The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18


energy aud spirits, although the difficulty
In breathing was increasing. Last evening
he went to bed at 10 o'clock. Before mid
night he aw0ke with a chill, which was sue
ceeded later by one more severe. The doc
tor arrived at l o'clock, and after treatment
Ferry felt relieved and fell into sound
sleep. He was partly dressed at 80 o'clock,
and Nine. Ferry helped him TO an armchair,
and for an hour lie was in condition OF
such extreme Dr0stration that he could talk
but little. At 10 80 o'clock he began strug-
Cling for breath. Then there was q sudden
rally. followed by another sinking turn, and
these alterations of rallying and sinking
continued until o'clock. when he raised
himself in his seat looked at his wife
ixedly, exclaimed "Save me-" and fell back
exhausted. His struggle for breath became
agoniZng, and the physicians injected nor
phine to relieve him. After a few uninel-
ligible words he fell into a state of coma.
which ended in his death. BE died In the
armchair in which for years he did all of
his writing and reading. All of the men,
bers of his family and Nine. FloQuet were
beside him to The iasr.
The news Of Ferry's death astounded the
city, as no death since Gambetta's has made
such an impression. Hundreds of poll
ricians called at the house during the even
ing and inscribed their names in the yis-
itors' book. The general feeling is that.
although Ferry's election to the presidency
Of the Senate was Ontrary TO the wishes Of
Carnot and Ribot his death was serious
loss to the Government AS yet the names
Of possible successors to the presidency of
the Senate are hardly mentioned.
Jules Francois Camille Ferry was born at
Saint Die, ia the Vosges, on April 3, 1882,
and studied law IN Paris where he was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1854 He Joined the
group of young lawyers who aided the Depu-
ties in maintaining constant opposition to
the empire, and he vas one of those con-
demned in the famous trial of the thirteen"
in 1864 He also became connected with
journalism. and published in 1868 a PAM
phlet entitled La Lutte Electorate" in
which be exposed the methods SO persist
emily practiced under the empire of elect
Ing official candidates. He Joined the staff
Of LIE Temps in 1866 and won new renown
for himself by contributing to that journal
series of articles on current politics.
as well as by the terrible analysis
which he bestowed upon the accounts
of Baron Haussmann, Prefect of the
Seine, who was then occupied in re-
building Paris, and who, consequently,
handled very large sums OF money.
These latter articles were republished in
book form under the title of "Comptes Fan
tastques d'Haussmann," He had preyi-
ously, IN 1868, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to secure his election to the Corps
Legislstif; but in 1869 he was better known
and lie was elected on a second scrutiny, by
10, 729 votes, from the sixth circonscrption
~, h.
the members of the Left. He was mem ber
Of several important commissions including
that which was appointed to consider the
extra ordinary budget of the city of Paris
Among the propositions submitted by him
TO the Chamber was the one relating to the
election of the Municipal Council of Paris.
and another for abolishing the jurisdiction
of the High Court of Justice. which had
just acquitted Prince Pierre Bonaparte.
He was one of the Deputies of the Left who
demanded the dissolution of the Corps
Legislatif on the ground that il no longer
represented the majority in the country
On the occasion of that demand he engaged
in a heated discussion with Emile Olivier.
in which he repr0ached the latter with
having dishonored his fathers name and
for having brought discredt on republican
fidelity. FOreseeing that the war with
Prussia would be disastrous he, with his
colleagues Of the Left, voted against
the fatal declaration. At the revolution
OF September 4, 1870. he and the other
Paris Deputies were proclaimed members
of the Government of the National Defense.
located at the Hotel de Vile. On the 9th
he was appointed Secretary to the Govern
ment, and on the 9th he was charged with
the administration of the Department of
the Seine. When the communal insurrec.
tion OF October 81, 1870, occurred he risked
his life to suppress 1t. Subsequently he was
delegated to the Central Mayoralty of Paris.
after the resignation Of Nj. Arago, on No.
vember Is, 1870. In this capacity he pre-
sided over the Assembly of Mayors, which.
on January IS. 1871, decided on the distribu
ton of ratons Of bread, and two days later
he issued decree authorizing a search to
be made for articles of food in the houses
Of absent persons. On January % he was
a second time called upon to resist a body
Of insurgents. who, enraged at the defeat of
the French armies in the sOrtie on Montre-
teut and Bugival, attacked the Hotel de
Vile, with the intention OF overthrowlng the
Government Of the National Defense. This
was the closing episode of the siege, for
Paris captulated four days later. at the
election OF February s. 1871, he was elected
one of the representatives of the Depart
ment of the Vosges, and thereupon he
resigned his functions as member Of the
Government of the Defense and admins.
TRAITOR of the Department of the Seine,
although he retained the latter office pro.
yislonally until the 18Th of March. After
the second siage and the entry of the
troops into Paris. NJ. Thiers nomin ated him
Brafpef pf rho Saina Mau hut fba
pointment gave rise 10 so much hostile
criticism that Nj. Ferry resigned after ten