The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-28
MRS. STEWARDS FUNERAL
A QUIET CEREMONY OVER THE MIL
LIoNAlRE WIDOWS REMAINS.

The Detaing All Complete for the Last Sad
Rites-About Forty Million Dollars
Worth of Property to BE Disposed of
BY the win of the Deceased.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-It has been definitely
decided that the funeral Of the late Mrs. Cor
nelia Mitchell Stewart will take place on
Thursday afternoon. At II o'clock the fam
ily and immediate friends of the deceased
will meet in the parlor Of the Stewart man
sion, when the first portion Of the burial of
the dead of the Protestant Episcopal church
will be read by Bishop Littlejohn, of the dio-
cese of Long Island, assisted by the Rev.
Arthur Brooks, rector of the church of the
Incarnation of this city.
At the conclusion of this service the re-
mans will be taken to Long Island City,
where a special train will be in waiting to
convey the friends of the deceased to Garden
City Here in the Cathedral of the Incarna-
ton the concluding services will be held,
Bishop Littejohn and the Rev. Mr.. Brooks
being assisted by the Rev. DR.. Vandewater
and others of the Cathedral clergy. After
the services the body will be placed in the
receptacle, built especially for it, in the
marble crypt in the Cathedral
The velvet covered coffin will have silver
plate and six silver handles The plate will
bear the following inscription: "Cornelia M.
Stewart, died Octoter 25, 1886, aged eighty
four years and five months"
Before beip placed in the crypt, the coffin
will be placed in lead-lined chestnut box
with corners and inscription plato of brass.
There will be no pallbearers, and the fu
neral will be conducted with IS little cere
mony as possible. The music will be rem
dered by the cathedral choir and the boys ol
| st, Paul's school, of Garden City.
| As the mourners would not be able TO re
turn to the city until late hoHr, the reading
of the will Of the deceased will probably no
take place until Friday morning. The exac
contents of this document are known K
Judge Hilton alone and he refuses to di'-ulg,
the disposal of Mrs. Stewards colossal for
tune. 1t is said, however, that there are NJ
public beque8ts of great moment, although
the estate will foot up about SAC, 900.
"The late Mrs. Stewart was of great assist
ance to her husband in his business ventures
Indeed to her. said an old friend of tht
family to a reporter, "belonged the honor o
making A. T. Stewards the fashionable stor,
Of New York. When he opened his estab
lishment on the northeast corner Of Broadway
and Chambers street, she persuaded him tC
hire large number Of the finest carriage
and horses that could be procured In tn
city Each was provided with coachmaI
and footman in livery and stylishly attireC
ladies were engaged to drive up to the stor
in the carriages, alight, and pass in as if oil
a shopping tour. Then they would come out
re-rrter the carriages, drive around few
| and repeat the performance This, o.
cou4se, had the effect of attracting the bona
fde customers of the better class'of society.
1t is said by many well informed persons
that Mrs Stewart decided years ago to Civ
her handsome marble residence on Fiftl
avenue, to Judge Hilton and have it opene
as an uptown dry goods store, and it was b.
reason of this declared intention that Mr.
William Aston has decided to vacate hi
home in the block above the Stewart houst