Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-02
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FIsMAREIS.s GAREEa.
A Brief Resame of His Great SERVICES
To the FatherIand

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Otto Edward Leopold Won Bismarck va a
born at the manor of Schoenhauseu. In the
district of Magdeburg, April 1, 1878 At the
age OF six he was placed in boarding
school at Berlin, and at u was sent to a
high school at the capital In 1892 he began
stl9ylng law and political science It the
University 81 Ggtttngen. Toward the end
OF the following YEAR ne catered tiae. Iyni-
versity Of Berlin. and he was admitted Va
the bar III 1885 In 1885 he was made the
officialalaw reporter for a Berlin court, but
he soon was transferred to AiX-la- Chapelle
as e. referendary, and in 1887 was appointed
to serve in the crown Office at Fotsdam.
The next eight or nine years Bismarck
passedf.in farming. hunting and soldering.
He went into 'siciety and took an active
part In the local affairs Of the neighbor.
hoods in which helived. In 1876 his father
died, apa the. estate al Sch9ephausen came
into his hands. He withdrew ALMOST en- en-
tirely from social life. and settled down To-
the life OF a country gentleman July IS,
1871, he married Johanna. the daughter Of
Heinrich Won Puttkamer. of Viatium Pom.
erania, and In the same year he appeared
In the united diet al Berlin, as pariiamen-
tary deputy. representing the nobility of
the province of SaNony. In 1S4S he partic-
ipated in the gathering of the rural nobil-4
ity In Berlin, known as the Junker parlia-
ment. iis ea rec as a parliamentary dep
uty ended In 1850. In 1851, after serving as
Representative at the Germanic diet at
Frankfort. which was he g9ministsati4Se
council Of the Germanie eenfeaeeation.
founded by the congress In Vienna In 1916.
He was made the Prussian ambassador
at st. Petersburg in 1859. where he remained
until 1862. when he was transferred to the
embassy in Paris. After few months in
the French capital in September. 1862 Bis
marck succeeded Prince Hohenzollern an
prime minister. He formed an alliance
WITH Italy early in 1866. and Prussia, under
his guidance declared war against Ans
tria and her allies in the Confederation III
June of the same year. Three month";
later Austria had been crushed and Prussia
had become the head of the North German
confederation.
Bismarck concluded secret treaties with
the South German states forthwith. In the
expectation of war. In internal politics
the next 10 years of Bismarck's life were
occupied with his struggle to assure the
fEqsslan government the control of the
Eatholfc church in Prussia with his cam
palgn for the suppression of socialism In
Germany and with the Inauguration of
protective system OF customs duties. He
also secured for Germany several African
colonies and gave the first impetus to the
upbuilding of her merchant marine. Under
his guidance the empire laid the founda-
tions OF Its present industrial prosperity
and maritime greatness I'm foreign at
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Austria and Germany. Having united and
solidified the empire by the war against
Denmark In 1864 against Austria In 1885,
and against France In 1901, he aimed I'D
his later years TO develop 1t internally
without disturbance from without.
Dismissed by Present Emperor.
Bismarck was chancellor to the end Of
Emperor William LIS reign and through
out the 50 days Of Emperor Frederick.
Two years after the present emperor
assembled the throne he was dismissed from
office. Since then he had lived in Fried
richsruhe. near Hamburg, where he went
to receive his friends the year around, and
thousands OF admirers from all parts Of
Europe, on his birthdays. He was long
estranged from the young emperor, and
the feud between the old castle In Berlin
and FREDERICKSBURG caused scandal Of
worldwide dimensions formal concilia-
ton was effected eventually, but the
wounds left by the conflict OF four years
were never healed.
Frau Won Bismarck died about two years
ago. The Iron Chancellor was never the
same afterward. He failed slowly, COM
planned Of loneliness. and. when his last
illness began. was already weak, sor-
tnwful And broken old man.