The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-28
ENT"SMITHDEAD
NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE DIES ON
 WEDDING TRIP,
End Came Suddenly in Japan to Inter- esting Character Whose Bride is Divorced Wife of Mir.
 Stewart


 New York, March 27.--A despatch re- ceived here today from Tokio an- nounces the death of James Henry Smith. one of the wealthiest men of this city.
 At the time of his death, Mir. Smith was on a wedding tour around the world and his bride was the divorced wife of William Rhinelander Stewart They were married in this city on Sep tember 13 of last year.
 A cable message received at Mir. Smiths office in this city today con tained the information that the party which accompanied Mir. Smith will April 10, bringing MT. Smiths body. They will be met in San Francisco by Eugene M. Zimmerman, of Cincinnati father of the Duchess of Manchester.
 It was stated at Mir. Smiths office that his death was due to heart dis ease.
 MT. Smiths death occurred yester day at Kioto, Japan. A dispatch re- ceiyed here Monday said that MT. Smith was dangerously i'll. In the party with MT. and Mrs. Smith were the Duke and Duchess of Manchester
 few years ago Mir. Smith inher- ited from his uncle, George Smith, a fortune estimated at $50 000, ,0eO Some- thing more than two years ago Mir. Smith bought the house at the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, own ed and occupied by the late William C. whitney. The lavish entertainments given by Smith during his bachelor hood days were among the most not able in New York fashionable circles Prior to coming into the estate of his uncle he conducted a brokerage busi- ness and was known as Silent Smith,"
 MT. Smith and Mrs. Stewart of Bal timore were married at Inverness. Scot land. on September IS. last. and short 1y afterwards he started with his wife and several friends on a tour around the world Early In February. to- gether with MT. and Mrs. Bourke Cochran and the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, they were presented to the Amir of Afghanistan at Calcutta, The Smith party were touring on the Drexel yacht Marita. which Mir. Smith had chartered.
 Mrs. Smith was Miss Annie M. Armstrong of Baltimore and Phi1adel- phia In 1879 she married W. Rhine lander Stewart. from whom she ob- tained a divorce in South Dakota in August of last year. A few days after the decree was granted she sailed with her daughter. Miss Anita Stewart, for England. and her marriage to MT. Smith occurred in the following month.
 George Smith, the founder of the great fortune which fell to James Hen " Smith on the old mans death. was one of the pioneer bankers of Chicago and the Northwest. He was a native of Scotland and came to America in 1883 when he was 26 years of age From New York he drifted Westward and finally locating In Chicago just be- fore the beginning of the boom period in that city invested his small savings in city property The increase in value was rapid. He organized a bank and eventually obtained large holdings in many of the enterprises of the rapidly growing Northwest. One of MT. Smiths most profitable investments probably was a purchase of a large amount of Argentine bonds which he obtained at 20 and sold at par This single invest ment Is said to have netted him more than s10, 0,000. 900 profit.
 MT. Smith never married and at his death the bulk of his great fortune went to his nephew.
 James HenrIy Smiths inheritance was estimated at $50, 900 900. but his fortune had increased steadily since 1t fell Into his hands in 1898. and the es- tate now is estimated at between S6O.- OOO, 900 and S75.0OO.O0o.