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2 cent asking the admiral to move outside th« three-tr-lle limit if he happened to be In French territory waters. A prominent naval officer here last night called the present stage of affairs "a game of naval hide and seek," and declared that the Admiralty .was justified in sending elusive dispatches, especially as there was reason to be lieve that one motive of Japan in pressing the question M the desire to learn the exact posi tion of Rojcstvonsky's squadron. FOE SECOND REINFORCING SQUADRON. Übau. April 23.-I-anr* drafts of Black Sea sail or. are arriving here, to fill the complements of the ships of the second reinforcing: squadron, which is bring made ready. THE REFORMS IX DAXGER. Russian People Dread Victory— Government Fears Defeat. St. Petersburg April 23.-Xot only the future of the war in the Far East but the fate of the whole programme of internal reform, to which Emperor Nicholas stands committed, ap pears to await the i^sue of the approaching haMle between Rojestvensky and Togo. The government undoubtedly would be greatly thened. at least for the moment, by a victory decisive enough to change the war situation. The Liberals ar« impatient at the delay and suspicious of every move of the government. : They are convinced that if victory comes the j buroaucracy. to which the realization of re- j forms has been consigned by the Emperor, will be able, despite the clamor throughout the country, to keep the execution of these reforms in their own hands, which, of course, in their opinion would mean their eventual dissipation ln a labyrinth or endl?ss commissions. More over, they believe that the Emperor mignt again be r*-r*uade-i to attempt the old style of repression o; the ricsent agitation. , Practically the interior administration Is being conducted through th<» i>oliee. Already there are everywhere evidences of return to Yon Plehve's methods. DomicilUary visit* and arrrsts by scores and hundreds are reported in. every part of th<» empire," and meetings of all classes of the- people aie. forbidden and broken up by the police, under the direction of the local governors. Even zemstvo meetings at Vladimir. Elizabethpol. Orel. Tiflis and Livadia have been stopped. Of course, the government argues that It can not fold its arms and see th« flair.rs of revolu tion fanned by agitators; but it is noticeable that such sjKikesjnon of reaction as Prince Mest chersky (Editor of the "Graahdanin"j are again boldly proclaiming the doctrine of repression, characterizing the Constitutionalists and "ln - tr-lligf ntsia" as lunatics. "Russia has suddenly . become a vast lunatic asylum." says the "Orasli darcin." "and unless mad people are locked up and rila c °d out of harm's way there is no pre 1 dieting irbere all this idiocy will end." Fhould Rojestvensky be defeated, on the con trary, the Liberals believe that the bureaucracy would capitulate and that peace and a constitu tion would come, In the mean time, the Easter holidays and |3 'May "Day are awaited with extreme anxiety. • both by the authorities and th«> public The Ro- S cial Democrats and Revolutionaries have • planned demonstrations on an extensive ecale, 9 end undoubtedly many of them are armed with revolvers and bomb?, which have been smug gled into the country to v tight the police and 9 troops in case they Fhould attempt to Interfere ." with the demonstration*. They seem to have '" plenty of fund*?, furnished both from abroad * and by wealthy sympathizers .in Rusrla. Tho •wildest stories of plans' for blowing up the mem bers of th. imperial family. Ministers and pal _&««*, and of pillage and murder oX the nobility and the 'wealthy, are current, especially in aris tocratic drawing rooms, and many society peo ple, thoroughly frightened, have already made preparations to 50 abroad. ' Large reinforcements of troops, and espe cially of Cossacks, have been brought to St. Pet* rshurg. Arrests and rearchea of tho lodg ings of suspected persons continue; but »*ven • Gereral Trepoff. although he is takinc every measure of precaution, ioe» not seem to know exactly what to expect. That he fears irou 1 and bloodshed is apparent from the fact that he has warned all manufacturers to guard against incendiarism, and through house porters has warned every family that women and children muft remain off th* street* t>n May Day. Although disorders more or le=s serious are ex pected everywhere, Poland and the Baltic prov inces probably will be the storm centre. General *■ Mazimovitch, Governor General of Warsaw, has returru-tl to his post aft^r a conference here. Clothed with almost dictatorial powers. All the j Polish cities are now In a state of minor siege. but the Governor General is authorized to de clare martial iaw. and ainj'le troops will be «■ furnished to him. . iinents . >-n a? h.iv sjise of liberty.'* • thit there is n<» pa and that They admil, however, that the Itevolutjonaries have jiushed their propaganda, among the 501 '..-clers with great oarn<>btn«-ss. Special regula- s # tioiiS have lxx-11 instituted to keep the army '■" free from contamination, and these have been enforced In individual cases, both of officers and ir.f-n, who have been found to l>e in-communicß tion with Revolutionaries. Such cases, the au thorities doclaTP. have been detected parlicu ,, larly among Jews and severely punished, but the authorities are confident that no units have b^»n affected. by The Associated ■ 1 >ut the . ■ mi i-x the trO) . ■■ nf mull: irtea. Tfhx ', The lo«-a! authorities, according to these ad ,L, L vices, are powerless. The regiments at TJfHs o are mutinous and unreliable. The revolutionary • commlttoe has Isrued orders openly, demanding compliance under pain cf death. They have prohibited the payment of all taxes to the gov ernment and have reducd rents one-half. The landlord* fear for their lives and are afraid to rtalst. The coTmitte* regulates hours of labor - &.r.d the opening and closing of shops and is • directing railroad strikes. Disobedience is pun ished With death. • The epidemic cf demands for higher salaries Jibs reached the reporters of local newspapers, who have formally submitted a da::. for an in- CITYTRUSTCO OF NEW YORK. 36 WAI L STREET. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $2,826,000. Allots Interest on Deposits. Acts ii Every fiduciary Capacity. J%«. BOSS CtttRAX... Prrhidrßt JOHN U. f-KIMMINS ■/ . . VW-PrrSd™! AJfi HI It »-•* a.,.; £:.£ SrT •• »• . #• I *.*. ". . . Zii last . ->«-"l «l JI / Till: CHINA SLA. WHERE RUBBIAM AND JAPANESE FLEETS AXE BELIEVED TO BE FIGHTING. crease from five to six copecks a line. (A copeck ie one-half cent in American money.) rx.nsT to rvssia. French Press Comments on Bojest vensky's Expulsion. Paris, April 23.— Some of the newspapers of Paris, commenting upon the expulsion of the Russian second Pacific squadron from French territory waters In Indo-Chlna, hold that France, in seeking to render exact justice to Japan, has been unjust to Russia. The "Echo de Paris," which Is strongly pro-Russian, says that France's insistence upon Rojestvensky leaving Kamranh Bay will have the effect of making him an easy prey to Togo, as the Rus sian ships, being driven from all points with out being able to tak • on coal, must put to sea with half filled bunker.-, being thus crippled at the moment of meeting; the enemy. "And this is neutrality," scornfully observes the "Echo d«? Paris." The same paper quotes the French reg ulations authorising belligerents to take on suf ficient coal to reach the next port, and main tains that the "next port" is Vladivostok, Therefore, the "Echo de Paris" asserts, France has not given her ally's squadron the benefit of French neutrality law*. The "Temps" criticises the Saigon report that Russian merchant vessels have been forbidden to tak« on the necj.ssary coal to enable them to reach the nearest Russian port. The paper maintains that the ships have the right to take on sufficient coal to last them to Vladivostok, which is th» nearest Russian port. The "Temps" adds: fnciiipr powers having many coaling stations In making neutrality rules ex •■ strict In order to prevent their adver- Barlea from procuring coal through neutrals while they >njoy full supplies frora their own coaling stations. <»n the contrary, Continental rs, namely, Prance, K'lssia and Germany, having comparatively few coaling stations, would b- -;..-i : : throttled In a conflict with an Insular power having many coaling stations In Utrallty becomes ac c.j tt-d by pi HI TSSIAXS REPI LSED. TokJo, April 23. — It Is announced that ■ force balding Tuughwa lias reported that a snii'l body of the Russians is still stopping at !. _ and Maloukou, twenty miles north <f Tunghwa. Th.- Russian cavalry, one hundred ittack, on April 20, against • repulsed. sian watch guards at Talou are in itrength. Thus far they have shown there have been no exchanges, with the exception "f cavalry skirmishes. EMPEROR'S WILL UNSWERVING. Must be Convocation of the Peoples Repre sentatives. S- Petersburg, April B.— Receiving the Marshal mty of Kostroma recently, Emperor . him t" communicate the follow isage to th<- !. \i v W jn regarding the convocation of r<-pr<-.ser.t;i tiv».s ol ' ls unswerving, and the Minister ,' , in devoting all his efforts to its l rompt execution. EVEN PHYSICIANS MUST NOT MEET. Conventions to Discuss Cholera Situation Stopped by Russian Police. L'fa. Eastern Russia. April O.— As a meeting of the chorera was the doors of the bad assembled were burst .. f of Police, under orders from r of the province, cleared the hall. Russia. April 23.— The te!e oAce ben has refuses' to accept a rslsgrsm 1 the 1 ..minitte. of lUntoters at St. . to r'-lit-ve the position of Jews In this region. •p_ m . .\t a big dvmorist ration in the ,„ Theatre bare to-night the sleettk lasops Lshed. and in the <iarkness . proclamaUpns were . shouted: Down »:ih auto. . - !ht * •Marseil:al«o.- Rostov-on-J>rn. April S-A meeting; of ptvilclans of this district called to consider the cholera sltua ttoa i.d-s been Iscbldden to assemble. BREAD SCARCE !N MOSCOW. St. Fei*:sbur«. April 23.— The price of bread hat trrtled In Moscow as the result of the strike ol ■kl r*. 1 'iily municipal ovens are working. It is feared that the struggle Will be protracted, although the masters are willing to grant con side, able- ccr.i tri-slons. RADICAL ZEMSTVOS 'STAND PAT." Moscow. April 22.— Despite the secession of M. BhlpOff. Prince Galltzln and Prince Troubetzkoy. the radical ring of the zemstvo has reiterated Us adherence to the St. Petersburg programme of December 12. I»>4. and elected delegates to the z«-ir.«tvo Congress at Moscow on May 5. GLAD DELCASSE IS TO STAY. St. Petersburg, April B.— Much relief is cxi t<y the vi:h M. I>• NEW-YORK DAILY 'IlUßliKlfi. MONDAY. APRIL 24. 1905. BIG RAID IN CHINATOWN OVER PRECINCT HEADS. Eggers, with Two Hundred Men, Takes Four Hundred Prisoners. More than a hundred foreign devils descended with clubs and axes on the peaceful citizens of the .Middle Kingdom dwelling In Mott and Peil sts. last night, and carried away some four huri dre-.i peaceful players of dominoes and ple-gow. Captain Francis J. K*:ir. of the Klizaboth-st. Station, was out of town ln^t night, when Per- K^ant Kks«ts. with nearly a hundred "f his own sleuths and about one hundred reserves from nine precincts, descended on Chinatown. No one knew they were th^re until they were swarming up th>> narrow, rickety stairs of the Chinese tenement houses in hot pursuit of the Chinamen rushing pell meU for the roofs. The raid was made by Kssers over the heads of Acting Inspector Hogmn and Acting Captain Hogan. Nine places In Mott-st., two in Peli an 1 nn- in horn-shapod Doyers-st. were made. In nearly every one twenty or more prisoners were taker.. One wagonload was taken from No. 1 Mott-st., three from No. 14, four from No. 20, threr frum No. 17, three from No. 22. one from No. 26, two from No. .'{<>. one from No. 23 and three from Na is I'ell-Rt. Chinatown Is thr. y Sunday night with sightseers from uptown. The "rubber neck" automobile had juvt deposited a losid of people in Mptt-st., and the Chinatown guides had just begun to bid for those curious to see "a real opium Joint," when a procession of about fifteen funereal looking carriages with closely drawn curtains arrived. The carriages scattered through the streets. and all at once the curtains went up, the doors Opened and out jumped some fivescore plain clothes men like so many jack-in-the-boxes, all armed with axes and sledge hammers. Before the lookouts could Rive the warning; cry of "Lv kl le low!" they were being chased upstairs. A minute later all the patrol wagons in the first aud second Inspection districts, seven i-i number, wen- harking up and taking the places of the carriages. Acting Captain Eggers and Secretary Howell arrived at the same time In an automobile. Early In the evening each of the patrolmen detailed to the several kinds of clerical work at Police Headquarters received a polite note from Secretary Howells asking him to meet him at Central Park West and Slst-st. at 7:30 p. m. Bach man decided that the secretary had a little private Job to do and felt elated at the secretary's selection. But when the fifty or more men reached the place of rendezvous a light began to dawn on them. There they found the fifteen closed coaches, a big- automobile. Act ing Captain Eggers, two of his roundsmen and Secretary Howells. They were quickly dis tributed into the coaches, one man being put in command of each vehicle. In each were a crowbar and an axe. Knowing the facilities of the wily Orientals for getting news of raids, the route was deviously laid. It lay up through Harlem and then down through crowded Man hattan In zigzag fashion, so that the Port Ar thur of pi-gow and fan tan might not get in formation of its Impending sack and take ac tion to avoid it. ■ , When finally the lone line of hacks reached Mott-st. a detective from the Eldridge-Bt. sta tion, who said he was "looking for evidence," called Policeman McMurty. of the Elizabeth-st. station, over. "Say, Dan," said th. detective, "ain't that the funniest looking Dago wedding you ever saw?" Dan had hardly time to reply that it was when the raids began. Each coach rolled up to the house to be raided and then, waiting until all were ready, Eggers save the command to 4 go In and get in." It .was done with a military pre cision which Marshal Oyama might not have disclaimed. Out of each coach jumped four big bluecoats, one with an axe and one with a crow bar. They seemed to drop out of the sky. Th.- lookouts were caught In many cases be fore they could get Into the room where the players were. Never had the denizens of that quarter seen glass smashed ami doors broken so fast. In every place the police had two stool pigeons, and to prevent their identity from being disclosed they were treated with no more con sideration than the real prisoners. The police of the neighboring precincts were not called with their patrol wagons until the raids were well over and the captives in hand. The work of taking the Chinamen to the station then went on rapidly. In many places the po lice found whole arsenals of revolvers and knives. Superintendent McOlintock of the Society for the Prevention of Crime told the reporters that the evidence was gathered by one of his Chi nese detective* James War*?, who was fur sev eral years a lay reader in the Methodist Church. He worked with Detectives Murray and Ham ilton, of E«««rs*s staff, who look enough like Chinamen to wear the national garb. While Acting Captain Egirers declined to say what had caused the raids. it was said In China town that it was another battle between the warring Tongs, the Hip Sins Tong and the On Leong Tons; The On Leoag Tons is credited with controlling the gambling "graft" of the quarter. Three weeks ago Commissioner Mc- Adoo received an anonymous letter declaring that the On Leong Tong was working with the Dolice of the preeia EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND. Slight Seismic Disturbances Occasion Much Alarm. London, April H *" wthsjuake laklni second toning much alarm was felt about 1 ..vi,,. k t:.. lire .Ti.i Torkshln and l» adjacent districts. Tnen some plnree. shaken, but JOSEPH JEFFERSON DEAD. Continued from tint pas*. sained his laurel: by Jefferson himself it was never lout Some leaders of mankind nrevali by what ttvey do Jefferson prevailed by what he was. ■ incnr nate goodness, without Insipidity; tender hu manity, without effusive weakness; exuberant humor, that was never gross; ntanble wit. th:<t was never unkind; and piquant eccentricity, that was equally sweet and droll. The spiritual cogency of his life, accordingly, the authority of his character and the illuminative and final ex planation of Ml amazing artistic career, ran In designated by the single word chirm. He was not distinctively an intellectual power.-as, for example. Henry Irving Is. — but In the realm of emotion his power was supreme. He spoke to the heart. He did not dominate l.y force. lie made no effort to command. Ho allured by spon taneous sweetness, and ho subdued by unstudied pr;ue. He had an abundance of worldly wis dom, but his best conscience. In the nianago ment of worldly affairs, was to dwell away from the world, to avoid wroncs that he could not redress, and to ignore complications of circum stance that he was unable to adjust He could not have managed society. He could not have led the way in an> conflict. Endued with per fect morality, he yet hud no moral enthusiasm. The moment after he bad Men the serious side of anything he saw the comic side of it. Resolute In will, he yet had no aggressive impulse. Ho shrunk from all strife. His province, as he understood it, was to dispense humor and kind ness. His vocation was the ministry of beauty. Mirth was his hern Id; happiness attended him; and love followed after. He had. as all men nave, who amount to anything, trials, responsi bilities, and cares, and these he bore with dutiful constancy and in silence; but, mentally and spiritually. In his abstract and artistic life, he lived as the rose lives — tranquil and sufficient to itself, heedlessly yielding its fragrance, and pirn sing all eyes with its perfection of color and bloom. Upon such a character .and such a career the voice of detraction, —never silent as to any meri torious person, — could say but little. It some times became audible, however, in the declara tion that Jefferson's artistic faculty was slight, because he acted only one or two parts and that his professional ambition was narrow, tx he never undertook any special business enter prise to promote the welfare of the sta^"- This charge had a portentous sound, but it had no basis. In the maturity of his powers and his renown the comedian restricted his repertory to a few characters, but. in his earlier time, he had played scores of parts: one authentic list men tions more than a hundred of them: and he mttfht have continued to play scores of parts, had he nut learned by experience that it 13 better to do one thing thoroughly well than to do many things passably, to present one mo perfect art rather than many examples of good artistic Intention. The principal characters that be chose were Rip Van Winkle, Acres, and Caleb I'luminer, characters that were absolutely con genial to him. stirring his nature to its pro fouudest depths and evoking all the resources of his heart and mind. Those characters be could represent to perfection, and the observer who subjects them to analytical examination will speedily discern that they comprehend many, if not all. the representative extremes and con trasts of human experience: youth and age, love and hate, charity and greed, wealth and poverty, humor and pathos, power and weakness, mirth and grief, craft and simplicity, selfishness and Self-sacrifice, the material and the spiritual, and the natural and the preternatural. It will also be perceived that the raiment and scenic in vestiture of them comprise the tatters of indi gence and the laces of luxury; the cottage and the drawing; room; manners, both humble and exalted; and physical nature, alike hi cairn and storm. The range of Jefferson as an actor was. In fact, remarkably broad; and, for the rest, it should be remembered that he rendered the greatest possible service that any person can render to the stage, because he made it pure and honorable In the public esteem and dear to the public heart— and kept it so. All over the land the institution of the theatre was strengthened by him, so that even those persons who misuse and degrade it, by sordid and corrupt specula tion, possess a broader field and an ampler op portunity than would otherwise exist, for what they call business enterprise. He did not care to manage theatres or to produce new plays, bl" did not waste himself on ventures and experi ments. He did the thins that he could do best: and tho stage is better, and the world is happier, because i>? what he was and what he accom plished. "Are we so soon forprot when we are K<>ne?" Remembrance of those words, as they were spoken by Jefferson, in the great days ol his Riii Van Winkle, can never perish. The world does easily forget, and the rapid river t«f time, we may be very sure, will sweep into oblivion ni. my names and many things that are conspicu ous now; but as long as the fame of gemle humor is prized, and as Ions? as kindness and pity remain on earth, the name of Joseph Jeffer son will be remembered, because, — like the kin dred names of Lamb, and Hood, and Charles Dickens, and Thackeray, and Washington Irv ing,—it is written with smi!>-s and tears upon the everlasting pages of the human heart. WIM.IAM YVIXTKR. CHRONOLOGY OF JEFFERSON'S LIFE. IS2s— Joseph Jefferson was born. February 20. in Philadelphia. 1833— He made his first appearance on the stage, at the theatre in Washington, 1). C, with Thomas 1). Rice, us Jim Crow, lie was made up as a miniature Jin Crow. 1837— He acted at the Franklin Theatre, New-York. lStS— He removed to Chicago! 1842~R1s father died, at Mobile. IS4*>— May. He acted at Matamoras, Mexico. i! was with a company following the American array. IMS September 10. he appeared in New-York, at rhaiifiau's New National Theatre, playing Jack Rackbottle. In "Jonathan Bradford." December 6. In acted Pierrot, i'u "The Pea of Chamoimi." and also Mr. Wyndhaui. 111 "The Handsome Husband." Mrs. D. P. Bowers played ■ Linda and also Mis. Wyndham. Miss Sarah E. Crocker, afterward Mr F. B. Conway, made hr first appearance on any stage, playing Mrs. Melfort. 1850— May 19, he married Margaret Clements 1. -lv y«-r. He acted at Mitchell's Olympic Theatre. New- York, lie acted in Southern cities with John Ellsler. Later he was associated! with the HolHday Street Theatre and 1 afterward with the Museum, Baltimore. 1801-'s2.— He acted at Nlblo'a Garden. New-York, with Mr. Hudson. Anna Trillion, and others. 1856— He crossed the Atlantic for th* first time, and made visits to London and to Paris. Returned In the same year. 1837— He joined Laura Keens s company, at her theatre in New-York, which she opened on No vember IS. ISSS, and which remained under her management for five years; it became the Olym pic in !>*£. August 31, at Laura Keene « Theatre. he made a hit as Dr. Pangtosa in "The Ueir-at- Law." This was his first appearance In N'eiv- York since 1852. 1858— \ugust 25, he acted Augustus, in 'The willow Copse." This was Laura Keene'a th.rd season at her theatre. Charles IV. CooldOCk played Luke Fielding. , . September JO Washington Irving attended a performance of "Tne K. ad to Ruin." at Laura Keene's Th lire. and saw Jefferson as Gold finch, and spoke of his strong resemblance to his grandfather. October 8. Jefferson acted Heppo. in H. J. By ron's burlesque of "Kra Diavolo." October IS -'Our American Cousin" was pro duced at Laura Ke.ues Theatre, and Jfffei>on gained .-•.. ■ i distinction .- Asa /renchard. K. A. Sothwrn acted I-"' Dundreary, for ih« first time. The pis van til! March -."•. IBSR, March 25. Jefferson acted Tony Lumpkln. In "Shf Stoops to Conquer. July 11. he left Laura Kerne s company. Laura Keene* Theatre, which had become the Olympic, was torn down. August M.^WV September 14. h.- appeared at the .Winter Oar den Theatre, under r»i«.n Bouclcault'sj manage ment, us Caleb Plummer, .1. Bouclcaulfs play of October time ed Yonkers In Oion Houcl- Ocfbbei 98, he acted " Won Bou I eault's burle-tjue of ■••': ; 1 >nl 111. -. K.,v»il»»-r. tl« acted M«wwus iW.'^si. Jr. UiJ.i Bnuelcanlt'n adaptation of "Nicholas Nlck^ef called "Smtke." First time. \ lon December 0. he acted Salem ScniWtr.Jnf,,^ Houclcaulfs drama Si 'The Octortwin. *0 lS»-Febniary 2. an adaptat;*»nof •'Ollv^' made by Jeffenwn. *»* l*^**** •* *?? >a«ln. Garden, with .1. « ■ « »l»*sf jr.. a' in as i-,.-,.r.-.- Jordan ««*£>£ ilf'tlMa JHWj oha . Nrsncy. George HollawS ** Bumble^ TttaM Vf . as ston .->s the Artful i>»j!«2*. lone "J&- and Oliver Twist, J. H. #t<wMart as JiTOWi»/, cc j c .; ult Mrs. Blake as Mr.". .•..r-T.i <ni ™ *» Tli* had seceded; and &*n* » T'» u r\*s e «> OanV-n ntre.) Purtmr this »««-\ '>n nt th- Wlnt* r |. |n f ., Jefferson also acted OranHy (Jag. SirAj Vat the burlesque «f "Ivsinnee-. and p W May It, >>• '!■"•■' '■■" ir:i K "> ! ' r ff h T h j' ri a .7"il under his own management, with £, amor , R ..rri-rs. Mrs. Jol WWoA Mrs. Her. \ Pl ™ ro V,ur"l (mv, anil J. 11. s?»od.Wt. In i«m^ fr.lJfnef r .lJfne ! •Our Japanese Kmbassy" and •"£ "'me \l_ Tycoon,"— latter an KnsHsh oort r , Ol | v lX - ™, j ramped 1 hy FUz-James O'Brien Je l ™° n |£»2 ! C. T. item and the Tycoon, and ?£,'„,£,,„? acted Letty laurel nnd YgOOg j yXSggrx lon.- Durkc Hetty Warren. Mrs. WWryW r v "-ted in O. Burnett and Charles Thorne.V r ■ *«« a ln th l>! 31 ! : S Jcff ! - -..- revived <& ££$?£ Cousin." and acted Am TrtntfhjT'- c^?" ao -*- Sothfrn. and Mrs. Wood • v -' r *-, \rf^ i!Em at August 31. Jeffenron closed 'at se : ' 00 ai Laura Keene's Trintre. >„,„. hl _ «--. February Is, death pf Mrs. Jf \: s ™' jSiy » wife. H* visited California-, 1,,;'",^ »• acted In San Francisco, for i£ „ K*an" *co for Xovtmber 5. he sailed 'r»^J,, r ' la Sxert- Melbourne He remained in if '' anU Mff Zealand tor four yeurf. L -;.■■. mbfr ■♦ he IBC- .!•■ visited Enelan^l and f hr , lfr^"'^^. appeared at the Aueipni 1 r ,. „• Wir , k j_* ">'< made a brilliant hit. -fi V( , rrw>o i for w... ISG6-Ju!y 30. he sailed rro:n >Werpool tor - >ew York. ftrrlviP.g on AURtist 1* oivrrDicThea- September S. he n;. ( M ar-M l .he , Olympic Tnea tre. New-York, an l« p u V^trf \saT^>nc»iard b Pluinmcr. Mr. h C#icock aid' Tobfa3 Caleb Plummer. Am *v. M/ » P*«:«P *«:« ami «tihw- S?stly U he lI made /Tr/P"^ 3 lour <* th * , eC - r '.'•'"■■'' a r r *vm',.r ft /Vtober X. he acted at '^eO^mpTc Theatre, p-^ork. presenting rap T l^cembir ». he wJ married, In Chicago, to his C third cousin. Mif ™ r:Afl lsaht! Ww^ .aa" he n b7«Snhte df»*tfc sessm ap r,"/»r^ • '.-"McVick;?/ Theatre, Chicago, as Rip. MoJ-He flight an «t«* at h i i ?sSded l^be^htla^esraf cllled^Ortnge Island. .IhiLrfTnnJhiXflk' Iberia, in Lo ii = . bitll.it* 1 !! tea IIIU'%" If"' lr » n^.k'. T-io-»tro ist ■:. he anearrd ?t Booths Tneatre. Now-Vork. as RlpTVan V* "i *'*• Tn< , at -p there, In the sari character, till Feb.uary .. ! Si nuary 20. he participated M performance, for the benefit ojthe family « |> f O^XJL"^^4' recently dead, ilolland died on ivcemoer m, 1572-He was cure</of glaucoma by a **rtfea\ op eration, performed, at Hohokus. N. J-. by Dr. iK^SanulV'. turned acting and reappeared England. ac«Wanl*d by his w»fe and family and by W. llium Warren, his second ««»■»• _. SeptVmborl he reappeared at Booths The atre, New-Yerk. as Rip Van Winkle. November 1 he appeared at the Prine^s's Theatre, in London, as Rip \ an Winkle, and >> acted there, in the same character, until Aprs. 29, 187 G. ts~7— At Easter he again appeared at the Princess 3 lb " TnVaire as Rip Van Winkle, and he acted there "Mid.'SeThe went to the Baymarkwt Thea tre London, and played a short engagement, under the manasement of John 3 «JlarK*, appearing as Mr. <;o!iKhtly and Hugh de Brasrf, In the torcfes of "1 ■•■ Me Five Shillings" and "V Regular Fix." He had, a little earlier, acted Mr GollghUy. for the bencSt of the eminent Er."! ; sh comedian. Henry Oompton <Mackenzte>. He successfully defended himself In a law suit Drought by F. B. Chatterton manager of the Princess's Theatre, for alleged breach of con tract, in closing his. engagement at the Prln re-s's Theatre, and goln/" to the Haymarket. His engagement was fcr "the regular season. and the court sustained his contention that tne regular season had come to an end when he closed his engagement. October 17, he arrived in New- York, from Eng- October 23, he reappeared in New-York, acting at Booth's Theatre, under the management of Augustin Daly, and -'u-ed Rip Van Winkle. IS7B— He revisited California, «nd he was received with "reat favor. * December f< 16. he acted at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New- York, as Rip Van Winkle, filling an engagement under the management of Messrs Daniel H. Harklns and Stephen Fl.-^ke. USD— September 13, at the Arch Street Theatre. Philadelphia, he produced Sheridan s comedy of "The Rivals." and he made a brilliant hit as For several ensuing seasons he continued to play with great prosperity. Acres and Rip Van Winkle, sometimes varying his programme wt.n Dr. Panglosa Dr. OUap I, Caleb Mummer, Mr. Gollshtly and Hugh de Brass. .001 "The Jeffersons,"— memoirs of the Jefferson family of actors.— bj William Winter, was pub lished. This book has since been revised and augmented under the title of "The Life and Aft of Joseph Jefferson." ISS»-He bought an estate at Buxzard'3 Bay. Mass.. and built a house, which he called Crow Nest. 188ft.*9O_H!s autobiography was published In "The Century Magazine." In IS9O It was published In a large and handsome book, with numerous Illustrations, by the Century Company. IStl— April 1 Crow's Nest was burned down, but In the next year it was rebuilt. ;_■ ,'.__, IS9°— *prll 17 he appeared at Yale university, making his first essay as a lecturer, and de livered an address, on "The Art of Acting.* That address, with various modifications, ha has many times delivered since that nl^ht. In the same year he received from Yale uni versity the degree of M. A. lSf?_Mirch 1 he delivered his discourse on Acting. at : Carnegie Music Hall. New-York, for the benefit of the Kindergarten Association. June 9. he was one of the pallbearers at Edwin Booth's funeral. He was elected president of the Players. New- York, succeeding Edwin Booth. 1894 "The I. if. and Art of Joseph Jefferson, by William Winter, was published by Messrs. Mac mlllan. 1805— Jefferson received th.> degree of M. A.. Slra pllciter from Harvard University. Ho acted at the Garden Theatre. New- York. from October U till November 9, presenting Caleb Plummer. Mr. Gollshtly. and Rip Van Winkle. _ November 8, at the Garden Theatre. New- York a public presentation was made to him. of a Loving Cup, given by the actors of the American stage. 1806— He published the play of "Rip Aan Winkle,' with a. preface and pictures. April 4. he was the recipient of a banquet at the Ijotos nub. New- York. He organised i star company for the pro duction of "The Rivals." May 7 he appeared, with his "star company." at the American Theatre. New-York, presenting "The Rivals." cast as follows: Sir Anthony Ab solute. William H. Crane; Captain Absolute. Robert Taher; Falkland. Joseph Holland; Acres, Joseph 1 •;'! raon; Sir Lucius O'TriKger. Nat C, Goodwin; Fag. E. M. Holland: David. Fran cis Wilson: Mrs. Malaprop. Mrs. John Drew: Lydia Languish. Julia Marlowe; Lucy. Fanny Kie» May 30, he enaea the season with two per formances of "The Rivals." morning and even ing, with the above cast, at th* Fifth Avenue Theatre, New-York. - April 20. a sapper in honor of Jefferson was given at the Union League Club. New- York. March 29. a festival In honor of Jefferson oc curred at the Aldlne Club, New-York. March 31. Jefferson was entertained at <» banquet by the Colonial Club. New- York. May 2. "Jefferson delivered his address ot» acting, at the Century Club, New-York. October 10, he appeared at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New- York, as Acres. October SB, he was taken ill and was obliged to disappoint an audience, for the first time In nta life. He had promised to deliver an address in Philadelphia, returning to New- York to play v" n October 27 he visited William Winter, at Staten Island, and delivered an address at the Staten Island Academy, for the benefit of th-3 . Arthur Winter Memorial Library. November '■'. he played Acre*, and this was i!?.- last performance of the New- York season. November A. he was again taken 111 and could not uvp< "•!'. The K!f<h Avenue Theatre ■as closed. "Rip Van Winkle," which had been announced for November 7. was announced for November 14. November 14. hi«« Illness continued, and the Fifth Avenue Theatre was closed till November a. End, therefore, of Jefferson's New-York engagement. Twenty-five performaa««a of "Th* Rivals" were i;iven between October 10 and November '■'•■ Jefferson resided during this engagement, fust it the Flf.h Avenue Hotel. and then at il>»? Holland House. Novt mber 30. be left New-York for Old Point Comfort. Va., arriving there on December 3. The professional engagements that he had made for th- rest of the season, till Easter. ls'JO. vwre fulfilled by his sons. Charles, Joseph and William. IMS— March *• His sister. Cornelia. Mrs. Jacks**, died in New -York, aged sixty-four. A-inl S Easter Monday Jef?irs>-.i resumed acting, reappearing at the theatre In Jackson ville Flu., as Kip Van Winkle, April W. i!o acted tit the N<aw National Thea tre. Washington. ,'"L. \prii 17. He made his re-entrance hi New- York at the Harlem Opera House, as Hip Van Winkle .ml wan received with acclimation. April 13. He acted Acres. Repented th.it per furmance on the 21st. On other olgr>ta of th. week he ncUd Rip. Closed the enjjagomont, * April 21- He appeared In Philadelphia, and ha acted ihero f->r one week. May I- He appeared .i' the Mont&uk Then;te. Brooklyn, and acted there for ore week— May '. to I-, inclusive. I May VS. He clos.d his season, at Rochester. I N. V.. and retired ti> Buxxord'a Ba* toe the 1 summer. . ; . Jure \% He was n pnllhenrer at the funeral of Ml£U*tta D ; ' l V- :l * the Cathedral o* St. PatiicU. ■ Nt-w-Yoik. Octoiwr '-. He besan hla dramatic <ea»'in. at fXiwegO, N. V.. a* Aer«-s. »n "The Kiv;»H." Sub- M-t|>if rttiy iicte I \i\ Syruci'se, Utlca. Albany. Worccrtir. arid Hartford. nct.»l.or (J.( J. Aft«rni»on, He address! tho Phi Beta Kappn. «>f Ynle. at the Art School. NVw- Haven, on Acting lid the tienh:^ of Jih.i!;-' •L.tuiv. tn th«- evening he appeared- at th^ I»y ( ,.ri'>i> rfcentre, as Uln Van WlnKle. ilis ■.e;fus closed on November & In St. Lou lay t'xnt-\iril !»». lie appeared at tba t'iftv Av«mte Theatre, N*w-Y'irk. and net»d there i*il Mai i October I. i-Vs-u fall acas<>n at Northampton. SX.TJS.. Kr.il closed. Ncvrr-.^-r ?<, %• tfto Cofe~-v Theatre. Umoklvn. ■■Bill ÜBS 1301— April 8. Appeared at J!ol>:>. "oe^'nalna' ts spring season. April a. Appeared .it th«. Ilarlem 0 ... Ifouie. as \ \ •> . "^^ ■» Mirc'u n. -Jes^n season, at llr.hi'e April 2S. App*r.r«l at th..- Hariem Oncii House. New-Vark. November It- -Vct<?'« in the Jlor.*.u;k Thea> -» X9o9>April» Acred at tb» llaxlern Onera Ho-. Hritlinnt rn?:iir«rn»r,r. "Josynn cloai.) ili-ic R^Dt^mher iv '.Van welcomed v.i:^. Tthjij-. ■ ti<- favor In f'hfs<'). N.A-s-rrih.-r 1«. Hf.r.orMl lr> \Ya4hln7ton Dr«r«tnb«r. W«.»H to Pabn J:«-aoh. Kla' 1904— April. Began Beason at Mseoa. r,^ Sentember. H<- was taken ill. and his rrof*, ed tour for the aiit'.LTin of tSOU'VS wan eahce!l»^' tif remained fct a. while at V>:zz.irn .< u^v •Utme to New-Tork. for f hrtef stny arjd tn.^ went to Washington, and later :•> palm Btarh,' Jr.«>«>r»b J»ffe' - « I »'n's l.T u t wp'M'aranp* en any 3tiir was made at Paterson. N. J.. as Caleb Pl'immer in "T:**- Cr'cke. *>n the ii""irth." and <>,■ llifhtiy. in "Lend Me Five SMUlrurs ." on iff,- t 1901. Xi» dr-jraotic career, according!-.-. <mvem a !>ertod of E"vcnty-one yesrjn. It t\-.\ •» been 3 blnstns to the world and it was Utttarriotm in the last. .v w TRIBUTE OF A FRIEND. [The following poetic tribute to Joseph Jp*r«Tsen was written at sea. aboird the steamship JTew- York, on October 17. ISt'a, and It was read at 1 festival in honor of the great cotnetitaai »t tha Garden Thtatre. New- York, November S. .vjfc} The »ong» that should greet him are songs of t>.« mountain — % " No sigh of the pine-tree that murmur* aa-1 gr(eve3 * ■- But th- music of streams rusr.in,? iwlft from their ' fountain. And the soft gale of sprir.g through the »un spar.gled leaves. 2. In the depth of the fort3t it woke from Its slum bers — His genius that holds ev'ry h»art In 1:3 thrall! Beside the bright torrent h»> learned his flrsi num bers — The thrush's sweet cadence, the meadow-lark's call. 3. O'er his cradle kind Nature— that Mother ae chant^d Of Beaut and Art-»east her mr.ntl» of gn-e; In his eyes lit her passion, and -l^fply implanted In his heart ncr strong love of the wh-.le human rac». i. XJke the rainbow that pierces the clouds when they darken. He came. ev'ry sorrow and care to tesrul!*: He spoke.— and th* busy thrnn? halted to h.irken; He smiled.— and the world answered back w::h a smile. Like the sunburst of Apri!, with mist drifting after. When in shy. woodland p'a^es th<* d.i!«y uprears. He blessed tv'ry spirit with innoetrt lau,{h:er.— The more precious because it was mingled witl tear?. s Like the rose by the wayside, so simple and tervfier. His art was. — to win us because he was tree: We thought not of greatness, or wisdom, or spies dor— * \ 1 We loved him. and that was the whole .lit vs knew! 7 He would been the glad voice of the summer leaves shaken By the gay wind of morning that sports through the trees! Ah how shall we bid that wild music awaken. And thrill to his heart, with such accents v these? 8. How utter • Th-- I How ; r The Prinze or I Ah, vain are all words! Cut. as long? as- Urea river Through sunshine and shadow roli3 down to tis sea; "While the waves dash in music forever ar.r! ever; While clouds drift in glory, an.l sea-birds ara free; TO. 60 long shall the light and the bloom a- ti» gladness Of Nature's great heart his oMalnment proclatsi. And its one tender thought of bereavement and sadness Be the sunset of time over Jefferson's fame. MR. JEFFERSON'S BIRTHPLACE. The tablet that marks the house in which Joseph Jefferson was born,— at the aoufawest corr.er cf Spruce and €th sts.. Phiiadelphia,— wa3 placed there by Dr. A. W. "vYhelpley. of Cincinnati; M:. Frnncls Wilson, ths comedian, and Rev. De Witt Miller. The house has recently beea offered for sale. DEAD ACTOR MOUFXED. Grief at Lambs and Players at Loss of Jefferson. Joseph Jefferson was president of the Players, In this city, and the news el his death was received last night with many expressions of regret and surprise, notwithstanding the unfavorable ne»3 that had been coming from his bedside. Tna at. nual ladies' night of the Players has beea can celled because of Jefferson's death. Ever since tha founding of the club. In ISSS, their ladies" night en Shakespeare's birthday has been a club flxtur*. Elaborate preparations had been made for its üb servance to-day, and o%'er 1,500 invitations had beea sent out. At the Lambs when the nsws o* Mr. Jefferson's death was received, a notice wad posted of the loss of their honorary member. Glen McDonough, who married a granddaughter of Mr. Jeferson, said at his house. No. 1,138 iladi son-ave.. last night that he aupposeil the body would be brought to this city, that services wouli be held at the Church of the Transtisuration. and that th« burial would be in Ph:Udtl»hia- Mr. Jefferson was the owner of a plot in Cypress Hills Cemetery. where his first wife, his son Peter as! a sister, Cornel are buried. From one end of the Kiaito to the other many expressed sorrow at the death oi Joseph. Jiffersoa yesterday. "This last winter was a most happy one for dear old Joe." said a New-Yorker who spent the winter at Palm Beach, "He went to Florida late In December and opened one of the comfortable hotel cottages fronting on the Atlantic, and within a stone's throw of the bench. For the tlrsi few weeks he was confined to his room from the fatisrue of the trip south. He was tenderly cared fjr by Mrs. Jefferson and his youngest son, Frank. Early in January he began to move about in his whiel chair, and before the end of the month he was trolling for blue fish in Lake Worth la one of b^ electric launches. "\Vh»-n his birthday came his friends w:ir.ted *' give him the usual etaSorate dinner at one of tha hotels. Mr. Jefferson's pbvslcian said that tha excitement would b»> too much for him. He spent most of the day opening telejrrama ar.il lockivg over the b*-:iutifu! presents which poured ia (ton vav; ous sources, "For several years ho had taken an active part in the life of Palm Beach*, but thi* year he mad* only one speech. This was at an afternoon m?et!"S of th- Fortnightly I'lub. held at the Rjrfghbortes cottage of Mrs. Eugene it O'Neill, of PUtsburs. He told several funny stories. r>-c:te>3 a short, hunio- poem, and wound up with the prophecy that he wou'.d live to rca!:e his seaual spreca a' mauy more Kortnishtly meetings. ••About the m|d:dle of March he decided that t* was str.->r.K enough to k>> to bfci ftshing cottSs* * l Hobe S.>und. The trip coufd be Biacte in eamft«t in five or hours on h-s torse electric Uiunoh. and for several weeks h<- went up «ac*» Monday morning, retunung Saturday ei'eotßg. Fi^&lng at Hobe Sound was very good thja year, and the old actO? ma.!o «ome marvellous cat-hes JSrtnA^aJ ?£.«?££ m&MBsB «his trio thac be took th- severe coll W......1 s«— him back to Fatrn Hca.h. , mxi i«. the lit ■ \>. of hi trie woiks and a number of buaiE«*a 0.0-^9. T. JEFFERSON CANCE'-S ENGAGEMENT. IBT TWXORA*n TO TUB TKIBtSE.I _. Boston. A V ri! a^ThoxnVs Jefferson I^Sg«!g his engagement at the Btwtoa -. ■ •<"■» -- 1 ** > ath< .- Van Winkle." owing to the f^^^l^iTto TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS. ■T. 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