New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-26
DEATH OF MRS. A. T. STEWART
SURVIVING HER HUSBAND TEN YEARS.
HER DEATH CAUSED by PNEUMONIA AND USEx-
PYCTFD-HFR rNOsTYNTArIous LIFE.


day before her DEATH bright CHEEKY vivacious and
seemingly happy that fatal illness for her did not enter
the minds Of those brought with her "a an
/ immediate possibility. On Friday she dined III tne
evening at the house Of her halfsster Miss Chnch
on Saturday according her afternoon CUSTOM she
took a two hours drive in the park, returning nome
apparently in her usual health II has been her custom
| 10 take warm bath on Saturday evening ana 'ili'
may have made her unusually susceptible to cold Al
any rate on Saturday at N. she had chill ".i-
DR.. John c. Minor of No 10 East Forty-frst-st. who
has been her physician for years, was summoned no
discovered that lung congested and he looked
grave.
Three Gears ago Mrs Stewart had attack OF hear'
trouble which nearly proved fatal and since then Dr
Minor had visited her daily he had found deposits on
the valves of the heart and had feared that pheu-
monia combined with this trouble would prove iata
When summoned Oh Sunday he though that there "aS
about one chance in a thousand Of recovery; even
this possibility he gave up in the afternoon Do'h
lungs became congested and pneumonia obtained COM
plete control Of the patient.
Mrs. Stewards relatives were informed and all sun
day night Mrs Horace Russell the daughter Of ex-
Judge Hilton Mrs Wethereu the daughter Of Mrs. D.
Lawrence Smith, a niece Of Mrs. Stewart Fannie.
! who has been Mrs Stewards maid for years Mrs
Mack her housekeeper, and Dr. Minor kept constant
| watch Mrs Stewart was conscious to the last YET
she spoke only when addressed and passed peaoeiAy
| away AZ $50 a. N. -.
Not long afterward Mrs Stewards three hal sisters
the Misses Julia Anna and Emma Cmch "IS;
John Z. Hughes, the daughter Of judge Hilton anu
Mrs Prescott Hall Butler, daughter OF Mrs D. Law
renee Smith, reached the house. They were elos'Y
followed by Judge Hilton. exJudge Horace RUSSELL
| and Prescott Hall Butler n
The body was placed in charge Of undertaken G; 7.
jackson and sexton of the Church of the Incarnation
! II VIII not be embalmed. IN the evening 1t wa, e-
cidcd that in accordance with the wishes OF MIS-
stewart the funeral should be unpretention5. "A
| short service tor the relatives and few lhuh1'S
friends will be held at the house on thursday ~
! D. IN. Bishop Lttlei0h will O.hciate. he reluIneu
nom Chicago yesterday. Before his arrlVal d ~ ~
gram bad been sent 10 summon him. Al = p IL '
body vii bee placed IN special ear at tne Long i7-nu
Railroad station. whence It VIII be taken 10 'farneh
CITY At the Cathedral there. which stands As mon
ument to Mr. and Ms Stewart. services viii ne heIl
and the body will be placed in the crypt where the
body of Mr. Stewart il generally believed 10 rest
Judge Hilton said last evening that there "olIu nc
no pall-bcarers Tie coffin VIII be plain rosewood
with black velvet covering.
MIS-. STEWARDS LIFE AND GOOD WORKS.
After the death Of Alexander 7. Stewart in April,
ls76 Mr., Stewart abroad for q few months and
then returned To this city From that time to this she
had passed qliat and unosteutatious life in the
winter in her whit marble mansion olTthst
and Fifthave. ~ the summer at the 6rand Ihloh
Hotel Saratoga There she had OF twelve rooms,
and there ii noticed that she seemed most happy
She TOOK great pleasure in the society OF young people
and sou ght 10 have them about her.
old ana intimate lady friend Of Mrs. stewart said
a most happy lie together III theH co7tN noLHc sle
was devoted him and he attentive % her. They
had Two children. died IL infancy. Ills was
severe blow 20 Mr. Stewart and source OF 4a'Ihs
sorrow % hls wife.
The theit of Mr.. Stewards body the night of
November u. SIS when IL was taken with the CONN
plate tie hindicsof the coffin. and strip Of coth
from the covering lefr indelbe impression on Mrs
stewart mind although she finally rallied from the |
shock and patiently said II Is the Mnghtys will.
She returned from Saratoga this season N her usual
health and week was a. cheerful as her friends
had seen Acr II years.
Mrs Stewards personal character has become s-b-
iect OF oncOmium among those W 10 knew her wei. !
one Of these said Yesterday sac was sweet-tem- |
pcred, kindly, sympathetic. lovely Old ladY one |
was retiring il and disposed 10 look askanee AT
searchers charity. This trait from the tact
that after Mr. Stewards death she kimporruned |
on all sides for charitable purposes The number OF
begging letters she received was appalling, Yet
whoever had worthy chart table object IN mind could
always get access 70 Mrs Stewart purse through a |
friend OF hers in whose Judgment and diseernment she
An intimate friend related an instance where Mrs. |
Stewart visited family for whom charity was sought,
satisfied herself that they deserving. supplied III
person their want, and kept an eye on them there
after And this only one instance OF many.
1t j. said that Mrs Stewards IN the line OF |
charity due IL large measure % her husbands pro-
noanced dislike OF charity IL the form OF asylums ana
eeemOsyary institutions. IL was maxim WIN !
him that tie unfortunate and the weak should have
an opportunity TO help themselves, and II they Wouu
10 this they deserved no aid
THE STEWART CHARITIES
IL hi. viii Mr. Stewart left all his property to his
wife giving slOOO0OO to Mr. Hilton for settling up
the estate Mr. Stewart had certain charitable plans |
VII ch were not mentioned in the will, but which he
xpected that his wife would carry ont these
the erection of the Womans Home-since turned into
tie Park Avenue Hotel-and the Cathedral and |
schools At Garden City To these essential charities
Mr. Stewart devoted herself. She completed the /
WOmans Home. She saw the Cathedral dedicated
last wear costing over 900 600 The Boys school,
capable OF accommodating from 600 to oOO pupils,
has been put on a pr0s e,Ous basis TOR sum utte
sf.4.4 ~f.~ M ION
Mr. stewart with her simple tastes. did not feel
wholly a ease in her splendid home. Sue occupied AS
a bedroom the room at the southwest corner Of the
house Oh the third door She preferred cosey com
fort 10 splendor She break asted al o. H. took
drive went shopping. dined at p M, then usually
took a two hours drive had tea al $50 and received
friends passed the evening swithi them at Their
homes She occasionally attended a reception Sue
was slender and barely of medium height. wore heht
brown fare hair over her snowy Ehte, had graSHh-
llue ewes large mouth and a rather large nose mrs
Stewar. attended ST Marx Church until her husbands
body stolen. Since then she had been idennhod
with place Of worship, unless II DC the CAu1ch
of the Incarnation -
Mrs. Stewart was born in this city on October 20,
SOB Her father James Clinch. Well-known
merchant. and when ~ l. stewart married her u was
aid that he had married above his station 4
brother OF Mrs Stewart Charles Clinoho forty
or fifty years deputy collector OF this port James
Cinch nv his second had three daughters. Jua,
Anna and Susan all unmarried and living II TINS ci'y
Two other near relatives Charles ). CAnch,
rcnbeT now Evinr In Paris the president OF the
American Club In that city who has one daughter
and Mr.. j. Lawrence Smith, niece, the daugh OF o.
James Clnch q brother Of Mrs Stewart, and the we
OF cx-,Judge J. Lawrence Smith, OF Smithtown. Mrs
Smith has six children-hve daughters Mrs O5O0rh'
the wife OF Chicago lawyer; Mrs Prescott Hall But
Ter, Mrs. J. Bloomfield Wethre, Miss Ella smith
and Mrs stamford White. the wife OF the son OF
Richard Grant White; and one son, James 10 Ttenog
Smith. To moot of these Mrs. Stewart has allowed
SO 900 year. i said by those in position 20
know Charles J. Cnch aud Mrs. Smith have been /
iavorites Of hers and it is expected that they WI
come in tor q goodly remembrance In the Will MIS-
Smith III Yesterday with bronchitis and cOud not
come 10 the city. The opening OF the will MAY oe
deferred the arrival OF Mr. CHneh, who has Deen
summoned.
THE ESTATE
Mr.. Stewart left estate valued at s2O,OoO'ooo
Il Is difficult ascertain whether this has increased
.nce bus death large part OF II was real estate |