Show secretary Brown Retires Wnlhil1 ton D C lSJ Stanley Brown private secretary of the late President Pres-ident Garfield and acting in a similar capacitv for President Arthur resigns on the first of December or as soon thereafter there-after as suits the Presidents convenience Arthur desired Brown to remain during the remainder of the administration but at the request of Mra Garfield Brown has undertaken to prepare for the biographer biog-rapher the papers and letters and literary liter-ary remains of the late President He finds It necessary to devote to this work much time Brown has also accepted a partnership in the firm of Bateman Co bankers and brokers this city the firm which will henceforth be known as Bateman Brown Co |