The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-08-03
DEATH OF BISMARCK.
The Man of "Blood and Iron' Joins
the Great Majority.
his Death Comes as a Great Surprise to All
Europe. He Has Done More to
Make the History of Germa-
ny Than Anyone Else.

Berlin, july 3I.-Prlnce Bismarck died
shortly before midnight last night. He
passed away peacefully
The beginning of the end dates from
July 20, when the prince was confined
to his bed. He had been several DAYS
Frustrated before an inkling of his de-
cline reached the world
On Friday DR.. Schweninger said:
For the past nine days l have hardly
changed my clothes, having been travel
ing nearly all the time between Berlin
and FREDERICKSBURG, as you may notice
by my shabby velvet jacket"
He then declared that his patients
lungs, stomach and kidneys were sound;
IN fact, that his whole gigantic frame
was sound
He never for moment believed him
self in danger until the last day. On
Monday he ordered some new pipes and
smoked one on Thursday; then con-
versed brilliantly on the topics of the
day, discussing the trial and sentence of
M. lola and the peace negotiations be-
tween Spain and the United States.
Prince Otto Eduard Leopold Bis
marck Schononhausen was born of an
old noble family of the mark" Brand
enburg) at Schononhausen, April I,
1875. He was created count Sept 10,
1865, and Prince (Furst) Won Bismarck
in March, 1871 He was educated at the
universities of Gotingen and Griefswald,
spent some time in the army, and subse-
| quently settled down as country gen
| tleman.
Brought up in the political fait1 of the
gunkers, or Prussian tory squirearchy,
he became, IN 1916, a member of the
provincial diet of Saxony and of the
Prussian diet, in which he first attracted
attention by his fiery speeches in defense
OF the old monarchial policy During
| the revolutionary period of '4S the SER
vices he rendered in the public debates
! to the conservative cause led to his APP
pointment as the representative of Prus-
STA in the diet of the old German bund
at Frankfort
Austria was then all-powerful in the
! German bund. From the time of Bis
marck's appearance, however, the voice
of Prussia began to have increasing
weight The successful audacity with
which he checkmated Austrian intrigue
at Frankfort was the source of constant
irritation at Vienna, and naturally tended
| to produce some estrangement between
the Austrian and Prussian courts. Bis
marck was sent as ambassador to ST.
| Petersburg in 1850, and held that posi-
| ton until 1862. In May of 1862 he be-
came Prussian ambassador at Paris.
Five months later he was made first min
lister of the PruSsian crown
Within the next 10 years the humbled
Austrian empire, destroyed the French
empire and created the new German
empire He remodeed the map of
Europe, Remembering Denmark and
France. He enlarged the frontiers of
Prussia by the annexation of various
provinces, including the dominions of
three dethroned German princes, and
succeeded in placing Germany, which
had previously been the weakest and
least respected of all the great powers,
at the head of all the states of Europe
The German bund, having at Bis
marck's instigation resolved to invade
the Elbe duchies in support of the
claims of the duke of Augutsenburg,
Austria, Prussia and Saxony, were en-
trusted with the execution of the task,
and war broke out in 1864 with
Denmark, resulting in the loss to her
of the duchieS of Schleswig- Holstein
and Lauenburg.
Instead oil giving them up to the
duke, Bismarck, who was now count,
determined, if possible, to annex them
to Prussia. The Austrian and Saxon
troops were RECALLED and the quarrel
eventually led to war in 1866 between
Prussia and Austria, the last named
country being joined by Bavaria, Han
over, Hessecassel, Hessedarmstadt and
Nassau. The arms of Prussia were
victorious and Austria suffered a crush
ing defeat at Sadowa (Konnig Gratz),
in Bohemia.
Bismarck's next achievement was to
prevent the attempted annexation of
Luxembourg by Napoleon III. In 1868
Bismarck withdrew for some months
from active public life, but he was in
power again before the end of the year.
Then came the German war of
1870, and after a campaign consisting
largely due to the strategic genius OF
Count Won Molke, King William was
able through his chancellor to dictate
terms of peace to his hapless assailant
Of the events in Prince Bismarcks life
subsequent to the Franco German war,
it may be mentioned that he presided at
the congress of Berlin in 1873 and 1880,
and the Congo or Colonial conference
of 1884
Prince Bismarck took a prominent
part in connection with the triple
alliance between Germany. Austria and
Italy, which is understood to be directed
against possible alliance between
Russia and France against the German
powers.
The publication of the late Emperor
Frederick's diary in September, 1888.
threw a new light upon some of the
imperial transactions in which Prince
Bismarck has been engaged.
Two attempts have been made on
Prince Bismarck's life, the first by
man named Blind, on May 7, 1866. at
Berlin, and on July IS, 1874. by Kull-
mann at Kissingen.
A Bismarck museum containing all
sorts of objects relative to the
chancellor's career has been founded at
RarIir,