Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1910 — STATUE HONORS LATE EMPRESS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STATUE HONORS LATE EMPRESS.

Austrian Ruler Treaaurea Highly Hla New Vienna Masterpiece. A new equestrian statue of the late empress of Austria has been modeled by the famous sculptor, Prof. Friedrich Hausaman, and has just passed from the artist’s studio into the private possession of the aged emperor, who highly treasures this statue of his beautiful and cultured wife. The statue is con-

sidered a masterpiece of the highest order. The empress Is riding a thoroughbred, holding the reins loosely In one hand and a rose ln the other. The empress was a superb horsewoman.

NEW STATUE OF LATE EMPBESS.