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The Life and Times of Lizzie Handley _
LAST SATURDAY ________ for Years Locally. ________ ________ tation and Owner of Race Track. Established Coney Island. Dan A.
Stuart, a former citizen of Dallas, whose prominence in business
and sporting circles reached an international character, is dead.
He died at 5:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon in New York City.
Acute stomach trouble, from which he had suffered for the last
four or five months, was the immediate cause. He died at sixty-two
years of age. Invested in Dallas Property. Promoted Prize Fight. Married in New York. - o o o - AFTER A LONG ILLNESS _______ AT HOME IN NEW YORK CITY. ________ Circles Throughout the Country. Prize Fight Promoter. Dan A.
Stuart, for many years a resident of Dallas and known in sporting
and business circles throughout the country, died at his home
in New York City Saturday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock. Death was
due to acute stomach trouble, from which he suffered for the
last four or five years. At the time of his death, Mr. Stuart
was in his sixty-second year. His first
business in Dallas was at the northwest corner of Main and Poydras
streets where the American Exchange National Bank Building now
stands, and for four years he conducted there a restaurant, drinking
place and sporting rooms. Prospering in this venture, he purchased
a frontage of seventy-five feet on the south side of Main street
just east of Lamar and established the Coney Island, a continuation
and enlargement of his earlier business. He never sold this property,
although the business has passed into other hands. His friends
say he had business property on Elm street, and on East Main
street, and residence holdings in the city, which are worth more
than $200,000. He gained
National prominence as a result of his promotion of prize fights
between world's champions in 1895 and 1897. It is claimed, that
as a result of this, every State in the Union and two foreign
countries have enacted anti-prize fight legislation, having him
especially in mind. It was in 1894, that a test case was made
by him in Dallas, a prize fight being given by locals who were
arrested. The case was brought before the higher court and the
decision given that Texas had no anti-prize fight law that would
hold. He, at once, made arrangements for a fight between Fitzsimmons
and Corbett, and began the erection of an immense arena, reputed
to be the biggest thing of the kind ever attempted. The fight
was to have taken place in October. Gov. Charles A. Culberson
called a special session of the Legislature and had a law passed
which forbid the fight. The partially-completed arena was torn
down and sold for old lumber. Although
long interested in pool rooms, Stuart was never an owner of race
horses. At several of the State Fairs held here in the early
days, he had the racing privilege and conducted it successfully.
Later, he acquired and improved, until it was one of the best
on the circuit, the Hot Springs track, known as Oakland. He also
purchased and improved, the Fort Erie race track at Buffalo. ______ Mr. Stuart's Word as Good as a Bond. SPECIAL TO THE NEWS. Little
Rock, Ark., Nov. 14.--A special to the Gazette from Hot Springs,
Ark., says: - o o o - Dan A. Stuart, the sporting man, who promoted the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight in Carson City, Nev., in 1897, died on Saturday at his home, 440 West End Avenue, of Bright's disease, at the age of [6]2. Born on a Vermont farm, he went to Texas as a young man and lived an adventurous life as a cowboy and sporting man. When there began to be talk of a championship fight between Corbet and Fitzsimmons, in 1896, he tried to have the fight fought at Dallas, Texas, but the Governor rushed a special bill through the State Legislature prohibiting it. Stuart managed the fight between Fitzsimmons and Maher in 1896, across the Mexican border. Then, he became owner of the Southern Club in Hot Springs, Ark., and part owner of the Oakland race track in that city. He had more recently been interested in horse racing and horse breeding. He left a widow, who was Miss Harriet R. Brennan, and two daughters. - o o o - STUART WILL IS PROBATED ________ of $300,000. _______ _______ Holdings in Dallas. _______ _______ Day -- Was a Prize Fight Promoter. In the
county probate court today the will of D.A. Stuart was offered
by W. P. Ellison and ordered probated by Judge John L. Young.
Mrs. Harriet Stuart, wife of the deceased, was made sole administrator,
and gave bond in the sum of $300,000. J. P. Murphy, Charles F.
Bolanz and J. H. Power were appointed appraisers and given thirty
days in which to appraise the property in this city and file
their report with the court. The sole heirs to the estate are
Mrs. Stuart and two children living in New York. The estate is
valued at $300,000. Mr. Stuart's real estate holdings in this
city, including Main and Commerce street property, are estimated
to be worth $200,000. Property owned in Hot Springs is appraised
at $100,000. - o o o - WAS THREATENING ______ Street Was Damaged to Some Extent. Fire, which was discovered shortly before 3 o'clock this morning, did considerable damage to the interior of the building, and to the fixtures of the saloon and restaurants. A. H. Groulox is the proprietor of this place. He valued his fixtures and stock at $8,000, and the fixtures were practically destroyed by the fire and water. The building is owned by Mrs. Dan Stuart and was considerably damaged. The fixtures and stock were insured for $4,000. The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is believed to have originated from gasoline fumes in the stock room. Only a prompt response of the firemen prevented a serious blaze. - o o o - _ |
Lizzie's alleged daughter, Mina Schoudel, appears on the 1910 St. Louis Co., Missouri federal census,46 as follows: SCHOUDEL, Wm., head of household; white male, age 64, married 14 years; born New York; both parents born in Germany; occupation: R. R. service dept.; working on own accord; reads and writes; rents home. SCHOUDEL, Mina (wife), age 39, married once, 14 years; 0 children born; born ca. 1871 in Minnesota; father born in Iowa, mother born in Kentucky; reads and writes; occupation: none. |
For some
time I have been studying the much-mooted question in reference
to erecting monuments to the Southern woman of the sixties. From
reading and also hearing the matter discussed it seems to me
without discussing the merits or demerits of the design to which
the committee has given preference, and, above all things, without
the least desire of depreciating the noble efforts of our dearly
beloved Confederate soldier friends (God bless them!) who are
so bravely trying to emphasize their appreciation for the Southern
women's faithfulness and sacrifice during the war, that we may
consider it altogether improbable that a model or design for
this cause may be secured, no matter by whom, that would be welcomed
by anything like the majority. May I not offer a compromise?
Mrs. L.
Z. Duke died at her residence, 4180 Broadway, New York City,
on Wednesday, April 10, 1912. This announcement means much more
than ordinary sorrow and interest, especially to Confederates,
for in her death, they lose one of their sincerest friends. For
years, Mrs. Duke had given unstintedly of her time, and thought
lavishly of her means for every cause that tended to their comfort
and to keep in remembrance their heroism and valor. - o o o -_
OF WAR VETERANS DEAD __________ IN NEW YORK CITY. __________ GRAM TO COL. YOUNG. __________ A telegram
was received last evening by Col. Bennett H. Young, announcing
the death at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, in New York City,
of Mrs. L. Z. Duke, a former Kentuckian, and donor of the Duke
Memorial Hall at the Confederate Home in Pewee Valley. News of
her death was immediately telephoned to the Confederate Home,
where Mrs. Duke visited every year. - o o o - DUKE. -- Lizzie Zebbeon Duke, after a short illness, at her late residence, 4,180 Broadway. Funeral arrangements announced later. Louisville, Lexington, Grayson, and Pewee Valley (Ky.) papers please copy. - o o o - Mrs. LIZZIE ZEBBEON DUKE, daughter of Supreme Court Justice Howe of Kentucky and founder of the L. Z. Duke Home for Veterans at Pewee Valley, Ky., died after a brief illness yesterday at her home, 4,180 Broadway. She was born in Lexington, Ky., and came of a prominent family. She was married to Edmund Duke, who died several years ago in Paris, where they resided at the time. She was an active member of the Daughters of the Confederacy, the Rubinstein Harmony, Post Parliament, and Dixie Clubs. - o o o -
DUKE. -- Lizzie Zebbeon, after a short illness, at her residence, 4,180 Broadway. Funeral Saturday, 1 o'clock, from New Church (Swedenborgian), 35th St., between 4th and Lexington Avs. Members of Dixie and Rubinstein Clubs and Daughters of the Confederacy respectfully invited to attend. DUKE. -- The members of the Dixie Club of New York
are requested to attend the funeral of the late beloved member
of the Board of Directors, Mrs. L. W. (sic) Duke, at the Swedenborgian
Church of the New Jerusalem, on 35th St., near Park Av., on Saturday
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. - o o o - TO BE IN CONFEDERATE LOT __________ BURIED IN CAVE HILL. __________ WITH SOLDIERS. __________ A "guard
of honor" composed of veterans from the Kentucky Confederate
Home will take part in the funeral services of Mrs. L. Z. Duke,
who will be buried in the Confederate lot in Cave Hill at 1 o'clock
to-morrow afternoon. - o o o - The funeral
of Mrs. L. Z. Duke, whose body arrived here yesterday morning
from New York, was held at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon from
the chapel in Cave Hill cemetery, the Rev. Julian S. Sibley,
pastor of the Stuart Robinson Memorial church, officiating. - o o o -
The City of New York State of New York Certificate #11659 Sex: Female I hereby
certify that I attended deceased from April 6 1912, to April
10, 1912, that I last saw her alive on the 10 day of April, 1912,
that she died on the 10 day of April 1912, about 4 o'clock P.
M., and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the cause
of her death was as follows: Witness my hand this 11 day of April
1912 Place of Burial: Pewee Valley Kentucky
[lined through] #60, of Cave Hill Cemetery) |
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LIZZIE Z. DUKE, (died April 10.) left $1,000 realty and more than $1,000 personalty to distant relatives. - o o o - of Mrs. Lizzie Z. Duke48 In
the Name of God, Amen. Witnesses The foregoing Will, written upon two sheets of paper was, at the date thereof, in our presence subscribed, sealed, published and declared by the Testatrix, Lizzie Z. Duke, to be her last will and testament, and we, at her request, and in her presence, and in the presence of each other, had subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. Maggie Walsh residing at 605 W. 141st N. Y. Co. [or N. Y. C.] APPEARS TO CLAIM A $500,000 ESTATE _______ She Is the Daughter of Mrs. L. Z. Duke _______ _______ Former Clubwoman, Who Founded Confederate Veterans' Home. Mrs. Mina
Schoudel, of East St. Louis, appeared before Surrogate Fowler
yesterday to protest against the dividing of the estate of Mrs.
Lizzie Zebbeon Duke among her distant relatives, upon the contention
that she, herself, was the lawful and sole heiress as the daughter
of Mrs. Duke by a former marriage. - o o o - MRS. DUKE'S CHILD, SHE SAYS ________ counting as Next of Kin. Asserting
that she is the daughter and only child of Mrs. Lizzie Z. Duke,
who died on April 5, 1912, Mrs. Mina Schoudel has filed a petition
in the Surrogate's Office asking for a compulsory accounting
of the estate of the decedent. The will, which was probated on
Aug. 23, 1912, makes no mention of Mrs. Schoudel, neither does
the petition filed in probating the instrument. September 7, 1914, p. 12, col. 2. - o o o - |
Lizzie's alleged daughter, Mina Schoudel, appears on the Bexar Co., Texas federal census,52 in San Antonio, in 1920, as follows: SCHOUDEL, Mina; head of household, white female, age 55, widowed, rents home; can read and write; born in Minnesota, father born in Virginia, and mother born in Kentucky; occupation: keeper of rooming house; works on her own accord.
SOLDIER HOME ___________ Yell Escape Flames at Pewee Valley Institution. ___________ A hundred
gray-clad warriors of "61-65," their capes and white
beards waving in the wind, sat cross-legged upon the grass around
their home at Pewee Valley last night, and in typical Rebel stoicism,
watched flames destroy the buildings, and when, at last, the
dying embers resembled but a bivouac of days gone by, they trudged
slowly to a little stone church nearby, spread their blankets
and slept. - o o o -
My
thanks to Alex Troup, for his untiring efforts in searching the
Dallas County deed and probate records, and for providing me
with copies of same.
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