Evening star., 1901-03-19

ease of the heart, his constitution having
been weakened by kidney trouble. Mr..
Brewer is survived by his wife. A simple
funeral service will be held at the house
by Rev. DR.. Radcliffe, at 4 80 O'Clock this
afternoon. The remains will be sent over
the Pennsylvania railroad at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning to Pontiac, Mich, the old
home of Mr.. Brewer Religious service
will be held there on Friday and interment
will then be made Mrs Brewer will go
to Pontiac and will be accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. Fletcher of Detroit, who has
been in Washington since Mr.. Brewer s
illness came to be regarded as serious.
His Active Career.
Mark Spencer Brewer was born in Addi-
son township, Oakland county, Mich, Oc-
tober %, 1897. During his boyhood he
worked on his fathers farm. He embraced
such educational facilities as We're afforded
by the schools of the neighborhood, and at
the age of nineteen went to Pontiac and
undertook the study of law, reading with
Ex-Governor Moses Wisner and NJ. E. Gro
foot. This was in 1861. In 1864 he was ad-
mitted to the bar at Pontiac: He was elect
ed circuit court commissioner for Oakland
county in 1866, remaining in Office till 1869.
Between these dates he also served a term
as city attorney for Pontiac
He was elected to the state senate in 1872
and served in that body for two terms.
tie became active III pOIltlcS ana was n0m1-
mated for Congress in the sixth district of
Michigan in 1877. He was elected, and in
1879 was reelected. After the adjournment
of the Forty sixth Congress Mr.. Brewer re-
ceiYed the appointment from President Gar
field as United States consul general at
Berlin. He continued at this post till June
D, 1880. He resumed the practice of law at
Pontiac, and in 1887 was elected from his
old district to the Fiftieth Congress- He
was reelected to the Fifty-first Congress
and at its close declined a denomination.
His Congressional Service. -,
During his congressional service Mr.
Brewer was a member of the House COM
mittees on appropriations, the District Of
Columbia, militia and immigration and
naturalization. AS member of the Dis
rrict committee he worked for the con-
struction of the bridge over Rock creek
across which the Chevy Chase cars run
During the Fifty-frst Congress Mr.. Brew
er and President Mckinley became strong
personal friends it being the Fifty-frst
Congress which enacted the Mckinley
tariff law.
Mr.. Brewer was delegate to- the st.
Louis convention in 1895, which nominated
Mr.. Mckinley, and was appointed a mem
Der of the civil service commission in the
summer of 1897.
Mr. Brewer was distinguished at the
civil service commission by close applica-
ton to the duties of the office. 1t is said
that he was one of the hardest workers
there. He was usually at his desk by $50
or S:45, and he rarely. left the rooms Of
the commission before 4:3O in the after
noon Being well-trained lawyer, his
time was given mainly to the legal ques-
ttons coming before the commission
Respect of His Late AssOciates.
There was given out at the office Of the
civil service commission this afternoon the
following list of honorary pallbearers who
will serve between the house and the rail-
road station: John r. Proctor, John T..
Doyle, George r. Wales, George W. Lead
ley. William r. Bushby, Charles R. Snyder,
William s. Wasburn and A. r. Server
All the honorary pallbearers are officers
of the commission.
The office of the commission will be
closed today at '3;3O that employees may at
tend the funeral service at 80, AS a mark
of respect to the memory of the dead COM
missioner the office will be closed tomorrow.
committee of the employees of the COM
mission was chosen today to secure suit
able floral design to accompany the body
of Mr.. Brewer to Michigan.