Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-18
BODY OF DEAD MERCHANT
PRINCE is BEING TAKEN
TO CHICAGO
USEFUL CAREER ENDED
Notable Achievements OF MarsKalf
Field Have Had Great Influence In
the Industrial And Financial Pro.
srsss Of Chicago and Of the World
at Large.

New York, Jan. IA special train
bearing the body OF Marshall Field to
Chicago left here at II o'clock today
over the New York Central and Lake
Shore railroad. 1t Is expected that the
party will arrive in Chicago at noon to-
morrow,
Mr. Fields death occurred at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. His last
conscious moment was Just before q
o'clock. Lying on his left side, facing
DR.. Frank Billings, the family
physician, who was testing thu
patients pulse, Mr.. Field opened his
eyes and said. II am weaker" He I'm.
mediately sank into a state Of coma
from which he never awakened.
AT the bed at the end were Mrs. Mar.
shall Field, Mrs. Marshall Field. Jr..y
and Stanley Field, nephew Of the mer.
cnant, and Drs. Billings and Van Ingen.
Mrs. Field stood at the head OF the bed
on the right, awaiting an awakening
and hoping for last word. On the
other side Of the bed was DR.. Billings.
and atsthe foot was Stanley Field. Mrs.
Field was by far the most Composed
OF the group. After the nervous pros.
tration Of Monday she seemed to re-
gain all Of her strength, and at the end
either did not realize that the end had
come or had nerved herself for the
ordeal.
Friends Gather In Anteroom.
In the an lsssp, awaiting the an.
mann l ss m acas,a
a1fsl,,as hgs, and $3.50 q tns<;s
MI. and Mrs Nt.sl1an B. Ream. nj aay ii,sl
Hughftt Arthur-:B. Jones.~prtya ta~sec. ~.
Rotary Of Mr.. Field, Miss Alice Armour.
Charles A. Mum, Jr. 1 Augustus IN.
Eddy, William G. Beale and Robert u.
Lincoln.
Fl AS soon as the death was announced
Mrs. Field shut herself In her room.
denying herself to all callers. Arthur
B. Jones and Augustus N. Eddy took
charge OF the funeral arrangements.
The Holland house, the hotel where
Mr.. Field died. last night was like a
great chapel. The air OF death, the
touch of sadness and mourning were
there. Passersby involuntarily glanced
up to the fifth floor Of the great stone
building where the suite occupied by
the Fields is situated. There was hur.
rying to and fro In, the big inn.
Lincoln GrIeves Deeply.
One Of the most deeply affected
members of the Chicago group here
is Robert T. Lincoln, the favorite SON
of the nartyred president, who for a
score Of years was a close friend Of Mr..
Field. Mr.. Lincoln was in New York
through the past week and was In the z
sickroom as much as any member OF
the family. He was permitted to speak
to Mr.. Field on several occasions Mr..
Lincoln often was card and golf part
ner of the merchant. Both were FREE
quently seen at the Chicago club ii
Chicago and often lunched together. (.
During Mr.. Fields sickness the fam.
lily attempted to trace the origin OF the
disease. Mr.. Lincoln one day heard
the discussion and informed them
quietly that he was convinced that on
New Years day Mr.. Field had caught
the cold that resulted In the pneu-
monia.
II was with Mr.. Field on New
Years and am certain he contracted
his illness then" said Mr.. Field. "He
and played a game of golf. The
weather was raw and suggested that
we better wait for fairer day, but Mr..
Field laughed at me and insisted that
we try our hand. and so we did. He
caught cold and showed 1t that sama
evening. A few days after that no.
ticed that the cold was deeper, but he
evidently believed he could throw It
off,"
Mr. Lincoln rem arked that 1t was
pity that citizen Of the west and the
most influential man in Chicago
should pass his last hours SO far from
home.