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she knew that at the time of his g.
gagement to her GRANDCHILDREN hae
made his insurance OF 81. 900 payabIe 70
her and that II had never been changed
TO Miss Roselle Jacobs he had mailed
policy upon his life for $500. This pol
ICY was issued by the order of True
Friends Miss Jacobs says it was a gift
TO her
The Man They Loved.
Eugene Brandenburger. with the del
icate bloom of boyhood hardly off his
handsome face. was thrust oy ambi-
ton or native ability into tho 7asition
OF cashier for downtowa firm. Trusted
by his employers, admired for his GOOD
looks and his faultless tact in dressing
ne was a conspicuous figure in the
business circle in which his firm moved.
New York is too big ana ponderous for
the most brilliant young man to be
known about town. as he would have
been known in Philadelphia or Balti-
more or even Chicago But as far as
it was possible he was well known. and
universally liked.
And then it was that he met pretty,
sweet and innocent Isolde Greenhaum
He was her first accepted lover. and
she was more proud OF him than of
anything else in her life. If he had
known the great worth of such a treas
ure as this woman's love, or If know
ing 1T, he had been endowed with the
moral courage to value II and build his
own character accordingly, this story
might never have been written. But he
was a modern young man." foredes-
tined by a fate which perhaps was not
OF his own building, TO be the victim of
his own vanity and love of the beauti-
full in life.
He spent a great deal of money in
entertaining Miss Greenbaum. She had
no gauge by which to limit the accept
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Greenbaum, and then stared at the girl
helplessly. 1t was the crucial moment
of his life. Any man in the world with
! half heart would have been the veri-
est coward. There was but one plain
duty before him. Who had made him
judge between these two women2 How
could he distinguish between their
rights. Without a word he led the way
to the chapel, and, raising the curtain.
stood aside to let her pass.
Il am Miss Rose Jacobs, of 1855 Madi-
son avenue" she said, as she passed
him, and this other lady is Mrs. Fa-
bian, his landlady. She was his friend.
too"
In a quick glance she took in the
pickering candles, the low bier with
the familiar face looking up from it.
The two women hesitated to approach.
and then looking I'm each others eyes
for a moment. locked their arms around
each others waists and stepped to the
casket. No words were spoken. With
the tender intuition of womanhood each
understood the others sorrow.
And the attendant, recognizing holy
ground for all his mascullnity and the
opaqueness of mankind. silently slipped
out and stared into the street where a
woman, bent and old. offered papers for
sale to the unseeing passers-by.
The Mystery of Hearts.
IF live to be as old as the nils"
muttered the embalmer to himself, ~
shall never know the depth and breadth
of a woman s<heart."
And beyond the curtain the two young
women tenderly hung above the white
face, no sigh Of reproach in their HON.
age to a man whose tender though
human heart and strong though futile
conscience had at last driven him to
suicide as an escape from the net that
enmeshed him.
When at last the two women left Il
was arm I'm arm, trying 20 comfort
each other as best they could.
From the papers the next morning
Miss Rose Jacobs. who had been en-
gagged to marry the man, and Mrs. Fa-
biap, his landlady. for whom he had
deep affection and who returned his
friendship and interest, learned that
before their call another girl who had
loved him and had once been engaged
to marry him, had paid her visit TO his
dead BODY. weeping over the pathos OF
his untimely end. Miss Greenbaum
also learned In the same way of the ex-
istence of a second sweetheart Though
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the trust his employers had placed in
him, drank carbolic acid and died bv
his own hand In a room Of Broadway
hotel
From the hotel and the inspection of
the Coroner the young mans bodv had
been taken to the undertaking rooms
OF Stephen Merritt. That day the head
lines in the evening papers blazed with
the story of his mysterious suicide
The public read the story on the troIleys
and the elevated, and said with a sigh.
II wonder what his troubles were. Poor
fellow, he is only one more" But to
two young women. living within a few
hundred yards of each other In Man
haitian. the story came like a thunder
bolt from a clear sky.
That night young Brandenburgers
body had hardly reached its temporary
resting place in the mortuary chapel
when there came a timid knock at the
door of the establishment and a white
faced stricken girl entered and asked
permission to look at the body.
Would See His Body.
Are you his sister, asked the at
tendant kindly. These men. used to the
cfAoNESSS Va IN
never reach the point where they can
talk unmoved 20 one in distress.
mo. SIR" she said timidly, Il am
Miss Isolde Greenbaum, who was once
engaged to be this young mans wife.
loved him then. and he loved me. May
i see him now2"
With pity Juggling at his heartstrings,
the attendant silently led the way to
the chapel. and. uncovering the acid
stained face, left her alone with her
great sorrow. He went out while from
beyond the heavy curtains which had
witnessed so many similar scenes
carne the suppressed sobs OF the be-
reaved Siri.
The man took up a paper and tried to
read. The lines Of print ran into each
other and his hardened eyes swan
with sympathetic tears
With sigh. Miss Greenbaum came
from the chapel, thanked the attendant
and. with tears in her eyes. passed into
the street. Then the door opened and
two other young women appeared One
OF these, the spokesman Of the two,
was tall and comeIy as the nrgt had
been. Her face was also pale and her
shoulders quivered with efforts to con-
troll her voice as she asked:
lis Mr. Brandenburger-is his body |
hereq|
Eyes. my child" said the man rising !
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IL was to the house OF his lendlady.
young widow, that Miss Rose Jacobs.
a charming and unaffected young girl
OF the neighborhood. came TO visit as
often as once a week. and il was to
the kindly interest of his Iandladv that
he owed his introduction to her To
TINS young lady the prematurely old
young man, with his sorrowful and
handsome eyes, appealed in the
strongest language that is known to
youth and the unsOphisticated heart of
glrlhood He did not force his acquaint-
ance upon her. and she did not seek it.
And yet more and more they were
thrown together till a common bond of
sympathy and interest had been Gre
ated between them. From this It was
a short step to love, and in a few weeks
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the weird
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had
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the Iandlady was delighted to learn
that they were accepted sweethearts.
Brandenburger was a changed man
He was serious, thoughtful and kindly.
He hoped that in the love of this beau
tiful girl he might forget his troubles
and the haunting face OF his first love.
Then the cruel fate that pursued him
again stepped in to mix the leading
strings OF his life and bring him to re-
morse and suffering. By accident he
met Miss Greenbaum- After the first
meeting they were frequently thrown
together. The old friendship was re-
newed and he found himself slipping
away from his firm resolutions never to
think of her seriously again. She knew
nothing of his new love. and he lacked
the courage or resolution to tell her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-06

Russia. Germany, England and Italy
have received valuable concessions from
the Government; the latter especially.
obtaining the right to construct railways
and mine coal in the provinces of ShansI
and Shensi, one of the most extensive
anthracite districts in the world.
In 1902 Senator Calvin y. Brice sue
ceeded in obtaining the concession for
the Amerioan-China Development Com
pany. and of the nine hundred miles
projected only the branch from Canton
10 Sam Shui-about thirty miles-is now
completed.
1t would seem in view of these statis-
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ance Of her lovers attentions and ex-
penditures. for she did not know what
his salary was. Otherwise her wo-
manliness and wisdomt might have saved
him. His pride forbade his making ex-
plantations. At first he borrowed from
MS friends. Then to pay them these
debts Of honor he borrowed from the
funds entrusted to him by his employ
ers. After that there was no stopping
the tide that carried him on to ulti-
mate detection. He was detected. ar
rested and disgraced. Because he suf-
tered so from the accusations of his
own conscience. a fact which proved
there was native good in him. and be-
cause he had been trustworthy In every
thing else. his employers allowed him to
escape with a suspended sentence.
writing to the girl, who. because of
her engagement to him had beer a suf-
terer with him, he released her from
the engagement. This as a matter of
honor.
Brandenburger hired a room Of a
dressmaker. Mrs. o. Fabian, of 125 East
n5th street, and now discouraged and
morose' secured a position as cashier
for Messrs. Ruben e. Blandford, of IA
Broadway, and az the age of twenty
three, hardly out of his boyhood, started
life anew
His Complete Reform.
Filled with the natural bitterness of
his position. determined to rebuild his
character and reputation, he Stunned
his old haunts and never crossed the
possible paths Of any of his old ac-
qua1ntances- The new friepds he made
we're of another nature. and for the most
part he preferred TO remain in his room
at night, studying and reading such
good books as his heart told him would
be the best helps in his new occupa-
ton of character making.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-06
Good Chances for American Railroad Men in China.

ESS than twenty-four years ago-to
be exact, at the beginning Of the
- year 1SS1-there was not a single
mile of railway In China.
In 1876 an English syndicate had sue
ceeded in constructing a little single
track line from Shanghai to WI Sung.
a distance OF fourteen miles. but It had
Immediately been bought by the Gov
eminent. the roadbed destroyed and the
rolling stock unceremoniousIy dumped
into the Yang TIE River
Even at the present day there are in
the Chinese Empire less than eight hun
dred miles of track in use, and this in
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country with an area of more than A.
2lSOOO square miles. and a population of
49, 600 900.
But China since the war with japan
mas been forced to open her shell TO a
considerable extent-that old. oia shell
that Tor nearly three thousand years
has been so firmly closed to the world.
and sealed by the barnacIes of supersti-
ton and ignorant prejudice-and there
are now projected by various foreign
companies more than six thousand miles
of road. much of which is already sur
veyed. and some already in process of
construction.
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tics that new and enormous field is
opening to ambitious railroad men in the
Celestial Empire.
The work already accomplished in
various parts of Russia and China by
American engineers is the marvel of
the Chinese. and they have come TO
look upon almost any feat of construc-
ton as within their power.
Now that China is more open to the
world the need Of railroads is very ap-
parent. and men who can build and
operate them should reap the reward.
And the men who can best do this
are undoubtedly Americans.
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Death ReDedlec
HlsDudl Wd0ino|
Eugene Brandenburger's Sweethearts Were
Unaware of Each Others Existence
Until They Stood at His Bier
After His Suicide.

m the dim, pickering light of the
bier candles in the mortuary chapel
i of the Stephen Merritt undertaking
. parlors on Eighth avenue, Manhat-
tan, two women stood over the
casket Of young man and wept.
Beset by many self-earned troubles.
hedged In by his own double-facedness,
unable to face the fact of his love for
two sweet young women at the same
time, Eugene Brandenburger. untrue to
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Brandenburger's Way Out.

Those about him noticed the heavy.
brooding look But was he not ALWAYS
brooding over something? Had anv 81
his old friends met him then thew
would have passed him In the street as
stranger He was not the cd haDpv
gay, debonair Bran5snburger they had
known
No doubt his better sense rebelIe6
No doubt he hated himself In fact If
is certain that he did and that his
hatred of his own dupIicity led to the
purchase of the little Vial of carbolic
acid which his boarding mistress found
on his bureau and questioned him about.
oh. shall soon find a use for it." he
told her. And she went away to won
der and worry over it,
To keep up appearances he had to have
more money, and his debts began to
grow again. This was an added y,orri-
ment. The net closed slowly and surely
around him, till at last he could see but
one escape. And this escape he took
and the hotel clerk from whom ne hired
a room in a Broadway hosiery did not
suspect what was in the mind of the
young man who for the last time wrote
an assumed name in the old familiar
bold hand on the registry.
When they broke into his room the
empty carbolic acid bottle by his side
ana the great burns like red welts
across his lips told no new story to
the police and the Coroner.
And the two women who had once
loved and trusted him mourning at
his bier had. after the manner Of their
great-hearted sex. nothing but pity for
the troubled soul that had flown ana
sympathy for each other in the under
standing of their mutual sorrow.
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and looking down into the agony of the
young face.
May 1 see him, please? He-he was
much TO me-"
Yes indeed; you are his sister,
them"
NO, sir; 1 am his sweetheart. was
TO be his wife in few months"
The man staggered, glanced quickly at
the screen of curtains behind which
lay the chapel just vacated by Miss
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After the first natural romantic m
oarrier-breaking heart-taIk between the
old lovers he found it impossible 20 tell
her. and again he began to feel the
hateful weight of a double life.
Miss Greenbaum had become engaged
to another young man. a WORTHY bust
ness nan for whom she conceived both
love and respect Brandenburgs- Old
not know this. He still supposed her
free, and he found his old love for her
struggling in his heart He found him
self N the position Of being enga,red to
marry one girl whom he respected ana
for whom he had a great affection. and
at the same time being doubtful whether
or not he did not also love tae, old
sweetheart. He had not been quite on
with the old love before he had cut on
the new
The scars of his old chains had never
cut deeper, and his self-esteem and
moral poise melted away like sand. II
would have been impossible to temnt
him to dishonesty with his employers
money again, but here was a tempts-
ton against which he had tried In vain
70 fortify himself He was only a bow.
it should be remembered, and boyhaod
bears its agonies right UP to the break
ing point with firm closed lips ana scb-
ing heart.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1904-10-14
Den Altcret,
&umam al 6. @crner.
(Sortlat).

Yriuren trof i%orogteltg pnu 5%fltlorelc. vSa, &lo-
itcrreglcrle Dor ban lurt fortrrficligt, % Dog giper
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uotfe, Scr rc1cn Si1oc ia: hoarct Gil Suite. :. h1ctc
Set 10. $50" ng u9iej" ug uSeg reo set oct iffe," mere
CT set pperbppenct life ml,ligt at fao ro af bonn. Se=
trlgt e19o11o bans Ej1e, pm ser ltoar %lfrepet 1rget
Oil, Dompg5eo % ltuecroanigbe0; jeg later brert
5Soln ao,1lfe ouorc Sing oeri. &i pil liffcrt moi oplcpc
,ooet l,1eo oenne @pgc.n9e, io1 rcttelig bbrer 9jcr1'''e
/ CT Siaaerornen % life ct &crrcflolter, lon1 ltoaig
fin, r%efrl,tteres al DC fprite pg beolte 6a'1tller So'l=
set ~ biOtil bur bplot fo]t peo Bette Gripilcgi1m trnos
ollie &lpltcrrealer. Iicn ppr ST.. Errlot r1loe, o9
ho1; 9}oole far Is ullc loll1lncn lao %fprtrnffeligt. l1l1ocr
Niifel,, loa nrppc cit e1cte mere pnper at 11eol@9ge
S%snniiuelie oocr fer oenne almGgtiAc Nil)e fort lagt
lou5 Sptaneic hleo lot i%gicl1ne11."
vlsotcr @e,1coift CT oltlaa al Ell 1negct lin1pel Ser
fplnt?"
st oub}fobsfl,lot Smil gleo fen ouer Eriorel1s l'be=
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iSnlf lua1er 10 giernc Ocres 9topne til bpao lpln BELT,
bare luo1 bctolcr oeln goOt for Set! 6aftam er, at
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poioo pcrloulig, at paste rigtig goot pon bette &lel1o=
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fen u1rutig @elfpttelle BON ltuor. San f@or|toor me-
lter!igt at lpille noli nc ton3crc C3}pr mig 1ftcD I
&loltcret, iugen al @raorenc or gooc uof for bonl, ban
hplocr l1 iornernt pea @fto,,o ira Dem ollc, ban, Den
m1l1e, lcm f11 al iurlia 9'aaoe h0r Tl1noet Spto9elle
her,, Mic1 ban peo 10 r%;atianof pgioo Acot, at boll l1oea
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bplo alt."
ua(et ic1 far ollcreoc bort Sen un1e Srpocra Gper
% ivlio berpn1llic," rovsoc FrulGc, ct benlrrfe l1eo
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men letop Dclle Soer CT Mig llistu1feli9. Slo'1 1r1i7=
fer ior neget."
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1904-10-14

Sen Self, bporme0 Baron 8ro1fotp fejre0e lin
Morne6ag, baboe allereoe taget lin 8egpn6elie. 8arp=
mems &errelp6e taalte gonlfe pitt ingen San1menlig.
ming me0 set imponeren0e, %ltoritileoe M6be6i eller me0
Sen noget tunge> gamneloags Eragt / Slottet &ba=
meet; Set bar en- 2anoaoelsnan0s iepne Serrei9oe;
men Bette Sien bar rigt og gjaitfrit og bar oerpeo
hlepet til ct @lags Miotpunft for Selifabeligbeoen /
Ggnen. Man fom gjerne til oisie Setter, og ogiaa /
Sag bar set inobuone @elifab mpot talrigt frem.
Baron 8ranfom, en- lille, oenlig @erre, 1%o6mooig, iu-
rig og ~biarteig, u0en i9rlig ariitofratiif 8eroigbeo,
men til @iengjalb begapet n1eo ollie Ell goo 8erts
@genifaber, mo0tog fine @iaiter og fbrte iuit @rela-
ten, Ser bar antonmen for faa Minutter lioer, til
@eoe / Sen eperite @noe al Salen.
Wortiettes).
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-30

mas mas free bath house. ,'
towels. b." bur furnished : not On NJ t.@ploys.
ins w wnsn, a man could t AMOUNT q In.
the w "oIrhihg hours il he aS So a bath du,.
, me0' union grew strong ~ 4. wanted 10. i,
members began 70 o''s 81, ~ the shop,, y y
one day as contrary to Union I I, To-, iritii,
the bath i So complaint was yp ps 5G,s9 al
baths 'n Nl the men coul 'y'I nS So.mpains
washed by Union me ne towels we ne y.
But" sol EI'' on labor "''s ns
n ,bo ',., mat those towels as ors don't oa
W. WIDOW WIZ, OF one Of our I oia wa'hetbp
we we pay her Just as m our old employs,
pave TO pay at any un s,n as We woyi
tbo poPt ana needs the wo rrSLndry' 81
ST6att we we, should like to b aIo ana We
urld lnat make no dfrere ~ @eip her,
,ha ,' the woman dor,, SAD Ii.
shs union ami we ara bo WU,, belong IA
thd 10 ms the boss dld n "p"s sI
t the lnen went away The per reply aA
uleIe We're no towels o reM morning
, vhImpioyes asked for them tbe,. wnen III
llat the company preferr S'ley We're toa
th,, s Should furnish his own va" ,u.. even
r nIeos i,S could have It washed v Twei 50
"a a somewhat similar ,rouu
. ,a.er on IN regard 10 s UGuple aloa
r r,SIns The work demanded que 10, Of TIE
Wnlch produced certain n, processes
tunes and the door Was M, T,,,,SinelIirs
comfort OF the wOrkmen IN ~ LOT TIE
ADJOINING, one day a unto ~ .ne room
T, n. IN this second room "II "
h,s through to the ill.smell,nu. pas
happened to notice that tbe h,e pace
'he door were made by non .,lr II','ses On
u protest was AT once filed an 'sV., laoo',
sag that me hinges must come ~" sd men
am, ~, right said the managa, uV "
can take them down We d oSa we
a, ,o' anyNow and we can in., nee. ,s
'tW actions OF this kind oh,
lhc company that sooner or la,o 9' 1--WE.
must De strike and they prena,s S', 7,
H. They said nothing bu, nh rS,eS 70! 1o'
work and laid up a large a r,rvu We
extra stock. Then when an syir.r o.
giant demand was made with The u ,S,.s,
OF a strike they refused 10 submit In HT way
the strike came ''''' ana
The company said nothing IN, ,,,.
down the works and supplied The ,S s'i.
with the stock on hand. Two v Uas.
went by and nothing WIS saS Ava
month passed and there was no SISr .,
opening the shops. Then the worsm.D
began TO be worried. MANY N 1 ,S..,
had little homes which thew had r S,sI,
paid for. They needed money h p" w.
terest on their mortgages and otss,
things, and when they heard that 4.
company was considering the movIr,
OF the shops from Dayton 70 plar4 N
better labor conditions they asked IA %
back TO work. They did 20 back ssS
from that time to this. | understsrd
there has been no complaint about pa,.
~ matters In that factory
FRANK G. CARPENTER