Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-17

| day Otherwise the president worked as
| usual and read the official documents and
| dispatches, with the newspapers. as was
| his custom. in order TO prepare himself to
| preside at the council which assembled at
| 9 am
| The Presidents Last Hours.
| NJ. Faure presided with his usual ability,
and on their taking leave the ministers
| could not have imagined that they were
| pressing his hand for the last time. He
| took his luncheon as usual at noon.
turned to his study at 2, and spent the
| afternoon seated in a favorite armchair by
the fire, conyersing with NJ. lie Gall, who,
about ! o'clock, asked permission to de-
| part. At q NJ. LIE Gall returned, immedi-
| diately reporting himself to the president.
| who was then signing DEGREES presented by
| General Bailloud, according to his daily
| custom. The work of signing was then
about over and soon ended. General Bail
! loud had gone but few minutes, when
| the president called NJ. LIE Gall, saying:
| Come quickly feel H.
! When NJ. lie Gall reached him the presi-
| Il do not feel we'll" NJ. lie Gall asked
! where he felt pain, and the president re-
| piled: Il feel general weakness l am
| fainting." DR.. Humbert, on arriving, gave
| ether inhalation He did not consider the
| case serious, but on finding that his patient
! did not revive, he decided to Inject caffeine.
I The president was apparently aware of the
| seriousness of the attack, for he murmured:
!
| perdu'' Il feel my senses failing me. l am
| gone, all gone, and he expressed a desire
| to see his wife and children.
Last Words of the President.
| When Madame Faure and Madame Lucie
| Faure entered the room, the president ex-
| claimed: "Je suis bien soufrant, je suis
| perdu." q am suffering greatly. 1 am lost)
| At o'clock when the doctor had ac-
quainted NJ. LIE Gall with his worst fears,
I
| nounced his intention to come to the Ely
see, but, on NJ. lie Gail observing that his
presence might needlessly alarm Madame
| Faure, who was not aware of the gravity
| of the situation, the premier said he would
| remain at the ministry of the INTERIOR in
| readiness to come at any moment At the
same time he summoned the members of
| the cabinet.
Meanwhile NJ Faure remained on the
| sofa, repeating that he had no illusions
| to the issue of the seizure. His wife came
to him and he bade her an affectionate
! farewell. 1t was a touching scene. He
| thanked her for the affection and devotion
| she had constantly shown him, and then
| he babe farewell to his daughters, the doc
| tors, and his personal attendants, thanking
all for their care and devotion, and asking
| them to pardon any hasty words he might
| ever have uttered.
| NJ. Faure lost consciousness about $50
| o'clock a few minutes before he died. On
the reiterated requests of Nine. Faure and
| Nine. Lucie Commandment Moreau went for
| a priest. He met an able in the street and
begged him to come to the Elysee. The
| priest readily complied, and administered
the sacrament.
Literally Died I'm Harness.
| NJ. Faures body has not been removed
| from the study where he signed SO many
! decrees and laws Thus it may be said he
| literally died in the harness. In the little
| room known to all who ever received an
! audience with him, furnished and decorated
, in the style of Louis XVI, he now sleeps
/ his last sleep on brass bedstead, in the
| circular end of the ROOM facing the win
| dow.
His countenance is as serene as if in
! slumber. He is dressed in a white shirt
and his hands are crossed over his breast
On each side of the bed sits nun. Mes
DANES LIE Gall and Blondel and the officers
of the military household are in attendance
| On a chair to the right of the bed are the
| hat and gloves he wore last
Very painful 1t to witness the dis
I tress of Mime Faure and the children.
| only with the greatest difficulty could she
! be induced to leave the death chamber
and even then she insisted on remaining in
Nj. LIE Calls room, apart from the chill
dren, IN order to give free vent 10 her
grief.
Nine. Lucie Faure Berge, the other
| daughter. and M. Berge are in the secre-
| tary generals bureau.
oHSAuh sent Out.
| NJ. Dupuy communicated the sad intelli-
gence to NJ Loubet, president of the sem
ate; NJ. Paul Deschanel, president of the
| chamber of deputies; the members of the
| cabinet and other high functionaries, after
| which he addressed the following dispatch
| TO all projects and subprefects in France:
| Il 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 apoplectic stroke Kindly take the nee
essary measures to inform the population
| Immediately of the mourning that has fall
| en- upon the republic. The government
| counts upon your active vigilance at this
painful juncture.''
M. Dupuy has requested all projects and
subprefects not to leave their posts and
! directed all those who are absent to return
| Immediately.
1t was not until IL o'clock that the news
began to become known to the general pub
| lie in Paris. From that time began a con-
! tinuous arrival of public men. Strict or
| ders, however were issued, and only mem
bers of the cabinet were admitted to the
Elysee.
Emotion Displayed by the People.
Until late hour the crowds remained In
| front of the Elysee. On the boulevards the
greatest emotion was displayed All street