Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-08-04
BISMARCK IS DEAD.
The Ex-ChancellOr of the German
Empire Succumbs to Infrmities.
A SHORT SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
The Man of Iron Forms tho North German
Confederation-His Campaign Against
the Power of the Roman Catholic
Church in Germany.

Friedrichsruhe, Aug. / Prince Bis
marclt died just before II o'clock Sat
urday evening. The death of the eX-
chancellor comes as surprise to all
Europe. Despite the family's denials
there was an undercurrent of appre-
hension when the sinking of the prince
was first announced, inspired more by
what the family left unsaid than by
any information given. But when the
daily bulletins chronicled improve
ments in the princes condition the
public accepted the physicians asser-
ton when he said there was no reason
why Bismarck should not reach the
age of 90 years.
SHORT SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
Prince Bismarck, or TO give his full name
and title, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold Won
Bismarck Schoenhausen, was born April L.
/ 1915, on the knights estate OF Schoenhausen
near Stendal, In Prusslan Saxony He came Of
an old family OF the lower order OF Prussian
nobility Several Of his parental ancestors
were distinguished rs soldiers ind statesmen.
From his father, retired otticer and coun-
try gentleman, Bismarck inherited q strong
/
we see woven In and out through his career
year after his birth his father moved to one Of
his estates near SteLtin, in Pomerania, and it
was there that he got his first impr sSlon of
life. In 1882, when II years old he matrlcu-
lated as student at the University OF
Goettingen His career at the university
appears to have been that of the traditional
German student One Of his professors
said that he never saw him in his class
room. He rode, he drank, he fought, he
Haunted the colors OF his corps, got himself up
In gay jacket. monkey cap and top boots
Twenty-eight duels are recorded against him.
In July, 1917, he married Johanna Won Putt
kamer. To the couple three children were
born; daughter, who married Count Runtzan;
two sons Herbert, who married Countess
Marie Hoyos Of Vienna, and Wilhelm, who
STRONGLY resembles his father. The princess
died November q, 1894
When tho revolution Of 1913 swept over Eu-
rope Bismarck rallied to the support Of his
sovereign, His first political stand was taken
undoubtedly from blind caste OF prejudice
What he saw was his beloved country sucked
into torrent and he believed her safer in the
hands OF wisely guarded despotsm than in
many-headed democracy. 10 him THE ballot
box was only the dice box" In 1851 he was
sent as u representative OF Prussia to the diet
Of Frankfort He became disguised at his
treatment by Austria's young emperor, and 1t
was thought prudent TO send him as am
bassador to St Petersburg, He remained
here lin the cold, " or as he put
it, upon ice, like champagne, until
wanted" That time came in 1861 when the
death Of Frederick Wilhelm ~ placed his
brother upon the throne of Prussia as Wilhelm
Bismarck was called upon to take the oner-
Gus part of minister president, with the port
folio OF foreign secretary 1t was then that
really began his great career as an European
statesman. His first undertaking as premier
was to carry through the army reorganization
measure Of his king in the teeth of power
full majority 1t was u four years strug-
gle. The first foreign knot to be united
was the SchleSwig- HOlStein question. 1t re-
suited in six months war, in which Austria
and Prussia, upon the plea OF broken engage
mentS attacked Denmark and wrested from
her beth duchies The trouble over the diyi-
sion led to the war of 1865 The decisive event
Of the war was the battle of Koeniggraetz or
Sadowa, which was fought July 2 1856 and was
won by the Prussian forces, King Wilhelm
soon afterwards made his triumphul entry into
Berlin, Bismarck by his side with the treaty Of
Prague in his pocket
Bismarck devoted the years between 1865 and
1870 to the creation and consolidation of the
North German confederation. Within this
period fell the master stroke Of his diplomacy
While he knit together and formed the North
German confederation he quietly formed with
the South German states an alliance offensive
and defensive. He had allowed Napoleon to
exercise some influence in negotiations in the
character Of mediator, but the French mon
arch lived to see in the Franco-Prussian war
the troops Of Bavaria and Wurtemberg march
ing with those Of Prussia against Paris The
n 1871 mead hn
William led his army across the Rhine and
through the garden Of lovely France toward
Paris Victory followed victory, and what
irony OF fate, the proclamation of the Geman
empire was issued in the palace of Versailles
One OF the most important enterprises in
which he engaged after the war was his cam
paign against the power of the Roman Catholic
church in Germany He conceived that the
unity Of the nation and the authority OF the
government was endangered by the church
Of Rome and its doctrines of papal in
fallibility A bitter struggle, called the
Kulturkampf resulted with the vatican
A series of laws the Falk 'or May laws,
so-called, were passed, which were most
stringent measures aimed against the
Catholic hierarchy, The law closing monas-
terios and converts was enforced with great
strictness and thousands of men and women,
learned, but thoroughly unfamiliar with the
ways Of the world, or Of any means of making
a living, were turned almost helpless out upon
the world. Afterwards, however, he modified
some OF the most oppressive of the anti-p apal
edicts.
When Wilhelm T. died Bismarck's political
opponents had much to hope from the attitude
and sympathies of his successor, Frederick
Wilhelm. But the new sovereign was too i'll
to enforce his plans and his death left Bis
marck's power supreme When Wilhelm IL
succeeded his father it soon became apparent
that he and the iron chancellor were not in
complete harmony The turmoils Of Frederick
Wllhelm's short reign had made vivid impress
sions upon the young emperor which were not
favorable to Bismarck, So the latter resigned
March 10, 1899.
Upon his retirement he went to live at Fried
richsruhe, one of his estates. Many honors
were bestowed upon him by the emperor,
among them the duSedom of Lauenburg
Spanlards Desert Another Town.
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have reached here that Nuevitas, on
the north coast of the province of