The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-05
CONGRESSMAN IS CANCER VICTIM; i; ILL FOUR YEARS
Expresses Wish to Die In Catholic Faith aS<His End
 Approaches.
DECEASED WAS CLOSE N
 TO PRESIDENT WILSON
Tubes Containing s1OO,OOO Worth of Radium Used in
 Treating Him.
fsneeiaI to The Farrner.)

Baltimore, Feb. 5-After brave fight for life covering more than four wears. Robert Gum Bremner, aged 39, member of Congress from the Seventh district of New Jersey, died of cancer -s4 pr Howard KeI1y's sanitarium here today Yesterday morning, when he realized his fight for life was futile, he called his brother, Will, of Toronto to his bedside,
 seYou know he whispered, that am a member of no church and have never professed any religion But Father Kfernan, of Passaic, and are good friends [ want to receive the last rites of the Catholic Church, and want Father Kernan to be in charge of my funera1.''
 The brother promised They had not seen each other since they were small boys, and their greeting was most pathetic. Anxious that his brother should not believe him weak ening. Representative Bremner raised up at sight of him and cal1eds out bravely, Hello, old horse!"
 That was his boyhood greeting Fly cry once in a while he has been joking with his brother about getting well
 I'm all right" he has said, "and win soon be on deck Helen s(his sis fer) and my wife and you boys have been so good I'm glad mother de- cfded not to come. It's such g long journey" His mother lives in Camilla Canada <r=s
 Four years ago the first forms of the maIady that attacked the Repre- sentative were preceded by a form of rheunatfszn and severe pains at the fourth rib on the left side, and the physdciaus at that time treated # for rheuzna<iszm- Later, in the fall Of 1900. the real form of the disease rraanEfes4ed itseH and was pronour ced 10 be a growth of a kony nature nsa- like the common form of cancer. Be- coming alarmed, MT. Breunner went to the Post Graduate Hospital. in New York city, to undergo the x-ray treat rneut there.
 Infections of serum were made. It was decided that the patient could not survive an operation MT. Bren1ner then consulted various specialists, but the disease gradually spread over the left shoulder and soon the left arm became paTalyzed-
 After MT Bremners election to Con- gress his friend, Postmaster Dennis W. Mahoney. Of Passaic, N. J., was sud- denly taken down with a malignant cancer of the throat. Two Hungarian chemists. Professors Alexander w. Horwitz and Charles Danez. came from Budapest to treat MT. Mahoney and were prevailed on also to treat Mir Bremuer. While his suffering was re- Heved, the disease progressed
 Tubes containing $10O, ,00O worth of radfunn were employed in the treat ment of the congressman, the expense of the treatment reaching, it is esti- mated. se,0oo.
 AEr. Bremner was a warm persona friend of President Wilson who was kept co1stantly advised of his condi- ton and who frequently sent him mes sages of sympathy and encourage ment, accompanied with flowers MT Bremner was elected to Congress while he lay in bed il1- He did noi make a. speech. On the night before the election President Wilson, ther governor of New Jersey, visited Fas saac and made a speech for Bremner MT Brernner was a native of Scotland whence his family inInigrated to Gun ada when he was a youth. Mis moth er Mrs Alexander Bremner, is living in Camilla Canada