New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-27
OBITUARY..
JOHN STPAITON.


John Straiton. familiar for many years 70
NEWCOMERS as head Of the cigar anu To-
bacco house of Straiton Storm uieu yes
terday morning. after weeks hheSs i,o.,.
pneumonia. in his at the MURRAY nun
Hotel. Mr.. STATIONS death was due ihuree
to his neglect to wear overcoat In uhcera" anu
inclement weather On the night of Sunday NO
vernber ~, he made call on one Oh MS i"''.'''
and dsdained TO heavy outer-coa'' n"'
he was in his sixty fourth year. and wheh ne
returned TO his rooms he had severe 'ei''s
Mt. The cold grew heavier and heavier pu'' III
sisting that his illness was only slight one nc
declined to call physician until Tuesday. DID
Quintard and Smith then summoned ny ms
family. but pneumonia had set in, and from 'hS
attack he never rallied
Mr. Stralton was a Scotsman. and II is as Il
Scotsman that he will be chiefly remempereu o"s
after all else in connection with MIN Is ioie
His large heart ever responsive 10 the c''e'
of the distressed. and to none so much as hiS Wv"
countrymen who had tried their fortunes In America
ard fallen by the way. No poor Scotsiha" "'o
appealed to him went away empty-ha'i'eu'
MIR Stralton was born. a little more than Sixty
three years ago, in Dalkeith. Midlothian te s"'o''e
hold OF the Duke OF Buccsuchs HIS ia'ne'' 4"
business man OF the little town, des!sheu MN i''
the ministry. and up to his twentieth year he WAS
a student in Presbyterian College OF Edihpufs
Nature had blessed him with tenor voice vi
exceptional sweetness ana purity, and II Is SAID
that the Duke OF Bucceuch. one day by accidcht
hearing Mr.. Stralton singing, promptly invited MN
to Dalketh House. where his voice was lot
time cultivated. But the death Of his father
obliged him to give up all thought Of the ministry
or of music and when barely more than twehly-o"c
years old ne came to this country and for rev
years was associated with James Symington.
dealer In tobacco.
In 1861 into existence the mouse
which existed until few years ago y.
first three ADMINISTRATION. Schmidt ana
Storm-carried 1t on, but Mr. Schmidt soon
retired and for the greater part of the last thirty
two years the house has borne the utle ianiii''.'
to all NewYork. Although the irm deait gen,I
ally in tobacco the bulk OF their trade lay IN c'sas.
In 1886. after twenty-five years OF active pusln.
life Mr.. Straiton retired. The firm then became
the Owl Cigar Company. But his buoyani Doy-
ish disposition forbade him TO be IDLE, ana MOI
than ever he Interested himself In banking matters
with which he had always been more or less asso,
ciated He was a director in the Lincoln National
Bank of which his old friend. Thomas l.. james, Is
president Of the ST. Nicholas Bank the Ger GER an
Long Island Railroad lie had also devoted mucn
time to the Improvement OF Arverne. l.. l.. ana
While never forgetting the land in which he was
born, he always mindful OF his duties OF citi-
own He was the Committee OF Seventy wnicn
smashed the Tweed Ring. and he was. 100 Tor
ton Among the Freemasons he was prominent
figure. and in addition to his membership Oh me
ST. Nichols c d 10 gs DO 3 waS sana
His wife died three years ago and he leaves three
%a Snd Mrs two Brsdeg A Ha
The funeral will take place tomorrow morning az
$50 o'clock. in the protestant Episcopal Church OF
gan and George X. Van De Water Will conduct the
Service The pallbearers will include: Alfred Van
Judge Noah Davis. David s Hammond. Arthur b.
Graves. George Storm. Edward A. Quintard. George
NJ. Hard, Thomas l.. James and probably George
Alfred Townsend