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Show Death of B. tiratz Broivn. St. Louis, December 13. Hon. B. Gratz Brown died at his residence in Kirkwood, a suburb of this city, this morning, of pneumonia, pneu-monia, complicated with heart disease. He was 59 years of age. Mr. Brown was a prominent figure in politics in this State for ' a number of years, and also- earned a national na-tional reputation. He made the first emancipation eman-cipation speeoh ever delivered in the Missouri Mis-souri Legislature, and, in connection with Frank Blair, became an active promoter of that cause. He entered the Union service at the outbreak of the war, and after the close joined what was known at that time as the Liberal movement in this State, which resulted re-sulted in his election as Governor of the State and the re-enfranchisement of the rebels. Subsequently he was elected to the United States Senate and served one term, and later was nominated for Vice-President of the United States on the Greeley ticket. He ranked high as a man of ability, was philosophical in his tendencies, and was regarded re-garded as a profound thinker. i- Mr. Brown has been ailing only about a week. Friday last he came into the city to be present at the sale of the St. Louis, Hannibal Han-nibal and Keokuk Bailroad, with which he was legally connected, and it i3 supposed he then took additional cold, which resulted in a violent and rapid attack of pneumonia. He gradually sank from midnight last night till 7 o'clock this morning, when he quietly passed away, surrounded by all the members of his family and attending physician. The time of his funeral has not yet been fixed. |