Evening journal., 1898-05-23
DEATH OF BELLANY.
Author Of Looking Back
ward" Gone to His Utopia.
HIS LIFE AND HIS GREAT LIFE WORK
Lawyer, Journalist and Apostle of RE-
form-A Leader In the Modern
School OF purpose" Fiction.
Came Home 20 DIE.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 23.-Ed-
ward Bellamy, author and humanitari-
an, died yesterday at his home in Chico
pee Falls in the forty-ninth year of his
age. Mr.. Bellamy had been I'm feeble
health ever since he finished his Equal
lty some months ago Indeed, long be-
fore 1t was done he had the most sig
niiicant warnings that his vital ener-
gies were being undermined, although il
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 effect OF the Colorado climate
and early in September last removed
with his family to Denver, where he
was welcomed by u host Of friends He
received, however, little or no benefit
from the change and since January had
been rapidly failing. When he recogniz-
ed that recovery was impossible, he be-
came very anxious to get back to his
OLD family homestead at Chicopee Falls,
Mass, whore 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 20, just month ago,
brought him back, very weak, but very
peaceful. 10 his old home.
He was born at Chlcopee Falls on
March 20, 1850, and was the third son Of
Rev. Il. X. Bellamy, for IS years the
pastor Of the Baptist church at Chico
pee Falls. After some time at Union
college he completed his education by q
year OF European travel and study and
by the study OF law. He was at q years
OF age admitted to the bar q Hampden
county, Massachusetts. From the legal
profession he went into Journalism and
Tor several years was assistant editor
OF the Springfield Union From there he
went to New York city to accept a posi-
ton as editorial writer on the New
York Evening Post, where he was en-
gagged for about q year when he re-
turned to Springfield and in copartner-
sRip with his brother, c. ]. Bellamy,
started the Springfield Daily News
Meanwhile he published "Slx to one. a
Nantucket Idyl," "Dr. Heidenhofrs g
Process. Miss Ludineons Sister" and
other books.
1t was in 1888 that his famous book
Looking Backward" was published
the sale of which up to the present time
Is over 100000 copies in America. and
probably over 100000 copies have been
sold in england and other foreign colfh-
tries. Looking Backward" has been
translated into German, 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 tho students and
working cjassos OF Germany. His rea-
son for so doing if this Is really truo
Ia 70
German polltics.
On DEG. 30. 1891, Mr.. Bellamy. being
convinced that 1t was his duty to sup
ploment MS efforts in Looking Back
ward" by educating the people toward
reform I'm government, Issued the first
number Of The New Nation, a paper
destined 10 become tho 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 $50 papers devoted 60 nationalism
have been launched in the United
States, Canada and Mexico, and thou
sands Of papers through the direct in
spiration OF The New Nation have
started departments devoted TO polit-
ical 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 ]. Bel
lamy, editor of the Springfield DaiT
News, and Frederick Bellamy Of Brook
lyn His funeral will take place at his
home In Chicopee Falls and by his spe-
cial request Will be OF the Simplest pos
slble character.