The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-08
DANIEL HARTMAN
DIED SUDDENLY
CAIRO LOSES ONE or Her LEAp'
ING AND MOST ENTERPRis-
ING CITIZENS.
OVER HALF A CENTURY
tie Resided in This city--identt''ea
Win Many Important Enter
prises--- Funeral Monday
Afternoon

Announcement OF the deatn VI
CAMEL Hartman Yesterday n,ornins
was a shock to the entire community
While It was known that Mr., Hart
man was III. AMI physicians who ~.
tended him had declared that his all-
ment was one OF the heart and OF NE
arteries and was serious, friends Wao
called upon him even late Friday
evening, found him UP and cheerful
and confident thar he was NOT sefi-
oUsly afflicted. In conversation with
them he laughinsly remarked that ire
report that he was seriously III WAS
. good joke on his friends And MS
appearance also deceived people, for,
though well advanced In years, he
seemed to he we'll preserved, and All
he was living a comparatively easy
life though attending to business
every day, Ii was believed he woull
be with IT'S for many years to come.
He was not given to complaining,
however: he may nave felt worse
than be would admit, and ii Is cer-I
tain that his physicians we're light mi
their diagnosis OF his condition.
He complained OF reeIng til some!
weeks ago, but did not deign to tel
tire 10 his home till Friday week
ago, when he was driven iron. hisl
office to the home Of Ills niece, Mrs
Grace Hunt, On Eightn street. byI
President Smith of the Cairo Ma
tional Bank, after a meeting of the
board Of directors which Mr. Hart
man had attended. Friday night he
retired in fairly good state anu
rested well so far as known: he
arose and dressed Yesterday morn. |
ing, also seemingly in cheerful mood. !
Mrs. Hunt. who was bis constant ar
tendant. had no cause to feel alarmed
about him at that time; but his con,
dition changed very soon after he
arose, and physicians We're hurrie,lly
summoned; but the end was at hand.
and he passed away about s.45'
''clock.
Daniel Hartman had been citizen
If Cairo since 1851. coming here as
boy from Ohio, being born in Co
Dec. 8, 1910. He was no /
der and grew to be one of Cairos /
most aggressive and most prominent
BUSINESS men, accommodating a fortune
trough well directed industry As al
outh he Joined the Cairo Silver Cor. /
et Band, organized BY r. P. Robbins |
Who died only few days before. be-
oming its drummer. He became in. /
crested In theatrieals and was nana-
.ef Of Cairo's leading theatre for
many years, the sAtheneum.n which
TODD where the Cairo opera house
ow stands. He made his start in
usiness in the frame building at !
ne northeast corner of Sixth street /
nd Commercial avenue, and for
lany years conducted Calro's leading
ueensware and toy store, Auction.
erIng was also part Of his business
1880 ne built the fine brick block
: the northwest corner Of Ninth anal
commercial, where he enlarged nf1
leens~are business ami continued ~
Z successful until he soil out to
-aufinan Bros, WHO sold out tba|
leensware stock and gave them.
ives up to their dry goods bust
ass.
Mr., Hartman was not the sort OIL
an TO retire from active business
'weyer. Having accumulate. A for.
ne, he devoted himself to other
les Of activity. He was largely a.
rested tn farming land In the Carol
Falnage district; he became ore OIL
e organizers Of the Cairo National
ank; ne was one Of the promoters
the Cairo Dredging Co., which diJ
much TO obliterate ugly spots in
CITY; he was one Of the promot.
! Of the Cairo Q Thebes railroad
70 member Of the house,wreckine
mnany which took over large
noer OF the houses removed from
right OF way Of that COMPANY "a
located elsewhere-and be gave
'eh personal attention to ali taesa
leIprises. Though his intimatoI
ociates were not many, Mr.. Hart.
n was q pleasant companion. ana
: ne hal kind, generous hear,
be attested by many whom he
ed IN M transformations way. He |
member Of the Cairo EIks Of
r. NJ. X. G., the Cairo Board or !
lde and the Cairo COMMERCIAL 4
b.
relatives are three sis. Y
; Mrs l.. L. Williamson, Mrs. Mar. 4
st smith and Mrs. a. HALEY, andl !
sfal nophcws AMI nieces. Y
The Funeral.
aherai services will be held Mon. 4
afternoon at the First Methodist y
'ch' where the remains viii lie in 4
from II a. m till 1880 b. m. 4
services at the church will be =
lucted by Rev. Loar and at the Z
Y by the Elks. Friends who will a
a as pail bearers are.
rtiYe pail bearers-Iicrman c. 4
~, Pr T. p. Morrison, Fred At 4
q, A. 3. Fraser, e, q. Pink, Ellis
/, Adolph Kaufman, George Koch. Z