The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-27
II. CARNOT SLAIN.
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE KILLED
BY AN ANARCHIST.
Entering his Carriage 70 Go to Theater
When the Assassin Jumped upon Him
and Stabbed Hin With Dagger.

Entering his Carriage 70 Go to Theater
When the Assassin Jumped upon Him
and Stabbed Hin With Dagger.
PARIs, June 24-Sadi Carnot, President
ofthe French Republic. was stabbed NOR
tally at 9.l5 O'clock this evening IN Lyons
by Cesare Giovanni Santo, an Italian
Anarchist. p years old.
President Carnot went 10 Lyons to visit
the exhibition Of arts. sciences and indus
tries. lie len the Chamber Of Commerce
lanquel. given in biz honor. shortly afier
8 O'Clock. and walked 10 his carriage,
which was waiting in the Place de Ia
Bourse. lie had hardly taken his seat
when Santo. a newspaper IN his hand,
pressed through the crowd and sPrang
upon the carriage step. President carnot
started slightly. Santo snatched dagger
from the newspaper and plunged il into
the Presidents abdomen. near the liver.
The President sank back unconscious.
He was taken at once 70 the prefecture,
and the most skiIlfll surgeons in the city
were summoned Meantime SantO WAS
arrested.
The news spread swiftly TO every part
Of the city. InfGriated crowds filed the
streets. Before 10 O'Clock an Italian res
taurant had been saei1ed. and the police
were obliged to strain every nerve TO pro-
tect the Italian consulate.
President Carnot arrived in Lyons yes
terday, and intended 70 remain there over
Tuesday. He was accompanied by Gen.
Burius, chief of his military household,
most OF his other household officials,
Premier Dupuy, NJ. Burdeaux and other
members Of the cabinet. He was receiv-
ed enthusiastically at the station by the
mayor and district officials. who, in p
landaus drawn by horses draped with the
tri-eolor, escorted him and his party to
the Hotel DE Vile. Cheering crowds
filed the streets and gave the President
such a welcome as he had seldom receiv-
ed.
To-day the President and his party paid
a state tribute 20 the exhibition in the
Pare de la Tcte d'Or. Afierward the
President held a reception at the project
urc. he planned 10 go TO the Grand
Theater. on the Place de Ia Comedie. this
evening, amer the banquet AZ the Cham
bcr Of Commerce. He was in peculiar
Is happy mood during the banquet, and
was noticeable clated by the eordiality Of
his reception, not only by the crowd out
side the building bat also by the guests
within. He was checrcd necessarily from
the moment he left the Chamber of Com
mer-e until he took the carriage for the
theater.
The enthusiasm Of the crowd caused
the confusion which gave Santo his OPP
portunity, as he was able to push his way
forward quite unnoticed until he reached
the step Of the carriage. AsSanto sprang
away from the carriage step and tried to
escape, he was seized and surrounded. Bat
for the prompt interference of the police
be would have been torn and trampled to
death on the spot A. soon as the police
cxtricatod him from the hands ofhis capt
ors they hurried him of to the station
house.
When SantO was within a few feet of the
carriage he waved a paper as if intending
To present petition. and thus threw OH
their guard the persons nearest 10 the
President. lie was seized just as he was
about TO jump from the step, ana had but
half drawn the dagger.
The President had repeated hemor-
rhages after he was removed t. the pre-
lecture. He sanked gradually but stead
lily until Z i5 o'clock this morning, when
he died. Mime CaInot and her two sons
lefi Paris al ll;57 o'clock last evening 10y
special train for Lyons.
1t 1880 o'clocl, sunday evening the
surgeons at the Prefecture issued this bull
ietin: ''The Presidents condition *
alarming, but not hopeless. The wound
i in the region ofthe liver. The hcnor-
rhage which at first was very copious has
now ceased \ little more than an hour
later the President was dead.
At8O'cl0ck all who had been invited
10 attend the performance in the Presi-
dents honor had gathered in the Grand
Theater. Every seat outside the boxes
Was filed. The audience awaited impa-
tiently the arrival Of the President
ial party. suddenly two men ran mp to
the main entrance and called out that the
President had been killed.
The announcement caused the greatest
horror among the audience, and cries Of
- mort, a mort" and vengeance" +"
were heard III all parts Of the building.
The young assassin's full name was
given al the police station as Cesare
Giovanni Santo. He Is nearly - years
old. has very small mousiache and wore
a light brown suit, with peaked cap of
the same color. on his way tothe station
he held his head down and glanced con
tinually right and left. as if looking for
some possible means Of escape. Upon be-
ing interrogated he gave his name, but
proiessed TO know too little of the Ian
guage % say much more. His inability
90 speak much French X rather peculiar,
rs he has lived in Cote for the last six
months, and i believed To have been con-
sidcrlbly longer in the country. lie went
AAAAAA nAAf ~ NhAAN ff'0AtANtrAf
The authorities made every effort 10
prevent the murder from becoming
known to the public Not word vas al
lowed 10 bc sent out from Paris by tele-
graph, and the story had to be telephon-
ed 10 London.
4 workmsn's book found in santos
pocket shows that hc was born in Moule-
vc>conti, province of Milan.
After Dr. Gailletou's examination Of
the Presidents wound it was decided that
an operation WAS necessary. DIR. Ollier
proceeded 20 probe the wound The
Presiden, thereupon resiined conscious
ness and exclaimed in a clear voice:
How you are hurting me-
The political effects of President Car
no.'s death viii Ice important. not only
for France, but for all Europe Il Is uni
verSally recognized that his influence
has been unwavering on the side ofpeace
Desth in 8 Mine.