Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1918 — ALSATIAN DEAN KILLED BY JOY [ARTICLE]

ALSATIAN DEAN KILLED BY JOY

Pastor at Mulhausen Falls Dead When French Enter City. * Mulhausen, Nov. 19. —No words can picture the triumphal entry of the French troops into this city nor express the wild Joy of the people who crowded the streets to applaud their liberators. Flowers, tobacco and cockades were thrown to the soldiers as they marched along. General Ilirschauer, who i.s a native of’Mulhausefi, headed his troops. Men and wiffnen rushed forward and piously kissed the folds of the flag borne by the Three Hundred and Fortyfourth infantry. The cheers of the populace grew until the troops arrived at the city hall, where the city authorities welcomed General Hlrschauer and his staff. The joy of the populace was saddened when Reverend Cotti, the dean of Mulhausen, was overcome by emotion at the official reception to the French officers, and dropped dead. He had been for many years a champion of the French cause in Alsace.