The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
THEODORE BRUBACK.

Tire shock caused by the death of Theo-
dore Bruback is very great Powerful
physically. a ruGdy-taced, genial man, a
man who had never been lu day N
his life. who had twenty times crossed
the Atlantic, wha for twenty years
passed unscathed through the dangers
of railroad aud steamship travel and all
the rough ciashings Of the frontier. TO be
instantly killed. his last word one of
cheer ard IN an instant 10 be translated.
was a tragedy that startled and stunned
the community. The kisses of vie and
children were still warm on his Inns their
goOd-bEes we're still an echo IN his ears
when the darkness and the silence came
To him.
Business he looked upon as q game in
which the strongest and most capable
win. be asked no faVors. ne believed III
himself, and believed. further. that q
clear brain and q perfect physical equip
meDt were capital enough for any man.
and so from tire first he was a business
power. loreetul factor In the business
world. Tie was q miner a railroad build
err a mastcrfu! personality among men of
affairs. e public spirited patriotic citizen.
He haW invested largely TN Daly-Judge,
ana with tne energy which never wear
ieq, he was not content TO leave the de-
tails q tile mana cement of the mine to
otnGrS- ne watched every advance. every
Development; az held every moment in
mind the condition. not only Of the COM
pany. but Of The mine itself IL was this
that caused his death. He was told that
there had been no work done in the fatal
incline since his former VISIT. nothing 70
see there and that IL was q mean in
/. cline % climb but il was one OF the
places be always visited iu his trips To
lns mine, and with a light step and
genial word started APP the ladder. A
moment later DE had fallen and Was dead
~ neither - -treacherou- round of the lad
der broke. whether ne struck his head
ora projecting timber and was stunned
on whether sudden dizziness seized him.
no one KNOWS, ana IT does not matter;
The end was The same
strong, aggressive man like Theodore
tfunacE D. sure 10 draw 20 him warm
friends and some enemies He was no
/ exception lie had many friends. he had
( some enemies, but could any oEef of the
latter visit his home today his heart
would melt at the spectacle presented
4 there. FOR not one man iH ten thousand
. hoias sueh place ia the love Of wife
ana children rs did he. His wife has
neeh an inFaiid Tor years she has often
/ been nervous and loW-sriVited but the
words ne never failed 10 speak tg her
We're CheFrE and encouraging words the
face he TUNED To her was always sun
~ one. while between him and his chill
aren the tie was one Of mutual idol
airy.
one ona occasion. when COINS away
early iu tie morning, be kissed his Ht-
tic girl goodbye without weakening her
tln thursday morning when about 70
leave the home his wife told him ne must
awake little Jessie and bid her goodbye
or she would grieEc all day He aWak-
ened her kissed her, and she springinE
out OF bed ran TO the window raised
II and flung kisses and go0d-byes to him
until he disappeared down the walk and
when her mother told her she would
surely catch cold she answered. p! don't
care. Papa wants the g0od-bves and the
kisses
In THAI home there Is nothing now bu4
dasoiatlon and despair The rod and
the staff' are broken. ia the very flower
Of his manhood and strength the cali
came, and BE blow to those whose very
lives were eeae u2 ih his, Is overwhelm-
'inE. Coo 9lt{ them ana give them the
benson Of His peace. C.