Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-04-26
OLE NO. 26S CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL &c.
ALEXANDER n. STEWART

ALEXANDER r. STEWART.
The DEATH OF ANOTHER NEW YORK MIL
LIoNAiRE-THE LIFE OF A REMARKA
BILE MAMA LONG AND SUCCESSFUL
CAREER IN MERCANTILE PURSUITS.
From the New York sm o. April II, '7ol
In his marble palace at Thirtyiourtl
street and Fifth avenue, Alexander L
Stewart died between and 2 o'clocl
yestesday afternoon. To those who's
intimacy with the great merchant on
abled them to watch his physical con
dition, it has been no secret that FOL
some years past his health had beer
gradually failing. His naturally Wig
orous constitution battled with the dis
ease that periodically threatened him
but every time tho struggle was re
newed the victory was harder to wir
than before. About four weeks ago
. Drs. White and Marcy, Mr.. Stewards
family physicians, who occupied th,
house on Thirty-fourth street adjoin
ing the marble mansion of the million
aire, were summoned TO his bedside
They found him suffering from vic
lentattack of his old complaint infam
I nation OF the bowels. He had taken
! cold and was suffering great pain. His
; condition was in the last degree pre-.
carious, but il was kept, as far as was
practicable, secret to all except those
who were brought into immediate con
tact with him. He rallied, as he had
frequently done before, and after three
weeks OF illness was supposed by his
medical attendants to be out of dan.
ger. A week ago he was able to walk
about the house and attended to some
minor details of business. But on
Thursday last he exposed himself
again, taking a fresh cold he was at
once Frustrated, and it soon became
\ apparent that unless there was an i'm.
mediate and decided change for the
better, all hope of saving his life must
be abandoned. The days passed on,
and no such change came with them.
Mr.. Stewart was slowly sinking, but
while his bodily powers failed, his
mind was unclonded. He knew that
the chances were largely against his
recovery, but he did not allow himself
10 despond. He requested his friends
to say as little as possible about his
illness, and in Difference to his wish
neither the public generally nor even
the mercantile community knew, until
within a few hours of his death, that
he was passing away.
THE DEATH-BEp SCENE.
Yesterday morning Mr. Stewart was
conscious and still hopeful, but so weak
that he could hardly articulate, Drs.
White and Marcy had been at his bed
side all night, watching him as be doz-
ed fitiully and without deriving any
benefits from his unrefreshing sleep.
A consultation Of physicians was call
ed, and all hope was given up.
Around the bedside of the diving
merchant at this time were Mrs Stewart,
her brother, Mr.. Clincb, her two sis
tiers, her niece and her grand niece.
Mr.. Stewart was unconscious, and il
was thought that he might die with
out regaining possession of his senses.
But shortly after o'clock be became
conscious, and was, to all appearances
Us rational as he had ever been. For
the first time subsequent TO his relapse
he was entirely free from pain, an un-
mistakable indication that the end was
very close at hand. Telegrams were
sent to Mr.. Libhcy and Judge Hilton,
summoning them to the bedside Of the
dying man, but he died previous to
their arrival, breathing his last at n
quarter before two o'clock. He was
conscious up to the last moment, and
evidently recognized the persons IN the
bedroom, but he was unable to speak.
Soon after his death Mr.. Libbey and
Judge Hilton arrived, and at about four
o'clock the undertaken of ST. Marks
p. i. Church took an ice coffin into
the house.
The "lacc room, in which Mr. Stew
art ended his long life, is in the south
west corner Of the mansion, on the
second story.
Half an hour after Mr. Stewart had
died, the retail store at Ninth and
Broadway was closed, and soon after
ward tbrong in front OF the whole
sale store in Chambers street surged
against tho doors, and were with diff.
Guilty kept out. Everybody connected
with the business was the centre OF
the group of inquirers, who would
hardly believe that the great trades
man was dead. The wholesale house,
down town, was closed soon after Mr..
Stewards death, and the Union League
Club, the New York Yacht Club, the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and other uptown
public buildings displayed their flags
at half mast.
THE LIfE or A. T. STEWART.
Whether Alexander Turncy Stewart
was born in the province Of Ulster,
Antrim county, about four miles from
Belfast, Ireland, October 27, 1902, or
in the county of Tyrone, in 1895, is
question upon which biograpbers disa-
gree. The Appletons say that he was
born in 1902. A volume entitled "Suc-
ccssiu Men" and published merely for
private circulation, dates bis birth seven
years earlier. Mr. Stewards ancestors
were natives of Scotland, and he in
berited the spirit and latent power of
the Scotch-Irish race that had domi.
mated in the north of Ireland for two
centuries. At eight years of age he
was an orphan, and was cared for by
his grandfather, who, with a view Of
educating him for the Protestant
Church, sent him to Trinity College In
Dublin, but he was withdrawn from
that institution after the death of his
grandfather. He came to America in
1918 to seek his fortune. 1t has often
been said that he arrived in New York
pennilcss and without friends, but this
is doubted by many who were init
mately acquainted with him.
Mr.. Stewards letters of introduction
from members fthe Society of Friends
in Ireland to wealthy merchants of
that Society in New York gave him
access to the best circles, and therein
his pleasing address and no mean
scholarship made him favoritc lie
taught number of pupils at SO, Rose
street. School teaching, however, did
not suit him, though be managed to
save some money from the proceeds of