The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-24
EDWARD BEllAMY DEAD
Author of"LOoking Backward" Sue
cumbs to Consumption.

AuthOE DoCA ~ CIV SUI
cumbs to Consumption.
Springfield, Mass, May Backward BEL
lafy. author and humanitarian, died ear
ly this morning at his homa in Chicopee
Falls in the 18th year Of his age. Mr..
/ BeIlamy has been in feeble health ever
since he finished Equality" some eight
months ago. Indeed, long before it was
completed he had Tho mos; significant
warnings that his vital energies were be-
| ing undermined, although it was not I'M
| til August that his physicians definitely
| told him that one o. his lungs was affect
ed At earnest solicitation of his friends
and his family, he resolved to try the
effect of Colorado climate, and early IN
September last removed with his fsmily
to Denver, where he was welcomed by
host Of friends. He received, however,
little or no benefit from the change and
since January has been rapidly failing.
When he recognized that recovery was i'm
possible he became very anxious 10 get
back to his old family homested at Chi
copee Falls, Mass, where hew as born
and where he had lived his entire life.
his DIOlilSI went 10 1PeuNEE u UElp llIl
realie this wish, and on April 2cth, ust
a month ago, brought him back, very
weak, but very peaceful 10 MS old home
Hewss born at Chicopee Falls on
March q, 1850. and was the third son OF
Rev. R. K. Beliamy for thirty-two years
the pastor of the Baptist church at Chi
copee Falls. After finishing course at
Union College, he completed his educa-
ton by a year of European travel and
study.
BY the study Of law he was. at the age
OF twenty-one, admitted to the bar Of
Hampden county. 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 SPRING
field. and. in co-partnership with his
brother. Q. I. Bellamy started the Spring
field Daily News.
Meanwhile he published "Six TO One.
a Nantucket Idyl," Dr. Heldenhofr's Pro-
cess" Miss Ludingtons Sister" and 9TH
er books. Ia was in 1883 that his famous |
book, Looking Backward" was publish !
ed. the sale OF which up to the present |
time IS over $4,000 copies in America. and /
probably over half a million copies have /
been sold in England and other foreign 1
countries. Looking Backward" has been /
translated into German. French. Russian. /
italian. Arabic. Bulgarian and several /
other languages. It is stated that En- /
peror William purchased 1000 copies Of |
Looking Backward" which ne dIstrib- /
uted among the students and working
classes Of Germany. His reason for so
doing IL this is really true. is apparen.
20 those conversant with German poll
tics.
On the 5oth day OF December, 1901. Rr
Bellamy. being convinced that II was his
duty to supplement his efforts in Look
Ing Backward" by educating the people
toward reform in government. issued the
first number Of "The New Nation"
paper destined to become them ost quot
ed and influential political or evolution
ary journal in the world An idea Of IT'S
influence may be judged from the fact
hat since The New Nation" was start
%, over 20 papers devoted 70 nat.oralisr,
nave been launched in The United States.
-anada and Mexico. and thousands OF
'apers. through the direct inspiration q
ne New Nation. have started DEPART
nents devoted 10 political reform which
Ire so conducted and edited from The
writings Of Mr. Bellamy in the New Ma
ion and Looking Backward"
he leaves a widow and two children
'es!des two brothers. Chas- J. BeHar1v
diior Of the Springfield Daily News. and
red X Bellamy. OF brooklyn. y
lis funeral viii take place At his home
n Chicopee Falls. and al his request VII
e Of The simplest possible character. I