Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-30
EMPIRE BUILDER
WILL Be BURIED ! | | !.
ON WEDNESDAY,
End Came Peacefully At Family
Residence on Summit
Avenue. |.
ALL BUT ONE CHILD
AT HIS BEDSIDE
Private Funeral Will Be Hold
Wednesday Afternoon; Inter.
ment at North 0alkes.

toL.s FTdui, May IS~-luo funeral OF
James j. Hill, who died Monday morn
ing, will be held at his Summit Ave-
nue. home at 2 p. m. Wednesday. An
nouncement Of the funeral arrange
ments was contained in statement
issued at p. m. today. Contrary to
expectations, interment will not be in
Cavalry Cemetery, but in a mausoleum
in North Oaks farm, five miles north.
east Of St. Paul, long the summer
home Of the Empire Builder.
Not Public Funeral
The general public will not havo
an opportunity formally to pay trib.
ute to the leading citizen Of the north
west, but Mr.. Hills associates and the
faithful employespWiio made possible
his great atiachievenlent, will be admit
ted to view the body. The general fOf.
fees OF the Great Northern Railway
company and the First National Bank
and the Northwest Trust Co. will be
closed all day Wednesday. VA
The family's statement includes .
request that no flowers be sent. Rev.
Thomas j. Gibbons, vicar general s0f,
the Catholic Diocese of st. Paul, who
attended Mr.. Hill during his last fewi
hours, will ofiiciate at the funeral.
Hundreds Call -.4.~,.o-, II J,
All afternoon kilograms continued
to pour in from all parts Of the coun-
try, with expressions of coincidence
for the family. A constant stream Of
family friends called asstase -llopaa ana
at tlia residence Of Louis w. Hill next
door. Few entered, most of them
merely leaving words Of sympathy for
the elder Mrs. Hill and her children.
Family Statement aaS isW
The family statement was as fol-
lows:
"St. Paul, Mimi, May 20, 1916. a
"Mr. Hill passed away very peace !
fully after several hours Of luncon-
sciousness. All the members of the
immediate family were present. ex'
cept one daughter, Mrs. Anson Beard.
who will arrive tonight, and one grand
son, James B. Hill, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Hill, who will arrive
from Cambridge tomorrow"
Vicar General Gibbons attended
Mr.. Hill during his last hours and
will officiate at the funeral services
at the house and at the grave. The
public services will be held at the
residenc, 24O Summit avenue, 2 p. m.
Wednesday. 1nterment will be In pri'
vate at North Oaks, where a fam
ily mausoleum or memorial chapel
probably will be built"
Ban on Flowers
Following the simplicity which the
family knew would be the desire OF
Mr.. Hill, the request was male tha'
no flowers or floral offerings be sent
to the house. Tuesday at p. NJ, At
the residence. an opportunity will be
given the veteran employees and tho
other employees of the Great Northern
Railway to pay their respects ana
take q last farewell Of their old en-
rloyer.
The Pallbearsrs
'"The active pallbearers will be: N.
r. Brown, Ralph Budd. Charles w.
Gordon, j. NJ. Gruber, F. u. Howe. ".
p. Kenney, Charles M. Aitland. Geo.
A. MACPHERSON, Theodore Schults and
j. ]. Toomey.
"The honorary pallbearers will DO
announced later"
Mrs. Arson McCook Beard, Of New.
York, the only one Of the nine sur
viving children Of James J. HILL who
was not at his bedside when he died.
arrived here tonight on asspecial train
over the, Chicago, Burlington ! Quin-
cy.
Accompanying Mrs. Beard. were
George B. Harris, chairman OF the
Board, and Hale Holden, president OF
the Chicago, Burlington = Quincy.
They were among the first OF Mr..
Hills associates to arrive here to pay
their last respects.
James J. Hill, railroad builder. cap
italist and most widely known hguro
of the Northwest, died at his Summit
avenue residence, at $3.50 O'clock this
morning, as the result Of IN Injection
due to bowel trouble.
Unconscious For Hours.
Mr. Hill was unconscious for near
ly IL hours before he died. u. Her
man Biggs of New York and d. stan
ley Seager, of the Mayo stan. togeth'
er with members of the immediate
Hill family. were at the bedside wAen
the end came.
Mr.. Hills personal secretary. .. r.
Brown, made the annOuncomeat s0k
his distinguished employers nise
lCondnusd q Pa0o Mel