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Show mum boo? m mi tub iTf,Wers of Wall Street Come !S F From New York to Pay $ Final Tribute. SS t iOQUBNT ADDRESS ON 1 CHARACTER OF DECEASED SJji prices Held in Private; Only Intimate Friends of Family cvSyU ; re Present. 'pMh J lRDEX, N. T., Sept. 12. Through quiet aisles of t ho Rampo woods, I hoiy of Edward IT. Harrimau was l4-: iled today from the great house ho "fej rer lived to see finished, and laid in fiost resting place 011 the Arden hill-Vi!& hill-Vi!& ft. io rulers of "Wall street cainc from York to pay their last tribute, the most prominen! part in the nonics was taken by the men who liim best as a country squire and or of the great estate, which covers 0 nercs of hill and valley. T I is ral superintendent, his master car-r, car-r, his master mason and the mnn-; mnn-; and assistant maunders of his ps, his farms and his trotting cs bore his coffin. Services Are Private. o fuucral was private, and onh" who were personal friends of the lv nnd had received invitations Mr. Ilarriman were admitted, mt-of-town party arrived at Arden lo o'clock on a special train, e following were present: s. John C. Xeilson, .Tohn Carpcn-t'liarlcs Carpcn-t'liarlcs Carpenter, William Car-r. Car-r. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haro, Frank Stevens. Mrs. Emily Onder-" Onder-" Mrs. David Murray. Miss Catli-Ilnrriman. Catli-Ilnrriman. Miss TIclcne Ilarriman, nd Mrs. Mercer. Hon. R TJ. Odell, nd wife, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver ilar-i ilar-i Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Ilarriman, ind Mrs. John II. McCullough, Mrs. Harrimau. Mr. and Mrs. Orlaud immi. C. C. Clark and famil-, C. cabodv and family. Mr. and Mrs. ir. Deforest. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. ind. Dr. and Mrs. V. L. Trubeau, G AV Perkins, Tienufcolaer Weston, mder Millnr, C. G. Tcgethoff. Wil-Mehl. Wil-Mehl. J. Keil. J. Kruttschnitl, J. ubbs. Maxwell Evarts. L. F. Loree, s)5Ullman, Jacob II. Sohiff. W. D. rwood, Thomas Hastings, John . ing, J. T. JTarnhan. M'nrvm llugh-T. llugh-T. A. -Van Alvstyne. Or and Mrs. to Dixon. W. S. .rolinson, Thomas I Stephen Brooks, A. G. Ilackstaff. km Granl, W. V. S. Thome, nooy Stillman and Robert b First Service Communion, i first service was holy communion, rated at 10 a. m. by the Rev. .1. ics M"cGuinoss. for Mrs. Ilarriman her children at their home on r Hill. At 11 o'clock came a pub-icinorial pub-icinorial servic; al St. John s :h for tlie employes of ihe farin parishioners, who, on account of of space, were unable to attend iuneral service later. The Ilarri-pews Ilarri-pews were left vacant, s. Charles "D. Simons. Mr. llarri-s llarri-s sister, ln-r husband and two htevs and Orlando 11. TIarriman, a or. were the only relatives pres-Instead pres-Instead of the usual morning ser-Dr. ser-Dr. Mt-Guiness. the pastor, dehv-a dehv-a memorial address. He said: Tribute of Pastor, 'rivate and comparatively small as gathering is. 1 feel upon me a r both of audience and subject, t seems to weight me down. But ow vou will bear with me while lplv" endeavor to draw from this in occasion some thoughts which serve to make us who are so sad, mn ways better men. The lesson arality read to us here is not to us , but io the whole country. I'or is not a thing done in a corner; is not a burial affecting a few ves and friends. Here wo have of the foremost men of all the 1 struck down. There is not au ican whom this event does not i. V'liere is the man that wielded such ji slower as this man who is taken from M What a lower of strength he was ifct ' ithe greatest undertakings and enter-trifl enter-trifl rises that ever spread over our land. dl1. iglitly he received the tribute of ad-liration ad-liration which the whole people gladly J 5K 5i" to whoever has done best what jeryonc desires to do. i Lessons of Career, j" Probably no career has drawn to it c, unfolded or developed as much of io rUaracteristic ability of the nation b did the career of Edward H. Jlar-2f Jlar-2f jnnn. And did he labor selfishly only Jr himself 7 No. The circumstances ; countless thousands were bettered by enlightened and masterly action. ifi'j1 ?ver has he been accused of under-ir4 under-ir4 ind dealings or has lie given a shadow ? '' excuse for anvone to sav that he -jd irneed the powers of his exalted posi-'W posi-'W on. And you know what he has been Tj ' all of you here. If this valley and Vjjjl Quntain could speak, would they not ifjlf ""e n storv to tell of his desiro to be o5i '.neighbor" in the highest and truest -i'As to our friend's private life SPWoBtof you who arc here need not that .(irjlKboiild recall it. But on this oe-)W7Bion oe-)W7Bion I know 3011 would have me Bpcak 'Jbtliat which your own hearts know too well. You know him as he 'tfm C(1 ovcr the30 hills nnd up and "d.Wn this vallev simple, unnflectcd, Jtlo nnd kind. In. our sorrows he &Mt)? s by the hand; in our joys he ,wMw with us and in every event lie MSm?xreil himself a frioud. Of liis world-?Wi world-?Wi achievements and distinction we !?w nothing from his lips. From urcea entirely outside of Xmself we 11 to gain our knowlodge of this part j.his life, Jlo could ulwnys bo ap-jODchort ap-jODchort bv us and when we needed 'Vice his 'best thought was directed ,us. r Eeligloun in Character. ?"You need not have mo dwell upon religions eido of bin nature. At. tho N of m arrival here he sent to If-ry man "emplovecl on the place tho 'llnwiug letter; " Arden, Orange County, N V., Oct. Coulir.ucd on Vt-ho 'I'o j 1 'f a HARRIMAN'S BODY AT REST IN TOMB Continued from Page One. 13; 1S95. To the men residents of Ar-don: Ar-don: Tho lack of interest on your part is discouraging to those who provide the means wherobj' you can have the important, im-portant, privilege of attending church services. " 'Fair weather Christians are of no more use in a community than the same sort of laborer, milkman, dairyman, farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, railroad man or any kind of a fair weather man. " '.It seems to me that, your responsibility responsi-bility does not end with yourself, but extends over t.hoso oyer whom you have influence, " 'Tho opportunity is given your children for religious training at Sunday Sun-day school and the church for yourselves your-selves and families. " 'Tt is not a favor conferred on any ono else than yourselves and families. " 'Jt is not a favor conferred on any one else than yourselves, if you avail yourselves of it. " 'I hope by next. Sunday that .you will evidence more interest by attending attend-ing the services. Yours faithfully, " ' E. il. IIARRLMAK.' His Life au Example. "His realization of the tremendous importance of regular attendance upon Divine worship was illustrated not only in the sending out of that lotter. but in his constant personal practice. Many times within tho last few yoars he conquered con-quered tho intense pain of his infirmities infirmi-ties to come to this church. Tie was also a most faithful communicant. At the time when his daughter was prostrated pros-trated by a -serious illness and during the crisis which followed, lie sent mo a note in his own hand-writing requesting request-ing prayer for her. Time and time again lie declared to me his firm belief in the teachings of our holy faith. The mighty power which he wielded by his personal influence never obscured in his own mind t lie need of absolute reliance upon the hand that governs the universe. uni-verse. A Maker of History. "Long after our children's children have passed the way of all tho earth, this trail will make" Jlarrinmn 's career stand out brightly in the pages of history. his-tory. A distinguished American in speaking of him to me recently, said: " 'Mr. Harriman has done more for the development of the resources of the country and the expansion of its power than any other individual in the last hundred years.' "Wo are proud to know that he achieved all this distinction without violating the minutest principle of the great laws of morality. To those who maligned and misrepresented him, he showed no resentment; but was willing alwaj-s to allow time to prove his case and tho proof never failed. The pettiness pet-tiness of jealous competition never for an instant embittered him. Ho remained re-mained throughout all those trying years sweet tempered, amiable, lovable " He was a burning and shining light. God be thanked for such lives." Close Guard Kept. Elaborate precautions were taken to prescne tho privacy of tho afternoon service Several score of employes aided by a number of policemen gna'rd-cd gna'rd-cd all roads over which the funeral procession passed, and kept watch at intervals of twenty yards around the patch of woods which' includes the Harriman Har-riman burial plot. Eight carriages followed tho hearse from Arden house. The first carried Mrs. llnrriman with her two unmarried unmar-ried daughters, Alarv and Carol, and her sons. Walter, Averill and .Poland. Mrs. Robert Ij. ("Jerry, the married dnughter, -1rovo in tho next carriage. Others in the parfv were Mr. and Mrs. Simons, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Harriman. Charles Pcnbody, Judge Robert S. Lov-eU Lov-eU and Dr. W. G. Lvle. The casket one solid mass of lilies of tho vallej- and green vines, with an immenso bunch of crimson roses on top was carried to the altar by oight bearers clad in black and wearing black skull caps. Formal Funeral Service. The regular funeral servico of the Episcopal church was conducted by Dr. Guineas, assisted by the Rev. G.' Nol-son, Nol-son, archdeacon of tho cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. A male quartette and the choir of Grace church, New York, sang "Abide with Me." and "There Is a Land of Pure Delight," Mr Harriman 's favorite hymns. "The service lasted but twenty minutes. min-utes. Then tho bearers carried the casket to the burial plot, one hundred yards up the hill. There was not room inside the burial ground for more than fifteen or twenty besides the mourners and the two officiating of-ficiating clergymen Others stood in the road outside and looked over the high stono wall. Tribute of Employees, Several hundred Harriman employees and their families stood with bare heads outside tho church during the service and gathered at a respectful distance from the grave during tho interment. It was 5 o'clock when Archdeacon clson took a handful of curth and sprinkling it over the bed of lilies that hid .the metal casket, consigned the body of Edward H. llnrriman to the earth on the spot he loved best. Mrs. Harriman and her children drove home immediately after the cero-mony. cero-mony. Every, one of Mrs. Harriman 'b friends in Arden and Turner received a remcnibrnnco of the day, when tho fjowers that have been arriving by every train for the past twenty-four hours were distributed. Altogether, tho flowers would have filled thrco express ex-press cars. |
