The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-04-27

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Joseph Jefferson diess at his home. The
| Reeis. ~ Pain nsaca. al & Is o'ssarz
/ sunda! evening. The cad came after a
/ day Of inconsistencies and after = be-
| rcie struggle of days. whlsh asi rs-
haasted his vitality. Al his Grata bed
| were hts ~ifs. his sons. chaFisa u aud
/ Frank Jefferson: his nurse. Mssz Aalsei
| bingham. Dr. II. H. Potter aad his
| faithful old servant. Carl kottisg
The end was not a surprise to his
| family. Ever since hts last shaking
| spell. which came after q rally on
1 Thursday morning. and waIeh ~as fol-
| lowed by an improvement until FRIDAY.
the family has b.ca waiting fur the
end. Mr.. Jeffetson's condition saiuF-
| day night greg steadily worse. AM
| the family. who had retired. were sum
moned from their beds and nT. Potter
was called. The patients condition cfsia.
| tinGed To- grox weak all through to-
| day, and the brief bulletins from the
beside contained no words q! enoouT-
| agemeni-
| The sickness of Mr.. Jeffersoa. which
ended In his death. was contracted. IL
/ Is believed. while On a recent Wait To-
| his son. Charles II. Jefferson. at Hobe
/ Sound. n few miles above Palm Beach.
where he went to meet his fiteni.
| former President Cleveland. ii IL be-
| iieved that from n slight iadlEcTeiion
/ in his eating there he suffered an at
tack Of indigestion. Since his return io
| his home. this condition grew steadily
worse, with slight rallies. until tho
end
The body Of Mr.. Jefferson will lee
taken TO Buzzard's Bay Gu a apeciaI
train. accompanied by all the members
| of his family who are here. IL viii
reach New York "Wednesday morning.
and the family hope to reach Buzzard's
Day the evening Of that day.
Ii was on April lst that Mr.. jefferson
went ,o Hobo Sound TO NEE. Mr.. clese-
land and Other friends at the home 81
his son, Charles ID. Jefferson. The party
spent about a week there. and during
that time there were frequent nshlus
expeditions.
When jefferson became III be return
cd at once TO The Reefs and was taken
to his room on the second floor Of the
cottage, which Is only 100 feet from the
ocean, and where he could watch the
sea. The weather was favorable
| throughout his illness. DIR. Potter. the
family physician at the Florida home.
| lived three miles from The Reefs. and
went only occasionally TO the bedside
| OF his patient. feeling that Mr.. Jeder-
son might survive.
On Thursday he was we'll enough to
take nourishment and 10 retain IL. At
one time he called for chicken broth
/ and then thought he was we'll enough
| To eat the meat But this was denied
| him. Dr. Potter was so confident Thurs
day at o'clock that he told a reporter
at the time that he believed Dir. JeH-
erson would recover.
JEFFERsoN's CAREER.
+, New York. Specialize. Jefferson
was president of the Players Club. In
this city. end the news Of his death
was resolved with many expressions
! OF regret The Players Club has had
no member more interested in its wei
fare than Mr.. Jefferson. and none that
worked more untiringly. With Edwin
Booth. Lawrence Barrett. Augustin
Daily. A. ii. Palmer. Brander Matthews.
John Drew. 8. l.. Clemens and several
others, Mr.. Jefferson signed articles Of
| incorporation for the club In 1858. and
he was elected TO the board Of direc.
tors. In 1899. his portrait By Sargent
was hung on the wall OF the club.
| gift from Booth and Barrett After
| the death Of Mr.. Booth. In 1893, Mr..
Jefferson was elected president Of the
club. and has been reelected 10 that
| office at every annual meeting since.
He presided at the memorial meet.
| ing, November 13. 1858. at the Aadi-
! son Square Concert Hall. in this city.
| i'm commemoration Of Edwin Booth'e
| present Goth birthday. upon which oc-
casion ne delivered an address. intro
ducing rs the speakers Of that occas-
| sion Parke Goodwin, Tommaseo SaiYini
| Henry irving and the poet, George T..
| Woodbury.. On the founders night.
December 81, 1888. he delivered an eios
! quent address as president, recalling
the memory Of Mr. Booth In simple
and touching words.
Mr.. Jefferson was al every FoaHders'
Night annually Until 1880. when be
was absent on account Of Illness: nor
vas he permitted 10 be present Cn the
recurrence Of that occasion. which abb
sences were sometimes caused By Ill.
health. but principally On account OF
activity In his calling.
In compensation for his absence for
tie Founders Night, and In honor ef
women friends of "the pia-crs.' he
vas present and contributed 10 the
pleasure of Ladies' Day whenever pos
sible The necessity Of spending the
winter in Southern climate had pre-
vented him from being present IN the
club house. except for occasional brief
visits. In late yea.s.
Joseph Jefferson was born IN Phiiz-
deIphis. February 20. 1929. and was
looked upon as the dean OF the dra-
matte profession IA this country.