THE CHAUCHARD BEQUEST.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 141, 12 June 1909, Page 4

THE CHAUCHARD BEQUEST.

M. LOUBET REFUSES TO ACCEPT, IT. [PBESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received June 12, 8.50 a.m.) PARIS, June 11. The bequest of the late-M. Chauchard to ex-President Loubefc -bf £200,000 was due to the latter's signing the decree by which M. Chauchard became a member of the Legion of Honor. M. Loubet < to accept the bequest, which; goes, to the hospital. An enormous concourse watched M. Chauchard's funeral. The body, was buried in a waistcoat covered with pearl buttons worth half a million Jjcancs. ■ The crowd were disrespectful to the dead. Many of them snatched flowem from the bier.