Munsey's Magazine, December 1898

# Munsey's Magazine, December 1898

This issue's "In the Public Eye" section comprises illustrated profiles and news of contemporary figures across politics, military, diplomacy, and society. Featured subjects include: Alexander Doyle's Francis Scott Key monument in Frederick, Maryland, depicting Key witnessing Fort McHenry's flag on September 14, 1814; Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, British military commander in Egypt and Sudan; Cecil Rhodes, characterized as a woman-hater whose record is marred by negative comments about women; Brigadier General Harrison Gray Otis, Los Angeles Times proprietor and Civil War volunteer who enlisted with President McKinley in the Twenty-Third Ohio Regiment and now serves at Manila; Rounsevelle Wildman, U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, who arranged Dewey's meeting with Filipino insurgent leader Aguinaldo; and Countess von Waldersee, formerly Mary Esther Lee of New York, now aunt-by-marriage to Germany's Empress and influential at the Kaiser's court. Additional coverage includes naval officer promotions, Colonel Kellogg's service in Cuba, Miss Beatrix Hoyt's three-time Women's Golf Championship victories, and discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's character based on sculptor George Julian Zolnay's new portrait bust.