New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-31

ssniaIs there was an undercurrent Of appre-
Ao,s,,, wbsn the sinking Of the Prince was
first announced. inspired more 10y what the
family left unsaid than by any Information
given. But when the daily bulletins chronicled
,rnprovement in the Princes condition, detailed
his extensive bills Of fare and told OF his de-
votion to his pipe the public accepted Dr.
schwennger's assertion when he said there
was M reason why Bismarck should not reach
the age Of ninety years.
The reports were deemed to be repetition
of the alarm that Prince Bismarck was in ex-
,remis. which had been Oft repeated in the
past. All the Saturday papers in Europe dis
missed Bismarck with paragraph roting the
Improvement, while HIS condition was COM
pletely oyershadowed in the English papers by
the condition Of the Prince of Wales's knee.
1t appears that the ex-Chancellors death was
rot precipitated by sudden complications. but
was rather the elimination Of chronic diseases
neuralgia OF the face and Inflammation Of the
yeins-whlch kept him in constant pain which
was borne with iron forttude.
WHEN THE FATAL ILLNESS BEGAN.
The beginning Of the end dates from July ~,
when the Prince was confined to his bed. He
had been several days Frustrated before an ink
hng Of his decline reached the world.
On Friday DR.. Schweninger said: For the
last nine days I have hardly changed my
clothes. having been travelling nearly all the
tine between Berlin and Friedrichsruh. as you
may notice 10y my shabby velvet Jacket"
He then declared that his patients lungs
stomach and kidneys We're sound; in fact that
his whole gigantic frame was sound. "As yet"
said Dr. Schweninger there is no calcihcation
Of the blood vessels. but the pains in his face
and legs worry him and shorten his sleep"
DR.. Schweninger added this verdict: With his
extraordinarily robust nature he may, exclud-
Ing complications reach ninety"
In DR.. Schweninger's brief absences from
Frledrichsruh. Or. Chrysander was in constant
attendance upon the patenD Although Prince
Bismarck was extremely i'll On Wednesday. ne
90 rallied Thursday that he was wheeled TO
the dinner table with his assembled family. TO
celebrate the ffty-first anniversary Of his we'd
ding
FIRM TO THE END.
He never for moment believed himself IN
Danger until the last day. On Monday he
ordered some new pipes ard smoked one on
thursday. and then conversed brilliantly upon
Inc topics Of the day discussing the trial and
sentence Of NJ. Zoa and the peace negotiations
uelween Spain and the United States. Count
Won Rantzau. the Princes son-in-law. read to
MN from a newspaper an obituary notice Of
nmself al which he E,catly amused He
Pefused the papers daily and this was one reason
WY the family deprecated the alarmist re-
ports as to his health.
The French press showed undated enmity
shen discussing his possible death. The
Iemps' compared his end with that Of Glad
e'ohe remarkng that. though the British states
~an had failed in his policy and had compro-
"iSed his party. he died regretted by all. on ac-
Vount Of the grandeur OF his moral influence:
""sreas. Prince Bismarck. whose life had been
successful. would perish execrated by many
wen In Germany. The article inquired grimly:
"hat sort Of funeral will the millions OF So
waists give him. who have been hatched by his
V'annical laws2"