The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-17

tremendous growth Of business, and the
erection Of the present great structure
was completed IN 1887 It occupies an
entire block. bounded by Adams, Frank
lin and Quincy STREETS and Fifth avenue,
IN the heart Of the business section.
His Arm manufactured 8 large per-
centage Of the goods 1t sold, and the |
rattle Of Its looms was heard IN the |
manufacturing centers OF both heni- |
spheres. It had factories In England |
Ireland and Scotland, in France, Italy |
Spain, Germany, Austria and Russia, In |
China, Japan. India and Australia The
great department. stores of the east con-
trolled the trade on the Atlantic coast.
Marshal Field & Co. had the great ex-
panse west and south Of Chicago IS far
as the Pacific.
Could Take Joke.
Mr. Field had an instructive capacity
for estimating the ability Of his assist
ants. He also had a human side in his
relations with them. The story Is told
! of small boy in his employ who once
dared to ask Mr.. Field for a raise in
OF cider" said the merchant gruffly
| Then, as the boy kept silent, Mr.. Field
| said; va
How much are you getting now?''
'Three dollars a week. exclaimed the
boy family.
/ '"Three dollars a week!' exclaimed Mr..
| Field. why, when was your age I
only got So"
ton. perhaps you weren't worth any
more"
The reply amused the merchant mill
ionaire and the boy got his advance.
Worth $3.50, 100000.
Entirely outside his enormous dry
goods business. Marshall Field was est1-
mated to be worth $3.50, 00O He was
assessed at s50,0o0,000 on real estate
alone in Chicago and New York, and
paid taxes on a s1o.ooo.ooo personally as
sessment without suggesting that the
figures were too high.
Mr. Fields seventy years had turned
his hair and mustache to silvery
white. He was singularly distinguished
looking man and a man whose digniied
presence inspired respect in other per-
sons. His first wife was Miss Mamie
Scott Of Ironton, Ohio After her death
at Nice, France, in 1896, MI Field was
repeatedly reported to be engaged to the
widow Of General Phil Sheridan This
MIR. Field denied and on Sept. s of last
year he married Mrs. Arthur Cation q
wealthy Englishwoman. 80
Marshall Field, Jr., died In Mercy hos
p1tal, Chicago, on Nov. H.. 1905, from 9
self-inflicted pistol wound, which his
family declared to have been accidental
and left three children, Marshall Field
III. aged 10; Henry, 9; and Gwendolin. 4
The elder Field has one other child
Mrs. Ethel Beatty, who was divorced
from a wealthy EnglishHan named Ar
thur Tree, and later married q British
army captain. t-s< .s
A prominent Chicagoan once said thai
Chicago would never know what Mar.
shall Field had been to 1t until after he
was dead. In all his giving he was IN:
, ostentatious, and it is more than likely
that his greatest benefactions have never
, ben told. He made many gifts of LAND
. to Chicago university. including Mar
:, shall f1eld.' the university athleti,
grounds. He offered Chicago $4,000, Oo(
: with which to build and endow a. perma
. nent home for the Field Columbian Mu
= scum Of Art. He was member of tn,
. Presbyterian church and democrat i,
= politics., having been favorite candi
n date against his willy for the vice presi
Dental nomination at st. Louis In 1904
Chcago's Tribute.
a Chicago, Jan. 17.-Out of respect t
the memory Of Marshall Field, who die
8 yesterday in New York, the Fiel
n Wholesale and retail establishments il
d Chicago were closed today and will re
e ! main shut until Saturday. "a 4
II z All the stores on State street, Chica
it go's greatest retail street, and %prot
y ably the larger ablishments elsewher
/ in the business, district will be close
for two hours Friday. g Y 81 .=:ss
..] Directors Of the Field museum of nat
It ural history have ordered the institutio
1. closed all day Friday. Attaches of tn
a museum will wear badges of mollrnin
= for thirty days.