| Show DEATH OF CARL SCHURZ I 1 I 1 I 1 carl schurz Is dead lie he was are a re kiark able cha character acter ills his biographer sa says sadaf of him forced to to lice flee from the land of his A I 1 I 1 birth before na n ila had 1 I attained his majority lie ho soon breame and tor for more than half a c rem one of the he striking ares in the public life of he land of his adoption born in the village of livelar Li bolar belar near cologne I 1 in 1829 A schurz belanio interested in the revolutionary movement in germany while attending aln ding the university of donn bonn and whan the uprising came jn I 1 1819 lie ho serve is as A private in tho ranks ot of the insurgents ile ho was with general ja when the latter surrendered the fortress of Ra adt in of that year and made mad e an almost miraculous es escil cip through the sewer connecting with the rhine and led to switzerland A year later lie he returned 0 o Geri germany nany under an assumed name for the purpose of liberating his bis friend prof kinkel who had bad been taken a ariso prisoner abc at the surrender of f i the for fortress iress and sentenced s enten ced to life imprisonment daring and romantic project was cabied to a successful conclusion aal created a sensation throughout europe his marriage to margaret mayor mayer the daughter of it a prominent merchant in 1852 1 was an indirect outgrowth of the sensational rescue of his friend from prison that exploit has beai made one of the fea tures of die von hollenstein by friederich Fried agen a popular novelist of that time in estory th schurz figures as W wolfgang von hohenstein and kinkel as dr 11 munzer mizer Sch urza acquaintance ta lice v w in the woman who became his wife was traceable to the fanic fame of ills his exploit as described by hassen soon after lis lip marriage schurz caule came to this country locating first at I 1 philadelphia la three years later laier lie rc I 1 I 1 move moved ato to wisconsin allied himself forces in the campaign with th the 9 tal and d part in tho the campaign the following yearn year during tile the succeeding twenty years he was ono one of the prominent figures in the political history of tho tha country ile he went to spain as united I 1 states minister in 1661 later resigning to return and serve in the civil war during g which ho earned the abc title of major general in 1869 he was elected to ilic united I 1 states senate from Misso missouri url being th tho e first german born citizen to become a i member aber of the upper house of congress in the meantime ni canti cc lie ho had bad engaged in newspaper work both at washington and a ad in the w wust west and had transferred pis his residence from fauni wisconsin to bourt where lie became joint proprietor of bf the West liche post in st louis aein associates associate I 1 with emil Pret orlu his career I 1 it tile the senate was a brilliant one by ills his unswerving arving course in support of independent principles bo however wever lie he became estranged from the he republican party with which he was then identified and retired from the senate in 1875 ills his public service did not come to an an end at that time by any means many of the independent poll political t cal I 1 movements since have felt the weight of his influence and gained tho the benefit of his big active co operation he was ono one of the organizers of the liberal party in 1872 and presided over the convention at it cincinnati which nominated horace greaby for president lie ho supported the national republican ticket deret in 1876 and in the year following became secre secretary of tho the interior in the cabiat of president hayes during his ten we of office lie he effected wide avide reforms in the administration of the department these reforms were particularly no notable ibo in that arm of the department which khizh deals with indian affairs I 1 at the close ot 0 his term of office ho he went to now new york and devoted nearly all tho the remainder of his long life to editorial and literary arary work he kad had a beautiful ir home at lake george and there a large part of his declining years was with his books hn hl music of chica he be was passionately passionately fond and his memoirs |
