The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-15
DEATH TAKES
 CARL SCHURZ Noted Publicist Expires n New York. p '.D AN ADVENTUROUS CAREER Native of Germany, But Won Fame
 in America. Senator. General in the Federal Army And Member Of n Cabinet.
 Death Due to Complication
 Of Diseases.
3 .D AN ADVENTUROUS CAREER

l New York. May 14--Carl Schurs,
 widely known as a publicist and for
 mer cabinet member. died at his home
 in this city at 4;a5 o'clock this morn | ing.
 Death was due to complication of
 diseases following an attack of stom- ach trouble. which became acute l Thursday last. In spite of brief periods of seeming improvement MT. Schurz slowly failed and yesterday afternoon sank into state of coma. | which continued until the end. At the I bedside were a son, Carl L., and two | daughters. Marianne and Agatha; Ed ward l.. Pretorious, Mr. Schurz's busi- ness partner. and Doctors Jacobi and l Strauss.
 l MT. schurx's Biography. 1 MT. Schorz was 76 years old. was born in Cologne. March 2. 1929. His | residence here was 24 East 91st Street l Forced to flee from the land of his | birth before he had attained his ma l pcrity, Carl Schurz. soon became, and l for more than half century remained | one of the striking figures in the pub- | lie life of the land of his adoption. Born in the village of Libelar. near l Cologne. in 1929. Schurz became in- | terested in the revolutionary move | ment in Germany while attending the I University of Bonn. and when the up- | rising came In 1S49 he served as a pri- l vate in the ranks of the insurgents He was with General Tideman when l the latter surrendered the Fortress of l Rasladt in July of that year. and made | almost miraculous escape through the | sewer connecting with the Rhine and | fled to Switzerland.
 1 A year later he returned to Ger | many, under an assumed name for the purposes of liberating his friend. Pro-
 lessor Kinkel, who had been taken a prisoner at the surrender of the Fort I ress and sentenced to life morrison l ment. This daring and romantic pro- l ject was carried to a successful con- | clusion and created sensation | throughout Europe. His marriage to l Margaret Mayer, the daughter of a | prominent merchant. in 1s52. was an in- | direct outgrowth of the sensational rescue of his friend from prison That I exploit had been made one of the feat lures of -'die won Hohenstein" by Fred ich Spielhagen, a popular novelist of I that time. Tn the story Schurz fig- | ures as Wolfgang von Hohenstein and l Kinkei at Dr. Munger. Schurzs ac quaintance with the woman who be- | came his wife, was traceable to the | fame, of his exploit as described by | Sreilhagen.
 1 Soon after his marriage Schurz came
 to this country. locating first at Phil | adeiphia. Three years later he re- | moved to Wisconsin, allied himself with | the Fremont forces in the campaign. and took part in the campaign of the
 following year. During the succeed | ing twenty years he was one of the i prominent figures in the political his- 1 tory of the country. He went to Spain, | as United States Minister in 1861, later l resigning to return and serve in the l civil war, during which he earned the
 title of Major General.
 Elected to Senate.
 l In 1869 he was elected to the United
 States Senate from Missouri, being the 1 first German-born citizen to become a
 member of the upper House of Con I sress In the meantime he had engaR- l ed in newspaper work both at Wash !ngtop and in the West, and had trans | ferred his residence from Wisconsin l to Missouri. where he became joint pro- prietor of The Westlich Post in St. | Louis. being associated with Emil Pre-
 torius.
 1 His career in the Senate was a bril- ] liant one. By his unswerving course | in support of independent principles, however, he became estranged from the
 Republican party. with which he was | then identified, and retired rom the | Senate in 1875.
 | His public service did not come to an l end at that time by any means. Many | of the independent political govern ments since have felt the weight of his l influence and gained the benefit of his l active co-operation. He was one of the 1 organizers of the Liberal Party in 1872, | and presided over the convention at | Cincinnati which nominated Horace | Greely for President. He supported the
 national Republican ticket in 1878 and | in the year following became secretary | of the interior in the cabinet of Pres | jdent Hayes. During his tenure of of | flee he effected wide reform in the ad- ministration of the department. The | reforms were particularly notable in | that arm of the department which deals | with Indian affairs. At the close of | his term of office he came to New York, | and devoted all the remainder of his long life to editorial and literary work.
 He had A beautiful summer home at | Lake George and there a large part of his declining years were spent with
 his books, his music. of which he
 was passionately fond. and his mem | oirs.
 Partial arrangements for the funeral were decided upon tonight. The ser | 1ices will be Leld at the family rest | dence Thursday afternoon and will Dc | attended only by the members of the | family and a few close personal friends.
 IT is understood th!s plan i5 m accord | onra with q wish often expressed by MT,
 cnburz Immeditely following the ser
 ,,ices at the home the body will be con | .avod to Tarrvtowp, where interment
 will take place in Sleepy Hollow ceme- tcry.
 AFRICAN COTTON.