Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28


with the facts of the recent attempted
elopment still fresh in the public mind the
old residents of st. Louis are wont to recall
some other romantic and tragic incidents
in the career of the Busches. The Scharrer
incident is not the only sensation of a mat
rimonial nature that has been recorded In
the life book OF that large and handsome
family.
Though blessed with many children, this
blessing has been tinged with sorrow, for
death as we'll as matrimony have robbed
Mr.. and Mrs Busch of favorite sons and
daughters.
So persistent has this loss of offspring
been that Mrs. Adolphus Busch not long
ago, only few days prior to the Scharrer
escapade, was heard to remark:
1T seems that every year robs me of a
child"
Early last summer a few days after the
Busches had set out on their annual Journey
to Germany, Peter Busch, a handsome
young son. died within a few days of APP
pendicitis The parents were on the ocean
! when this death occurred, and heard Of IT
only through the Southampton pilot, who
! boarded the Kaiser Wilhelm while outside
/ the harbor.
Young Peter Busch, one of the best be-
| loved of the sons. had been banished for
! several years in the west by his father,
/ because st. Louis and its temptations
proved too much for the young man. Only
| shortly before his death he returned to
! the parental home, was made vice presi-
| dent of his fathers company, with a fine
! salary and had settled down to hard and
! conscientious work. when he was cut on
! in the midst of his youthful energies.
Another son and older brother Adolphus,
J la ,falrf NaH
! his friends died almost as suddenly as the
| former, and from the same ailment. Five
years ago, on Easter Sunday afternoon, he
romped with his little nieces and nephews
| on the magnificent lawns in Busch place,
where Mrs. Busch had arranged family
festival for the little ones. That night he
was taken Ill and a week later he was
buried. He was much beloved by all who
snew him. and in Bellefontaine, st. Louis
| largest aad ~ st fashionable cemetery, no
/ such wealth Of flowers was ever banked on
a single grave. The floral offerings were
monstrous, and, piled around the grave,
rose up to towering height
| But 1t is the Busch weddings, and not
! the funerals, that are being talked about
Just now, and to nearly everyone there Is
| attached a bit of romance. beginning with
| that of Mrs. Busch who was the stately
/ Lilly AnnSuStTt the IlCllSSl Dlt"Gl uAu6h-
ter Of ST. Louis of the early COS. The
wedding took place in the modest home of
her father, and a modest house on Hickory
street. near Tenth. was gotten ready for
the young couple.
Forgot Latchkey.
They had no wedding trip. save a car
riage ride from the parental home Of the
bride TO her new domicile. after a wedding
feast, of which the town talked for weeks.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Busch arrived at their
home the young husband remembered that
he had forgotten the night key. A servant
slept in the house in third-story back
room, but all the knocking at the door
and ringing of the bell failed to awaken
her, so that the later millionaire and his
wife had to sit on the front door steps till
the milkman came around, after dawn, and
with his immense bell succeeded in rousing
the servant.
An adopted daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Busch. Auguste. was the first to marry.
Her husband, who is dead, Mr..
Kluen OF Wiesbaden, and it is there the
Kluens lived for a long time, until recently,
when Mrs. Kluen moved to Berlin. Her
daughter is that charming fairylike crea-
ture, Lily Kluen, named for Mrs. Busch,
who was here during the Worlds fair, the
guest of the Busches. and now the iancee
of an Italian nobleman. whom she met
while travelling abroad.
The oldest daughter and particular favor
lite OF her father, was Nellie, who married
Harry Weber, son of Heinrich Weber, one
of the early music teachers of St. Louis
and descendant of Carl Maria Won Weber
the celebrated composer. The Webers were
never rich. and the beautiful Miss Busch
was considered the best matrimonial prize
then in st. Louis. Her wedding, at the
I old Germania club, on South Eighth street
near Gratiot was the most prominent so,
ciety event of the winter.
Wore 81 900 Bridal Gown.
The bride, who was only II years old
was dream Of loneliness in a bridal gowr
that cost a cool thousand dollars. She
had met Weber on trip up the Mississippi
river to st. Paul. and insisted that she
be permitted TO marry him. In vain heI
father pleaded that she was too young
She carried the day, and the wedding came
OFF with eclat. With a check for $1,000 il
his pocket the Webers started away or
their wedding journey. II was a mos
picturesque pilgrimage to New Orleans anC
back again, for in every city, from Louis
vile 10 the gulf, where Adolphus Buscf
was known, the young couple were feted
dtned and wined. All of which were as move
and startling sensations TO the bridegroom
His sudden accession to wealth and III,
ever-ready purse OF a millionaire father-in
law was more than young Weber coulC
stand. He figured in several escapades anc
finally his wife left him and returned q
her fathers home.
Mr. Busch obtained a divorce for hi
daughter and took her and her children I,
Germany In the fall, when they returned
he installed her in a beautiful home II
Busch place, which was built during he
absence, and which is now occupied b,
Mr.. August A. Busch, eldest son of tn,
house. A few years after her divorce Mrs
Nellie Busch-Weber, by which name sh,
was known, married Arthur Magnus O
Chicago rich hop merchant
Young Weber. too took second tim
TO matrimony. For a time IL seemed tina
he would not recover from the Just a
sudden plunge to nothing as his sensa
tional rise 10 wealth. But the good oil,
stock from which he sprang asserted itsel
and he turned to work. He is now one o
the most valued travelling auditors OF ,
leading soap manufacturing frm, has
nice home In the West End and a charmin,
wife.
His second marriage was somewhat 10
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