Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-19
BlSMARCK'SSONDEA
Prince Herbert Passes Away
at Friedrichsruhe.
MEMBER OF GERMAN REICHSTAG
Had Held Many Important GOVERN
mem Posts During the Lifetime
of His Father the Great
Chancellor.

FREDERICKSBURG, Sept. 10.
Prince Herbert Bismarck is dead.
Since he ceased to be foreign minis
ter Oh the retirement of his father iI
1880 Prince Herbert Bismarck had
taken part in public affairs only us u
member of the reichstag. His attitude
had been that of Il man not appreciat.
ed by his sovereign and who was wait.
ing in the background for an opportu.
nifty to his career.
His delivery as a 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 eve conscious of the fact that
he was the son of the most powerful
statesman in Europe, softened in later
life. i,
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 ut
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 (hen 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 HAITI
feldt family, and Young Bismarck at
the time was his fathers private sec.
rotary. Count Herbert lived with the
princess in southerns ITALY for Il few
weeks and then, at.the command of
his farther, returned,t r Germany. The
princess afterWatd Wats divorced and
has since died.
The title of Prince Bismarck and the
large fortune of the deceased will go
to his seven-year-old Son Otto.
The late Emperor Frederick gave to
Chancellor Bismarck extensive forests
at FREDERICKSBURG, which have increas-
ed in value, and the chancellor gave to
Prince Herbert 81, 100000 in securities
and cash. The estate is now estimated
to be worth $4,000,O00, exclusive of all
lands.
Prince Herbert Bismarck, who was
born in 1919, was the eldest son of the
late Prince Otto Bismarck, the great
chancellor of the German empire. He
studied law i'll the Berlin and Bonn
universities, served in the Prussian ar
my as Il lieutenant of reserves during
the Franco-Prussian war of 1S10-71
and was severely wounded at the bat
tie of Mars-la-Tour. In 1873 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 ut
Bern and at Vienna from 1874 to 1877.
Later IN the deceased became cou:l-
cilor of the German embassy in Lon
don and subsequently occupied the
same position ut st. Petersburg. In
1884 he was appointed minister eX-
traordinary at The Hague, and in 1888
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 1898 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 Won
Rentzau. His brother William died in
1901.
Prince Herbert leaves five children,
two girls and three boys.