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SPRINGFIELD (Mass.), May 22.-
Edward Bellamy, the noted author,
scholar and humanitarian, died of con-
sumption at his home in Chicopee
Falls at 1870 O'Clock this morning.
Bellamy had never been a robust
man. but his health seemed very good
until after he had completed his
Equality some eight months ago.
On the advice of his family physi-
clan he went to Denver. At first the
change of climate seemed to do him
good and his appearance was for the
better, but the improvement was
temporary. The disease had ali
destroyed one lung and had attack
the other, so that even the bracing air
of the Colorado mountains held no
promise of better health for the pa
tient. Realizing that the end was not
far off, he returned on April 26th to
the old family homestead at Chicopee
Falls. During the last week he failed
rapidly and suffered considerable pain,
but the end came peacefully, even
happily, for him.
Mr.. Bellamy was born at ChicOpee
Falls on March &c, 1850, and was the
third son of the Rev. R. K. Bellamy,
for thirty-dve years pastor of the Bap-
fist Church at ChicOpee Falls. After
finishing a course at Union College, he
completed his education by a year Of
European travel and study.
He was at twenty-one years of age
admitted to the bar of Hampden coun-
ty, Mass From the legal profession he
went into journalism, and for several
years was assistant editor of the
Springfield Union; from there he
went to New York City to accept
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, Q. j..
R6Ilamy. started the Springfield Daily
News"
Meanwhile he published Six to One,
Nantucket Idyl," DR. Heidenhoff's
Process Miss Ludington's Sister
and other books. 1t was in 1888 that
his famous work, Looking Back
ward" was published, the sale OF
which. up to the present time, is over
| $50 900 copies in America. and prob
! ably over half a million copies have
been sold in England and other for
| eign countries.
Looking Backward" has been tran
| slated into German, French, Russian
| Italian, Arabic, Bulgarian and several
| other languages. 1t is stated that En-
peror William purchased 1000 copies
| of it. which he distributed among the
students and working classes Of Ger
many. His reason for so doing, II this
is really true, is apparent to those
! cOnversant with German politics.
On the 30th day of December, 1891
| Mr.. BeIIamy, being convinced that II
was his duty to supplement his eHorts
! in Looking Backward by educating
! the people toward reform government
! issued the first number OF "Ihe New
! Nation" a paper destined to become
| the most quoted and influential poll
! teal or revolutionary OurnaI IN the
world. An idea of its influence may
he Judged from the fact that since
! ..The New Nation was started, over
! 100000 papers devoted to natlOnallsm
! have been launched in the OnIIeo
States. Canada and Mexico and thou-
sands of papers, through the direct IN
sniratiCn of THE New Nation nave
! started departments devoted TO pollIl-
cal reform, which are cOnducteu aho
| edited from writings in "Ihe New Nd
ton and Looking Backward.
Mr.. Bellamy leaves a widow anu IWl
children. besides two brothers, CharIe.
+ BelIamy. editor of the SprlngheIo
..Dailv News" and Frederick Bethany
| of Brooklyn, \. y.