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MARRIOTT BROSIUS DEAD
The Pennsylvania Representative
Victim of Paralysis.

Injury TO His Head Followed by n
Stroke, Ending ia His Demise.
Distinguished Career of Deceased
as Soldier and a Public Man
PHILADELPHIA, March 16.-Represen-
tative Marriott Brosius died az his home
at Lancaster, Pa, this morning. Mr.. Bro
sius was stricken with paralysis last
evening While carrying a trunk from
the first floor of his home. Mr.. Brosius
struck his head against rafter in the
garnet. he was downstairs when he was
stricken.
At 10 o'clock the attending physician
said that Mr. Brosius would not live
through the night. He was being kept
alive by stimulants.
When the news of his Illness became
public, the Brosius residence was visited
by the most prominent men Of the city
The children were summoned TO his
BEDSIDE. They are Mrs. II. L. Coho, OF
Mount Vernon, y Y, and Mrs. Clement
VI. Biddle, OF Pittsburg.
Efr Brosius had recently enjoyed good
health Two years ago his nervous system
was seriously shattered by an Illness that
threatened pneumonia and during the re-
cent session Of Congress he was inca
pacitaJed for a short time by the grip,
but he had apparently fully recovered
from this attack.
Marriott Brosius was in The fifty-Highth
year of his age, having been born in
Coleman township, Lancaster county,
Pa, March T. 1913. His early education
was gained in the common schools of the
county, after which he received an aca-
demic training. When only eighteen
a
pahE <, NInety-seventh Regiment. Penn
SyiV 'tTla Volunteers. for q full term of
three years, and at the expiration Of that
time Te-enlisted.
The regiment to which he belonged was
sent 10 the coast Of South Carolina and.
IN 1861. took part in the siege of Charles
ton, and the attack upon Fort Wagner.
BEFORE this time. however, while he was
DONG duty on EdiStO Island, he was
promoted TO sergeant He was in the
front rank at the charge at Green Plains,
IN the Bermuda Hundreds. and early in
the hight his right arm was shattered
As the result Of this wound II became ne
CESAR 10 remove the bone from the arm.
Mr.. BrosiuS was hOnorably discharged
from the service in December, 1854, and in
February, 1860, WIS commissioned q sec
field.
After the war Mr.. Brosius returned 10
ms studies, first taking a course at the
MillersEiIle Normal School, and cOmpIet-
ing his education at the Ann Arbor Uni
yerSity
He was admitted - the bar and con-
tinUed practice actively until elected a
member of Congress IN the year 1872 he
entered politics and was a candidate for
Congress from the State at large Al
though ne was defeated he ran 1863
ahead OF his party ticket He was elect
II TO the Fifty-first Congress in 1888, and
MS returned at each subsequent cleo
ton, as the Representative from the
Tenth Pennsylvania district At the last
election ne defeated his opponent by over
hoe votes In 1893 Mr.. Brosius received
the degree of LID. from the Ursinus
College. Pennsylvania
Ar. BTosius always took a deep interest
in District affairs and believed in local
improvements. He was heartily in favor
OF the proposed Han OF Records, and the
Municipal Building. for the joint use of
the Federal and District Governments. He
was also an earnest advocate of poor
food legislation. He was Chairman Of
The House Committee on Banking and
Currency at the time Of his death