The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

about o'clock, asked permission to de-
part. At o'clock NJ. Legal returned inn
mediately reporting himself to the presi-
dent, Who was then signing DEGREES pre-
sented by General Bailloud, according to his
daily custom The work of signing was then
about over, and soon ended.
General Bailloud had gone, but few min
utes when the president called M. Legal,
saying:
Come quickly; feel ill.,
When NJ. Legal reached him. the presi-
dent was rubbing his forehead and saying;
81 don't feel well.'
NJ. Legal asked where he felt pain and
the president repl ed:
ST feel a general weakness. 1 am faint
ing''
Was Aware of Death
Dr. Humbert, on arriving. gave ether in
halation. He did not consider the case Sc
rious, but on finding that his patient did
not revive, he decided to inject caffeine.
The president was apparently aware of the
seriousness of the attack, for he murmured:
1T feel my seses failing me. / am gone,
all gone" and he expressed desire to see
his wife and children.
When Madame Faure and Mile Faure en-
tered the room, the president exclaimed:
81 am suffering greatly; am lost"
At 5 o'clock when the doctor had ac-
quanted NJ. Legal with his worst fears,
the latter informed NJ. Dupuy, who an
nounced his intention to come to the Elysse,
but on NJ. Legal observing that his pres
ence 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 tine
he summoned the members of the cabinet.
Meanwhile M. Faure remained on the sofa,
repeating that he had no illusions as to the
issue of the seizure His wife came to MIN
and he bade her an affectionate farewell.
1t was a touching scene. He thanked her
for the affection and devotion she had con-
stantiy shown him, and then he bade fare
well to his daughters, the doctors and his
personal attendants, thanked all for their
care and devotion, and asked them to par
don any hasty words he might ever have
uttered.
Until a late hour the crowds remained
in front of the Glysse.
Greatest Emotion Displayed
On the bouevards the greatest emotion
was displayed. All street vendors ceased
their sales and hurried off to await the
special editions of the papers giving details.
Many of the papers are already out at
this hour q o'clock Friday morning. with
brief details of the death. Parsians heard
the news as they were leaving the places
of amusement, but were utterly increduious
at first, so sudden and unexpected was the
calamity. All the streets in the vicinity
of the f1lysse have been filled up for sew
eral hours with private carriages, whose
occunants await anxiously for further in
formation.
AT 2:2O an order was issued that no one
should be admitted to the palace.
M. Faure's body has not been removed
from the study where he signed SO many
DEGREES and laws. Thus 1t may be said ne
literally died in the harness In the nttie
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 a brass bedstead III the
circular end of the room facing the WINDOW.
His countenance is as serene as IL IN sluhi-
Der. He is dressed in white snlrt ana ms
hands are crossed over his breast On eacn
side of the bed sits a num- MesdameS Legal
and Blondel and the officers OF the mill
tary household are in attendance. On
cnair to the right of the bed are the nat ana
gloves he wore last. -,
Very painful it was to witness the ols-
tress of Nine. Faure and the children. only
with the greatest difficulty could she be in
dueed to leave the death chamber ana even
then she insisted on remaining IN M.
Legalps room, apart from the children, IN
order to give free vent to her grief. Nine.
Lucie Faure, Nine. Bergie, the olher
daughter, are the secretarys bureau.
Sixth President of France
Francois Felix Faure, sixth president OF
the Third Republic of France, was porn
January 20. 1S41, in Paris. and was the son
of a cabinet maker. When quite young he
married the daughter of M. Belluoit, an at
torney Almost Immediately afterward ne
settled at Havre as commission mer-
chant and he soon became leading ship
owner. During the Franco-Prussian war,
he was captain of the Mobiles of the Seine
Inferiuro, in which capacity he took part
in the skirmishes near Hayre, being raised
by Admiral Mouchey for the Legion OF
Honor. He greatly distinguished himselt
by the promptnesS with which at the heao
of volunteer firemen, organized by nlmseli,
he extinguished the conflagrations started
at Havre by the Communards. In doing
this he was slightly wounded by a shell.
During the war Gambetta sent him to
England to buy arms for the Franco
Tireurs and Mobiles.
In August 1851 he offered himself as a
republican candidate for parliament in the
Third district of Havre and was elected.
He was appointed under secretary of state
for the colonies in the Gambetta admins
tration formed in November of that year,
and held the same office in the ministries
of M Jules Ferry Q8Sy, M Brisson Q85D
and M. Tirard QSS7D In May, 1891, he be-
came minister of marine in M. Dupuy's
cabinet and was appointed vice-president
of the chamber of deputies a position to
which he was several times elected. Nat
urally, his business position made him an
authority on Shipping, commercial and
colonial questions and during these years
he compiled valuable work on the com
parative budgets of European states" On
the retirement of M. Cassimir, who re-
signed the presidency January 16, 1895, he
was chosen president by 430 votes as
against 361 given to Henri Brisson, the
election taking place January II, 1885,
All who came Elm contact with him have
described him as extremely winning in
character, as well as in appearance. His
presence was finer than that of any of his
predecessors in the presidency of the Third
Republic. Black eyebrows and moustache
contrasted with snowy, close-cut hair, his
features were finely shaped, the figure tall
and well knit, the eyes well set and serious.
In 1851 M Faure went to st. Petersburg to
return the visit of Emperor Nicholas and
while there the definite announcement of
the treaty of alliance between France and
Russia was made. He filled many public
Offices but in the midst of almost general
corruption, he passed unscathed.
Felix Faure, the dead president of the
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