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Show DR. BEECHER DIES AT SANTA BARBARA SANTA BARBARA. Cal.. Nov. lO.-Dr. v Amourette M. Beecher. daughter of David Da-vid Beecher, and a cousin of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. died last night after a brief Illness, aged S3 vears. She was born In Connecticut. She was a prominent educator and philanthropist. philan-thropist. For four years she was head of the Hartford seminary for girls, the first of women's colleges. Dr Beecher. was educated in medicine and gave her time and skill without charge to suffering womanhood, whose welfare has been her life work. Her onlv immediate Itvjng relative is a daughter of her brother. Kate Luther Beecher of Brooklyn. N. V. The remains will be cremated at her request. |