The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-31
KATE FIELD Is DEAD
At Honolulu, Whittier She Went
to Benefit Her Health.
A WOMAN OF GREAT TALENT.
Remarkable vixoF u Her 1oo WHEN
Enlisted In . Good Cause-Aeere0,
EAisor and Lecturer.

Chicago, Nay D.-H H. KoAimAz. q
ths ChsHgo Tfmes-He-alt. reoesvsd .
oabss message this asternoo0. dated Yoiro-
hama. ard zsxns5 Lorin A. T1urs.ozs. ex-
minister 90 the Cnst-d States fr0m raD
Hawaiian islands. which sad:
Kate Field died Al Hooolzziu On Nnv
-. o< poeumon.A"
Ms Fled Vas n the Hawaiian isian1s
g the SPECIAL correspondent OF tae Tines
Eerzs1. and the last heard Ct her was .
settsr dated May 4. IA wh5ch shs Informed
Mr. kohisaai that sae bad been doing .
greA. deal Ct horseback riding. and that
Tire exercise IN the open air had complete
~ restored her heslxa. which before she
wezs % the Islands had been badly SHAT
tered No further particulars than -Aoso
contained IN The dszca,cn os Mr. Tn2rsS0n
are known
Kate Fed was barn II g. Lea.s about
isss. and vas the daughter e Joss1A u.
Fed an Irish actor who became w,tely
known IN .he United States OF the stage.
Is . playwright and - . writer o< hui
rssoros1s articles for the New Orleans Pic
ay1ne. conducted By his brother. Miss
Fled was educated IN Massachusetts AZ
various sen.nar.es. and later gave espe-
csai attention to musical studies. sho
made several prolonged visits % Europe.
and during her stay there became CORE
Spon1ent Ct the New York Tribune. Bos-
tea Transcript, Philadelphia Press. New
Orleans P5cayuae and Chinaso Tribune
She also furnished sketches for perzodi-
Gals In 1874 Mss Field appeared as al
actress at Booths theatsr. New York.
where she met with Door success as Peg
Wellington s15 af.erward she renewed
her dramatic efforts As a variety perform
er Of 12ncs song and recitation enter lain
raents- From LIS. u1tl the summer Of
1888 she was ~ the hsad OF an extensive
ladies' "co-operatiye dress ASSOCIATION IN
Sew York which resulted in a disastrous
failure She lived for several months In
Salt Lake. q dozen year. ago. ard write
bitter articles attacking the Morno,
eSrrcs- These gave her fame. they we're
50 vigorous and Original. and afte-rzrd
she was n much demand as a Lecturer.
Shs visited Puget sound and ARsza ten
years ago. and ever after sai1 . Sood word
for the Sound whenever she could For
several years she r-atis<hed 3 bright week
u paper. Kate Flclt's Washington" In
WGshingto, Cffy. that WIS more widely
quoted thaa any other weekly pager IN
the country. She advocated .te use OF
C2liforu-a wines. suppression Of Mormon
ss1. the cons.rzc-scr % the lake WASH
ington waterway. art on the free LIST R1d
International copyright. sri discussed art
and the drama as no other Eo-zn IN
A1aerica couiA Mss Ffe.f eas uor TT n
Interested n the woman suffrage agitation
When fSe farm Il New York state on
which John Brown . buried was about
% - SCI. Kate F-es1 o-xariKez a con-
pary ard bought the ians ard preserved
the burial pace Kate Fleis-s washlrx-
tor was bot profitable and more than q
year ago she discontinued It's publication
and became \ s7ecssi writer fer Tire CHI
caso Tfrne--HerelA Her publications IL
cluce Pa5chetfs's D.sv.- "As~la.is
Ris;or1. Mad o, P1rpose." co-nSay:
Pen Portraits From Charles Dickens
Rsa1ingS '-HsphE1zri" Tea DAYS IN
Spzin- ara History o. Befr. Tel.-
phone" Beside her Newspaper work. she
wrote much for TIE Atlantic and Other
frsssaE-s-=s. ana she was an able dramatic
cr.ti-