Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-02
WORLDS GREATEST
0PERATIC TENOR
EXPIRES I'm italy
Naples, Aug 2.-Enrico Caruso, world famous
tenor, died here today.
Caruso was operated on Sunday for an abscess

between the liver and the
diaphram, which caused
acute peritonitis. The ar
lists wife and his brother were at his
bedside.
The tenor was, until week ago, on
the way to recovery from the long ill
ness which began in New York. last
winter, early in the operatic season,
when suddenly he had an unexpected
relapse and was removed from Sorren
to Naples. He arrived at Naples
Sunday night and the specialists who
We're called in decided to operate i'm.
mediately.
The condition of the singer which
! has been considered satisfactory APP
/ parently, became grave yesterday
peritonitis developing and another
operation being considered necessary.
From the beginning OF his relapse,
! however there was serious concern
over the outcome, and last night his
/ life was dispaired of. During the night
the condition of the patient grew
worse steadily, and the career of the
great artist came to an end with his
death at an early hour this morning,
III Since Christmas.
New York. Aug. Z--The last word
/ received here from Naples was that
Enrico Carusa was improving nicely
and that his voice would not be per,
manently impaired by his illness.
! When the tenor sailed from New
! York for Italy on May 2S he appeared
to still be very i'll and weak, although
! his physicians insisted that he was
on the road to rapid recovery and
would soon regain his health abroad
Caruso'S Illness first began during
last Christmas week, when he suffer-
ed an attack OF pleurisy and was con-
fined to his suite in the Hotel Van
derbilt
After two operations Caruso con-
tinued in a serious condition for more
than a week and was lowering be-
tween life ana death.
Early in February there was an
other sudden turn Tor the worse and
he suffered an attack Of heart failure
During the latter part Of February
his condition improved slowly but
steadily, although it was necessary for
him to undergo third operation for
a small abscess A few weeks later
he was removed to Atlantic City,
where he rested I'D preparatory TO his
return to Italy
Word Of the first illness of Caruso
at the time he was stricken with
pleurisy came ais shockk to his many
friends in this country and abroad as
he had been singing with the Metro.
relitan Oncra COMPANY during the
present season. here and in philadel.
Dhia. and WAS enioving one of the
best seasons Of his life
Message from all parts of the world
inquiring as to his illness were re-
ceived at the Carus0 aDgrtmant. They
came from London. Paris. Mexico
Citv. Rome Milan Ruenoa Aires Ha.
vana and many other cities. They
we're sent NOT only by uersong known
in the world of music but frcm MANY
admirers who had sat in his audiences
AT some time in the TWENTY-FIVE wears
of his career as an opera artist
Up to the time OF his sailing for
Italy reports were current that Ca.
ruso's voice had not wfthstoOd the
rayages. of his many waekks of illness.
These we're stoutlv denied by his
friends
The breakdown in the tenor's
health last winter followed \ serie,
Of wisr3rs to Caruso which culmi-
mated in procklvn when he burst a
blaol vessel while singing in "Elisir
D'Amore" at the Academy Of Music
His per.ormance on that occasion
was gl1}aot Ho struggled through
tho vb,r, first act although time and
again hIo,d choI,rd his voice and
every nov anu theh ne was lolCeu W