The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
A SUDDEN DEATH.
DIR. S. Francis Brown Passes Away
Very Suddenly Saturday
Night.
Congestion of the Brain Causes His
Death--R emains Taken to Minne-
apolis for Interment.

The sudden death of DR.. S. Francis
Brown Saturday night cast a gloom
over the community. Although he
had not been well since Christmas,
his friends believed him to be on the
road to recovery until early Saturday
morning, when he was found to be I'M
conscious and breathing heavily.
Physicians were summoned at once,
but in spite of every effort he passed
away at half past ten o'clock that
evening without having regained
consciousness. He had been suffering
considerable pain, and had been treat
ing himself for muscular rheumatism.
Friday evening he administered to
himself hypodermic injection of
morphine to ease the pain, and it
operated satisfactorily. Later he
went to bed, and was not seen again
until morning, when his condition
necessitated the calling of physicians.
He was then suffering from conges-
tion of the brain with effiusion. The
morphine injection had nothing to do
with his condition or in any Way aided
in bringing it about. The physicians
believe that DR.. Brown was not suf-
fering from muscular rheumatism, but
that the pain which he felt was a
symptom of the disease from which he
was suffering.
DR.. Brown was born in Providence,
Rhode Island, Sept. 18th, 1856, and a
year later his parents moved to this
state, where the greater part of his
life has been spent. He graduated
from Hahneman Medical college in
1885, and took post graduate course
in 1887. He was student by nature,
never so happy as when following
some difficult problem to satisfac-
tory CONCLUSION. He was an accom-
plished musician, as well as success
full practitioner. and his friends will
remember him in connection with bis
books and music
In July, 1887, he was married to
Miss Hortense Woodward, and a year
from the following September his lit
tie daugeter, Inez, was born, Besides
his wife and child, he leaves aged
parents at Maine Prairie, Mimi, to
mourn the death of their only off
spring. He was selected to represent
the homeopathic physicians at the
Paris exposition in 1900.
The deceased was a member of
Mankato council No. 1920, Royal
Arcanum, being its examining
physician, and his is the first death
that has occurred in the lodge He
carried $4,000 of life insurance in the
order. The council attended in a
body the brief funeral services which
were held at the late residence of the
deceased, in the Security block, at
four O'Clock yesterday afternoon, and
conducted by Rev. Geo. II. Davis. A
delegation of the council passed the
night with the remains as watchers,
depot, when they were placed upon
the seven o'clock train for Mime
apolis. Mrs. Brown and daughter were
acco mpanied by the formers sister,
Fife w. Merriman, and S. j. Wright.
representing the Arcanum council.
The remains were embalmed by Jno.
r. Thomas, undertaking department.
and will be inferred in Lakewood
cemetery, Minneapolis. Mrs. Browns
parents reside in Minneapolis, and she
will make her future home there.
DR.. Brown was well liked by all who
knew him. He was of modest ma
ture, helpful where he could be, and
an industrious student. He was build
ing up an excellent practice, and had
a bright future. His death causes
genuine sorrow, and the sympathy of
all will go out to his afflicted family. |