The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-13
(jRMER PRESIDENT
/ OF FRANCE DIES
Casimir Perier Expires Sud
denly of Heart Failure at
His Paris Home.
hD BOTH STORMY AND
/ BRILLIANT PUBLIC LIFE
Igured Prominently in the
Dreyfus Case, Which Led
TO His Resignation.

DAPTS. March l2.-M. CaSlmlf Per
sr.President of France, died sud
~H,v at IL o'clock last night of en-
Esm of the heart. The news was
n nubljshed until this morning. The
rprrsident had not been well for two
N fhree days, but no great Importance
Ins attached TO his illness. He dined
Ii1b his family on Sunday and WAS in
IA spirits. AT ) o'clock last evening
rabrIIpt prostration occurred and the
sficut was given morphine injections,
hereupon be slept until 10 o clock,
6eu be was terribly weak. Another
ren attack of prostration followed
I'm which he did not recover. The
hbinet met st noon and decided on
national funeral, but the family re-
ktfllllv declined the honor In accord
H. with wish NJ. Casimir Perier had
IMPRESSED.
HIS Senate and Chamber of Deputies
|niourned rs sign of mourning.
III Sketch of Career.
\ lean Paul Perrier CasimirPerIer was
|kp son and grandson of statesmen. His
btber was Minister OF the Interior in
El. and his grandfather was leader of
IL Imposition when Louis Philippe as
bndcd the throne and afterward was
-kcmier. The ex-President was born
joyember 2S, lS47. After brilliant
hrcer as a student Of literature. and
istory. he joined the militia of Aube
hiring the Franco-Prussian war, and
hen they were summoned to Paris
hsimir Perier behaved with such gal
sntry that he was mentioned in an or
ID OF the day and later was decorated
Nth the cross of. the Legion of Honor.
When his father entered the first
tpublican cabinet of NJ, Theirs, Gas.
1ir Perier, .Gr., became his assistant
the Ministry of the Interior. In
n he was elected 10 the Chamber of
4puties and reelected in 1873. After
BE crisis of May, 1877, ne was one
4 the 363 deputies who refused TO pass
vote OF confidence IN the Broglio MN
|try. He became under Secretary of
tte at the ministry Of Public lnstruc-
.on, and retained that post until the
rnrc cabinet went out of Office in
S5a. In 1889 NJ Casimir Perier was
ppolnted underSecretary of State al
be Ministry of War and in 1890 was
lected vice-president of the Chamber
nd president Of the budget commit
Successor to Carnot.
In the summer of 1894 he was elected
resident of the Republic. immediately
Iier the assassination of President Car |
pt he was not popular owing 10 his |
position to the agencies which threat. !
rh the national security. He WAS
penly insultcd in every possible man /
Fr Eventually the Government pros.
fntcd ". Girault Richard. who had |
golisbed lIbels upon the President. for
'hlch he was sentenced to six months /
gprlsonment. This aroused a STORM
popular disapproyal NJ. Richard
'es elected deputy and the Socialists
emanded that he be Fgiven TO the |
gambcr;'' that is 10 say. released. !
pc Government refused the demand. |
pa by SOD votes Ia 2l9 was supported |
me Chamber, after it had been inti-
ya,ed that the President would con
~ an adverse vote as personal to
h Serious differences arose be.
xHn Nj. Casimir Perier and his sun
F7ers and eventually, Jan. 10. 1895. .
resigned. having held the Presidency (
'oni SIX months and half. II was
sorted that his action was condemned |
me whole of Europe.
puring the Iola trial it developed
'at The real reason for Casimir Pc.
't resignation was the fact that his
'p'let concealed material facts of pol.
7! 'rom him, so that he nearly found
'msel IN serious quarrel with Ger
snnll owing 10 his ignorance of the
',eYius scandal. II was even said
'e' private documents upon the Drey-
y silair from the German embassador
raris to his Emperor had been alb.
''@cted and photographed while upon
" way to Berlin, and i, was added
'rl ~ order TO dIsassociate himself
u'n 't;l. snch acts and 10 prevent the pos
'oi'y OF war. Casimer Perier retired
'22p the Presidency and from political