Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-19
BISnARCK'S SON DEAD.
Prince Herbert Passes Away at Fried-
 richsruhe,

FRIEDRICl4s., -L4, Sept. 19.,~ Prince Herbert Bismarck is dead.
 Since he ceased to be foreign minis ter on the retirement of his father ir 1890 Prince Herbert Bismarck had taken part in public affairs only as 8 member of the reichstag. His attitude had been that of man not appfeciat ed by his sovereign and who was wait ing in the background for an opportu nifty to resume his career.
 His delivery as parliamentary speaker improved year by year. He always declined to join any political group, steadfastly calling himself an independent. His naughty and i'm perious manners of early life, when he was ever conscious of the fact that he was the son of the most powerful statesman in Europe, softened in later life
 Prince Bismarck's father trained him for his successor as chancellor of the German empire and advanced him rap. idly in the diplomatic service until al the age of forty he was minister of foreign affairs, in which position he took part In nearly every important international transaction.
 An incident that nearly wrecked Prince Herbert's career and that caus. ed the old chancellor great annoyance was Prince (th&n count) Herbert's elopement with Princess Carolath Beuthen, the wife of Prince Karl, the head of that distinguished Silesian house. The princess was of the Hatz- feldt family, and young Bismarck at the time was his fathers private sec retary. Count Herbert lived with the princess in southern Italy for few weeks and then, at the command of his father, returned to Germany. The princess afterward was divorced and has since died.
 The title of Prince Bismarck and the large fortune of the deceased will go to his seven-yesr-old son Otto.
 The late Emperor Frederick gave to Chancellor Bismarck extensive forests at Friedrichsruhe, which have 1ncreas- ed in value, and the chancellor gave to Prince Herbert $2,4OO, GOO in securities and cash. The estate is now estimated to be worth $4,O0O,O0o, exclusive of all lands.
 Prince Herbert Bismarck, who was born in 1S49, was the eldest son of the late Prince Otto Bismarck, the great chancellor of the German empire. He studied Jaw in the Berlin and Bonn universities, served in the Prussian ar my as a lieutenant of reserves during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 and was severely wounded at the bat tie of Mars-la- Tour. In 1878 Herbert became an official of the department of foreign affairs and was assistant to his father, then chancellor. He was at tached to the German legations at Bern and at Vienna from 1874 to 1877.
 Later on the deceased became coun- cflor of the German embassy in Lon don and subsequently occupied the same position at St. Petersburg. In 1884 he was appointed minister ex- traordinary at The Hague, and in 1885 he became undersecretary of state in the department of foreign affairs. This post Herbert held until the dismissal of his father from the chancellorship, when he left the service of the empire. From 1884 to 1887 the deceased was a member of the German reichstag and also from 1893 until the time of his death. He was married in 1892 to Countess Margaret Hoyos of the Hun garian nobility, and after the death of his father he inherited the title of prince. The deceased had only one sis ter, who is the wife of Count yon Rentzau. His brother William died in 1901
 Prince Herbert leaves five children, two girls and three boys.