The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-03
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
GAmBETTA DEAD.
Death of the Great French
Statesman.

Deatn Oh Inc UreHG EEenCA
Statesman.
Paris, 1, a.m.-Gambetta died at an
early hour this morning, At O'Clock
Gam BETA had been much worse, and an
immediate crisis was feared. Lsuncelot,
who left Gambetta at O'Clock in the
evening, was recalled at 9 O'Clock, .
change for the worse having occurred.
Gam BETA passed 8 good night on Satur-
day, but be suffered from fatigue arising
from confinement 10 bed for go long q
time. The exterior Inflammation
showed q tendency to disappear, never
theless an operation was believed to be
necessary. Few even Of GanbettA in
Inmates expected his death. 1t was
known ct 2.S0 q. N. that he was dying.
He Wss surrounded by Departing triends,
and his state was helpless and hopeless.
Gambetta was quite conscious to the
last. The death agony lasted two hours,
lSpiller, EtienDe and Doctor Prensal were
present at he last moment. The physi-
clans who attended Gam beta stated that
death was due to py @mis, caused by
suppressed erysipelas. A clot of blood
formed in the heart and sufocate9 the
deceased. A plaster cast of the face
was taken this morning. There will be
an autopsy tomorrow. A state funeral
is expected TO be given. The death Of
GEmbetta crested an immense sensation
here. Groups gathered on the beule-
wards by O'Clock this morning, discuss-
ing it. It is reported he will be buried
at Nice, beside his mother. President
Grevy was uch affected by the news.
NJ. Gambetts died st his residence at
Vile Dsvrey, at midnight.
Gambetta left no political testament.
Ha made private will on Saturday.
Pspers reporting his death are selling in
every street, and crowds struggle to pro-
cure them. kilograms were cent to
President Grevy and other authorities
Immediately after the death. Gsmbetta
died in state Of unconsciousness, but in
the course Of the afternoon be exclaimed:
"Je, suis perdu, II est inuLile, de dissi-
muller, msis is Tant souffers qua lie ser1
une deliverance."
There is some idea of postponing Gam
5ette'S funeral uUtil the 10th inst. so the
Senate and Chamber of Deputies may
attend in body. 1t is estimated that
5000 persons visited Vile d. Avoy yes
terdsy. People were admitted in groups
OF FIVE or ten inso the hall where they
assembled to the small room where the
body was lying. The visitors included
ministers, sen8tors and other Functiona-
rias. The room ia poorly furnish d. The
body lies on small iron bsdsteed, COM
pletely covered by two sheets, except the
head which rests on two pillows. The
face is pale and hair gray. Gam BETA Ap-
pears fifteen years older than he really
was. His friends seemed utterly beside
themselves, some aged men weeping.
There were few flowers on the foot Of
the bed. otherwise there were no em Items
usual in France on such an occasion a
painter was seated at the foot Of the bed
Ske;ching the scene.
Other artists OF illustrated papers were
similarly occupid in the room. The
money Gam BETA leaves principally ac-
crued from his newspaper. a CORE
spondent who made the tour of Paris
streets to-day, says there was real con-
ster Hstion in the bourgeois and bidding
quarters. In artisan districts there WIS
stern Indifference among the groups Of
workmen, and one person was even ex-
claimed against for saying the republic
had suffered great loss.
President Grevy's new year reception
was attended By the presidents of the
senate and chamber Of deputies. Presi-
den: Grevy expressed earnest regret at
the death Of Gambetta.
For nearly twenty hours before Gam
BETA became unconscious he complained
that he was tortured with pain as if a
ball of red hot iron was inside him. He
recently became ssthmatic, therefore it
was not permissible to veniilate his
room properly. Several times during
his illness he spoke TO Bert, member Of
the Chamber Of Deputies, upon matters
weighing Cd his mind, alwsys briefly.
Rane and Spultnr were summoned t0shis
bedside for the purpose of receiving
communication, but the syncops pre-
ceding death begun when they arrived
The funeral will be conducted with high
civil rites The family are anxious that
the burial take place at Nice, but friends
advise thatit be OF Paris. In consequence
of the high fuEcIion3 the deceased filled,
the authorities have thought it expedieat
to place seals on his papers. None Of the
articles published so far reflect on the
political effect Of GRmbetta's death, but
confne themselves to deploriDg the loss
OF the statesman, who did not despair
after Sedan.
RepubLiQate FrGaeGiSe ststes, that at
6 o'clock Yesterday evening the doctors
present in the room with Gam BETA per-
eeived the abscess had burst internally.
At 1915 o'clock GAmbetta recovered
consciousness sufficiently to thank his
friends for their attentions, which he did
with calmne5q. His breathing then be-
came more difficult.
A stream of most notable republicans
is now passing through the chamber.
The face Of the deceased has already be.
come swollen and greatly changed.
In the afternoon man selling copies
of q newspaper. The Radical, contains a
scurrilous article concerning Gam BETA,
was seized by the crowd, his papers de-
stroyed and the police had great difficulty
in reseuing him from the excited popu
lace.
The opportunist party appears stunned
by the death Of Gam beta.
Washington, /. - The Secretary Of
State received the following from Minis
ter Morton: "Paria, 1.-The death Of
Gambetts caused profousd sensation
in France. In his death the government
and people of the United States lest
devoted friend whose great admiration
for our country and its institutions were
expressed on al occasions. dis death is
to members Of this legation great loss
sna personal soTrow."