The San Francisco call., 1896-07-02
HARRIET BEECHER
STOWE is DEAD,
The Talented AuthoreSs
Passes Peacefully
Away.
HER DEATH PAINLESS.
Literary Works That Gained
for Her a World Wide
Reputation.
STORY OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE.
Uncle Toms Cabin" Did a Great
Deal to Further the Emaucipa.
tion of Slaves.
STORY OF AN EvENTFUL LIFE.

HARTFORD, Conn, July Mrs Har-
riet Beecher Stowe, the gifted authoress of
"Uncle TOMS Cabin" ''Dred," and other
works of worldwide reputation, died at
her home, 73 Forest street, at noon to-day
without regaining consciousness. She
passed peacefully away as though in a
deep sleep. By her bedside at the time
were her son. her two daughters, her mar
ried sister, her husband, DR.. Edward
Hooker, her nephew, who was also her
medical attendant, and other relatives.
Her illness was the elimination of g
mental arrangement from which Mrs.
Stowe has suffered for years, tenderly
cared for by her two daughters. It is q
long time since she has been able to do
literary work, and for the past two years
her condition has been such that the
worst might be expected at any time. OF
this however, the public has not been
generally aware.
A trained nurse has been in constant
attendance upon Mrs. Stowe. She walked
about in company with her patient
through the garden grounds every
morning.
Mrs. Stowe exhibited considerable vigor
for her years, physically, and always had
smile for her friends. She repeated one
OF her poems recently, and there have
been moments when her intellect was
still unclouded, and it was only of late
that her power of speech was affected.
She was able to guide pen with the as
sistance OF one of her daughters not long
ago.
All in all, she has been physiological
marvel, as she lived in q house filled with
mementos of days when she moved
nations and people from every quarter of
the globe paid tribute to her greatness
with souvenirs OF the most precious kind.
Saturday, June Is. she was S5 years of
age. Last Friday morning her attendant,
Mrs. Arms, when she went to call her,
found that she was in a semi-conscious
condition. Her nephew, DR.. Edward B.
Hooker, and his sister, Mrs. Isabella
Beecher- Hooker, were called. and the mat
ter was kept cret till last night to avoid
the annoyance of inquiries that were sure
10 come from all parts of the country.
The cause OF Mrs. Stoves illness was con-
gestion of the brain with partial paralysis.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in
Litchfield, Conn, June IA, 1872 Her
father was the Rev. DR.. Lyman Beecher.
At the death of her mother Mrs. Stowe
was placed under the care of her grand
mother at Guilford, Conn.
Here, when quite a young girl she
showed great interest in the ballads of
Walter Scott and the poems of Robert
Burns. The Arabian Nights also fascinated
her. When schoolgirl of II, she wrote
logical essay on the theme, "Can the i'm
mortality of the soul be proved from the
light of natureT Many of her fathers
sermons were on the sin of slavery, and
from her earliest youth Mrs. Stowe was
taught to abhor human bondage.
In January, 1896. she married Calvin
Ellis Stowe, a Massachusetts clergyman,
She frequently visited the Southern States,
and was thoroughly acquainted with the
slave methods in vogue there. Her book
entitled "Uncle Toms Cabin; or, Life
Among the Lowly," created big sensa-
ton. Itopened the eyes of the Northern
people and did much toward the eman-
cipation of the slaves. Her best literary
effort was called "The Minister'S Wooing."
James Russell Lowell praised it very much.
Mrs. Stowe also wrote a number of other
works which have been highly commended.