| Show MARSHALL FIELD DEAD Of PNEUMONIA Was Leading Citizen And Foremost American Prince Merchant A MAN OF IMMENSE FORTUNE Il I nt at II Prom I io to II ii uVas I Ills J 1 I it Now ew Yolk Yom 01 k Ic Jan JUI K 16 Marshall Find Field died 1111 nt at 4 ji p I in I Cause Cau c of oC death was WM pneumonia Marshal I a Field W without ivi t bout question utu ration tutu gi cutest le t a I ul most ml t mer mCI merchant chant of ut generation nl he lie was one 01 oC or tho lIi worlds t men hint mCI UN wealth estimated e at itt anywhere front troll to Hn 10 was Waa a u native of or Con way Mann where lie he was bom hom bomIn In iii II ISO Ils Ills father Wil 11 it farmer ami Mr I Field obtained his education lit iii II time tho public schools of ne Con WiY At the tho Ogo agu of oC 17 1 ho lie became a II clerk cleric cerk In lii II a n general country store In Mais MOls where whelO hi lit I for four Cour years yearn c Ho lie came cume cameto to 10 Chimp In lii II and began lila Ills hil career In II this thin city as its lS a I clerk In II the wholesale dry goods nt fit of C Cootey Co During time tho four years that he remained with wih this hou c e che ehe he marked commercial ability unit In lii ho lie ht was ms given a partnership The tIie late lute Levi Z 7 loiter was wan WIS 1180 con COl with wih the tho Irl and amid In iii II 1865 tho two titi men mell withdrew and old nun In Iii II company with wih the late Uto they or organized organized tho linn of at Pie Ii Palmer Kc Let Letter ter which continued until when Mr Palmer withdrew and tumid the time he ha came caine JI ld loiter Iter Co Cu Thin liIl von con l on tinned until 1881 when Mr 11 I Loiter olter re and the linn Ilium became known knoll as lS Marshall Field Co o 0 as lS U it I Is I today toda The ho forged to 10 the front very elY rapidly and 1111 It IH it II now nol tho the largest enter enterprise prise of ot Its 11 kind In the tho world having hl Ing branches throughout J and nn Asia Its remarkable suc et ees Is attributed almost entirely to 10 Mr Ir Field and amid his method lie He mall It I a It rulo never never to borrow money and never to Issue a I note He lie paid cash nh for every everything timing thing he lie bought not only In connection with hi iii dry dr goods enterprise but for forni all ni his dealings In reid real estate Id other Investment The Tho great relt tire Ore of ot 1871 wa the tho only reverse ever eer experienced t ed by b the house of ot Marshall Field Co Its Is nt at that th t time aggregated over St 1 In 1872 the wholesale department wa 11 train from the tho retail store and Ind the th latter latI now covers cover one olle city square anti and IK Is ii located lol ted In II buildings 11 12 1 stories In height While hiie building up Ull the store tor TV whIch has hU grown to such uch mammoth Iro pro proportions portions Mr 11 Field who was wan a 0 firm Irm be hover lovel In the future of at Chicago Invest Invested ed heavily In real estate and to the thc ap up appreciation lp I of oC this In value lie owed much of ot his lila wealth At tho the close of or the time worlds fair In 1893 Mr Ir Field endowed with wih time the museum now known ns an the Field Columbian for or which n a homo hOlo valued at Is II shortly shorty to be bo erected In Iii II the heart hearl of ot time the city Ho lie later gave to the University of or Chicago land valued at to be bo used for tor athletic nth Ie tc purposes and Ind a U portion of at It Is known knowli today loday as us Marshall Field 10 lI WI extremely charitable In other directions never fulling to contribute to a n case CUO which lie hc knew to bo be b worthy worth Personally Mr i Field wan a n handsome man mal a n I above medium height slender and w 1 proportioned HO lie Io was popular socially olal although he lm never liever II mingled In society st lety an ut n the word Is Ia II gen generally understood In hits his personal tastes taste amid mil he lie was inlet mind modest In politics ho lio never Inter ded although he lie W wa R 5 always ready r d to aid with tune time and amid mooney money lone tiny move movement love ment looking toward town rd better national or 01 municipal government Ho lie lt was Wil prominently mentioned u al as a dentin candidate on Iho lute ticket In Iii 1901 1001 Ho Ito was several times offered tho the second place Illuce Oil on the tho ticket but hut refused to lo accept It It One Ono night ho he hon i was 11 n called caled up lp at Ut lt his himi hl home In III thin city by hy the Iho Associated Press Pree Pr und and for tor or the tue time within a I week asked If It he ho Intended to 10 time the nomination accept He lie declared that he hc IUd did not moat Ild added There is no 10 mm n od of tit o the Associated As 1 Press asking me ale II this question It J has hus my I mn authority lo to deny df tho story etory stor an na often comes ns as al from It I likes no un matter mater where It I Mr Field woe was WUI twice married his hil flirt having died diet several yours ago ngo Mrs Mr Field IJ ld left lett lef two children Ethel ug now iio and lul residing at nt Leaming ton EIE and Marshall Field feld Jr who accidentally shot ahot himself hll at his uk homo hOlo In Iii this tiuI city November 22 1803 1905 amid died lIve Ivo days later Inter September 6 5 1505 1905 Mr lr Field Fielt was wal mar married ried In iii London Knar Elig 1 to 10 Mrs Mr Caton the tho widow of ot Arthur Caton of or this city ely |
