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Show SILENCE PRESERVED TO THE LAST HOUR ARDEN. Sept- 0. The i ill penetrable seclusion of Arden persisted even at the moment of Mr. Harriman's death and bv no outward sign did the great ctulc give evidence that the master's end had come. The first word known; outside the guarded gates was Hashed from New York. Immediately efforts to break through the barriers of silence were unavailing and Tower lull preserved pre-served its wonted air of absolute serenity. seren-ity. When telephone connection was established with the Harriman mansion, the response was immediate confirming the news already received from .New York, ihal the financier died at 0:35 this afternoon. End Comes Suddenly. lev. .1. H. McGinnes, Mr. Harriman's chaplain, was seen at '3:45 .hurrying towards Ardcu house in aiwuitomobile. at top speed. This fact was significant, signifi-cant, in helping to confirm the announcement announce-ment that Mr. Harriman's death really occurred at. .'5;o5. as first reported in New York, and not earlier in the dav as is already rumored. Owing to the fact that positive information was received re-ceived from the house at lt-la that Mr. Harriman was alive, it is evidence that death came suddenly. The developments of the last three days indicate that Mr. Harriman's death might have occurred at. almost any moment since his relapse last Sun-day. Sun-day. Report of Operation, The report, of an operation has not. been confirmed, and there is still doubt as to whether' Mr. Harriman expired under the knife, from a crisis i.t his disease or from a combination of the extreme weakness that succeeded the attack of Sunday. H; is possible that the great financier's death was caused by a stoppage of. the vit'il forces dpe to the fact that his long illness did not leave him sufficient strength io rally from the attack, which, in Itself, would not have killed a man in ordinary health. The news of his death came, as a surprise to everyone at Turner, for no one connected with the estate hore had had any 'intimation before the final announcement an-nouncement that the end was approaching. approach-ing. ' It is possible that an autopsy wll be held and that the world may at last learn the true nature of Mr. Harri-man's Harri-man's mysterious disease. No Warning to Public. It is believed that the sinking spell which ended in Mr. Ilarriinan 's dissolution disso-lution began shortly . after. I - o 'dock. The df-nial of the rumor of Jils death, which was telephoned to the newspaper men at 1:45, contained no menuou of his condition at that time, ,md it i believed that whoever answered '.he telephone feared to send out a report that Mr. Harriman was dying, because there .was still some slight hoje Uial the doctors would again revivo their patient, |