Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
CARRIE NATION PASSES AWAY
Militant Enemy of Saloon Dies at
Leavenworth, Kansas
PAREsIs IS CAUSE OF DEATH
Worry over Law suits Drought by
Her Against Lecture Bureau for
salary said to Bring on
Breakdown.


LEAvENwoRTH. Kan, June 1O,-The
body OF Mrs Carrie Nation, the Kansas
anti-saloon worker who died here last
night, was taken today to Kansas City,
Kan, by Mrs. NJ. d. Moore Of that city, a
sister-in-law OF Mrs. Nation, and Ms.
George Schubert Of Los Angeles, her niece.
The funeral services will be at the home oi
Mrs. Moore tomorrow. Carrying out the
expressed desire of Mrs Nation, the burial
will be in Richmond, Mo, where her par
ents are buried.
For several months Mrs. Nation had
been in poor health and on January %
she entered the local sanitarium, hoping
to recover from a nervous breakdown.
1t became evident several days ago that
Mrs. Nation could not recover and DR.. a. l..
Suwalsky, physician at the sanitarium, in
formed her that the end was near She
said nothing, but smiled. She became un-
conscious at noon today and did not revive.
Relatives had been telephoned for, but
only DR.. Suwalsky and nurse were at her
bedside when she died.
Worry over law suits, which she had
brought against lecture bureau for alleged
failure to pay for services on the platform,
is said to have caused her to break down.
While Mrs. Nation was In the sanitarium
none but relatives were allowed to visit
her. She was not permitted even to read
letters, as doctors feared that they might
contain some hint of the pending suits.
The last five months OF Mrs. Nations life
was in marked contrast TO her former &c
tivity. once she saw a physician at the
sanitarium smoking a cigarette. She made
no remonstrance. merely saying that she
had done all she could to eradicate the
evil"
The body will be sent to Kansas City,
Kan. where a nephew lives. tomorrow
morning. Funeral services will be held
there probably Sunday
sketch of Life.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was born in Ken
lucky in 1886 Her maiden name was Carrie
Moore and as a girl. it is said. she was
absolutely fearless. Early in life she
married man addicted to the use of
intoxicants. which created in her an in
tense aversion to the saloon. When he
died she determined to devote her life to
the suppression of the liquor traffic.
Later she moved to Kansas and married
David Nation. who sympathized with her
temperance principles.
Mrs Nations first saloon smashing was
done in the barrooom Of the Carey hotel,
lat Wichita, December q. 1900 She was ar
rested and remained in jail for several days
before she was released on bond. On Janu-
airy, 8, 1901 armed with her favorite weapon,
a hatchet. Mrs. Nation made another raid
in Wichita. where she smashed two joints
The next three months Mrs. Nation visited
joints in various Kansas towns, appear
ing unheralded and leaving a trail OF ruined
barroom fixtures wherever she went
Many joint keepers became terror-stricken
when the militant temperance advocate
appeared in their neighborhood and locked
their places and fled before the faithful
hatchet could get into action.
Remarkably few OF the saloonmen used
violence in resisting Mrs. Nation, although
she was assaulted and badly hurt while
wrecking joint at Enterprise. Kan.
BY this time the state OF Kansas was
in ferment Aroused by the spirit Of the
dauntiess woman from Kentucky, the peo-
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