The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-25
JEFFERSON DEAD;
FUNE RAIL SUNDAY
Remains Of Actor OH Way to
Buzzard's Bay, Where Inter
rlcnt Will be Made.
COUNTRY M0URNs
Grover Cleveland and Others
Pay Tribute to His Memory.
Sketch Of His Life.
(By Associated Press

(By Associated Prcss.) IN +
WEST PALM BEACH. FLA. "A ril
ga special train. consisting OF H. NJ.
Flagler's private car. j. r. PARROTS
private car and n baggage car, arrived
here from St. Augustine this morning,
to be placed at The disposal OF the pe-l
reaved family Of JOSEPH Jefferson. the
famous actor, who died at O'Clock
Sunday evening Tho train left OH It's
trip northward ut $3.50 tonight
OH the train arc the members of tho
family and Carl kettler. The body was
escorted TO the train by q number Of
prominent people of West Palm Beach,.
to one who had been prominent fncto
in tho business MS well as the social
life OF that city. Following meeting Of
tho City Council to-day. which passed
suitable resolutions on the death OF Mr.
j Jefferson. the Board OF Trade took sim
liar action.
To-day messages OF coincidence have
been received from all parts OF the coun-
try and from many people OF prominence.
There were over a hundred OF them, and
they were expressive OF the sorrow pre-
vailing throughout oil parts OF the
United States.
s$@S Funeral Sunday.
Mr. Jefferson's body Will reach Buzz
yards Bay Thursday, and the funeral
will be held next Sunday. 1t Will be
private. and the interment Will be In
+ the family burying ground. West Palm.
Reach was draped in mourning to-day.
and all the bells in the city tocd sew
cnty -six--Mr. Jefrerson's age-at $40
& tonight. "a The local Masonic lodge
turned out en- massc and Is carried the
body from THE Reefs" to the train.
The floral offerings were many and
elaborate. BUSINESS in the city has
been suspended all day, and al fiags
are floating at half mast
Charles b. Jefferson stated might
that the Nsons OF the dead actor have
cancelled ali the enga gements OF their
spring R tours and Will gather immedi-f
! atcly at Buzzards Bay.
His Last Moments.
The last moments OF Mr. Jefferson were.
calm and peaceful. AT his deathbed were
his wife. his sons. Charles Z. ana FRANK
Jefferson: his nurse. Miss Mabel Bing-l
ham, Or. r.. B. Potter, and Ills tatth:ui
Old servant. Carl Kettlcr.
q The end was not a surprise 70 MS fam
i1y, Eyer since his last sinking spell
,hich came after a rally on Thursday
morning. and was followed BY an ppar--.
ent Improvement until Friday, the IA mt-
IL ;,as been waiting for the end. NJ
! e terson's condition SATURDAY. night grew
steadily worse. and the family. VINO had
rettred, we're summoned from their beds
3Ior Potter was called 4 The patient ..
condition continued to grow worse al
through the day. and the brief bulletins
from tho bedside contained no words OF
encouragement.
Mr.. Jefferson's sickness. which ended IN
his death, was contracted. y Is believed,
while on recent visit TO ms II s s1Fi'
Charles B. Jefferson, at HOPE SOUND q
few miles above Palm Beac en-. "he5e ~
vent to meet his friend, former Presi-g
dent Cleveland 1t Is believed that from
q slight indiscretion in his eating there
he suffered an attack OF indigesti on.G
since his return TO his home this condl-
ton grew steadily worse, with slight raj
Il les until the end.
Sketch Of His Life.
Joseph Jefferson. scion Of Q long me-
distinguished on the Engllsh an no,,, 600
in Philadelphia. where he spent the first
eight or ten years OF his life;
# or the young Jefferson much mas pee I.
LETT some delightful "reminiscences OF his
childhood TO these his aunt, MIS-
Elizabeth Fisher. some years ago. at
the request ofs william uWinser, ad ,iet
she gave the following account OF the
boy: "A Is &, & b !. !, =, d
.;He was wonder fully precocious child
and when itie more In thd Fe IKE tie
statueman. that was, indeed. an a as,
to notice the child In corner OF the
room trying this experiment. she called
him to her side ard found that he had
got all the business OF the statues.
Though he could not have, PRONOUNCED
name e one q the sh by
and he gave these limitations upon !. ne
stage In washington. when only Three
years old Rice came to Washington
Joe caught them up directly, and, IN his
baby voice, sang the songs, although he
could not correctly. pronounce the words 4
that he sane taste tor craving ana
my father could not keep his drawing
box away from him, His almost daily
aalutstiop would be, J cs,d w IeEd my
Ply. Yes. 81. !. know It's 8 gone; !, bit y
reply. Yes, sir, Il know It's lost and
gone; put how and where? The Pny
hook 'em:' and then his grandfather
would prophesy what a great artist that
child would one day become, and say
IT. WIS Viz IVY lilS
world. and let him destrny any amount
OF anything he chose The inheritance OF
talents was never more clearly shown in
the case OF tho present Joseph Jeffersor;
his habits, his tastes, his actng--all he Is
grandfather" The latter. admired as an
actor and esteemed a a man, died In
1928. when his grandson was four years
old. si SO !, x
Wandering Begins.
Uyhar, Touan1,B Tororsoua mn III "A -, :, ~,
old he went with his parents to Chicago.
then an p N, and Struggling Western
New York to Buffalo on a canal boat,
and from Buffalo on steamer through
dered from place to place. giving ORA ma
tie .performances The life OF an actor
on the road Is n hard one. ven In l1ese
times of palace cars and olher aids to
comfort,g but ainsthose days It was a spe-
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