The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-30

has fallen at the hands of an assassin.
Sunday evening while the guest OF the
city of Ly ons, M. Sadi- Csrnot was killed
by an Italian anarchist named Santo,
who plunged stiletto into his side as
the victim was riding in carriage to the
theatre amid the enthusiastic cheering
of his countrymen. A few minutes be-
fore the fatal wound was inflicted, the
French president was laughing and re-
marked that he was approaching the end
OF his seven years term of tffice. Little
did he think that he was drawing TO the
close OF his earthly career, and that when
speaking he was being approached by a
blood thirsty villain who was determined
to take his life, He had previously di-
rected that if any one desired to commu-
nicate with him on the way to the thea
tire they should be permitted to do go,
and hence the facility with which the
murderer was enabled to reach the car"
riage and commit the dastardly deed.
The great man lived only few hours
and his death has cast a gloom not only
over sunny France but over every civil
lied country in the world. The Arch
bishop OF Lyons visited the dying states
man at the prefecture and administered
religions consolation to him after he had
reeained consciousness and before his
spirit took it's fight to the judgment seat
OF God. Since the to Archbishop La
vigerie returned from Africe where he
had suppressed the slave trade and de-
cIared that II am first of all French
man." and succeeded in securing from
the Pope the famous encyclical enjoining
upon the clergy ard people of France to
be loyal to the republic, but to oppose
legislation directed against religion,
President Carnot was friendly to the
Church and lived and died in ite bosom.
The dead president of France was re-
parded by the French people as de
voted patriot. a man of the highest char
acter. and of unblemished integrity. The
nations of Europe held him in high esti-
nation az one of the most conservative
and exemplary rulers of the country dur
ing the twenty years since France be-
came the third republic under constitu-
tional presidents. He was worthy sue
cessor of Theirs, MacMahon and Grevy,
and had he lived to the expiration OF his
term he would most probably have been
re elected.
Five years ago he was shot at while on
his way to open the universal exhibition,
but ascertaining that the assassin was
insane, he not only refused to prosecute
him. but assisted in securing for him
medical treatment, and when the poverty
of the mans family became known
Madame Carnot, his noble wife, provided
for it's wants. President Carnot was
generous and philanthropic man who
habitually gave Of his personal means to
alleviate distress. He was ready to as
sist in every worthy cause, whether OF
humanity, science or art. He was not
known to have an enemy, and none but
an anarchist, Dwho is the enemy Of man
/ kind, would have Rssassinated him. The
#.murderer he's declared himself to be an
4 anarchist, and to be devoted to q policy
8iof violence. He will soon expiate his
crime on the block and if he has oonfed-
crates they also will be captured and
& All loo 11lane hanaath the pnillokina
The United States can sympathize
deeply with it's sister republic in the Of
fliiction that has befallen her. Twice
Il, iJhin thirty years two Of our noble
Lincoln and Garfield have
as Sb WI slain by assassins. The presidents
u, of republics have Jared worse than the t1p
iin, rulers Of despotic nations, tor
q that period only one emp haa
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