The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-05
EUGENE FIEL D IS. DEAD
The Poet Journalist and Story WfllsIiD|ls|sS /
Suddenly at His Home Of Heart Disease q
4 TRANQUIL, PEACEFUL ExPREsSIOa|
On His Face, Gave Him the Appeatss
"nce of Having Dropned anfoSs
Gentle slnrnber--2HcI Had Expecte1s
Z" Keep HIS Engagement In Eksasss
nns city Nude for Yesterday!

Chlcago, Nov. i.-Eugene Field, ,apoetS
journalist and story writer died atPhiSS
nome at Buena Park, carly this norm
ihs as the result of hcart-faiiure. For
some days, Mr. Field has been ailinETl
put II was supposed he was sufreringI
from his usual stomach troubles, ards3
no serious turn was anticipated. syIrlS
hrhhk Kelly. who was summonat
inns ,, morning, pronounced the, deaf to-
have been cause by the formation of
ciot of blood In the heart. AlthougffE
yesterday Mr. Field was feeling so Si1tsi
that he tclegraphed to Kansas CitSsl
rancei'inE his engagement that heh
hnu Tor tonight, he sat up, until O. as1ateE
hour chatting with Mr.. Yenowiue, offj
the milwaukee, illustrated News. Mr.Ss;;
Ienowinc was to have accompaTiede;
MI. Field to Kansas City, and " hade
come from Milwaukee for that purposes
The deceased was cheerful, and e o
two sat up until IL late hour discussinRg
future plans. Shortly before midritght5i
Mr.. Field had Il telegram sent to Kant
sns CITY saying that he would not bet
Upon going to bed MIR. Field did not
complain, but during the night Fre6,s.
Field, fourtccn-year-old son OF the$
deceased. heard his father groaninE I'm
his sleep The lad thought nothing
OF this until near morning, when thes
sleeping man sroaned more heayiys
than before. and then became perfect-
~ still and quiet. Reused by the in-s5
tuitlNG dread that something sSyaS9f
nmiss. Fred. or Daisy" as the family
calls him, crcpt out OF bed and awake
cned his mother and aunts. He8 thena
went to the room of MIR. YenowInesW
who was sleeping in the house arldt
aroused him, When the family reack-f
ed the bedside they found that Eugene
Field was no more. His body was ly-I
Ing In an easy natural position. The,
heat or life had not yet died out, and!F
II tranquil, peaceful expression on hiss
face gave him the appearance of haYs%
ing dropped into Il gentle lslumber. RsA.ttft3sss sA.ttft3ssss
All efforts to arouse him failed, and |,
DR.. Haynes, who was Immediately suHiSS
moncd, attributed the death to heartA
failure, Mr.. Field first took to his 9bed5S
last Thursday Up to yesterdays he had \
expected to keep his engugementaatS
Kansas City this evening, but lastnighta
he told his brother, Roswell NJ. Eieid.F
to telegraph his inability to make the 1
trip and ihnt he would be una bic +; to&
give the promised reading in the tKan4S
sas City Auditorium. y II. ~ sss5
Mr.. Field leaves n widow and fiYeS
childrcn-two daughters and three
sors-the eldest child is Miss MaryiS
French Field, nineteen years Of sags.#
and the youngest Is scarcely twelve
months old. rs ss&t
Among the early callers at the house,
this morning were Mr.. Melville Va
stone, MIR. Victor r. Lawson and NfrSII ~
II. kolsaat. These gentlemen we're
given general charge of the funeral er.aS
rangenents. but the obsequies WILDE
under the direction of the FelloWshlpG
Club. The funeral Will take place WsdS5
ntsday and the interment will be atS
Graccland. sSsJ