Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-18
USEFUL CAREER ENDED
Notable Achievements Of MarsHalf
Field Have Had Great influences In
the Industrial And Financial Pro-
sress OF Chicago and Of the World
at Large.

NeW 1orK, Jan. IA special train
bearing the body Of Marshall Field to
Chicago left here at IL 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 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. His last
conscious moment was just before Q
O'Clock. Lying on his left side, facing
Or Frank Billings. the family
who was testing tha
patients pulse, Mr. Field opened his
eyes and said, II am weaker" He I'm.
mediately sank into state Of coma
from which he never awakened.
AT the bed at the end were Mrs. Mar
shall Field, Mrs. Marshall Field. Jr..
and Stanley Field. nephew Of the er.
chant, 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 at'the 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 e6rlasum, awaiting tie am
nouncemeerstato cHast mornens sanass,,
many relM is the ia 80 81 1acanass ey we,s
a4e. sha Mfssa 'sa asRds assm Msss;
Hughitt, Arthur b Jones -priyatarsec. ,-.. e.
retary Of Mr Field, Miss Alice Armour.
Charles a.. Mum. Jr. Augustus III
Eddy, William G. Beale and Robert T,
Lincoln.
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
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 Grleves Deeply.
One Of the most deeply affected
members of the Chicago group here
is Robert T. Lincoln, the favorite son
OF the martyred 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
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 fre-
quently seen at the Chicago club In
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
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 I played 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 salne
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 a
| pity that a citizen Of the west and the
most influential man in Chicago
should pass his last hours SO far from