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Show UISMARCK IS DEAD. Vh Iron Chancellor lassos reoeefullr , Awnr la Ihe (Irmt lloronil lltrlln.Aug. L Prlnoollliiuerckdled shortly before 11 p in. Saturday. Hla death waa palnleat and peaceful, R having occurred while the prince waa K unconscious, l'or several houra ho had ft been gradually sinking, B Tho death of theex chancellor cornea 1 aa a surprise to all Furope. Despite B the family's denials, there waa an un & dcrcurrcntot apprelienalou when the 1 sinking of the prince waa first an- uounccd, Inspired more by what tho B family left unpublished than by any B information given llut when th dally R bulletlna chronicled liuprovemeuta In B the prince a condition, detailed his ex. C tensive bill of fare and hla devotion to I Ida pipe, the public, accepted Dr. I Schweninger a assertion that there was 1 no reason why lllsiuank should not I reach the age of 00. lllemarck'a public, career begau In 1917, when he waa elected to the Prussian Prus-sian houseof bourgce, threeyeara later being elected to tho (lermandleL Hla life work waa the cementing of the empire and giving the people a part In the government of their country, which made them more patriotic It took icvcral years to accomplish this result. The Herman empire, composed of a number of former weak and Independent Independ-ent states, la the fruition of lllsmarck'a efforts Tho progress of Germany slnco that time has been duo largely to hla aagactty and ttstcsmanshlp When William II atcended tha throne tha young emperor made the old prince umleretand that he was not eongcntsl. lllsmarck, therefore, resigned March 19, 1990, and retired to private life. He was 83 yesrs old. |