Arizona republican., 1899-02-17
President of France Stricken
 With AppOpleXy.
WAS ONLY ILL THREE HOURS
His Family and Prime Minister DupuY at His Bedside When inc End Came-FirSt President of France 10 Come From inc Bour- aeOise-AH Prominent o ffiCiaIs of Republic Quickly Summoned.

Paris, Feb. 16.-M. Felix Faure, pres
 ident of the republic of France, died al
 10 o'clock tonight after an illness of
 three hours. Apoplexy was the cause
 Of death.
 About 6 o'clock M. Faure, who was
 tben in his study, went to the door oi the room of M LeGall, his private sec retary, which is contiguous to the study, and said: ''I do not feel we'll. Come in" M LeGall immediately went to the presidents aid. He led him to ! sofa and called General Bailloud, gen. eral secretary Of the presidents house. hold: M. Blondett, under private sec retary, and pr. lIunlbert, who hap rcned to be at the Elysee attending a relative
 The presidents condition did not ap- pear dangerous, but DT. Humbert on perceiving that he was rapidly grow ing worse telephoned to Dr. Lame and Dr. Sheurlet, who arrived with M Dupuy, and were joined by Dr. Der gerey
 Though M. Faure still remained con scious, the doctors soon recognized the case as hopeless, but it was not until nearly o'clock that the members of the family were informed of the real state of affairs. They then came to the sofa where the p-e-ident lay. Soon after he began to' lose consciousness and despite all efforts expired at 10 o'clock in the presence of the family and NJ Dupuy.
 NJ Dupuy communicated the sad intelligence to NJ. LoTbet, president of the senate; M. Paul Des:hanel, presi- dent of the chamber of deputies, mem bers of the cabinet and other high functionaries, after which he addressed the following dispatch to all prefects and sub-prefects in France:
 "I have the sad task to announce to you the death of the president, which occurred at 10 o'clock this evening, as the result of an apCplectic stroke. Take necessary measures to inform the population immediately of cur mourn ing and what has fallen upon the re- public. The government depends upon your active vigilance at this painful junction"
 It has been known for some time that Faure's heart was weak but theirst in timation that he was sick was given at half past six this evening, when message was dispatched to Premier M. Dupuy announcing that the president T To1T paired to the Flysee.
 Following the presidents death the flag on the Elysee was imnedi- ately lowered to half mast and the news was dispatched to all officers and members of the cabinet. General Eur linden, military governor of Paris, the grand chancellor of the Legion Of Honor, the prefect of the Seine. the prefect of the police of Paris, and the presidents of the senate and chamber Of deputies promptly arrived at the Elysee.
 It was not until II o'clock that the news began to become known to the general public and the press. From this time began a continuous arrival
 
 were issued and only members of the cabinet were admitted to the Elysee.
 M. Felix Faure was the first prcsi- dent of France to come from the bourgeoise or what is called in Amer ica the common people, his father hay ing been tanner and in his youth, Faure, like the great military chiefta3n, Grant, worked as a tanners boy in his fath- CTS establishment. Since his eleva- ticn to the chief magistracy of France, Faure exhibited with much pride pie tUre of himself wearing the cap and apron of an apprentice.
 Felix Faure was born in Paris Janu- ary 30, 1S41, but spent his early life at Havle, where his father was in bUsi- ness. The young man early estab- | Iished himself in the shipping busi- i ness and his first position of pU5lc i prominence was the post of president | of the chamber of commerce of Havce. During the Franco-German war he was member of the famous Garde | Mobile which crushed the commune | His first political office was as member | or the Chamber of Deputies from | Havre, to which be was elected in 1881 | Later he was in the ministry of com mcrce under Gambetta and Jules Ferry, and when M Dupuy became l prime minister under President Sadie l Carnot, Faure was assigned the cabinet roSt of Minister of Marine. He was elected president of France January IT, | 1895, succeeding M Cassimer-Perier,