The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-23
EDuARD BELLAMY DEAD.
Author of Choking Bachward," Sue
cumbs to Lung Trouble.

Springfield Mass, May 22.-Edward
Bellamy, author and humanitarian,
died early this morning at his home in
Chicopee Falls in the forty-ninth year
of his age. Mr.. Bellamy has been in
feeble health ever since he finished his
Equality" some eight months ago. In
deed. long before it was done he had
the most significant warnings that his
vital energies We're being undermined.
although it was not till August that
his physicians definitely told him that
one of his lungs was affected. At the
earnest solicitations of his physicians
and family he resolved to try the ef-
in September last removed with his
family to Denver, Col, where he was
welcomed by a host of friends. He
received, however, little or no benefit
from the change, and since January
has been rapidly falling. When he
recognized that recovery was i1npossi-
BILE he became very anxious to get back
to his old family homestead at Chico
pee Falls, Mass, where he was born
and where he had lived his entire life.
His brothers went to Denver to help
him realize this wish, and on April 26,
just a month ago, brought him back,
very weak, but very peaceful, to his old
home.
Edward Bellamy was born at Chico
pee Falls on March rs, 1885, and was
the third son Of Rev. r. K. Bellamy,
for thirty-five years the pastor of the
Baptist church at Chicopee Falls. At
ter spending some time at Union COL
lege, he completed his education by
year of European travel and study, and
by the study Of law. He was at twen-
ty-one years Of age admitted to the bar
of Hampden county, Mass. From the
legal profession he went into journal
ism, and for several years was assist
ant editor of the Springfield Union;
from there he went to New York city to
accept a position as editorial writer on
| the New York Evening Post, where he
was engaged for about one year, when
he returned to Springfield, and in CO.
partnership with his brother, C. J. Bel
| lamy, started the Springfield Daily
| News. Meanwhile he published six to
one, a Nantucket Idyl"; "Dr Heiden-
| holff's Process; Miss Ludington's Sis
ter" and other books. 1t was in 1888
that his famous book Looking Back
ward" was published, the sale of which
up to the present time is over 100000
copies in America, and probably over
half a million of copies have been sold
| in England and other foreign coun-
| tries Looking Backward has been
| translated into Geman, French Rus
sian, italian, Arabic, Bulgarian and
several other languages. 1t is stated
that Emperor William purchased 10000
copies of Looking Backward" which
he distributed among the students and
working classes of Germany. His rea-
son for so doing, if this is really true,
| is apparent to those conversant with
German politics.
| On the 30th day of December, 1891,
| Mr.. Bellamy, being convinced that it
was his duty to supplement his efforts
| in Looking Backward by educating
| the people toward reform in govern
ment, issued the first number of 'The
New Nation paper destined to be-
| come the most quoted and influential
political or evolutionary journal in the
world. An idea of its influence may be
| Judged from the fact that since 'The
| New Nation" was started, over three
| hundred and fifty papers devoted to
nationalism have been launched in the
| United States, Canada and Mexico, and
thousands of papers through the direct
| Inspiration of "The New Nation have
started departments devoted to political
reform, which are conducted and edited
| from the writings Of Mr.. Bellamy in
| 'The New Nation" and Looking Back
ward He leaves a widow and two
children, besides two brothers, Charles
j. Belamy, editor of the Springfield
Daily News, and Frederick Bellamy of
| Brooklyn, N. Y. His funeral will take
place at his home in Chicopee Falls and
by his special request will be of the
simplest possible character.