Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1898 — Blsmarck's Birthday. [ARTICLE]

Blsmarck's Birthday.

Friedrichsruhe, April 2. —Prince Otto Von Bismarck Friday celebrate!! tlie eighty-third anniversary of his birth, giving a banquet to 22 guests who had previously inspected his birthday gifts. The prince was in excellent spirits and walked with the aid of a gold-handled stick, the gift of Emperor William. At dinner he called for cheers for the emperor.