The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-10
FRIEND OF GREELEY.
BERIAH BROWN, WHOSE T7oBT.
Ais CROSSED THE CONTINENT
Mob Destroyed His I.tbrarv-Drod.,E d,-
forials Which He stood at the Case
nm" fut Into Type In Preference to
writing Them--His Political Career.

and Put Into Type Ia Preference I
Writing Them--His Political Caree,
Berlah Brown, the Seattle pioneer
who died at Anaconda, Mont, recent
~ OF pneumonia, after q brief illness
was one OF the most remarkable mel
Oh the century which is now drawing t,
close.
he was known personally by prac
ideally all of the great public men of the
country up to 1880, when he retired tc
private life, and his reputation as al
editor extended to the borders of the
United states, North, East, South and
west. He was the lifelong friend OF
Horace Greeley, and among his papers
are interesting personal letters written
by Mr.. Greeley himself These two won
uerIul men roomed together and slept
IN the same bed at the Old Graham
mouse, IN New York City, for about two
years. They We're both great students,
oeep thinkers, and, although they We're
never known to agree on anything, they
never had personal QUARREL although
subsequent events separated them, they
ley'e life work was ended.
WORK AS A POLITICIAN.
For more than twenty years Mr..
Brown was recognized as one of the
leading men of Wisconsin, being close
ly identified with political and educa-
tional matters. In 1858 he was the nom
lnee for Congress in his district. His
opponent was John #. Potter, famous
as Bowie Knife" Potter. Carl Schurz
MADE an active campaign against Mr.
Brown among the German voters who.
in that district, We're known as free
thinkers. Mr.. Schurz's principal stock
In trade to defeat Mr. Brown was a
speech in which he held him up as
christian and senior warden in the
Episcopal church. Potter was elected,
and subsequently won his unique sobri-
quet by naming bowie kniyes' as
weapons when challenged by Roger A.
Pryor, Congressman from Virginia, to
nght duel Pryor was recently one
OF the Justices of the Supreme Court of
New York.
LIFE AS A FARMER
Successful in all his business ventures |
up to this time, Mr.. Brown retired to
private life at Delafeld, Wis, where he +
owned valuable farm lands. The field
Tor development in railroad construction
attracted his attention, and he organized
company to build road from Mil
waukee to what is now known as SUI
pef1or 1t was intended to ultimately
push through to the Pacific coast.
In those days about 1855, Congress did
not make grants direct to the railroad
company, but to the State, and the !
state in turn made a transfer to the {
Mr.. Brown and his associates c
PRESENTED the matter to Congress. The ,
rant was made, but, the State Legis- I
ature promptly turned it over to an T
ther company. Mr.. Brown had about e
5O,0O0 already invested, and his friends n
ad enough more to run the sum up to F
100000. vigorous protest was made. a
'lth the result that compromise was il
Tected by the terms of which the men, tt
efg OF the old company received second f,
lortgage bonds. Mr.. Brown went to
ew York City, where he succeeded in b
cling put at par to Mr.. Helmbold V
LII THE BANKS WENT BROKE. Ii
AS Mr.. Brown desired to return home p
and take the money tt
18th him, Mr.. Helmbold wrote out a tc
leck and sent his office boy to the b,
ank to get it cashed In fifteen min F
.es the lad returned with face as white m
! sheet and, laying the check on the B
six, said '"rhe bank has closed its &C
'ors Mr.. Helmbold had the boy go re
post haste to Jersey City where he w
pit another bank account. Five min, of
es before the messenger arrived that ar
nix, also, closed it's doors. Within it
'enty-four hours every bank in New OF
'rk suspended, and the great panic of de
X had become history. fic
A WONDERFUL LIBRARY. tic
n 1852, Mr. Brown moved from Mil fo1
ukee, Wis, where he had been pub do
hing the News" to California. At
vt he had the Stockton Republican,, tri
er he became the editor of the by
emocratic Press in San Francisco. Ac
ich is now the EXAMINER" When he
news came Of the assassination Of arr
,sident Lincoln a mob sacked the sec
ce of Mr.. Browns paper, as well as the
Sc OF other publications. Needless act
thoughtless, this wild band of hui sen
nifty tossed into the street and fed has
the flames, books, pamphlets and Du
yspaper files that could not be dupli- dot
ed for money. All his life the fear pre-
editor had been collecting material side
the purpose of writing a political inc
DRY of the United States His re- ed ;
'ches had been extended to all parts ty {
he country. From hooks and cor Lar
; he had brought forth old and the
eless documents The ground was erin
'oughly covered back to the days of to
revolution. There was not another farr
ate library like it in the world had
ley failed to express the value of Won
e 10000 volumes, yet mob Destroy KEEP
them in the twinkling of an eye; Fl.
Jed them in the street like so much serv
Dish and applied the torch. San and
lcisco subsequently paid him a eudt
? sum to atone for his loes. Pc
1866 Mr.. Brown edited the Herald" at i
ortland, and afterward the Demo- u |
C Press" in Salem. In 1870 he went .ehu
ympia, Wash, under contract to lhe
, aditorie1s for +ba yu,shino+o,, Fenfo
ndard," conducted by John Miller 'iie
INV quat
,r;no tho an+;ro veoru Gotta G espiC
ford Saat+le,s ,,iopaar neusnarar the
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WON'T 10 az oo<,a o,d aot ~ -, ton
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