| Show I DEATflF A NOTfO SCULPTOR WAS WORKING ON DEWEY WA WORG DEWY ARCHWHEN STRICKN Casper Buber Whose Work Is In Evidence I Nearly Every Cit and Public Buildiflg In Country New York Aug 23Caspcr Buberl a sculptor who works brought him tame and who was engaged on the Dewey arch was found dead In his studio In this city by one of his workmen work-men He had suffered a stroke of ap oplHe He finished his last great Work 0 statue cf Admiral SEmes of the Con ted rte navy the commander of the cruiser Alabamaat the tIme when she I wag sent to the bottom by Admiral Winlow with the Kereae This statue was ordered by the state ot Alabama Ala-bama and will stand in the city of Mobile to which la it was shipped only 0 week ago He was one of the sculptors who of teed their services to the mulriclpal art committee on the reception of Ad mir Dewey and ha already fnlsho a figure of Lawrence for use on the fire triumphal arch He was working on rome further scetches for the arch when he wes stricken Mr Buberl was born In Bohemia was 65 years old and inherited his talent tal-ent from his father who was a noted sculptor his day He was a most prolific pro-lific artist and thee Is hardly a large city in the country but has one or more spelmen ot his work In Its parks or public buildings Some of his principal works a the statUe of the confederate al ate rdc at Alexandria Va all the bronze ork and medals for the New mcas York sate monument on the battlefield battle-field cif Gettysburg the soldiers and flor monument at Prey N Y and at Hdrttord Conn He also nrade fve bascrelef panels for the Garfield menu I ment 11 Cleveland representing scene In the life of the martyred president Hoao le mae 3 fri zo in baa relief 110 feel long and three feet high repre renting the story of the civil war which is now In the pension ofc at Yashlngt n He made for the government a cobs Sal group representing Columbia pro tooting Industry and science at the national tectng muse m at Washington The soldiers and rlls monument at BuffalO sldie a falo ws also his handwork but he prided himself highly upon 0 pie representing rep-resenting the return of the forces of thecivil war which is on the Hartford monumen This Is eighty feet long and seven feet high Ve fe Mr Buberl did all the lesle Muses In the Metropolitan Opera House in this cite 1 and In the patent office at Wctethington Is a famous allegorical group r presentng cktrcty fre water invention industry aticultur and mining ad mning He did the soldiers and sailors monument mon-ument at Manchester N H Anothe great work was a statue of Pence d Leon which he made for the government govern-ment of Yeneuela He had many statues at Chatanoog A statue ot i Gea A P Hill has been get ad S |
