The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-14
ALEX. T. STEWART,
BON OFT. ~. lSp3.
Died April 10. 1919.

The interior Of the CONN is lined with white
The face Of the dead merchant was perfectly
calm and natural. Mir. Stcw4r's last brief i'll
ness. though paioful. had icit no traces 81 suffer
Cog on his features and but for the marble pallor
and rigidty Of expression insApIrabl- from
surround ngs to indicate that he was not sleep
ing. The indentations ABOUT his eyes were, per.
baps. Il. tie more marked than In lie, but his
pouth bore only the resoluts oppression that IN
nfe was never absent. he hody was dressed In
black cloth frock cost, and vest cut sufficient
iy low TO expose the three plain pearl studs In
the bosom of the white shirt. A white dress
tie was under the collar. and black cloth
trowsers completed the costume for the grave.
Tho position was easy an natural the right
arm was stretched beside the BODY and the left
was folded across the breast.
Among the privileged persons who were 0rst
sdmtted to view the hodv were several distn-
Euished gentlemen from abroad, VINO had oeen
hr. stuarts guests. Among the others were the
bayor, Judge Peabody, Charles O'Conor Dis
trct Alto ney j. X. Phelps, Assistant District
Attorney Horace Russell Drs. Marcy and White,
Sir. Jackson S. schultz anl Mrs. schultz. Mrs,
paran Stevens, Mr. and Ms. John Dgelow,
George W. Chllds, Postma astsr James, judge
FIELD, ana Mr. Henry Dergh. VIM NJ. Eyarts,
waoa nrst declined to be a pail bearer arrived
shortly before 10 O'Clock.
As the multitude pressed through tho rear
room towaid the part Of the nall in whi IN the
and as another retn Of ticket holders began
so pour aloag the hail from the room at the op-
posite side further progress was stopped. and
many desuarng OF seeing the body, though
within few yards Of It, turned back and strug-
fled through the crush into the sitting room.
An announcement WAS made that Mrs. stewart,
who sinfe her husbands death has been pros
taied, had tainted In a room up stairs. Several
Alie' hurried up and joined those already
sround her, aud soon afterward she descended
60 ne n sll. leaning on Judge Hilton's arm, and
followed oy Nr C1nch and Mrs. Hilton. John
L. and Mr.. smth, Charles Butier, Geo Is. But
ier and 5iIs. Euter, and Mr Hilton, Jr. and his
THE sERvIcrs IN THE HOUSE.
Shorty after 10 o'co X, Bshop Potter and
pr rltt l.h II. Iyns' Jr 100 fueir cleric j robes,
3. the E2, pal Chnrea "Jnt aud true are
room Joined With nm In the L,rl's PRAYER. lie
pfaYel twice 10 words chp,cn hi him ell and
ooanced tho bcnedictiou. A short funs raj SER
mon Was prelched by the Bishop, VINO dwelt
pfocessinn around the Tin was resumed All
ihe emp'pce. = the Dr" cf \. 7. Stewart &
TO-. wee admitted, and not few Of
po,,encd aye.. ''' An Is hour o'Dis latsr w6s the
ud OF the cnnin was screwed down. he pail.
nlH'S Io'riirs at the shoulder, walked down
s3eHo. s9e Ho.i',ei7 IN procession, and the comm was
hIted Il m tue emb iuiment OF roses on which II
&c ted ud carried to the hearse. BY this time the
nuubgr ~ 'tators IN lhifty fourth street and
eohs ruin avenue nai in reased to enormO Gus
baUpoI ..i g. nut deiachment or hundl ed
police iiceis under Capt. Steers had cleared the
i ien.,e gi tne .,teetS so mat there was no del
~ Nattlhs tne procession Between two and
thre0 hundfcd carriages weto in line, and al
lmnehae number Of pedestrians followed. The
route taken WIS down Fiitn avenue to Tenth
street, nnd thence across Bro .dway, and Fourth
shd ihid avenues to Stuyyesant place, To St.
hnrk's Cuurch.
In ST. Marks place Gordon Of police under
inspector Dllks lined the sidewalks, and no one
"5s allowed TO pass. Until the arrival Of the
procession the doors OF the house OF worship
were kept closed, and not even ticket holders
we're permitted to enter, In vain Indignant
women reed their way through the police line,
eha ho,diug through the railing the cards with
neep ~ ck borders, and the words, admit to
noOf Of church." cl morously demanded OF the
distracted usher what these pieces OF paste
Soard were for; equally In vain, but with more
tnilnanIhY, men tit+d TO reason with tho police
emcerS as 10 the Importance of their getting In
the church was keut almost empty until the
procession arrived In all the surrounding
streets the crush was almost unurecedcnted.
hecpud avenue was nearly impossible, and StuY-
fesaht place was packed from one curbstOne to
the Other The rails around the graveyard were
made 70 accommodate hundreds Of agile b ys
shu men, and the SIN II trees IN Second avenue
pent beneath loads Of slSht seeTs. Every win
Wv from Which single stone ~ St. Mark s was
,slble hled, ana on the steps Of the His
sotca h1cletYs edihce the sDectators seemec
WV mounting upon each others shoulders.
INSIDE ST. Marks.
Ihere was neither decoration nor drapery o
AI hlnu inside the chuTr h, except the un
,tuaueu moral display A table of eyergTeens
~ surfaced WITH sheaves OF wheat and decay
aiieaNes, stood between the pulpit and the
ro.es"- ,tsA, ana supDOrteJ "a pilIar 81 tUl,
Sras, Hue-, tea roses, ana yiOlets the basi
.NNstyS9 WAN blue blossoms, and the Who'll,