Ringling, Al.—One of the most successful of American circus managers, who died at his home in Baraboo, Wis., in the early part of1916, was the son of German immigrants, who started as a musician, became a juggler and in 1888 organized the famous circus known by the name of himself and four brothers, “The Ringling Brothers’ Circus.” His circus far eclipsed any ever organized by P.T. Barnum and his illness dated from superhuman efforts made by him to save his property from destruction by fire. Before his death at the age of63 he presented his native town, Baraboo, with a theatre.