The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-08-04
BISMARCK IS DEAD.
Death of the Iron Chancellor Came ms .
surprise to all Europe.

Surprise to all Europe.
BER1IN.-Prince Bismarck died Sat
urday night at Friederichsruhe. The
end came peacefully, and it was about
IL o'clock when the Iron Chancellor
passed away.
The death of the ex-chancellor comes
as surprise to all Europe. Despite
the family's denials, there was an
undercurrent of apprehension when
the sinking of the prince was first an
nounced, inspired more by what the
family left unsaid than by any informa-
ton given. But when the daily bulle-
tins chronicled improvements in the
princes condition, detailed his extern
sive bills of fare and his devotion to
his pipe, the public accepted DIR.
Schweninger' assertion when he said
there was no reason why Bismarck
should not reach the age of 80 years.
1t appears that the ex-chancellor's
death was not precipitated by sudden
complications, but was rather the
elimination of chronic disease, neural
gia of the face and Inflammation of the
veins-which kept him in constant
pain, that was borne with the iron
fortitude which might have been ex-
pected.
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
Prince Otto Edward Leopold Bis
marck Schoenhausen was born of an
old noble family of the mark" Brad
enburg), at Schoenhausen, April l,
1915. He was created count Sep
TENDER 16, 1865, and Prince (Fuerst)
Won Bismarck in March, 1871. He
was educated at the universities of
Gotingen and Griefswald, spent some
time in the army, and subsequently
settled down as country gentleman.
Brought up in the political faith of
the Junkers, or Prussian tory SPUR
archy, he became in 1916 member of
the provincial district of Saxony and
of the Prussian diet, in which he first
attacted attention by his fiery speeches
in defense of the old monarchial party.
During the revolutionary period of
1916 the services he rendered in the
public debates to the conservative
cause led to his appointment as the
representative of Prussia in the diet
of the old German bund at Frankfort.
Austria was then all powerful in the
German bund. From the time of
Bismarck's appearance, however, the
voice of Prussia began to have increas-
ing weight The successful audacity
with which he checkmated Austrian
intrigue at Frankfort was the sousce
OF constant irritation at Vienna and
naturally tended to produce some
estrangement between the Austrian
and Prussian courts.
Bismarck was sent as ambassador to
ST. Petersburg in 1860, and held that
position until 1862. In May of 1862
he became Prussian ambassador at
Paris. Five months later he was made
first minister of the Prussian crown.
Within the next ten years he assem-
bled the Austrian empire, destroyed
| the French empire, and created the
new German empire. He remodeled
the map of Europe, dismembering
Denmark and France. He enlarged
the frontiers of Prussia by the annex
alton of various provinces, including
the dominions of three dethroned Ger
man princes, and succeeded in placing
Germany, which had previously been
the weakest and less respected of all
the great powers, at the head of the
states of Europe.