Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-26
ARB aiming At CARNOT
The Wife Of President Of French
Republic Narrowly Escapes.
AN APPARENTLY HARMLESS BOOK
Upon Being Opened Carefully is Found TO OOn-
tain the Deadly Dynamite, Evidently In
tended for the Prssidsnt-Why the
"MisSal" was Sent 10 the
Presidents Wiis.

PARIS, July 25.-It became known
to-day that an attempt had been made
to assassInate Nine. Carnot, wife OF the
President of the Republic. 1t was at
first reported that an internal machine
had been exploded In Nine Carnots
apartments at the Elysee Palace. Some
people said that she was killed; others
had il that she was only severely
wounded. Owing to the red tape OF the
police and military system which pre-
walls in this country, 1t was almost i'm
possible to get at the real facts in case
like this. The police and military au-
thorities, however, do not attempt to
deny that Nine. Carnot's life has been
attempted, but they claim that in the
interests of justice it is advisable to say
little as possible about the matter Tor
the present.
1t has become generally known that
the attempt upon Nine. Carnot was
made in about the following manner;
Nine. Carnot had received q package ad-
dressed to her from Toulon, and appar-
emily containing an oblong box. The
wrapping paper around the supposed
box was taken off, and the package was
found to consist Of good sized misSa,
or Roman Catholic miSsal book. AT
! first sight 1t was neat present to send
to send to the wife of the President.
Upon more careful examination 1t was
found that the leaves of the mis-
! sal, to outward appearances, had been
stuck together with varnish or mucll-
age. This caused more careful exam
ination of the mysterious missal, and
upon being opened with the greatest
care, it was found that the interior oil
the book had been cut away in the man
ner sometimes adopted by smugglers
who desire to send articles free OF duty
through the mails, and place them in a
hollowed-out book for that purpose.
But instead of containing valuaoles
which were being surreptitiously sent
through the mails, it was found that
the interior of the missal sent to Nine.
Carnot contained powerful illuminate
power.
No clue, according to the police, has
been found to the sender Of this infer
nal AssHhtns tt66aFBd t66a0FRBSdh aEgatng Eat 9iS'0ff in con
junction with the Partisan police and
with the police of Toulon are said to be
on the track of the perpetrators Of this
outrage.
No reason seems to have been found
for this attempt upon the life OF Nine.
Carnot, and so the conclusion arrived at
is that the would-be assasSins really in-
tended to take the life of the President,
and supposed that package addressed
to Nine. Carnot would be carlessly
opened by the President, while a pack
age addressed to NJ. Carnot might be
carefully opened by his attendants.
or course, these are only theories,
the actual facts known being few in
number. The report Of the attempted
assassination of Nine. Carnot is the talk
of Paris, and has caused considerable
indignation. There are people, of
course, who think this alleged attempt
upon the Presidents life are connected
with the recent defeats of the French
government in the Chamber Of Deputies,
with the Boulangists agitaters, and
with the Alsace-Loraine passport regu-
lations debate and other similar matters.
But it would not be surprising II the
whole matter should turn out to be the
work Of dangerous lunatic.