The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-28
CORONER KATE HORNER.
Also the City Physician of Nebraska
Town and Good Democrat.
From the Omaha World Herald.

From the Omaha World Herald.
"Dr. Kate @. Horner" is the inscrip-
tion on plain board nailed upon the
side of neat two-story frame builing in
the little town of Fender. Pender is in
Thurston County, Neb. The town is for
~ miles from Sioux City, Ia, lies across
the railroad track from the Omaha reser-
vation, and is reached by the Chicago,
Minneapolis * Omaha line. Pender
boasts 1000 inha bitants.
When l learned that DR.. Horner was
Coroner of Thurston County, as well as
city physician of Pender my interest and
curiosity were aroused. A woman coro
ner is not an everyday occurrence, even
in this period of Office holding
When l called at the Doctors office one
Sunday afternoon, no one was in. An
easy chair and late magazine suggested
the gentle Bohemianism of the owner,
however, and i made bold TO enter and
make myself at home. In perhaps half
an hour young woman, tastefully dress
ed in black, ran up the stairs and enter
girlish; her head well poised; carriage
erect and graceful; age-I did not ask.
She looked 25
81 am waiting for DIR. Horner," VEN
tured as she entered the room. 81 am
DR.. Horner. What can l do for you?'
was the reply. As had expected to see
an older and palmer woman, the an
nouncement took me by surprise. l was
visibly "rattled, and as she eyed me
with a pair of calm, blue, magnetic orbs
she knew IL. i could not recover suffi-
ciently to spring any OF the old stereo-
typed speeches OF the interviewer. was
off my guard and told the truth.
81 don't know" / said. 81 saw your
sign, and when learned that you were
the coroner / was curious TO see and talk
with you" am glad that / told the
truth. She really appreciated il, and
gave me the information L desired.
Kate q. Horner's home is in Omaha,
la. Her education was that affored by the
public schools of that place, in which
she has also taught. AS a young girl
she worked in a small drug store for
thirteen months, and acquired liking
for the business. Determined to master
the science of the profession, she devoted
her attention TO the work until she was
registered as pharmacist at Des Moines
i'm 1891. The proprietor of the drug store
i'm which Miss Horner was employed was
also a physician, and encouraged her to
study medicine. She had read with him,
and at his suggestion entered the College
OF Medicine at Sioux City, from which
she was graduated in 1893. For year she
practised I'm Blencoe, Ia, and then moved
TO Pender, beginning her work there
April /, 1894. Asked how she became cor
oner, she said:
"The Democrats asked me TO run for
the place 10 which was elected last faI.
told the committee that / was willing TO
run IL / could get there, but | did not
propose TO be sacrificed during the cam
paign. They assured me that j should
be elected, and consented TO make the
canvass. The Pobhlists also indorsed
me. Then the man whom the Republicans
had nominated withdrew and ! was elect
ed. That is all there is of that. j was
appointed city physician by the town
board this spring"
DIR. Horner can tell many interesting
stories OF her experiences. She responds
TO all calls, and does all sorts OF medical
work. Among the settlers on the reser-
vation she has large number OF patients,
while the women Of Pender employ her
oftener than they do the men. Her share
OF the practice i'm Thurston County Is
considerably more than half.
Tho Board OF Aldermen will meet to-
y fsIf If.aL