The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-18

is especially struck with the example
NJ. Faures death gives of the fragility
of human greatness. Twice. yesterday
he communicated with the President
on naval affairs. NJ. Faure, as for
mer ship agent and charterer at Havre,
and once himself Minister of Marine,
deemed himself a naval authority. His.
naval hobby was a fleet Of Corsair
cruisers to attack in case of war
English transatlantic steamers. NJ.
Lockroy humored him and often con-
suited him, and now he cannot realize
that the President is no more. He says
he feels as he did once during an earth
quake.
The total eclipse Of the Elysian prep
arations for festivity by the deepest
mourning also comes home to Lock-
roy.
Some fatality follows the Presidents
of the French republic. OF the six we
have had only President Grevy lived
through a full term of office, and he
was forced to resign by hostile vote
of Parliament. Marshal MacMahon
found he could not remain President
with dignity. NJ. CaSimir-Perier's mo-
tives for throwing up the situation are
still a mystery. Carnot was assassinat-
ed and Faure smitten as If by a thun-
derbolt.
NJ. Lockroy, who was present at the
death, thinks it was painless. DR..
Lanne-Longue shares this opinion. but
believes there was in the early stages
of apoplectic seizure agonizing pain.
The doctor attributes the break down
in the Presidents health to Fashoda.
President Faure had fostered the
scheme Major Marchand was sent to
accomplish, and he was terrified at it's
possible consequences. DR.. lame
Tongue tells me that after the Fashoda
incident M Faure lost his appetite. 1t
was then he began to feel so limp in
the legs that he feared to ride on horse
back. Yesterday the sense of limpness
was so distressing that he gave UP the
idea of canter in the Bots de Bou-
logne. He usually went there between
and 10 in the morning mounted on
q thoroughbred. He was Iond of going
to small morning reviews at Long
champs and of taking up position be-
side the reviewing general.
| have been to see the Able Penault
who gave NJ. Faure absolution in ex-
tremis. Nine. Faure, on seeing that
death was fastening, begged that mes
sengers should be sent to summon
three different priests and a Domini-
can. All the priests, she thought.
would surely be at his monastery. She
also begged that if any messenger met
a priest in the streets he should bring
him at once to the Elysee.
Able Renault is the humblest of the
humble, being chaplain to the House
of Detention, or lookup, at the Pre-
lecture of Police. Yesterday he had
dined with some relatives who have
small shop in the Fauborg ST. Honore
After dinner he was going home when
suddenly a soldier on bicycle came
up, descended from the machine and
caught him with visible agitation by
the arm, saying, Come with me-
Father Renault went and learned
where he was going at the Palace gate
There the soldier said: THE President
is dying. Do what you can for him.
He is not a bad chap"
At the door a porter met the Able
and conducted him to the sitting-room.
The President was lying on a mattress
upon the floor. He was in flannel
shirt and covered with draperies; his
feet were wrapped in steaming fan
nels, his nostrils assailed with the
mingled smells of mustard and ether
and blood flowing from his temples,
neck and forearm, for leeches, cup
ping, hypodermic interjections and
bleeding had been tried. The face was
almost black with congestion. One
doctor had drawn the tongue to keep
the lungs alive; another held bag of
oxygen to his nose and was rubbing
the hands. But no sign Of returning
animation was given. DR.. lame
Tongue said: 1--WE have done all we
can. Let religion to console the family
now come i'm
The Able dropped on his knees, all
present doing likewise and gave absolu-
ton in extremis. He had no holy oil to
administer extreme JUNCTION. In the
next room the ladies were sobbing The
Ministers came in and dropped on their