Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-11-09

WAS AN EDITOR or ABILITY
sketcA ~ HGz career as Nevsrar er
atan-iiis Latest Poem,
'Drcamships.'

Chicago, NOV. 4.-Eugene Field poet,
died Of heart failure about 5 o'clock
this morning. He retired last night in
his usual health and apparently slept
sOundly till daybreak, when his son,
who occupied the room with him, heard
him groan. II was his expiring gasp.
Field leaves a widow and five children.
Field has been indispOsed for several
days, but no serious results were even
thought Of by his family and immediate
friends. George II. YenoWyn0 Of this
city was at Fields bedside when he
died. Field and Yenowyno intended to
start together for Kansas City, where
Field was to read tonight.
For some days Nh Field has been all
ing, but it was supposed he was suffer
ing from His usual stomach troubles,
and n0 serious turn vas anticipated. DR..
Frank Reilly, who was summoned this
morning, pronounced the death to have
been caused by the formation Of a
clot Of blood in the heart. Although
yesterday MFR. Field was feeling 50 Ill
that he teleSraphed TO Kansas City
cancelIinS an engagement which he had
there 1OT tonight, he sat up until q late
hour chatting with Mr.. YenoWine Of
the Milwaukee Illustrated News. MIR.
4enoWine was 10 have accompanied Mr..
Field to Kansas City. The deceased WAS
very cheerful, and the two sat up until
IA late hour discussing future plans.
Shortly before midnight Mr.. Field
had q telegram sent to Kansas City
saying that he would not be able to
come later in the week. Upon going to
bed MIR. Tieid did not complain, but dur
ing the night Fred Field, the 14year-old |
son Of the deceased, heard his father
srOaning in his sleep. The lad thought /
nothing OF this until nearly morning |
the sleeping man GrOaned more heavily |
than before, and then became perfectly |
still and quiet. When the family reach |
ed the bedside they found that Eugene
Field was no more. His body was lying
in an easy, natural position, the heat
Of life had not yet died out and a tran
gull, peaceful expression on his face
gave the appearance of having dropped
into q slumber.
Eugene Field was born at St Louis
September 2, 1850, son OF Roswell Mar
tin and Frances (Reed) Field. Hi. pa
rents were both natives of Windhan
county, Vermont. His father was Dred
Scott's first attorney in the case which
resulted in the famous Dred Scott de-
cisiOn by the United States supreme
court. Lugene Fields mother died in
1857. He was then put under the care
of his cousin, Miss Mary Field French
at Amherst. He attended Williams
college. Knox college and the state
Of Missouri. He adopted the
profession Of a'newspaper writer be-
ginning with the st. Louis Journal in
1872. Tie was later connected with the
ST. Joseph, Mo, Gazette, ST. Louis
Kansas City Times and
Denver Tribune He came to Chicago
August 13, 1883, to accept position on
the editorial staff Of the Chicago Morn
ing News now Record, and his CON
nectOn with this paper continued with
out interruption until his death. Fields
last contribution to hia department In
this paper, "Sharps and Flats" was
published Saturday morning, and in it
was characteristic defense of Bill Nye i
and refusal to accept imputations as to
the cause Of the recent assault on the
lumorist in Patterson. n. j.
In addition to his newspaper work,
Field established a reputation as a
powerful and clever writer of stories
md verses. His last poem OF pretension
vas "Dreamships,' printed in the Oc-
ober Ladies Home Journal He was
especially adept in poems and stories
If child life, and his printed books now
lumber half a dozen Volumes He also +
made himself famous as a reader of
ais own stories and verses. In June, :
S93, Knox college conferred upon Field a
he honorary degree OF A. NJ. /
The funeral services will take place I
It the Fourth Presbyterian church on /
Wednesday a ? p. m. The Rev. DR.. t
crank ". Guusaulus will officiate, as :
listed by the Rev. Dr. Frank NJ Bris- /
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