Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1904 — OLD WORLD NOTABLES [ARTICLE]

OLD WORLD NOTABLES

Ibsen takes great interest in the RussoJapanese war. Martin Hume, novelist, writes equally good stories in Spanish ns in English. M. Caesar Decoek, the oldest and one of the greatest of Belgian painters, la dead at 81. Kubelik, Bohemian violinist, to have made over $500,000 in the-last three years. Pope Pius wants to reduce the allowances or incomes of the cardinals, but his wishes may be defeuted by the opposition. I M. Turc, an engineer in the French navy, has devised a now form of craft with the idea of minimizing the pitch and roll of ocean vessels. Vice President Velado of the republic of Salvador is on a vacation trip in the United States. Sarasate is 00 years old now, and lias played on the same violin since lie was 12 years of age. Russia has lost one of her most lentsied astronomers in the death of Theodore Bredikhiue. No explorer before Stanley found exploring a lucrative vocation. lie left nearly $1,000,000. Gabriels d’Annunzio only gives Ids autograph when the one who solicits it bpys • copy of bis works. -