The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07

SPRINGFIELD (Mass.), May %
Edward Bellamy, the noted author,
scholar and humanitarian, died of con-
sumption at his home in Chicopee
Falls at 80 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 all
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 Goth 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 26, 1850, and was the
third son of the Rev. R. K. Bellamy,
for thirty-five years pastor of the Bap-
fist Church at Chicopee Falls After
finishing 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 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. ].
Bellamy, started the Springfield Daily
News"
Meanwhile he published six to One,
a Nantucket Idyl," DIR. 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
100000 copies in America and prob
ably over half 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, if this
is really true, is apparent to those
conversant with German politics.
On the Both 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 government.
issued the first number of "The New
Nation" a paper destined to become
the most quoted and influential poll
teal or revolutionary ournal in the
world. An idea of its influence may
be judged from the fact that since
THE New Nation" was started, over
100000 papers devoted to 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 politi-
cal reform, which are conducted and
edited from writings in THE New Ma
ton" and Looking Backward"
Mr. Bellamy leaves a widow and two
children, besides two brothers, Charles
]. Bellamy, editor of the Springfield
Daily News" and Frederick Bellamy
of Brooklyn, n. Y.