The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-18
HON, CARL SCHURz
\ HAS PASSED AWAY
AN ACTIVE AND EvENTFUL CA.
REER TERMINATED.
A GERMAN REVOLUTlONiST
His American Career Covered the
CniIIngs of Law, soldier, Potitt-
elm, Diplomat, Author and
Journalist.


New York, May l5.--Car Schurz,
widely known rs n public!st, former
cabinet member and former United
States senator from Missouri, died at
his home in this city at I:35 o'clock
Monday morning.
Death was due to a complication OF
diseases following an attack Of stomach
trouble, which became acute Thursday
last
In spite Of brief periods Of seeming
improvement Schurz slowly failed and
Sunday afternoon sank into state OF
coma which continued until the end
At the bedside were son, Carl L., and
two daughters, Marianne and Agatha;
Edward l.. Pretorius, of the St, Louis
Westiche Post, in which Schur2 was
still a stockho,Gcr, and Doctors jacob
and Strauss.
biographical.
Schurz was born at Liblar, Prussia,
II years ago He was educated at
Cologne and at the University of Bonn.
With Gottfried Kinkel, a professor at
the university, he became associated
in the publication Of liberal newspa'
per, and later became involved in the
revolutionary movement of 1889.
He was compelled to remove to
Switzerland for his safety. In the
meantime Kinkcl had been arrested
ard imprisoned In the penitentiary at
Spandau. In 1850 SChurz secretly re-
turned and accomplished the release OF
Prof Kinkel, who was the hero of the
revolutionsts Of those days.
For this difficult and daring exploit
young Schurz won fame that endures
to this day. but II made him an exile
from Germany He lived in Paris for
time, acting as correspondent for lib
eral German newspapers. Then he
went to London, where HI was teach
err.
Career In United States.
In 1852 Mr. Schurz emigraed to tho
United States. making his first home in
Philadelphia In the 81 years of his lifo
in this country he was successfully:
Candidate for lieutenant governor, Wis
C0nsin. Defeated. Lawyer In Milwaukee,
1859. Delegate national republican con
ventiOn. 1860. Speaker in campaign.
1860 Minister to Spain. 1861. Soldier
In Union army, having resigned diplO-
matte post to fight Brigadicr.general.
1862 Commander Of division at sec
ond Bull Run Major general. SG3 Par,
ticipated I'm Gettysburg, Chancelors-
VILE and Chattanooga. Special commits
siGner after the war to report on tho
condition OF the south. Washington
correspondent New York Tribune, 1866
&C. Founder Detroit Post 1866. Editor
St. Louis WestliChe-POst United States
senator from Missouri. lSG9-75 Presi.
dent over Cincinnati liberal republican
convention. 1872. Secretary Of the in
terror, Hayes cabinet. 1ST7.sl Editor
New York Evening Post. iSSl-4 Editor
Harper's Weekly In the Cos
Always Active.
Schur7 always was prominent figure
IN politics. He was among the leaders
of many an independent movement He
opposed Grants administration in many
things, was n supporter of Horace Gree
ley against the regular republican nom
inec, was prompt to repudiate the nom
ination Of Blaine and went on the
stump for Cleveland He was known
especially for his advocacy Of civil
service reform He Is the author Of n
great deal Of literature