Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Republican Progress, July 13, 1887, p. 3. The well known consumptive, Howard Hartwood, a colored man, died last week. --------------------------------------- Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Republican Progress, July 16, 1887, p. 1. Howard Hartwood, a colored man who was once a cook at the National House but recently made his home about some of the saloons, died last week of consumption.