Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-07-22
Turn for the Worse with Sinking
Spell at 8 q. m. Sunday.
HE Is CONSCIOUS TO THE LAST
Surrounded by His Family and Some
Immediate Friends.
GRIEvES DEATH OF BROTHER
Hugo BEandeis Was Not Well When
Brother Emil Went to Watery
Grave with Tftanic--Funeral
is to BE Held Tuesday.

hugo 6rdnQelS, youngest son OF Jonas
L. Brandeis pioneer founder Of all the
Brandeis mercantile interests In Omaha,
succumbed at the Wise Memorial hos
pital yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
His, wife. his brother, Arthur Brandeis,
4 Mrs. Arthur Brandeis, few close
friends and the attending physicians
were at his bedside when the grim reaper
beckoned.
Mr.. Brandeis gradually weakened from
of the bowels, performed at the hopsital
by Drs. Bridges and Jonas last Wednes-
day, and after several slight turns for
! the better had serious setback about 8
o'clock Sunday morning when he grew
restless from want of sleep. His condi-
tion gradually grew worse and his rela-
tives and friends were hurriedly sum
moned to the bedside.
d. End Comes Suddenly.
The end came at $50 p. m, when he
lost consciousness, and when the next
ten minutes were over the little gather
ing in the silent chamber, heads bowed
and murmering in prayer, knew that the
end had come. Up until the last ten
minutes Mr.. Brandeis was conscious and
appeared to recognize persons in the
room.
Since the recent Titanic disaster, which
carried Emil Brandeis, his eldest brother,
I'd watery grave, Hugo Brandeis. who
had himself been ailing for some time.
showed the strain caused by the great
shock. Attending physicians say that
he was In precarious condition prior
to the operation, and that the surgeons
knife was the last desperate resort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving SSrn (nee Miss
Ruth Brandeis) Of New rerk City were
notified and are en- route to Omaha
1 Mrs. Arthur Brandeis returned home
from Colorado Springs Friday in re-
sponse to telephons call sent Thursday
Her spn.s Ervine Brandeiss had started
on a trip to Pixies Peak at the time and
arrived the next day; - t4 -. 9 - :
Fail to Locate Sister.
A cablegram was sent last week to
Mrs. Herman Cohn, sister of the
deceased, who is travelling In Switzer-
land, but she has not been heard from.
I1uSo was pOih III
Manitowoc, Wis. in 1858 and therefore
A years old. He was a son Of Mrs. and
Mrs Jonas l. Brandeis, his father being
the founder Of the immense mercantile
firm Of which the Brandeis sons later
became mebers and built up and ain
tanned
When the Brandeis family came to
Omaha, the youngest son, Hugo, was IA
/years of age. Like his brothers, Emil
and Arthur. Hugo developed fitness for
business life. He is given credit for
good share Of the work in expanding the
Prandes stores into one Of the largest
mercantile institutions in the middle
west
A little more than twelve years ago
Hugo Brandeis was married to Miss
Lyela Edelman Of Los Angeles and since
. that time they have resided in Omaha
Sand preparing to build a new home In the
West Farnam district
Had Commercial Instinct. .
Mr.. Brandeis never held any public
office, being content to use his energies
towards furthering the commercial estab-
;lishment which grew at an amazing pace
under the guidance Of the three brothers.
For the last several months he had
been under the care of an attnding
physician and although able to be at his
desk with regularity, his vitality was low
and the sudden attack of obstruction of
the bowels found his physically unable
to resist the shock Of the attendant op
Grafton.
Only tentative arrangements for the
funeral have yet been made. The serv-
ices will take place Tuesday from the
late residence of the deceased 370
Pacific street and interment will be in
the family plot at Pleasant Hill ceme-