The New York herald., 1879-12-24
OBITUARY.
ALEXANDER STUART.

despite the rain he was present at the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church. with which he was closely
identified. Mr.. Stuart was born December 8, 1910,
and was only eighteen years old when he and
his brother, Robert L.. formed a partnership
which has existed ever since. 1t is interesting
to note that their father. Kinloch Stuart.
candy manufacturer in Edinburgh. Scotland. in
dorsed notes for relative who afterward failed, and
his property was yielded by him to the creditors.
In 1905 he emigrated to America with his wife. ana
starting in business,n humble way. he religiously
sent to Scotland all the money he could spare from
time to time in order to liquidate the unsatisAed
claims Of creditors, amounting to $1,000. which he
succeeded In caucellinR eventually. When Kinloch
st uart died. in 1926 he had amassed valuable prop
erty and built up large business. which fell into
the sons hands, already stated
The firm Of r. L. & A. Stuart was at ono time the
city The firm prided itself the excellent quality
of their sugar, and their method of manufacture
trade secret for years They created an in-
novaton by refining sugar by steam in 1882.
building at Greenwich and Chambers street,
and in 1845 nine story building at Greenwich and
Reade streets. Their payroll contained the names
Of nearly three hundred employees. Every Year they
made over forty million pounds of sugar, and from
1861 to 1872 sold nearly sac. worth. The rst
house in this city in which gas introduced was
No. 169 Chambers street. built by the Stuarts in 1881
for an office and dwelling. and Alexander Stuart
lived next door, at No. 167, until the day Of his
DEATH He never married and the only occupants OF
the house beside himself were his servants. Robert
Stuart lives at the corner of Twentieth street and
Fifth avenue.
For forty years. it is said. the brothers had given
to religious and charitable objects an average Of
100000 year. Their gifts were usually made In
the name Of r. L. A. Stuart. for the brothers con-
suited each other in regard to their donations They
Hsli's Church in Fifth avenue. Robert is trustee
there and President of the Board. The Office OF
to ofaciate. About two years ago the brothers
built hall for the Princeton Theological Seminary
that cost 100000: They also bought the Potter
residence adjoining Princeton College, paying
residence for tho president With all their lboralty
they Stunned publicity in making donations. and
when paragraph occasionally appeared In regard
to some act OF benevolence it seemed to annoy them
his check for sss, 900 for home missions and Ike
amount for foreign missions. In his Chamben
street house years ago notable dinners were given
ut which many prominent people were present. Hl
would not move up town. as he was greatly attached
to his fathers homestead. with its substantial old
room constantly reserved for him at his brothers.
house In Fifth avenue, where he frequently visited.
his loss will be mourned by largo circle Of friends
The wealth of the brothers has been estimated 1t
$40 900 0OO all their property being owned together
in common.
PROFESSOR KARL HUBNER, GERMAN PAINTER.
The death is announced in private mail advicea
from Dusseldorf. the 9Th inst Of Professor Kari
Wilhelm Hubner. . we'll known German genre
painter. He was professor at the Dusseldorf
Academy of Fine Arts. and in his sixty-ffth year,
Born at Konigsbera and the son Of poor laborers
he ON leaving school having shown taste for art.
became pupil of ]. Wolf. portrait painter who
had a short time before left David's studio.
in Paris. In 1887 he became . pupil Of
Karl Sohn, at the Dusseldorf Academy, and
afterward of M. Won Shadow. Among his exhibition
paintings are, Deserted" "Die Ausfandung," "The
Emigrants Adieu," now in the collection Of Mr.
walters Of Baltimore; "rhe Widows Mite." "Das
Seltere FamilienglHck," 'The Soldiers Quarters in
weinlande," Tho Twins /" Tho End Of Litigation"
IA SHINING Woman at the Church Door," in the
National Gallery at Bern "Reading the Scriptures"
which belongs to Mr.. +. r. Butler. Of this citys
''The Rescue from the Flames"-an important
work. which Is in San Francisco ''The Poscher's
DEATH" which was in the John Taylor Johnston
sale and now belongs to Mr.. d. II. McApine. of this
CITY, and .'The Silesian weavers" which belongs to
Mrs. A. T. Stewart. The "Poacher's Death" is said
to have been the means Of changing the
then existing game laws in Germany: and
''The Silesan Weavers," when exhibited, attracted
so much attention and excitement the labor and
capital question that its withdrawal was ordered by
the police authorities It first exhibited here at
the old Dusseldorf Gallery One OF his works for.
merly known ''The Convalescent' was in the
cent sale Of the Carver collection Large numbers
in fact nearly allof his pictures An this
try. and at ono time commanded high prices. Pro-
fessor Hubner visited America-where he has
two sons, of whom Is In business In New
York-in 1875 Another son. julius HHbner,
who died somo four OF fve years ago, fol-
lowed his fathers profession. Professor Hnbnef
was chsvaer of the order of Leopold which deco
ration he obtained when his ''The Rescue from the
Flames was exhibited in Brussels in 1854. and Of
other orders and was a member of the Academies Of
Amsterdam aud Philadelphia He was made profess
sor in 1864, very industrious and produced many
works which arc noticeable chiefly for the stories
they tell aud their composition.
WADE HAMPTON, yR.
Major Wade Hampton. Jr.. son Of Senator Wade
Hampton, Of South Carolina died on Monday. ss his
plantation. in Washington county. Miss. of mala-
rial disease known hwmaturia. after an illness oe
only few days. He is survived by young wife, to
whom he had been married but q short time.
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