The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-18
CARL SCHURZ THE GREAT GER
MAN AMERICAN PASSES AWAY
AT ADVANCED AGE
GREAT IN PEACE AND IN WAR
Soldier, Statesman Editor and Reached
Fame in Ala Checkered
Life

New York. May I4.-Carl Schurz,
widely known as a publicist, and
former cabinet member, died at his
home in this city at 4:35 O'Clock
this morning. Death was due 10 a
complication of diseases following
an attack of stomach trouble,
which became acute on Thursday
last. In spite of brief periods Of
seeming Improvement. Mr.. Schurz
failed, and yesterday sank into a
state of coma, which continued un-
til the end.
Forced to flee from the land Of
his birth before he had attained his
majority, Carl Schurz soon became,
and for more than half century,
remained one of the striking figures
in the public life of the land of his
adoption. Born iu the village of
Libelar, near Cologne, in 1909,
Schrrz became interested in Ger
many while attending the uni
yersity of Bonn and when the up
rising came in IS4o he served as
private in the ranks of the insur
gents. He was with General Tide
man when the latter surrounded
the fortress of Rastadt in July of
that year and made an almos;
miraculous escape through the
sewer connections with the Rhine
and fed to Switzerland. A year
later he returned to Germany, un-
der an assumed name. for the pur-
pose of liberating his friend, Pro-
fessor Kinkel.
Soon after his marriage Schurz
came 10 this country, locating first
at Philadelphia. Three years later
he removed to Wisconsin, allied
himself with the Fremont force in
the campaign, and took part in the
campaign of the following yeai.
During the succeeding twenty
wears he was one of the prominent
figures in the political history of
the country. He went TO Spain as
United States minister in 1861,
late. resigning to return and serve
in the Civil war, during which he
earned the title Of major general.
In 1869 he was elected to the Unit
ed States Senate from Missouri,
being the FIRST German born citizen
to become member of the upper
house of Congress. In the mean
time he had engaged ia newspaper
work both at Washington and in
the west md had transferred his
residence from Wisconsin to Miss
ouri, where he became joint pro-
prietor of the Westliche Post in St.
Louis, being associated with Emil
Pretorius. His career in the SEN
ate was a brilliant one. BY his
unswerving course in support of in
dependent principles. however, he
became estranged from the republi-
can party, with which he was then
identified, and retired from the
Senate in 1875.
His public service did not come
to an end at that time by any
means. Many of the independent
political movements since have felt
the weight Of his influence and
gained the benefit of his active CO.
operation. He was one of the
organizers of the liberal party in
1872, and presided over the conven-
tion at Cincinnati, which nominat-
ed Horace Greely for president.
He supported the national republi-
can ticket in 1876, and in the year
following s.ame secretary of the
interior in the cabinet of President
Hayes.
AT the close of his term of Office
he came to New York aud devoted
nearly all the remainder of his long
life to editorial and literary
work
H. G. Green, of the Bank Of
TuftIe. was a business visitor in