The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-25

against the cushions and his face had
become livid. An outcry was raised
at once. Hundreds shouted that an al
tempt upon the presidents life had
been made, and the crowd seemed sud.
denly to 60 mad with excitement.
Meanwhile the assassin had been
felled TO the ground by blow by NJ.
Rivaud, perfect Of the Rhono. He was
surrounded by an angry crowd aud
cries of lynch him were heard on MI
sides. 1t was only with the greatest
difficulty that the police were able to
protect him from the fury Of the peo-
pie. In fact, had not number of
mounted guards surrounded and pro-
tected the police on their way to the
station, the prisoner would have bsen
taken from them and beaten to death"
At H.. 30 o'clock Sunday evening the
surgeons at the prefecture Issued this
bulletin: "The presidents condition is
alarming but not hopeless The wound
is in the region of the liver. The
hemorrhage. which at first was very
copious, has now ceased" A little
more than an hour later the president
was dead.
CARNoT's CAREER.
Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, presi
dent Of the French republic was born
at Limoges in August. 1887, He WAS
grandson of Carnot. "the organizer
Of victory" under the French conven-
tion, and was \ civil engineer by pro-
fession. At the age of 20 he entered
as n student in the Eools Polytsch.
nique, and passed with distinction to a
scnool for special instruction in the
building Of roads and bridges. During
the siege Of Paris in 1871 hs was ap-
pointed prefect of the Seine Interfere.
and as commissary general gave valu-
able assistance in organizing the de.
fences of that department
In February, 1871, he took his seat in
the national assembly as deputy for
Cote Dor, and subsequently for Beaune
In 1885 he took Office in the Biisson cab
met as finance minister. On tho re-
signation Of N Grevy, in December,
1887, NJ Carnot was elected president
of there public.
SORROW AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June "a The
first bulletins of the assassination of the
president Of the French Republic were
received in Washington shortly before
6 p. m. UNITED States time) and ran
through the community like an electric
shock. The White House was called
up, and through private secretary
Thurber the news was sent by the
United Press to President Cleveland.
he was just starting for drive but
stopped long enough to express his
horror and detestation of the crime,
and to intimate that through the pro-.
per channels expression would be given
to his sympathy with the great friendly
Republic thus deprived of its head.
Two other conspicuous instances in
French hiatory Of assassination by the
knife. the killing Of Marat by Char
lotte Cordey, 1Ot yeara ago, and the
stabbing of Henry " by Ravai!Iac
we're recalled as the only instance in
modern history Of the successful ac-
complishment of this method of mur-
dering the rulers. To officials and
citizens Of Washington. who within
the past thirty years have witnessed
the unprovked murder two Of our own
presidents by the assassins bullet the
apparently aimless character of the
crime against the president of the
French republic carried with it an ap.
peal to their sympathies of especial
force. The French chamber Of depu-
ties adjourned when the news Of the
death of Garfield was received. If
matters Of such urgent Importance
were not NOW pressing upon congress.
1t is probable that like action would be
taken by our own Legislative body.
Mr. ]. Patenotre, the French ambas-
sador. first learned of the news of the
assassination of President Carnot from
q United Press reporter, as he drove
over to his residence In this city from
his country place at Clifton Heights,
just out of the city.
During the hot spell the am bassador
has been spending the evenings at
Clifton where his wife Is summering
and usually the embassy is closed on
Sundays. This evening Mr.. Patenotre,
however. drove into the city contrary
to his custom, only to be confronted
with the dispatches that told him of the
sorrow that had come to France
through the vengeance Of the anarchist
and assassin.