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DEATH BY BURNING.Tbe Sad Accident That Caused the Death of Mrs Stuart in Chicago Tuesday.Reaching Over a Gasoline Stove the Tlaine ( Catches Her Sleeve- runeral This Afternoon From the Church-The remains of the late Mra. Archie Simrt arrived here from Chic g • the Jiurlingtou at 12:20 tins morning The funeral will be held thisafttrncon ! at 3 o’clock I a ni tiie First Congregation church. The particulars of the s-rt accident which caused ter dca’h i were learned from a member of the family upon the arrival of tbe reinlusMrs. Stewart had gore to Chicago to keep bouse for her mo*, whose wife wie t bedside of her sick sbter in E *et Dubiujae. Tuesday evening, as she was preparing supper, she reached over the gasoline stove for a dish and the j (lame set lire to the lacc of her sleeve. JSbe went to get a towel to smother 1 he ^ blaze, and in passing the table ^ set lire to the table cover, which , ignitul the lower poition of ter i dress. Her little grandchild was in • the room and she pfckcJ her up and 1 took her out dours for safety. Tie wind only fanned the Bparks and she ^ was soon enveloped in a mass of (lame' , which burned hir lower lirubs and v Ixidy terribly. Assistance came to her aid and all that medical science could v do to alleviate her sufferings was done. 1 but to no avail. She remained con I scious until Wednesday afternoon ht 4 *v o’clock, and at eight o'clock that even- (| log tbe sufferirg was over and her soul s passed to ibe great beyond. cMrs. Stuart was torn in Canada w In 183*, where she remained during h her girlhood days, when she removed n to St. Paul, where in 1857 she wes ^ married to Mr. A. H. Stuart, and ^ shortly afterwards removed with her husband to Dubult;(tie, whicli had ever j, since been her home. When tbe t Twenty-first Iowa infantry was being t! organized in this city Mr. Stu rt bet amc a member of it and was D a lieutenant in Co. G. He seived 'l gallantly until th- close of the war, ^ but came borne with his health and C(-constitution shattered. He rever tl folly regained his health and died j* three or four years ago. At tbe time pi of bis demise be was engaged in the ai business of procuring pension?, and sc afUj his death this business was taken 1 up and luccesisfuiJy conducted by Mrs. 11 • Stuart, who is now united with biui in the i41 d beyond the skies. She recelvtd autr.ority from tbe pension depart mt nt to continue the pension busings ^ and it can in t u b te said 01 her a m re conscientious person nevtr pr secuted a c alm before the department. Outside of aoy financial consideration,‘be felt an interest in the soidiers recau e of tte fan that ^ her husband had fcogbt to preserve f' tbeun oa: a d »t was this interest that t’(i led her to do ad in her jow* r to secure „j f r the cripplei » nd aged veteran what ,ls was juatiy bis due from the govern m mcnt. Mr?. Stuart was a woman of de marem individuality and ch*r*cber «v aod remarkably iotcltlgert. Hlt; r heart aP wi- tender and true, ai d tblt;*e in die- 1 tress ntvlt; r appealed to her in vain. al Her deeds of kiedoess are known, but l(| not to the world: they are known and rtclt; rJed where angels sing with oy over good deeds done for God’s poor toi aod needy. She was a member of the A First Coogregatioosi church snd her ph life was consistent with it? teachings ‘ The appalling manner cf her death will 1 can** sincere tor row to all who knew her. She had gone to viait a s n, full of joyful anticipations, i ot dreaming that tbe nngcl (if death bad market h^-her for bl? victim ere she should again pu see tbo I right and cheerful fiee of ‘ hi the loved ones whom she kissed for good- bye as Hie crossed the threshold.Hut such Is life; it is all un- ! * certainty urid the call comes when lea*t expccUd; the king and p?a*ant alike u iHtgu; no excuse will suffice, .* .She fifed to see her family grlt; w up hii about her, a family who love ! aud re I vercd ht r and f.»r whom she did all Ea that a mother's love could suggest. ft^; The surviving children are Hustle. |° Coarles, James, Lv/.ie, Maggie and ,l!il lies;ie, ana in their sad and terrible 0Nlt; bsrca\emcnt they will have tbe heartfelt sympathy lt;.f all. The mother who i iovi t them is no more. Her spirit has aft gone to the realm of eternal day. and trc from bir place among tbe good and pure •he will watch over and guide ttcm. ^
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Dubuque Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Fri, Sep 14, 1894
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