Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
BEATING ABOUT The. BUSCH
German Lieutenan,'s Warm Wooing o. the
Brewery Belle 81 s., Louis,
VARIATIONS IN ROMANCE VIC LY cosslPED
Singular Features of the Matrimonial
Record of the Busch Family
shifting scene i'm the
Present Case.

The Busch Scharrer romance revolves in
large circles and moves quickly with st.
Louis as the hub. The millionaire brew
er's daughter and the kalsers lieutenant
meet three years since, and the lieutenant
falls in love instanter. They meet again
I'm Germany. The next summer there Is a
long auto tour I'm Europe, and no cooling
Of ardent affection.
Scharrer follows a cablegram, and arrives
in st. Louis two days before Christmas,
1903 and is n participant in the merry
Christmas festivities at No. Busch Place.
The denoument comes December q. There
is drive to Belleville. an urgent request
for marriage and a threat OF suicide by the
lovelorn lieutenant. A trip home via the
trolley is personally conducted by Adolphus
Buschs representative.
Next day there is the announcement of a
New Years wedding, and the following day
an indefinite postponement. Miss Busch in
seclusion and the sutton pines In lonliness
at the Southern hotel
New Years day Scharrer visits the pa
ternal residence, and goes back again the
next day. The third day there is family
dinner at Faust's and at IL p. m. the Ger
man makes hurry call at the Busch resi-
dence, returning at a. M, wreathed in
smiles.
The next day Miss Busch starts for CAL
ifornIa.
Will he follow herr
Scharrer came to st. Louis to seek the
heart and hand Of the woman he loved.
That was all right. He had a perfect right
TO do that.
He was received at the Busch home with
the hospitality due one of his rank That
was to be expected.
One afternoon he talked matrimony to
Wilhelmenia Busch. and according to first
reports. they agreed to go to Belleville and
be quietly married. That wasn't exactly
right, according to the rules laid down by
Adophus Busch, who doesn't like elope-
ments. but It didn't conflict with the laws
or the constitution OF the United states,
and IL the marriage had taken place no
one could have said aught against the
clippers.
Romance Takes New Turn.
But the elopment failed, and the clippers
were brought back to st. Louis, virtually
prisoners in the hands OF one Of the trusty
employees OF the girls father.
Even after all this had come to pass Lieu
tenant Scharrer and Miss Busch might have
maintained dignihed front, but story
emanated from the Busch quarters which
put an entirely different coloring on the
first version of the romantic affair.
Miss Busch, according to this story, had
rather unwillngly gone to Bellevlle. She
was in carriage with n man who threat
ened TO kill himself II she did not marry
him She rode to Belleville in sort of
deadly fear OF her energetic sutton.
She got to Belleville and telephoned her
father regarding the proposed marriage
plans. Her father disapproved. Despite
this the young couple went to the little no.
tel in Belleville and were registered as Mr..
and Mrs. Eduard Scharrer. Miss Busch
didn't know that she had been registered
as Mrs. Eduard scharrer, and the lieutenant
gave it out as his idea of joke. Mr..
Adolphus Busch couldn't see the Joke. Mel
Their could the trusty representative of Adolf
plus Busch who found the inscription on
the hotel register and ordered the couple,
In the name OF Adolphus Busch, to prepare
for trolley ride to St. Louis.
II was upon her return that Miss Busch
ls said to have confessed that she didn't
really know whether she liked Lieutenant
scharrer best or whether she liked some
one else. That is how 1t happened that the
WcdCing arst announced to take place Jam
ulry /, was indefinitely postponed and
Hnally called of altogether.
Lieutenant Scharrer says he will agree to
saything the Busch family says. Friends
fi .ltenant to say under the circumstances.
TorsCns in st. Louis who are familiar with
tie ethics of the Geman army, however,
sr, hat II is up to the German lieutenant
40 something else. II has been gravely
insinuated that Scharrer was guilty of in
erection. In registering in Belleville as
-. and Mrs. Eduard Scharrer II is argued
that Scharrer compromised the daughter Of
his host. In threatening to kill himself If
she did not marry him Scharrer, II is main
tanned, worked peculiar imposition upon a
young woman whose family had accepted
him as sultor. who should not have
adopted tragic tactics to force the issue OF
love and romance.
Should He Fight Duelf
In Germany, according to a former officer
OF the German army. II would be up to
someone to challenge II Scharret COM
promised Miss Busch, as II is alleged II is
mp to him TO OFFER satisfaction with pistol
Or sword TO some male relative OF the