Arizona republican., 1906-01-17
FIRST COMA
 THEN DEATH Brave but Intellectual Fight of Marshall Field
The Dying Hours Of the Merchant Prince Were Given to Business Af- fairs.

New York, Jan. 16.-MarshaIl Field, of Chicago the millionaire merchant and a leader in the dry goods trade of the world, died at the Holland house Tn this city at o'clock this afternoon after an illness extending over more than a week, beginning with a bad cold and developing quickly into pneu- monia, which affected botn lungs MT. Field, although seventy years old, made a fight against the disease. which the attending physicians characterized as being braver and stronger than would have been expected of man many years his junior.
 Mrs. Field and other members of the family were with him waen he 'lapsed into the period of unconsciousness, which ended in death. T. an adjoining room were many persons prominent in the busiRess and social life of Chicago. intimate associates of Mir Field. who had come to New York when the ser iousness of his condition was made known to them.
 An outline of the funeral arrange ments was decided upon tonight The body will be talleE to Chicago tomor- row morning in q special train ovar the New York Central and Lake Shore system. There. will be no service of any sort in this city. It is planned to hold funeral services in Chicago at a date to be fixed, either from the Field residence on Prairie aSenue or from the First Presbyterian church. whose pastor, Rev. Dr. Morrison, will in either case be the officiating clergy man. On board the special. in addi-
 
 friends who came on from Chicago will be passe engers for the return trip. A sinking spell early this morning, which followed the remarkable rally of yesterday, presaged the coming of the end. The attending physicians first notified the members of the family and withdrew from the sick chamber. The message that the end was near was conveyed also to members of the Chicago colony stopping in the hotel, and they gathered in one of the rooms of the apartment
 ! MT. Field was told last night that he had but the slightest chance for re- covery. During the periods of con- sciousness which marked the last twenty-four hours of his life, he talk ed but little, seeming resigned and l peaceful and occasionally expressing his appreciation of the fight his phy- sicians had made for him. MT. Field had been in consultation on Sunday with his personal counsel from Chi cago. He had felt that his condition was grave and mad given almost con- stant thought to his business affairs. With MT. Field at his death, in addi- tion to his wife, were Mrs Marshal Field, Jr., Stanley Field, nephew. ana son of Joseph N. Field, of Manchester England, and Mrs. Stanley Field.
 Marshall Field was without question the greatest and most successful mer. chant of his generation and he wa! one of the worlds richest men, hi. wealth being estimated at anywher, . from S10O,00O,O00 to $20O, 100000 H, was a native of Conway, Mass, wher, he was born in 1885. His father wa a farmer and MT. Field obtained hi education in the public schools of. Con way. At the age of seventeen h. became a clerk in a general countr. store in Pittsfield, Mass, where h. remained for four years.
 He went to Chicago in 1856, and be gan his career in that city as a clerl in the vyholesale dry goods establish ment of Cooley, Wadsworth and com i pany. During the four years that h.
  marke commercial ability and in 1860 he was given a partnership. The lat Levy z. Letter was also connected with tue firm and in 1865. the tw' young men withdrew and in compan! with the late Potter Palmer they or ganized the firm of Field, Palmer anC Letter. which continued until 1867 when NIT. Palmer withdrew and thu firm became Field. Letter and com pany.
 This continued until 1881, when MT Letter retired and the firm became known as Marshall Field and company as it is today. The house forged t' the front rapidly, and it is now tht largest enterprise of it's kind in tn world having numerous branche throughout Europe and Asia.
 Its remarkable success is attributed TsxVI -s.f