The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-13
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DEATH OF CYRUS w. FIELD
The Aged FinanCier Succumbs to Ill
ness Caused by Family Troubles.
Father Of the Atlantic Cable and Rapid Tran
sit System at New York-Astor's Death
Falsely Announced by a Forged Telegram.
HIS TROUBLES ENDED.


Death of Cyrus w. Field, Man 20 Whom
the World Owes Much.
DoBBs FERRY, N. Y, July 12.-Cyrus w.
Field died at $50 o'clock this morning, at
Ardsley Park. Mr.. Fields home near here.
He was attacked early this morning by
one of the violent delirium spells which
have occurred so frequently during his re.
cent lllness. DR.. Coutant was at once
summoned from Tarrytown, and admins
tered some anodyne with the hopes of get
ting his patient to sleep. The medicine,
however. proved of no avail. and in less
than three hours the aged financier was
dead. At the tine of his death there were
present Mr.. Field's three brothers. his
daughter. Mrs. Isabel Judson, and her two
sons. Cyrus Field Judson and Frank Jud-
son. kilograms were at once sent to the
other relatives and to several friends. no.
tifying them of Mr.. Fields death.
Mr.. Fields death was not unexpected.
He had been lying in critical condition
for ten days. during which time he was
subject to violent delIrious spells each
one of which threatened to end his life.
Indeed, more than once his pulse became so
faint that those in attendance thought
life was extinct. Had it not been for his
marvellous vitality. the doctors believe he
would have sucoumbed within q few day
after he was taken Ill. Yesterday and the
day before MIR. Field showed signs of
physical improvements, and it was then
thought that he might recover. Last
night, however, he grew rapidly weaker,
and this mornlnipg the much feared de-
lirium came on. Mr.. Field has been suffer
ing from physical and mental exhaustion,
brought on by the many troubles which
have overtaken him during the past year.
A report that Mr.. Field was insane before
his death is pronounced incorrect on the
authority of his family physician and DR..
Field. Mr.. Field never recovered from the
shock caused by the disgrace attending the
failure of Field. Lindley 81 Wierchers and
the arrest of his son, Edward NJ. Field,
which came Just after tine death of his
of his daughter, Mrs. Lindley. To add to
his grief his daughter Alice ives formally
declared insane. by jury at White Plains,
short time ago. Edward Nj. Field is now
confined in an insane asylum at Buffalo.
Arrangements have been almost complet-
ed for the funeral of Mr.. Field, which will
take place at Stockbridge, on Friday, ct
p. NJ. There will be q simple service. and
the Field family and the most intimate rel
atlves and friends of the deceased.
POINTS FROM MR.. FIELDS CAREER.
Cyrus w. Field was the youngest of five
brothers. and each of them was eminent IN
his way. The lawyer. the divine the jur-
ist and the engineer were his elder broth
ers. His father. David Dudley Field, ID.
D., was q distinguished Congregational
clergyman of Stockbridge. Mass, and in
that Berkshire village he was born Nov. 80,
1919. Brought mp as many q minister's son
had been, carelessly, young Cyrus failed to
make good the proverb. He was not
wild lad, but an ambitious one. Like some
of his brothers he early and naturally sue
ceeded in mixing a pious tendency with
great loyalty to the main chance. He was
the true child OF a Puritan.
After gaming q comm on sci ool educ catiOn
be went to New York and shaved his way
up to the possession of q comfortable
fortune. In 1858 he conceived the project
of the Atlantic cable. and from that time
until 1896. when. after twelve years of re-
peated failures, he sent the message from
Hearts Content, announcing 2 that the cable
was laid at last and was In " working order
he never rested.
The story of the twelve years struggle
to lay an Atlantic cable from Ireland to
Newfoundland is the story of one of the
greatest battles with the fates that any
one man was ever called on to wage IL
was q fight not only against the ocean
and against natural obstacles which
u tight against stubborn parliaments
and congresses. all stumbling blocks of
human disbelief. But the courage of Cyrus
w. Field was indvmitable. His patience
and zeal were incxbaustible, and SO 1t
came to pass, July %, 1856 this man knelt