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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

war Mr.. Campbell served three years with
Company r. Twenty-eighth Wisconsin in
fantry. Returning to his wife they moved
TO Des Moines, Ia, and in 1879 came to
Nebraska, taking the claim which is now
their home.
Thirteen children were born to them, OF
whom eleven are living. and who were all
present at the reunion and celebration,
They are James c. of Hastings, William
b. of Omaha. John p. and Robert of Des
MOines. Ia, and Thomas, Lemuel Ira and
Agnes. and Mrs. Clarence Marvel and Mrs.
J. c. Taylor of Exeter. Mr.. Campbell
has been of some prominence in state pol
itics with the republican party and was
appointed custodian of the house of repre-
sentatives at its last session.
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell were presented
with a number of beautiful gifts, the chill
dren giving their father a gold-headed cane
and their mother a pretty black dress.
The presentation was made by Rev. ].
w. Lewis, big dinner was feature
CT the affair.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

figure. bent and burdened was slowly NOV
ing, dragging a hand cart loaded with
faggots.
''As the Processes came nearer they saw
that 1t was a very old woman, ragged,
dusty. barefoot and incredibly wrinkled and
toothless. Pale pinched. hungry. weary,
the aged crone had upon her withered
countenance an expression of logged reso-
luton and anxious responsibility, pathetic
TO behold The faggots were heavy and
for each step as she pulled the cart for
ward up the hill 1t recolled two, so weak
were her old. heavily veined. brown hands,
and so inadequate TO the task they at
tempted to accomplish; but yet she was
facing the ascent resolutely and with I'M
conquerable courage.
Down in her heart the poor thing was
evidently filled with terror lest the little
cart should suddenly escape from her
feeble hold, and go crashing down the
incline to the valley below, for then what
could she do. Yet she uttered no murmur
and mastered her fears as she did her al
most complete exhaustion, with that logged
physical endurance which is the one ILL
eradicable quality of a European peasant
of every nationality.
Without a seconds hesitation Princess
Augusta Victoria motioned to her sister
to take hold of one of the shafts, while
she grasped the other and at a smart
trot the fagot-laden cart was drawn tri-
urnphantly up the remainder of the HILL
followed by its amazed and bewildered
owner, who with arms upheld as ifs in I'M
conscious benediction, hobbled along in
voking all the favors of heaven upon this
merry 'attelage' of Processes
AT TIE top of the hill, when she re-
linquished the rescued hrewood, the future
empress emptied the contents of her little
purse into thin, trembling hand, extended
to resume its task, and without pausing
to receive the incoherent thanks of the
pltiful old woman, ran lightly on, racing
her sister to the very portals of the castle"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

During all this trying ordeal Princess
William, as she was henceforth to be
called, bore herself with the most charm
ing simplicity and self-possession; she
seemed to have a fresh smile for each new
person presented to her, and yet there was
not in her attitude the least little bit Of
that modern forwardness which passes
under the name of 'bonne camaraderie,
for she was tres grande dame, which is
the highest compliment one can pay even
to a royal lady.
Moreover, her graceful uprightness of
carriage and the wholesome rose of her
fresh. young face, distinguished her at
once among the pallid 'mondaines' sur
rounding her. and made her remarkable
as some free and dignified denizen of
the forest in the midst of domesticated
lions. or, to be less grandiloquent. like a
pure. dew-washed, fragrant open-air
blossom, raising its dainty corolla above
an intoxicatiSgly perfumed mass of forced
hot house blooms.
Added to this, she had more to say than
other girls, whether royal or otherwise; a
larger stock of knowledge, a wider range
OF serious thoughts. and in giving express
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
BetrOthal of the Lovers.

A singularly simple and impressive GER
emony attended the public betrothal of Will
liam and his fiancee. 1t is thus described
THE betrothal ceremony as to take
place early in the following winter, but
the sudden death of the duke of Schles-
wig Holstein Sonderburg- AugustenburS
was the cause of delay, during which the
princess new-found joy was often drowned
in bitter tears.
The official proclamation of the engage
ment took place on June 2. 1880, at the
castle of Babelsberg. one of the favorite
residences of William the Great.
"Babelsberg is a beautiful Gothic build
ing, enthroned on ballusterraces, with
countless crenelated towers and turrets
overlooking inner court d. honneur'
and formal walled garden divided by
yews clipped in fantastic patterns. Ivy
climbs upon the walls, and so picturesque
is the whole tout ensemble that no filter
place could have been chosen for the GER
emony.
AS soon as the fifty-four distinguished
guests had assembled in the so-called
Round Drawing Room, the grand master
of the court Count Schleinitz entered and
formally announced the engagement of his
royal and imperial highness Prince Will
liam. and of her hghness, Princess Au-
gusta Victoria of Schleswg- Holstein and
as he pronounced the last words the dou-
BILE doors, at the upper end flew open and
the f1ancee entered, leaning upon the arm
OF her handsome and still wonderfully
youthful grand-father-in-law that was to
be.
The princess looked brilliantly happy and
sparkling; her eyes were bent down upon a
large boquet of lilies of the valley and
yKyht 10
hand and which cleaned softly in its circ-
let OF dark green leaves against the snow
mess of her long-trained white silk dress
Upon her sunny head was set a white
hat covered with lilies of the valley
Maiglockchen May-bells), as they so
prettily call them over there and SIX
rows OF admirable pearls were fastened at
her throat by magnificent diamond clasp
The afternoon was bright and the sun,
flooding in through the open windows,
shone full upon her and upon the old en-
peror, showing distinctly how strong and
powerful this remarkable man still was,
spite of time and all that time had brought
of fatigue, anxiety and danger; how stall
wart in his perfectly fitting uniform, with
his rudy complexion and the proud and
gratifed expression lowering around his
lips and Pickering in his kindly, honest
eyes.
AT sign from him. Prince William ad-
vanced and offering his arm to his be-
trothed, led the cortege to the banqueting
hall. where a splendid lunch was prepared.
Everyone present remarked the happi-
ness expressed in the princess countenance
and which seemed to visbly emanate from
her whole graceful person-the sparkle OF
her radiant blue eyes. in which there was
a suggestion of beautiful hidden depths of
love and tenderness that none had yet
fathomed. Far away in these depths her
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

Mr.. and Mrs Nicholas Rix. married at
Comanche, Ia, February o. 1856 duly rec
ognized the anniversary OF their wedding
ut their home at Fort Calhoun. They
were both born at Holstein, Germany, and
came to New Orleans, thence by boat up
the Mississippi, in 1852 and 1853, respec-
lively. In April, 1857. with all the suffer-
ings and hardshps of the early pioneers,
they moved across the state of Iowa by
means of yoke of oxen and a prairie
schooner taking a farm near Fort CAL
houn, Washington county, Nebraska. Amid
all the privations of those early days they
began farming and stock raising, contin-
uing for forty-four years, when they re-
tired from active life and built a new home
in Fort Calhoun. Mr.. Rix was always a
man Of public spirit and was school d.
rector for thirty-two years continuously.
Fight children were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Rix, and five of them are still living.
The three boys, Emil, Henry and DIR.
Rudolf, reside at Omaha. while the two
daughters live at home.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Princess Augusta Victoria.

OF the princesses the unknown author
tells us: Princess Augusta Victoria of
Schleswig Observation-Disclosures
burg was a happy, wholesome. light
hearted girl. and since Prince williams
visit to Schloss Prinkenau a curious little
inward glow. sense of Joy and well be-
ing accompanied her everywhere, mingling
with and sweetening whatever she thought
or did.
Something, too. had changed in her
young face, a soft change which came and
went with all her dreams OF him, intensl-
ned by grave, gentle smile, pertaining
more to the eyes than to the lips, when she
pondered upon her own good chances and
the delicious future fortune had in store
for her. Her prince had appeared, and
behold. his presence had merged with and
intensified her Joie de vivre.' II had sup
piled the one feature needed to perfect
her existencei
1.-The princess was neither sentimental
nor Observation-Disclosures had far too much
sound common sense, and health of mind
for that-but curiously deep satisfaction.
feeling that for the moment at any rate
the world left nothing to be wished for,
made her already extreme kindness and
graciousness of heart and soul. yet more
conspicuously so. her light step more airy.
her unselfishness and generosity more
marked. She did not speak OF this newly
found love treasure OF hers, but her very
smile said, Just as explicitly as her voice
could have done. am very, very,
happy"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

Tully Valley. onondaga county. the same
state, when she was years old In
this home she grew to young womanhood.
and in 1885 married Harry Caswell of Alton,
Ill. and removed to that town. Her
husband died in 1874, and she was mar
ried to N. Woodbridge Smith in 1919. Mr.
Smith lived but a short time after the
marriage. Mrs. Smith going to live with
her daughter at Burlington. Iowa, after his
death.
She has many stories to tell of her ex-
periences and hardships, and has many
historical letters and mementoes. which,
combined with her exceptional accomplish
ments a conversationalist. render her
source of unfailing interest. He mem
DRY remains keen, and she delights in
meeting and chatting with her friends.
Her father, upon leaving the service af-
ter the close of the war. was commi ssioned
a captain. In his later connection with
the army. he was given the rank OF coll
onel. He was wounded in the left cheek
during the battle of Monmouth and while at
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

ing to the 'BrandenburgerThor,' thousands
upon thousands of people lined the way
via triumphalis garlanded beribboned
and orifiammed-which later was to re-
sound with the loudest cheers and hurrahs
heard there since the return of the victori-
Gus emperor in 1871.
The crowd was amazingly well behaved
and, until a flourish of trumpets an
nounced the approach OF the fair iancee,
silent and impressively STILL although it
was easy to perceive that every now and
then a thrill of expectation passed like
wave over the multitude which sud
denly swayed against the Gordon of SOL
diers standing with grounded arms all the
way from the gates of Bellevue to those
of the royal palace.
1.-THE whole town was charmingly dec
GRATED, rich and squalid portions alike. the
palaces, churches and novels the brilliant
emporiums and the dark little shops hav-
Ing hung out flags and pennons, draperies
and wreaths of green twigs of oak and
laurel and pine, in enthusiastic testimony
of an ardent desire on the part of the
Berlinese to receive the future empress
fittingly.
The welcome was very complete, the
long magnihcence of that dazzling pro-
cession, the great thoroughfares with
crescents and stars and garlands of flowers
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
sample of Her Disposition.

One OF the anecdotes of Princess Augusta
Victoria is thus related;
"Once she and her sister, now Princess
Frederick Leopold of Prussia, were walk
ing home through the beautiful woods
which surrounded the schloss. 1t was late
I'm the afternoon and already in the west
the sky was beginning to put on the golden
rose splendor of its bedtime hour. the air
was inexpressibly calm, yet the green
vault above the two young girls and the
dense underground at their feet were busy
with mysterious sound and movement for
sable winged ravens circled far overhead
In the velvety blue. lapwings bees, crlckets,
butterflies and tree frogs rustled and muir
INJURED. while now and again blackbirds
and greenfinches gave vent to a sweet
shrill note. and ringdoves repeated and
repeated again and again their soft, me-
iodious love call before tucking their gentle
little heads beneath their silken wings In
sleep
Far above the fair pedestrians on the
narrow bride path. between the two flower
rtarred~walls OF ferns bordering IL, a human
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Meeting of the Lovers.


Z OF the meeting Of the prince and prln-
slnd empress, the unknown author writes:
& I'm the depths of the park, where the
un shone gently through a cool green veil
sit was at the castle Prinkenau that VIII
lam met his future wife), gliding here
and there with pinkish gold the points of
he spears of grass through the interstices
bf the foliage, a hammock was swung be-
ween two rose-garlanded frs-roses had
Z. habit of climbing and clambering every
where at Schloss Prinkenau-and in that
hammock, fast asleep, lay a girl whose
founded cheeks were flushed with the warm
healthy shell-pink which is the prerogative
pr those who prefer the air as God made
The vastest OF palaces.
She was young, barely more than 20,
with softly chiseled features. hair somber
gold in the shadows but where the truant
pun rays touched 1t the hue of liquid topaz
flight and sparkling indeed as if deli
bately powdered with jewel husband a
pretty mouth half parted in a smile, as
4 her dreams were singularly pleasant
Dnes
1.-THE picture which she presented was
'She wore a garden frock of light mus
I'm, the soft billowy folds showing to i'm
nense advantage her slender, reclining
Form, while some stray petals waited by
the light breeze from the roses above,
gave here and there delicious touches Of
.satiny red and pale yellow
Even that sumptuous park would have
looked dreary and empty had she not been
fhere. SO well did she fit in the princely
landscape, so aptly did she form the very
climax of that sylvan mise en- scene'
''The grand old trees seemed to whisper
70 one another. as did the tall imperial
filies. the white meadow-sweets, and the
naughty peonies, scattered in the grass.
sthat the sight was good to behold, and
here and there a little thrill of inexpres-
lsible gladness seemed to ruffie like crisp
Ing wavelets a field of anemones of all
Imaginable changeful hues stretching
i'aperte de vue' the silk of their shivering
icorollas beneath the spreading boughs
suddenly the branches of Siberian
pine were gently parted and a young man,
erect and graceful. stepped into the bower
where the hammock swung, while a voice,
youthful and we'll modulated, though ex-
pressing the extreme Of joyful surprise,
iexclaimed:
Dornroschenv
1.-THE prince had found his princess.
This is the true and authentic story Of
how 1t came about that Prince William, in
vited by Duke Frederick of Schleswig-
Holstein-Sonde rburg-Augustenburg, to visit
with him and his beautiful wife, the
Duchess Adelheid, at their castle of Pink
enau left his heart behind him when a
few weeks later he returned to his grand
fathers court"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

"The wedding was in itself a truly regal
ceremony The chapel Of the CASTLE
spacious and lofty octagonal building In
the Byzantine polychromatic style, SHIN
mering in a haze Of dazzling light was
filled with flowers and crowded with eN-
uuisitely gowned women and men In gilt
terinR uniforms. Among the guests were
their majesties of Saxony, Grand Duke
Alexis, Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria,
the crown prince and crown princess OF
Sweden, the prince OF Wales NOW King
Edward vID, the grand duchess of Baden,
Princess Christian, the duke of Edinburgh
and his duchess (nee Grand Duchess
Marie-Alexandrowna of RussiaO, the late
duke of Aosta, and a score of other IL
lustrious rersonages, followed by their
ladies and gentlemen in waiting. all at
tired with the greatest magnifcence.
1.-THE bride herself, who looked remark
ably to her advantage. wore white-and-
silver brocade and priceless antique lace
clasped with flashing diamond buckles
which supported trails Of freshly gathered
myrtle and orange blossoms. On her
blonde head the crown of Prussias prtn-
cesses sparkled above a tiny fringe of
myrtle, and her long lace veil enwrapped
her with a sort of delicately vaporous
mystery. Her tail, exquisitely modelled
figure carried off the Hohenzolern dia-
monds to perfection, and as she walked
down the aisles on the arm of her young
husband an audible murmur of approval
made itself heard-a great and unusual
tribute in an assembly which few sights
are capable of pleasing or astonishing.
Her train was carried by her four brides
maids-Cyountesses Victoria Bernstein,
Pauline Kalckreuth, Mathilda Keller and
Matilda Puckler, accompanied by the
princess grand mistress of the robes,
Countess Brockdorff and as the procession
left the altar thirty-six salvos OF artillery
doomed FORTH almost drowning Handel's
'Hallelujah' chorus rolling grandly from
the organ. Slowly and imposingly the
cortege returned to the 'Weisse-saal.'
from which they had started. and where
deffler-cour. now took place, followed
by diner de gala in the 'Rittersall'
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
German Emperors Silver Wedding Recalls His Romantic Coui

sion to them she looked brighter. prettier
and more intelligent than they-novelty,
indeed, after the small change or ordi-
nary court gossip. Nor is 1t small thing
to be exposed to the flash OF experienced
eyes, which see without appearing to look,
and TO please those mercilessly critical
optics. and yet everybody was unanimously
conscious that her presence caused Curl
Gus fraIcheur' and vitality to permeate
the atmosphere, like a breath OF reviving
and bracing air in a close place.
IAN those assembled there to wish her
luck were pleasurably surprised. and there
was general sense of joyful relaxation as
the illustrious guests took their places
around the brilliantly lighted board. groan-
ing beneath its weight OF massive gold and
silver plate. banks OF exotics Venetian
crystal and pyramids Of superb fruits.
Everybody's characteristics became rather
more accumulated than before, everybody
was at philharmonic pitch and at his or
her very best.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

and glowing as she moved. and the flowers
at her breast looking no whittier than her
face-suddenly bleached with deep emotion
while the prince, slender, OF middle heisht'
but long limbed and well knit like an
athlete took her hands In his, bending
low over them, and then kissed her gently
on both cheeks. The old emperor, whose
face was positively beaming with JOY, made
the premier lieutenant OF his grandson
company captain on the spot, so as 10
enable the prince to leave his command
for the time being, and this gracious act
caused a moment OF delighted, intent
silence-a sort Of pause closed by tins
drums and fifes thrilling suddenly with
startling cearness. like a shary volley OF
applause diminishing and growing again
in volume, as the colors were dipped IN
honor of the bridal pair and the promoted
officer.
'In the years which followed that mo-
ment was to recur again and again 10 the
recollection of those present as something
peculiarly solemn and imposing. Inc Dig
grenadiers with their immense oiu-tash-
Toned headgear. the file OF gilded equipages.
the palace steps thickly strewn with rose
petals the young people gazing so lovingly
at each other under the benignant contem-
plation of the great emperor, the newly
Amounted captain, red with pride. standing
at attention with his drawn sword, and
behind him the drums and ffes calling
loudly and then dwindling to a soft sort
Of martial rythm, beckoning. as II were,
the bridal pair towards II brilliant future
all these details made up picture OF
which no lapse OF time can ever enace
the splendid coloring and happy signin-
canoe
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

"A woman is never too young or too old,
too guieless or too innocent, 10 be averse
to the thought that she can charm, and the
bride was not insensible to the delicate COM
pliments paid her in that gracious speech
and which throughout the dinner in that
great hall had been laid at her feet by many
of those present; while the guests seated
at the magnificent table murmured among
themselves that this golden-haired, soft
checked, lace-enwrapped 'mariee' was Jolie
croquer,' as she chatted frankly. unaf-
fectedly and pleasantly, now and again
resting a glance of tender affection upon
the stately figure of the aged emperor or
one of deep love upon her young husband
AT last the boom of canon was heard in
final salute, and the 'herrschaften' rose
to return to the White hail. whore the
fackeltanz was to take place.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

TUESDAY,, February q. 1881, Prince
william of Prussia and Princess
Augusta-Victoria of Schleswig-
77yTflI Holstein were married at the
- Potsdam palace in Berlin. on
tuesday OF this week they will celebrate
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the event
N a quiet. homelike manner. Emperor
william has decided that IL shall be a
amily affair exclusively, and that no pub
ice observation of the silver wedding will
be permitted. He intimated some time ago
hat It would please him better II the
money proposed to be expended in costly
lifts for the occasion were put to some
practical use especially in the way Of
charity. and therefore it is expected that
IN Tuesday there will be much dedication
bf hospitals and similar ceremonies in the
empire. At the home of the emperor and
empress a family party will assemble. and
he day will be observed simply as one Of
interest to the Hohenzollerns.
In 'Imperator ct Rex" lately published
by Harper and Bros, the author of queen
md Empress" still maintaining her strict
ncognito. relates the events of the Ger
mans emperor's life in the same vein of
intimacy that gave the world such a close
md satisfactory view of the gentle mother
II the house of Hapsburg The volume Is
complete and is charmlng1y written, tho
act being disclosed that the authoress is
J Breton, and that she was on unusually
close terms of familiar intercourse with
he Hohenzollern family and others OF the
great nobility of Germany. She Is an ar
lent admirer and vigorous defender of the
reigning emperor. From this volume the
lollowing account OF the meeting of the
Emperor and empress, their courtship, mar
fiage and honeymoon is taken, with con-
cent of the publishers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

therefore an especial distinction held by the
state of Nebraska that one of her silver
haired danes is entitled to a place on the
pitifully short and fast decreasing list.
This woman is Mrs, James d. English
Smith of Tecumseh, whose father. Andrew
English, enlisted in a Massachusetts reg
iment of the Continental army April Is.
1775, and served throughout the entire per-
iod Of warfare.
Mrs, Smith makes her home with her
daughter. Mrs. c. F. Steward, at Tecum-
sch. and. although she celebrated her nine
tieth birthday two months ago, she is
apparently hale and hearty, giving every
assurance of remaining to tell her stories
of those historically sacred times as told
by her father, for many years to come.
She was born in Tioga county, New York,
December 20. 1875 The family moved to