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Show "RIP VAN WINKLE" GOES TO HIS LAST LONG SLEEP Curtain Rung Down for Eternity on Joseph Jefferson, Jeffer-son, Veteran Actor. temporary changes-for the better. -On Thursday he was well enough to take nourishment and . to retain 1U. At one time he' called for chicken broth, and then thought be Was well enough to eat the meat. But this was denied htm. Dr. Potter was so confident Thursday at 4 o'clock. that he told a representative of .the Associated Press that he believed Mr. Jefferson would recover. But tha next day brought, most' serious Conditions for .the worse, and from which Mr. Jefferson could rot -recover, s -' ; ' a Joseph Jrttmon. borft In Philadelphia. February, Feb-ruary, 10. 1S29, dwend4 from -several generation genera-tion of actora. He appeared on the ataae tn , bis bofhood- in -comic part, -but received his . thorough professional training tn the school of hardship. H. . Joined a theatrical, company In Texas tn It it. at the beginning of the Mexl-. Mexl-. can war. In lMf h appeared at .Chanfrau's National theater. Naw Tork. In- use married mar-ried Miss Margaret Lockyer. .i aa - -agtish , actress. Afterward h drifted about ,for several years, plarlnr In the' chief EMJes ' ef the Southern - States and-for tong time lrf Philadelphia and ' Baltimore. In 1857. at.Laura Keene's theater, N.w York, he appeared with great success as : Dr.-'Panftosa In "The- Hlr-4t-Lw?" In the same year he established his papulation, aa a great1 eomsdtan by his performance of Asa Tranchard in "Our American Com i la." The piece raa 140 nichta.- In IBM. Jefferson went te California, where bis engagement proved a failure; then he sailed for Australia, where he remained four vun nlevlfi In Kncllsh enmerilea with mil AVESlf PALM BEACH. Fla., Xpril .24-- .24-- Joseph Jefferson, the eminent actor, died at bis bon.."TheBeefs,-. SLtPalm BAach. at 6 J5 last evenin...Tba.. end came after a day -of unconsciousness and after a heroic- struggle-' -of days which '. had ex-hauste ex-hauste Ills vitality. At his death-bed his wife,-Ms sons-Charles and. Frank Jeffer- ' son, hi nurse, Miss-Mabel Bingham; Dr. r. B. Potter- and ' his .faithful servant, ' Carl Ketteler,"' were "present. , ,! Mr. Jefferson's condition Saturday night grew steadily worse and" the family, who 1d reared.' ware -summoned 'from- -their beds,, an i Dr. Potter was called. The. . pattet'sV condition- continued ; to. grow . woraa. alt through tha. day . and the brie f bulletins from. tha bedside contained no worda of encouragement. ... Tha sickness of . Mr. : Jefferson, which, ended in hl death was contracted,r It. la believed; Awhile on a recant visit ; to hla ! aJn. Cbarlaa B. Jefferson, at Hobe Bound. rXwmlleV above Palm Beach, where h : . lnt to meet - bis friend, former Presl-- Presl-- dent "Cleveland. It is believed that from a . Birnt lndlsc?eUon in his eaUng there he Buffered an attack ot Indigestion. Since his return to his home his condition grew st"s!dlly woVse with alight rallies until the success. Thence be went to England, where he met Dion Bouclcaalt. who rearranged and rewrote the play of "Rip Van Winkle," tn which Jefferson made the success of his life. The English critics were unanimous In their praise of Jefferson's performance. Be reappeared In New York In UM, and repeated re-peated his triumph Id "Rip Van Winkle" tn all the cities of the Union, playing nothing else for years. After the death of his first wife he was married in 187 to Miss Sarah Warren. He again visited England In 18T7. where he played Mr. Gollghtly tn "Lend lis Five Shillings," and Blr Hugh de Braes In "A Regular Fix." In 1880 he revived "The Rivals" at the Arch Ftreet theater. Philadelphia, and at the Union Square theater. New York, playing the character char-acter of Bob Acres. In 18M be traveled through tha United States with William J. Florence, appearing wttti that actor in "The Helr-at-Law," "The Rivals" and other come-dlas. come-dlas. - Mr. Jefferson amassed a large fortune. Hs was a clever amateur artist and wrote an autobiography. Yals college. In 192. conferred con-ferred on him the honorary degree of M. A. Tha body of Mr. Jefferson win be taken to Buzsard's Bay on a special train, leaving leav-ing here this evening, accompanied by all tha members fo his family who are her; It will reach Kew York Wednesday - morning and the family hope to reach Buxxard's Bay the evening of that day. -It was on April 1 that Mr. Jefferson went to Hobe sound to meet Mr.. Cleveland Cleve-land and other friends at the home of his son, Charles Jefferson. The party spent -about a week there, and during that tima there were frequent fishing :expedi- tiDurtng that time Mr. Jefferson appeared ap-peared active, but as he had been resting rest-ing at his home at Palm Beach mnd had almost recovered his strength from the j Illness which pulled him down last erring, he was over-confident and overexerted over-exerted himself. It was at supper there one night when he ate something which It is thought brought on the attack of ,nwhMUMr. Jefferson became ill he returned re-turned at onoa to 'The Reefs." and was takento his room, which is only 100 .f set from tha ocean, where ha ould watch the sea. The weather was favorable throughout nls illness. Dr. Potter, the farmly physician at the Florida home liedhiee mUes from "The Reefs," ,and li-nt occasionally to tha bedside of his intffeeling that Mr. Jefferson might Jur5v But when the first critical p.-Hoccurred p.-Hoccurred he spent most of his time eSi called Dr. W'orley, a specialist -5 ATiB-ustlne, for consults Hon. n?Svor!e "t to Palm Beach last - f?Ii.v leaving there the following , Monday. ,ef VllTL tnat Mr. . Jefferson "fT? "fecov It was the heroic fight might recover. 1 1 making against Vn'-nd rreat determination to death Bd !" fit ha could reach his " - .ISStblWtffi in thafew ' . |