The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-20
Kate Field Succumbs to Pneu-
monia after Short Illness.
" SINGING Is PARADISE TO ME-
Her Last Words Before Delirium set
1n-Record of a brilliant Woman.
Work Among the NIormons-Love
for Memory of John Brown, Etc.

The steamer w. G. Hall arrived il
port at 1:15 yesterday with Miss Kate
Field aboard, dying from pneumonia
which she contracted on the Island OF
Hawaii. She was removed to a cottage
on the grounds of DR.. McGrew, Hotel
street, where death ensued shortly be-
fore o'clock
The first appearance of the disease
which resulted in the death of Miss
Field was in Kailua, while at the board
ing, house of Miss Paris. This was on
Wednesday, May 18th. Deceased COM
planned of feeling pains in her chest.
but did not consider the matter serious.
With her usual zeal for work, she
told Miss Paris that it was her inten-
lion to go on to Kaawaloa and from
there to the volcano on the journey
that she had mapped out in the begin
ming.
Miss Paris accompanied Miss Field to
Kaawaloa. Upon arrival at that place
Miss Field went to the Greenweu's. 1t
was there that her condition began to
grow worse, and Miss Paris remon-
strated with her as to the inadvisabiIi-
~ of going on to the volcano, to such
good effect that she needed the advice
and decided to return to Honolulu.
While at KaawaIoa awaiting the ar
rival of the steamer w. G. Hall, her
condition kept growing worse. The Hall
arrived Monday, with DR.. Adriance of
the yacht Coronet on board. Upon see
ing Miss Field he pronounced her a
very sick woman, but did not think she
was dangerously ILL.,
As soon as she arrived aboard. DR..
Adriance took charge of her and kept
restoratives, to which the
disease yielded but temporarily.
During the evening some Of the Coro-
net party grouped in the neighborhood
OF Miss Fields stateroom on the port
side of the steamer. and began singing
familiar songs. When it was sug-
gested that it might disturb her. she
answered in a manner characteristic of
the woman:
No, indeed! Singing to me is para
disc compared with the quiet of the
country. Don't talk to me about the
quiet OF the country, with chickens
cackling, roosters growing and dogs
barking-wOw. WOW! wow
After this utterance she seems to
have responded to the soothing effect
of the music, and went off to sleep.
DR.. Adriance remained with his pa
tient- AT o'clock Tuesday morning he
noticed a decided change for the worse,
which showed itself plainly in the la
bored breathing and the purple of the
lips. At s O'Clock she was still con-
scious, but her pulse had reached k3O |
Shortly after she became unconscious
and remained so until just a few sec
Onds before death.
Between and O'Clock she was just
barely able to give the address of some |
Of her friends in Chicago and Washing |
ton.
At o'clock Captain Simerson gave
orders to push the Hall to her utmost |
speed in order, if possible, TO reach port
before the death Of Miss Field
Upon arrival in port, DR.. Herbert and
United States Charge d Affaires Con
sui General Mills were telephoned for
md arrived in very short time.
Drs. Adriance and Herbert held a
short consultation, after which Mr..
Mills telephoned to the U. S. S. Adams
or a stretcher and some men. Hardly
lad the order been given when six blue
jackets in charge of the apothecary
anne over in a steam launch and con
iucted Miss Field to one of the cot