The Bourbon news., 1914-01-02
EWsPAPER ACCOUNT or
JAS. A. sTEWART's DEATH

The Wheeling. W. Va, Intelligenc-
r gives the following account Of the
cath of Mr.. James A. Stewart, for
srly of this city. which occurred In
lat city recently:
while en- route to attend q meet
of Wheeling Commandery Mol,
nights Templar, James A. Stewart,
pioneer resident of the city, was
sricken with heart trouble and col
osed on the sidewalk on the Island
pproach to the Suspension bridge
out 7:45 last night, dying immedi-
ely He left his home apparently
good health, having eaten hearty
.eal and hurried away to be present
the meeting. He wore the uniform
the lodge when death called him. !
"He was alone when the end came
nd no person could be found who
aw him fall The first, known of his
lemise was when two young mel
ound his body lying on the sidewalk
front Of the round house on the
approach to the bridge. The boys
notified persons in the neighborhood
and the body was carried to the home
Of Mr.. Herbert o. Baer, where DR..
w. p. McGrall was called. but it was
100 late, as death had won - 1
CAS- soon as the word was passed
a great crowd gathered near the
place where the unfortunate man
fell. For time his identity was in
doubt, as few of the younger people
knew him, until L. A Lallance, Jr.,
a great friend of the dead man, was
called and identified the body. Coro-
ner Gala Mitchell was called to the
scene but stated that an inquest was
unnecessary and that he would de-
pend on the diagnosis of Dr. McCrall,
who had been. called Immediately aft
er his death, and who had already
| fixed the cause as heart failure SUI
perinduced by old age.
Following the momentary inquest
| the body was removed to the home of
his niece, Mrs. Curtis P. Brown, at
No. 80 North Front street, where
the body was prepared for burial.
Curtis Brown, nephew of the de-
ceased, who is secretary of he F. w.
Banner Company, and at the time of
the sad occurrence was working at
the store, was almost prostrated with
grief at the sad message, as he had
left Mr.. Stewart in apparently good
health when he departed for his
work following the evening meal.
| Friends of the family and old CO.
partners in business who had known
Mr.. Stewart in the early days of his
life and who had been associated with
them in practically all the walks of
life, are almost Frustrated with the
sad message impaired to them last
night: Few men have enjoyed the
wide friendship and hearty good will
of the general public so much as the
deceased.
+ "Mr Stewart was well-known fra
ternally, and took great interes t in
work along this line. He was mem
ber of the commandery of Knights
Templar, of Cynthiana, Kentucky, be-
ing a past commander of that body.
During the time he has been mem
ber of the order he has never missed
a meeting, and at the time of his
death was on his way to visit his
adopted commandery of this city.
He was one of he widest known Ma
sons of the states of West Virginia
and Kentucky, taking an active part
in all their conventions.
1.-The deceased has been a lifelong
member of the Protestant Episcopal
church, being affiliated with Saint
! Luke's P. e. church on the Island.
During his entire life he has been sue
cessful in business and has ever been
ready to help those in need.
He was the son of John Park and
Sarah Hughes Stewart, and was born
in Martinsburg, West Virginia, In
city when but a mere boy. After
l d,,o I'M fIn "a
the city, he entered the employ OF the
Logan Drug Company, and travelled
for them much after the fashion of
circuit riders during the early SOS.
A grand niece of the deceased said
last night nat when she was but q
child he would tell her of the cold
winter days that he had ridden mile
after mile over rough unbroken
mountains, exposed to wild storms
and to the wilder beasts that in
tested those mountains at that time
"Mr. Stewart was connected with
this firm until 1870, when he went tc
Paris. Kentucky, and there entered
business for himself Here he worked
luntil 1903, when he returned to his
home town and purchased the drug
store at the corner of Zane and Penn
streets, now occupied by w. T. Dins
more. He later sold the business tt
Mr.. Lallance and returned to Ken
Itucky, where he resumed his former
business relations in that town unit
three years ago, when he came Il
this city to live with his nearest rel
ative, Mrs. Curtis Brown, of Nortf
Front street.
Here he has resided in retire,
fashion for the past three years, de
voting his time to the work of .th,
lodge and his church. Deceased wa.
a successful business man. Although
not graduate of any college, he ha,
dug out the ingredients of medici
nal education by close study an,
practical experience. His education
was the kind taught by the livin,
things and objects with which h,
came in contact. He was register
ed druggist in the states of West Viz
ginia and Kentucky, and one of th'
best authorities on pharmaceutical
work in he state.
His library of knowledge an,