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Show Noted Jurist Is Suddenly Stricken in His Bath Room , i i Washington, March 29. The death i of Justice David .losloh Brewer of the supreme court of the I'nlted States at his borne In this city last night caused profound regret here and throughout the country. Many calls were made at the Brewer Brew-er residence today by sympathizing friends of the family and messages ot condolence ai rived In great numlers. Members of the supreme court of the L'nlied States were amoug the callersv Justice Brewer was lound In the. bath room of his ' house, dying of apoplexy, the discovery being made by Mrs. Brewer. She at once telephoned tele-phoned for Justice Gould of the supreme su-preme court of the District of I olnni-bla, olnni-bla, who lics nearby Hunting to the Brewer home. Justice Gouid, with ! the assistance of two servants, carried the body from the hath room to a bed. Justice Gould said that Justice Brewer's pulse was still faintly beating beat-ing as h corded him into the bed room. Mrs Brewer and a niece, Miss Clara Hall, were the only members of the family in the house at Ihe time. An attempt was made to notify the othev. , justices of the court, but It was found loo late to reach any of them but Justice TTarlan. who sent his son to convey his regrets. j Marshal Wright and Deputy Cleik Mahon soon got word of the death, Justice Gould lu the meantime summoning sum-moning Dr. J. H. Taylor, who ll-es a few doors Trom the Brewer house. Dr Taylor said that Justice Brewer was dead when he arrived Dr. Sterling Ster-ling RnfT.n was also summoned. Justice Brewer had not been well for several days. He. had had several attacks of headache and stomnch trou- ! hie. j President Tafi. upon bis arrival here from New York, was much distressed dis-tressed hf the news of tho death of his friend, Justice Brewer. Ho had learned the bare fact last night before bis departure from Jersey City and Fajerly read the detailed accounts of the death of the. noted jurist as soen as the newspapers reached him in his car at the union station thla morning. |