Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-18
FERRY'S SUDDEN DEATH
Causes Surprise and Sorrow
 in France.
DEATH DUETo AU6ERTIN's BULLET

After Six Years the Madman's Victim Dies
 gers n Day and Expires in Great Agony
 His Romantic Career and His Place in the
 History of the French Republic.
 PARIS, March 1S.-The death of Jules Francois Ferry, the President of the French Senate, has caused intense surprise and heartfelt sorrow throughout not only the Republic of France and Europe, but also in the United States. Paris which has fol months often been on the verge of an erup tion is for the time silent. The Panama trials have ceased entirely to be the topic of discussion and the. newspapers, instead of containing scare head lines about M. BarbouX's plea for Charles de Lesseps, are filled with sketches of the life and work of the dead statesman.
 NJ. Ferry died at o'clock last night His death was caused by heart disease, due to the effect of a bullet striking rib near the base of the heart at the time he was attacked by Aubertin in 1887.
 He was seized with spasms early in the morning and despite every effort of the physicians who were hastily summoned, the convulsons continued to grow in Vio- lence. until at 6 o'clock when he expired in a terribly severe Spasm.
 For the last two weeks NJ. Ferry had complained of difficulty in breathing. He would start up in the night occasionally, gasping and choking. Several times he left the table and hurried to window to get fresh air His sleep was much broken, and his health suffered in conseqvence
 In the last few days he seemed to rccov- CT somewhat his former energy anl spirits. He went to bed at 10 o'clock and before midn ight awoke in a chill. He fell asleep again. but rested uneasily, finally awaken ing in another chilI' more severe than the first one. The doctor gave him injections of moIphia and ether, also apply lying cup ping glasses. This treatment was contin ued until ! o'clock. when Nj. Ferry felt relieved and sank into a sound sleep. Alterations of rallying and sinking con tinued through the day until o'clock, when he raised himself in his seat. looked at his wife txedly, and exclaimed, "Save mel" and fell nck exhausted His strug gle fer breath became agoniZinS and tnt physicians injected morphine to relieve | him. After a few unintelligible words he | fell into state of comma, which ended in | deuth.
 Jules Ferry, who had just been elected President of the French Senate, was born at Saint-Die, in the Vosges, on April 5 | 1S42, and became member of the bar il l Paris in 1851. He was prominent among the young lawyers who offered constant | opposition to Napoleon III, and was con, | denned at the famous trial of the thirteen | in 1864. In 1869 he was elected a member
 of the Corps Legislatif and was one of the | few me mbers who opposed declaring wal l against Prussia.
 1 NJ. Ferry risked his life in putting dowI the Commune insurrection of Oct. 3l, 1876 | and presided over the Assembly of Mayor, l who made the search for bread on Jan. IS l 1871. He was Minister of Public Instruc- | tion in Grevys Cabinet and introduced the
 famous bill to prohibit Jesuits from teach ing or managing schools. This bill wa.
 passed and upset the Ministry then il power. On Sep. l9, 1880, he was called l upon to form new Cabinet. His Ministr, | was soon overcome by the attacks upon tn, l Tunis exposition.
 In 1883 NJ. Ferry was again called upol
 to form Cabinet, and he started upon policy of colonial expansion which proved | very costly to France, and resulted in hi
 overthrow in 1884. In 1887 he was al l unsuccessful candidate for the Presidency | and in December of the same year he mar
 rowly escaped assassination by a madmal
 named Aubertin. In December, 1890, NJ Ferry was elected Senator.
 The Panama Canal scandal, which brok
 down so many public men, caused many {,
 turn their eyes again to M Ferry, who wa l unsmirched by the developments, and upol
 the retirement of Nj. Le Boyer from tn
 Presidency of tEe Senate last month, Nj
 Ferry was elected resident on Feb. 24