Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-18

that of any of its connecting or leased l lines within the commonwealth, such com mittee to have power to compel the att | tendance of witnesses and to secure the production of such papers and documents
 as may be necessary to properly conduct such examination.
 JULES FERRY DEAD.
 France Loses one of Her Most Dis- tinguished Statesmen - Interesting Events in His Career-Story of the Last Hours Paris Deeply Affected. PARIS, March 17.-Jules Francois Ca mille Ferry, the celebrated French states man, ia dead, He was born April 5, 1882
 He was one of the active opponents of the empire, and was one of the convicted in the famous political trial of the "Thir- teen" in 1884. In 1869 he was elected to the corps legislstif from the Sixth con- scrlption of the Seine. He took his seat among the members of the left. He voted against the declaration of war with Prus- sis, and st the revolution of September, 1870, he was proclaimed member of the government of the national defence. When the communal insurrection broke out in October, 1870, Ferry risked his life to sup press it. He also displayed great courage and energy in resisting the insurgents of January g, 1871. When elected repre- sentative of the Department of the Visges in February, 1871, he resigned ae member of the government of the defence and also admin istrator of the department of the Seine, al- &os, b. Iokk ionally until March IS of that year. After the second seige and the entry of the troops into Paris NJ. Thiers nominated Ferry prefect of the Seine, but owing to powerful hostile criticism Ferry resigned ten days later. Subsequently 1t was re- ported that M. Ferry would be sent ss min ister to Washington, but the appointment was never officially announced, and he was sent as minister to Athens. He resigned that appointment after one year. After the resignation of Marshal MacMahon as president in 1879 M. Ferry was appointed by President Grevy minister of instruction and fine arts. His education bill prohibit ing members of unauthorized religious communities, meaning especially the Jesu- its, from teaching or managing schools, caused much controversy. Although the bill was twice defeated In the senate, the prescription of the Jesuits was proclaimed and their expulsion carried out. Three members of the ministry, however, resign ed, and after some delay M. Ferry formed cabinet, On November 10, 1881, the cabinet resigned on account of attacks made upon the policy of the ministry in regard to the expedition to Tunis. In 1883 M. Ferry was again called upon to form cabinet, and he started upon @ policy of colonial expansion proving very costly to France. This colonial policy re- suited in his overthrow in 1884. In 1887 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the republic and in Decem- Der of the same year he narrowly escaped assassination by a madman named Auber- tin. In December, 1890, M. Ferry was scandal, which broke down so many public men, caused many to turn their eyes again toward M. Ferry, who was unsmirched by the developments, and upon the retirement of N. Leroyer from the presidency of the senate last month, N. Ferry was elected president on February 24.
 NJ. Ferry's death was due to heart dis ease. The last two weeks M. Ferry had | complained of difficulty in breathing. He gasping and choking. His sleep was much broken and his general health suffered in | consequence. He showed an unusual lack | of energy. His wife almost forced him to drive for little time every pleasant morn | ing and evening. In the last few days he | seemed to recover somewhat his former energy and spirits, although h's difficulty in breathing was increasing. He went to
 bed last night at 10 o'clock. He awoke al
 midnight in chill. He fell asleep again,
 but rested uneasily, finally awaking in
 another chill, more severe than the first
 His wife sent for the doctor at once. He
 gave M. Ferry injections of morphii
 and ether. He slso applied cup
 ping glasses. This treatment wal
 continue until 5 o'clock, when M. Ferry felt relieved and sank into @ sound sleep
 He slept until o'clock. Other physicianl
 were then summoned for consultation
 M. Ferry wished to get up, and was allow ed to do 80. He was partly dressed ant
 was helped to his study arm chair. He re
 mained in it an hour, in condition of ex
 treme prostratlon. At 10:3O he begsl
 struggling for breath, and sprang from hi : chair, calling for air, and complaining } that he was suffocating. This rally wa , followed by sinking turn. N. Ferry h
 in his chair with his eyes closed, too wea to speak Shortly after noon he agsi called repeatedly for air, and walked rapid 8 ly up and down the room. This was fo . lowed by another sinking turn. Thes
 alternations of rallying and sinking COT 5 | dnued until o'clock when he raised nm s self in his seat, looked at his wife fxedl, 1. exclaimed "save me-" and fell back e' - hausted. His struggle for breath ocean r agonizing and the physicians pjected mo
 phia to relieve him. After 0 few unil t telligible words he fell into state of con F. which ended in death. He died in Il y arm chair in which for years he had doI | all his writing and reading.
 :, All the members of his family and Nm }. Flouquet were beside him to the last. H e last minutes apparently were psinles IT The news of M. Ferry's death astound' e the city. No other event since Gsmbetts d death has made such a deep impressio J. Only three evenings ago he was at the Q d era and yesterday he presided over Il ts senate.
 ,e Last week N. Ferry resigned the pre- a. depcy of the Estafette newspaper and t
 presidency of the National Republican ( '. socIation that be might devote himself c ,e tirely to his duties in the senate. ,e general feeling is that although his els
 tion to the presidency of the senate contrary to the wishes of M. Carnot al oi M. Ribot, his death Is a serious loss to or government.
 'n COLLEGE ATHLETICS.