The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-17

ira Of the Opera Comique, but his arro-
gAnce lost him the position. for WHEN he
was requested to play pisca At sight Il
seemed to him 20 simple that he asked 1t
which end he should begin. This oRsnss
caused him to be rejected without hear
ing.
visited America.
Although closely followed by vieux-
temps and Artot Ole Bull was the first
celebrated violinist to visit America. ana IN
1S4s he made his first trip, landing In Bos-
ton In November of that year and pro-
ceeding directly 10 New York playing for
the first time on evacuation day. John
Bull went out on this day." he said. "and
Ole Bull comes In"
He travelled during these two years more
than 100000 miles, and played in every city
OF Importance. He Is estimated to have
netted by his trip over $4,000. besides which
he contributed more than $4,000 by concerts
to charitable institutions. No artist ever
visited the United States and received 30
many honors.
In 1862 he returned to America, ana this
time he was destined to meet with trfbu-
lation. 1t was his desire to aid the poor
OF his country by founding q colony. He
therefore bought tract of land OF $4,000
acres In Potter county, Pennsylvania. Some
300 houses were built. with . church and a
store. and castle on a mountain, which
was ucSiBueu lOr niS pefLHhuent uOno.
Hundreds fiocked to the new colony, and
the scheme nearly took the whole Of his
fortune. Ole Bull was obliged to remain
behind to find his instrument. while the
company went on to California. He was
now taken down with yellow fever, and,
owing to a riot In the town. he was entire
ly neglected, and was obliged to creep of
his bed on to the floor in order to escape
the bullets which were flying about. On
his recovery he set out for San Francisco.
but the season was too late for successful
concerts. He was miserably weak. and
when he played his skin would break and
bleed as he pressed the strings
He now heard that there was some trou-
BILE in regard to his title to the land In
Pennsylvania, and. Fastening to Philadel-
phia, he was legally notified that he was
trespassing.
Ole Bull now set work to retrieve his
fortunes, but ill-lucl still followed him,
and he fell victim to chills and fever. was
abandoned by his manager. and taken to a
farmhouse on prairie In illinois, where he
endured long illness. For five years he
continued HIS struggle against misfortune,
and during that period he made hosts OF
friends who did much to help him in one
way and another. Nevertheless. when he
gave his last concerts in New York. in 1857,
he was still SO Ill that he had to be helped
on and of the stage. He now returned to
Bergen, where the air OF his native land
soon restored him to health. The year 1867
found him again in the United States, and
during this tour he met at Madison, Wis,
Miss Sara G. Thorpe. the lady who was to
become his second wife, He also took part
In the peace jubilee in Boston in 1869.
The remaining years OF Ole Bulls life
were spent In comparative freedom from
strife and struggle. He spent much of his
time in Norway. but also found time for
many concert tours. His sixty-sixth birth
day was spent in Egypt. and he solemntzed
the occasion by ascending the Pyramid Of
Cheops and playing on its pinnacle, his
"Saeterbesog'' This performance took
place at the suggestion of the king of
Sweden, to whom the account was duly
telegraphed the next morning rrom Cairo.
Joseph Joachim.
Joseph Joachim Ii one OF the musical
giants of the nineteenth century. He will
be remembered as one whose life has been
interviewer with the lives of the greatest
musicians Of his day, as one of the great
est educators in his line who ever lived,
and as the embodiment of the purest and
highest ideas In public performance.
Joachim is called the greatest violinist of
modern times.
Joachim was born on June Is, 1881, in the