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Show SENATOR STEWART OE NEVADA DIES Passing of One of the Strongest and Most Picturesque Char-. actcrs of the "West. SERVED HIS STATE MORK THAN QUARTER OF CENTURY" At Ripe Old Age Answers Final Suiumons in Hospital at Washington, WASRINGTOX, April 2:. Former United Slates Senator William A. Stewart Stew-art of Xevada died at (he Georgetown hospital here today, following an operation. opera-tion. The body will he (aken to Nevada Ne-vada Snuday. Mr. Stewart had been at the hospital j t-iuce March HO. On March ,TL ho un-i dement an operation, (ho naturo of j which the physicians havo not mj'.de puldic. A week ago his condition became be-came worse, and he sank steadily until this morning when at 7:0o o'clock he passed away. Mr. Stewart was S2 j-ears old and had been a figure in (his city during Iho better part of (he Iasli half ecivtury. For twenty-eight years, altogether, he represented repre-sented Nevada in the senate, a lapse between lS7o and JSS7 intervening to prevent a continuous service record from 1S65 to 1005. Washington Home Razed. "Stewart Castle,'"' his former home on Dupont. circle, in this city, was long one of Hie landmarks of the national capital, but (here is today in the center of (he fashionable residence section a liaro lot with only the cellar excavation telling the story of the pulling down of that historic structure. Senator William A. I'lark oC Montana planned to build a palatial structure on' the silo, but after the razing of (ho old residence and a disagreement over the nlans, never replaced it and built the Clark home in New Yovk Cily instead. Senator Stewart made many notable speeches on the floor of Iho seuaio in advocacy of silver and his characterisation characteri-sation of the demonetization of silver as "the crime as '7'fi is a marker in political "history. After his retirement from congress lie divided his time between be-tween Washington, where he had many interests during his life of fluctuating fortune, his farm in nearby Virginia, and the west, where, at his old home, at Bullfrog. Nov.. and elsewhere he had varied minirig interests and experiences. Most nl the old resideufs of Washington Wash-ington and many of the now know Stewart Stew-art either personally or by sight, for his tall figure, topped with a wido brimmed soft hat and his long white beard and his complexion, as clear as a youth's, were conspicuous ou the streets of (he city. All Children Loved Him. Mr. Stewart was the living incarnation incarna-tion of Santa Glaus and on this account, as. well as on account of li is kindly disposition, dis-position, he appealed strongly lb the imagination of children. Probably no more picturesque nor nigged character was ever known .to the sennle. lie was much in evidence around I lie senate chamber, until within with-in the last, few weeks, Mr. Stewart was a native of New York, and went, west in the early davs of Iho California gold discoveries. There he wielded the pick and shovel as an cveiy day miucr. Cxcept for the first campaign of I Bryan, in I SOU, when the silver issue-was issue-was most, prominent, Mr. Stewart was a Republican. Be was. however, a man of independence, and often voted contrary (o tho wishes of the party caucus. Ho look a prominent part in thy setting aside of the Force bill, in IS02, aud ho never failed to cast his vole in the interest of the white metal, whatever the attitude of his party on that subject. |