The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-08-06
nIsMARcIx,s CAREER.
A brief Resume of His Great serv-
Ices 90 the Entherlnnd.

n StEN-
lees ia the Fatberiand.
Otto Edward Leopold Won b. smarck was
born in the manor OF Schoenhausen. In the
district OF Magdeburg. April l. 1916 AT the
age OF six he was placed in boarding
school at Berlin. and at ~ was sent TO
high school at the capital. In 1882 he began
studying law and political science at the
University OF Gottlngen. Toward the end
OF the following year he entered the Uni
versity OF Berlin. and he was admitted to
the bar in 1886. In 1886 he was made the
official law reporter for a Berlin court. but
he soon was transferred TO x-la-Chapelle
es a referendary, and in 1887 was appointed
TO serve In the crown office al Potsdam.
The next eight or nine years Bismarck
pa ssed in farming. hunting and soldering.
He went into society and took an active
part In the local affairs OF the neighbor-
hoods In which he lived In 1916 his father
died, and the estate at Schoenhausen came
into his hands. He withdrew almost en-
| tirely from social life. and settled down TO
the life OF a country gentleman. July 2s.
1877, he married Johanna, the daughter OF
Heinrich Won Puttkamcr. OF Viatium, Pom
erania, and In the same year he appeared
| in tho united diet at Berlin as parliamen-
! tary deputy, representing the nobility or
4 the province OF Saxony. In 1s4S he partic-
Ipated IN the gathering OF the rural nobil-
/ ity In Berlin, known as the Junker parlia-
ment His career as parliamentary dep
uty ended IN 1880. In 1851. after serving as
secretary. he was appointed the Prussian
representative at tho Germanic diet at
4 Frankfort, which was the administrative
\ council OF the Germanic confederation,
/ founded by the congress in Vienna in 1915.
He was made the Prussian ambassador
at ST. Petersburg I'm 1859, where he remained
until 1862, when he was transferred 20 the
embassy in Parts. After few months In
! the French capital, In September 1862, Bis
/ o,.,.fx Drfncp IIohpnzOlierQ "A
prime minister. lie formed an alliance
with italy early IN lSG6. and Prussia, under
i his guidance, declared war against Aus
! trla ard her allies IN the confederation In
June OF the same year Three months
| later Austria had been crushed and Prussia
\ had become the head OF the North German
i confederation.
/ Bismarck concluded secret treaties with
| the South German states forthwith. In the
Expectation OF war. In Internal politics
i the next 10 years OF Bsmarck's life were
/ occupied with his struggle to assure the
\ Pruss!an government the control OF the
/ Catholic 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 10 the
upbulldlng OF her merchant marine. Under
! his guidance the empire laid the founda-
| tions or its present Industrial prosperity
and maritime greatness. In foreign at
fairs he formed the triple alliance OF Italy,
Austria and Germany. Having united and
soldified the empire by the war against
Denmark in 1854. against Austria In 1866.
and against France In 1901. he aimed In
his later years 20 develop IL Internally
| without disturbance from without.
Dismissed by Present Emperor.
Bismarck was chancellor 10 the end OF
Emperor william rs reign and through
out or ~ days OF Emperor Frederick.
Two years after tho present emperor
/ assembled the throne he was dismissed from
Office Since then he has lived In Fried
rlchsruhe. near Hamburg. where he went
10 receive his friends tho year around. and
thousands Of admirers from all parts OF
Europe. on his birthdays. He was long
eetranged from the young emperor and
the feud between the old castle In Berlin
and Friedrichsruhe caused scandal OF
world wide dimensions. A 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 Gfterward. He failed slowly. COM
planning OF loneliness. and. when his last
illness began. was already a weak sor-
rowful and broken old man.
Prince Bismarck leaves two sons. Count
herbert and Count William, and one
daughter. Countess Rantzau.