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Show MI8Q CLARA BARTON, FOUNDER AM. RED CROSS 80C1ETY, DEAD Washington, April 12. Miss Cora Darton, founder of the American lied Cross society, died at her home In Olcn Echo, Md., to day. Tbo cause of her death was chronic pneumonia, with which she was stricken about a year ago. Her brother Stephen Harton of Boston, was with her. Miss Harton was born at Oxford, Mass., In 1821, MIsb Darton has been" conflnod to Ver home, "lied Cross," nt Olcn Echo, slnco last fall when Bho returned return-ed from a visit to New England. It was thought her trip was beneficial but scon afterwnrd sho was taken seriously III. Sho celebrated her ninetieth nine-tieth birthday anniversary December 25. Miss Hnrton might properly be cnl-led cnl-led tho Florence Nlghtlnggalo of America. Am-erica. Llko her Urltlsh prototype her works of mercy wero not confined confin-ed to hor nntlvo land, but wcro enr-rlcd enr-rlcd oven into tho eastern hemisphere. hemis-phere. She will bo written down In history ns tho founder of tho Hod Cross in America, hut hor powerful porsonnllty also mado an Indelible Impression on tho international or-gnulzatlon or-gnulzatlon Itself through her active participation in tho periodical conference confer-ence at Genovn, Cnrlsruhe, Homo, Vionna and St. Petersburg. Miss Darton wns 40 years of ngo when first sho turned her attention to tho great works of humnnlty which havo mado her namo famous. Tho lied Cross wnB established In America Am-erica in 1881, nnd Miss Ilnrton was its president from that dnto until 1904. Beforo that time she hnd mado a namo for herself by her services on hattloflolds beginning in tho Civil war nnd extending through tho Pranco-Husslnn war. Congress recognized recog-nized her efforts In tho first caso by an appropriation of ?1G,000 to bo disbursed dis-bursed by her In searching for miss-Ing miss-Ing mon after tho various battles of tho war, Miss Barton's work became more extended with tho organization of tho American lied Cross nnd covered cover-ed tho now field of catastrophes In in timo of peace. Sho distributed relief re-lief to tho Bufferera from the Johnstown Johns-town flood and went to Hussln in 1802 to carry food to tho fnmlno suf-terera suf-terera thcro. In tho following year sho wns ministering to tho destltuto survivors of tho tidal wavo which struck South Carolina nnd Florida. 'In 189G Bho was aiding tho Armenian Armen-ian fnmllles decimated by tho Turks, nnd yet when yellow fover nppeared among the Amerlcnn troops In Cuba, following tho battles around Santiago, Santi-ago, it was Clara Barton who, at tho request of President McKlnloy, organized or-ganized hospitals nnd personally spent her tlmo on tho battlo lines. Her last work of national promlnco wns lu connection with tho great Galveston Flood relief In 1900. In 1904 tho lied Cross was reorganized, reorgan-ized, President (then secretary) Tnft being chosen ns president nnd Miss Harton, thon far advanced in age, and Bbmewhnt broken in health from uxposuro and hardships, retired from nctivu connection with tho organization. or-ganization. Sho has rested for tho last 7 yenrs nt her homo nt Glen Echo, Md., on tho banks of tho upper up-per Potomac. During her llfetlmo sho received many decorations from foreign countries coun-tries in recognition of her services to humanity nnd her varied experiences experi-ences havo been recorded In permanent perman-ent form in her liberal contributions to literature, mostly relating to tho activities of tho lied Cross. |
