The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-08-21
DEATH OF 7. W. BRosNAN.
He Passes Away at Great Falls, Mon
tnna, ON Aug. IL.
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tana, ON Aug. IL.
Especial to the Irish Standard.)
GREAT FALLS, Mont. Aug. 14.--Yss-
terday morning at o'clock Senator
L. w. Brosnan passed peacefully away
at his residence, 7O9 Ninth avenue north
this city, at the age of 43 years. His
family and number of friends were
present at the bedside when the end
came, but none realized that the end
had come until some seconds after life
had departed. A vacant place has been
left in the business community and
among those left to mourn will be
found residents in every corner of the
state.
The direct cause Of death was a can
Ger on the side Of tho mead, and, al
though all that local and foreign med
ical skill could do was done, the pa
tient gradually sank AMI death, it might
be said, was due to exhaustion 1t was
his ambition to live and serve his fell
low man and this alone paramount
above all his intense sutferings, the
extent Of which none but himself knew,
served to prolong his existence.
About year ago the trouble which
ultimately resulted in his death ap-
peared. A little swelling appeared on
the left side of his face. At first no
particular attention was paid to it
Last October he realized that the can
Ger was gradually growing larger and
he determined to go East for treatment.
AT Chicago an operation wos performed.
A piece of the jaw bone vas removed
and the cancer was supposed to have
been thoroughly taken out. In January
he returned home and was believed to
be on the road to recovery. When the
last session Of the legislature opened
he was on hand and during it's entire
sitting was hard working member
of the senate.
Three weeks after hts return from
Helena 1t again began to annoy him
and he called DR.. Gordon, who performed
another operation. This resulted in no
permanent good and then for the first
time he realized that the days were
counted when he must bid worldly af-
fairs adieu. He knew there was no
hope. and, like a martyr, he bore his
sufrerings, uttering no word of COM
plant From those who visited him
during his facing hours ne WAS solicit
tons for news from the local and out
side world, IN all of which, political,
social and otherwise, he manifested 4
keen interest.
Timothy w. Brosnan was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio. in October. 1854 Dur
ing the early days of the war his
parents moved to Chattanooga and af-
forwards to Nashville, Tenn, where
Mr.. Brosnan's early education was be-
gun. In 1869 they moved to Chicago,
where they remained until the summer
OF 1878, and then went to Minneapolis.
During his life in Chicago he learned
the clothing business, which he after
wards engaged in. In September, 1873,
land, asking that he go there and man
age her estate. This ne did and re-
manned in the old country until the
fa!! of 1881, when he returned to Min
neapolis. For eight years he resided in
the Flour City, during which time he
was prominently identified with labor
matters. In 1889 he came to Great
Falls, since which time he has resided
here, and probably no man in the city
had more weight in labor circles.
After coming her he worked one year
for Andrew Jensen in the Boston Cloth
ing company. There he met Andrew
Thisted, who was also employed there
In August, 1890, in partnership with Mr.
Thisted, he opened the Hub clothing
store, in which business he was en-
gagged at the time of his death. In
1894 he was elected state SENATOR since
which time he had served the people in
a conscientious manner. He leaves an
aged father, a wife and three Children
residing here.
The funeral occurred this morning
from st. AIMS Catholic church, where
requiem mass was celebrated for the
rcpose of his soul, Father Etchler Of
ficiating. The edifice was filled with
the mourning friends and acquaintances
Of the deceased. After the obsequies
the body was borne from the church
by the following gentlemen, who acted
as pallbearers: r. ]. Fitzgerald, S. r.
Jensen. F. G. Johnson, J. E. Kenkel,
Henry +. Holmes. and A. s. Fletcher.
The casket being placed in the hearse
the funeral cortege proceeded slowly
through the streets on it's way to the
Catholic cemetery, where the beloved
remains were inferred. The Modern
Woodmen, the only organization to
which the deceased belonged, attended
in a body and performed the last sad
rites over the grave. The death of
Mr.. Brosnan has cast gloom over the
community and for many a day his
memory will be cherished He has
left his family in comfortable circum-
stances
The Coming State Fair.
OF thn