulated in such
quantities that two special cars will be
used to bring them up tomorrow morn
ing.
Thus far the Arden telegraph Office has
received more than 400 messages express
ing condolences. Messages from Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth. j. P. Morgan.
Thomas F. Ryan and Charles P. Taft
were among those that came today.
Bishop Doane Can't Be There.
Rev. Dr. Croswell Doane. Episcopal
Bishop of Albany, sent word to the family
today that he would be unable to assist
In conducting the funeral services as he
had been requested. In view Of this, DIR.
| McGuiness will probably be assisted only
by Archdeacon Nelson of st. John the