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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04


Example of early German sculpture
association. a national organization. of
which Carl Schurz is president and
President Roosevelt one of the vice
presidents. Its collections will not be
confined to Germany alone. Beginning
with the Roman invasions against the
early Germans, the museum will EN-
brace the arts and customs of the vik.
ings and the early SaXons, thus involv
ing Scandinavia and Denmark, for ex-
ample, from whom it will gradually
narrow down to the Low Countries, Ger.
man Austria. the German cantons of
Switzerland and the present German
empire.
The kaiser's gift, which covers much
of this period of time is more than a
mere reproduction of few architec-
tural and artistic treasures; therefore
it is an important and interesting chap
ter out of the book of man. Several
of the casts are of great size.
The kaiser's gift was formally pre-.
scented to the association in form of an
album of photographs and the casts
themselves are expected to reach this
country next summer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04

been decided that there will be no
change in the Spanish constitution,
which provides for his majority at the
age of sixteen.
While that is the plan the queen regent
would follow. there is some doubt felt
as to the final outcome. Political con-
ditions in Spain are not reassuring.
One of the most unfortunate symptoms
of public danger is that the liberal and
enlightened statesman Sagasta insists
on retiring. This brings into promi.
hence the ambitious General Weyler.
Added to this, reports have been cir.
culated that King Alfonso is not only
a weakling physically, but that he has
been manifesting symptoms of a men.
tai breakdown. Opposed to this report
of the kings condition is the statement
of Bellamy Storer, United States min.
lister to Spain, who recently returned
to this country. Mr.. Storer says the
young king is physically and mentally
sound and will tax up the reins of
government next May.
When Il child AlfC $50 was a weak
ling, and for years it was feared he
would not live to ascend the throne
The great care which his mother, the
queen regent, bestowed upon him has
resulted in the development of the del.
icate child into healthy. well grown
youth, full of life and vigor He is
above the average height and well
built. He has fresh complexion
slightly bronzed. His eyes are brown,
bright and expressive, his hair is curly
and of auburn hue, and his features
are good, with a slightly prominent
lower lip. Altogether he is handsome
and manly young fellow.
Alfonso NIL. is one of the most ac-
complished princes in Europe. He
speaks tluently three languages. reads
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04
STORY OF A FIGHTER
HOW A CROcKeRY STORE CLERK
BECAME HEAD OF THE ARMY.

brilliant Military Career of General
Nelson A. MiIes-Commandcd nn
Army Corps ut the Age of Twenty
siN-Thrcc Times Wounded.
Should Lieutenant General Nelson A.
Miles carry out his threat to resign if
the army bill now before congress be-
comes law or should he be summari-
ly retired there would be ended most
picturesque and brilliant military ca
reer.
1t is a career that had its beginning
over forty years ago when, as Il tall
young clerk in Il Boston crockery store,
he took the first step in the profession
which was to bring him great renown.
Young Miles was born ligh .cr. He
had an innate love of military affairs.
This led him in 1860 TO join Il militia
company. His first drillmaster was an
old French officer in Boston. .
From that time ON, when not selling
pots and pans, he spent his time in
drill. Crockery had lost its charm. A
soldier was born. The clerk had start
ed on the path to military glory.
When Fort Sumter was fired upon,
the young warrior was ready. Though
still Il mere youth, he was competent to
command. He organized a company of
volunteers and borrowed money to
equip it. His extreme youth caused
the governor of Massachusetts to re-
fuse him captains commission, and
he joined the Federal forces as IL lieu.
tenant In few months he had proved
his ability and was made captain.
With the Twenty second Massachu-
sets he joined the Army of the Poto-
mae and promptly distinguished him.
self ut Fair Oaks. where he was wound
ed in the foot. General o. q. Howard
in his report commended him for gal
liant action. The battles Aliens Farm,
SaVage's Station, Glendale and Mall
vern Hill followed. Captain Miles was
in them all. General Caldwell. who
commanded the brigade, praised him
highly in his official report.
When the galantry of Colonel Bar
low caused that officer to be promoted
to the rank of brigadier general after
Antietam. Captain Miles was in turn
promoted to be colonel of the Sixty
first New York. He had reached this
high command when less than two
months beyond the age of twenty-five
In the battle of Fredericksburg he
was wounded in the neck. When in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04

Knox is an expert horse woman and
looks her best on her pretty bay mare.
She handles a whip with skill and
spends much of her time with her IA
Their, who, as is well known. is devot-
ed TO riding and driving. Miss Knox
is not votary of Vanity Fair. She
prefers athletic sports to the pleasures
of the drawing room. but she has ac-
cepted her position with quiet dignity
and is accounted valuable aid to Mrs
and Miss Roosevelt ut the White House
drawing rooms.
Miss Anne and Miss Margaret Hitch.
cock daughters of the secretary of the
interior, are two charming young wo-
men, whose residence Mt the courts of
Vienna and st. Petersburg has famil
iarzed them with the gay world. They
have studied social conventions very
closely and are valuable adjuncts to
the suit of the young lady who rules
the young women's world of Washing
ton. The Misses Hitchcock before
their father entered public life were
prominent in the stately society of ST.
Louis.
Miss Edith Root, the only daughter
Of the secretary of war, is another
charming member Of this select set.
She is of medium height, with fair
complexion, dark eyes and an oval
face Her browning beauty is her hair,
which is dark and ripping and crowns
her small, well shaped head like a cor
Onet. Miss Root is Il wholesome, I'M
affected girl. who meets all with
frank cordiality that is very winning
Her popularity with the gallant sons
Of Mars is unrivaled. 1t needs no or
der from headquarters to call out the
officers on the days that Mrs. and Miss
Root receive
Miss Mabel Hanna's much discussed
engagement to young Harry Parsons
has brought that somewhat original
young woman once more to the fore
ground. One has heard very little of
Miss Mabel since the well remembered
debut Of her far more popular sister,
Ruth. Miss Hanna's health is far
from good, and she cares very little
Tor the Washington social season.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04
Spain VIII Rise
From Her Ashes
By DR.. j. L. NJ CURRY. Special United State, Envoy
to the Coronation

WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE. SOME
DAY, THE SPANISH RACE ASTONISI THE
WORLD BY RISING AND RECOVERING
ITS PLACE IN THE LIST OF WORLD POW.
ERS. Ihls if it comes, will take place when
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04

LIEUTENANT GENERAL NELSON A. MILES.
May, 1853, Hooker fought the battle of
charlottesville, Colonel Miles again
performed most valuable service Mt
critical point and mt a critical moment.
The following day Miles was seriously
wounded in the groin.
At Spottsylvania General Miles WIS
still more holly engaged, His brigade,
with that of Brooks, was in the first
line of attack on the Confederate posi-
ton The attack was made with great
success. The intrenchments were car
ried. Johnstons division, several thou
sand strong twenty pieces of artillery
and thirty stand of colors were cap
turod.
General Miles had entered the army
as mere boy. He rose so rapidly dur
ing the conflict that at its close he was
a major general. He was then but
twenty-siX years of age. He had
fought through all the great battles of
the Army Of the Potomac save one.
General Miles was active until the
close of the war. In February. 1865,
when but twenty-six years Old he com
manded the Second army corps. to
which distinction he had risen by bril-
liant and daring work Never before
had an American officer at that age
commanded so large body of sol
diers.
Perhaps the world best knows Gen
eral Miles as an Indian fighter. His
work on the frontier is so familiar and
has been made so much more promi-
nent than were his achievements in
the civil war that many forget his
early fighting career. In this impor-
tant work n belt of country extending
from the Mexican to the Canadian bor-
ders and more than 400 miles wide
was redeemed from the savages and
given to civilization. General Miles
was the directing head of the opera
tons which accomplished this great
result
General Miles as senior major gener-
al succeeded to command of the army
In 1895. In June. 1900, he was raised
to the rank of lieutenant general. He
was born in Westminster, Mass, in
1880. His wife was Mary Sherman.
niece of General William Tecumseh
Sherman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04
TO HOUSE A GIFT.
Harvard Plans New Museum FcI
Casts Sent by Kaiser.

The Germanic museum at HARVARD
university will soon be installed in Il
building especially designed for the
proper display of its growing collection
of German art. The need of such II
building has been vastly increased bv
Kaiser Wilhelm's splendid gift to the
museum, which was formally presented
by Prince Henry on his recent visit 10
this country.
The kaiser's gift is almost complete
museum of typical German sculpture
in itself. for the collection of casts OF
which it consists includes examples Of
the finest accomplishments in this par
ticular side of Teutonic art from the
beginning of the eleventh century to
the end of the eighteenth.
The Harvard Germanic museum is
being built up under the auspices of
what is called the Germanic Museum
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04
YOUNG OFFICIAL SET
NEW FACTOR IN SOCIETY AND POLL
TICS AT WASHINGTON.

Miss Alice Roosevelt Leader of a
Gay Coterie of Girls Mt the National
Capitnl-Exclusive Circle II Power
In Social Matters.
With the close of Lent and the re-
turn of Miss Alice Roosevelt from Gu.
ba the young official set in Washing
ton will renew the social gayety which
has been such a feature of the winter
season ut the national capital. Since
Miss Roosevelts debut she has been
the dictator of this youthful court.
known as the Junior official set"
Though still but debutantc, she has
the power of Mrs. Astor and can
make or unmake the careers of the
pretty girls and ambitious men who
are glad to follow in her train
From the time that she made her
initial bow to society she has shown
that she was able to hold the reins of
leadership, and handle them wisely.
The young women in this set are all
winsome, and many of them are beau
ties. Fortunately they are singuarly
free from anything savoring of affecta-
ton. 1t may be truthfuly said that
the bellies in the White House coterie
contributed largely to the social charm
of the season just past.
Another thing to be reckoned with
is the political power that may be eE-
erted by these young women. Daugh-
tiers frequently succeed in influencing
their fathers where wives would fail.
and old timers already recognize the
possibilities of influence from that di-
rection.
Although not quite eighteen when
she made her bow. Miss Alice Roose-
welt showed much grace when she as
sumed the responsibility of the young
set ut the capital. Several of her at
tractive cousins visited her during the
winter. OF these girls Corneia Roose-
vet-Scovel is most widely known She
is the daughter Of a singer and has
chosen an operate career. Miss Helen
Roosevelt, daughter of Mr.. ]. Roose-
velt-RooSevelt. was brought out dur
ing the winter by her grandmother,
Mrs. Astor.. Several other cousins of
the presidents daughter have been
prominent at the capital.
Naturally Miss Roosevelt is often
seen with the daughters of the cabi-
net officers. Alice Hay, Rebecca Knox.
Edith Root and Louise Van Dyke
Jones comprise the young members Of
this group.
Miss Rebecca Page Knox is the lat
est recruit to the cabinet girls Miss
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04

sovereigns, but even royal princes. were
accustomed to wear the uniform of n
field marshal from their tenderest age
indeed, from their fifth year-on all Of
fetal occasions. The only uniform.
however, that King Alfonso wears is
that Of the cadets of the military
school of San Idalfonso. Which is n
sort of Spanish counterpart of West
Point.
The queen regent is anxious 70
place the reins of government in her
sons hands. For sixteen Wars she
has steered the Spanish ship of state
through many perils, including Il dis
astrous war, and now feels that she
has not only done her duty toward her
boy, but has fulfilled her trust to the
Spanish people. No sovereign has ever
assumed the reins of government who
was better equipped for the task than
is Alfonso MIL, say his friends. He
has been brought up among the most
pure and healthy Surroundings. where.
as his father his grandmother, Queen
Isabella, and every one of his prede-
cessors were reared in an atmosphere
of prohigacy and vice.
Queen Christina. although an Aus.
trian, is said to favor Il Spanish prin-
cess as wife for King Alfonso. In
Bavaria lives the Bourbon prince An
tonic. He has a daughter of more than
ordinary beauty. Dark as Il Spaniard
of the Carlist type, she is graceful and
accomplished. Alfonso met her once
and liked her. Perhaps one day she
may become queen of Spain.
1t was hoped in Spain that this bit
of business could be arranged before
the coronation festivities in May, but
the mutterings of revolution became
too loud to permit of the royal de-
parture from the country. 1t was
planned at one time to make the coro-
nation festivities rival in splendor
those of Alfonsos brother monarch,
King Edward VII, at Westminster alb
hey month later, but the serious con-
dition of the country has apparently
caused Il considerable change in those
plans.
In Spain, as in the Netherlands, the
coronation isn't really a coronation at
all. In Holland the polite fiction is
that the reiSninS monarch is so lofty
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04

IN MY JUDGMENT POLICY WHICH
The GENERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD POLICY
WHICH HAS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY SECURE THE SUP.
PORT OF CONGRESS- lRRIGATE SUFFICIENT ARID LAND
TO FURNISH HoMEsTEADs ACTUAL BONA FpE HOME
BUILDERS.
This should be the object and limit of any irrigation law
There healthy natural demand for this and it should be met
irrigation should keep pace with settlement and the natural
healthy increase rural population should 90 faster than
tns Irrigation will not make population; neither will increase
the birth rate the desirable immigration into the
United States
II claimed by very respectable authority that people will 90
from the city SEEK beaufy and adorn homes 1t certain
tnat the idle and the vicious will leave CITY, The present
mdustrou well employed and well paid part the population
snoud not leave the cities The present tendency the country
20 ne city natural result of present conditions 1t
because city and factory furnish remunerave employment
than farming stock raising We should change this condition
py converting them from food producers bv
esen the demand and increasing the supply of products
IL not to the benefit of farmers the number of farms
TILE FACTORY AND THE CITY ARE THE SALVATION
OFMlIE FARM. WHAT THE GREAT WEST NEEDS
lODAY is NOT MORE FARMS, BUT BIGGER CITIES
blGGEk FACTORIES, AND MORE OF BOTH AS A MA
lion WE ARE NOT IN NEED OF MORE FARM PROD
UcIs, BUT WE ARE IN NEED OF MORE MARKETS
FOR The PRODUCTS WE NOW HAVE
build American homes and protect the welfare of the home
pude not to make market unstable land grants or more
agricultural Implements should be the end and the aim of this class
of legislation
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iE of the most interesting of
European monarchs just now
is Alfonso MIL. king of
Spain. On the 18th of May
he will reach the age of six.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04
The Only Good
Irrigation Scheme
BY Representative THOMAS Oeson Chairman of the
Arid Land Committee of the House of Representatives

AM decidedly opposed to any wild, gigantic scheme
OF irrigation that would commit the federal govern
ment to the expenditure of untold millions from the
public treasury, destroying present farm values and
trltterlng away the homes of coming generations
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04
QUITS THE STAGE.
Americas Most Famous Actress Will
Play No More.

americas Most Famous Actress Will
Play No More.
Ada Rehan, Americas most repre-.
sentative actress, has retired from the
stage. She has had notable histrionic
career both in this country and in
England. Her conquest of England
was as complete as Ellen Terry's con-
quest of America. Miss Rehan's per.
Torrance of katherine in the Tanning
of the Shrew' in London was such a
triumph that Augustin Daily was in.
vited to give Il production of it in the
theater at Stratford- on-Avon. He took
his company there and was made one
of the governors of the thcater-the
Shakespeare memorial.
1t has been said of Ada Rehan in re.
cent years that she was Il manager
made star, that after Augustin Days
death she failed to accomplish anything
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04


Spanad realize that his than one of the
great world powers but the day which he avakens to the a
ton that his and nation depsed and looked upon as helpless
nation that the weakest Europe may insult with mpunv
when that day then let the world powers care for the
Spanar that he is robbed of hope only the most mag
nfcen fighter EARTH but the and enduring of
men.
While cannot be denied that Spain has been decline for
centuries there peculiar feature of the race that
take into order make
As fighters the Spnard stubborn as the
Germans AngloSaxon but the time THEY HAVE
STRANGE FACULTY OF RISING AFTER EVERYTHING
rs LOST AND ALL HOPE HAS DEPARTED AND FIGHT
ING AS NO PEOPLE EVER HAVE FOUGHT TO REGAIN
THAT WHICH THEY HAVE LOST. In this they are superior
to the northern who fight WE'LL doubt but succumb
they find that all lost and there longer any hope
THE QUEEN REGENT A AND PIous WOMAN
AND THE MORAL STANDARD NOBILITY is VERY
MUCH ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF THAT UPPER CLASSES
or THE
Because of the Spanish led dssoute lives is
for suppong that the people whom they ruled were of
like nature anos of absolute the morality of the
Spanish upper classes well worth the of any class of
people the world know very little of the personality of Young
Alfonso XI but take that he inherit the disposition and
adheres the teachings of his Spain may look forward to
one of the best regns in her history.
do not look forward uprising demonstration on the
part OF the Cars the of Alfonso taking the OATH The
Cars very weak and the majority Spaniard are ova
and satisfied with the present house. no occasion for
change
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04

rs many more and can inteligently dis
cuss English, German and French lit
erature.
Queen Christina has always shown
herself n stickler for simplicity where
children are concerned. She decided
that the king should be educated as
simple soldier. One incident will serve
to show how carefully all pomp has
been eliminated from his training.
Under all previous reigns not merely
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04

teen and at the same time attain his
majority. Last summer there was some
talk among Spanish politicians of de-
ferring Alfonso's majority until his
eighteenth birthday. The activity OF
the Carlists and other reasons, how.
ever, led the queen and her advisers
to see that the sooner the young king
assumed control the better. and it has
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-04

and that it was just as well that she
made up her mind to a new order OF
things. All that may be and perhaps is
true. Days exquisite stage craft had
much TO do with Miss Rehan's success.
Augustin DAILY took Miss Rehan
diamond in the rough and made her
the most attractive jewel, from a stage
point of view, in this country. Miss
Rehan herself has gone abroad to enjoy
herself. She will in all probability
never act again.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-08-16

The entire line of shirt waists, in
Guiding Wash Silks, White and Col
ored. are marked at less than clearing
price. Remember we have no old
waists that we are trying to push out
at any old price; all new, desirable
waists. so get in line before the sizes
are broken.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-08-16
Look Pleasant. Please.

Photographer C. c. Harlan, of Eat
on, o., can do so now, though for
years he couldn't, because he suffer-
ed untold agony from the worst form
of Indigestion. All physicians and
medicines failed To help him till he
tried Electric Bitters, which worked
such wonders for him that he de
clares they are a godsend to sufferers
from dyspepsia ana stomach troubles.
Unrivaled for diseases of the stom-
ach, liver and kidneys, they build up
and give new life to the whole sys-
tenn. Try them. Only soc. Guaran-
teed by Hartz &5 Ullemeyer, druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-08-16

tomorrow at o'clock from the late
residence, 2230 Eddy street, with in
terment at Oakdale cemetery. The
deceased was born in Hemmeroth,
South Ditmarsh, Germany, and
came here in 1882 She was the wife
of the well known East Davenport
blacksmith. The deceased was a
member of the True Sisters lodge,
and the funeral will be held under it's
auspices.
At o'clock Thursday afternoon
after brief illness occurred the
death of Marx Fulscher in the 18th
year of his age. The deceased was a
native of Germany. His wife Frede-
ricka and four children, John, Mich
ael and Jacob FuIscher, and Dorothea
Heller, nee Fulscher. survive him.
The funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon at o'clock from the late
residence, 1414 West Fourth street,
with interment at the City ceme-
terry. The deceased was native of
Ditmarsh, Holstein, Germany, and
came here in 1869.
&c
At Mercy hospital at 1890 o'clock
Wednesday night occurred the death
of George Collins, aged 45 years. The
deceased was born and reared in
this city, and made Davenport his
home all his life at 1850 West Third
street. The deceased was unmarried.
He made his home with his mother
and is survived by her and brother,
Richard.
90
Distressing news for many Daven-
porters came in n telegram from
Chicago yesterday. The message an
Rock Island Argus., 1902-08-16

nounced the death in that city last
evening of Mrs. George H. BalIou.
after years of suffering from heart
disease. Mrs. Ballou was married in
Dubuque, where her husband was
city editor of the Herald of that city.
About the close of the civil war they
came to Davenport. living here until
Mr. Ballou's death about eleven
years since. Mrs. Ballou then went
to Chicago, which city has since been
her home. During her years of
health she was active in many good
cause as hundreds of Davenporters
know. She was a member of the
Episcopal church, woman of the
noblest impulses and kindest heart.
Two children are left, Miss Susie Bal
lou, who for several years has been
connected with the Chicago Uni
versity, and George H., Jr., who is en-
gagged in the lumber business at Ia
coma. The funeral will be held in
Dubuque today.
At the Morbonia hospital at ,
O'Clock Wednesday occurred the
death of Lima, wife of Theodore Mad
sen, at the age of SO years and 10
months. Cancer was the cause of
death.
EHr
Oscar ii. Koehler, president of the
Davenport Mailing company, died
this morning at St. Louis, where he
had been for some months receiving
treatment for Bright's disease and
complications. Mr.. Koehler was one
of the leading German-American res
idents of Davenport.