The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-19
FUNERAL OF II. s. BREWER
Services ut His Late Residence
This Afternoon.

The Remains Of the Civil Service
COMMISSIONER to BE sent to Pom
tiac. Mich. for Iuterme-,t-SI1efch
of His Public and Private Career.
Funeral services over the remains Of
United States Civil Service Commissioner
Mark 5 Brewer. who died AZ his home
1919 : Street northwest, last eight, VIII
be held at the residence at haIf-past
o'clock this afternoon. The honorary
paIbearers have been chosen from his
late associates and ere as follows: Hon
John r. Proctor, resident Of the Civil
Service Commission. John i. Doyle, sec
Rotary; A r Serve chief examiner;
George r. Wales. chief Of application di-
vision; G l.. Snyder. chief examining di-
vision: DR.. Il. ". Ledley. chief Of ser
vice record division, and ". r Bushley.
chief OF the certifcation division The
services viii be conducted 10y the Rev
Wallace Radcliffe. Of the New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church
The BODY viii be sent Ia the old homo
Of Air Brewer IN Pontiac, Mich. tonor-
row morning at I':g0 o'clock. II viii he
accompanied by his widow
The office Of the Civil Service Commis-
sion Will he closed tomorrow as i mark
The departmental examinations for pro
motions. scheduled for tomorrow. have
been postponed All applicants viii be
notified 70 that effect.
Mr. Brewers death was a severe blow
TO his many friends and relatives He
was only iii about len days and vas the
first Civil Service Commissioner 10 die in
office Mr. Brewer had been in poor
health for the past year, and when he
was at his office en- Saturday. March 3,
it was noted by the clerks that he was
not well man and he was advised I"
go home The following Monday he
was taken IL and his condition grew
steadily worse, terminating in his death
at 1913 o'clock last night, when the END
peacefully came The immediate cause
of death was angina pectoris and dia-
belts He had been a sufferer from the
latter disease for several years.
Mark Spencer Brewer was born in Ad-
Olson township, Oakland county, Mich,
October -, lSS7. de worked on his faith
ers farm during his bOyhoOd days. The
only general education he received was
that provided by q neighboring academy.
When he was nineteen years old he left
his fathers farm. Then he went To Pom
tiac- Having decided to follow Law as a
profession he began TO read law with
Ex-Governor Noses Wisner. of Michigan,
| and Hon n. E CrOfoot, At Pontiac, in
1851
lie pursued his studies there during the
! days OF the civil war. and was admitted
/ to the bar at Pontiac in 1854. Since that
| time he has always practIced al Pontiac
/ except when engaged in the public serv-
/ ice. IN 1866 he was elected Circuit Court
/ Commissioner for Oakland county, and
retained that position until 1855 During
| this same period he served q single term
as City Attorney of Pontiac.
In 1872 he was elected to the Michigan
/ State Senate, and served for TWO terms
1 in that body. where ne was prominently =
I identified with a number Of important leg
/ islatiVe matters He took an active part
| in both State and municipal politics He
! was nominated for Congress from the
| Sixth Michigan district in 1871 ana elect
ed - 1873 he was reelected 10 the Forty
| sixth Congress.
At the conclusion Of his term Of office
he was appointed Consul General 10 Ber-
! lin. Germany. by President Garfield. on
June -. 1881 He retained this position
until June D, 1855, when ne returned 10
this country. For two years ne was again
engaged in the practice Of law IN Pom
tiac- Then he was again nominated and
elected from the Sixth district of AIichi-
/ gan TO Congress, receiving large ma
| jority-
again urged TO accept another nomination
fer Congress but refused the honor He
once more retired to private life and the
/ practice of Law. However, he sIill main
tanned an active interest in politics. and
Z in 1896 was a delegate at-large from Aichi~
| gan 70 the RepU bIiCan National Conyeu-
! ton. held in st. Louis. In 1898 he was ap-
! pointed Civil SeTyic- Commissioner by
| President Mckinley- Since that time all
MS attention and energies were given 10
| the duties Of the Office.
Mr. Brewer was democratic in mis- ways.
| and was wei liked by all the clerks en-
ployed by the Commission.