Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-15
Uprising Of Andreas Hofer.


Napoleon made Bavaria an independent
kingdom In 1905, and crowned the elector,
Max Joseph. as king. adding Nuremburg.
Wurzburg. Salzburg. Beyreuth. the Palati-
nate left of the Rhine and portion of the
Tyrol to his territory. This led to the he
roic uprising in the Tyrol led by. Andreas
Hofer, an innkeeper: Speckbacher, a hunter
Of channels. and Father Haspinger. a priest
one Of the most gallant struggles for lib
erty in the pages of history, but 1t failed.
Napoleon came to Munich and married his
Stepson, Eugene Beauharnais. son Of jose
phine. to the daughter Of the king, and
made the young man viceroy of Italy. He
Is buried in a noble tomb in the Church of
st. Michel at Munich.
Max Joseph was a good king and dearly
loved his people. They loved him, too. and
called him Father Max" He gave them q
other liberties; he introduced many benef1-
cent reforms. He founded schools, univer-
stiles, technical institutions Of the highest
standards and the Academy of Arts, which
is one of the most celebrated schools Of
painting and sculpture in the world and
now has 1850 students. He built the great
opera house and laid out the parks. Curl
ously enough, the most beautiful of them
all, known as the English Park, and the
prettiest place in Munich. was the work Of
an American-Count Rumford, who was
one of Washngton"s aids In the revolu-
ton. His name was Benjamin Thompson.
and he came from Rumford Conn.
After the indel Evidence of the colonies
was established he wandered over to Ba-
varia in the hope of seeing some more
fighting entered the army Of the king was
promoted to be a general, afterward a
councillor of state and the minister Of
finance and minister of public works. When
the king gave him title Thompson chose
the name of his birthplace and was dubbed
Count Rumford. There is a statue erected
in his honor. which shows him to have
been fine figure In one of the most con-
spicuous places in Munich. 1t is memo
rial from a grateful people. For he was
not only a general, financier and an en-
gineer of public works.. but he invented the
stove that is now universally used in Bava-
soup" which is eaten daily by half the
population of the kingdom. The inscription
on his monument says: HE was distin-
guished for his zeal in the promotion of the
public good"
A Sentimental Monarch.
A few years later another American. Of
different character, came upon the scene,
with different consequences. An Irish
American dancing girl. known as Lola
Montez, like flame encircled by a whirl-
wind" as one Of the histories says ap-
peared at the opera house to fulfill an en-
gagement and hypnotized the king. He
was by far the most Interesting, as he was
the most eccentric, ardent and dominating
of all the modern rulers Of Bavaria. He
was devoted to literature, poetry and art:
he wrote songs and sonnets: he was an
artist. and cosmopolitan who was always
glad to divest himself of his royal robes
and go about among his subjects as their
equal. He hated war and practically abol-
ished the army, using the money for art
and education. He made Munich an art
and educational center, and not only fol-
lowed the example Of Max Joseph, his
predecessor, but exceeded the limits OF his
extravaganza to make the capital of the
kingdom attractive, the Athens of modern
times; the home of literature, science,
music, architecture and all schools of Gull
ture.
During his youth he had Spent much time