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^ 521 “Resolved, That we protest against the passage of that bill, regarding it as a great wrong to the people of Arizona,as a glaring injustice to those pioneer women who have given the best of their lives to develop the civilization of the west, a blow to democratic institutions, and a lasting disgrace to the Republican party, and that we most earnestly request our senators—Messrs. Spooner and Quarles—to use their best powers to secure the defeat of the bill, thus saving our nation from a great blot upon its honor.” (Woman’s Tribune, 10 December 1904, Film, 44:350.) 4. Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1862–1927),Republican of Indiana,served in the Senate from 1899 to 1911. He chaired the Committee on Territories. (BDAC.) ••••••••• 258 • From the Diary of SBA [12–19 November 1904] Saturday 12 November, 1904. 89th Birthday of Mrs Stanton Brother Daniel Read Anthony died this a.m.— Sister Mary & I go to Leavenworth this p.m. at 5.30— get to Chicago Sunday a.m. 8— and at L. at 10 Monday a.m. so we go—he is our last brother only Sister Mary & self left— 1 1. SBA pasted an obituary from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle on this page of her diary. Sunday 13 November 1904. Arrived Chicago at 8 a.m Went Walton 1 — Found Cousin Melissa gone—went up stairs to Cousin Fanny’s 2 — found hearty welcome spent day there— Mrs Springer called said she would 400 dollars for the Protest against Congress classing Women with Criminals &c— she cheered my heart No! She gave me $25— The $400— was in October when we were in Chicago— I got nitp in my head that the Rock Island went at 6.30— Cousin Albert 3 went to station with us—the train had left—then we walked over to the Santa Fe and left at 9.30— so I lost my 25 dollars—paid it out in fare— 4 1. The Walton Flats was located at 307 North Clark Street. 2. Frances Dickinson (1856–1945) graduated from the Woman’s Medical College in Chicago, studied ophthalmology abroad, and launched a distinguished medical career. She frequently worked in the woman suffrage movement. (F. M. Sperry, comp., A Group of Distinguished Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago: A Collection of Biographical Sketches of Many of the Eminent Representatives, Past and Present, of the Medical Profession [Chicago, 1904], 150–53, and obituary in 12 november 1904 522 & unidentified paper, 24 May 1945, both courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society. See also Papers 4 & 5.) 3. Albert Dickinson (1841–1925) of the same family succeeded their father as president of the Albert Dickinson Company, a major supplier of seeds in the Midwest. Still single at this time, Albert Dickinson, when seventy years of age, married Emma Benham, a dental surgeon from Chicago and a friend of his sister Frances. Like his sister Melissa, he settled in Orange City, Florida. (Andreas, History of Chicago, 2:356; Albert Nelson Marquis, ed., Who’s Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States, vol. 9, 1916–1917 [Chicago, 1916].) 4. They missed a through train to Leavenworth on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway and walked from its LaSalle Street Station to the Dearborn Station to take the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. No train was scheduled at the time SBA indicates; it is likely that they caught the train scheduled to depart at 7:30 p.m.Then with a change of trains at Kansas City to ride the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railway, they could arrive in Leavenworth, as she notes the next day, at 11:00 a.m. (Travelers Railway Guide: Western Section [November 1904].) Monday 14 November 1904. We arrived on the Burlington at 11 a.m. just had time to look on the face of our dear brother Daniel R.under the glass— but he seemed so calm & still— The funeral was at 2.20— Mr [blank] Page 1 read scriptures & made brief prayer— Then at Mt Muncie the old Soldiers had their ceremony—it was very touching 2 —& Mr Page closed by repeating the Lords Prayer—and we left all that is mortal there at the Cemetery—but [continues in space for 15 November] he still lives closer than before in the hearts of all who love him— 1. William Noble Page (1837–1908),pastor of Leavenworth’s First Presbyterian Church from 1873 to 1905,led prayers at the Anthony house...

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