The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-18
WA
.LOUBET WILL
SUCCEED FAURE
Now President Of Senate and The
Favorable Candidate.
FAURE'S T.: LIES IN STATE
In the So : des Fetes, a Thea
ter o.5It by CarnOt.
GAY COL0RS GIVE WAY TO c.-ck
A State Ball to Have Been C..ve1
There Next Thursday. 4
A State Ball to Have Been C..ye1
There Next Thursday. 4
AN HUMBLE PRISON CHAPLAIN
Hurriedly Called From Street Adn,inis-
tered Absolution Extremis to Dead
Executive - Loubet Will Draw
Regard ofEuropean Soverigns ii

Paris, February T.-Everything is very
quiet in Paris tonight. There is no danger
of coup detat. The favorite candidate
for the presidency is M Emile Loubet, now
president of the senate. Still the ministers
whom saw today think that Faure's death
is misfortune at the present juncture and
this is the conventional talk. They had all
looked forward to his having soon to re-
sign, and they spoke today OF the possible
effect of his death on the courts of Europa
If M. Loubet be elected, European sover-
eigns would soon transfer to him their
friendly regards. He is good. unaffected,
level headed man, of honest, open life and
far more intellectual culture than poor
Faure. He is an advocate and practised at
the Montilemar bar in the department Of
Drome. Montilemar is his native town. AS
a precaution against coup d'etat, or any
attempts of the sort, the troops have been
ordered to keep within barracks within all
the garrisons
NJ. Faure's body, now embalmed, is lying
in state In the Sale des Fetes of the theatre
built by President Carnot for concerts and
dramatic entertainments. The corpse Is on
an inclined plane, the head being eighteen
inches higher than the feet. NJ. Faure's
face was greatly convulsed during the em-
balming process, but recovered later its
serene expression. The body is dressed
in evening coat, and the immaculate well
known white waistcoat across which is the
broad red ribon of watered silk of the Le-
gion of Honor. His eyes are closed and fill
out the eyelids. The hands, of the color Of
ivory, are crossed on the breast
omciaI w orId Visits the Dead
A black canopy, bordered with silver
braid, overshadowS the couch. Previous to
embalmment tho body lay on a brass bed
stead in President Faure's sitting room.
Two sisters of charity watched beside 1t.
Before the operation, which lasted an hour,
took place. informal dead mass was cele-
brated in the Elysee chapel. Today the
whole official world has paid formal visits
of coincidence at the palace. the formality
consisting in the writing of the visitors
name in the register. Piles of kilograms
from corporal bodies, friends, sympathizers
In all parts of France, and, indeed, Europe
and even Asia have arrived. The first to
telegraph to Mime. Faure was Emperor
William, the next Prince Ferdinand of Bull
garia. The army has been ordered to go
into mourning until after the obsequies.
Public events in France have a strange
suddenness and take spontaneously dra-
matte character. Thus III. Faure's body
lies in sale deS fetes hall of festivi-
ties. The cards had been issued to 5000
persons to attend state ball next Thurs
day. Today the tapestries of the bali room
have been taken down and the room may
be hung in black. NJ Faure had looked
forward with delight to the Elysse being in
1900 the resort of sovereigns. The last LETT
ter he had from Emperor Nicholas was an
acceptance of his On. Faures) invitation.
He, too, took great pleasure in thinking
that membership in the Order OF the An
nunciation would make him "cousin" of
King Humber and an insignia of that order
was to have been presented him by spe-
cial embassy this month. But his soul was
suddenly required of him, and all connect
ed with his presidential career is over. His
death preacnes a sermon upon the vanity
of human ambition.
FragiIity of Human Greatness
NJ Lockroy, the minister of marine, is
especially struck with the example M.
Faure's death gives of the iragility of hu-
man greatness. Twice yesterday he COM
municated with the president on naval af-
fairs NJ. Faure, former ship agent
and charterer at Havre, and once himself
minister of marine, deemed himself naval
authority. His naval hobby was feet of
corsair cruisers to attack in case OF war
English transatlantic steamers. M. Lock-
roy honored him and often consulted him,
and now he cannot realize that the presi-
dent Is no more. He says he feels as he
once did during an earthquake. The total
eclipse of the Elyssian preparations for fes-
tivity by the deepest mourning also comes
home to Lockroy.
Some fatality follows the presidents OF