Show LNDREWGLBDIXEN DED Passed Away After a Short Illness OPERATION FAILED TO SAVE Ho Suffered Intense Pain from an Abscess of the Prostate Gland but Ic Was Thought on Sunday Last that He Would Soon be Well Pain Upturned However He Became Dc Jlrious and it Was Impossible to Save His life Sketch of His Carter u b Andrew C Brlxen who had been ill for a couple of weeks died at his home last evening ut S oclock lie had been ailing several days before he took to his bed two weeks ago with mi acute pain which was pronounced to be an inflammation of the bladder On Sunday lust the pain left him and It was thought that ho would be able to resume his duties in a few days That night however the pain returned and with such severity as to cause him to faint lie took to his bed again and soon became delirious A consultation of doctors was held and it was decided de-cided to await developments A couple of days passed and as there was no Improvement In his condition Din Pinkerton Beer and Richards consulted con-sulted and decided that an operation was absolutely necessary to relieve the patient who was apparently suffering from an abscess of the prostate gland Tho operation was performed at C oclock on Thursday evening and a great quantity of pus was removed It was known at the time that the chances for his recqyery were small as he had been delirious for several days I fw 4r p d I I 1yuiI Andrew C Brbcen prior to the decision that an operation was necessary He never milled from the effects of the operation and died as stated WAS A POSPEROUS MAN Mr Brlxen was one of the selfmade men of Utah He was born In Rand run Denmark August 16 1S5S and cameJlo this city In 1S70 Soon after his firluinl here he became a runner I for thV alley house whleh was then run by Dahl Sorensen But Andy had ambitions above that and while the othor boys with whom he was thrown In contact were apparently satjsfkd with their station he was not Hyfbad an idea that It would be far 1tCr to be a landlord than a runner 3o CnftrM working In that capacity for i a tlnie1ui became Identified with other iit1tpi iul later secured the lease Jfl the itjltr house whl U was at that Unfitfpip farTrite stopping place of all thtThcatrleal troupes that came West iler his management the Valley grew I ffrom a comparatively insignificant tuv era to one of the best known hotels in the West Not an actor but knew Andy Bifxen and he had among his choicest possessions the photographs and autographs auto-graphs of all of the theatrical lights that visited this city It was at the Valley house that he first met his wife to whom he was married August 16 < X 1SSO At that time he was known as the yotrngoBt landlord In America After Af-ter giving up the control of the Valley he > engaged in several hotel pursuits and finally became host of the CHIt house This he managed for some time and then he retired to engage In speculation spec-ulation and other pursuits with the money he had accumulated He scarcely scarce-ly ever made a bad investment and asa as-a result grew quite wealthy JOINED MORMON CHURCH Three years ago he became Identi lies with the Brigham Young Trust company and was lately made Us manager man-ager which position he held up to the time oC his death He leaves besides his wife and boy his father Peter C Brlxcn Avho resides In Mill Creek and his sister Marie who arrived from Chicago last even ing Mr Brlxen had been most of his life an agnostic but his wife had always al-ways been a devout believer in the doctrines of the Mormon church So two years ago and just previous to the departure of himself and family on a mission to Europe he became a mere ber of the Mormon church and has since that time been recognized as be Infe In good standing The exact date of the funeral has not yet been set but it will be t cither on Tuesday or Thursday next as accord lag to his wishes some time before his death his body wilt be kept several days before being finally Interred HIS DREAD OF DBATLL A peculiarity of Mr BrJxen was his dread of death Not ns he expressed It of the fear of the future But he had seen his brother and his mother and other relatives snatched away just at the time when they were in a posU I tion to enjoy lltca blessings To the writer he said less than a month ago when asked why he pursued every thing with such feverish haste Life I is short at the beat and I propose to I make the most of It Of course I I could sit down now and let the world wag as it will but I am young yet and when I do stop work It will bo with the knowledge that I will never be In a position to know what want Is But the thought of death of leaving my wife and boy often comes over me and there are times when it seems impossible for me to shake It off Then he paused for a moment and said laughingly Whats the use of Indulg ing in such talk when the time cornea l shall go and that IK all there Is to it but I boP and trust that time Is in > the far distant future I < Re made USC or ll slititlar > expression I to btt toilet r ten sId TOM lays ag ° hezi he e not oinc to lei nv in now doctor when everything IB a I would wish to have it whan no mortal man is 1 happier than I |