The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-14
COL. BROWN DEAD; "NEWS" STOPS
The Mar and the Newspaper He Once Ran
Cease on the same Day.

Col. William l.. Brown, formerly well
known in this city as manager and part
owner OF the Daily Neus, died yesterday at
his home in Great Darlington, Mass. IL
Is a coincidence that just about the time
Col. Brown was passing away the a~nnounce-
ment was being made that the newspaper
which he had built up had suspended puo-
location.
Col. Brown was born in Vermont on
Christmas Dav, 1910, and "a a boy moved
with his parents to Mahoning county, ONO.
His father died when he was young, and ne
underto ok to care for himself and his moth
by teaching school in Ohio. He moved TO
Copiah county, Mississippi, and was teacn-
ing there when the civil war began, lie
disagreed with the Southerners on the
question Of the Union, and returned TO
Ohio to take up arms for the North. He
saw service in the Eighty-tifth and ll5th
Ahio Volunteers, and before the war was
over became a Colonel on the stan OF Gov.
William Allen.
After the war Col. Brown crossed the
great plains with a mule team and pitched
his tent in Montana. He was appointed
| chief clerk OF the Territorial Legislature
| and afte two wears returned to Ohio, where
he established at Youngstown a newspaper
known as the ViRdicdtor. He was chair
man OF the Mahoning county Democratic
! committee fer several years and repre-
! sented his district in I he national conVen
ton in 1872 and again in 1915. In 1878 ne
! transferred his activities to Washington,
and there married the daughter OF Gen,
n. l.. Jefries.
wear later he bought an interest in the
Doily Ners, and became associated with his
brot her-in-law, Benjamin Wood, in the
of that property, which was
extremely popular for many years. lie
vas a lively democratic politician here
untl he was frozen out OF the Daily Neus on
In IssI Col. Brown had purchased the old
parsonage or Gibbons place at Great bar
rinRton, which he enamel Locust wood;
His summers were spent AT LocustWoou
in growing grass, rye, oats, fruit vegetables
and flowers and in raising poultry, cattle
and horses. The splendid growth, OF trees
and the wide expenses OF lawn on nus place
are among the most notable sights IN breat
harrington. In 1898 he erected a granite
tomb for himself in the old cemetery near
ocust wood. and he will be buried there.
| He leaves a widow, a daughter and toursons'
The Daily News Company made an as
s;onment vest erday for the benefit OF its
credit ors to Thomas G. Quinn, the president.
Mr.. Quinn said that at a meeting U Would MD
ba decided whether or not the paper would
resume publication. 1t is said that BEN
iamin Wood, the original owner. valued
his newspaper property at over SI'OCo,Voo'
In 1900 the cont rolling interest was pur-
chased by Frank A.. Munsey from Wood
widow. He sold it to the Daily NewsCom
pany. It has had hard shedding since vol
Brown was separated from IT., Inc loss
81 c;tv Advertising was the fina blow.
On November IL last there was filed
consent Of stockholders to mortgage t1e
effects for $500 600 to secure the indebted
ness to Munsey. About the same time 9thel
chattel mortgages were filed TO j. >
Mccormick, s22, 900; F. A. Munsey, 5000
and X. Hoe 4 Co., $2,0S5.